Atmosphere Research Group : Publications

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Journal Articles

• Simulation of bulk aerosol direct radiative effects and its climatic feedbacks in South Africa using RegCM4 M. Tesfaye, J. Botai, V. Sivakumar, G. Mengistu Tsidu, C.J.deW. Rautenbach and Shadung J. Moja

  Journal of Atmos. Solar Terr. Physics, 142, 1-19, 2016

• Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation interactions over major cities in South Africa: Impact on regional environment and climate changeJ. Adesina, K. Raghavendra Kumar and V. Sivakumar

  Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16, 195-211, 2016.

• Comparison of total column ozone obtained by IASI-MetOp satellite with ground-based and OMI satellite observations in the southern tropics and subtropics A. M. Toihir, H. Bencherif, V. Sivakumar , L.EI Amaroui, T. Portafaix and N. Mbatha

  Annales Geophysicae, 33, 1135-1146, 2015.

• Remote Sensing of Aerosols using Sun-Photometer: Optical properties, Aerosol Types and Sources Raghavendra Kumar Kanike and Sivakumar V

  Book, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN 978-3-659-70622-6., 2015

• Aerosol climatology and discrimination of aerosol types retrieved from MODIS, MISR and OMI over Durban (29.88ºS, 31.02ºE), South Africa K. Raghavendra Kumar, Yan Yin, V. Sivakumar, Na Kang, Yiwei Diao, A. Joseph Adesina, R. R. Reddy,

  Atmospheric Environment, 117, 9-18, 2015

• Studies on CO variation and trends over South Africa and Indian Ocean using TES satellite data A. M. Toihir, V. Sivakumar, N. Mbatha, S. K. Sangeetha, H. Bencherif, E-G. Brunke and C. Labuschagne

  South Africa Journal of science, 111(9/10), 2014-0174. 2015.

• Evidence of polar mesosphere summer echoes observed by superDARNSANAE HF Radar in Antarctica O. Ogunjobi, V. Sivakumar, J.A.E. Stephenson and W. T. Sivla

  J. Terr. Atmos and Oceanic Sciences, 26, 4, 431-440, 2015.

• Modeling Tropospheric Ozone Climatology over Irene (South Africa) Using Retrieved Remote Sensing and Ground-Based Measurement Data J-P. Mulumba, V. Sivakumar and T. J. O. Afullo

  J Geophys Remote Sens, 4:3, The link 2015.

• Season specific daily diffuse solar radiation fraction parameterizations for India J. Singh, M. Kumar and V. Sivakumar

  Journal of Solar Energy and Engineering: Including wind energy and build energy conservation, ASME. US, doi: 10.1115/1.4028563, 2015.

• Mineral dust aerosol distributions, it's direct and semi-directs effects over South Africa based on regional climate model simulation M. Tesfaye, G. Mengistu Tsidu, J. Botai, V. Sivakumar and C.J.deW. Rautenbach

  Journal of Arid Environments, 114, 22-40, 2015.

• Simulation of anthropogenic aerosols mass distributions and their direct and semi-direct effects over South Africa using RegCM4 M. Tesfaye, V. Sivakumar , J. Botai, G. Mengistu Tsidu and C.J.deW. Rautenbach

  International Journal of climatology, 35: 3515-3539, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4225, 2015.

• Variability in aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing over Gorongosa (18.97 S, 34.35 E) in Mozambique J. Adesina, K. Raghavendra Kumar and V. Sivakumar

  Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI 10.1007/s00703-014-0352-2, 2015.

• Direct radiative forcing of urban aerosols over Pretoria (25.75ºS, 28.28ºE) using AERONET Sunphotometer data: First scientific results and environmental impact J. Adesina, K. Raghavendra Kumar, V. Sivakumar and D. Griffith

  J. Environmental Sci., 26, 2459-2474, 2014.

• A superposed epoch study of the effects of solar wind stream interface events on the upper mesospheric and lower thermospheric temperature O. Ogunjobi, V. Sivakumar and W. T. Sivla

  Advances in Space Research, 54, 1732-1742, 2014.

• Long-term (2003-2013) climatological trends and variations in aerosol optical parameters retrieved from MODIS over three stations in South Africa K. Raghavendra Kumar, V. Sivakumar, Yan Yin, R. R. Reddy, Na Kang, Yiwei Diao, A. Joseph Adesina, Xingna Yu

  Atmospheric Environment, 95, 400-408, 2014.