2026 M. Rajeevan: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	63	2423	2312	15	13	213	19269

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award

Overview

M. Rajeevan is affiliated with the Government of India and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research addresses key areas within Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work related to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, precipitation measurement and analysis, and hydrology and drought analysis.

M. Rajeevan has published research in a range of reputed scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Weather and Forecasting
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Atmospheric Research
International Journal of Climatology

Key recent papers authored include:

IMDAA: High Resolution Satellite-era Reanalysis for the Indian Monsoon Region (2021), Journal of Climate
An assessment of long-term changes in mortalities due to extreme weather events in India: A study of 50 years' data, 1970-2019 (2021), Weather and Climate Extremes
Performance of high resolution (400 m) PM2.5 forecast over Delhi (2021), Scientific Reports
Enhancing Accuracy of Air Quality and Temperature Forecasts During Paddy Crop Residue Burning Season in Delhi Via Chemical Data Assimilation (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Enhanced secondary aerosol formation driven by excess ammonia during fog episodes in Delhi, India (2021), Chemosphere

M. Rajeevan has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Sachin D. Ghude
Ravi S. Nanjundiah
Chinmay Jena
Rajesh Kumar
Sreyashi Debnath

Best Publications

Development of a new high spatial resolution (0.25° × 0.25°) long period (1901-2010) daily gridded rainfall data set over India and its comparison with existing data sets over the region

D. S. Pai;Latha Sridhar;M. Rajeevan;O. P. Sreejith

2062
Citations
High resolution daily gridded rainfall data for the Indian region: Analysis of break and active monsoon spells

M. Rajeevan;Jyoti Bhate;J. D. Kale;B. Lal

987
Citations
Trends in the rainfall pattern over India

P. Guhathakurta;M. Rajeevan

872
Citations
Development of a high resolution daily gridded temperature data set (1969–2005) for the Indian region

A. K. Srivastava;M. Rajeevan;S. R. Kshirsagar

871
Citations
Analysis of variability and trends of extreme rainfall events over India using 104 years of gridded daily rainfall data

M. Rajeevan;Jyoti Bhate;A. K. Jaswal

855
Citations
Active and break spells of the Indian summer monsoon

M. Rajeevan;Sulochana Gadgil;Jyoti Bhate

765
Citations
A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India

M. K. Roxy;Subimal Ghosh;Amey Pathak;R. Athulya;R. Athulya

716
Citations
On the Variability and Increasing Trends of Heat Waves over India

P. Rohini;M. Rajeevan;A. K. Srivastava

409
Citations
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

344
Citations
Nowcasting severe convective activity over southeast India using ground‐based microwave radiometer observations

A. Madhulatha;M. Rajeevan;M. Venkat Ratnam;Jyoti Bhate

344
Citations
Analysis of the daily rainfall events over India using a new long period (1901–2010) high resolution (0.25° × 0.25°) gridded rainfall data set

D. S. Pai;Latha Sridhar;M. R. Badwaik;M. Rajeevan

342
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
On the observed variability of monsoon droughts over India

K. Niranjan Kumar;M. Rajeevan;D.S. Pai;A.K. Srivastava

321
Citations
New statistical models for long-range forecasting of southwest monsoon rainfall over India

M. Rajeevan;D. S. Pai;R. Anil Kumar;B. Lal

291
Citations
Sensitivity of WRF cloud microphysics to simulations of a severe thunderstorm event over Southeast India

M. Rajeevan;A. Kesarkar;S. B. Thampi;T. N. Rao

280
Citations
Daily Indian Precipitation Analysis Formed from a Merge of Rain-Gauge Data with the TRMM TMPA Satellite-Derived Rainfall Estimates

Ashis K. Mitra;A. K. Bohra;M. N. Rajeevan;T. N. Krishnamurti

270
Citations
Anatomy of Indian heatwaves

J. V. Ratnam;Swadhin K. Behera;Satyaban B. Ratna;M. Rajeevan

259
Citations
Monsoon prediction : Why yet another failure?

Sulochana Gadgil;M Rajeevan;Ravi Nanjundiah

258
Citations
A high resolution daily gridded rainfall dataset (1971―2005) for mesoscale meteorological studies

M. Rajeevan;Jyoti Bhate

245
Citations
Rethinking Indian monsoon rainfall prediction in the context of recent global warming

Bin Wang;Baoqiang Xiang;Juan Li;Peter J. Webster

241
Citations
State of the Climate in 2018

M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

233
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sachin D. Ghude Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Gustavo Goni Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Dev Niyogi The University of Texas at Austin

Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service

M. Venkat Ratnam National Atmospheric Research Laboratory

Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hugo G. Hidalgo University of Costa Rica

Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

External Links

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