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Mahen Konwar
Researcher at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Publications - 57
Citations - 1273
Mahen Konwar is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Precipitation & Aerosol. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 48 publications receiving 913 citations. Previous affiliations of Mahen Konwar include Jadavpur University.
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Microphysics of Premonsoon and Monsoon Clouds as Seen from In Situ Measurements during the Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX)
Thara V. Prabha,A. P. Khain,R. S. Maheshkumar,Govindan Pandithurai,J. R. Kulkarni,Mahen Konwar,Bhupendra Nath Goswami +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the microphysical structure of deep convective clouds using in situ measurements during the Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) over the Indian peninsular region is presented.
The cloud aerosol interaction and precipitation enhancement experiment (CAIPEEX): Overview and preliminary results
J. R. Kulkarni,R. S. Maheskumar,S. B. Morwal,B. Padma Kumari,Mahen Konwar,C. G. Deshpande,R. R. Joshi,Rohini Bhalwankar,Govindan Pandithurai,Pramod D. Safai,S. G. Narkhedkar,K. K. Dani,Amarjit K. Nath,Sathy Nair,V. V. Sapre,P. V. Puranik,S. S. Kandalgaonkar,V. R. Mujumdar,R. M. Khaladkar,R. Vijayakumar,Thara V. Prabha,Bhupendra Nath Goswami +21 more
TL;DR: A national experiment named Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Enhancement EXperiment (CAIPEEX) in two phases, was carried out by the Indian National Experiment for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (INSEPSS) as mentioned in this paper.
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Aerosol control on depth of warm rain in convective clouds
Mahen Konwar,R. S. Maheskumar,J. R. Kulkarni,Eyal Freud,Bhupendra Nath Goswami,Daniel Rosenfeld +5 more
TL;DR: Aircraft measurements of cloud condensation nuclei and microphysics of clouds at various altitudes were conducted over India during CAIPEEX (Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment) phase I and II in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
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Microphysics of clouds and rain over the Western Ghat
Mahen Konwar,Subrata Kumar Das,Sachin M. Deshpande,Kaustav Chakravarty,Bhupendra Nath Goswami +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the rain and cloud microphysical parameters are presented from two stations, Pune and Mahabaleshwar, one each on the lee and windward sides, respectively of the Western Ghat (WG) mountains in peninsular India.
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Winter fog experiment over the Indo-Gangetic plains of India
Sachin D. Ghude,G. S. Bhat,Thara Prabhakaran,Rajendra Kumar Jenamani,D. M. Chate,Pramod D. Safai,A. Karipot,Mahen Konwar,Prakash Pithani,Vinayak Sinha,P. S. P. Rao,Shivsai Ajit Dixit,Suresh Tiwari,Kiran Todekar,S. Varpe,Atul Srivastava,Deewan Singh Bisht,Palani Murugavel,Kaushar Ali,Usha Mina,M. Dharua,Jaya Rao,B. Padmakumari,Anupam Hazra,N. Nigam,U. Shende,D. M. Lal,B. P. Chandra,Allan Mishra,Ashok Kumar,Haseeb Hakkim,Harshita Pawar,Prodip Acharja,Rachana Kulkarni,C. Subharthi,B. Balaji,Mercy Varghese,Sudarsan Bera,M. Rajeevan +38 more
TL;DR: The Winter Fog Experiment (WIFEX) over the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India is to develop better nowcasting and forecasting of winter fog on various time and spatial scales as discussed by the authors.