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Citations
14098
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1169
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in India Leader Award

Overview

Manmohan Sarin is affiliated with the Physical Research Laboratory in India and focuses their research on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work predominantly addresses topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their research spans several subfields, notably:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution

Key topics explored in their publications include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment

Their recent papers comprise the following publications:

  • "Changing atmospheric acidity as a modulator of nutrient deposition and ocean biogeochemistry," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Climate change driven effects on transport, fate and biogeochemistry of trace element contaminants in coastal marine ecosystems," 2024, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Emergent interactive effects of climate change and contaminants in coastal and ocean ecosystems," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment," 2024, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "13C Probing of Ambient Photo-Fenton Reactions Involving Iron and Oxalic Acid: Implications for Oceanic Biogeochemistry," 2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Manmohan Sarin frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Vanessa Hatje
  • Srinivas Bikkina
  • Sylvia G. Sander
  • Christoph Völker
  • Dario Omanović

Their work is distributed across several publication venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Current Science

Best Publications

  • Major ion chemistry of the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system: Weathering processes and fluxes to the Bay of Bengal

    M.M Sarin;S Krishnaswami;K Dilli;B.L.K Somayajulu

  • An assessment of the use of sediment traps for estimating upper ocean particle fluxes

    Ken O. Buesseler;Avan N. Antia;Min Chen;Scott W. Fowler

  • Major ion chemistry in the headwaters of the Yamuna river system:. Chemical weathering, its temperature dependence and CO 2 consumption in the Himalaya

    T.K. Dalai;S. Krishnaswami;M.M. Sarin

  • Strontium isotopes and rubidium in the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system: Weathering in the Himalaya, fluxes to the Bay of Bengal and contributions to the evolution of oceanic87Sr/86Sr

    S. Krishnaswami;J.R. Trivedi;M.M. Sarin;R. Ramesh

  • Spatio-temporal variability in atmospheric abundances of EC, OC and WSOC over Northern India

    Kirpa Ram;M.M. Sarin

  • Carbonaceous and inorganic species in atmospheric aerosols during wintertime over urban and high‐altitude sites in North India

    R. Rengarajan;M. M. Sarin;A. K. Sudheer

  • Day–night variability of EC, OC, WSOC and inorganic ions in urban environment of Indo-Gangetic Plain: Implications to secondary aerosol formation

    Kirpa Ram;M.M. Sarin

  • Chemical weathering in the Krishna Basin and Western Ghats of the Deccan Traps, India : Rates of basalt weathering and their controls

    A. Das;S. Krishnaswami;M.M. Sarin;K. Pande

  • Impacts of atmospheric nutrient deposition on marine productivity: Roles of nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron

    Gregory S. Okin;Alex R. Baker;Ina Tegen;Natalie M. Mahowald

  • A reevaluation of the magnitude and impacts of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen inputs on the ocean

    T. D. Jickells;E. Buitenhuis;K. Altieri;A. R. Baker

  • Temporal trends in atmospheric PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, elemental carbon, organic carbon, water-soluble organic carbon, and optical properties: impact of biomass burning emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

    Kirpa Ram;M. M. Sarin;S. N. Tripathi

  • Iron in the Sargasso Sea (Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study region) during summer : eolian imprint, spatiotemporal variability, and ecological implications

    Peter N. Sedwick;Thomas M. Church;Andrew R. Bowie;Christopher M. Marsay

  • Atmospheric fluxes of organic N and P to the global ocean

    Maria Kanakidou;Robert A. Duce;Joseph M. Prospero;Alex R. Baker

  • Atmospheric transport and deposition of mineral dust to the ocean: implications for research needs.

    Michael Schulz;Joseph M Prospero;Alex R Baker;Frank Dentener

  • A 1 year record of carbonaceous aerosols from an urban site in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Characterization, sources, and temporal variability

    Kirpa Ram;M. M. Sarin;S. N. Tripathi

  • Atmospheric abundances of primary and secondary carbonaceous species at two high-altitude sites in India : Sources and temporal variability

    Kirpa Ram;M.M. Sarin;P. Hegde

  • Chemical erosion in the eastern Himalaya: Major ion composition of the Brahmaputra and δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon

    Sunil K. Singh;M.M. Sarin;Christian France-Lanord

  • Pyrogenic iron: the missing link to high iron solubility in aerosols

    Akinori Ito;Stelios Myriokefalitakis;Maria Kanakidou;Natalie M. Mahowald

  • Chemistry of uranium, thorium, and radium isotopes in the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system: Weathering processes and fluxes to the Bay of Bengal

    M.M Sarin;S Krishnaswami;B.L.K somayajulu;W.S Moore

  • Long-term record of aerosol optical properties and chemical composition from a high-altitude site (Manora Peak) in Central Himalaya

    K. Ram;M. M. Sarin;P. Hegde

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Krishnaswami
S. Krishnaswami Physical Research Laboratory
Maria Kanakidou
Maria Kanakidou University of Crete
Robert A. Duce
Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University
Alex R. Baker
Alex R. Baker University of East Anglia
B.L.K. Somayajulu
B.L.K. Somayajulu Physical Research Laboratory
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Mitsuo Uematsu
Mitsuo Uematsu University of Tokyo
Tim Jickells
Tim Jickells University of East Anglia
Frank Dentener
Frank Dentener European Commission Joint Research Centre

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