Dr. Taraprasad Bhowmick

Taraprasad Bhowmick Dr. Taraprasad Bhowmick is working as a DFG Walter Benjamin Programme funded Postdoc at the Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Systems, University of Göttingen, Germany (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) since 2021. He is a guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen. He received his PhD in Physics in 2021 from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy (Politecnico di Torino). His PhD research was on the numerical study of cloud microphysics using direct numerical simulations in the EU Horizon2020 ITN COMPLETE. He received the Master of Science (MS) degree in Mining Engineering in 2015 from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. His MS research was on the CFD dispersion modeling of openpit mining dusts in the Arctic environments under a NIOSH, CDC grant. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Mining Engineering in 2013 from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.


Research Interests

  • Fluid Physics
  • Cloud Microphysics
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Numerical Physics


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    Dr. Bhowmick is currently working on the numerical investigation of cloud particle dynamics and interactions (cloud microphysics) using the direct numerical simulations and experiments. The DFG Walter Benjamin Programme funded project “ActivAero” aims to understand the impact of the cloud aerosol activation by large droplets / hydrometeors on the cloud life cycle.

    The figure in the left shows the excess water vapor (S>0) behind a precipitating frozen hydrometeor at 0°C temperature falling through an ambient at -15°C and 90% relative humidity condition. The black line shows an aerosol to enter the water vapor rich environment. Credit: doi 10.1029/2020GL091179.

    The figure in the right shows tracks of the excess water vapor that two aerosols experience when entered the water vapor rich environment behind a precipitating frozen hydrometeor at 0°C temperature falling through an ambient at -15°C and 95% relative humidity. Such aerosols may undergo activation. Credit: doi 10.1029/2020GL091179.

    Dr. Bhowmick is also working on modeling the trajectories of cloud particles, which exhibit rich dynamics due to their wide range of sizes and shapes.


    Selected Publications

    Please find a full list of my publications in Google Scholar and Orcid.

  • Bhowmick, T.; Wang, Y.; Iovieno, M.; Bagheri, G.; Bodenschatz, E. (2020), “Supersaturation in the Wake of a Precipitating Hydrometeor and its Impact on Aerosol Activation”, Geophysical Research Letters, AGU, 47 (22), doi: 10.1029/2020GL091179.
  • Bhowmick, T.; Wang, Y.; Iovieno, M.; Bagheri, G.; Bodenschatz, E. (2020), “Population Distribution in the Wake of a Sphere”, Symmetry, 12 (9), doi: 10.3390/sym12091498.
  • Bhowmick, T.; Iovieno, M. (2019), “Direct numerical simulation of a warm cloud top model interface: Impact of the transient mixing on different droplet population”, Fluids, 4 (3), doi: 10.3390/fluids4030144.
  • Bhowmick, T.; Raj, K.V.; Bandopadhyay, S. (2015), “Three-dimensional modeling of fugitive dust dispersion in idealized openpit mines”, Mining Engineering, 67 (10), pp. 45-52.
  • Bhowmick, T.; Bandopadhyay, S.; Ghosh, T. (2015), “Three-dimensional CFD modeling approach to approximate air pollution conditions in high latitude open-pit mines”, WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol. 168, Sustainable Development, Vol. 2, pp. 741-753.

    • Contact

    Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Systems
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1
    37077 Goettingen, Germany

    Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity
    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
    Am Fassberg 17
    37077 Goettingen, Germany

    office: 2.139
    phone: +49 551 5176 388
    email: taraprasad.bhowmick@ds.mpg.de


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