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Laxmi Sushama

Laxmi Sushama

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
5027
World Ranking
8932
National Ranking
416

Overview

Laxmi Sushama is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Climate variability and models, Climate change and permafrost, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Laxmi Sushama include:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Reliability Engineering & System Safety
  • Atmosphere
  • Results in Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering

Among recent papers, notable works authored or co-authored by Sushama include:

  • "Simulation of temperate freezing lakes by one-dimensional lake models: performance assessment for interactive coupling with regional climate models" (2024) published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Streamflow modelling and forecasting for Canadian watersheds using LSTM networks with attention mechanism" (2022) published in Neural Computing and Applications
  • "Impact of COVID-19-Related Traffic Slowdown on Urban Heat Characteristics" (2021) published in Atmosphere
  • "Understanding the factors and consequences of pipeline incidents: An analysis of gas transmission pipelines in the US" (2023) published in Engineering Failure Analysis
  • "Improving failure modeling for gas transmission pipelines: A survival analysis and machine learning integrated approach" (2023) published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Sushama's work. Frequent co-authors include Bernardo Teufel, Tarek Zayed, Mohamed A. Meguid, Rui Xiao, and Stéphane Bélair.

Best Publications

  • Precipitation Climatology in an Ensemble of CORDEX-Africa Regional Climate Simulations

    Grigory Nikulin;Colin Jones;Filippo Giorgi;Ghassem Asrar

  • Identification of hydrological trends in the presence of serial and cross correlations: A review of selected methods and their application to annual flow regimes of Canadian rivers

    M.N. Khaliq;M.N. Khaliq;T.B.M.J. Ouarda;P. Gachon;L. Sushama

  • Reanalysis-driven climate simulation over CORDEX North America domain using the Canadian Regional Climate Model, version 5 model performance evaluation

    Andrey Martynov;Andrey Martynov;R. Laprise;L. Sushama;K. Winger

  • Present climate and climate change over North America as simulated by the fifth-generation Canadian regional climate model

    Leo Šeparović;Adelina Alexandru;René Laprise;Andrey Martynov

  • Climate simulation over CORDEX Africa domain using the fifth-generation Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5)

    Leticia Hernández-Díaz;René Laprise;Laxmi Sushama;Andrey Martynov

  • Simulation of temperate freezing lakes by one-dimensional lake models: performance assessment for interactive coupling with regional climate models

    Andrey Martynov;Laxmi Sushama;René Laprise

  • Interactive lakes in the Canadian Regional Climate Model, version 5: the role of lakes in the regional climate of North America

    Andrey Martynov;Laxmi Sushama;René Laprise;Katja Winger

  • Canadian RCM Projected Changes to Extreme Precipitation Characteristics over Canada

    B. Mladjic;L. Sushama;M. N. Khaliq;René Laprise

  • Rain-on-snow events over North America based on two Canadian regional climate models

    Dae Il Jeong;Laxmi Sushama

  • Abrupt changes across the Arctic permafrost region endanger northern development

    B. Teufel;L. Sushama

  • Temporal evolution of low flow regimes in Canadian rivers.

    M. N. Khaliq;M. N. Khaliq;T. B. M. J. Ouarda;P. Gachon;L. Sushama

  • Streamflow modelling and forecasting for Canadian watersheds using LSTM networks with attention mechanism

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  • Understanding the performance of the FLake model over two African Great Lakes

    W. Thiery;Andrey Martynov;Andrey Martynov;F. Darchambeau;J.-P. Descy

  • The role of temperature in drought projections over North America

    Dae Il Jeong;Laxmi Sushama;M. Naveed Khaliq

  • Canadian RCM projected climate-change signal and its sensitivity to model errors

    L. Sushama;R. Laprise;D. Caya;A. Frigon

  • The impact of lateral boundary data errors on the simulated climate of a nested regional climate model

    Emilia Paula Diaconescu;René Laprise;Laxmi Sushama

  • Dry spell characteristics over Canada in a changing climate as simulated by the Canadian RCM.

    Laxmi Sushama;Naveed Khaliq;René Laprise

  • Tropical cyclone activity enhanced by Sahara greening and reduced dust emissions during the African Humid Period

    Francesco Salvatore Rocco Pausata;Kerry A. Emanuel;Marc Chiacchio;Gulilat T. Diro

  • Baroclinic and barotropic aspects of the wind-driven ocean circulation☆

    M. Ghil;Y. Feliks;L.U. Sushama

  • Investigation of the 2013 Alberta flood from weather and climate perspectives

    Bernardo Teufel;G. T. Diro;K. Whan;S. M. Milrad

  • Seasonal and extreme precipitation characteristics for the watersheds of the Canadian Prairie Provinces as simulated by the NARCCAP multi-RCM ensemble

    M. N. Khaliq;M. N. Khaliq;M. N. Khaliq;L. Sushama;A. Monette;H. Wheater

Frequent Co-Authors

René Laprise
René Laprise University of Quebec at Montreal
Diana Verseghy
Diana Verseghy Environment and Climate Change Canada
Vivek K. Arora
Vivek K. Arora University of Victoria
Daniel Caya
Daniel Caya University of Quebec at Montreal
John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
Grigory Nikulin
Grigory Nikulin Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Hugo Beltrami
Hugo Beltrami St. Francis Xavier University
Ole Bøssing Christensen
Ole Bøssing Christensen Danish Meteorological Institute
Taha B. M. J. Ouarda
Taha B. M. J. Ouarda Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Linda O. Mearns
Linda O. Mearns National Center for Atmospheric Research

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