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When some one asks me "which is the book to refer on atmospheric dynamics or stratosphere-troposphere exchange other than Holton and is 'easily understandable' ?" ; I reply that is the book by Mohan kumar sir is best and, I am proud to suggest that.   Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions - An Introduction Sir has invested a lot of time and effort to publish such a nice book. No wonder why the book got Atmospheric Science Librarian's Award...!!! "Hat's off" to you sir. "Prof.K. Mohan Kumar is an icon admired by students and staff alike"   ......  that is the feeling our batch got while we were in MSc. 1 St Sem. Sir was on leave when we joined and he returned back by the time we were in 2nd year. We were also told by our seniors that he used to sponsor the Onam sadhya in Dept. ! Unfortunately, we didn't have Prof.K.M.K's classes officially in our 3 rd or 4 th Sem...

My close friend Raghurama (as I call him often) , is flying above seas, going far off to London to take up an assignment for the 'comet catching' mission of the European Space Agency. He would be working with the Principal Investigator in the famous Imperial College, London. Dr.Susarla Raghuram has already completed 6 orbits around the Sun after joining SPL with Dr.Anil Bhradwaj for research on Comets and have proved to be a world class young scientist. This is a graphics specially dedicated to him.  Wishing him an active period ahead. Have a great time ahead Raghurama. ~~~~ Background image shows the April image of the Comet 67P-CG (red-circled) about which he is going to explore. Image courtesy:ESA

Today, my senior Dr.Meenu S has relieved her duties here in SPL and is getting ready to enter the noblest profession as a teacher to kindle the light of knowledge to  many pupils. It is heartening to know that she is supposed to stand in the podium very familiar to her....., ......campus very familiar to her..... ....... in the same college,  .......... in the same class, ............... where she graduated.  As a Gem of SPL, she has evolved into a sought after person in the area of Cloud Remote Sensing using Satellites. Author of many important papers. An expert with simplicity and hard working nature often made her popular.   .... Wishing my wonderful Senior   Dr.Meenu great times ahead in her new assignment as a Lecturer in our Alma mater  Click on COMMENTS below to read comments and make an entry.

Today evening, I took part in Wedding Reception function of one of my friends and a smart junior Mr.Rahul . He tied the knot to Ms.Tanusri yesterday at Guruvayoor. Wishing the young couple     Happy and    fun filled days ahead.  

Kanikonna Here are few clicks of   the beautiful flower  'kanikonna' - the state flower of Kerala which is also called as the ' Golden Shower Flower'. These were clicked from our Home. Kanikonna...... bloomed @ Home konna poovu.... our State Flower Golden shower or Kanikonna Vishu Graphics This is the Vishu Graphics Ver:2,  I prepared in GIMP.

  Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology is organizing a National seminar on the topic  ‘ Climate Change and Variability’  on 26th and 27 th  March 2012 at Cochin to commemorate the services rendered by Dr H.S. Rammohan Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences for the last three decades of teaching and research in Meteorology / Atmospheric sciences. It would be followed by an Alumni Meet. Contact Convener:                   Dr.K.R.Santosh          skr56@yahoo.com Accommodation:      Dr.V.Madhu               madhuv@cusat.ac.in Alumni Meet:            Mr.B.Chakrapani        bcpani@gmail.com ...... come, let's have a get-together, cherish memories ..... and wish Rammohan sir one the eve.

"Happy New Year" This graphics is my latest art work in GIMP. With a creative suggestion from Sobhan, I have designed this graphics emphasizing all the R&D division of our Space Physics Laboratory and major activities and recent satellites.

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