Tamanna Subba

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department
Bldg. 815, Room 1-43
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-5826
tsubba@bnl.gov

Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGPs): She, her

Expertise | Research | Education | Publications | Awards

Expertise

Estimating radiation budget using in-situ and remote sensing observations, and multi-dimensional models. Investigating aerosol-climate interactions with a focus on new particle formation and meteorological controls. Developing the Primary Biological Aerosol Module for a regional climate model and simulating its potential role in the aerosol budget and climate impacts. Studying biosphere-atmosphere interactions through observations and a regional climate model. Examining the diurnal behavior of the Indian summer monsoon.

Research Activities

• Postdoctoral Fellow ASR-DOE Research Program, University of Michigan:  Aerosol-chemistry-cloud interaction of the primary biological aerosols: measurements and modeling, February 2020-May 2022
• Senior research fellow, ISRO-GBP, Dibrugarh University:  Aerosol radiative forcing network over India Project, 2018-2019
• Fulbright-doctoral fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 2017-2018
• Junior research fellow, ISRO-GBP, Dibrugarh University, 2014-2016: Aerosol radiative forcing network over India Project

Education

• Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, Centre for Atmospheric Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, 2020
• M.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India, 2012
• B.Sc., Physics, Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta University, West Bengal, India, 2010

Selected Publications

• Subba T, Zhang Y, Steiner AL (2023) Simulating the Transport and Rupture of Pollen in the Atmosphere. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ms003329
• Subba T, Pathak B, Gogoi MM, et al (2023) Observations on the decadal variability of aerosol in eastern Himalayan foothills: Evidence of an anthropologically induced positive shift. Atmospheric Environment 299:119638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119638
• Das B, Pathak B, Chutia L, et al (2023) Genesis of New Particle Formation Events in a Semi-Urban Location in Eastern Himalayan Foothills. Atmosphere 14:795. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050795
• Subba T, Gogoi MM, Moorthy KK, et al (2022) New estimates of aerosol radiative effects over India from surface and satellite observations. Atmospheric Research 276:106254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106254
• Subba T, Lawler MJ, Steiner AL (2021) Estimation of Possible Primary Biological Particle Emissions and Rupture Events at the Southern Great Plains ARM Site. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jd034679
• Subba T, Gogoi MM, Pathak B, et al (2020) Recent trend in the global distribution of aerosol direct radiative forcing from satellite measurements. Atmospheric Science Letters 21:. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.975
• Subba T, Gogoi MM, Pathak B, et al (2018) Assessment of 1D and 3D model simulated radiation flux based on surface measurements and estimation of aerosol forcing and their climatological aspects. Atmospheric Research 204:110–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.01.012
• Gogoi MM, Babu SS, Moorthy KK, et al (2017) Radiative effects of absorbing aerosols over northeastern India: Observations and model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122:1132–1157. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jd025592

Awards & Recognition

• Fulbright Kalam Climate Doctoral Fellowship, 2017-2018
• Best Paper/Oral Presentation:  (1st) award in 'the Nineteenth National Space Science Symposium, SPL-VSSC, India, 2016
• Best Poster Presentation:  (1st) award in 'North Eastern Space Application Centre - Academia and Students Interaction Meet', June 24 2016 at NESAC - Department of Space, India, 2016
• Best Oral Presentation:  (3rd) award in 'Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association - IASTA, PRL, India, 2016
• SLET (North East India State Lectureship Eligibility Test), 2014