Publication List of Prabir Patra

List by Category Reviewed Journal, Proceedings & Books, Conference Presentations, Press Coverages, Technical Documents

Reviewed Journal

1. Lal, S., R. Borchers, P. Fabian, P. K. Patra and B. H. Subbaraya, Vertical distribution of methyl bromide over Hyderabad, India, Tellus, 46B, 373-377, 1994.

2. Lal, S., Y. B. Acharya, P. K. Patra, P. Rajaratnam, B. H. Subbaraya and S.Venkataramani, Balloon-borne cryogenic air sampler experiment for the study of atmospheric trace gases, Ind. J. Radio and Space Phys., 25(1), 1-7, 1996.

3. Lal S., P. K. Patra, S. Venkataramani and M. M. Sarin, Distribution of nitrous oxide and methane in the Arabian Sea, Curr. Sci., 71, 894-899, 1996

4. Patra, P. K., S. Lal, B. H. Subbaraya, C. H. Jackman and P. Rajaratnam, Observed vertical profile of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and its atmospheric applications, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D7), 8855-8859, 1997

5. Patra, P. K. and S. Lal, Variability of eddy diffusivity in the stratosphere deduced from vertical distributions of N2O and CFC-12, J. Atmos. Solar Terr. Phys., 5(10), 1149-1157, 1997.

6. Patra, P. K., S. Lal, S. Venkataramani, M. Gauns and V. V. S. S. Sarma, Seasonal variability in distribution and fluxes of methane in the Arabian Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C1), 1167-1176, 1998

7. Lal, S. and P. K. Patra, Variability in the fluxes of nitrous oxide in the Arabian Sea, Global Biogeochem. Cycle, 12(2), 321-327, 1998.

8. Patra, P. K., S. Lal, S. Venkataramani, S. N. de Sousa, V. V. S. S. Sarma and S. Sardesai, Seasonal and spatial variability in N2O distribution in the Arabian Sea, Deep-Sea Res., 46(3), 529-543, 1999.

9. Patra, P. K., S. Lal, V. Sheel, B. H. Subbaraya, C. Bruehl, R. Borchers and P. Fabian, Chlorine partitioning in the stratosphere based on in situ measurements, Tellus, 52B(3), 934-946, 2000.

10. Patra, P. K., M. S. Santhanam, K. V. J. Potty, M. Tewari and P. L. S. Rao, Simulation of tropical cyclones using regional weather prediction models, Current Sci., 79, 70-78, 2000.

11. Santhanam, M. S. and P. K. Patra, Statistics of Atmospheric Correlations, Physical Reviews-E, 64, 016102, July 2001.

12. Bange, H. W., M. O. Andreae, S. Lal, C. S. Law, S. W. A. Naqvi, P. K. Patra, T. Rixen and R. C. Upstill-Goddard, Nitrous oxide emissions from the Arabian Sea: A Synthesis, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 1, 61-71, 2001. (FREE ACCESS)

13. Patra, P. K. and S. Maksyutov, Incremental approach to the optimal network design for CO2 surface source inversion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(10), 1459, 2002.

14. Patra, P. K. and M. S. Santhanam, Comment on ``Effects of Cosmic Rays on Atmospheric Chloroflurocarbon Dissociation and Ozone Depletion'', Phys. Rev. Lett., 89(21), 219803-1, 2002.

15. Patra, P. K., S. Maksyutov and TransCom-3 modelers, Sensitivity of Optimal Extension of CO2 Observation Networks to Model Transport, Tellus, 55B(2), 498-511, 2003.

16. Maksyutov, S., T. Machida, H. Mukai, P. K. Patra, T. Nakazawa, G. Inoue and TransCom-3 modelers, Effect of recent observations on Asian CO2 flus estimates with transport model inversions, Tellus, 55B(2), 522-529, 2003.

17. Lal, S., V. Sheel and P. K. Patra, Satellite techniques for trace gas measurements, Mausam, 54(1), 315-326, 2003.

18. Patra, P. K., S. Lal, D. Chand and S. Venkataramani, HALOE and balloon-borne measurements of methane in the stratosphere and their relation to QBO, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 3, 1925-1947, 2003. Final Paper: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 1051-1062, 2003. (FREE ACCESS)

19. Patra, P. K., S. Maksyutov, Y. Sasano, H. Nakajima, G. Inoue and T. Nakazawa, An evaluation of CO2 observations with Solar Occultation FTS for Inclined-Orbit Satellite sensor for surface source inversion, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D24), 4759, 2003.

20. Patra, P. K., S. Maksyutov and T. Nakazawa, Tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean and their impact on atmospheric N2O budget, Ind. J. Marine Sci., 33(1), 2004.

21. Lal, S., D. Chand, S. Venkataramani, K. S. Appu, M. Naja and P. K. Patra, Trends in CH4 and SF6 at tropical site Thumba in India, Atmos. Env., 38(8), 145-1151, 2004.

22. Patra, P. K., S. K. Behera, J. R. Herman, S. Maksyutov, H. Akimoto and T. Yamagata, Indian summer monsoon rainfall: Interplay of coupled dynamics, radiation balance and cloud microphysics, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 5, 2879-2895, 2005. Final paper: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2181-2188, 2005. (FREE ACCESS)
Animation for May-Jun-Jul-Aug: 2001 (gif animation); 2002 (gif animation); 2003 (gif animation)

23. Patra, P. K., M. Ishizawa, S. Maksyutov, T. Nakazawa and G. Inoue, Role of biomass burning and climate anomalies for land-atmosphere carbon fluxes based on inverse modeling of atmospheric CO2, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19, GB3005, 2005. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)
[TDI model estimated flux anomaly data: 1. original 22 regions, and 2. aggregated 11 regions ]

24. Patra, P. K., S. Maksyutov, M. Ishizawa, T. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi and J. Ukita, Interannual and decadal changes in the sea-air CO2 flux from atmospheric CO2 inverse modelling, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19, GB4013, 2005. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)
[TDI model estimated flux anomaly data: 1. original 42 regions - first 28 region, next 14 region, and 2. aggregated 11 regions ]

25. Patra, P. K., S. Maksyutov and T. Nakazawa, Analysis of atmospheric CO2 growth rates at Mauna Loa using inverse model derived CO2 fluxes, Tellus, 57B, 357-365, 2005. (PDF) (Copyright Blackwell)

26. Patra, P. K., K. R. Gurney, A. S. Denning, S. Maksyutov, T. Nakazawa, D. F. Baker, P. Bousquet, L. Bruhwiler, Y.-H. Chen, P. Ciais, S.-M. Fan, I. Fung, M. Gloor, M. Heimann, K. Higuchi, J. John, R. M. Law, T. Maki, B. C. Pak, P. Peylin, M. Prather, P. J. Rayner, J. Sarmiento, S. Taguchi, T. Takahashi and C.-W. Yuen, Sensitivity of inverse estimation of annual mean CO2 sources and sinks to ocean-only sites versus all-sites observational networks, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05814, 2006. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

27. Patra, P. K., S. E. Mikaloff-Fletcher, K. Ishijima, S. Maksyutov and T. Nakazawa, Comparison of CO2 fluxes estimated using atmospheric and oceanic inversions, and role of fluxes and their interannual variability in simulating atmospheric CO2 concentrations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 6, 6801-6823, 2006 (FREE ACCESS). (PDF)

28. Patra, P. K., J.K. Moore, N. Mahowald, M. Uematsu, S.C. Doney and T. Nakazawa, Exploring the sensitivity of basin-scale air-sea CO2 fluxes to interannual to decadal variability in atmospheric dust deposition using ocean carbon models and atmospheric CO2 inversions, J. Geophys. Res. - Biogeochemistry, 112, G02012, 2007. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

29. Patra, P. K., M. D. Kumar, N. Mahowald and V. V. S. S. Sarma, Atmospheric deposition and surface stratification as controls of contrasting chlorophyll abundance in the North Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 112, C05029, 2007. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

30. Patra, P. K., Coupling between land and ocean biospheres as observed by Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), SOLA, 3, 77-80, 2007. (PDF) (Copyright JMSJ)

31. Maksyutov, S., P. K. Patra, R. Onishi, T. Saeki and T. Nakazawa, NIES/FRCGC global atmospheric tracer transport model: description, validation, and surface sources and sinks inversion, J. Earth. Simulator, 9, 3-18, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright ESJ)

32. Zhang, D., J. Tang, G. Shi, M. Wen, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki, S. Sugawara, S. Morimoto, P. K. Patra, T. Hayasaka and T. Saeki, Temporal and spatial variations of the atmospheric CO2 concentration in China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03801, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

33. Law, R. M., W. Peters, C. Rodenbeck, C. Aulagnier, I. Baker, D. J. Bergmann, P. Bousquet, J. Brandt, L. Bruhwiler, P. J. Cameron-Smith, J. H. Christensen, F. Delage, A. S. Denning, S. Fan, C. Geels, S. Houweling, R. Imasu, U. Karstens, S. R. Kawa, J. Kleist, M. C. Krol, S.-J. Lin, R. Lokupitiya, T. Maki, S. Maksyutov, Y. Niwa, R. Onishi, N. Parazoo, P. K. Patra, G. Pieterse, L. Rivier, M. Satoh, S. Serrar, S. Taguchi, M. Takigawa, R. Vautard, A. T. Vermeulen and Z. Zhu, TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2: experimental overview and diurnal cycle results for 2002, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB3009, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

34. Patra, P. K., R. M. Law, W. Peters, C. Rodenbeck, M. Takigawa, C. Aulagnier, I. Baker, D. J. Bergmann, P. Bousquet, J. Brandt, L. Bruhwiler, P. J. Cameron-Smith, J. H. Christensen, F. Delage, A. S. Denning, S. Fan, C. Geels, S. Houweling, R. Imasu, U. Karstens, S. R. Kawa, J. Kleist, M. C. Krol, S.-J. Lin, R. Lokupitiya, T. Maki, S. Maksyutov, Y. Niwa, R. Onishi, N. Parazoo, G. Pieterse, L. Rivier, M. Satoh, S. Serrar, S. Taguchi, R. Vautard, A. T. Vermeulen and Z. Zhu, TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2: analysis of synoptic scale variations for the period 2002-2003, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 22, GB4013, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

35. Miyazaki, K., P. K. Patra, M. Takigawa, T. Iwasaki and T. Nakazawa, Global-scale transport of carbon dioxide in the troposphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15301, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

36. Maksyutov, S., N. Kadygrov, Y. Nakatsuka, P. K. Patra, T. Nakazawa, T. Yokota and G., Inoue, Projected impact of the GOSAT observations on regional CO2 flux estimations as a function of total retrieval error, J. Remote Sensing Soc. Japan, 28, 190-197, 2008. (PDF) (Copyright JRSSJ)

37. Patra, P. K., M. Takigawa, G. S. Dutton, K. Uhse, K. Ishijima, B. R. Lintner, K. Miyazaki and J. W. Elkins, Transport mechanisms for synoptic, seasonal and interannual SF6 variations and "age" of air in troposphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 12737-12767, 2008. Final paper: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1209-1225, 2009 (PDF). (FREE ACCESS)

38. Miyazaki, K., T. Machida, P. K. Patra, T. Iwasaki, Y. Sawa, H. Matsueda and T. Nakazawa, Formation mechanisms of latitudinal CO2 gradients in the upper troposphere over the subtropics and tropics, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03306, 2009. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

39. Patra, P. K., M. Takigawa, K. Ishijima, B.-C. Choi, D. Cunnold, E. J. Dlugokencky, P. Fraser, A. J. Gomez-Pelaez, T.-Y. Goo, J.-S. Kim, P. Krummel, R. Langenfelds, F. Meinhardt, H. Mukai, S. O'Doherty, R. G. Prinn, P. Simmonds, P. Steele, Y. Tohjima, K. Tsuboi, K. Uhse, R. Weiss, D. Worthy and T. Nakazawa, Growth rate, seasonal, synoptic, diurnal variations and budget of methane in lower atmosphere, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 87(4), 635-663, 2009. (PDF) (Copyright MSJ), Colour Figures (download).

40. Bhattacharya, S. K., D. V. Borole, R. J. Francey, C. E. Allison, L. P. Steele, P. Krummel, R. Langenfelds, K. A. Masarie, Y. K. Tiwari and P. K. Patra, Trace gases and CO2 isotope records from Cabo de Rama, India, Curr. Sci., 97, 1336-1344, 2009. (PDF)
Journal highlight (in this issue)

41. Tohjima, Y., H. Mukai, S. Hashimoto and P. K. Patra, Increasing synoptic scale variability in atmospheric CO2 at Hateruma Island associated with increasing East Asian emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 15725-15746, 2009. Final paper: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 453-462, 2010. (PDF) (FREE ACCESS)

42. Neelin, J. D., B. R. Lintner, B. Tian, Q. Lin, L. Zhang, P. K. Patra, M. T. Chahine and S. N. Stechmann, Long tails in deep columns of natural and anthropogenic tropospheric tracers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L05804, 2010. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

43. Naqvi, S. W. A., J. W. Moffett, M. U. Gauns, P. V. Narvekar, A. K. Pratihary, H. Naik, D. M. Shenoy, D. A. Jayakumar, T. J. Goepfert, P. K. Patra, A. Al-Azri and S. I. Ahmed, The Arabian Sea as a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll region during the late Southwest Monsoon, Biogeosciences Discuss., 7, 25-53, 2010. Final paper: Biogeosciences, 7, 2091-2100, 2010. (PDF) (FREE ACCESS)

44. Ishijima, K., P. K. Patra, M. Takigawa, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, Y. Sawa, P. Steele, P. Krummel, R. Langenfelds, S. Aoki and T. Nakazawa, The stratospheric influence on seasonal cycle of nitrous oxide in the troposphere as deduced from aircraft observation and model, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20308, 2010. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)
Animation for N2O seasonal cycle: 2001 (gif animation)

45. Xiong, X., C. Barnet, Q. Zhuang, T. Machida, C. Sweeney and P. K. Patra, Mid-upper tropospheric methane in the high northern hemisphere: space-borne observations by AIRS, aircraft measurements and model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19309, 2010. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

46. Wofsy, S. C., and the HIPPO Science Team and Cooperating Modellers (P. Patra, ...) and the Satellite Teams, HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO): Fine grained, global scale measurements for determining rates for transport, surface emissions, and removal of climatologically important atmospheric gases and aerosols, Philos. T. Roy. Soc. A, 369 (1943), 2073-2086, 2011. (PDF) (Copyright Royal Soc.)

47. Pickett-Heaps, C. A., P. J. Rayner, R. M. Law, P. Ciais, P. K. Patra, P. Bousquet, P. Peylin, S. Maksyutov, J. Marshall, C. Roedenbeck, R. Langenfelds, P. Tans, P. Steele, R. J. Francey, P. Tans and C. Sweeney, Atmospheric CO2 inversion validation using vertical profile measurements: Analysis of four independent inversion models, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D12305, 2011. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

48. Patra, P. K., Y. Niwa, T. J. Schuck, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, and Y. Sawa, Carbon balance of South Asia constrained by passenger aircraft CO2 measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 5379-5405, 2011. Final paper: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 4163-4175, 2011. (PDF) (FREE ACCESS)

49. Niwa, Y., P. K. Patra, Y. Sawa, T. Machida, H. Matsueda, D. Belikov, T. Maki, M. Ikegami, R. Imasu, S. Maksyutov, T. Oda, M. Satoh, and M. Takigawa, Three-dimensional variations of atmospheric CO2: aircraft measurements and multi-transport model simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 12805-12848, 2011. (PDF)

50. Miyazaki, K., T. Maki, P. K. Patra and T. Nakazawa, Assessing the impact of satellite, aircraft, and surface observations on CO2 flux estimation using an ensemble-based 4D data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D16306, 2011. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

51. Kort, E. A., P. K. Patra, K. Ishijima, B. C. Daube, R. Jimenez, J. W. Elkins, D. Hurst, F. L. Moore, C. Sweeney, and S. C. Wofsy, Tropospheric distribution and variability of N2O: evidence for strong tropical emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15806, 2011. (PDF) (Copyright AGU)

52. Patra, P. K., S. Houweling, M. Krol, P. Bousquet, D. Belikov, D. Bergmann, H. Bian, P. Cameron-Smith, M. P. Chipperfield, K. D. Corbin, A. Fortems-Cheiney, A. Fraser, E. Gloor, P. Hess, A. Ito, S. R. Kawa, R. M. Law, Z. Loe, S. Maksyutov, L. Meng, P. I. Palmer, R. G. Prinn, M. Rigby, R. Saito, and C. Wilson, TransCom model simulations of CH4 and related species: Linking transport, surface flux and chemical loss with CH4 variability in the troposphere and lower stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 18767-18821, 2011. (PDF) (FREE ACCESS)

53. Taguchi, S., R. M. Law, C. Rodenbeck, P. K. Patra, S. Maksyutov, W. Zahorowski, H. Sartorius and I. Levin, TransCom continuous experiment: Comparison of 222-Rn transport at hourly time scales at three stations in Germany, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10071-10084, 2011. (PDF) (FREE ACCESS)

54. Kim, H.-S., S. Maksyutov, M. V. Glagolev, T. Machida, P. K. Patra, K. Sudo and G. Inuoe, Evaluation of methane emissions from West Siberian wetlands based on inverse modeling, Environ. Res. Lett., 6, 035201, 2011. (PDF) (copyright IOP)

55. Saito, R., S. Houweling, P. K. Patra, D. Belikov, R. Lokupitiya, Y. Niwa, F. Chevallier, T. Saeki, and S. Maksyutov, TransCom satellite intercomparison experiment: Construction of a bias corrected atmospheric CO2 climatology, J. Geophys. Res., in press, JDxxxx, 2011. (Preprint)

56. Basu, S., S. Houweling , W. Peters , C. Sweeney , T. Machida , S. Maksyutov , P. K. Patra , F. Chevallier , Y. Niwa , H. Matsueda , Y. Sawa, The seasonal cycle amplitude of total column CO2: Factors behind the model-observation mismatch, J. Geophys. Res., in press, JDxxxx, 2011. (Preprint)

57. Patra, P. K., T. J. Conway, Y. Tohjima, K. Masarie, K. Miyazaki, M. Takigawa, S. Maksyutov and T. Nakazawa, Carbon balance, atmospheric CO2 variability and validation of CO2 flux distribution using forward and inverse models, Global Biogochem. Cycles, revised, GBxxxx, 2010. (Preprint)

58. Tiwari, Y. K., P. K. Patra, F. Chevallier, R. J. Francey, P. B. Krummel, S. Chakraborty, R. L. Langenfelds, S. K. Bhattacharya, D. V. Borole, K. R. Kumar, L. P. Steele, and C. E Allison, CO2 observations at Cape Rama, India for the period of 1993-2002: implications for constraining Indian emissions, Curr. Sci., , submitted, 2011. (Reprint)



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