NMM Project Proposal
1. Title of the proposed project:
Towards understanding the biases in the model SST, wind field and
rainfall in the Climate Forecasting System for the Monsoon - Indian Ocean
domain (30E, 120E, 30S & 30N).
2. Brief information about Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s) :
PI :
Name : Dr.SSVS Ramakrishna
Date of birth : 18-9-1959
Institution: Department of Meteorology and Oceanography Andhra University
Qualification : M.Sc, Ph.D
Co- PI :
Name: Dr. C.V.Naidu
Date of birth: 1-6-1964
Institution: Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
Qualification: M.Sc, Ph.D.
Consultant 1:
Name : Dr. R.R.Rao
Date of birth : 16-4-1949
Institution : Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
Qualification : M.Sc(Tech.), Ph.D.
Consultant 2:
Name : Dr V. B. Rao
Date of birth : 16-10-1941
Institution : Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
Qualification : M.Sc(Tech.), Ph.D.
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Consultant 3:
Name : Dr. D.V. Bhaskar Rao
Date of birth : 30-9-1948
Institution: Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
Qualification: M.Sc (Tech.), Ph.D.
3. Project Summary :
1. Proposed work
1.1 Intellectual merit of the proposed work
The Climate Forecast System (CFS) developed at NCEP is a fully coupled oceanland-atmosphere model and presently implemented and used for making longterm integrations at IITM for the assessment of dynamical seasonal prediction of
the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) as part of the Indian Monsoon Mission
(IMM) . The NCEP CFS model is being run at T382 (~100 km) horizontal
resolution coupled with MOM4 ocean model and dynamical sea ice and land
surface models. A suite of model integrations have been completed with
different land surface processes, cumulus convection schemes, PBL schemes, and
sea-ice model that yielded daily outputs as related to the different experiments of
the physical processes. It is important to assess the performance of the model in
forecasting rainfall on different time scales for different forecast lead times. The
model outputs for retrospective forecasts for the recent 28 years that are available
at IITM show large biases in the wind field, rainfall and SST. So there is a strong
need to characterize and understand the causative factors that contribute to these
biases in the wind field, rainfall and SST on different time scales for different
lead times of integration. These model outputs and the corresponding
observed fields would be analyzed to assess the model performance in the
prediction of ISM on different time scales.
1.2 Broader Impact of the proposed work
The evolution of ISM is being predicted on hindcast mode with initial
conditions taken from the preceding January, February, March, April and May
conditions. Detailed analysis of archived model outputs obtained for different
numerical experiments would reveal the performance of the model in
reproducing the observed variability in the wind field, rainfall and SST. This
study would lead to identify the characteristics and possible causes for the
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bias and suggest remedial measures for probable improvement of the
prediction of ISM rainfall. These biases in the fields such as winds, SST and
rainfall will throw light on the limitations of the model modules which do not
perform satisfactorily. This study would be helpful for the model improvement.
Project Description:
2. Research Objectives
The project envisages to address the following :



Characterization of biases in the wind field, SST and rainfall and their spatiotemporal variability
Identification of causative mechanisms for the observed biases in the wind field,
SST and rainfall
Suggestion of remedial measures to reduce these biases
3. Statement of Work (methodology to be adopted)
Module 1: Towards understanding the bias in SST in the Climate Forecasting
System model (Consultant: Dr R R Rao)
a) Possible reasons for the observed bias in SST simulation
Many atmosphere-ocean coupled models simulate either warm or cold SSTs in
the tropical ocean basins. The Arabian Sea SST biases are common in coupled models
and may therefore influence the monsoon and its sensitivity to climate change. The
probable causative mechanisms that contribute to the observed biases in SST are
attributed to inaccurate parameterization of the atmospheric forcing fields and the oceanic
processes. Some processes such as solar radiation and advection of warm waters
contribute to heating while net long wave radiation, evaporation, sensible heat flux,
advection of cooler waters, entrainment and upwelling contribute to cooling and hence
these processes must be quantified accurately. In regions of large fresh water forcing occurrence of barrier layer must be simulated accurately. Therefore in the Bay of Bengal
and the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean - the salinity effects on SST need to be simulated
properly. The SST is also sensitive to accurate definition of MLD. The evolution of MLD
is controlled by both surface meteorological forcing and as well as by the evolution of
pycnocline influenced by surface wind stress curl and propagating long period waves and
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this needs to be simulated accurately. Therefore errors in the above mentioned fields and
physical processes will lead to biases in SST.
b) Present proposal
The IITM has carried out simulations with the CFS atmosphere-ocean coupled
model for retrospective forecasts (recent 28 years) for different lead times. The model
outputs show biases in SST with variable signs and magnitudes across the basin. In this
study, it is proposed to address the following issues for the TIO:

Characterization of SST bias and its spatio-temporal variability

Identification of causative mechanisms for the observed SST bias

Suggestion of remedial measures to reduce the observed SST bias
This proposal aims to address the spatial structure of the climatology, intraseasonal
and interannual variability of SST bias through comparison with observations/analysis
and identify possible mechanisms that contribute to the observed bias in SST through
diagnostic studies of the model forcing fields and model outputs generated under
different experiments. All the available in situ and satellite data products on surface
winds, fluxes, subsurface temperature, salinity and current structures would be utilized to
compare and evaluate the performance of the coupled model using approaches such as
pattern correlation, RMS error/bias and absolute error. The local and remote mechanisms
governing low frequency SST variability will be examined in detail.
c) Expected Outcome
The results from the diagnostic studies of the model forcing fields and model
outputs would indicate the model deficiencies in the simulation of the SST on different
time scales. The space-time variability of SST bias across the basin for different lead
times would be known. Analysis of the surface forcing fields and model simulated ocean
outputs would reveal their corresponding deficiencies. Then necessary improvements that
are required to redefine the surface forcing fields, parameterization of various governing
mechanisms towards more accurate simulation of SST in the TIO would be identified.
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Improvements in physics and coupling would lead to improved simulation of SST. This
would be a challenging task given the complexity of dynamical and thermodynamical
coupled physical processes in the TIO. Identification and implementation of corrective
measures to improve the SST biases should be a clear target for the model development.
Module 2: Towards understanding the bias in the wind field in the Climate
Forecasting System model (Consultant: Dr V B Rao)
a) Possible reasons for the observed bias in wind field simulation
The wind field is an important component of the monsoons. The monsoon
weather systems are characterized with the knowledge of 3-D distribution of winds.
Rapid changes occur in the wind field and the associated vorticity fields in association
with the onset and progress (active-break cycles, monsoon lows and depressions) of the
monsoons. Hence accurate simulation of wind field assumes special significance. The
low level winds are of vital importance for several monsoon dynamical processes. The
upper level wind fields over the Indian subcontinent also have a strong bearing on several
aspects of the monsoon related phenomena. During the onset regime of the monsoon, the
rapid establishment of a steady westerly winds over the monsoon domain coincides with
the abrupt beginning of rainy season over the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. The
wind field in the lower troposphere is controlled by processes in the PBL and cumulus
convection in the atmosphere. Accurate simulation of the 3-D distribution of temperature
and moisture in the troposphere would set the stage for accurate simulation of wind field.
This indicates that in the tropics accurate simulation of surface pressure fields and rainfall
(and hence SST) will result in the simulation of accurate wind fields.
b) Present Proposal:
We propose to characterize the biases in the modeled wind field with regard to
seasonal mean, intraseasonal variability and interannual variability. The modeled wind
field will be evaluated for different phases of the monsoon such as onset, active-break
cycles, monsoon lows and depressions and monsoon withdrawl with the available
observations/analysis. We will also look at the impact of interannual signals such as
ENSO and IOD on the general behavior of the monsoon both in model output and
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observations. We will also attempt to identify possible reasons for the disagreement. Low
level wind at 850 hPa variations are strongly related to the pressure gradient changes,
which are in turn related to the low level temperature variations as such as changes in
SST. Thus we try to relate biases determined in SST and wind. The low level winds are
also strongly related to the moisture transport from both the Arabian Sea and Bay of
Bengal, which are in turn vital for the rainfall over the continent. We propose to
determine the biases in the wind determined by the CFS system, both direction and speed.
We propose to relate these biases to the boundary layer and moist atmospheric
convection schemes used in the CFS model. We also try to make an attempt to determine
the sensitivity of these biases to the choice of PBL and cumulus convection schemes. To
determine these biases quantitatively we use the standard statistical methods such as the
RMSE, absolute error, pattern correlation and the bias.
c) Expected outcome:
The biases in the CFS model winds will be characterized.
The causative
mechanisms that contribute to these biases will be identified. The possible reasons for the
biases in the upper tropospheric winds in particular the TEJ strength will be determined
through simple relations such as thermal winds associated with the temperature gradients.
Suggestions will be made to correct these biases which are expected to improve the
model winds. It is proposed to examine any trends in the CFS output. An attempt will
also be made to rectify these biases through PBL and cumulus convection schemes.
Module 3: Towards understanding the bias in rainfall in the Climate Forecasting
System model (Consultant: Dr D V B Rao)
a) Possible reasons for the observed bias in rainfall simulation
The GCMs are constructed to simulate the environmental conditions such as
horizontal and vertical distributions of wind, temperature and humidity, and SST through
interactive feedback mechanisms. The reasons for deficiencies in simulating rainfall
could be due to systematic errors in large scale circulation to which convection responds
and/or due to incorrect responses of the model convection scheme to large-scale
environment. Between these two scenarios, the reasons could be more complex because
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of feedbacks between the convection and environment and between different physical
parameterizations.
Our aim is to identify whether biases arise from an unrealistically
simulated large-scale environment, from parameterization errors, or from some complex
interaction between the two. If the errors are due to parameterization we aim to
investigate how the parameterizations might be improved.
In this research part, we will examine the biases in the annual cycle of
precipitation from the several experiments with CFS model to diagnose the relationship
between precipitation and several environmental variables, identify common behaviors
with common biases in precipitation and thus identify to what atmospheric properties
precipitation is most sensitive in the CFS model. This will be achieved through preparing
monthly mean climatology and comparing with NCEP reanalysis for environmental fields
and gridded rainfall for precipitation. The formation and movement of the monsoon
trough during the onset phase and the intraseasonal oscillations of the monsoon trough
during the months of July and August will be examined for identification of bias in
environmental conditions. Correspondingly rainfall analysis will be made to correlate the
rainfall zones and convergence regions.
b) Present proposal
The characteristics of the model derived daily precipitation during ISM season
(i.e.) the four months of June-July-August-September over the different sub-regions of
India from the NCEP CFS would be studied. The model derived daily rainfall will be
compared to gridded rainfall data. Differences in the occurrence of daily rainfall between
the observations and corresponding CFS forecasts will be examined as a function of
forecast lead-time for the 28-year model run period. The bias in CFS will be quantified
by comparing the observations to the CFS forecasts on grids. Enough care will be taken
to see that the quantitative nature of the bias in CFS is preserved although some spatial
details of the gridded observations could be lost.
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An attempt would be made to understand how the different experiments
reproduce the variability of daily rainfall. Model daily rainfall will be compared with
IMD and APHRODITE gridded rainfall.
We will examine if there is a consistent
relationship between biases in the distribution of daily rainfall and biases in the monthly
mean, for eg. to see if the model underestimates the frequency of heavy-rain events and
also the monthly accumulation.
The temporal characteristics of daily rainfall will be diagnosed through
autocorrelation of daily precipitation computed for each grid point and then averaged
over the grid points. We will analyze the model simulated large-scale environment from
the model experiments and the NCEP reanalysis to see biases in the large-scale
environment that are consistent with the biases in precipitation. For example,
conservation of moisture will prescribe that the column-integrated moisture convergence
will be equal to precipitation minus evaporation (P – E) and condensational heating
exceeding radiative cooling will be associated with large-scale ascent; the stronger the
precipitation, the stronger the ascent. This will provide an understanding of the
predictability of surface mass convergence and precipitation. The simulated relationship
between surface convergence and precipitation is important in determining what factors
control precipitation in the models. Current theories of tropical precipitation can be
organized in two ways, one is that the convergence of the low level winds determine the
location and intensity of precipitation and the influence of SST is through its control on
the winds via the momentum budget and the other is that precipitation is determined
locally by thermodynamic factors such as boundary layer entropy or moist static energy.
Apart from the relationship between precipitation and large scale environment,
local relationships may also exist (i.e.) the precipitation at any given point could be
related the vertical profiles of temperature and humidity at that location. We will analyze
the vertical profiles of temperature and humidity in dry and rainy conditions as we expect
that the difference in vertical profiles for rainy and dry days reflects climatological
differences, more than day-to-day variability.
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The frequency of wet and dry spells (consecutive wet and dry days) will be
examined. Similarly daily rainfall statistics in relation to ENSO phases (cold and warm
phases) will also be studied. A classification of historical warm (El Niño) and cold (La
Niña) episodes developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA) Climate Prediction Center will be used to develop composites of the observed
daily rainfall statistics by ENSO phase. El Niño and La Niña episodes are identified using
the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI; Kousky and Higgins 2007), which is one of the principal
measures used by NOAA for monitoring and assessing ENSO. The NOAA operational
definitions of El Niño and La Niña are keyed to the ONI (Kousky and Higgins 2007): El
Niño is characterized by a positive ONI ≥ +0.5°C; La Niña is characterized by a negative
ONI ≤ -0.5°C. These definitions will help to properly identify all historical warm and
cold episodes. For comparison purposes, a similar procedure is used to identify ENSO
events in the CFS coupled simulations. Events are chosen using a threshold of ±0.5°C for
3-month running mean SST anomalies in the Niño-3.4 region (5°N–5°S, 120°–170°W).
The model bias in the estimation of precipitation will be studied with respect to different
sub-regions. This type of study will bring out the seasonal dependence of the bias in the
CFS forecasts. This study also aims at assessing the ability of the CFS to produce the
observed daily precipitation characteristics over different sub-regions.
c) Expected Outcome
The bias in rainfall prediction on different time scales will be obtained as per the
methodology presented in the preceding section. For this purpose model outputs derived
from experiments with different schemes of land surface processes, cumulus convection,
PBL and Sea-Ice schemes as archived at IITM will be used along with NCEP reanalysis
fields and IMD/APHRODITE gridded rainfall data over land and satellite derived rainfall
products (TRMM/ CMAP/ GPCP) over ocean region. The analyses is expected to provide
an understanding of the reasons for the biases towards improvement of some of the
dynamical and/or physical processes of the CFS model all to improve the prediction of
ISMR.
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Schedule (Year wise)
Year
Year - 1
Activity
Expected Outcome

Appointment of project personnel

Acquisition of CFS model outputs

Acquisition of observed in situ and


Assembly of model
outputs and data sets

Sample
codes
satellite data sets and analysis fields
analysis
Acquisition of computer hardware and
errors/biases
for
of
software

Development of computer codes and
graphical
packages to
characterize
errors/biases
Year - 2


Analysis
of
model
outputs
to

Sample
codes
characterize biases in wind field, SST
analysis
and rainfall
errors/biases
Diagnostic studies to identify possible

for
of
Understanding
of
reasons for the observed biases in wind
deficiencies
in
field, SST and rainfall
boundary
forcings/
physical
processes
that lead to observed
biases
Year - 3

Completion of tasks shown for Year -2

Identification of remedial measures to

reduce biases


Documentation of results for project
report and journal publications
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Knowledge of biases
in wind field, SST
and rainfall
Improvements
to
reduce the biases
wind field, SST and
rainfall
1.1 Team Composition and expertise
Investigator
Qualifications
Field of Expertise
PI: Dr SSVS Ramakrishna
M.Sc PhD
Numerical modeling of tropical cyclones
and monsoon energetics
Co-PI : Dr CV Naidu
M.Sc PhD
Monsoon
diagnostics,
interannual
variability of Indian monsoon rainfall
Consultant 1: Dr. R R Rao
M.Sc
(Tech) Indian Ocean warm pool, mixed layer
PhD
Consultant 2: Dr V B Rao
M.Sc
dynamics
(Tech) Tropical
PhD
Consultant 3: Dr D.V.Bhaskar Rao
M.Sc
meteorology
and
dynamics
(Tech) Numerical modeling of tropical cyclones,
PhD
general circulation modeling
Collaborator : Prof Tetsuya Takemi, Ph D
Tropical meteorology and modeling
Kyoto University, Japan
Connections to Operational Forecast and Human Resource Development
A good outcome of the seasonal forecast will always help the Indian economy. Also a thorough
understanding of the intraseasonal, interannual and spatial variability will help for the better
estimates of the rainfall. Development of a thoroughly tested coupled model with improved
hindcast skill suitable for the tropical Indian subcontinent is always desirable for use by the
national meteorological agency i.e., India Meteorology Department. This project serves as a
capacity building platform to train research associates and research fellows.
4. Results from prior MoES support (if any) : NO
[Describe any prior MoES funded work by the PI, Co-PI(s)]
Investigator
MoES grant no.
Title
Year
Description
PI
Co-PI
Facilities available at the workspace One IBM Work Station and 2 PCs
4. Budget requirements (with justifications)
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climate
(a) Emoluments for research personnel, technical and administrative support
4.1 Budget requirement for Key personnel
BUDGET
2nd year
Designation
Monthly
Emoluments
1st year
3rd year
Total
Consultant 1
25000
300000 (12)
300000 (12)
3,60,000(12)
9,60,000(36)
Consultant 2
25000
300000 (12)
300000 (12)
3,60,000(12)
9,60,000(36)
Consultant 3
25000
300000 (12)
300000 (12)
3,60,000(12)
9,60,000(36)
Total
25000
9,00,000
9,00,000
10,80,000
28,80,000
4.2 Budget requirement for other personnel :
BUDGET
Designation
Monthly Emoluments
1 year
2nd year
3rd year
Total
RA
22000
2,20,000 (12)
2,20,000 (12)
2,20,000 (12)
7,92,000
3 JRF’s
I&II years JRF
(18,400)-III year
SRF(20,700)
20,000
6,62,400(12)
6,62,400(12)
7,45,200(12)
20,70,000
2,40,000(12)
2,40,000(12)
2,40,000(12)
7,20,000
11,02,400
11,02,400
1118400
35,82,000
Scientist/
Engineer
Total
st
(b) Budget requirement for Travel
4.3 Budget for Travel :
BUDGET
1.
(In rupees)
Travel
1st year
1,00,000
2nd year
1,00,000
3rd year
1,00,000
Total
3,00,000
Total
1,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
3,00,000
(c)Budget for Other Direct Costs :
BUDGET
st
1 year
nd
2 year
12
(In rupees)
rd
3 year
Total
A.
Contingencies
Total
1,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
3,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
3,00,000
4.4 Budget for Material & Supplies ,Computer Services:
BUDGET
Item
1
st
Computer stationery like CDs,
floppies, printer cartridges and
consumables
TOTAL
nd
(In rupees)
rd
1 year
1,00,000
2 year
1,00,000
3 year
1,00,000
Total
3,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
1,00,000
3,00,000
4.5 Budget for Equipment:
SI.NO
1.
2.
Generic name of the
equivalent along with
make & model
IBM Work Station
with Storage
4 PCs
Improved/Indigenous
Estimated costs
Spare time for other
users (in %)
10,00,000
15%
1,20,000
(d ) Budget for Indirect Costs
7.9 Budgets for Facilities & Administrative Costs: Rs 16, 96,400/-
Total Budget (In Rs./-)

Computer hardware

Manpower
: 64,62,000/-

Travel
: 3,00,000/-

Contingencies
: 3,00,000/-

Miscellaneous
: 3,00,000/-

University overheads
: 16,96,400/-
 Total
: 11,20,000/-
: 1,017,8400/-
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5. Bio-data (CV) of the Investigators & Consultants :
5.1 PI Biography
Name: Dr. SSVS Ramakrishna
Date of birth: 18-9-1959
Institution: Department of Meteorology and Oceanography,
Andhra University
Address (Residence):
G3 Niharika enclave, Abid nagar
Akkayapalem, Visakhapatnam-16
Tel. No. :0891-2750904
Address (Office) :
Dr.SSVS Rama krishana
Department of Meteorology and Oceanogrphy
Andhra university
Visakhapatnam-530003
Tel. No. : 0891-2844643
FAX : 0891-2755324
Educational Qualification :
School/College/University Degree
Andhra University
Year
Matriculation 1974
Main subjects
Division/Class
Mathematics
second
and Physics
Andhra Pradesh, Board of Intermediate
1976
Intermediate
Mathematics,
Physics
second
and
chemistry
Andhra university
B.Sc
1979
Mathematics,
Physics
second
and
chemistry
Andhra university
M.Sc.
1982
Meteorology
First
Awards / Honors / Fellowship etc. :
a) Awarded the General Merit Scholarship by the Government of Andhra Pradesh India for
pursuing Graduate Studies at Baccalaureate Level. 1976-78 at the Government PR College
, Kakinada.
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b) CSIR senior Research fellow ship to pursue Ph.D at Andhra university
c) Young Scientist fellowship of the Andhra Pradesh Council of Science and Technology,
India 1993.
d) Best Paper presentation award at the National Seminar on Tsunamis and Other Natural
Coastal Hazards over India (TONCH), Department of Meteorology and Oceanography.
Andhra University. Dec 10-12 2005.
Appointments (Professional experience/employment record):
Organization
Designation / Position
Duration ( Year / date)
Andhra university
Lecturer
1990-1999 march
Andhra university
Associate Professor
1999march to 2007 march
Andhra university
Professor
2007march to till date
List of important and relevant research publications :
1. Numerical simulation of Cyclonic Storms FANOOS, NARGIS with assimilation
ofconventional and satellite observations using 3-DVAR" Natural Hazards
2012 DOI 10.1007/s 11069-012-0194-5
2.
Numerical Simulation of Cloud Burst Event on 05th August 2010 over Leh
using WRF Mesoscale model. Natural Hazards 2012 .DOI: 10.1007/s11069012-0145-1
3. Numerical Simulation of a severe cyclonic storm Nargis with a Mesoscale
model. Natural Hazards,. 2012 DOI 10.1007/s11069-012-0087-7
4. An Observational evidence of Climate Change. 2011. Global and Planetary
Change. Vol 79 pp 11-19. Issues 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.07.010.
5. Rajputana (Thar) Desert blooms with unprecedented rains in 2006 and 2010 :
The effect of a warming environment? Geophysica Internacional (2011) Vol
50-3: pp 255-270
6. Variations of Indian summer Monsoon Rainfall induce the weakening of easterly
jet stream in the warming environment: Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 75,
Issues 1-2, pp 21-30, January 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.10.001.
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7. A diagnostic study of monsoon energetics for two contrasting years: Annales
Geophysicae, 28, 2201-2212, doi: 10.5194/Angeo-28-2201-2010, December
2010.
8. Impact of assimilation of conventional and satellite meteorological observations
on the numerical simulation of a Bay of Bengal Tropical Cyclone of November
2008 near Tamilnadu using WRF Model: Meteorol and Atmospheric Physics,
Vol 110, No 1-2, pp 19-44, doi 10.1007/s00703-010-0102-z, 4 November 2010.
9. The influence of the Planetary Boundary Layer in the evolution of Hurricane
Katrina using a mesoscale model” presented in the International Symposium for
the Advanced Boundary Layer Remote Sensing (ISAR 2010), Paris (France)
during 28-30 July, 2010.
10. Numerical Simulation of a Monsoon Depression by using NCAR MM5
Mesoscale Model Proceedings of AP Akademi of Sciences. Vol. 13(2), 2009.
11. The Role of Madden Julian Oscillation in the generation of tropical cyclones in
the Indian Ocean” presented in the International Workshop on HighResolution Climate modeling, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.10-14 August 2009.
12. Upper air Circulations associated with two extreme epochs in the Indian Summer
Monsoon Rainfall”. Journal of Agro Meteorology, Special issue, pp 341-344.
Vol 10, Part –II, 2008.
13. In a changing climate weakening tropical easterly jet induces more violent
tropical storms over the North Indian ocean’ Geophysical Research
Letters,Vol.35,L15710, 2008. Published in NATURE as one of the Research
Highlights of 2008.
14. Numerical simulation of a Tropical Cyclone with Arakawa Schubert and Grell
schemes”. Paper published in the Proceedings of AP Academy of Sciences,
Hyderabad. Special issue on Climate Change, Vol 11(4), Dec 2007, pp 266- 273.
15. The role of Physical parameterization in numerical simulation of a Deep
depression using a Meso scale model. Paper presented at TROPMET 2006 Pune
and published in Vayumandal, Vol 34, No 1-4, pp 104-119, 2009.
16.
Numerical Simulation of the Orissa Super Cyclone with the LMDZ
General Circulation Model” Proceedings of Tsunamis and other Natural
Coastal Hazards over India.
pp 1-3, organized at Andhra University during
10-12, Dec 2005, Best paper Award
17. Numerical Simulation of a Tropical Cyclone with the LMDZ Model’ Paper
presented at the International Symposium on Natural hazards (INTROMET
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2004) Feb 24-27 ,2004 Organized by the India Meteorological Society ,
Hyderabad
18. The Role of Cumulus Convection in a Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclone
with LMDZ Model. Paper presented at the Indo French Conference on ‘Scale
Interaction and Variability of Monsoon’. October 6-10, 2003, Munnar, Kerala,
INDIA.
19. Anomaly circulation patterns of Active and Weak southwest monsoon seasons of
different regions of India, Promise 2003, Proceedings of International
Conference on Monsoon Environments: Agriculture and Hydrological impacts
of seasonal variability and climate change, 24-28 March, 2003, ICTP Trieste,
Italy.
20. Numerical Simulation with an Axi-Symmetric model of a Tropical Cyclone
using Arakawa-Shubert and Grell schemes, Paper presented at the INDOFRENCH Workshop on Climate Variability held at LMD, Paris, Dec 16-20,
2002.
21. Anomaly circulation patterns of Active and Weak southwest monsoon seasons of
North East India. Paper published in proceedings of pp 119-123, TROPMET
1999.
22. Some GCM simulation studies of Summer Monsoon Rainfall and its Variability
over Indian region, Journal of Applied Hydrology, pp 11-23, Vol.2, 1998.
23. Tropical Cyclone Simulation with different convection schemes. Paper presented
at INTROMET 1997, IIT Delhi December 2-5, 1997.
24. Numerical Simulation Experiment of the Bay of Bengal Cyclone. 1993. Paper
presented at the National Symposium Advances in Tropical Meteorology, Ed.
R.K.Datta, India Meteorological Society, pp 35–39, 1996.
25. A Numerical Simulation Study of the role of the Sea Surface Temperature in
tropical cyclone circulation. Published in proceedings of Indian National Science
and Academy. Special volume on Earth Sciences, pp 139-155, 1994.
26. Some Numerical Modeling Experiments of Tropical Cyclone Circulation using
Arakawa Schubert Cumulus Parameterization . Ph. D Thesis . Department of
Meteorology & Oceanography Andhra University 1989.
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27. Numerical Experiments of the Tropical Cyclone with Arakawa Schubert
cumulus parameterization scheme and inclusion of cumulus downdrafts. PrePrint Volume, 8th conference on NWP, pp 844-847, Feb. 22 – 26, 1988.
28. A case study of the genesis of a monsoon depression in the Bay of Bengal during
Monsoon-77 experiment. Mausam, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp 387 – 394, 1987.
Recent collaborations: Collaboration with Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center through
a join project for issuing real time fore cast for tropical cyclones
PROJECTS HANDLED
(i) Principal Investigator of the project “ Inter annual Variability of the Indian
Monsoon system with special reference to Energetics” – sponsored by the
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the total budget of
Rs.20,02,320/-, 2007-2010.
(ii) Co-Principal Investigator of the project “Numerical Modeling Studies of Tropical
Cyclones with special reference to Indian Region” - sponsored by the Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 1996-99.
(iii)Co-Principal Investigator of the project “Assessment of Feasibility of Long Range
Forecasting of Monsoon Rainfall on Sub-regional scales” - sponsored by the
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 1997-2000.
ON-GOING PROJECTS
1. Principal Investigator: Indian Ocean Warm pool during 1950-2005- Sponsored by
MOES-INCOIS, Govt. of India, the total budget of Rs 34,80,000 -/, 2010-2013.
2. Principal Investigator: Development of a site specific dynamical tropical cyclone
and other extreme weather early warning system for Kalpakkam – Sponsored by
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India, the total budget of Rs
40,54,550/-, 2009-2012.
Ph.D. AWARDED
1. Numerical modeling studies of North Indian Ocean Tropical cyclones with
Mesoscale models, December 2010.
2. Simulations of Intense rainfall events over the West coast of India using Global
and Mesoscale Models: Impact of ARMEX-I observations, August 2008.
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Six (Regular) and Three ( Extra Mural ) are working for their Ph.D Degrees.
M. Tech. Projects Guided: More than 20
M.Sc. Projects Guided : More than 25
LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS :
1. Life member Indian Meteorological Society.
2. Life member of Ocean Society of India.
3. Life Member Association of Indian Hydrologists .
OTHER INFORMATION:
1. National Advisory committee member on Forecast Demonstration project on
Tropical Cyclones, Organized by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.
2. Focal point for the M. Tech. International course on Satellite Meteorology
organized by the United Nations, Centre for Space Science and Technology for
the Asia and Pacific regions in association with Space Application Center, ISRO,
Ahmedabad.
REVIEWER OF RESEARCH PAPERS FOR THE JOURNALS:
1. Natural Hazards – International
2. Journal of Earth System Science – International
3. Current Science - National
5.2 Co-PI Biography
Name :
Dr. C. V. Naidu
Date of birth :
01-06-1964
Institution :
Andhra University
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Address (Residence) : D.No. 10-241, Visalakshi Nagar, Visakhapatnam – 530 043
Tel. No. : 9348663636
Address (Office) :
Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
Visakhapatnam – 530 003
Tel. No. : 0891-2844633
FAX :
Educational Qualification :
School/College/University Degree
Year
Main subjects
Division/Class
Andhra University
1984
Physics, Maths,
First
B.Sc.
Chemistry
Andhra University
M.Sc.
1986
Meteorology
First class and
First rank
Andhra University
Ph.D.
1995
Meteorology
Meteorology
PGDAS
1990
Statistics
1989
Earth,
Rank among
Atmospheric & top 5% of the
Ocean Sciences qualifying
candidates
CSIR-UGC NET
First
Awards / Honors / Fellowship etc. :
Sri M. Phillip memorial medal, Dr. BN Desai medal and IMS prize for M.Sc. first
rank. NET rank among top 5% of the qualified candidates
CSIR – JRF and SRF and DST - RA
Appointments (Professional experience/employment record):
Organization
Designation / Position
Duration ( Year / date)
Andhra University
Assistant Professor (Sr. Scale)
19-9-2010 to till date
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Andhra University
Assistant Professor
18-9-2006 to 18-9-2010
Andhra University
Teaching Assistant/Associate
20-7-2004 to 17-9-2006
Andhra University
Research Associate (DST)
16-2-2002 to 19-7-2004
Andhra University
Project Associate
22-12-1999 to 15-02-2002
Andhra University
Research Associate (DST)
15-11-1996 to 31-03-1999
List of important and relevant research publications :
1.
Naidu, C. V., K. Durgalakshmi, K. Muni Krishna, S. Ramalingeswara Rao, G. C. Satyanarayana,
P. Lakshminarayana, and L. Malleswara Rao (2009), Is summer monsoon rainfall decreasing over
India in the global warming era?, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D24108, doi:10.1029/2008JD011288.
2.
C.V. Naidu, G. Ch. Satyanarayana, K. Durgalakshmi, L. Malleswara Rao and K. Nagaratna
(2010). Is winter monsoon rainfall over South Peninsular India increasing in global warming era?
Global and Planetary Change, 72, 69-72.
3.
C. V. Naidu, K. Muni Krishna, S. Ramalingeswara Rao, OS.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, K.
Durgalakshmi and SSVS Ramakrishna (2011). Variations of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
induce the weakening of easterly jet stream in the warming environment?, Global and Planetary
Change, 75, 21-30
4.
C.V. Naidu, G. Ch. Satyanarayana, K. Durgalakshmi, L. Malleswara Rao and K. Nagaratna
(2011): An observational evidence of climate change during global warming era (Accepted,
Global and Planetary Change, 2011)
5.
V. Brahmananda Rao, Egidio Arai, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, S.S.V.S. Ramakrishna, Sergio H.
Franchito and C.V.Naidu (2011): Rajaputana (Thar) desert blooms with unprecedented rains in
2006: The effect of a warming environment. (Accepted for Journal of International
Geophysica)
Other publications :
1.
Subbaramayya, I, Vivekananda Babu, S. and Naidu, C.V. (1988). A note on the normal dates of
onset of summer monsoon over south peninsular India, Met. Mag. (U.K.), 117, 371-377.
2.
Subbaramayya, I, Vivekananda Babu, S. and Naidu, C.V. (1990). Variations in the onset of the
Indian southwest monsoon and summer circulation anomalies, Met. Mag., (U.K.), 119, 61-68.
3.
Subbaramayya, I and Naidu, C.V. (1992). Spatial variations and trends in the Indian monsoon
rainfall, International J. Clim. 12, 597-609, 1992.
4.
Subbaramayya, I and Naidu, C.V. (1995). Withdrawal of the Indian south monsoon over India A synoptic and Climatelogical study, Met. Applications(UK), 2, 159-166.
5.
Naidu, C.V., Rao, B.R.S. and Bhaskara Rao, D.V. (1999). Climatic Trends and Periodicities of
Annual rainfall over India, Met. Applications (U.K.), 6, 1-12.
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6.
Bhaskar Rao, K. ,Naidu, C.V. and O.S.R.U. Bhanukumar. (2001). Forecasting of
monsoon rainfall over India, “Met. Applications(U.K.)”, 8, 245-252.
summer
7.
O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, C.V. Naidu, S. R. L. Rao, Influence of ENSO and IOD on Indian winter
monsoon rainfall. World Resource Review, USA, Vol.15, and No.4, 518.
8.
O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, C.V. Naidu, S. R. L. Rao (2004). Prediction of Southeren Indian winter
monsoon rainfall from September local upper-air temperatures (Meteorol. Appl. (UK), 11, 189199.
9.
Bhaskara Rao, D.V., Naidu, C.V., Rao, B.R.S. and Bhagyalaksmi, R. (1998). Variability of
monsoon rainfall over India, J. Applied Hydrology, Vol.XI,1,49-57.
10. Bhaskara Rao, D.V., Naidu, C.V., Rao, B.R.S. (2001). Trends and periodicities of Tropical
cyclonic systems over North Indian Ocean, Special Issue on Climate Change, Mausam, New
Delhi, 37-46.
11. C.V. Naidu, K. Bhaskar Rao, O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, V. Lakshmana Rao, B.R. Srinivasa Rao
and S.S. Raju. (2003) On the climatic fluctuations of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Proc. of
AP Akademi of Sciences, 7,2, 95-100
12. K. Naga Ratna, O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, K.K.Reddy, C.V. Naidu, S. R. L. Rao and
S.V.S.Somanadham (2002). A study of mean features of winter monsoon circulation over India
and neighbourhood using NCAR/NCEP reanalysis data. Proc. of AP Akademi of Sciences, 7,2,
87-94.
13. O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, C.V. Naidu, S. R. L. Rao and K. Naga Ratna (2002). An empirical
relation for prediction of winter monsoon rainfall over Tamilnadu. Proc. of AP Akademi of
Sciences, 7,2, 151-153.
14. O.S.R.U. Bhanu Kumar, C.V. Naidu and S. R. L. Rao (2004). Influence of Southern Oscillation
and SSTs over Nino-3.4 region on the Winter Monsoon Rainfall over Coastal Andhra Pradesh
(Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), 113, 3, 313-319).
15. C.V. Naidu, S.S.V.S. Ramakrishna, B.R. Srinivasa Rao and S.V.V. Arun Kumar (2008): Upper
air circulations associated with two extreme epochs in Indian summer monsoon rainfall, J. of
Agro-meteorology (Special Issue – Part 2), 341-344.
16. Mahalakhsmi, D.V., KVS Badarinath and CV Naidu (2011): Influence of boundary layer
dynamics on pollutant concentrations over urban region – A study using ground based
measurements, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, 40, 147-152.
Participation in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/ Summer Schools
1.
Attended National workshop on “Numerical modelling, weather prediction and computer software”,
28 Dec. 1987 - 9 Jan. 1988, sponsored by UGC , conducted by Dept. of Meteorology and
Oceanography, Andhra University, Waltair.
2.
Attended 20th cruise of R.V. Gaveshini from 23-8-1988 to 7-9-1988 in the Bay of Bengal.
3.
Attended ISCA meeting held at Indore, Jan. 1991 and presented a paper.
4.
Attended TROPMET-92 symposium held at SAC, Ahmedabed.
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5.
Attended a workshop on “Climate Change” sponsored by DST and held at CAS, IIT, New Delhi, Dec.
1992.
6.
Attended IGBP symposium held at Anna University, Madras, in April 1993.
7.
Attended DST SERC school on Basics of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, held at IITM, Pune, May-June,
1994.
8.
Attended TROPMET-96 symposium held at Andhra University, Feb. 1996.
9.
Attended RAMSD conference at Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, Feb. 1997.
10. Attended Seminar on Coastal Zone Management held at Visakhapatnam sponsored by IMS
Visakhapatnam chapter, March 1997.
11. Participated Seminar on Monsoon meteorology and Water resources hydrology, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 15-18, 1997.
12. Participated WMO/FAO Roving seminar on Crop Weather Modelling held at India Meteorological
Department, Pune, 19-30 August, 1999.
13. Participated IPC2000 seminar, February ,2000, Varanasi
14. Attended Orientation Course on MSMR Data & Applications, 28-30 August, 2000, Space
Application Centre, Ahmedabad.
15. Attended Project monitoring committee meeting of AERB, Kalpakkam, 7 March, 2001
16. Attended “Advanced School on Recent Advances in Climate and Environment Research”,
MMACS (CSIR), 11-13 April, 2001.
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17. Participated the National symposium on, "Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the Present and
Future", Andhra University, India, 28-29, June 2002.
18. Participated International conference on Monsoon Environments: Agricultural and Hydrological
Impacts of seasonal variability and climate change, 24-28 March, 2003, International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
19. Attended Indo-European workshop on Climate change and Natural Disasters, University of
Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 6-10 September 2004.
20. Participated in the field work on Tsunami effected area in Andhra Pradesh (DST sponsored), 24
March-2 April, 2005
21. Participated in the National Seminar on Tsunamis and other Natural Coastal Hazards over India
organized by Department of Meteorology & Oceanography, Andhra University during 10-12
December 2005.
22. DST workshop on Meso - scale modelling organized by Department of Meteorology &
Oceanography, Andhra University, 29-31 January 2007
23. School on Radar and Lidar Remote sensing of atmosphere, organized by NARL (Gadanki) and SV
University, Tirupathi, 7-11 March 2007.
24. UGC Orientation course organized by Academic Staff College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam,
17-5-2007 to 13-6-2007.
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25. Visited Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi during 5 to 10 October 2007
for giving practical training on weather chart analysis and computations in Dynamic meteorology for
the students of M.Tech course in Space Technology and Applications.
26. International symposium on ‘Agrometeorology and Food Security’, CRIDA, Hyderabad, February 1821, 2008.
27. International workshop on Modelling the land-surface and climate change in India, 25th to 28th March
2008, IITM, Pune (Organized by UK Met office and IITM, Pune).
28. International Workshop on Weather Modification Technologies & Symposium on Natural Disaster
Management, June 27-29, 2008, JNT University, Hyderabad.
29. UGC sponsored refresher course on “Life science/marine science”, 9-29 November 2009, Academic
Staff College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
30. Given a lecture at Indo-Japanese Colloquium on weather and climate, 3 July, 2010, Dept. of
Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University
31. Attended national Seminar on “Monsoon and climate change”, 30-6-2010, Dept. of Meteorology and
Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
32. Given 3 lectures on climate change and synoptic chart anlysis, SERC school on Ocean-Atmosphere
Interactions and Global Change, 14 July – 3rd August 2010, Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography,
Andhra University. Sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology, Gov. of India.
Recent collaborations :
Research Guidance :
No. of Ph.D. students enrolled/ completed 6/3
5.3 Consultant 1: Biography
A) PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name
Dr. Rokkam Ramamanohar Rao
Nationality
Indian
Date of Birth
16 April 1949
Designation
Retired Scientist-G (NPOL/DRDO, Min. of Defence)
Qualifications
M.Sc (Tech) Meteorology & Oceanography, AU
Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics, AU
Certificate in Fortran-IV Language, AU
PhD in Meteorology & Oceanography, AU
Present Address
Dept of Meteorology & Oceanography, AU
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e-mail address
Telephone
rokkamrr@yahoo.com
040 - 23886030 (O) and 9701053274 (M)
B) TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:
 Research Student at Andhra University from 1971 to 1977
 Research Scientist at NPOL from May 1977 to April 2009
 National Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1986-1988) at
NOAA/AOML, Miami, USA
 Senior Scientist at JAMSTEC, Japan (1 June, 2009 – 31 March, 2010)
 Guided 2 PhD Students
C) PUBLICATIONS:
PhD Dissertation, Papers appeared in International and National Journals,
Atlases and Reports (Please see Annexure-1): 1+62+4
D) AWARDS AND HONOURS:
Please see Annexure-2 and Annexure-3
E) MEMBERSHIPS:
 Indian Meteorological Society
 Ocean Society of India
F) CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
 Variability of near-surface layers of the tropical Indian Ocean
Annexure – 1: List of Publications (1 + 62 + 4)
A) PhD DISSERTATION
Rao R R, (1986) ‘Some studies on the observed variability of the thermal structure of the upper layers
of the north Arabian Sea during summer monsoon experiments’, pp 111, Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam, India
B) INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (25+4)
1. Rao.R.R (1984): A case study on the influence of summer monsoon vortex on the thermal structure
of the upper central Arabian Sea during onset phase of MONEX-79, Deep-Sea Research, 31, 12,
1511-1521.
2. Rao.R.R (1986): Cooling and deepening of the mixed layer in the central Arabian Sea during
MONSOON-77: Observations and simulations, Deep-Sea Research, 33, 10, 1413-1424.
3. Rao.R.R, R.L.Molinari and J.F.Festa (1989): Evolution of the climatological near surface thermal
structure of the tropical Indian Ocean 1. Description of the mean monthly mixed layer depth and sea
surface temperature, surface current and surface meteorological fields, J. of Geophys. Res.. 94, C8,
10801-10815.
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4. Rao.R.R and Basil Mathew (1990): A case study on the mixed layer variability in the south central
Arabian Sea during the onset phase of MONEX-79, Deep-Sea Research, 37, 2, 227-243.
5. Rao.R.R, Basil Mathew and P.V.Hareeshkumar (1993): A summary of results on thermohaline
variability in the upper layers of the east central Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal during summer
monsoon experiments, Deep-Sea Research, 40, 8, 1647-1672.
6. Rao.R.R, P.V.Hareeshkumar and Basil Mathew (1994): Near-surface layer heating in the Arabian
Sea during the pre-onset regime of MONEX-79, Meteorology & Atmospheric Physics, 53, 19-31
7. Sanilkumar.K.V, N.Mohankumar, M.X.Joseph and R.R.Rao (1995)**: Genesis of meteorological
disturbances and thermohaline variability of the upper layers in the head Bay of Bengal during
Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment (MONTBLEX- 90), Deep-Sea Research, 41, 10, 15691581.
8. Rao.R.R and R.Sivakumar (1996), Seasonal variability of near-surface isothermal layer and
thermocline characteristics of the tropical Indian Ocean, Meteorology & Atmospheric Physics, 61,
3&4, 201-212.
9. Sanilkumar, K.V, T.V.Kuruvilla, D.Jogendranath and R.R.Rao (1997): Observations on the
Western Boundary Current of the Bay of Bengal from hydrographic survey during March 1993, DeepSea Research, 44, 135-145
10. Rao.R.R and R.Sivakumar (1998) Observed seasonal variability of heat content in the upper layers
of the tropical Indian ocean from a new global ocean temperature climatology, Deep-Sea Research.
45, 1, 67-89
11.Rao.R.R and R.Sivakumar (1999) On the possible mechanisms of the evolution of a miniwarm
pool during the pre-summer monsoon season and the onset vortex in the southeasternArabian Sea,
Quarterly Jour. of Royal Meteorological Society,125, 787-809
12. Rao.R.R and R.Sivakumar (2000) Seasonal variability of the heat budget of the mixed layer and
the near-surface layer thermal structure of the tropical Indian Ocean from a new global ocean
`temperature climatology. J. of Geophys. Res. 105, C1, 995-1015
13. Bhat G.S., S.Gadgil, P.V.Hareesh Kumar, S.R.Kalsi, P.Madhusoodanan, V.S.N.Murthy,
C.V.K.Prasada Rao, V.Ramesh Babu, L.V.G.Rao, R.R.Rao, M.Ravichandran, K.G.Reddy, P.Sanjeeva
Rao, D.Sengupta, D.R.Sikka, J.Swain, and P.N.Vinayachandran, (2001), BOBMEX: The Bay of
Bengal Monsoon Experiment, Bull. American Met. Soc., 82, 10, 2217-2243
14. Rao R.R., and R.Sivakumar (2003) Seasonal variability of the salt budget of the mixed layer and
near-surface layer salinity structure of the tropical Indian Ocean from a new global ocean salinity
climatology, J. of Geophys. Res., 108, 3009, doi: 10.1029/2001JC 000907
15. Gopalakrishna V. V., Z.Johnson, G.Salgaonkar, K.Nisha, C.K.Rajan, and R.R.Rao, (2005)
Observed variability of sea surface salinity and thermal inversions in the Lakshadweep Sea during
contrast monsoons, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18605, doi:10.1029/2006GL 023280
16. Rao R.R., M.S.Girishkumar, M.Ravichandran, B.K.Samala and S. Nandakumar (2006), Observed
mini-cold pool off the southern tip of India and its intrusion into the south central Bay of Bengal
during summer monsoon season, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06607, doi:10.1029/2005GL 025382
17. Rao R.R., M.S.Girish Kumar, M.Ravi Chandran, B.K.Samala, and G.Anitha (2006) Observed
intraseasonal variability of mini-cold pool off the southern tip of India and its intrusion into the south
central Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon season, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15606, doi:
10.1029/2006 GL 026086
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18. Pankajakshan T, PM Muraleedharan, R.R.Rao, YK Somayajulu, GV Reddy and C Revechandran
(2007) Observed variability of the barrier layer in the Bay of Bengal, J of Geophys. Res., 112,
C02009, doi:10.1029/2006JC003651
19. Pankajakshan T, R.R.Rao, PM Muraleedharan, YK Somayajulu, VV Gopalakrishna, GV Reddy
and C Revechandran (2007) Seasonal variability of the observed barrier layer in the Arabian Sea, J. of
Phys. Ocean., 38, 624-638
20 Gopalakrishna, V. V., R.R.Rao, K. Nisha, M. S. Girishkumar, T. Pankajakshan, . M.Ravichandran,
Z. Johnson, K. Girish, N. Aneeshkumar, M. Srinath, S. Rajesh, and C. K. Rajan, (2008), Observed
anomalous upwelling in the Lakshadweep Sea during the summer monsoon season of 2005, J. of
Geophys Res., 113, C05001, doi: 10.1029 / 2007 JC004240.
21. Rao R.R., M.S.Girishkumar,, M.Ravichandran, V.V.Gopalakrishna and P.Thadathil, (2008),
Observed mini-cold pool south of Indo-Sri Lanka Channel and its intrusion into the southeastern
Arabian Sea during winter, Deep-Sea Research, 55, 1009– 1020
22. Nisha,K., A.Suryachandra Rao, V.V.Gopalakrishna, R.R.Rao, M.S.Girishkumar, T.Pankajakshan,
.Ravichandran, S.Rajesh, K.Girish, M.Anuradha, S.S.M.Gavaskar, V.Suneel and S.M.Krishna (2009)
Reduced near-surface thermal inversions in 2005-2006 in the southeastern Arabian Sea Lakshadweep
Sea). Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 1184-1199.
23.Rao R.R., M. S. Girish Kumar, M. Ravichandran, A. R. Rao, V.V.Gopalakrishna and P.Thadathil ,
(2009), Observed interannual variability of Kelvin wave propagation in the equatorial Indian Ocean
and in the coastal wave guides of the Bay of Bengal and the southeastern Arabian Sea during 19932006, Deep-Sea Research I, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.008
24. Gopalakrishna, V.V., F. Durand, K. Nisha, M. Lengaigne,T. P. Boyer,J. Costa, R. R. Rao, M.
Ravichandran, S. Amrithash, L. John, K. Girish, C. Ravichandran and V. 5 Suneel,, 2009, Observed
intraseasonal to interannual variability of the upper ocean thermal structure in the southeastern Arabian
Sea during 2002 – 2008, Deep-Sea Research
25. Rao R.R., M. S. Girish Kumar, M. Ravichandran, A. R. Rao, V.V.Gopalakrishna and P.Thadathil,
2009, Is the low salinity waters pass through the Indo-Sri Lanka Channel during winter ?,
International Jour. of Remote Sensing
26. R R Rao, T Horii, Y Masumoto, H Hase and K Mizuno, 2012, Observed variability in the upper
layers at the Equator, 90°E in the Indian Ocean, Part I: Zonal currents, under review with Progress in
Oceanography
27. R R Rao, T Horii, Y Masumoto, H Hase and K Mizuno, 2012, Observed variability in the upper
layers at the Equator, 90°E in the Indian Ocean, Part II: Meridional currents, under review with
Progress in Oceanography
28. Rao R.R., M. S. Girish Kumar, M. Ravichandran, V.Jitendra and SSVS Ramakrishana, 2012,
Observed interannual variability of the Arabian Sea warm pool: Observations and governing
mechanisms, under submission
29. R R Rao, K.Sato, Y.Masumoto,T Horii, and K Mizuno, 2012, Observed interannual variability in
the thermohaline structure of the near-surface layers along a shipping lane from Persian Gulf to
Singapore in the north Indian Ocean during 1990-2009, under preparation
C) INDIAN JOURNALS (26)
1. Patnaik.J.K, R.R.Rao and R.Ramanadham (1977): Some characteristics of Indian Monsoon rains,
Indian Geography Jour., 52, 1 & 2, 23-30.
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2. Rao.R.R, S.V.S.Somanadham and S.Najamuddin (1978): Study of the influence of surface energy
budget of north Indian Ocean on the behaviour of Indian summer monsoon, Indian Jour.
Meteorology & Hydrology, 29,1&2, 253-258.
3. Rao.R.R, V.V.Gopalakrishna and S.V.Babu (1981): A case study on the northern Bay of Bengal
subsurface thermal structure and ocean mixed layer depth in relation to surface energy exchange
processes during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 32, 1, l85-82.
4. Rao.R.R, D.S.Rao, P.G.K.Murthy and M.X.Joseph (1983): A preliminary investigation on the
thermal structure of the upper Bay of Bengal during MONEX-79, Mausam, 34, 3, 239-250.
5. Rao.R.R, K.V.S.Ramam, D.S.Rao, and M.X.Joseph (1985): Surface heat budget estimates at
selected areas of north Indian Ocean during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 36, 1, 21-32.
6. Rao.R.R (1986): On the thermal response of upper eastern Arabian Sea to the summer monsoonal
forcing during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 37, 1, 77-84.
7. Rao.D.S and R.R.Rao (1986): A case study of the genesis of a monsoon low and the thermal
structure of the upper northern Bay of Bengal during MONEX-79, Mahasagar, 19, 1, 1-9.
8. Rao.R.R (1986): The observed thermal response of upper north-east Arabian Sea to the onset of
summer monsoon during ISMEX-73, Mausam, 37, 4, 429-434.
9. Rao.R.R (1987): The observed variability of the cooling and deepening of the mixed layer in the
central Arabian Sea during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 38, 1, 43-48.
10. Rao.R.R (1987): Further analysis on the thermal response of the upper Bay of Bengal to a premonsoon cyclonic storm and summer monsoonal onset during MONEX-79, Mausam, 38, 2, 142-156.
11. Rao.R.R (1987): On the thermal response of the upper central Arabian Sea to the summer
monsoonal forcing during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 38, 3, 293-302.
12. Rao.R.R, S.V.S.Somanadham, S.V.S.Ramakrishna and R.Ramanadham (1987): A case study on
the genesis of a monsoon depression in the northern Bay of Bengal during MONSOON-77 experiment,
Mausam, 38, 4, 387-394.
13. Hareeshkumar.P.V and R.R.Rao (1987): Diurnal scale variability in the vertical thermal structure
of the coastal waters off the southwest coast of India during May 1985, Indian Jour. of Marine
Science., 16, 71-76.
14. Rao.R.R and Basil Mathew (1988): On the observed synoptic variability in the thermal structure of
the upper northern Bay of Bengal during MONEX-79, Proceedings of IndianAcademy of Sciences,
97, 21-34.
15. Sarma.K.D.K.M, Basil Mathew and R.R.Rao (1988): Observed salinity field in the upper layers of
the central Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon experiments, Mahasagar, 21, 2, 75-83.
16. Rao.R.R (1988): Seasonal heat budget estimates of the upper layers of the central Arabian Sea,
Mausam, 39,3, 241-248.
17. Rao.R.R and P.V.Hareeshkumar (1989): On the observed intradiurnal variability in the thermal
structure of the upper layers at a station in the eastern Arabian Sea before the onset of summer
MONSOON-77, Mausam, 40, 1, 37-42.
18. Rao.R.R and P.V.Hareeshkumar (1989): A case study on the short-term variability in the observed
temperature and currents in the upper layers of the north-eastern Arabian Sea during the pre-onset
phase of ISMEX-73, Indian Jour. of Marine Science, 18, 189-194.
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19. Rao.R.R, P.V.Hareeshkumar and Basil Mathew (1990): Water mass modification in the upper
layers of the Arabian Sea during ISMEX-73, Mausam, 41, 4, 611-620.
20. Rao.R.R (1990): Observed variability in the thermal response of the upper north central Arabian
Sea during summer monsoon experiments, Mausam, 41, 3, 439-444.
21. Rao.R.R and K.V.Sanilkumar (1991): Evolution of salinity field in the upper layers of the east
central Arabian Sea and northern Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon experiments,
Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences, 100, 1, 69-78.
22. Rao.R.R, K.V.Sanilkumar and Basil Mathew (1991): Observed variability in the current field
during summer monsoon experiments Part-I: Northern Bay of Bengal, Mausam, 42, 1, 17-24.
23. Rao.R.R, K.D.K.M.Sarma and Basil Mathew (1991): Thermohaline structure in the equatorial
Indian Ocean during MONSOON-77, Mausam, 42, 2, 131-138.
24. Rao.R.R, K.V.Sanilkumar and Basil Mathew (1996): Observed variability in the current field
during summer monsoon experiments - Part II: Arabian Sea, Mausam, 47,4,355-368
25. Mohankumar.N, P.V.Hareeshkumar and R.R.Rao (2001): An empirical model for estimating
hourly solar radiation over the Arabian Sea during summer monsoon season, Ind. J. Mar. Sci., 30, 123131
26. Basil Mathew, P.V.Hareeshkumar and R.R.Rao (2003): Mixed layer variability at selected
locations in the Arabian Sea during pre-monsoon and southwest monsoon, Mausam, 54, 4, 917-928
D) ATLASES AND TECHNICAL REPORTS (11)
1. Rao.R.R, R.L.Molinari and J.F.Festa (1991): Surface meteorological and subsurface oceanographic
atlas of the tropical Indian Ocean, NOAA Technical Memorandum, ERL AOML-69, 59 pp.
2. Rao.R.R (1995): Atlas of near-surface thermohaline fields of the tropical Indian Ocean from
Levitus climatology, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi 682 021, India, 147 pp.
3. Rao.R.R (1995): Atlas of surface meteorology and surface oceanography of the tropical Indian
Ocean, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi 682 021, India, 66 pp.
4. Godfrey.J.S, A.Alexiou, A.G.Ilahude, D.M.Legler, M.E.Luther, J.P.McCreary Jr., G.A.Meyers,
K.Mizumo, R.R.Rao, S.R.Shetye, J.H.Toole and S.Wacongne (1995): The role of the Indian Ocean in
the Global Climate System: Recommendations regarding the Global Ocean Observing System, Ocean
Observing System Development Panel Background Report Number 6, 89pp.
5. Rao.R.R, M.R.Santha Devi and R.Sivakumar (1996): Atlas on intraseasonal and interannual
variability along major shipping lanes of the tropical Indian Ocean during 1961-1970, Part 1: Surface
meteorology and SST, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi-682 021, India, 11pp
and 122 figs.
6. Rao.R.R., 2002, A synthesis on the evolution of near-surface thermohaline structure in the Arabian
Sea and Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon, In “Advances in Marine and Polar Science” , Ed:
D.Sahoo and P.C.Pandey, pp 163-215
7. Rao.R.R, and R.Sivakumar, 2002, A synthesis of the observed intraseasonal variability of nearsurface thermohaline structure of the northern Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon season,
Proceedings of International Conference on Sonar – Sensors and Systems (ICONS-2002), Vol 2,
Eds: H R S Sastry, D D Ebenezer and T V S Sundaram, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd., pp 493-502
8. Rao R. R. M.S.Girish Kumar, M Ravichandran and S.Sateesh Kumar, 2009, Atlas of the tropical
Indian Ocean from satellite observations, Volume 1: Sea surface wind vectors and wind stress curl,
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Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India, ISBN 978-81424-326-0
9. Rao R. R. M.S.Girish Kumar, M Ravichandran and S.Sateesh Kumar, 2009, Atlas of the tropical
Indian Ocean from satellite observations, Volume 2: Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a, Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India, ISBN 978-81-8424-3260
10. Rao R. R. M.S.Girish Kumar, M Ravichandran and S.Sateesh Kumar, 2009, Atlas of the tropical
Indian Ocean from satellite observations, Volume 3: Sea surface height anomaly and circulation,
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India, ISBN 978-818424-326-0
1.
Rao R. R. M.S.Girish Kumar, M Ravichandran and S.Sateesh Kumar, 2009, Atlas of the tropical
Indian Ocean from satellite observations, Volume 4: Outgoing long wave radiation and rainfall, Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India, ISBN 978-81-84243260
Annexure – 2: Awards

Indian Meteorological Society Prize for securing 1st rank with 1st class in MSc
(Tech) Meteorology & Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

Recipient of UGC Junior and CSIR Senior Research Fellowships to prosecute
PhD at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
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Recipient of Post Doctoral Research Associateship of National Research
Council, National Science Foundation, USA, to prosecute research work on the
Mixed Layer Depth Climatology and Dynamics of the tropical Indian Ocean at
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, USA during 1986-88

Recipient of Dr.BN Desai Award for best paper published during 1993-94

Received National Science Day Commendation Certificate from Scientific
Advisor to Defence Minister in recognition of significant contributions in the field
of Ocean and Man

Received DRDO’s ‘Scientist of the Year’ award for the year 2005 from Dr
Manmohan Singh, Honorable Prime Minister of India

Visiting Senior Scientist at JAMSTEC, Japan from 1 June, 2009 to 31 March,
2010
Annexure – 3: Honours

Member of Editorial Board of CSIR Journal "Indian Journal of Marine Sciences",
1991-94
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Referee for Indian and International Oceanographic Journals

Recognised Supervisory Research Guide for MSc & PhD students of Cochin
University of Science & Technology
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Examiner for MSc Oceanography, MSc Meteorology, MTech Atmospheric
Sciences, PhD Dissertations of Indian Institute of Science, Andhra University,
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Goa University and CSIR NET

Member of Faculty of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science &
Technology
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Member of Board of Studies, Physical Oceanography, Cochin University of
Science & Technology
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Member of Board of Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University
of Science & Technology
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Member of Board of Studies, Dept of Meteorology & Oceanography, Andhra
University
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Member of National Project Planning and Review Committees and Working
Groups of Departments of Science & Technology, Ocean Development and
Space, Govt. of India

Member of Selection Boards for Indian Institute of Science, National Institute of
Oceanography, Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation,
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information and Services, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Dept.
of Space, and Universities

Head, Ocean Environment Panel, Naval Research Board
Received invitations from the following International Organisations to make
presentations on my research work on the tropical Indian Ocean:
i) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Paris, France (Lecture at
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
ii) International Project Office of ‘Tropical Oceans & Global Atmosphere’, World
Meteorological Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland (Lecture at International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy)
iii) World Climate Research Programme of World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva,
Switzerland (Lecture at Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia)
iv) International Project Office of the ‘World Ocean Circulation Experiment’,
Southampton, United Kingdom (Lecture at New Orleans, USA)
5.4 Consultant 2: Biography
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Dr. V. Brahmananda Rao
e-mail: raovtz@yahoo.com.br
EDUCATION
1963 - 1968
1960 - 1963
1957 - 1960
Ph.D. in Meteorology, Andhra University, A.U., India
M.Sc. in Meteorology and Oceanography
Andhra University, A.U., India
B.Sc. in Physics, Andhra University, A.U., India
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
1971 - 1998
Senior Researcher
1996 - 1998
Manager, Climate change and variability project
1998 - Present Research fellow. National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development, Brazil
MEMBERSHIPS
Member - American Meteorological Society
Life Member - India Meteorological Society
HONOURS AND PRIZES
 2009: Emeritus Scientist
National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
 2009: First author of a paper Nature Research Highlight
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/full/climate2008.91.html
 2004: Merit Certificate
National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
 2000: Adalberto Serra Prize
Brazilian Meteorological Society
 1998: WMO Prize
 1994: Distinguished Researcher
National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications in Journals
1. VASQUES, A.C., RAO V.B. Multidecadal and Interannual changes of Stationary
Rossby waves. Quarterly journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 2011 (in
press)
2. BARBOSA T.F., RAO V. B., CAVALCANTI I.A.F., Interannual variability of
high potential vorticity in South Atlantic. Atmospheric Science Letters, 2011
(in Press).
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3. RAO V.B., EGIDIO ARAI, FRANCHITO, S.H.; YOSIO E.SHIMABUKURO,
RAMAKRISHNA S.S.V.S., NAIDU C.V. Rajputana (Thar) desert blooms with
unprecedented rains in 2006 and 2010: The effect of a warming environment?.
Geofisica Internacional, 2011 (in press).
4. FRANCHITO, S.H.; RAO, V.B.; MORAES, E.C. Impact of global warming on
the geo-botanic zones: an experiment with a statistical – dynamical climate
model. Climate Dynamics, 2010. DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0952-6.
5. RAMAKRISHNA, S.S.V.S., RAO, V.B., SRAVANI, A., VIJAYA SARADHI,
N., HARI KISHAN, G. A Diagnostic study of Monsoon Energetics for two
contrasting years. Annales Geophysicae. 2010. DOI 10.5194/angeo-28-12010.
6. FERREIRA, D. B.; RAO, V. B. Recent climate variability and it’s impacts on
soybean yields over Southern Brazil. Theoretical and Applied Climatology,
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0358-8, 2010.
7. PAIVA, E. D.; GAN, M. A.; RAO, V. B. Energetics of winter troughs entering
South America. Monthly Weather Review, v. 138, pp. 1084-1103, 2010.
8. FRANCHITO, S.H.; RAO, V.B.; GAN, M.A.; SANTO, C.M.E. Onset and end of
the rainy season and corn yields in São Paulo State, Brazil. Geofisica
Internacional, v. 49, pp. 69-76, 2010.
9. PEREIRA, G.; FREITAS, S. R.; MORAES, E. C.; FERREIRA, N. J.;
SHIMABUKURO, Y. E; RAO, V. B.; LONGO, K. M. Estimating Trace Gas and
Aerosol Emissions over South America: Relationship between Fire Radiative
Energy Released and Aerosol Optical Depth Observations. Atmospheric
Environment, v. 43, pp. 6388-6397, 2009.
10. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; VASQUES, A. C. ; Santo C.M.E ;
CONFORTE, J. C. . A diagnosis of rainfall over South America during 1997/98
El Niño and 1998/99 La Niña events: Comparison between TRMM PR and GPCP
rainfall estimates. Journal of Earth System Sciences, v. 118, pp. 193-207, 2009.
11. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; VASQUES, A. C. ; Santo C.M.E ;
CONFORTE, J. C. . Validation of TRMM PR Monthly rainfall over Brazil.
Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 114, p. doi:10292007JD0, 2009.
12. RAO, V. B. ; FERREIRA,CAMILA C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; Ramakrishna, S.
S. V. S. . In a changing climate weakening tropical easterly jet induces more
violent tropical storms over the north Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research
Letters, v. 35, p. L15710, 2008.
(Nature, Research Highlight
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/full/climate.2008.91.html )
13. RAO, V. B. ; GIAROLLA, E. ; SANTO, C. M. E. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. . A
comparison of surface wind stress characteristics over the tropical Atlantic (10o N
40o S) in fields derived from the UWM/COADS, NCEP/NCAR and QuikSCAT
datasets. Journal of Oceanography, v. 64, p. 551-560, 2008.
14. SETH, S.P. ; BRAHMANDARAO, V. . Evidence of baroclinic waves in the upper
atmosphere of Mars using the Mars Global Surveyor accelerometer data. Journal
of Geophysical Research, v. 113, A10305, doi:10.1029/2008JA013165, 2008.
15. PAIVA, E. ; GAN, M. A. ; RAO, V. B. An objective study of 500hPa moving
troughs in the Southern Hemisphere, Monthly Weather Review, v. 136, p. 21862200, 2008
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16. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; BARBIERI, P. R. B. ; SANTO, C. M. E. .
Rainy season duration estimated from OLR versus rain gauge data and the 2001
drought. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, v. 47, p. 14931499, 2008.
17. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; ODA, T. O. ; RAO, V. B. ; KAYANO, M. T. Interaction
between Coastal Upwelling and Local Winds at Cabo Frio, Brazil: An
Observational Study. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, v. 47,
p. 1590-1598, 2008.
18. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; ODA, T. O. ; CONFORTE, J. C. An
observational study of the atmospheric boundary-layer at Cabo Frio, Brazil.
Annales Geophysicae, v. 25, p. 1-10, 2007.
19. MISHRA, S. K. ; RAO, V. B. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Genesis of Northeast-Brazil
Upper Tropospheric Cyclonic Vortex: A primitive Equation Barotropic Instability
Study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, v. 64, p. 1379-1392, 2007.
20. RAO, V. B. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; BARBOSA,T. F. Impact of high potential
vorticity intrusions into the tropical upper troposphere in South Atlantic on
precipitation over Northeast Brazil. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, p. 1-4,
2007.
21. SILVA, M. E. S. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Effects of the Amazonian
deforestation on regional climate: a numerical experiment with a coupled
biosphere-atmosphere model with soil hydrology. Theoretical and Applied
Climatology, v. 1-2, p. 1-18, 2006.
22. FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Simulation of the
summer circulation over South America by two regional climate models. Part I:
mean climatology. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, v. 86, p. 247-260,
2006.
23. FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Simulation of the
summer circulation over South America by two regional climate models. Part II: a
comparison between the 1997/1998 El Niño and 1998/1999 La Niña events.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, v. 86, p. 261-270, 2006.
24. RAO, V. B. ; GIAROLLA, E. ; KAYANO, M. T. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Is the
recent increasing trend in rainfall over Northeast Brazil related to Sub-Saharan
drought? Journal of Climate, v. 19, p. 4448-4453, 2006.
25. SETH,S. P ; RAO, V. B. ; SANTO, C. M. E. ; S. A. HAIDER, ; CHOSKI, R.
Zonal variations of peak ionization rates in upper atmosphere of Mars at high
latitude using MGS accelerometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research, USA,
v. 111(A9, p. A09308, 2006.
26. VEIGA, J. A. P. ; RAO, V. B. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Heat and moisture budgets
of the Walker circulation and associated rainfall anomalies during El Niño events.
International Journal of Climatology, v. 25, n. 2, p. 193-213, 2005.
27. MORAES, E. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Evaluation of surface air
temperature change due to the greenhouse gases increase with a statistical dynamical model. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, n. D24109, 2005.
28. KAYANO, M. T. ; RAO, V. B. ; ANDREOLLI, R. V. A review of short-term
climate variability mechanisms. Advances in Space Research, v. 35, p. 843-851,
2005.
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29. GAN, M. A. ; RAO, V. B. ; MOSCATI, M. C. L. South American monsoon
indices. Atmospheric Science Letters, v. 6, n. 4, p. 219-223, 2005.
30. RAO, B. R. S. ; RAO, D. V. B. ; RAO, V. B. Decreasing trend in the strength of
tropical easterly jet during the Asian summer monsoon season and the number of
cyclonic systems over Bay of Bengal. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, n.
L1410, p. 14103, 2004.
31. MORAES, E. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Effects of biomass burning
in Amazonia on climate: a numerical experiment with a statistical-dynamical
model. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, n. D05109, p. 1-12, 2004.
32. RAO, V. B. ; FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Quasi-stationary
waves in the Southern Hemisphere during the El Nino and La Nina events.
Annales Geophysicae, v. 22, p. 789-806, 2004.
33. RAO, V. B. ; M. B. Rosa ; BONATII, J. P. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Stratospheric
final warming in the Southern Hemisphere and their energetics. Meteorology and
Atmospheric Physics, v. 83, p. 35-49, 2003.
34. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. The correlation between temperature gradient
and eddy heat flux in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Journal of the
Meteorological Society of Japan, v. 81, p. 163-168, 2003.
35. RAO, V. B. ; CARMO, A. M. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Interannual variations of
storm tracks in the Southern Hemisphere and their connections with the Antarctic
Oscillation. International Journal of Climatology, v. 23, p. 1537-1545, 2003.
36. RAO, V. B. ; SANTO, C. M. E. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. A diagnosis of rainfall
over South America during the 1997/98 El Nino event. Part I: Validation of
NCEP-NCAR reanalysis rainfall data. Journal of Climate, v. 15, p. 502-511,
2002.
37. RAO, V. B. ; CHAPA, S. R. ; FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. A
diagnosis of rainfall over South America during the 1997/98 El Nino event. Part
II: roles of water vapor transport and stationary waves. Journal of Climate, v. 15,
p. 512-521, 2002.
38. RAO, V. B. ; CARMO, A. M. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Seasonal variations in the
Southern Hemisphere storm tracks and associated wave propagation. Journal of
the Atmospheric Sciences, v. 59, p. 1029-1040, 2002.
39. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; CHAPA, S. R.
Transport of potential vorticity and Eliassen-Palm fluxes for two contrasting
years: 1995-1996 (La Nina) and 1997-1998 (El Nino). Annales Geophysicae, v.
20, p. 717-727, 2002.
40. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; MORAES, E. C. ; RAO, V. B. Simulations with a radiation
model and comparisons with LBA data sets. Journal of Geophysical Research,
v. 107, n. D(20), p. 8092-8103, 2002.
41. MOSCATI, M. C. L. ; RAO, V. B. Energetics of the summer circulation over
South America. Annales Geophysicae, France, v. 19, p. 83-97, 2001.
42. MISHRA, S. K. ; RAO, V. B. The energetics of an upper tropospheric cyclonic
vortex over NE Brazil. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,
England, v. 127, p. 2329-2351, 2001.
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43. MISHRA, S. K. ; RAO, V. B. ; GAN, M. A. Structure and evolution of the largescale flow and an embedded upper tropospheric cyclonic vortex over Northeast
Brazil. Monthly Weather Review, United States, v. 129, p. 1673-1688, 2001.
44. MARQUES, R. F. C. ; RAO, V. B. A comparison of atmospheric blockings over
the southeast and southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Meteorological
Society of Japan, Japan, v. 79, p. 863-874, 2001.
45. RAO, V. B. ; FERNANDEZ, J. P. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Monsoon like
circulation in a Zonally averaged numerical model with topography. Monthly
Weather Review, United States, v. 128, p. 779-794, 2000.
46. MARQUES, R. F. C. ; RAO, V. B. Interannual variations of blocking in the
Southern Hemisphere and their energetic. Journal of Geophysical Research,
United States, v. 105, p. 4625-4636, 2000.
47. RAO, V. B. ; CHAPA, S. R. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Decadal variation of
atmosphere-ocean interaction in the tropical Atlantic and its relationship to the
Northeast-Brazil rainfall. Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, Japan, v.
77, p. 63-75, 1999.
48. MARQUES, R. F. C. ; RAO, V. B. A diagnosis of a long lasting blocking event
over the Southeast Pacific ocean. Monthly Weather Review, v. 127, p. 17611776, 1999.
49. BONATII, J. P. ; RAO, V. B. Meso-scale perturbations and thermohaline fronts in
the South Atlantic ocean. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, v. 30, p. 1-24,
1999.
50. RAO, V. B. ; CHAPA, S. R. ; CAVALCANTI, I. F. A. Moisture budget in the
tropics and the Walker circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, United
States, v. 103, p. 13713-13728, 1998.
51. CHAPA, S. R. ; RAO, V. B. ; PRASAD, G. S. S. D. Application of wavelet
transform to Meteosat derived cold cloud index data over South America.
Monthly Weather Review, United States, v. 126, p. 2466-2481, 1998.
52. VAREJÃO-SILVA, M. A. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. A coupled
biosphere atmosphere climate model suitable for studies of climate change.
Journal of Climate, United States, v. 11, p. 1749-1767, 1998.
53. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; STECH, J. L. ; LORENZZETTI, J. A. The
effect of coastal upwelling on the sea-breeze circulation at Cabo Frio, Brazil: a
numerical experiment. Annales Geophysicae, France, v. 16, p. 866-881, 1998.
54. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; DA SILVA, R. R. A parameterization of
radiative fluxes suitable for use in a statistical-dynamic model. Meteorology and
Atmospheric Physics, Austria, v. 69, p. 23-38, 1998.
55. RAO, V. B. ; SÁ, L. D. A. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; HADA, K. Interannual
variations of rainfall and corn yields in Northeast Brazil. Agricultural and
Forest Meteorology, The Netherlands, v. 85, p. 63-74, 1997.
56. RAO, V. B. ; CAVALCANTI, I. F. A. ; HADA, K. Annual variations of rainfall
over brazil and water vapor characteristics over South America. Journal of
Geophysical Research, United States, v. 101, n. D21, p. 26539-26551, 1996.
57. GAN, M. A. ; RAO, V. B. Case studies of cyclogenesis over South America.
Meteorological Applications, United Kingdom, v. 3, p. 359-368, 1996.
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58. RAO, V. B. ; GAN, M. A. Comments on climatology of cyclogenesis for
Southern Hemisphere. Monthly Weather Review, United States, v. 11, p. 26142614, 1996.
59. ARAVEQUIA, J. A. ; RAO, V. B. ; BONATTI, J. P. The role of moist baroclinic
instability in the growth and structure of monsoon depressions. Journal of the
Atmospheric Sciences, United States, v. 24, p. 4393-4409, 1995 (This paper won
a WMO - World Meteorological Organization - prize).
60. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. On the simulation of sea surface temperature
with a Zonally averaged model. The Global Atmosphere and Ocean System,
United States, v. 3, p. 35-53, 1995.
61. RAO, V. B. ; HADA, K. ; HERDIES, D. L. On the severe drought of 1993 in
Northeast Brazil. International Journal of Climatology, United Kingdom, v. 15,
p. 697-704, 1995.
62. GAN, M. A. ; RAO, V. B. The influence of the Andes Cordillera on transient
disturbances. Monthly Weather Review, United States, v. 122, p. 1141-1157,
1994.
63. RAO, V. B. ; HADA, K. An experiment with linear regression in forecast of
spring rainfall over South Brazil. Atmosfera Mexico, v. 7, p. 83-87, 1994.
64. RAO, V. B. ; LIMA, M. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. Seasonal and interannual
variations of rainfall over Eastern Northeast Brazil. Journal of Climate, United
States, v. 6, p. 1754-1763, 1993.
65. RAO, V. B. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. The response of a simple climate model to sea
surface temperature anomalies. Annales Geophysicae, France, v. 11, p. 846-856,
1993.
66. RAO, V. B. ; LIMA, M. C. ; FRANCHITO, S. H. ; SERVAIN, J. On the role of
the coastal wind in the interannual variations of rainfall over Northeast Brazil.
Toga Notes, United States, v. 9, p. 12-16, 1992.
67. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Climatic change due to land surface
alterations. Climatic Change, The Netherlands, v. 22, p. 1-34, 1992.
68. GAN, M. A. ; RAO, V. B. Surface cyclogenesis over South America. Monthly
Weather Review, United States, v. 119, p. 1293-1302, 1991.
69. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity transport
in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and simple climate models. Journal of
Meteorological Society of Japan, Japan, v. 69, p. 233-238, 1991.
70. RAO, V. B. ; HADA, K. Characteristics of rainfall over Brazil annual variations
and connections with the Southern Oscillation. Theoretical and Applied
Climatology, United States, v. 42, p. 81-91, 1990.
71. KAYANO, M. T. ; RAO, V. B. ; MOURA, A. D. Walker circulation and
atmospheric water vapor characteristics over the Pacific during two contrasting
years. International Journal of Climatology, England, v. 9, p. 243-251, 1989.
72. KAYANO, M. T. ; RAO, V. B. ; MOURA, A. D. Tropical circulations and
associated rainfall anomalies during two contrasting years. Journal of
Climatology, England, v. 8, p. 477-488, 1988.
73. FRANCHITO, S. H. ; RAO, V. B. ; SERVAIN, J. Atlantic sea surface
temperature and rainfall over Brazil. Tropical Ocean Atmosphere News Letter,
United States, v. 46, p. 5-8, 1988.
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74. RAO, V. B. ; BONATTI, J. P. On the origin of upper tropospheric cyclonic
vortices in the South Atlantic Ocean and adjoining Brazil during the summer.
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Austria, v. 37, p. 11-16, 1987.
75. BONATTI, J. P. ; RAO, V. B. Moist baroclinic instability in the development of
North Pacific and South American intermediate-scale disturbance. Journal of the
Atmospheric Sciences, United States, v. 44, p. 2657-2667, 1987.
76. RAO, V. B. ; SATYAMURTY, P. ; BRITO, J. I. B. On the 1983 drought in
Northeast Brazil. Journal of Climatology, England, v. 6, p. 43-51, 1986.
77. SATYAMURTY, P. ; RAO, V. B. On the Zonally averaged temperature in the
Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Climatology, England, v. 6, p. 417-421, 1985.
78. RAO, V. B. ; BRITO, J. I. B. Tele-connections between the rainfall over
Northeast Brazil and winter circulation over Northern Hemisphere. Pure and
Applied Geophysics, United States, v. 123, p. 951-959, 1985.
79. RAO, V. B. ; MARQUES, V. S. ; BONATTI, J. P. On the possibility of
barotropic instability over North East Brazil. Tellus, Sweden, v. 36(A), p. 207210, 1984.
80. RAO, V. B. ; MARQUES, V. S. Water vapor characteristics over Northeast Brazil
during two contrasting years. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology,
United States, v. 22, p. 440-444, 1984.
81. RAO, V. B. ; BONATTI, J. P. ; SANTOS, R. P. Monthly variation of 200-Mb
flow in the Tropics. Arch. Met. Geophys. Biokl, Austria, v. 33, p. 21-30, 1984.
82. MARQUES, V. S. ; RAO, V. B. ; MOLION, L. C. B. Interannual and seasonal
variations in the structure and energetics of the atmosphere over Northeast Brazil.
Tellus, Sweden, v. 35(A), p. 136-148, 1983.
83. RAO, V. B. ; BONATTI, J. P. On some climatological aspects of the Zonally
averaged atmosphere in the Southern Hemisphere. Arch. Met. Geophys. Biokl,
Austria, v. 30, p. 87-94, 1982.
84. SATYAMURTY, P. ; RAO, V. B. ; MOURA, A. D. Subsynoptic-scale baroclinic
instability. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, United States, v. 39, p. 1952-1961,
1982.
85. RAO, V. B. ; BONATII, J. P. On the efficiency of meridional eddy transport
processes during the major stratospheric warming of January, 1977. Tellus,
Sweden, v. 33, p. 61-67, 1981.
86. RAO, V. B. ; MURTY, D. S. R. On the stability properties of the non-geostrophic
disturbances in a barotropic zonal current. Pure And Applied Geophysics,
United States, v. 96, p. 193-204, 1972.
87. ALURKAR, S. K. ; SARKER, R. P. ; RAO, V. B. Analysis of the Non Gaussian
Spectra of interplanetary scintillations. Astrophysics and Space Science, United
States, v. 19, p. 271-278, 1972.
88. RAO, V. B. Dynamic instability of zonal current during a break monsoon. Tellus,
Sweden, v. 23, p. 111-112, 1971.
89. RAO, V. B. ; RAO, S. T. A theoretical and synoptic study of western
disturbances. Pure And Applied Geophysics, United States, v. 90, p. 193-208,
1971.
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90. RAO, G. ; RAO, V. B. Harmonic analysis of the mean surface temperature of the
Northern Hemisphere. Indian Journal Meteorology and Geophysics, Indian, v.
25, p. 575-580, 1971.
91. RAO, V. B. ; RAO, S. T. One some aspects of the stationary harmonics of the
atmosphere. Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, Indian, p. 131-136, 1970.
92. RAO, V. B. On the large-scale motion in the tropics with latent heat due to
condensation. Pure and Applied Geophysics, United States, v. 77, p. 168-174,
1969.
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2. M.S. : 26
5.5 Consultant 3: Biography
1.
2.
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6.
Name
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Nationality
Present position
Address
Dr Dodla Venkata Bhaskar Rao
30 May 1948
Injilghat, India
Indian
Visiting Professor - Meteorology
Jackson State University
TLGVRC
Jackson, MS,
Tel: (off): +1+601-979-1892
Fax: (off): +1+601-979-8247
Email: venkata.b.dodla@jsums.edu; dvbrao@gmail.com
7. Educational qualifications
Ph.D.
Meteorology
Andhra University
April 1976
M.Sc. (Tech.) Meteorology and
Andhra University
August 1969
Oceanography
8. Employment
Visiting Professor
Jackson State University, USA
Februrary, 2009 –
to date
Professor
Andhra University, India
April 1993 to May 2008
Assoc. Professor
Andhra University, India
April 1985 to March 1993
Asst. Professor
Andhra University, India
July 1976 to March 1985
9. Teaching Experience
Post-graduate teaching for students of Master’s degree in Meteorology and
Oceanography and students of M.Tech degree in Atmospheric Science at Andhra
University, India during 1976-2008. Initiated teaching and research programs in
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Numerical Weather Prediction and Atmospheric Modelling at the Department of
Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, India.
The present faculty position at Jackson State University, USA requires conduct of
research, participation in national and international research programs and participation
in teaching and training programs related to atmospheric sciences and atmospheric
dispersion.
10. Research Experience
1. Research experience in the field of Meteorology since 1970. Main research interests
are tropical meteorology - studies of tropical cyclones and Asian summer monsoon;
Atmospheric Modelling - tropical cyclone modelling; meso- scale models; general
circulation models and climate studies.
2. Research supervisor for students of Doctoral program. Fifteen students have
successfully completed their Doctoral programs and were awarded Ph.D. degrees for
their studies in the field of numerical modeling of tropical systems. 30 students have
completed their M. Tech dissertations.
3. Experience of designing and experimentation with numerical models for tropical
cyclone simulation; with general circulation models for climate studies. Worked with
atmospheric general circulation models of the Meteorological Research Institute,
Japan for studies of Asian summer monsoon; and NCAR meso- scale models for
meso- scale prediction and regional climate studies. Associated with the development
of a two- level spectral atmospheric general circulation model for climate studies.
4. Developed an axi-symmetric primitive equation model for the simulation studies of
tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal (north Indian Ocean). Incorporated the cumulus
parameterisation schemes of Arakawa- Schubert; Grell; Emanuel and Betts-Miller into
the 2-D model and made extensive studies of the sensitivity of convection schemes for
the evolution of tropical cyclones.
5. Incorporated the Emanuel's convection scheme in NCAR MM4 (during 1995) at the
University of L'Aquila, Italy.
6. Experience of working with the regional spectral model of the Meteorological
Research Institute, Japan for regional climate simulation of south Asian summer
monsoon. This work has been carried out at MRI, Japan as a STA fellow during JanApril, 2000.
7. Experience of using NCAR MM5 for the simulation of the evolution of cyclones of
the Bay of Bengal. Presently using NCAR MM5 for the simulation of the cyclones of
the Bay of Bengal, especially the recent devastating super cyclone of October, 1999
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which crossed the east coast of India on 29th October, 1999 causing enormous damage
and destruction.
8. Visiting Scientist at FRSGC, Japan as for a six month period (October,2002March,2003) to work on the regional climate simulation of south Asian summer
monsoon and for exploring the teleconnections between Indian Ocean Dipole and the
regions of Mediterranean and Japan.
9. Visiting Scientist at Florida State University, USA for four months during
October,2005 to February, 2006 to work on mesoscale physical initialization for
monsoon and hurricane prediction.
10.Visiting Professor at Jackson State University, USA since February, 2009. Working
on mesoscale atmospheric prediction and atmospheric dispersion over southeast USA.
Experience of working with advanced high resolution mesoscale atmospheric models
(WRF, HWRF) and atmospheric dispersion models (HYSPLIT, WRF-Chem).
11.Research Projects
1. Investigator of the project “Studies of tropospheric wave disturbances over India
during the pre- monsoon, post- monsoon and monsoon seasons” - sponsored by the
University Grants Commission, Govt. of India. 1977-80.
2. Investigator of the project “Some energetics studies of the Indian summer monsoon” sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 1982-85.
3. Principal Investigator of the project “Numerical simulation of tropical cyclones and
monsoon depressions” - sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology,
Govt. of India. 1986-90.
4. Principal Investigator of the project “Numerical Modelling Studies of Tropical
Cyclones with special reference to Indian Region” - sponsored by the Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 1996-99.
5. Principal Investigator of the project “Assessment of Feasibility of Long Range
Forecasting of Monsoon Rainfall on Sub-regional scales” - sponsored by the
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 1997-2000.
6. Principal Investigator of the project “ Bay of Bengal tropical cyclone movement and
intensity estimation using numerical modelling and satellite data” - sponsored by the
Indian Space Research Organisation, Govt. of India. 1999-2002.
7. Principal Investigator of the project “Characterisation of TIBL structure along the
eastern coast of India” – sponsored by Atomic Energy Regulation Board, Govt. of
India. 1999-2004
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8. Principal Investigator of the project “ Analysis of the precipitation, surface wind and
water vapour during the intensification of the tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal
using TRMM, MSMR and SSM/I data” - sponsored by the Indian Space Research
Organisation, Govt. of India. 2002-2005.
9. Principal Investigator of the project “An assessment study of the short range
predictive capability of NCAR MM5 during the onset phase of the Indian summer
monsoon over west coast of India” -- sponsored by the Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India. 2005-2008.
10. Principal Investigator of the project “Medium range and extended range predictability
of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall using VARSHA Atmospheric General
Circulation Model” -- sponsored by the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research, Govt. of India. 2007-2009.
12. Research awards:
1. Dr. B.N. Desai Award, 1997-98 for the research contributions on tropical cyclones
over Bay of Bengal by the Indian Meteorological Society.
2. Elected Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, 2005 for the
contributions to the growth of science in Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Award for Best Academician of the year–2006 –
Awarded by Andhra University.
4. Best Researcher of Andhra University - 2002 – Awarded by Andhra University.
5. Elected Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union.
13. Scientific visits abroad:
1. Fellowship by the Indian National Science Academy to do research at Kyoto
University, Japan under the Indo-Japan Exchange program for eight months during
January-September, 1982.
2. Invited Lecturer at the International Workshop on “Monsoon Rainfall Prediction”
sponsored by the ICTP, Italy held at Dhaka, Bangladesh during June, 1983.
3. Associateship Visit to International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste,
Italy for three months during September- December, 1985.
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4. Fellowship of the ICTP Program for Training and Research in Italian Laboratories to do research at the University of L’Aquila, Italy for one year during November,
1986- November, 1987.
5. Fellowship of the ICTP Program for Training and Research in Italian Laboratories to do research at the University of L’Aquila, Italy for eight months during MayDecember, 1988.
6. Fellowship by the Indian National Science Academy to do research at Kyoto
University, Japan under the Indo-Japan Exchange program for six months during
March- September, 1989.
7. Visit to International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy as
Associate of ICTP for two months during May- June, 1990.
8. Science and Technology Agency, Govt. of Japan Fellowship “Japanese Government
Research Awards for Foreign Specialists” - to do research at the Meteorological
Research institute, Tsukuba, Japan for six months during September, 1990- March,
1991.
9. Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India under the IndoGerman Exchange Program - to do research at the Freie University Berlin for three
months during July- October, 1993.
10. Fellowship of the ICTP Program for Training and Research in Italian Laboratories to do research at the University of L’Aquila, Italy for nine months during MarchDecember, 1995.
11. Fellowship of the ICTP Program for Training and Research in Italian Laboratories to do research at the University of L’Aquila, Italy for for three months during MayAugust, 1996
12. Visit to Freie University Berlin, Germany for two weeks from 16th to 31st October,
1995 for collaborative research work and to deliver a lecture at the Institute for
Meteorology, Freie University Berlin.
13. Visit to Japan for three weeks from 2 - 20 December 1996 to present a paper and to
participate in the International Symposium on “Climate on Monsoon Asia” held at
Kyoto University and to deliver lectures at Meteorological Research Institute,
Tsukuba and Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
14. Visit to Japan for three weeks from 4 - 23 November 1998 to work at Meteorological
Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan.
15. Visit to Brazil from 21- 25 September, 1999 as a Member of the Indian Delegation to
participate in the meeting on Climate Change.
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16. Visit to Japan for three months during Jan- April, 2000 as STA Fellow to do
collaborative research work at Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba.
17. Visit to Japan for three months during July-October, 2001 as a visiting scientist at
Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan.
18. Visit to France for 5 days during 25th Nov- 1st Dec., 2001 as a member of Indian
delegation to participate in Indo- French meeting at LMD, Paris, France.
19. Visit to People’s Republic of China for five days during 10-14 June, 2002 as WMO
nominee from India to participate in the IPCC meeting on Extreme Weather Events at
Beijing, PR China.
20. Visiting Scientist at Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan
for six months during October 2002 – March, 2003.
21. Visit to USA for two weeks from 27 June – 12 July, 2005 to participate in the
workshop on WRF and the workshop on high performance computing in weather and
climate modeling at NCAR, USA and to visit Florida State University, USA.
22. Visiting Research Scientist at the Department of Meteorology, Florida State
University, USA to work with Prof. T.N.Krishnamurti from 16th October 2005 to 15th
February, 2006.
23. Visit to Indonesia to attend the Second International Workshop on
Prevention and Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in Southeast Asia held at
Bandung, Indonesia during 2-5 March 2009.
24. Visit to Japan Indonesia to attend The Third International Workshop on Prevention
and Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in Southeast Asia. Beppu, Japan. March
1-4, 2010.
25. Visiting Professor at Jackson State University, USA since February, 2009.
14. Other Information :
(iv) Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society.
(v) Life Member, Ocean Society of India.
(vi) Life Member, Indian Science Congress.
(vii) Associate of ICTP, Italy : 1985-1990
(viii) Director, ICTP - TWAS Workshop on “Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones” held at
Visakhapatnam, India.
March 1987.
(ix) Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, London, UK, 1986-89.
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(x) Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union.
(xi) Member, Editorial Board, ‘Vayu Mandal’ (Bulletin of the Indian Meteorological
Society).
(xii) Member, Editorial Board, ‘MAUSAM’, India Meteorological Department. 1999 2002.
(xiii) Expert Member, Project Advisory and Monitoring Committee for Atmospheric
Sciences.
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. 1998-2001.
(xiv) Expert Member, Advisory and syllabus Committee for the Training Institute of
the India Meteorological Department, Government of India. 1998
(xv) Expert Member, Syllabus Advisory Committee, UN Course on Satellite
Meteorology and Modelling,
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Government of India. 1998-2008.
(xvi) Expert Member, Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute ENVIS Coordination
Committee, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1999(xvii) Expert Member, Committee on Coastal Zone Regulation, Government of Andhra
Pradesh. 2005(xviii) Expert Member, Project Advisory and Monitoring Committee on Weather and
Climate Research Programme. Department of Science and Technology, Government
of India. 2002-2007; 2007-2008.
(xix) Expert Member, Selection Committee Boards for DRDO, ISRO, IITM, BARC,
Univ. of Pune etc.
(xx) Expert Member, Panel on Fast Track proposals Project Advisory and Monitoring
Committee on Weather and Climate Research Programme. Department of Science
and Technology, Government of India. 2005-2008; and 2008-2011.
(xxi) Expert Member, Technical Monitoring Committee of Cloud Seeding Operations2007 & 2008, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.
(xxii) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, FDP on Land falling cyclones, MOES,
Govt. of India, 2008- .
(xxiii) Member, Editorial Board, “International Journal of Mathematical Modeling,
Simulation and Applications (IJMMSA)”.
(xxiv) Reviewer for the journals: Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical
Research Letters, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Natural Hazards, Marine
Geodesy, Geofisica International, International Journal for Environmental Research
and Public Health, Journal of Earth System Science, Mausam, Journal of Applied
Hydrology, J. of AP Akademi of Sciences etc.
16. Research Publications:
Books:
1. A two level quasi-geostrophic spectral atmospheric general circulation model. D.V.
Bhaskar Rao and Guido Visconti. Dpt. F.N. 32/88. Dipartimento Di Fisica, University
of L’Aquila, Italy. 1988.
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2. Dynamical Weather Prediction. Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate, Vol.3, p
8.24-8.29, CSSTE-AP and SAC(ISRO), 1999.
3. Numerical Modelling of Tropical Cyclones. Satellite Meteorology and Global
Climate, Vol.3, p 8.53-8.57, CSSTE-AP and SAC(ISRO), 1999.
4. Guest Editor, Tropical Cyclones: Observations, Modeling and Disaster Management,
Special Issue of Natural hazards- Journal of the International Society for the
Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Vol.41,3, June 2007.
5. Guest Editor, Monsoons- Understanding and Prediction. Special Issue of Natural
hazards- Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of
Natural hazards, Vol.42,2, August 2007.
6. Mesoscale modeling of atmospheric processes in India. D.V. Bhaskar Rao,
Someshwar Das and P. Sanjeeva Rao. Department of Science and Technology, Govt.
of India, India. 2008.
Publications in refereed journals:
1. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., 1987: Numerical simulation of tropical cyclone circulation using
Arakawa-Schubert cumulus parameterization. II Nuovo Cimento (Italy), Vol. 10C,
p677-696.
2. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and S.A. Hakeem, 1987: Prediction of monsoon depression
movement with barotropic models. Geographical Review of India, Vol. 48, No.2,
p28-33.
3. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., 1987: Computation of spectral coefficients of vorticity and
divergence from wind data for use in spectral atmospheric models. Bull. Disas. Prev.
Res. Inst., Kyoto Univ.,Japan, Vol.39, 3, 342, September, 1989.
4. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., A. Kitoh and K. Yamazaki, 1991: Some GCM experiments on
Asian summer monsoon related to land boundary conditions. Papers in Meteorology
and Geophysics (Japan), Vol. 42, p127-143.
5. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and S.S.V.S. Ramakrishna, 1993: A Numerical Simulation
Experiment of the Bay of Bengal Cyclone. Advances in Tropical Meteorology, Ed.
R.K.Datta, India Meteorological Society, 1993, p35-47.
6. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and S.S.V.S. Ramakrishna, 1994:A numerical simulation study
of the role of sea surface temperature in tropical cyclone evolution. Proceedings of
the Indian National Science Academy (Physical Sciences), 60, A, No.1, p139-155.
7. Bhaskar Rao, D.V.,, K. Ashok and S.S.V.S. Ramakrishna, 1996: A Numerical
Simulation Experiment of the Bay of Bengal Cyclone. Advances in Tropical
Meteorology, Ed. R.K.Datta, India Meteorological Society, p35-47.
8. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., 1997: Tropical Cyclone Simulation with Emanuel Convection
Scheme. MAUSAM, Vol. 48, No.2, (Special issue on Tropical Cyclones), p 113-122.
9. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., C.V. Naidu, B.R.S.rao and R. Bhagyalakshmi, 1998: Variability
of monsoon rainfall over India. Journal of Applied Hydrology, Vol. XI, No. 1, p 4957.
10. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and K. Ashok, 1999: Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Circulation
over the Bay of Bengal. Part I - Description of The Model, Initial Data & Results of
The Control Experiment. PAGEOPH (USA), Vol. 156, 3, p525-542.
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11. Chandrasekhar, A., D.V. Bhaskar Rao and A. Kitoh, 1999: Effect of Horizontal
Resolution on Simulation of Asian Summer Monsoon using MRI GCM-II. Papers in
Meteorology and Geophysics (Japan), Vol. 50, 2, p65-80.
12. C.V. Naidu, B.R.Srinivasa Rao and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 1999: Climatic Trends and
Periodicities of Annual Rainfall over India. Meteorological Applications (UK), 6,
p395 – 404.
13. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and T. Vijayakumar, 1999:Tropical Cyclones - Observations and
Some Modelling Aspects. Visakha Science Journal, Vol..3 No. 1, p 29 - 44.
14. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., C.V. Naidu and B. SrinivasaRao, 2001: Trends and Fluctuations
of the cyclonic systems over North Indian Ocean. MAUSAM, 52,1, p1-8.
15. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and K. Ashok, 2001:Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Circulation
over the Bay of Bengal. Part II – Some sensitivity experiments. PAGEOPH (USA),
Vol.158,No.7, p1017-1046.
16. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., Sasaki and Y.Sato, 2001: Simulation of Indian Southwest
Monsoon Regional Climate using a Regional Climate Model. Vayumandal, 31, p 1423. Special issue: Proceedings of ICOM-2001: International Conference on
“Forecasting Monsoons from Days to Years” , during 20-22 March, 2001.
17. Rao, G.V. and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2003: A review of some observed mesoscale
characteristics of tropical cyclones and some preliminary numerical simulations of
their kinetic features. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. Vol.69, A, No.5, p 523-541.
18. Srinivasa Rao,B.R., D.V. Bhaskar Rao and V. BrahmanandaRao, 2004: Decreasing
trend in the strength of the tropical easterly jet during the Asian summer monsoon
season and the number of tropical cyclone systems over Bay of Bengal. Geophysical
Research Letters, Vol.31, L14103, doi:10.1029/2004GL019817.
19. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., K. Ashok and T.Yamagata, 2004: A numerical simulation study
of the Indian summer monsoon of 1994 using NCAR MM5.
Journal of
Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 86, No.2, p 1755-1775.
20. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and D. Hari Prasad, 2005:Impact of special observations on the
numerical simulation of a heavy rainfall event during ARMEX-Phase 1. MAUSAM,
Vol. 56, p 121-130.
21. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and D. Hari Prasad, 2006: Numerical prediction of the Orissa
super cyclone (1999): Sensitivity to the prameterisation of convection, boundary layer
and explicit moisture processes, MAUSAM, Vol.57, 1, p 61-78.
22. SathiDevi,K., D. Hari Prasad and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2006: The evaluation of KainFritsch scheme in tropical cyclone simulation. 2006, MAUSAM, 57,3, p395-410.
23. Bhaskar Rao, D.V. and D. Hari Prasad, 2007: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone
intensification to boundary layer and convective processes. Natural Hazards., 41,3, p
429-445.
24. Vijayakumar, T.S.V., J.Sanjay, B.K. Basu, A.K.Mitra, D.V. Bhaskar Rao,
O.P.Sharma, P.K.Pal and T.N.Krishnamurti, 2007: Experimental Multi model super
ensemble Forecasts of tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal. Natural Hazards,
41,3, p 471-485.
25. Srinivas, C.V., D.V. Bhaskar Rao and R.Venkatesan, 2007: Numerical simulation of
Andhra Severe cyclone (2003): Sensitive to the Boundary Layer and Convection
Parameterization. Pure Appl. Geophys. 164, p1-23.
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26. Krishnamurti, T.N., S.Pattnaik and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2007: Mesoscale moisture
initialization for monsoon and hurricane forecasts. Monthly Weather Review,135,7,
p2716-2736.
27. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., D. Srinivas, and S.B.Ratna, 2007: Climate change with special
reference to India: Present and future scenarios. A.P.Akademi of Sciences, 11(4),
p229-239.
28. Krishnamurti, T.N., M. Biswas and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2008: Vertical Extension of
the Tibetan High of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Tellus A, 60, 5, p1038-1052.
29. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., D. Srinivas, and S.B.Ratna 2008: Regional scale prediction of
the onset phase of the Indian southwest monsoon with a high resolution atmospheric
model. Atmos. Sci. Let. 9: 237–244.
30. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., D. Hari Prasad and D. Srinivas, 2009: The impact of horizontal
resolution and the advantages of nested domains approach in the prediction of tropical
cyclone intensification and movement. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D11106, doi:
10.1029/2008JD011623.
31. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., D. Hari Prasad and D. Srinivas, 2009: Real time prediction of
SIDR cyclone over Bay of Bengal using high resolution mesoscale models. Book on
Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change. Charabi, Yassine (Ed.), 285 p.
164 illus., Springer, ISBN: 978-90-481-3108-2.
32. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., and S.B.Ratna, 2010: Mesoscale characteristics and prediction
of an unusual extreme heavy precipitation event over India using a high resolution
mesoscale
model.
Atmospheric
Research,
95,
255-269.
(doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.10.004).
33. HariPrasad, D. and D.V. Bhaskar Rao. 2010: Numerical Modelling of Bay of
Bengal Cyclone: Sensitive to Horizontal Resolution and Nested Domains. Scientific
and Legal Challenges of Global Warming, Ed. S.K.Ker et al.
34. Bhaskar Rao, D.V., D. Hari Prasad, D. Srinivas and Y. Anjaneyulu , 2010: Role of
vertical resolution in numerical models towards the intensification, structure and track
of tropical cyclones. Vol. 33, No. 4, Marine Geodesy, Special Issue on Tropical
Cyclones.
35. Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, Srinivas , C.V., Bhaskar Rao Dodla V., Hari Prasad Dasari, John Young,
Chuck Patrick, Julius M. Baham, Robert Hughes, Mark G.Hardy and Shelton J. Swanier, 2010:
Simulation of surface ozone pollution in the central Gulf coast region using WRF/Chem
model : Sensitivity to PBL and land surface physics. Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2010
(2010), Article ID 319138, 24 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/319138.
36. Vijay, Tallapragada and D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2010: Tropical cyclone prediction over
Bay of Bengal: A Comparison of the performance of NCEP operational HWRF,
NCAR ARW and MM5 models. Communicated to Natural Hazards (under review).
37. Srinivas, C.V., D.V.Bhaskar Rao, D. Hari Prasad and Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, 2010:
Numerical modeling of Indian summer monsoon rainfall associated with onset phase.
Communicated to AOGS Special issue.
38. Hari Prasad, D., D.V.Bhaskar Rao, Srinivas, C.V. and Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, 2010:
Simulation of Indian monsoon extreme rainfall events during the decadal period of
2000-2009 using a high resolution mesoscale model. Communicated to AOGS
Special issue.
39. Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla, Venkata Srinivas Challa,
LaToya Myles, William R. Pendergrass, Christoph A. Vogel, Hari Prasad Dasari,
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Francis Tuluri, Julius M. Baham, Robert Hughes, Chuck Patrick, John Young,
Shelton J. Swanier and Mark G. Hardy, 2010: An Integrated WRF/HYSPLIT
Modeling Approach for the Assessment of PM2.5 Source Regions over Mississippi
Gulf Coast Region. Communicated to Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health (under
review).
40. Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla, Srinivas Desamsetti, Srinivas
V. Challa, John H. Young, Chuck Patrick, Julius M. Baham, Robert L. Hughes,
Sudha Y., Francis Tuluri, Mark G. Hardy and Shelton J. Swanier, 2010: Air Quality
Modeling for Urban Jackson, Ms Region using High Resolution Wrf/Chem Model.
Communicated to International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health.
41. Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla, Srinivas Desamsetti, and Anjaneyulu Yerramilli,
2010: An Evaluation of the Performance of Three Versions of WRF Model (HWRF,
ARW and NMM) In the Simulation of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Communicated to
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Paper presented at INTROMET-97, New Delhi, 2-5 Dec., 1997.
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monsoon. Paper presented in Summer Colloquium on the Physics of weather and
climate – The physics of climate change: A regional perspective held at ICTP,
Trieste, ITALY, 7 –25 June, 1999.
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Model. Vayumandal, 31, p 14-23. Special issue: Proceedings of ICOM-2001:
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8. Simulation of off-shore vortex during ARMEX-2002 using mesoscale model.
International conference on SIVOM, 6-10, Munnar, India, Oct., 2003
9. Variability of the cyclonic systems over Bay of Bengal and the related environmental
factors. INTROMET-2004, Hyderabad. Feb.2004.
10. Cyclonic systems over Bay of Bengal and the related environmental factors.
INDOCLIM, Pune. Feb.2004.
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11. Numerical simulation of Orissa Super cyclone, 25-30 October 1999, with and without
nudging of satellite winds, International Symposium on “Tropical CycloneObservationas, Understanding and Prediction”, Bhubaneswar, Jan. 2005.
12. Some sensitivity experiments with parameterisation of physical processes on the
simulation a Bay of Bengal tropical cyclone using NCAR MM5, WRF workshop,
NCAR, Boulder, USA, June., 2005.
13. Numerical prediction of tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal, with a detailed case
study of the Orissa Super Cyclone. Presented at ERCA-2006 workshop at Grenoble,
FRANCE. January 2006.
14. Numerical prediction of the heaviest rainfall event (over Mumbai) during the
southwest monsoon season of 2005. Presented at IMPA-2006 at IITD, February 2006.
15. Numerical prediction of the heavy rainfall event of 26 July 2005 over Mumbai (west
coast of India): A case study using NCAR MM5. Presented at ICTP, Italy, March
2006.
16. Numerical simulation of Bay of Bengal cyclones using high resolution mesoscale
model. Presented at an international training programme KAGI21 summer school at
Bandung, Indonesia. July 2006
17. Numerical Simulation of the intensification and movement of tropical cyclones over
Bay of Bengal: A case study. Presented at IUGG, Perugia, Italy, July 2007.
18. Numerical prediction of the onset phase of the Indian southwest monsoon. Presented
at International conference on Celebrating monsoon at IISc, Bangalore, July 2007.
19. Numerical prediction of the heavy rainfall events during onset phase of the Indian
southwest monsoon. Presented at an international training programme KAGI21
summer school at Bandung, Indonesia. July 2007.
20. Numerical simulation of a Bay of Bengal tropical cyclone: A comparison of the
results from experiments with JRA-25 and NCEP reanalysis fields. Presented at
Third WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis, Tokyo, Japan, 28 January- 1
February 2008.
21. High resolution quantitative precipitation forecasting: sensitivity to cloud
microphysical processes. Presented at International Workshop On Weather
Modification Technologies & Symposium on Natural Disaster Management,
Hyderabad, India, 27-29 June 2008.
22. Numerical prediction of Bay of Bengal super cyclone using high resolution WRF
model. Presented at International Workshop On Weather Modification Technologies
& Symposium on Natural Disaster Management, Hyderabad, India, 27-29 June 2008.
23. Evaluation of WRF and QLM for cyclone tracking. Presented at International
Workshop On Weather Modification Technologies & Symposium on Natural Disaster
Management, Hyderabad, India, 27-29 June 2008.
24. Impact of ARMEX-I Observations in the mesoscale simulation of heavy rainfall
events over the west coast of India. Presented at International Workshop On Weather
Modification Technologies & Symposium on Natural Disaster Management,
Hyderabad, India, 27-29 June 2008.
25. Ensemble Prediction of “SIDR” Cyclone over Bay of Bengal Using a High
Resolution Mesoscale Model. Second International Workshop on Prevention and
Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in Southeast Asia held at Bandung, Indonesia
during 2-5 March 2009.
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26. Medium range regional scale predictability of the Indian summer monsoon during its
onset phase. 5th KAGI21 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL - Kyoto
University Active Geosphere Investigations for the 21st Century COE Program held
at Kyoto University, Japan during 22nd August to 4th September, 2009.
27. Observation analysis and numerical modeling of the Sea Breeze circulation and
boundary layer characteristics over Mississippi Gulf Coast region. Symposium on
Advances in Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling, Climate Change and
Geospatial/Visualization Technologies, Jackson State University, USA, July 30 – 31,
2009.
28. Numerical modeling of the boundary layer structure and Sea Breeze circulation over
Gulf coast region during intense observational period 16-20 June 2009. Symposium
on Advances in Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling, Climate Change and
Geospatial/Visualization Technologies, Jackson State University, USA, July 30 – 31,
2009.
29. Simulation of Atmospheric Dispersion characteristics of Mercury using HYSPLIT
model over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. Symposium on Advances in
Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling, Climate Change and Geospatial/Visualization
Technologies, Jackson State University, USA, July 30 – 31, 2009.
30. Simulation of atmospheric dispersion characteristics of PM2.5 -(SO2) over the
Mississippi Gulf Coast region during CONTRASTING summer and winter seasons.
Sixth International Symposium On Recent Advances in Environmental Health
Research, Jackson , USA, September 13−16, 2009.
31. Strategies and Implications for source- receptor identification of atmospheric
pollutants using integrated atmospheric and air quality models. International
Workshop on “Clean Technologies for the Sustainable Development”. JNTU,
Hyderabad, India during December 9-10, 2009.
32. Source-receptor modeling using high resolution wrf meteorological fields and the
hysplit model to assess mercury pollution over the mississippi gulf coast region.
Annual American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19 January, 2010.
33. Evaluation of PM2.5 source regions over the mississippi gulf coast using wrf/hysplit
modelng approach. Annual American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19
January, 2010. Annual American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19
January, 2010.
34. Observation, analysis and modeling of the sea breeze circulation during the
NOAA/ARL-JSU Meteorological Field Experiment, Summer 2009.
Annual
American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19 January, 2010.
35. Analysis and predition of the atmospheric boundary layer characteristics during the
NOAA/ARL-JSU Meteorological Field Experiment, Summer 2009. Annual
American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19 January, 2010.
36. Numerical prediction of atmospheric mixed layer variations over the gulf coast region
during noaa/arl jsu meteorological field experiment summer 2009 - sensitivity to
vertical resolution and parameterization of surface and boundary layer processes.
Annual American Met. Soc. Conference, Atlanta, USA, 16-19 January, 2010.
37. A new strategy for improvement in the prediction of tropical cyclone intensity and
movement using fdda and vortex initialization. The Third International Workshop
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on Prevention and Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in Southeast Asia. Beppu,
Japan. March 1-4, 2010.
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Drought in Andhra Pradesh, held at Andhra University. August 1970.
2. Numerical modelling approach to tropical cyclone studies. Proceedings of
Symposium on Cyclones in Andhra Pradesh and Disaster Management. Government
of Andhra Pradesh. 1990.
3. Numerical simulation of tropical cyclone with 16-level axi-symmetirc model – Paper
presented in the National Symposium on “Meteorology and Natural Disasters” –
TROPMET 1996, Indian Met. Society, February 14-17, 1996.
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results - Paper presented in the National Symposium on “Meteorology and Natural
Disasters” – TROPMET 1996, Indian Met. Society, February 14-17, 1996.
5. A numerical study of tropical cyclone with enhanced radial resolution - Paper
presented in the National Symposium on “Meteorology and Natural Disasters” –
TROPMET 1996, Indian Met. Society, February 14-17, 1996.
6. Tropical Cyclone Simulation with three different convection schemes. Presented at
the National Conference on “Resources Appraisal and Management for Sustainable
Development”, Kumbakonam, 1-3 February 1997.
7. Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclones with different Convection schemes.
Paper presented at INTROMET-97, New Delhi, 2-5 Dec., 1997.
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p334-338, 1999.
11. Trends in Ocean Sciences – 21st Century – Invited paper presented in National
Workshop on “Trends in Ocean Sciences”. National Institute of Oceanography,
Visakhapatnam, 25-26 September 2000.
12. Upper air inversions. IPC-2000 Proceedings, Varanasi, India.
13. Observational and numerical modeling aspects of tropical cyclones over Bay of
Bengal. Invited paper at Tropmet-2001, National symposium, Mumbai, 6-8,
Feb.,2001
14. Tropical cyclones simulation over Bay: Some observational and Modelling aspects.
Invited paper, Proceedings of the Department of Atomic Energy symposium on
“Cyclone Emergency Preparedness” , held at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, pp 89-99, 29 –31
January, 2002.
15. Tropical cyclone simulation and prediction. Lead talk delivered at TROPMET–2002,
Symposium on Forecasting and mitigation of meteorological disasters: tropical
cyclones, floods and droughts, Bhubaneswar, 11-14, Feb., 2002.
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16. Tropical cyclones simulation over Bay of Bengal with Betts- Miller convection
parameterization scheme. Paper presented at TROPMET–2002, Symposium on
Forecasting and mitigation of meteorological disasters: tropical cyclones, floods and
droughts, Bhubaneswar, 11-14, Feb., 2002.
17. Numerical prediction of a passing western disturbance over north India using a
mesoscale model. Invited paper presented at the Workshop on Mesoscale Models,
New Delhi, 29-30, July, 2002.
18. The impact of ARMEX-I on the simulation of west coast off-shore trough and heavy
precipitation events. National symposium on the results of ARMEX, NIOT, Chennai,
Dec., 2003.
19. Numerical simulation of the mesoscale vortices associated with heavy precipitation
over the west coast of India during the southwest monsoon season, National
symposium on “Atmospheric Sciences, Climate change and Environmental studies”
at IITM, Pune. Jan. 2005
20. Simulation of Bay of Bengal cyclones using NCAR MM5, Brain Storming Session on
Modelling Tropical Cyclones with emphasis on Super Cyclone 1999, IMD, New
Delhi. March. 2005.
21. Mumbai heavy rainfall on 26th July, 2005: A case study of the prediction. Presented at
National conference on “Tsunami and Other Natural Coastal Hazards” at Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam, India. November 2005.
22. Numerical simulation of tropical cyclones with special reference to Bay of Bengal,
Presented at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, September, 2005.
23. Numerical prediction of the development and intensification of the tropical cyclones
over Bay of Bengal. Presented at National conference on “Tsunami and Other Natural
Coastal Hazards” at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. November 2005.
24. Numerical prediction of the heavy rainfall event of 26 July 2005 over Mumbai: A
case study using NCAR MM5. Presented at CMMACS, Bangalore, March 2006.
25. A key note lecture on Introduction to mesoscale modelling. Presented at CMMACS,
Bangalore, March 2006
26. Numerical prediction of the Heavy Rainfall Events during Armex-Phase I of the
summer monsoon, 2002, Presented at NIO, Goa, April, 2006
27. A keynote lecture on Monsoon Rainfall Variability over India - Atmospheric
Teleconnections. Presented at NFEEG, Andhra University, May, 2006.
28. Tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal. Presented at Workshop on Cyclones,
Earthquake, Tsunami and Disaster Management at Eluru,31 July-1 August 2006
29. Impact of horizontal resolution on tropical cyclone simulation using high resolution
mesoscale model. Presented at a international workshop on workshop on Natural
Hazards at Berhampur, September 2006.
30. Intensification and movement of tropical cyclones - Sensitivity to the horizontal
resolution in numerical models. Presented at a national symposium TROPMET-2006
at IITM, Pune, November 2006.
31. On the Feasible Improvements in the Prediction of Monsoon Heavy Rainfall events
with Four Dimensional Data Assimilation. Presented at a national symposium
TROPMET-2006 at IITM, Pune, November 2006
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32. Mesoscale modelling of tropical cyclones and monsoon processes. Presented at a
National Workshop on Mesoscale Modelling Processes at Andhra University, January
2007.
33. Simulation of Indian summer monsoon during July of the contrasting weak and good
monsoon years of 2002 and 2003 using a regional climate model. Presented at the
National Conference on “TROPMET-2007” held at Indian Meteorological
Department/Barkatullah University, Bhopal during 17-19 December, 2007.
34. Numerical prediction of the intensification and movement of the Orissa super cyclone
(1999) using WRF model: Sensitivity to different physical processes, Presented at
National conference on “Advances in Meteorology and their Applications” –
TROPMET-2007, Bhopal, India, 17-19, December 2007
35. Simulation of a heavy rainfall event over the West Coast of India using ARMEX
reanalysis data with MM5 model, Presented at National conference on “Advances in
Meteorology and their Applications” – TROPMET-2007, Bhopal, India, 17-19,
December 2007.
36. A comparison of the performance of different cumulus parameterization schemes in
the prediction of a monsoon heavy rainfall event. Presented at the “95th Indian
Science Congress” held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during 3-7 January,
2008.
37. Numerical modelling of Orissa Super Cyclone using high-resolution mesoscale
model- sensitivity to explicit moisture processes, Presented at National conference on
“Knowledge based Society using Environmentally Sustainable Science and
Technology” Presented at the “95th Indian Science Congress” held at Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam India, 3-7, January 2008.
38. Some evidences of global warming and climate change over India, Presented at Ist
AP SCIENCE CONGRESS 2008, “Emerging trends in Science and Technology” –
Hyderabad, India, 14-16, November 2008.
39. Strategies and Implications for source- receptor identification of atmospheric
pollutants using integrated atmospheric and air quality models. International
Workshop on “Clean Technologies for the Sustainable Development”, JNTU,
Hyderabad, India, December 9-10, 2009.
40. An Evaluation of the Performance of Three Versions of WRF Model (HWRF, ARW
and NMM) In the Simulation of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Presented at the 7th
International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research,
Jackson, Ms, USA, 12-16 September, 2010.
41. Air Quality Modeling for Urban Jackson, MS region using Ultra High Resolution
WRF/Chem Model. Presented at the 7th International Symposium on Recent
Advances in Environmental Health Research, Jackson, Ms, USA, 12-16 September,
2010.
Other Publications:
1. D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2008: Global warming and Climate change-I. Bulletin of the
Centre for Policy
Studies, Vol.13, No. 1, p 7-8.
2. D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2008: Global warming and Climate change-II. Bulletin of the
Centre for Policy
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Studies, Vol.13, No. 2, p 9-10.
3. D.V. Bhaskar Rao, 2008: Numerical weather prediction. Lecture notes-SERC training
program on
atmospheric and space sciences, September 2008.
Curriculum Vitae of Collaborator
Dr Tetsuya Takemi
Associate Professor
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters Research Division
Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
E-mail: takemi@storm.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81-774-38-4160; Fax: +81-774-38-4158
Personal Data
Sex: Male
Nationality: Japan
Date of Birth: 22 August 1970
Place of Birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Education
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto, Japan
Doctor of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, March 1999
Master of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, March 1996
Kyoto University, Faculty of Science
Bachelor of Science, Department of Geophysics, March 1994
Professional Experience
March 2007 - Present
Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
May 2004 - February 2007
Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of
Technology
May 2001 - April 2002
Visiting Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
April 1999 - April 2004
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
April 1996 - March 1999
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Japan Society for Promotion of Science Research Fellow
Memberships
1994 - Present: Meteorological Society of Japan
1999 - Present: American Meteorological Society
2004 - Present: Japan Association for Wind Engineering
2004 - Present: American Geophysical Union
2006 - Present: Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
2010 - Present: Japan Geoscience Union
2011 - Present: Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment
Service
2008 - Present: Editor (Co-Chief Editor, 2010 - ), Journal of the Meteorological Society
of Japan
2008 - Present: Editor, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere
2010 - Present: Trustee, Meteorological Society of Japan
2011 - Present: Secretary (Kinki local chapter), Japan Society for Atmospheric
Environment
2011 - Present: Program committee member, Japan Geosciences Union
2011 - Present: Member of conference organizing committee, Meteorological Society of
Japan
2012 - Present: Member of meteorological disaster committee, Meteorological Society of
Japan
2006, 2008, 2010, 2012: Member of scientific review committe, National Symposium on
Wind Engineering
2004 - 2008: Editor, Journal of Wind Engineering, JAWE
Article reviews for:
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Monthly Weather Review
Weather and Forecasting
Journal of Geophysical Research
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Research
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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Refereed Publications
1. Mitsuta, Y., T. Hayashi, T. Takemi. Y. Hu, J. Wang, and M. Chen, 1995: Two severe
local storms as observed in the arid area of northwest China. Journal of the
Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 73, pp. 1269-1284.
2. Takemi, T., 1999: Evaporation of rain falling below a cloud base through a deep
atmospheric boundary layer over an arid region. Journal of the Meteorological
Society of Japan, Vol. 77, pp. 387-397.
3. Takemi, T., 1999: Structure and Evolution of a Severe Squall Line over the Arid
Region in Northwest China. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127, pp. 1301-1309.
4. Takemi, T., and T. Satomura, 2000: Numerical experiments on the mechanisms for
the development and maintenance of long-lived squall lines in dry environments.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 57, pp. 1718-1740.
5. Takemi, T., 2000: Diurnal variability of the fair weather boundary layer over the
western equatorial Pacific. Umi To Sora, Vol. 76, pp. 15-20.
6. Takahashi, S., M. Nabekura, O. Tsukamoto, T. Iwata, T. Takemi, and H. Ishida, 2000:
Sea surface heat flux evaluation by on-board technique over tropical western Pacific.
Umi To Sora, Vol. 76, pp. 21-26.
7. Takemi, T., and R. Rotunno, 2003: The effects of subgrid model mixing and
numerical filtering in simulations of mesoscale cloud systems. Monthly Weather
Review, Vol. 131, pp. 2085-2101.
8. Takemi, T., O. Hirayama, C. Liu, 2004: Factors responsible for the vertical
development of tropical oceanic cumulus convection, Geophysical Research Letters,
Vol. 31, L11109, doi:10.1029/2004GL020225.
9. Takemi, T., and R. Rotunno, 2005: CORRIGENDUM. Monthly Weather Review, Vol.
133, pp. 339-341.
10. Takemi, T., and N. Seino, 2005: Duststorms and cyclone tracks over the arid regions
in east Asia in spring. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, D18S11,
doi:10.1029/2004JD004698.
11. Takemi, T., 2005: Explicit simulations of convective-scale transport of mineral dust
in severe convective weather. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol.
83A, pp. 187-203.
12. Takemi, T., and N. Seino, 2005: Duststorms and mesoscale cloud systems over the
east Asian deserts in spring. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution:Focus, Vol. 5, pp. 159-174.
13. Takemi, T., M. Yasui, J. Zhou, and L. Liu, 2005: Modeling study of diurnally varying
convective boundary layer and dust transport over desert regions. Scientific Online
Letters on the Atmosphere, Vol. 1, pp. 157-160.
14. Mikami, M., G.-Y. Shi, I. Uno, S. Yabuki, Y. Iwasaka, M. Yasui, T. Aoki, T.Y.
Tanaka, Y. Kurosaki, K. Masuda, A. Uchiyama, A. Matsuki, T. Sakai, T. Takemi, M.
Nakawo, N. Seino, M. Ishizuka, S. Satake, K. Fujita, Y. Hara, K. Kai, S. Kanayama,
M. Hayashi, M. Du, Y. Kanai, Y. Yamada, X. Y. Zhang, Z. Shen, H. Zhou, O. Abe,
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T. Nagai, Y. Tsutsumi, M. Chiba, and J. Suzuki, 2006: Aeolian Dust Experiment on
Climate Impact: An overview of Japan-China Joint Project ADEC. Global and
Planetary Change, Vol. 52, pp. 142-172.
15. Takemi, T., M. Yasui, J. Zhou, and L. Liu, 2006: Role of boundary layer and cumulus
convection on dust emission and transport over a midlatitude desert area. Journal of
Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, D11203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006666.
16. Takemi, T., 2006: Impacts of moisture profile on the evolution and organization of
midlatitude squall lines under various shear conditions. Atmospheric Research, Vol.
82, pp. 37-54.
17. Takemi, T., 2007: A sensitivity of squall line intensity to environmental static stability
under various shear and moisture conditions. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 84, pp. 374389.
18. Takemi, T., 2007: Environmental stability control of the intensity of squall lines under
low-level shear conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, D24110,
doi:10.1029/2007JD008793.
19. Takemi, T., 2008: An eddy-resolving simulation of the diurnal variation of fairweather convection and tracer transport. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 89, pp. 270-282.
20. Takemi, T., 2009: High-resolution numerical simulations of surface wind variability
by resolving small-scale terrain features. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan,
Vol. 57, pp. 421-428.
21. Takemi, T., 2009: A high-resolution simulation of convective-scale transport of dust
aerosol and its representation in cloud-resolving simulations. Advances in
Geosciences, Vol. 10: Atmospheric Science, pp. 161-175, World Scientific Publishing
Company.
22. Takemi, T., 2010: Dependence of the precipitation intensity in mesoscale convective
systems to temperature lapse rate. Atmospheric Research, Vol. 96, pp. 273-285,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.09.002.
23. Ohno, H., and T. Takemi, 2010a: Mechanisms for intensification and maintenance of
numerically simulated dust devils. Atmospheric Science Letter, Vol. 11, pp. 27-32.,
doi: 10.1002/asl.247.
24. Takemi, T., K. Kusunoki, K. Araki, T. Imai, K. Bessho, S. Hoshino, and S. Hayashi,
2010: Representation and localization of gusty winds induced by misocyclones with a
high-resolution meteorological modeling. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan,
Vol. 58, pp. 121-130.
25. Oku, Y., T. Takemi, H. Ishikawa, S. Kanada, and M. Nakano, 2010: Representation
of extreme weather during a typhoon landfall in regional meteorological simulations:
a model intercomparison study for Typhoon Songda (2004). Hydrologic Research
Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.3178/hrl.4.1.
26. Ohno, H., and T. Takemi, 2010b: Numerical study for the effects of mean wind on the
intensity and evolution of dust devils. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere,
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Vol. 6A, pp. 5-8, doi:10.2151/sola.6A-002.
27. Miyamoto, Y., and T. Takemi, 2010: An effective radius of the sea surface enthalpy
flux for the maintenance of a tropical cyclone. Atmospheric Science Letter, Vol. 11,
pp. 278-282, doi: 10.1002/asl.292.
28. Nomura, S., and T. Takemi, 2011: Environmental stability for afternoon rain events in
the Kanto plain in summer. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, Vol. 7, pp. 912, doi:10.2151/sola.2011-003.
29. Miyamoto, Y., and T. Takemi, 2011: Effects of surface exchange coefficients for high
wind speeds on intensity and structure of tropical cyclones: Numerical simulations for
Typhoon Ioke (2006). Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan, Vol. 59, pp. 275283.
30. Inoue, H. Y., K. Kusunoki, W. Kato, H. Suzuki, T. Imai, T. Takemi, K. Bessho, M.
Nakazato, S. Hoshino, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, H.
Yamauchi, O. Suzuki, 2011: Fine-scale Doppler radar observation of a tornado and
low-level misocyclones within a winter storm in the Japan Sea coastal region.
Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 139, pp. 351-369, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3247.1.
31. Nakayama, H., T. Takemi, and H. Nagai, 2011: LES analysis of the aerodynamic
surface properties for turbulent flows over building arrays with various geometries.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 50, pp. 1692-1712, doi:
10.1175/2011JAMC2567.1.
32. Takemi, T., S. Nomura, Y. Oku, and H. Ishikawa, 2012: A regional-scale evaluation
of changes in environmental stability for summertime afternoon precipitation under
global warming from super-high-resolution GCM simulations: A study for the case in
the Kanto Plain. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 90A, pp. 189212, doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A10.
33. Takemi, T., 2012: Projected regional-scale changes in atmospheric stability condition
for the development of summertime convective precipitation in the Tokyo
metropolitan area under global warming. Hydrologic Research Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 1722, doi: 10.3178/HRL.6.17.
34. Nakayama, H., T. Takemi, and H. Nagai, 2012: Large-eddy simulation of urban
boundary-layer flows by generating turbulent inflows from mesoscale meteorological
simulations. Atmospheric Science Letters, Vol. 13, pp. 180-186, doi: 10.1002/asl.377.
35. Takemi, T., 2012: Importance of the numerical representation of shallow and deep
convection for simulations of dust transport over a desert region. Advances in
Meteorology, Vol. 2012, Article ID 413584, 13 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/413584.
36. Miyamoto, Y., and T. Takemi, 2012: A transition mechanism for the spontaneous
axisymmetric intensification of tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric
Sciences, in press.
Books
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1. Takemi, T., S. Nomura and Y. Oku, 2011: Environmental Stability for Convective
Precipitation Under Global Warming, In Planet Earth 2011 - Global Warming
Challenges and Opportunities for Policy and Practice, Elias G. Carayannis (Ed.),
ISBN:
978-953-307-733-8,
InTech,
pp.
57-72.
Available
from:
http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/environmental-stability-forconvective-precipitation-under-global-warming
2. Takemi, T., H. Ishikawa, 2012: High-Resolution Local-Scale Simulations of
Meteorological Conditions and Wind Fields over the Fukushima Region in March
2011, In Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI Reports, Vol.1
Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Springer, in press.
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