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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal of Earth System Science wishes to place on record the valuable assistance received from the following scientists in reviewing manuscripts during 2010. Aavudai Anandhi, City University of New York, New York City, United States Acharyya Subhrangshu, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Adepelumi Adekunle Abraham, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Aggarwal S P P, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun Ahlfeld David P, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Ahmad Syed Masood, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Ahmad Talat, University of Delhi, Delhi Ahmed Shakeel, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Aldersons Freddy, Scientific Consulting, Amman, Jordan Ali M M, National Remote Sensing Center, Hyderabad Ambastha A, Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur Anandan V K, ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network, Bangalore Anderson A E, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Anil A C, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Arora Baldev, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun Arora Manohar, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee Ashrit Raghavendra, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida Avasthi D N, Consultant (retired from ONGC), New Delhi Avdeev Dmitry, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation Aydin Ali, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Bajpai R K, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Balachandran S, India Meteorological Department, Chennai Bali Rameshwar, University of Lucknow, Lucknow Baltassat Jean Michel, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Orleans, France Bandyopadhyay Arpan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Banerjee D M, Delhi University, Delhi Banerjee Ranadip, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Banerjee Santanu, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai J. Earth Syst. Sci. 119, No. 6, December 2010, pp. 895–905 © Indian Academy of Sciences 895 896 Acknowledgements Bansal Abhey Ram, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Barnes Jason, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom Barrera-Alba Josè-Juan, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bartholic Jon F, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States Berthier Etienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France Bhardwaj Anil, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Bhat G S, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Bhattacharya Amit Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Bhattacharya Bimalendu Bhusan, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata Bhattacharyya Archana, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai Bhowmik Roy S K, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi Bhowmik Santanu Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Bolch Tobias, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland Borrero Jose, Tsunami Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States Bradford Scott A, USDA-ARS, US Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, United States Brouyère Serge, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium Brown Ross D, Environment Canada, Montreal, Canada Bruce Banoeng-Yakubo Kofi, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana Bulcock H H, University of KwaZulu-Nata, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Burnley Pamela C, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States Cane Mark, Columbia University, Palisades, United States Çay Tayfun, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey Chadha R K, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Chakraborty Arindam, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Chakraborty Partha Pratim, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad Chakraborty Sudipta, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France Chakraborty Tapan, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Chakrapani Govind J, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Chandra Harish, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Chandrasekar V, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States Chandrasekhar A, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Chatterjee R S, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (NRSA), Dehradun Chaudhri Naveen, Panjab University, Chandigarh Chen Shui-Sen, Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangzhou, China Chen Xingyuan Lorraine, University of California, Berkeley, United States Chen Xun-Hong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States Chesner Craig A, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, United States Choudhary Rajkumar, Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram Chowdary V M, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Kharagpur Cirilli Simonetta, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy Coleman Richard, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Acknowledgements Collins Waylon, National Weather Service, Corpus Christi, United States Costa L S, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Crisci Alfonso, IBIMET-CNR, Florence, Italy Crosby Alistair, University of Cambridge, Bullard, United Kingdom Cunha Maria C, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Das Kaushik, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah Das Subhasish, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Dashora Nirvikar, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Chittoor Datta P S, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Day Kerry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Deb Mihir, Delhi University, Delhi Deb Sanjib Kumar, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad Deshpande C G, Indian Institute of Tropical Meterorology, Pune Devara P C S, Indian Institute of Tropical Meterorology, Pune Devkota Bishnu H, Water Corporation, Leederville, Australia Dewangan Pawan, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Dutta Subashisa, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Eck Torlid Van, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, KNMI, Netherlands Edet Aniekan Effiom, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Eklöf Johan S, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Eriksson Pat, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Fairley Jerry P, University of Idaho, Moscow, United States Fasullo John, University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States Francis P A, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Frignani Mauro, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy Frohlich Cliff, University of Texas, Austin, United States Gahalaut Vineet, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Gedam Shirish, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Gera Anitha, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information System, Hyderabad Girard Jennifer, Florida International University, Miami, United States Giustolisi Orazio, Technical University of Bari, Taranto, Italy Govindaraju Rao S, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States Guerrero Jesús, Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Guha Anirban, Tripura University, Agartala Guhathakurta Pulak, India Meteorological Department, Pune Guler Cuneyt, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey Gundogdu Kemal Sulhi, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey Gupta Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Gupta Ravi P, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Gupta Saibal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Gurubaran Subramanian, EGRI, Tirunelveli 897 898 Acknowledgements Habibagahi Ghassem, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Halder Kalyan, Presidency College, Kolkata Hamidreza Seyed, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran Han Weiqing, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States Hart David J, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States Heuser Luis Walter Daessle, Autonomous University of Baja California, Baja California, Mexico Hiremath Hiremath, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore Hissain Faruque, Silchar University, Silchar Ho Shu-Peng, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States Hottinger Lukas, Museum of Natural History, Basel, Switzerland Hough S, USGeological Survey, Pasadena, California, United States Hsu K C, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China Huang Cheng-Yung, National Space Organization, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China Hung Chin-Chang, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China Hunter John, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Hurtado Anicia Q, Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Iloilo, Philippines Inoue Yoshio, NIAES and University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Iyer K N, Saurastra Universtiy, Rajkot Jacob Noble, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Jacques Frédéric M B, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, China Jade Sridevi, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore Jafri Syed, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Jagadheesha Deveerappa, Indian Space Research Organisation Head Quarters, Bangalore Jain A K, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Jain Rajmal, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Jain Sharad K, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Jain Vikrant, Delhi University, Delhi Jamwal Priyanka, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Janakiraman S, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Bangalore Janssen Christoph, GeoforschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Javaraiah J, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore Jayananda M, University of Delhi, Delhi Jayananda M, University of Delhi, Delhi Jeng Dong-Sheng, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom Jensen Tommy Gert, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States Jiménez-Muñoz Juan Carlos, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Julien Pierre Y, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States Kaginalkar Akshara, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune Kale Vishwas, University of Pune, Pune Kalnins Lara, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Acknowledgements Kamra A K, The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Karipot Anandakumar, University of Pune, Pune Karmakar Subhankar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Kaskaoutis Dimitris, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece Kaur Parampreet, Punjab University, Chandigarh Khalil Mohamed, Cairo University, Giza Cairo, Egypt Khare Mukesh, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Khole Medha, India Meteorological Department, Pune Kim Kue-Young, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Taejon, Republic of Korea Kişi Özgür, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Koeberl Christian, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Koh Dong-Chan, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Konca Ozgun, Caltech Seismo Lab, Pasadena, California, United States Kothyari Umesh C, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Kripalani R H, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Krishna K S, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Krishnamoorthy K, Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram Krishnamurti T N, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States Kukliński Piotr, Institute of Oceanology, Warsaw, Poland Kulkarni Ashwini, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Kulshrestha Umesh Chandra, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Kumar Prasanna V, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Kumar Anil, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Kumar Rajneesh, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Kumar Ramesh M R, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Kumar Santosh, Kumaun University, Nainital Kumar Saravana U, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Kumar Surendra, University of Lucknow, Lucknow Kumar Vijay, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee Kurian Jaison, University of California, Los Angeles, United States Lakshmanan Valliappa, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, United States Langenheim Jean H, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Lee Saro, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejon, Republic of Korea Lee Yong-Keun, Space Science Engineering Center, Madison, United States Leisz Stephen J, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States Lennox Paul, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Li Cheng-Sen, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Li Hailong, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China Litaor Iggy M, Tel-Hai Academic College, Upper Galilee, Israel Liu Chen-Wuing, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Loescher Carolin, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany 899 900 Acknowledgements Lokabharathi Loka, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Luzio Mauro Di, Texas AgriLife Research, Temple, United States Ma J, Key Laboratory of West China’s Environmental System (MOE), Lanzhou, China Magalhães Catarina, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Mahakur Mata, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Mahanta Chandan, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Mandal Nibir, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Mandal Prantik, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Mantovani Marta, IAG-USP, São Paulo, Brazil Manzato Agostino, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Friuli Venezia Giulia, Visco, Italy Martin D, National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, New Delhi Matin Abdul, University of Calcutta, Kolkata Mazumder Aninda, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa McCaffrey Robert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States McNeil Vivienne H, Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Brisbane, Australia Mingxiang Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Mishra Ashok, Texas A & M University, College Station, United States Mishra O P, Geological Survey of India, Kolkata Misra Somanath, ARCIS, Calgary, Canada Mitra A K, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida Mitra A K, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida Mitra Supriya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Miyake Hiroe, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan Moffatt Stuart, University of Utah, Utah, United States Mohan G, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Mohan Prasanna Kumar, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada Molchanov Oleg, Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow, Russian Federation Mondal Erfan, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Mondal M E A, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Mondal Sisir, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Moreira D M, Federal University of Pampa, Bagé, Brazil Mrudula G, National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore Mukherjee G K, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai Mukherjee Saumitra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Mukhopadhyay P, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Mukhopadhyay Parathasarathy, Indian institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Mukul M, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Mukul Malay, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Murthy B V K, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Chennai Naik Pradeep Kumar, Ministry of Municipalities and Agriculture, Budaiya, Bahrain Acknowledgements 901 Nair Prabha R, Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram Nair Rajesh, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Nambi Indumathi, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Nanjundiah Ravi Shankar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Narayanan M S, SRM University, Chennai Narkhedkar Sanjay, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Natesan Usha, Anna University, Chennai Natotatsu Shikazono, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan Nemec Frantisek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Nieto-Cid Mar, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Vigo, Spain Niranjan K, Andhra University, Visakapatnam Niranjan Kandula, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Nishimura Shin-ichi, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan Ojha Satya Prakash, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore Othman Mohamed, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Pal Chandramadhab, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah Pandalai H S, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Pandalai Hari Shankar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Pande Prem C, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Pandey Ashish, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Panigrahi Mruganka, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Pant N C, Delhi University, Delhi Pant Tarun Kumar, Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram Papa Fabrice, City College of New York, New York, United States Pardo David, BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Derio, Spain Parrot Michel, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de I’Environnement et l’Espace/CNRS, Orléans, France Parvez Imtiyaz Ahmed, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore Pascal Christophe, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway Patnaikuni Satyanarayana, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Pattanaik D R, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi Perumal Jayan, Wadia 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Rao P S P, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Rao Venigalla Purnachandra, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Rapantova Nada, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic Ratnam Venkat, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati Ravindran Sudha, Space Physics Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram Ray Arijit, Presidency College, Kolkata Reddy C D, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Panvel, Mumbai Reddy D Venkat, National Institute of Technology, Mangalore Reddy Manne Janga, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Reed Patrick, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States Reshmidevi T V, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Resplandy Laure, LOCEAN, Paris, France Reverdin Gilles, LOCEAN, Paris, France Rixen Tim, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen, Germany Rizvi Syed Rafat Husain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States Rocchini Duccio, Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy Rockwell 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Kochi University, Kochi, Japan Saraswati Pratul Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Sarin M M, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Sarkar S K, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Sarkar Subir, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Sarma Nittala, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Sarma V V S S, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Sarukkalige Priyantha Ranjan, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Satheesh S K, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, United States Scheffers Anja, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia Schellart Wouter, Monash University, Victoria, Australia Schmid Thomas, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain Schoups Gerrit H W, Delft University of Technology, GA Delft, Netherlands Schultz Christopher, University of Alabama, Huntsville, United States Sekine Kotaro, Molten Geomaterial Lab, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Japan Sen Tushar Kanti, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Sengupta 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Vimal, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli Sitharam T G, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Sivanpillai Ramesh, University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States Skytta Pietari, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden Smetacek Victor, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany Smith Anne, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States Smith Anne Mhairi, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethdbridge, Canada Sridharan R, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Sridharan S, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati Srikanthan Ramachandran, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad Srinivasan Jayaraman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Srivastava Arvind, India Meteorological Department, Pune Srivastava Deepak, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Srivastava Pradeep, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun Srivastava Rajesh, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Stampolidis A, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 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