List of Publications
Journal Articles
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2026
Kapoor, T. S., Upadhyay, P., Huang, J., Ren, G., Cavin, J., Dhruv,...Chakrabarty, R. K. (2026). Unveiling the shortwave absorption spectra of alumina aerosols: Implications for solar radiation modification. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24246
Kumar, J., Jung, G.-Y., Kapoor, T. S., Mishra, R., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2026). Strong light absorption by sp2 hybridized carbon impurities in diamond dust. Journal of Aerosol Science, 106767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2026.106767
Tripathy, S. S., Puthussery, J. V., Kapoor, T. S., Cirrito, J. R., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2026). Spatial variation in socio-economic vulnerability to influenza-like infection for the us population. PLOS Computational Biology, 22(1), e1013839. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013839
2025
Navinya, C.*, Kapoor, T. S.*, Venkataraman, C., Phuleria, H. C., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025) Brown Carbon Light Absorption over India: Research Status and Need for Discerning Climate Impacts. Environmental Science & Technology Air. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00010 [*Navinya and Kapoor contributed equally].
You, S.-W., Upadhyay, P., Kapoor, T. S., Cheng, Z., Ren, G., Puthussery, J. V., . . . Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Laboratory synthesis and characterization of wildfire-like dark brown carbon aerosols. Aerosol Science and Technology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2025.2534587.
Navinya, C., Kapoor, T. S., Gupta, A., Haswani, D., Raman, R. S., Kumari, J., . . . Phuleria, H. C. (2025). Carbonaceous aerosol emissions from residential heating in India: Field measurements of emission factors and optical properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(21). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD044270.
Putaud, J.-P., Cavalli, F., Yttri, K. E., Chow, J. C., Watson, J. G., Sinha, B., Venkataraman, C., Ikemori, F., Jaffrezo, J.-L., Uzu, G., Moreno, I., Krejci, R., Laj, P., Gupta, T.,..., Kapoor, T. S., et al. (2025). A worldwide aerosol phenomenology: Elemental and organic carbon in PM2.5 and PM10. Atmospheric Environment, 121338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121338.
Kapoor, T. S., Anurag, G., Navinya, C., Lonkar, S., Yadav, K., Raman, R. S., Venkataraman, C., & Phuleria, H. C. (2025). Emissions from agricultural fires in India: field measurements of climate relevant aerosol chemical and optical properties. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 5(3), 316–331. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ea00104d.
Upadhyay, P., Sumlin, B. J., Kapoor, T. S., Yang, L., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Tutorial: A photoacoustic spectrometer to measure aerosol light absorption. Journal of Aerosol Science (Vol. 185, p. 106518). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106518.
2024
Kapoor, T. S., Navinya, C., Apte, A., Shetty, N. J., Lokhande, P., Singh, S., Murthy B. M., S., Deswal, M., Laura, J. S., Muthalagu, A., Qureshi, A., Bhardwaj, A., Sunder Raman, R., Lian, Y., Pandithurai, G., Chaudhary, P., Sinha, B., Rabha, S., Saikia, B. K., …, Phuleria, H.C., Chakrabarty, R.C., & Venkataraman, C. (2024). Spatial Distribution in Surface Aerosol Light Absorption Across India. Geophysical Research Letters (Vol. 51, Issue 18). American Geophysical Union (AGU). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl110089.
Chelluboyina, G. S., Kapoor, T. S., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024). Dark brown carbon from wildfires: a potent snow radiative forcing agent? In npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (Vol. 7, Issue 1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00738-7.
Navinya, C., Kapoor, T. S., Anurag, G., Venkataraman, C., Phuleria, H. C., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024). Brownness of Organics in Anthropogenic Biomass Burning Aerosols over South Asia, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-13285-2024.
Sarkar, T., Kapoor, T. S., Mayya, Y. S., Venkataraman, C., & Anand, S. 2024. Near-source dispersion and coagulation parameterization: Application to biomass burning emissions. Atmospheric Environment: X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2024.100266.
Navinya, C., Kapoor, T. S., Anurag, G., Venkataraman, C. & Phuleria, H. C. Carbonaceous aerosol emissions from secondary lighting sources: Emission factors and optical properties. Atmospheric Pollution Research. (Vol. 15, Issue 12, p. 102321). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2024.102321.
Kumari, J., Khan, M. S., Bansal, M., Kapoor, T. S., & Habib, G. (2024). Design, evaluation, and performance of versatile source sampling system (VS3) for monitoring and characterization of aerosols from area, point and line sources. Aerosol Science and Technology (Vol. 58, Issue 12, pp. 1333–1346). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2024.2412992.
Kumar, J., Li, Y., Chelluboyina, G. S., Sumlin, B. J., Puthussery, J. V., Kapoor, T. S., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024). Correcting filter-based aerosol light absorption measurement biases in a coastal urban-industrial region. Aerosol Science and Technology (Vol. 58, Issue 10, pp. 1129–1141). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2024.2384892.
Venkataraman, C., Anand, A., Maji, S., Barman, N., Tiwari, D., Muduchuru, K., . . . Kapoor, T. S. et al. (2024). Drivers of PM2.5 episodes and exceedance in India: A synthesis from the coalesce network. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(14). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024jd040834.
2023
Kapoor, T. S., Navinya, C., Anurag, G., … Venkataraman, & C. Phuleria, H. C. 2023. Reassessing the availability of crop residue as a bioenergy resource in India: a field-survey based study. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118055.
Kapoor, T. S., Phuleria, H. C., Sumlin, B., Shetty, N., Gupta, A., Bansal, M., Duhan, S., Khan, S., Laura, J., Manwani, P., Chakrabarty, R. K., & Venkataraman, C. 2023. Wintertime aerosol refractive index at a highly polluted north-Indian site. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD038272.
Navinya, C., Kapoor, T.S., … Venkataraman, & C. Phuleria, H. C. 2023. Heating and lighting: Understanding overlooked energy-consumption activities in the Indian residential sector. 2023. Environmental Research Communications. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/acca6f.
Yadav, S., Kapoor, T. S., Vernekar, P., & Phuleria, H. C. 2023. Examining chemical and optical properties of biomass aerosols and their impact on oxidative potential. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230102.
2022
Kapoor, T. S., Venkataraman, C., Sarkar, C., Phuleria, H.C., Chatterjee, A., Habib, G., Apte, J.S. 2022. Estimation of real-time brown carbon absorption: An observationally constrained Mie theory-based optimization method. Journal of Aerosol Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2022.106047. [This paper featured on the journal cover, Journal of Aerosol Science, Volume 8 Issue 8)]
Technical Reports
Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change, 2022.
Estimated emissions from the agricultural sector and also provided mitigation options. The agricultural sector includes residue burning, enteric fermentation by livestock, and fertilizer application.
NCAP-COALESCE project reports (link)
Contributed to preparing several project progress and technical reports towards the work-package 1 agricultural residue burning emissions and source sampling measurement system sections.
Conferences Presentations
(* indicates presenting author)
2026
Kapoor, T. S.*, Navinya, C., Phuleria, H. C., Venkataraman, C., and Chakrabarty, R. K. (2026). Advancing carbonaceous aerosol characterization in India to improve regional climate risk assessment. In European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20632
2025
Kapoor, T. S.*, Upadhyay, P., Huang, J., Ren, G., Cavin, J., Dhruv, Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Sensitivity of stratospheric aerosol injection radiative forcing to layer height and surface albedo. In American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
Zhang, L., Kapoor, T. S.*, Upadhyay, P., and Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Unveiling the shortwave absorption spectra of alumina aerosols: Implications for solar radiation modification. In American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
Upadhyay, P., Zhang, L., Kapoor, T. S., and Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Could aggregation and sulfate coating alter the scattering and absorption efficiencies of SAI aerosol? In American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.
Li, Y.*, Kumar, J., Jung, G.-Y., Kapoor, T. S., Puthussery, J. V., Ren, G., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Dark brown carbon dominates shortwave absorption in urban emissions. In American Association for Aerosol Research 43rd Annual Conference, Buffalo, USA.
You, S.-W.*, Kapoor, T. S., Upadhyay, P., and Chakrabarty, R. K. (2025). Photochemical aging of dark brown carbon aerosols using a pam-ofr. In American Association for Aerosol Research 43rd Annual Conference, Buffalo, USA.
2024
Kapoor, T. S.*, Upadhyay, P., Sumlin, B. J., Mitroo, D., Ren, G., Cavin, J., Mishra, R., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024). A first look at the viability of aluminum oxide as a candidate material for stratospheric aerosol injection. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington DC, USA.
Kapoor, T. S.* and Chakrabarty, R. C. (2024). Framework for modeling dark-brown carbon optical properties. The 11th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC11), St. Louis, USA.
Kapoor, T. S., Navinya, C.*, Apte, A., Shetty, N. J., Lokhande, P., Singh, S., Murthy B. M., S., Deswal, M., Laura, J. S., Muthalagu, A., Qureshi, A., Bhardwaj, A., Sunder Raman, R., Lian, Y., Pandithurai, G., Chaudhary, P., Sinha, B., Rabha, S., Saikia, B. K., …, Phuleria, H.C., Chakrabarty, R.C., Venkataraman, C. (2024). Spatial and Seasonal Variation of Light Absorption by Near Surface Aerosols over India. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association Conference, Dehradun, India.
Navinya, C.*, Kapoor, T. S., Anurag, G., Venkataraman, C., Phuleria, H. C., and Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024). Optical Properties of Brown Carbon from Anthropogenic Biomass Burning in India. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association Conference, Dehradun, India.
Kapoor, T. S.*, Upadhyay, P., Sumlin, B. J., Mitroo, D., Ren, G., Mishra, R., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) Optical properties of Aluminum Oxide Aerosols: A Candidate for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Navinya, C., Kapoor, T. S., Venkataraman, C.*, Anurag, G., Phuleria, H. C., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) Spectral Light Absorption in Aerosol Emissions from Anthropogenic Biomass Burning in India. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Chelluboyina G.*, Kapoor, T. S., Chakrabarty, R.C., (2024) Dark Brown Carbon Snow Darkening Effect: An Experimental Validation. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Li Y.*, Kumar, J., Kapoor T.S., Puthussery, J. V., Vandergrift, G. W., Cheng, Z., Ren, G., Lata, N. N., Sumlin, B. J., Rivera-Adorno, F., Laskin, A., Mishra, R., China, S., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) Dark Brown Carbon Dominates Aerosol Light Absorption in Urban Anthropogenic Emissions. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Upadhyay, P.*, Kapoor, T. S., Sumlin, B. J., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) Enhancing the Measurement Accuracy of Integrated Photoacoustic Nephelometers to Better Characterize Infrared Optical Properties of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Candidates. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Tripathy S. S.*, Puthussery, J. V., Kapoor, T. S., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) County-Level Influenza Risk Mapping: Assessing the Impact of PM2.5 and Socioeconomic Factors. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Kumar J.,* Jung, G. Y., Mishra, R., Kapoor, T. S., Chakrabarty. R. K. (2024) Influence of Hydrogen Content on the Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Aerosols: Insights from Atomic Scale Simulations. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
You, S. W.*, Upadhyay, P., Kapoor, T. S., Cheng, Z., Ren, G., Puthussery, J. V., Sumlin, B. J., China, S., Mishra, R., Chakrabarty, R. K. (2024) Optical Properties of Laboratory-Synthesized Dark Brown Carbon Tar Balls. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
Kapoor T. S.*, Phuleria, H. C., Sumlin, B. J., Shetty, N. J., Anurag, G., Bansal, M., Duhan, S., Khan, M. S., Laura, J., Manwani, P., Chakrabarty, R. K., Venkataraman, C. (2024) Strongly Absorbing Aerosol Refractive Indices in the Highly Polluted Indo-Gangetic Plains. 42nd Annual Conference of the American Association of Aerosol Research.
2023
Kapoor, T. S., Anurag, G., Navinya*, C., Gupta, G., Tibrewal, K., Venkataraman, C., & Phuleria, H. C. (2023). High-resolution aerosol emissions from crop residue burning: A component of SMOG-INDIA-COALESCE. In Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association Conference (IASTA), Mumbai, India.
Kapoor, T. S., Gupta, A., Chimurkar, N., Venkataraman, C.*, & Phuleria, H. C. (2023). Agricultural biomass burning in India: Carbonaceous aerosol constituents and optical properties. In International Conference on Carbonaceous aerosol Particles in the Atmosphere (ICCPA), Berkeley, USA. Retrieved from https://iccpa.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/13th-ICCPA-Program.pdf.
Kapoor, T. S.*, Phuleria, H. C., Sumlin, B., Shetty, N., Anurag, G., Bansal, M., . . . Venkataraman, C. (2023a). Intrinsic aerosol optical properties in northern India during the polluted winter months. In American Geophysical Union fall meeting (AGU), San Francisco, USA.
Venkataraman, C.*, Gupta, G., Tibrewal, K., Kapoor, T. S., Phuleria, H., Anurag, G., . . . Khan, S. M. (2023). Carbonaceous Aerosol Emissions from the Speciated Multipollutant Generator (SMoG) - India Emission Inventory. In International Conference on Carbonaceous aerosol Particles in the Atmosphere (ICCPA), Berkeley, USA. Retrieved from https://iccpa.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/13th-ICCPA-Program.pdf.
2022
Manwani P.*, Kapoor T. S., Lokhande P., Duhan S., Laura J. S., Venkataraman C., Phuleria H.C (2022). Chemical Characterization and Source Attribution of Fine Carbonaceous Aerosols at a Regional Background Location in Northern India. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU), 12‑16 Dec, 2022.
Navinya C.*, Kapoor T. S., G. Anurag, Lonkar S., Venkataraman C., H. C. Phuleria. Field‑based emission factor estimation for the residential heating activities in Western India. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU), 12‑16 Dec, 2022.
Kapoor, T. S.*, Gupta, A., Chimurkar, N., Venkataraman, C., & Phuleria, H. C. (2022). Characteristics of Aerosol Emissions from Field burning of crop residue in Western India. In Asian Aerosol Conference. [virtual]
Chimurkar, N.*, Kapoor, T. S., Gupta, A., & Phuleria, H. C. (2022). Carbonaceous Aerosols from different secondary lighting sources. In Asian Aerosol Conference.
Chimurkar, N.*; Kapoor, T. S.; Gupta, A.; Jyotsana, J. & Phuleria, H. C. (2022). Assessment of Aerosol Emissions from the Non-Cooking Residential Activities. In International Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering.
2019
Yadav, S.*, Vernekar, P.; Kapoor, T. S.; Venkataraman, C.; and Phuleria, H. C., “Chemical Characterisation and Oxidative Potential of Aerosols Emitted From Solid Biomass Fuels Use in Rural India”, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2019.
Sarkar, C*; Kapoor, T. S.; Venkataraman, C.; Chatterjee A.; Phuleria, H. C.; Ghosh, S. K., "Estimating brown carbon absorption using multiple methods from long-term multi-wavelength aethalometer measurements over a Himalayan site.", Geophysical Research Abstracts. 2019, Vol. 21, p1-1. 1p. (link)
2018
Kapoor, T. S.*; Vernekar, P.; Venkataraman, C.; Phuleria, H. C., "Emissions from open-field burning of agricultural residue in Vadodara, Gujarat". IASTA Bulletin. Proceeding of Indian Aerosol Science & Technology Association (IASTA) 2018, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, 26-28 Nov 2018.