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Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences - Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California - San Diego Office Phone: 858-534-3624 Email: scrippsnews@ucsd.edu Degrees: PhD Languages: English, Tamil Updated: 5/28/2004 |
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Veerabhadran Ramanathan is a professor of climate and atmospheric sciences and director of the Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate (C4) and Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research focuses on global climate dynamics, solar radiation transfer, greenhouse effect, clouds, and satellite remote sensing. He is a leading investigator and co-chief scientist, with P.J. Crutzen, in the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), a $25 million, multi-national project investigating how aerosols impact global warming. INDOEX scientists have determined that dense pollution produced in Asia and the Indian subcontinent is significantly disrupting the natural atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, raising serious environmental questions. Ramanathan is widely recognized for his work in understanding the effects of trace gases, clouds, and aerosols in the atmosphere.
In 1975, he was the first to demonstrate that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are major greenhouse gases. In the early 1980s, he led a study which concluded that numerous trace gases are significant contributors to global warming. In the late 1980s, he led a NASA study that demonstrated that clouds had a net global cooling effect on the planet. In 1997, he was awarded the VOLVO environmental prize for pioneering work related to the greenhouse effect.
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