Tirthankar "TC" Chakraborty

Conference Proceedings

2024

T. Chakraborty, Z. Venter, M. Demuzere, W. Zhan, J. Gao, L. Zhao, Y. Qian, "Disagreements among current-generation global urban estimates across scales", European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, 14–19 April 2024, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, J. Wang, Y. Qian, W.J. Pringle, Z. Yang, P. Xue, "Isolating impacts of Urbanization and Lake Michigan on Chicago's Climate and Heat Stress Disparities", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 28 Jan-1 Feb 2024

J. Wang, H. Tan, T. Moustakes, J. R. O'Brien, R. Kotamarthi, Z. Yang, T. Chakraborty, P. Xue, , Y. Qian, "Contrasting effects of lake breeze and urbanization on different types of precipitation in Chicago metropolitan area", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 28 Jan-1 Feb 2024

2023

A. Shreevastava, G.C. Hulley, S. Prasanth, Y. Yin, T. Chakraborty, D.R. Aguilera, M. Peplinksi, K. Sanders, "Unequal Heat Exposure in Urban Areas: Unraveling the Role of Historic Redlining and Present-Day Inequities in Los Angeles", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

M.B. Kayastha, P. Xue, C. Huang, J. Wang, Z. Yang, W. Pringle, T. Chakraborty, R.D. Hetland, "The Future of Lake-Effect Snow Storm: Warmer Lakes, More Precipitation", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

Y. Cheng, T. Chakraborty, L. Zhao, "Global High-resolution Urban Surface Representation for Earth System Models", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

B. Fang, T. Chakraborty, K.W. Oleson, L. Zhao, "Large underestimation of urban surface emissivities in an Earth system model", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

W. Pringle, C. Huang, M.B. Kayastha, P. Xue, J. Wang, K. Sargsyan, Z. Yang, T. Chakraborty, Y. Qian, "Small-Ensemble Parametric Uncertainty Quantification of Great Lakes Regional Climate Model: Full Spatiotemporal Analysis", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

Y. Qian, J. Li, T. Chakraborty, L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, C. Sarangi, Z. Yang, "Impacts of Large-Scale Urbanization and Irrigation on Summer Storms and Heat Stress", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

Z. Yang, J. Wang, Y. Qian, T. Chakraborty, P. Xue, W. Pringle, C. Huang, M.B. Kayastha, H. Huang, "Future precipitation characteristic change and mechanisms over the Great Lakes Region through the Pseudo-global warming approach", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, D. Lawrence, "Biophysical Impacts of Aerosols on Terrestrial Climate", 41st Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research, 5 Oct, 2023, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, T. Biswas, L. Campbell, B. Franklin, S. Parker, M. Tukman, "Feasibility of equitable afforestation in urban areas", 11th International Conference on Urban Climate, 31 Aug, 2023, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, Z. Venter, X. Lee, Y. Qian, A. Hsu, G. Sheriff, D. Manya, A. Newman, J. Wang, Z. Yang, W. Pringle, P. Xue, "Examining urban impacts across scales on different measures of heat using remote sensing, crowdsourced data, and numerical models", 11th International Conference on Urban Climate, 30 Aug, 2023

T. Chakraborty, "Examining urban heat across scales using satellite remote sensing, crowdsourced data, and numerical models", Earth & Biological Sciences Directorate Mini-Conference, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 24 Feb, 2023

T. Chakraborty, J. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, W. Pringle, P. Xue, "Examining future summertime exposure to extreme heat over the Great Lakes Region", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 8-12 Jan 2023

T. Chakraborty, Z. Venter, Y. Qian, X. Lee, "Urban Outdoor Heat Stress Is Decoupled from Satellite-Derived Surface Temperature across Scales", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 8-12 Jan 2023

J. Wang, T. Chakraborty, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, "Global Warming Amplifies Heatwaves over Land and Lake Differently", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 8-12 Jan 2023

2022

A.J. Newman, C.P. Kalb, T. Chakraborty, H. Holmes, L. Darrow, J. Warren, M. Strickland, H.H. Chang, A. Monaghan, "Characteristics and example applications of a novel urban heat island focused gridded meteorology dataset over the contiguous United States", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, (virtual)

H. Tan, V.R. Kotamarthi, J. Wang, Y. Qian, T. Chakraborty, "Impact of Different Roofing Mitigation Strategies on Near-Surface Temperature and Energy Consumption over the Chicago Metropolitan Area During a Heatwave Event", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

T. Chakraborty, J. Wang, Y. Qian, W. Pringle, Z. Yang, P. Xue, "Impacts of Urbanization and Lake Michigan on Chicago's Heat Stress and its Disparities", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

M.B. Kayastha, P. Xue, C. Huang, J. Wang, K. Z. Yang, W. Pringle, T. Chakraborty, Y. Qian, "Amplified Warming of the Great Lakes due to Lake-Atmosphere Feedback Processes", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

W. Pringle, C. Huang, P. Xue, J. Wang, K. Sargsyan, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, T. Chakraborty, "Surrogate-assisted Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification of a Great Lakes Coupled Regional Climate Model", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, D.M. Lawrence, "Diffuse radiation fertilization effect and its impacts on gross primary productivity and global terrestrial evapotranspiration", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

P. Jiang, Z. Yang, J. Wang, C. Huang, P. Xue, T. Chakraborty, X. Chen, Y. Qian, "Zero-Shot Super-Resolution of Regional-Scale Surface Heat Simulation Using Fourier Neural Operator", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, (virtual)

J. Wang, Z. Yang, K. Puleikis, P. Xue, T. Chakraborty, J. Li, W. Pringle, Y. Qian, "Summer climate change over Great Lakes Region in late 21st century", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022

Y. Qian, T. Chakraborty, J. Wang, H. Tan, J. Li, D. Li, C. He, C. Sarangi, F. Chen, L.R. Leung, "Overview of Urbanization Impact on Regional Climate and Extreme Weather", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, [Invited]

Z. Yang, Y. Qian, J. Wang, P. Xue, W. Pringle, T. Chakraborty, J. Li, X. Chen, "Quantify moisture sources of the Great Lakes Precipitation", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, "Urban Heat Across Scales: Implications and Considerations", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, [Invited]

A. J. Newman, A. Monaghan, T. Chakraborty, H.Holmes, L. Darrow, J. Warren, M. Strickland, H. H. Chang, "Evaluation and bias correction of a novel high-resolution gridded meteorology dataset including urban heat islands over the contiguous United States", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 23-27 Jan 2022, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, Y. Qian, "Evidence of Urban-Induced Cloud Modification from Satellites", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 23-27 Jan 2022, (virtual)

2021

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, S. Ermida, W. Zhan, "A global examination of the impact of different approaches for prescribing land emissivity on satellite-derived urban heat islands", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec, 2021, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, Z.S. Venter, X. Lee, Y. Qian, "Large-scale mapping of the urban thermal environment using citizen weather stations", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec, 2021, (virtual)

Y. Qian, C. Sarangi, J. Li, R. Leung, T. Chakraborty, Y. Liu, "Urban heat stress amplified by ambient warming in the US", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec, 2021, (virtual)

A.J. Newman, A. Monaghan, T. Chakraborty, H.Holmes, L. Darrow, J. Warren, M. Strickland, H.H. Chang, "Evaluation and bias correction of a novel high-resolution gridded meteorology dataset including urban heat islands over the contiguous United States", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec, 2021, (virtual)

2020

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, D.M. Lawrence, "A Surface Energy Budget Perspective on Aerosol-Climate Interactions: Role of the Evaporative Pathway", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 1-17 Dec, 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, C. Sarangi, X. Lee, "A Reduction in Human Activities can Enhance the Urban Heat Island Intensity: Insights from the COVID-19 Lockdowns", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 1-17 Dec, 2020, (virtual)

A. Hsu, T. Chakraborty, G. Sheriff, D. Manya, "Urban Heat Island Inequalities by Sociodemographic Characteristics in Major U.S. cities", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 1-17 Dec, 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Creating Bias-Corrected Diffuse and Direct Beam Components of Hourly Solar Radiation from 1980-2019 using Ensembles of Decision Trees", 10th International Conference on Climate Informatics, 23-25 Sep 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Creating Bias-Corrected Global Radiation Datasets from Climate Reanalysis Products Using Supervised Learning", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 12-16 Jan 2020, Boston, USA

2019

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Aerosol-climate interactions at the local scale are strongly modulated by the biophysical properties of the underlying land surface", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 9-13 Dec, 2019, San Francisco, USA

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Biases in Diffuse Fraction of Radiation in Global Data Products: Implications and Corrections", European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019, 7–12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria

2018

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Quantifying Surface Climate Response to Aerosol-Induced Shortwave and Longwave Radiative Forcing", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 10-14 Dec, 2018, Washington DC, USA

2017

T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "A Global Characterization of Urban Heat Islands", American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2017, New Orleans, USA

2015

I. Mukherjee, T. Chakraborty, "Particulate measurements in the mangrove ecosystem of the Sundarbans for the period 2006-2007", European Aerosol Conference, 6-11 Sep, 2015, Milan, Italy (Ref: 1PMX_P021)

2014

I. Mukherjee, T. Chakraborty, "Analysing the biological intervention of fine particulate fractions on the human body", 9th International Conference on Air Quality Science and Application, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 24-28 March, 2014 (Ref: AQC2014 - MukhI01137)

2013

I. Mukherjee, T. Chakraborty, "Sustainability of water resources in modern homes", 2nd Water Research Conference, Singapore, 20-23 Jan, 2013 (Ref: WATR2013_0090)

Other [including Workshops and Symposiums] Talks & Seminars

2024

T. Chakraborty, "Examining the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban vegetation using satellite remote sensing", Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Special Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 12 Nov, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Complexities of vegetation in urban environments", University of Illinois, Chicago CROCUS Meeting, 7 Nov, 2024, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "The Need for Machine Learning Models to Capture the Spatial Heterogeneity of Urban Microclimate: Uncertainties and Paths Forward", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 31 Oct, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, Y. Chen, L. Zhao, R. Mukherjee, T. Jiang, "A global 1km spatially continuous urban surface properties dataset for regional to Earth system modeling", Urban IFL PI Meeting 2024, Rockville, Maryland, 28-29 Oct, 2024

T. Chakraborty, "Progress towards capturing urban climate signals and their spatial variability on process-based models", Argonne National Laboratory, 22 Oct, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Synthesizing Multiple Lines of Evidence on Urban 'Heat' Across Scales", Advanced Environmental Engineering Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 11 Oct, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Capturing urban climate signals and their spatial variability in process-based models", CLIMAS Seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 10 Sep, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "A Planetary-Scale Data–Model Integration Framework to Resolve Urban Impacts Across Scales", EESM PI Meeting 2024, Rockville, Maryland, 6–9 Aug, 2024 [Invited; Plenary]

T. Chakraborty, "Measuring and Modeling Physiologically Relevant Urban Heat", Extreme Heat Workshop, Columbia Climate School, New York, New York, 12 Jul, 2024

T. Chakraborty, "Disparities in heat hazard within urban areas", Energy Modeling Forum Snowmass 2024 workshop week 2, Snowmass, Colorado, 26 Jun, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Needs of and Uncertainties in Machine Learning Models to Capture Spatial Heterogeneities in Urban Climate", HydroML 2024 Symposium, Richland, Washington, 30 May, 2024, [Invited; Plenary]

T. Chakraborty, "Multiple lines of evidence on heat exposure disparities within cities", PNNL-HBCU/MSI Climate Research Network, 28 Mar, 2024, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Modeling Spatial Variability of Urban Microclimate", EarthTalks spring 2024 series, Penn State University, 11 Mar, 2024, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Needs and Uncertainties in Data-Driven Models of Urban Climate", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 11 Mar, 2024, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "A Planetary-Scale Data-Model Integration Framework to Resolve Urban Impacts Across Scales", Council of Fellows S\&T Symposium, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 28 Feb, 2024, [Invited]

2023

T. Chakraborty, "Urban Moist Heat Stress Disparities in the United States", Talk at the Google exhibit booth, American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, 2023, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining Urban Heat Across Scales: From Measurements to Models", Yale Center for Earth Observation, Yale University, 15 Nov, 2023, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining Urban 'Heat' Across Scales", Biogeosciences Seminar Series, Boston University, 13 Nov, 2023, [Invited]

E. Trochim, T. Chakraborty, S. Roy, "Anatomy of a Published Paper: Leveraging Google Earth Engine for Impactful Research", Geo for Good Summit, 10 Oct, 2023, Sunnyvale, USA

T. Chakraborty, "A Planetary-Scale Data--Model Integration Framework to Resolve Urban Impacts Across Scales and Examine Weather Extremes over Coastal U.S. Cities", Argonne National Laboratory, 18 Sep, 2023, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining Urban Heat Across Scales: From Observations to Model Simulations", Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar, Michigan Technological University, 18 Sep, 2023, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Planetary-Scale Geospatial Analysis Using Google Earth Engine", Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TechFest, 20 Jul, 2023

T. Chakraborty, "An Introduction to Google Earth Engine for Satellite Remote Sensing", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 27 Apr, 2023, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "An Introduction to Remote Sensing of Urban Environment", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 25 Apr, 2023, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining decoupling between daytime urban outdoor heat stress and satellite-derived surface temperature across scales", Talk for GEO Health Community of Practice Small Working Group on Heat, 18 Jan, 2023, (virtual), [Invited]

2022

T. Chakraborty, "Sharing and Visualizing your Scientific Data using Earth Engine", Talk at the Google exhibit booth, American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, 12-16 Dec, 2022, [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Introduction to Google Earth Engine for Satellite Remote Sensing", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 28 Apr, 2022, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining Urban Heat Stress Disparities in the United States", Geo for Good Summit, 4 Oct, 2022, Sunnyvale, USA

T. Chakraborty, "Importance of diffuse radiation fertilization effect for accurately modeling gross primary productivity and global terrestrial evapotranspiration", CESM Land Model & Biogeochemistry Working Group Meeting, 3 Feb, 2022, (virtual)

2021

T. Chakraborty, "Examining Urban Heat Using Satellite Observations: Science and Solutions", Talk for Geo for Good Summit, 17 Nov, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Examining urban heat and aerosol-biosphere interactions across terrestrial climate zones", Guest lecture for the course, Natural Science Research Methods, Yale University, 4 Nov, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Disparities in surface urban heat islands in cities", Guest lecture for Urban MODs, Yale University, 10 Aug, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

M. Moreno, T. Chakraborty, M. Olivares, A. Duran, C. Childs, R. Otto, "GeoInspiring a Remote Biology Laboratory Classroom During a Pandemic", Esri Education Summit, 21 Jun, 2021, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, "Introduction to Google Earth Engine for Satellite Remote Sensing", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 6 May, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Urban Heat Islands: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Modelling", Talk for AICTE QIP Short Term Training Programme on Modelling air quality and hydro-meteorological extremes over Indian mega cities, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 25 Mar, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Introduction to ArcGIS Online, Dashboards, and ESRI StoryMaps", Guest lecture for the course, Environmental Data Visualization and Communication, Yale University, 22 Mar, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Integrating Machine Learning and Satellite Remote Sensing to Develop a New Subgrid Urban Parameterization in an Earth System Model", Seminar at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 24 Feb, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Introduction to ArcGIS Online", Guest lecture for the course, Urban Landscapes and Geographies of Justice, Yale University, 19 Jan, 2021, (virtual), [Invited]

2020

T. Chakraborty, "Separating the control of aerosol-induced global dimming and diffuse radiation fertilization on terrestrial processes", AOCD seminar series, Yale University, 19 Nov, 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, "Pictures from space show warmer cities", Up-Goer Five presentation for Yale GIS Day, 13 Nov, 2020, (virtual)

D. Tomlin, J. Kelly, T. Chakraborty, M. Olivares, "Mapping COVID: Agility versus Integrity", Connecticut GIS Day, 5 Nov, 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, "Visualizing geospatial data", Guest lecture for the course, Data and Information Visualization, Yale University, 2 Nov, 2020, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty,"Introduction to Google Earth Engine", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 19 April, 2020, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Spatially explicit surface urban heat island estimates suggest large disparities across income and race", Geo for Good Summit, 20 Oct, 2020, (virtual)

T. Chakraborty, "Monitoring Urban Heat Islands from Space: Challenges and Application", Presentation, Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, 20 Feb, 2020, (virtual), [Invited]

T. Chakraborty, "Biophysical Impacts of Aerosols on Surface Climate", SeminarIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 3 Jan, 2020, [Invited]

2019

T. Chakraborty, "Evaporative Cooling Dominates the Local Temperature Response to Aerosols Over Vegetated Surfaces", Confluence Research Discussion Series, 5 Dec, 2019, New Haven, USA

T. Chakraborty, "AI for Earth: Bias-Correcting Radiation Parameterizations in Climate Models using Supervised Learning Algorithms", Microsoft AI for Good Summit, 16 Oct, 2019, Redmond, USA

S. Szeto, T. Chakraborty, "Creating Community Tutorials for Earth Engine", Geo for Good Summit, 17 Sep, 2019, Palo Alto, USA

T. Chakraborty, "Monitoring Urban Heat at a Global Scale - Challenges and Applications", Geo for Good Summit, 16 Sep, 2019, Palo Alto, USA

T. Chakraborty, "Scaling up the UESI analysis using Google Earth Engine", Yale-NUS brown bag lectures, Yale-National University of Singapore (Yale-NUS), 12 July, 2019, Singapore

S. Szeto, T. Chakraborty, "Introduction to Google Earth Engine", Guest lecture for the course, Observing Earth From Space, Yale University, 25 Apr, 2019, [Invited]

2018

T. Chakraborty, "Investigating Impact of Aerosol-Induced Shortwave and Longwave Radiative Forcing on Regional Surface Climate", 34th F&ES Research Conference, 20 April, 2018, New Haven, USA

T. Chakraborty, "Global and Regional Surface Temperature Response to Aerosol Radiative Forcing", Talk, Yale-National University of Singapore (Yale-NUS), 13 March, 2018, Singapore, [Invited]

2017

T. Chakraborty, "A Global Characterization of Urban Heat Islands", CT GIS Day 2017, 15 Nov, 2017, New Haven, USA

T. Chakraborty, "A decade and a half of global urban heat islands", 33rd F&ES Research Conference, 21 April, 2017, New Haven, USA

2013

T. Chakraborty, "Low cost housing and its applicability to sustainable construction", All India Inter Engineering College Academic Meet, 2013, 22-23 March, 2013, Calcutta, India

2012

T. Chakraborty, "An overview of rubber dams and their viability for small to medium waterways compared to traditional impounding structures", InfraWhiz Scholars, 2012, 17 Sep, 2012, Narula, India

T. Chakraborty, A. Sepai, "Study on the silting of reservoirs with possible mitigation techniques to reduce the sedimentation rate", All India Inter Engineering College Academic Meet, 2012, 30-31 March, 2012, pp B2, Calcutta, India