Curriculum Vitae of PALLAMRAJU DUGGIRALA


Senior Research Associate | Scientific Coordinator
Center for Space Physics Phone: (617)353-1533 | Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES)
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Education :
M.Sc (Physics) 1990 Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
Ph. D. (Physics) 1996 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
Thesis title: Studies of Daytime Upper Atmospheric Phenomena Using Ground-Based Optical Techniques.

Research Interests :

Employment :

January 2004 - present:
Scientific Coordinator for CAWSES , an International program of the SCOSTEP. CAWSES office has been established at the Center for Space Physics, Boston University.
January 2002 - present:
Senior Research Associate at the Center for Space Physics, Boston University.
June 1997 - December 2001:
Research Associate at the Center for Space Physics, Boston University.
March 1996 - May 1997:
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
August 1990 - February 1996:
Research Scholar at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.

Association: American Geophysical Union

Professional Activities :

Panel Reviewer in National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Review Panels.
Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF)
Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics (JGR) published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA.
Reviewer for Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, (JASTP), UK.
Reviewer for International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IJGA) published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA.
Reviewer for Advances in Space Research (ASR).
Reviewer for Indian Journal for Radio and Space Physics (IJRSP).
Reviewer for Annales Geophysicae (AG).
Reviewer for U. S. Civilian Research Development Foundation (CRDF).

Tutorial Delievered :

Errors in airglow and auroral measurements in CEDAR . Tutorial given on June 17, 2003 during CEDAR meeting at Longmont, CO, USA. It can be accessed by clicking here.

CAWSES Activities:

  • Editor of the CAWSES Newsletters that are published twice in a year and can be accessed from the CAWSES website.
  • Coordinated International Observational Campaigns during 2004 and 2005.
  • Organized the annual day-long science planning meetings held during major international conferences (such as COSPAR and IAGA). Meetings were organized in Paris, France (2004), Toulouse, France (2005) and Beijing, China (2006).

    Other Activities:

  • Member of the Executive Committee of PRL Alumni Association for the year 2001-2003.

    List of Scientific Publications in Refereed Journals:

    1. Chakrabarti, S., and D. Pallamraju, Round the clock ground-based imaging spectroscopy of space weather effects on the thermosphere and ionosphere, Advances in Geosciences, 2006 (in press).
    2. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, Contributions of Imaging Echelle Spectrographs to Daytime Optical Aeronomy, J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys., 2006, 58, 1459 - 1471.
    3. Basu, S., and D. Pallamraju, Science rationale for Climate and Weather of the Sun Earth System (CAWSES): SCOSTEP's interdisciplinary program for 2004-2008, Advances in Space Research , 38, 1781 - 1791, 2006.
    4. Basu, Su, Sa Basu, J. Makela, R. Sheehan, E. MacKenzie, P. Doherty, J. W. Wright, M. J. Keskinen, D. Pallamraju, L. Paxton, F. T. Berkey, (2005). Two components of ionospheric plasma structuring at midlatitudes observed during the large magnetic storm of October 30, 2003, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12S06, doi:10.1029/2004GL021669.
    5. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2005) First ground-based measurements of OI 6300 A Daytime aurora Over Boston in Response to the 30 October 2003 geomagnetic Storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., , 32, L03S10, doi:10.1029/2004GL021417.
    6. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti, R. Doe and T. Pedersen, First Ground-based OI 630 nm optical measurements of daytime cusplike and F-region auroral precipitation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L08807 doi:10.1029/2003GL019173, (2004).
    7. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti and C. E. Valladares, Magnetic Storm Induced Enhancement in Neutral Composition at Low-latitudes as Inferred by O(1D) Dayglow Measurements From Chile, 22, 3241-3250, Annales Geophysics, 2004.
    8. Pallamraju, D., et al., OI 630.0 nm daytime emission variations as obtained by HIRISE from Carmen Alto, Chile, (manuscript under preparation).
    9. Galand, M., J. Baumgardner, D. Pallamraju, S. Chakrabarti, U. P. Lovhaug, D. Lummerzheim, B. Lanchaster, and M. H. Rees, (2004) Spectral imaging of proton aurora and twilight at Tromso, Norway, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, A07305, doi:10.1029/2003JA010033.
    10. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner and S. Chakrabarti, HIRISE: A ground-based High Resolution Imaging Spectrograph using Echelle grating for measuring daytime airglow and auroral emissions, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 64 , 1581-1587, 2002. Article in pdf format
    11. Chakrabarti, S., D. Pallamraju, J. Baumgardner and J. Vaillancourt, HiTIES: A High Throughput Imaging Echelle Spectrograph for Ground-Based Visible Airglow and Auroral Studies, J. Geophys. Res.,106, 30337-30348, 2001.
    12. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti and T. R. Pedersen, Simultaneous ground-based observations of an auroral arc in daytime O I 630.0nm emission and by Incoherent Scatter Radar, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 5543-5549, 2001.
    13. Pallamraju D., J. Baumgardner, and S. Chakrabarti, A multiwavelength investigation of the Ring effect in the day sky spectrum, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1875-1878, 2000. Article in pdf format
    14. Sridharan R., D. Pallamraju, V. V. Somayajulu, Alok Taori, D. Chakrabarty and R. Raghavarao, Imprint of equatorial electrodynamics in the OI 630.0nm dayglow J. Atmos. and Solar Terr. Phys., 61, 1143-1155, 1999. Article in pdf format
    15. Pallamraju D., and R. Sridharan, Ground-based optical measurements of daytime aurora -- a new means of investigating space-weather related processes, Proc. Indian Acad. of Sci., 107, 203-211, 1998.
    16. R. Sridharan, N. K. Modi, D. Pallamraju, R. Narayanan, Tarun K Pant, Alok Taori, and D Chakrabarty, A Multiwavelength Daytime Photometer -- a new tool for the investigation of atmospheric processes, Measurement Sci. and Tech., 9,, 585-591, 1998. Article in pdf format
    17. Pallamraju, D., and R. Sridharan, High-resolution 2-D maps of OI 630.0nm thermospheric dayglow from equatorial latitudes, Ann. Geophys., 16, 997-1006, 1998. Article in pdf format
    18. R. Sridharan, H. Chandra, S. R. Das, H.S.S. Sinha, D. Pallamraju, R. Narayanan, S. Raizada, R. N. Misra, R. Raghavarao, G. D. Vyas, P. B. Rao, P. V. S. Ramarao, V. V. Somayajulu, V. V. Babu and A. D. Danilov, Ionization hole capmaign -- A coordinated rocket and ground-based study at the onset of equatorial spread-F - First results, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 59, 2051, 1997.
    19. Pallamraju, D., R.Sridharan, S.Gurubaran, and R. Raghavarao, First results from ground-based daytime optical investigations of the development of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly, Ann. Geophys., 14, 238-245, 1996.
    20. Pallamraju, D., R. Sridharan, R. Narayanan, N. K. Modi, R. Raghavarao, and B. H. Subbaraya, Ground-based optical observations of daytime auroral emissions from Antarctica, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 57, 1591-1597, 1995.
    21. R. Sridharan, D. Pallamraju, R. Narayanan, N. K. Modi, B. H. Subbaraya, and R. Raghavarao, Daytime measurements of optical auroral emissions from Antarctica, Curr. Sci., 68, 830-833, 1995.
    22. Sridharan R., D. Pallamraju, R. Raghavarao and P. V. S. Ramarao, Precursor for Equatorial Spread-F in OI 630.0 nm dayglow, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2797-2800, 1994.
    23. Sridharan R., R. Narayanan, N. K. Modi and D. Pallamraju, A novel mask design for multiwavelength dayglow photometry, Appl. Opt., 32, 4178-4180, 1993.

    Technical Reports/Publications:

  • S. Basu and D. Pallamraju, Science rationale for CAWSES (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System): SCOSTEP's interdisciplinary program for 2004-2008, submitted to the Proceedings of the Radio Beacon Symposium 2004.
  • D. Pallamraju, Applications of optical spectrographs for passive remote sensing of upper atmosphere, A Review submitted to the proceedings of the CEDAR Passive Aeronomy workshop document being prepared for submission to NSF, 2004.
  • D. Pallamraju, Highlight 1: First ground-based observations of daytime cusp and F-region auroral precipitation, Short note submitted to the CEDAR Passive Aeronomy Workshop document being prepared for submission to NSF, 2004.
  • D. Pallamraju, Highlight 2: Daytime Redline Aurora over Boston, Short note submitted to the CEDAR Passive Aeronomy Workshop document being prepared for submission to NSF, 2004.
  • R. Sridharan, D. Pallamraju, N. K. Modi and R. Narayanan, Report on the scientific activities under the 'Optical Aeronomy' programme carried out during the XIV scientific expedition (summer component), Fourteenth Indian Expedition to Antarctica, Scientific Report, Technical Publication No. 12, pp 71-91, 1998.

    Papers presented in National/International Conferences:

    1. D. Pallamraju, S. Chakrabarti, S. Solomon, and G. Crowley, Compositional changes in thermosphere during a geomagnetic storm inferred using ground-based daytime OI 630.0nm optical airglow emissions, submitted, Fall AGU, 2006.
    2. (INVITED) J. U. Kozyra, K. Shibata, N. J. Fox, S. Basu, A. J. Coster, J. Davila, N. Gopalswamy, K. Liou, Gang Lu, I. Mann, D. Pallamraju, L. J. Paxton, W. Peterson, E. Talaat, A. Weatherwax, C. A. Young, L. J. Zanetti, Investigating the state of the Sun-Earth system during extreme events: First science results of a worldwide online conference series, submitted, Fall AGU, 2006.
    3. (INVITED) D. Pallamraju, R. Doe, S. Chakrabarti, J. Kozyra, and L. Goncharenko, (2006). Ionosphere Thermosphere interactions during varying geomagnetic conditions, Western Pacific Geophysics. Meet., Beijing, China
    4. (INVITED) D. Pallamraju, J. Kozyra, and S. Basu, (2006). CAWSES (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System) Science: Progress thus far and the next steps, COSPAR, Beijing, China,
    5. (INVITED) D. Pallamraju and S. Chakrabarti, Dynamical variability of OI 630.0nm dayglow emissions over low geomagnetic latitudes
    6. D. Pallamraju and R. Doe, Investigations of daylit auroral arcs from Sondrestrom. (2006), CEDAR, ITIT-07, 2006.
    7. D. Pallamraju, R. Doe, and S. Solomon, (2006). Daylit Investigation of Low-Energy Auroral Arcs From Sondrestromfjord, EOS Trans., AGU.
    8. (INVITED) Janet U Kozyra, Kazunari Shibata, Robin J Barnes, Sunanda Basu, Joseph M Davila, Nicola J Fox, Nat Gopalswamy, Maria M Kuznetsova, Duggirala Pallamraju, Larry J Paxton, Aaron Ridley, Michele Weiss, C Alex Young, Lawrence and J Zanetti, (2006). A Sun-to-Earth Campaign Joining Observations from the Great Observatory with Worldwide Satellite and Ground-Based Resources to Investigate System Science Frontiers, EOS Trans., AGU.
    9. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2006). Observations of Daytime Aurora Using Ground-based HIRISE Technique From Sondrestromfjord in Greenland, presented in STP-11 meeting in Rio, Brazil, March, 2006.
    10. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti, and S. Solomon, (2005) Inferring storm induced variations in thermospheric composition over low-latitudes using ground0based daytime optical airglow emissions, EOS Trans., AGU86(48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA41A-1111.
    11. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2005). Solar Wind-Ionosphere-Thermosphere interactions as measured by daytime OI 630.0nm emissions obtained from Sondrestomfjord, Greenland by the High Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (HIRISE), presented in IAGA 2005 held in Toulouse, France, July 2005.
    12. Doe, R., and D. Pallamraju, (2005). Coordinated HIRISE and ISR Investigation of Daytime Aurora at Sondrestromfjord, CEDAR, IATA.05, 2005
    13. Chakrabarti, S. and D. Pallamraju, (2005). Round-the-Clock Ground-based Observations of Space Weather Effects on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Using Imaging Spectroscopy, presented in the AOGS meeting, held in Singapore, June 2005.
    14. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2005). The response of low-latitude thermosphere during magnetic disturbances as measured by the OI 630.0nm dayglow emissions obtained by the High Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (HIRISE), Proceedings of ISEA-11, S3-O-14, 2005.
    15. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2004). First Ground-Based Measurements of OI 6300 A Daytime Aurora Over Boston in Response to the 30 October 2003 Geomagnetic Storm, EOS Trans. AGU 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA43A-1064.
    16. Chakrabarti, S., and D. Pallamraju, (2004). An Imaging Spectrograph for Ground Based, Round-the-Clock Optical Aeronomy Studies, EOS Trans. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SH31B-05.
    17. Basu, Su., S Basu, J Makela, R Sheehan, E MacKenzie, M Keskinen, D. Pallamraju, and L Paxton, (2004). Two Components of Ionospheric Plasma Structuring at Mid-latitudes during Large Magnetic Storms, EOS Trans. 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA11B-05.
    18. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2004). HIRISE Observations of daytime aurora over Boston from ground in response to the magnetic disturbance of October 30, 2003 as corroborated by the TIMED measurements from Space, COSPAR 2004.
    19. S. Chakrabarti, D. Pallamraju, and R. Doe, Ground-based OI 630.0nm observations of sunlit cusp from Sondrestromfjord, Greenland, EOS Trans., AGU, 84(46), Meet. Suppl., Abstract SM12A-1205, 2003.
    20. S. Chakrabarti and D. Pallamraju , Ground based imaging spectroscopic studies of the dayglow, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS, 1334, 2003.
    21. Pallamraju, D., R. Massaro, S. Chakrabarti, J. Baumgardner, J. Araya, S. Solomon and J. Chau, Response of low-latitude OI 630.0nm dayglow emissions to geomagnetic disturbances, EOS. Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA52A-0373, 2002.
    22. Chakrabarti, S., M. Galand, J. Baumgardner, D. Pallamraju, , and U. P. Lovhaug, A ground-based study of Proton aurora from Tromso, Norway, EOS. Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA52A-0396, 2002.
    23. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti, J. Baumgardner, and T. R. Pedersen, First observations of sunlit cusp in OI 630.0nm emissions using ground-based HIRISE instrument from Sondrestromfjord, Presented in 34th Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly, Houston, TX, USA, 10-19 October, 2002.
    24. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti, J. Baumgardner and T. R. Pedersen, Ground-based spectroscopic observations of OI 630.0nm daytime aurora from Sondrestromfjord in Greenland, EOS Trans. AGU, 82 (20), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA41A-03, 2001.
    25. Chakrabarti, S., D. Pallamraju, J. Araya, J. Baumgardner and T. Pedersen, Could post-sunset ionospheric irregularities be predicted using OI 630.0nm daytime airglow? EOS Trans. AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract SA52C-08, 2001.
    26. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, OI 6300A dayglow observations from Boston using HIRISE, EOS Trans., AGU 81, F950, 2000.
    27. S. Chakrabarti and D. Pallamraju, OI 6300 A dayglow observations and ESF forecasting, EOS Trans., AGU, 81, S340, 2000.
    28. (INVITED) Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, OI 630.0nm dayglow as a means of forecasting the nighttime equatorial spread-F, Proceedings of International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy, held at Antalya, Turkey, Section 8#11, 2000.
    29. S. Chakrabarti, J. Baumgardner and D. Pallamraju, A high resolution imaging spectrograph for daytime airglow studies, Proceedings of International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy, held at Antalya, Turkey, Section 9 #5, 2000.
    30. (INVITED) Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, and S. Chakrabarti, OI 630.0nm dayglow and prediction of the post-sunset quatorial spread-F, EOS Trans., AGU 80, F775, 1999.
    31. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti and T. R. Pedersen, First results of daytime auroral measurements from Sondrestromfjord, EOS Trans., AGU, 80, S245, 1999.
    32. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti and J. Baumgardner, Wavelength and Solar Zenith Angle dependence of the Ring effect contribution, EOS Trans., AGU, 79, F667, 1998.
    33. Chakrabarti, S., D. Pallamraju, and J. Baumgardner, A High resolution Echelle Spectrograph for ground-based airglow and auroral studies, EOS Trans., AGU, 79, S246, 1998.
    34. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner and S. Chakrabarti, First results from the new HiTIES on the daytime/twilight airglow, EOS Trans., AGU, 79, S245, 1998.
    35. J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti, and D. Pallamraju, A New High resoulution, High Throughput Spectrograph for airglow and auroral measurements, EOS Trans., AGU, 78, F504, 1997.
    36. Pallamraju, D., and R. Sridharan, Ground-based optical observations of daytime aurora from Maitri- A potential means of space weather investigations, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp109, 1997.
    37. R. Sridharan, V. V. Somayajulu, D. Pallamraju, A. Taori, D. Chakrabarty, and R. Raghavarao, Imprint of the equatorial electrodynamical processes in OI 630.0nm dayglow, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp107, 1997.
    38. Pallamraju, D., and R. Sridharan, High-resolution two dimensional maps of the OI 630.0nm dayglow emission from equatorial latitudes -- First results, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp74, 1996.
    39. Pallamraju, D., R. Sridharan, S. Gurubaran, and R. Raghavarao, First results from ground-based daytime optical investigation of the development of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp346-347, 1994.
    40. R. Sridharan, D. Pallamraju, R. Narayanan, B. H. Subbaraya and R. Raghavarao, Optical investigations of daytime auroral emissions from Antarctica, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp280-281, 1994.
    41. R. Sridharan, D. Pallamraju, R. Narayanan, and N. K. Modi, A new Multi-wavelength Daytime Photometer, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp344-345, 1994.
    42. R. Sridharan, H. S. S. Sinha, D. Pallamraju, R. Sekar, R. Narayanan, S. R. Das, H. Chandra, N. K. Modi, R. N. Misra, S. Gurubaran, B. H. Subbaraya, R. Raghavarao, P. B. Rao, V. V. Somayajulu, and V. V. Babu, `Ionization hole' experiment- Coordinated rocket and ground-based measurements at the onset of equatorial spread F, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp282-283, 1994.
    43. R. Sridharan, R. Narayanan, N. K. Modi, D. Pallamraju and S. Gurubaran, Determination of emission line profiles of dayglow -- an innovative approach, Proceedings of the National Space Science Symposium, India, pp74, 1992.

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