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H. Annamalai is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Geology.

The scientist's work explores key topics such as Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

H. Annamalai has published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Progress In Oceanography

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Annamalai include:

  • "A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean" (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments" (2020), Progress In Oceanography
  • "Seasonal Forecasting Skill of Sea-Level Anomalies in a Multi-Model Prediction Framework" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Intraseasonal, Seasonal, and Interannual Characteristics of Regional Monsoon Simulations in CESM2" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "The impact of vertical resolution in reducing biases in sea surface temperature in a tropical Pacific Ocean model" (2020), Ocean Modelling

In their collaborative research, H. Annamalai has frequently worked with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Kelvin J Richards
  • Aneesh C. Subramanian
  • Matthew J. Widlansky
  • Antonietta Capotondi
  • P. R. Thompson

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon

    A. G. Turner;Hariharasubramanian Annamalai

  • Structure and Mechanisms of South Indian Ocean Climate Variability

    Shang-Ping Xie;H. Annamalai;Friedrich A. Schott;Julian P. McCreary

  • The Asian Summer Monsoon: An Intercomparison of CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 Simulations of the Late 20th Century

    K. R. Sperber;H. Annamalai;I. Kang;A. Kitoh

  • Active / break cycles: diagnosis of the intraseasonal variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon

    H. Annamalai;J. M. Slingo

  • Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding.

    Curt D. Storlazzi;Stephen B. Gingerich;Ap van Dongeren;Olivia M. Cheriton

  • The South Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 Simulations

    H. Annamalai;K. Hamilton;K. R. Sperber

  • Impact of Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature on Developing El Niño

    H. Annamalai;S. P. Xie;J. P. McCreary;R. Murtugudde

  • Coupled dynamics over the Indian Ocean: spring initiation of the Zonal Mode

    H Annamalai;R Murtugudde;J Potemra;S.P Xie

  • The mean evolution and variability of the Asian summer monsoon: comparison of ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR reanalyses

    H. Annamalai;J. M. Slingo;K. R. Sperber;K. Hodges

  • Southwest Indian Ocean SST variability : Its local effect and remote influence on Asian monsoons

    H. Annamalai;Ping Liu;Shang-Ping Xie

  • Regional Heat Sources and the Active and Break Phases of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal (30–50 Day) Variability*

    H. Annamalai;K. R. Sperber

  • 1997: The El Niño of the Century and the Response of the Indian Summer Monsoon

    J. M. Slingo;H. Annamalai

  • Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon

    Kenneth R. Sperber;Julia M. Slingo;H. Annamalai

  • Global Warming Shifts the Monsoon Circulation, Drying South Asia

    H. Annamalai;Jan Hafner;K. P. Sooraj;P. Pillai

  • Coupled model simulations of boreal summer intraseasonal (30–50 day) variability, Part 1: Systematic errors and caution on use of metrics

    K. R. Sperber;H. Annamalai

  • An improved bias correction method of daily rainfall data using a sliding window technique for climate change impact assessment

    P.S. Smitha;B. Narasimhan;K.P. Sudheer;H. Annamalai

  • Response of the South Asian Summer Monsoon to Global Warming: Mean and Synoptic Systems

    Markus Stowasser;H. Annamalai;Jan Hafner

  • Possible Impact of the Indian Ocean SST on the Northern Hemisphere Circulation during El Niño

    H. Annamalai;H. Okajima;M. Watanabe

  • Role of the Indian Ocean in Regional Climate Variability

    H. Annamalai;Raghu Murtugudde

  • Response of the Asian summer monsoon to changes in El Niño properties

    H. Annamalai;P. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth R. Sperber
Kenneth R. Sperber Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Julian P. McCreary
Julian P. McCreary University of Hawaii at Manoa
Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark A. Merrifield
Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego
Julia Slingo
Julia Slingo University of Bristol
Julie M. Arblaster
Julie M. Arblaster National Center for Atmospheric Research
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Raghu Murtugudde
Raghu Murtugudde University of Maryland, College Park
Annette Rinke
Annette Rinke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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