Dr. R. (Renju) Nandan

Profile

I am interested in understanding atmospheric clouds, aerosols and their interactions. I have completed my Ph.D. in the field of aerosol-cloud interaction in liquid water clouds using satellite, in-situ and ground-based observations from the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India, in the year of 2023. I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at NARL for 1 year.

I am currently working as a CCRES (Centre for Cloud Remote Sensing) Scientist in the Department of Geosciences and Remote Sensing. My work focuses on cloud observations using cloud radar, especially the cloud data quality at the Cabauw atmospheric site, and management and coordination of CCRES-NL activities. 
 

Publications

1. Renju Nandan and M.V. Ratnam, Impact of vertical wind on aerosol-cloud interaction in water clouds observed over an Indian continental region, Atmospheric Research (2023), ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106917
2. Renju Nandan, Ratnam, M.V., Kiran, V.R., Naik, D.N., 2022. Aerosol-cloud interaction in water clouds observed using ground-based, in-situ, and satellite-based observations over an Indian continental region. Atmos. Res. 280, 106436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106436.
3. Renju Nandan, Ratnam, M.V., Kiran, V.R., Naik, D.N., 2022. Retrieval of cloud liquid water path using radiosonde measurements: Comparison with MODIS and ERA5. J. Atmos. Solar-Terrestrial Phys. 227, 105799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105799
4. Renju Nandan, Ratnam, M.V., Kiran, V.R., Madhavan, B.L., Naik, D.N., 2021. Estimation of Aerosol Complex Refractive Index over a tropical atmosphere using a synergy of in-situ measurements. Atmos. Res. 257, 105625.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105625
5. Ravi Kiran, V., Venkat Ratnam, M., Fujiwara, M., Russchenberg, H., Wienhold, F.G., Madhavan, B.L., Roja Raman, M., Renju, Nandan, Akhil Raj, S.T., Hemanth Kumar, A., Ravindra Babu, S., 2021. Balloon borne aerosol-cloud interaction studies (BACIS): New observational techniques to understand and quantify aerosol effects on clouds. Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. 2021, 1–53. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-410
6. Chandrakala, M., Renju Nandan, Ratnam, M.V., Bhaskara Rao, S.V., 2024. Source apportionment of black carbon and the impact of COVID-19 lockdown over a semi-urban location in India. Atmos. Environ. X 21, 100243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2024.100243