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Acknowledgement to Reviewers

The Publisher and the Editor of Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics gratefully acknowledge the honorary services rendered by the following experts in reviewing the papers during 2010:

Dr M A Abdu Dr O P N Calla Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais International Centre for Radio Science BR-12201 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil A-23, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur 342 003, Rajasthan [email protected], [email protected] Prof S K Chakrabarti Prof S P Agrawal Department of Astrophysics & Cosmology Asha Kiran Building, Sirmour Chauraha S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Civil Lines, Rewa (MP) 486 001 Sector-III, Block JD, Salt Lake, - 700 098 [email protected]

Prof H S Ahluwalia Prof D K Chakrabarty Dept of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Environment Survey The University of New Mexico, New Mexico 87131-0001 Vidyanagar Society 29/251, Ahmedabad 380 015 [email protected] [email protected]

Dr (Mrs) R C Aiyer Dr D Chand Department of Physics, Pune University, Pune 411 008 Dept Atmospher Sci, Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Dr K V S Badarinath Prof Atmospheric Science Section, National Remote Sensing Centre Department of Physics ISRO, Dept of Space, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500 625 (AP), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka India [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Badruddin Prof S S De Department of Physics Dept of Radiophysics & Electronics, S K Mitra Centre for Res in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002 Space Environment, , Kolkata 700 009 [email protected] [email protected]

Prof B Bandyopadhyay Dr Devendraa Siingh Centre for Advanced Study in Radio Physics & Electronics Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology University of Calcutta, 92, APC Road, Calcutta 700 009 Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008 [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]

Dr A M Du Dr Santanu Bandyopadhyay Chinese Academy of Sciences Dept Energy Sciences & Engineering Inst Geology & Geophysics, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400 076, Maharashtra [email protected] [email protected]

Dr B N Dwivedi Dr Sunanda Basu Dept Applied Physics, Institute of Technology 900 N Stafford Street, Apt. 2630, Arlington, VA 22203 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Dr Deepak Bhatnagar Dr S S Fadnavis Department of Physics, Microwave Laboratory Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302 004 Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune 411 008, Maharashtra [email protected] [email protected]

Prof A B Bhattacharya Dr Hitoshi Fujiwara Department of Physics Grad Sch Sci, Department of Geophysics University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741 235, WB Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980 Japan [email protected] [email protected] 382

Dr Nandita D Ganguly Dr J Javaraiah Department of Physics – Electronics, St Xavier College Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 Ahmadabad 380 009, Gujarat [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] Dr Indira Sudhir Joshi Dr Bratin Ghosh Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Dept Electronics & Elect Commun Engn Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra Indian Inst Technol, Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302, W Bengal [email protected] [email protected] Prof (Dr) J S Kadadevarmath Dept of Physics, Karnataka University, Dharwad 580 003 Dr N Gopalswamy [email protected] LEP, Goddard Space Flight Centre NASA, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA Dr R P Kane [email protected] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias – INPE Caixa Postal 515, São José dos Campos -12245-970, SP, Brazil Prof Bhaskar Gupta [email protected] Dept Electronics & Telecomm Engn Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032 Dr R Kariyappa [email protected], [email protected] Solar & Space Physics Division Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560 034 [email protected], [email protected] Dr S P Gupta

Physical Research Laboratory Dr Anandakumar Karipot Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences [email protected] University of Pune, Ganeshkind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra [email protected], [email protected] Prof S Gurubaran Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory Prof Subhash C Kashyap Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Tirunelveli 627 011 Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics [email protected], [email protected] Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi, New Delhi 110 016 [email protected], [email protected] Prof A K Gwal Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics Dr Manoranjan Khan Barakatullah University, Bhopal 462 026 Centre for Plasma Studies, Jadavpur University [email protected]; [email protected] 188 Raja S C Mallik Road, Kolkata 700 032 [email protected], [email protected] Prof Harish Chandra Space & Atmospheric Sciences Division Prof Ahmed A Kishk Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 Department of Elect Engineering [email protected] University of Mississippi, MS 38677 USA [email protected]

Prof Richard A Harrison Dr K Krishna Moorthy Space Sci & Technol Department Space Physics Laboratory Rutherford Appleton Lab, Chilton, England Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695 022, Kerala [email protected], [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Dr Jiang He Dr R S Kshetrimayum Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Environm Sciences & Technology Dept Electronics & Communication Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Gauhati 781 039 [email protected] [email protected]

Dr K M Hiremath Prof Dr K Kudela Indian Institute of Astrophysics Institute of Experimental Physics II Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, Karnataka Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Prof Rajmal Jain Prof N Kumar Astronomy & Astrophysics Division Dept Mathematics, KGK PG College Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 Moradabad 244 001, Uttar Pradesh [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] 383

Prof G S Lakhina Dr J Michalsky Indian Institute of Geomagnetism NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory New Panvel (West), Navi Mumbai 410 218 325 Broadway R GMD, Boulder, CO 80305 USA [email protected] [email protected]

Prof Lalmani Prof Minakshi Devi Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Department of Physics, Gauhati University Srinagar 190 006 Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati 781014, Assam [email protected] [email protected]

Dr J Lastovicka Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Atmospher Physics Dr S N Mulgi Bocni 11, Prague 14131, Czech Republic Dept PG Studies & Research in Applied Electronics [email protected] Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, Karnataka [email protected] Prof Chih –Ping Lin Dept Civil Engn, Natl Chiao Tung Univ Hsinchu, Taiwan Dr P Muralikrishna [email protected] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, CP 515, BR-12201970 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP Brazil Dr L Liu [email protected] Inst Geol & Geophys, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100029, Peoples R China Prof Kenji Nakamura [email protected] Laboratory of Satellite Meteorology Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya Prof C K Mahadevan University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya Aichi 464-8601, Japan Physics Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College [email protected] Nagercoil – 629 002, Tamil Nadu [email protected] Dr. Dibyendu Nandi Dr R S Maheskumar Indian Institute of Sci Education & Research (IISER) Kolkata Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Kolkata Campus, NITTTR, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 106 Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] Dr K Niranjan Dr T J Majumdar Department of Physics Earth Sci & Hydrol Div, Remote Sensing Application Area Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, Andhra Pradesh Space Application Centre ISRO, Ahmadabad 380 015, Gujarat [email protected] [email protected] Dr Dev Niyogi Prof P K Manoharan Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Indiana State Climate Off Radio Astronomy Centre, NCRA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Research, Ootacamund 643 001, Tamil Nadu [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Dr Manohar Lal Prof Yoshiharu Omura Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kyoto University, Kyoto 6110011, Japan Krishnapuram, Tirunelveli 627 011 [email protected] [email protected] Dr M Oppenheim Prof R Marchand Centre for Space Physics, Boston University Dept of Physics, Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7 Canada 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA [email protected] [email protected]

Dr S A Matthews Dr Srikanta Pal Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory Dept Electronics & Commun Engn Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey England Birla Inst Technol, Mesra, Ranchi 835 215, Bihar [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Manoj Kumar Meshram Dept Electronics Engn, Institute of Technology Dr R Pandey Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh Department of Physics, MLS University, Udaipur 313 001 [email protected] [email protected] 384

Prof Alfio Parisi Dr Y S Rao Faculty of Science, University of Southern Queensland Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering Toowoomba 4350, Australia Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai 400 076 [email protected] [email protected]

Prof B M Pathan Dr J P Raulin Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Kalamboli Univ Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Escola Engn New Panvel (W), Navi Mumbai, 410 218 Ctr Radioastron & Astrofis Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil [email protected] [email protected]

Dr A K Patra National Atmospheric Research Laboratory Dr Sudha Ravindran Gadanki 517 112, Andhra Pradesh Space Physics Laboratory [email protected] Vikram Sarabhai Space Ctr, Trivandrum 695 022, Kerala [email protected] Dr S C Pryor Atmospheric Science Program, Dept. of Geography Dr B S Rawat Indiana University, 701 E Kirkwood Avenue Department of Electrical Engineering Bloomington, IN 47405 University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA [email protected] [email protected]

Prof Sheila Prasad Deptt of Electronics & Computer Engg, 342, Dana Research Dr Geral Rhode Centre, Northeast University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA German Aerospace Centre, Microwave and Radar Institute [email protected], [email protected] Oberpfaffenhofen 82234 Webling, Germany

Dr Liying Qian Prof Helmut O Rucker National Centre Atmospheric Research Department of Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Research Institute High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO 80301 USA Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8042 Graz, Austria [email protected] [email protected]

Prof Sibaji Raha Dr P D Safai Bose Institute, Calcutta 700 009 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology [email protected] Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008

[email protected] Dr K Rajeev Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695 022, Kerala Dr S K Satheesh [email protected] Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka Dr S Ramachandran [email protected], [email protected] Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009 Dr Clive Saunders [email protected] Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Prof P V S Rama Rao University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK Space Physics Laboratory, Dept Physics [email protected] Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, Andhra Pradesh [email protected], [email protected] Dr K Seetharam

Meteorological Center, Gangtok Dr K B Ramesh India Meteorological Department, Sikkim Solar Terrestrial Physics Division [email protected] Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560 034 [email protected] Dr S B Sharma Dr R Ramesh Antenna Systems Area, Space Applications Centre Indian Institute of Astrophysics Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 Jodhpur Tekra, Ambawadi Vistar PO, Ahmedabad 380 015 [email protected] [email protected]

Prof R Ramesh Dr Satish S Sharma Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory Dept Electrical & Computer Engn Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 USA [email protected] [email protected] 385

Dr M Shepherd Dr S Sripathi Dept Earth & Space Sci & Engg, York University Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Toronto, ON M3J 2R7 Canada Kalamboli Highway, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai 410 218 [email protected] [email protected]

Dr Bipasha Paul Shukla Dr S -Y Su Div Atmospher Sci, Meteorology & Oceanography Group Centre for Space & Remote Sensing Research Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmadabad 380 015, Gujarat National Central University, Chungli 32054, Taiwan [email protected] [email protected]

Dr J Y Siddiqui Dr Sushil Kumar Royal Mil Coll Canada, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4 Canada Division of Physics, School of Engineering & Physics [email protected] University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

[email protected] Dr Abhay Kumar Singh Atmospheric Research Lab, Department of Physics Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 (UP) Dr Alok Taori [email protected], [email protected] Aerosols Radiation and Trace Gases Group National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517 112 Prof D N Singh [email protected], [email protected] Dept Civil Engn, Indian Institute of Technology Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra D. S James Tappin [email protected] USAF, Res Lab, National Solar Observatory Sunspot, NM 88349 USA Prof Harinder P Singh [email protected] Department of Physics & Astrophysics University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007 Dr Ching-Fang Tseng [email protected] Dept Elect Engn, National United University Miaoli 36003, Taiwan Dr Nityanand Singh [email protected] Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Dr Hari Om Vats Dr Homi Bhabha Rd, Pashan, Pune 411 008 Astronomy and Astrophysics Division [email protected] Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmadabad 380 009 Dr K C Sinha Ray [email protected] Dept of Atmospheric & Space Sciences University of Pune, Ganesh Khind Road, Pune 411 007 Dr G K Veeresh [email protected], [email protected] ECT Department, M.B.E.Society's College of Engineering

Ambajogai, Dist Beed (MS) 431 517 Dr Y Song [email protected] China Meteorol Adm, Lab Climate Studies Beijing 100081, Peoples R China [email protected] Dr Sunita Verma Remote Sensing Division, BIT Extension Centre, Jaipur Dr V M Sorokin BMBSTC, Statue Circle, Prithviraj Road, Russian Acad Sci, Inst Terr Magnetism Ionosphere & Radio Jaipur 302 001 Wave Propa, Troitsk 142190, Moscow Region Russia [email protected] [email protected] Dr E Yizengaw Dr S Sridharan University of California Los Angeles National Atmospheric Research Laboratory Institue of Geophyicss & Planetary Physics Gadanki, 517 112, Pakala Mandal, Andhra Pradesh Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]