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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1995 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jagadish Shukla is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science. Their research spans climate variability, meteorological phenomena, plant water relations, carbon dynamics, hydrology, and drought analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • Improved subseasonal prediction of South Asian monsoon rainfall using data-driven forecasts of oscillatory modes (2024) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A New Paradigm for Active-Break Cycle in the Indian Summer Monsoon (2024) in Journal of Climate
  • Comment on "Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Summer Monsoon Prediction: Improved Estimate of Predictability Limit" by Saha et al. (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Thyroid Function in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Pre- and -Post Intensive Phase: A Study in a Tertiary Medical College in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (2024) in International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
  • A Comparative Evaluation of Four Different Regression Equation Based Mixed Dentition Analysis in Children and Young Adolescents of Bihar Population (2025) in Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Shukla on these works include:

  • V. Krishnamurthy
  • Eviatar Bach
  • Safa Motesharrei
  • A. S. Sharma
  • Eugenia Kalnay

Main publication venues for Shukla's work consist of:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
  • Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences

The research topics Shukla's work has covered include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Head and Neck Anomalies
  • Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts
  • Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases

Shukla's awards include:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2008)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (1995)

Best Publications

  • Monsoons: Processes, predictability, and the prospects for prediction

    P. J. Webster;V. O. Magaña;T. N. Palmer;J. Shukla

  • Influence of land-surface evapotranspiration on the earth's climate

    J. Shukla;Y. Mintz

  • Amazon Deforestation and Climate Change

    J. Shukla;C. Nobre;P. Sellers

  • Amazonian Deforestation and Regional Climate Change

    Carlos A. Nobre;Piers J. Sellers;Jagadish Shukla

  • Variations of Sea Surface Temperature, Wind Stress, and Rainfall over the Tropical Atlantic and South America.

    Paulo Nobre;J. Shukla

  • On the Dynamics of Droughts in Northeast Brazil: Observations, Theory and Numerical Experiments with a General Circulation Model

    Antonio D. Moura;Jagadish Shukla

  • A Simplified Biosphere Model for Global Climate Studies

    Y. Xue;P. J. Sellers;J. L. Kinter;J. Shukla

  • Fundamental challenge in simulation and prediction of summer monsoon rainfall

    Bin Wang;Qinghua Ding;Xiouhua Fu;In-Sik Kang

  • An Apparent Relationship between Eurasian Snow Cover and Indian Monsoon Rainfall

    Douglas G. Hahn;J. Shukla

  • The southern oscillation and long-range forecasting of the summer monsoon rainfall over India

    J. Shukla;Daniel A. Paolino

  • The Influence of Land Surface Properties on Sahel Climate. Part 1: Desertification

    Yongkang Xue;Jagadish Shukla

  • Predictability in the Midst of Chaos: A Scientific Basis for Climate Forecasting

    J. Shukla

  • Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of Rainfall over India

    V. Krishnamurthy;J. Shukla

  • Current status of ENSO prediction skill in coupled ocean-atmosphere models

    Emilia K. Jin;James L. Kinter;B. Wang;C.-K. Park

  • Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs

    I.-S. Kang;K. Jin;B. Wang;K.-M. Lau

  • Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004)

    Bin Wang;June Yi Lee;In Sik Kang;J. Shukla

  • Relation between Eurasian Snow Cover, Snow Depth, and the Indian Summer Monsoon: An Observational Study

    A. S. Bamzai;J. Shukla

  • Monsoon dynamics: Predictability of monsoons

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  • Effects of implementing the simple biosphere model in a general circulation model

    N. Sato;P. J. Sellers;D. A. Randall;E. K. Schneider

  • Dynamical Seasonal Prediction

    J. Shukla;J. Anderson;D. Baumhefner;Čedomir Branković

  • The Community Climate System Model

    Maurice Blackmon;Byron Boville;Frank Bryan;Robert Dickinson

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Kinter
James L. Kinter George Mason University
Bohua Huang
Bohua Huang George Mason University
Edwin K. Schneider
Edwin K. Schneider George Mason University
In-Sik Kang
In-Sik Kang Second Institute of Oceanography
Ben P. Kirtman
Ben P. Kirtman University of Miami
Brian J. Hoskins
Brian J. Hoskins University of Reading
Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer University of Oxford
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center

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