Expertise:
Aerosol-clouds-precipitation interactions, carbonaceous aerosols, African dust & Fluorescent bioaerosols, aerosol instrumentations & air quality research and physical Chemistry.
Publications:
- Sarangi, B., Baumgardner, D., Calvo, A. I., Bolaños-Rosero, B., Fraile, R., Rodríguez-Fernández, A., Fernández-González, D., Blanco-Alegre, C., Gonçalves, C., Vicente, E. D., and Mayol-Bracero, O. L.: Measurement report: A comparative analysis of an intensive incursion of fluorescing African dust particles over Puerto Rico and another over Spain, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 843–865, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-843-2025, 2025.
- Sarangi, B., Baumgardner, D., Bolaños-Rosero, B., and Mayol-Bracero, O. L.:Measurement Report: An Exploratory Study of Fluorescence and CCN Activity of Urban Aerosols in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22 (14), 9647-9661, 2022.
- Sarangi, B., Ramachandran, S., Rajesh, T. A., and Dhaker, V. K.: Black carbon linked aerosol hygroscopic growth: Size and mixing state are crucial, Atmospheric Environment, 200, 110–118, 2019.
- Sarangi, B., Aggarwal, S. G., Gupta, P. K., Kawamura, K., et al.: Nighttime particle growth observed during spring in New Delhi: Evidence for the aqueous phase oxidation of SO2, Atmospheric Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.06.018, 2018.
- Sarangi, B., Aggarwal, S. G., Sinha, D., and Gupta, P. K.: Aerosol effective density measurement using scanning mobility particle sizer and quartz crystal microbalance with the estimation of involved uncertainty, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 859-875, doi:10.5194/amt-9-859-2016, 2016.
- Kumar, S., Aggarwal, S. G., Fu, P., Q., Kang, M., Sarangi, B., and Sinha, D.: Size segregated sugar composition of transported dust aerosols from Middle-East over Delhi during March 2012, Atmospheric Research, 189, 24-32, 2017.
- Aggarwal, S. G., Kumar, S., Mandal, P., Sarangi, B., Singh, K., Pokhariyal, J., Mishra, S. K., Agarwal, S., Sinha, D., Singh, S., Sharma, C. and Gupta, P. K.: Traceability issue in PM2.5 and PM10 measurements, MAPAN-J. Metrol. Soc. India, 28, 153–166, doi:10.1007/s12647-013-0073-x, 2013.
Ongoing projects:
- MRI: Development—An Aerosol and Cloud Analysis System (ACAS) for the Caribbean funded by National Science Foundation
- Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at UPR-RP (RENEW-AR-UPRRP) funded by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Link:
- https://natsci.uprrp.edu/tropiecology/research/renew-fellowship/
- acas.upr.edu
- Aerosol Network – NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
- NASA Pandora Project: Fajardo
- AERONET Aerosol Optical Depth Data Display Interface
- http://www.lge.ipgp.fr/PR/
- Fajardo, Puerto Rico | Spartan
Contact information: bighnaraj.sarangi@upr.edu/ (787) 764-0000 Ext. 88192
