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Overview

M. Ravichandran is affiliated with the Ministry of Earth Sciences in India and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Environmental Engineering and Pollution.

The scientist's key research topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Frequent publication venues for M. Ravichandran include npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Scientific Reports, Ocean Dynamics, and Frontiers in Marine Science, reflecting a broad engagement with journals relevant to climate science and oceanography.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Argo Data 1999-2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats" (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean" (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Record low sea ice extent in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in April/May 2019 driven by intense and explosive polar cyclones" (2022), npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "High-Resolution Operational Ocean Forecast and Reanalysis System for the Indian Ocean" (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Assessment of national beach litter composition, sources, and management along the Indian coast - a citizen science approach" (2022), Marine Pollution Bulletin

M. Ravichandran has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Nuncio Murukesh, Sourav Chatterjee, E. Pattabhi Rama Rao, Roshin P. Raj, and P.J. Vidya, indicating an active engagement in collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • RAMA: The Research Moored Array for African–Asian–Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction*

    Michael J. Mcphaden;Gary Meyers;K. Ando;Y. Masumoto

  • Fifteen years of ocean observations with the global Argo array

    Stephen C. Riser;Howard J. Freeland;Dean Roemmich;Susan Wijffels

  • A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean

    Mathew Koll Roxy;Aditi Modi;Raghu Murtugudde;Vinu Valsala

  • Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Annie P.S. Wong;Susan E. Wijffels;Stephen C. Riser;Sylvie Pouliquen

  • BOBMEX: The Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment

    G. S. Bhat;S. Gadgil;P. V. Hareesh Kumar;S. R. Kalsi

  • Oscillations of Bay of Bengal sea surface temperature during the 1998 Summer Monsoon

    Debasis Sengupta;M. Ravichandran

  • Interannual variability of Kelvin wave propagation in the wave guides of the equatorial Indian Ocean, the coastal Bay of Bengal and the southeastern Arabian Sea during 1993-2006

    R.R. Rao;M.S. Girish Kumar;M. Ravichandran;A.R. Rao

  • The influences of ENSO on tropical cyclone activity in the Bay of Bengal during October–December

    M. S. Girishkumar;M. Ravichandran

  • Ocean- Atmosphere Interactions During Cyclone Nargis

    Michael J. McPhaden;Gregory R. Foltz;Tony Lee;V. S. N. Murty

  • Mechanical properties and applications of Magnesium alloy – Review

    S. Jayasathyakawin;M. Ravichandran;N. Baskar;C. Anand

  • A new atlas of temperature and salinity for the North Indian Ocean

    A Chatterjee;D Shankar;S S C Shenoi;G V Reddy

  • Intraseasonal variability in barrier layer thickness in the south central Bay of Bengal

    M. S. Girishkumar;M. Ravichandran;M. J. McPhaden;R. R. Rao

  • Argo: The challenge of continuing 10 years of progress

    D Roemmich;M Belboch;H Freeland;SL Garzoli

  • Temperature inversions and their influence on the mixed layer heat budget during the winters of 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 in the Bay of Bengal

    M. S. Girishkumar;M. Ravichandran;M. J. McPhaden

  • Additive Manufacturing of Biopolymers for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: An Overview, Potential Applications, Advancements, and Trends

    Dhinakaran Veeman;M. Swapna Sai;P. Sureshkumar;T. Jagadeesha

  • First results from a new observational system over the Indian seas

    K Premkumar;M Ravichandran;Kalsi;Debasis Sengupta

  • Review on phase change materials for solar energy storage applications.

    Rasaiah Naveenkumar;Manickam Ravichandran;Vinayagam Mohanavel;Alagar Karthick

  • Observed interannual variability of near-surface salinity in the Bay of Bengal

    Vimlesh Pant;M. S. Girishkumar;T. V. S. Udaya Bhaskar;M. Ravichandran

  • Near-surface salinity and stratification in the north Bay of Bengal from moored observations

    Debasis Sengupta;G. N. Bharath Raj;M. Ravichandran;J. Sree Lekha

  • Prediction of Sea Surface Temperature by Combining Numerical and Neural Techniques

    Kalpesh Patil;M. C. Deo;M. Ravichandran

  • ARGO - a decade of progress

    Howard Freeland;Dean Roemmich;Silvia L. Garzoli;Pierre-Yves Le Traon

  • Variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall in daily data from gauge and satellite

    S. H. Rahman;Debasis Sengupta;M. Ravichandran

  • Volume transports of the Wyrtki jets and their relationship to the Indian Ocean Dipole

    Michael J. McPhaden;Yi Wang;M. Ravichandran

  • Evaluation of the Global Ocean Data Assimilation System at INCOIS: The Tropical Indian Ocean

    M. Ravichandran;D. Behringer;S. Sivareddy;M.S. Girishkumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiqing Han
Weiqing Han University of Colorado Boulder
Michael J. McPhaden
Michael J. McPhaden Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Amala Mahadevan
Amala Mahadevan Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jérôme Vialard
Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité
Stephen C. Riser
Stephen C. Riser University of Washington
Jonathan D. Nash
Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University
Toshio Suga
Toshio Suga Tohoku University
Brian A. King
Brian A. King National Oceanography Centre
Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Howard J. Freeland
Howard J. Freeland Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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