Conference Proceedings

2024

• 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", EGU 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 Posters

2021

• T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "The Role of Diffuse Radiation in Terrestrial Processes: Constraints and Uncertainties", Yale Climate Day, 11 May, 2021, New Haven, USA

  2019

• T. Chakraborty, "Temporally Consistent Urban-Rural Delineations for Global Urban Heat Island Monitoring", Yale Day of Data, 5 Dec, 2019, New Haven, USA

• T. Chakraborty, "An Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geospatial Web Application Development Using Google Earth Engine, a Cloud Computing Platform", DEI showcase, 3 Dec, 2019, New Haven, USA

• T. Chakraborty, "The Global Surface Urban Heat Island Explorer: Developing a Web Application to Increase Accessibility of Research Results", ComSciCon-AIP, 23 Sep, 2019, College Park, USA

• T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Correcting Biases in the MERRA-2 Simulated Radiation Products", Yale Climate Day, 1 May, 2019, New Haven, USA

  2018

• T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "A Global Database of Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity", UESI Launch Event - COP-24, 6 Dec, 2018, Katowice, Poland

• T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "A Global Database of Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity", Yale Day of Data, 29 Nov, 2018, New Haven, USA

• S.N.Tripathi, C. Sarangi, G. George, S. Ahmed, M. Krishnan, T. Chakraborty, "Understanding Aerosol-Surface-Cloud-Rainfall Interactions over Central Ganga Plains during INCOMPASS Campaign", INCOMPASS Project meeting, 24-26 July, 2018, Bangalore, India

• T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Investigating how aerosols modify surface temperature", Yale Climate Day, 4 May, 2018, New Haven, USA

• A. Hsu, A. Weinfurter, A. Feierman, Y. Xie, R. Thomas, D. Manya, S. Janaskie, J. Brandt, M. Moroney, T. Huang, T. Chakraborty, J. Tong, "Measuring Urban Environment and Social Inclusion: Indicators for the 21st Urban Century", Yale Climate Day, 4 May, 2018, New Haven, USA

2016
• R. Morrison, S.S. Angadi, L. Ball, T. Chakraborty, H. Cooper, J.G. Evans, S. Jain, M. Krishnan, R. Krishnan, M. Mujumdar, M. Nema, D. Rylett, M. Sekhar, R. Thayyen, S. Tripathi, A. Jenkins, "Cosmic-ray soil water content monitoring: development of the COSMOS-India network.", India-UK Water Centre Workshop, 29 Nov-1 Dec 2016, Pune, India

Other Talks & Seminars

2024

• 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 Lab, 28 Feb, 2024, [Invited]

  2023

• 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 Lab, 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 Lab, 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