Name                        :           Lal Shyam

    Date of birth               :           December 25, 1951

    Nationality                  :           Indian

    Address                     :           Physical Research Laboratory
                        
                                            Navrangpura,
                                                             
                                            Ahmedabad 380 009, India           
                                                                   
                                            Fax: 91 79 6560502

                                            e-mail  shyam@prl.ernet.in


Academic  Qualifications        :           Ph.D.



Membership:    (i)    Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global
                      Pollution (CACGP) of IAMAP for the 1990-94, 
                      1994-98 and 1998-2002 periods.

               (ii)   Scientific Steering Committee of International Global Atmospheric
                      Chemistry (IGAC) 
                                       
                    
 
Field of  Specialization : Atmospheric Chemistry, ozone and related trace
                           gases.


Publications :    About 45

List of some publications:

(1) The structure of the equatorial mesosphere at Thumba
    B. H. Subbaraya and S. Lal
    Pure and Applied Geophys. Vol. 118,p581, 1980

(2) Day time mesospheric temperatures over the low latitude station derived from rocketborne solar
    Lyman-alpha absorption mesurements.
    B. H. Subbaraya and S. Lal
    J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. Vol.45, p.41, 1983

(3) Solar eclipse induced variations in mesospheric ozone concentrations.
    S. Lal and B. H. Subbaraya
    Adv. Space Res. Vol.2, p.205, 1983

(4) Increasing abundance of CBrClF2 in the atmosphere.
    S. Lal, R. Borchers, P. Fabian and B. C. Krueger
    Nature Vol. 316, p. 135, 1985
(5) Methane flux measurements from paddy fields in the tropical Indian region.
    S. Lal, S. Venkataramani and B. H. Subbaraya
    Atmos. Env. Vol. 27A, p.1691, 1993

(6) Changes in surface ozone amount and its diurnal and seasonal patterns from 1954-55 to 1991-93
    measured at Ahmedabad (23N), India.
    Manish Naja and S. Lal
    Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol.23, p.81,1996

(7) Variability in the fluxes of nitrous oxide in the Arabian sea.
    S. Lal and P. K. Patra
    Global Biogeochemical Cycles Vol. 12, p.321, 1998

(8) Ozone in the marine boundry layer over the tropical Indian ocean.
    S. Lal , Manish Naja and A. Jayaraman
    J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 103, p.18907, 1998