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Pawan K. Bhartia is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Major subfields of their work include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics such as Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • OMPS LP Observations of PSC Variability During the NH 2019-2020 Season (2020) - Geophysical Research Letters
  • Model-based climatology of diurnal variability in stratospheric ozone as a data analysis tool (2020) - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • NASA Satellite Measurements Show Global-Scale Reductions in Free Tropospheric Ozone in 2020 and Again in 2021 During COVID-19 (2022) - Geophysical Research Letters
  • Evaluation of the OMPS/LP stratospheric aerosol extinction product using SAGE III/ISS observations (2020) - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • A global ozone profile climatology for satellite retrieval algorithms based on Aura MLS measurements and the MERRA-2 GMI simulation (2021) - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Pawan K. Bhartia collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including D. P. Haffner, G. J. Labow, N. A. Kramarova, Omar Torres, and M. T. DeLand.

Their work is published most often in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Global distribution of UV-absorbing aerosols from Nimbus 7/TOMS data

    J. R. Herman;P. K. Bhartia;O. Torres;C. Hsu

  • Derivation of aerosol properties from satellite measurements of backscattered ultraviolet radiation: Theoretical basis

    O. Torres;P. K. Bhartia;J. R. Herman;Z. Ahmad

  • Aerosols and surface UV products from Ozone Monitoring Instrument observations: An overview

    Omar Torres;Aapo Tanskanen;Ben Veihelmann;Changwoo Ahn

  • A Long-Term Record of Aerosol Optical Depth from TOMS Observations and Comparison to AERONET Measurements

    O. Torres;P. K. Bhartia;J. R. Herman;A. Sinyuk

  • Science objectives of the ozone monitoring instrument

    P.F. Levelt;E. Hilsenrath;G.W. Leppelmeier;G.H.J. van den Oord

  • Overview of the EOS aura mission

    M.R. Schoeberl;A.R. Douglass;E. Hilsenrath;P.K. Bhartia

  • Record Low Global Ozone in 1992

    J. F. Gleason;P. K. Bhartia;J. R. Herman;R. McPeters

  • Tropospheric Ozone Determined from Aura OMI and MLS: Evaluation of Measurements and Comparison with the Global Modeling Initiative's Chemical Transport Model

    J. R. Ziemke;J. R. Ziemke;S. Chandra;S. Chandra;B. N. Duncan;B. N. Duncan;L. Froidevaux

  • Earth probe total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS): data products user's guide

    RD McPeters;PK Bhartia;AJ Krueger;Herman

  • Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) data products user's guide

    RD McPeters;AJ Krueger;PK Bhartia;Herman

  • The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

    Pieternel F. Levelt;Joanna Joiner;Johanna Tamminen;J. Pepijn Veefkind

  • New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)

    Jhoon Kim;Ukkyo Jeong;Myoung Hwan Ahn;Jae H. Kim

  • Band residual difference algorithm for retrieval of SO/sub 2/ from the aura ozone monitoring instrument (OMI)

    N.A. Krotkov;S.A. Carn;A.J. Krueger;P.K. Bhartia

  • UV‐B increases (1979–1992) from decreases in total ozone

    J. R. Herman;P. K. Bhartia;J. Ziemke;Z. Ahmad

  • A new stratospheric and tropospheric NO2 retrieval algorithm for nadir-viewing satellite instruments : applications to OMI

    E. J. Bucsela;N. A. Krotkov;E. A. Celarier;E. A. Celarier;L. N. Lamsal;L. N. Lamsal

  • Algorithm for the estimation of vertical ozone profiles from the backscattered ultraviolet technique

    P. K. Bhartia;R. D. McPeters;C. L. Mateer;L. E. Flynn

  • Ozone profile retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

    X. Liu;X. Liu;X. Liu;P. K. Bhartia;K. Chance;R. J. D. Spurr

  • Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements from the total ozone mapping spectrometer instruments

    A. J. Krueger;L. S. Walter;P. K. Bhartia;C. C. Schnetzler

  • Detection of biomass burning smoke from TOMS measurements

    N. C. Hsu;J. R. Herman;P. K. Bhartia;C. J. Seftor

  • Satellite estimation of spectral surface UV irradiance in the presence of tropospheric aerosols. 1. Cloud-free case

    N. A. Krotkov;P. K. Bhartia;J. R. Herman;V. Fioletov

  • Two new methods for deriving tropospheric column ozone from TOMS measurements: Assimilated UARS MLS/HALOE and convective-cloud differential techniques

    J. R. Ziemke;S. Chandra;P. K. Bhartia

  • Retrieval of large volcanic SO2 columns from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Comparison and limitations

    Kai Yang;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Arlin J. Krueger;Simon A. Carn

Frequent Co-Authors

Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Richard D. McPeters
Richard D. McPeters Goddard Space Flight Center
Joanna Joiner
Joanna Joiner Goddard Space Flight Center
Jerald R. Ziemke
Jerald R. Ziemke Goddard Space Flight Center
Gordon J. Labow
Gordon J. Labow Goddard Space Flight Center
Pieternel F. Levelt
Pieternel F. Levelt Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Jay R. Herman
Jay R. Herman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kai Yang
Kai Yang University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew T. DeLand
Matthew T. DeLand Science Systems and Applications (United States)
Omar Torres
Omar Torres Goddard Space Flight Center

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