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Overview

Suryachandra A. Rao is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in India. The research work focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The principal topics of their research include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Maheswar Pradhan, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, Prasanth A. Pillai, Manmeet Singh, and Ankur Srivastava. These collaborations indicate a consistent network within atmospheric and climate sciences.

The scientist has published multiple papers in recurring venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • Frontiers in Climate

Selected recent papers showcase a focus on climate modeling, monsoon prediction, and atmospheric dynamics. Key publications include:

  • "On the modern deep learning approaches for precipitation downscaling" (2023), published in Earth Science Informatics
  • "Evaluating different lightning parameterization schemes to simulate lightning flash counts over Maharashtra, India" (2021), published in Atmospheric Research
  • "Impact of reduced ENSO variability and amplitude on ISMR prediction in the long-lead forecasts of monsoon mission CFS" (2022), published in International Journal of Climatology
  • "Improvements in Diurnal Cycle and Its Impact on Seasonal Mean by Incorporating COARE Flux Algorithm in CFS" (2022), published in Frontiers in Climate
  • "Impact of the tropical Pacific SST biases on the simulation and prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall in CFSv2, ECMWF-System4, and NMME models" (2021), published in Climate Dynamics

The research contributions span a range of topics related to climate forecasting methods, simulation of meteorological phenomena, and assessment of model biases impacting regional climate predictions.

Best Publications

  • El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection

    Karumuri Ashok;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao;Hengyi Weng

  • Impacts of recent El Niño Modoki on dry/wet conditions in the Pacific rim during boreal summer

    Hengyi Weng;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao

  • Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variability in the Tropical Indian Ocean

    Toshio Yamagata;Swadhin K. Behera;Jing-Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson

  • A CGCM Study on the Interaction between IOD and ENSO

    Swadhin K. Behera;Jing Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson;Suryachandra A. Rao

  • Interannual subsurface variability in the tropical Indian Ocean with a special emphasis on the Indian Ocean Dipole

    Suryachandra A. Rao;Swadhin K. Behera;Yukio Masumoto;Toshio Yamagata

  • Subsurface influence on SST in the tropical Indian Ocean: structure and interannual variability

    Suryachandra A. Rao;Swadhin K. Behera

  • Why is Indian Ocean warming consistently

    Suryachandra A. Rao;Ashish R. Dhakate;Subodh K. Saha;Somnath Mahapatra

  • Simulation of boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations in the latest CMIP5 coupled GCMs

    C. T. Sabeerali;A. Ramu Dandi;Ashish Dhakate;Kiran Salunke

  • Modulation of Sri Lankan Maha rainfall by the Indian Ocean Dipole

    Lareef M. Zubair;Suryachandra A. Rao;Toshio Yamagata

  • Abrupt termination of Indian Ocean dipole events in response to intraseasonal disturbances

    Suryachandra A. Rao;T. Yamagata;T. Yamagata

  • Indian ocean dipole modulates the number of extreme rainfall events over India in a warming environment

    R.S Ajayamohan;Suryachandra A. Rao

  • Indian summer monsoon rainfall simulation and prediction skill in the CFSv2 coupled model: Impact of atmospheric horizontal resolution

    Dandi A. Ramu;C. T. Sabeerali;C. T. Sabeerali;Rajib Chattopadhyay;D. Nagarjuna Rao

  • Why ensemble mean projection of south Asian monsoon rainfall by CMIP5 models is not reliable

    C. T. Sabeerali;Suryachandra A. Rao;A. R. Dhakate;K. Salunke

  • Comments on “Dipoles, Temperature Gradients, and Tropical Climate Anomalies”

    Toshio Yamagata;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao;Zhaoyong Guan

  • Monsoon Mission: A Targeted Activity to Improve Monsoon Prediction across Scales

    Suryachandra A. Rao;B. N. Goswami;A. K. Sahai;E. N. Rajagopal

  • Generation and termination of Indian Ocean dipole events in 2003, 2006 and 2007

    Suryachandra A. Rao;Jing-Jia Luo;Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata;Toshio Yamagata

  • Simulation of monsoon intraseasonal variability in NCEP CFSv2 and its role on systematic bias

    Bidyut B. Goswami;Medha Deshpande;P. Mukhopadhyay;Subodh K. Saha

  • ENSO, IOD and Indian Summer Monsoon in NCEP climate forecast system

    Samir Pokhrel;H. S. Chaudhari;Subodh K. Saha;Ashish Dhakate

  • Chlorophyll- a bloom along the southern coasts of Java and Sumatra during 2006

    I. Iskandar;S. A. Rao;T. Tozuka

  • On the relationship between Indian summer monsoon withdrawal and Indo-Pacific SST anomalies before and after 1976/1977 climate shift

    C. T. Sabeerali;Suryachandra A. Rao;R. S. Ajayamohan;Raghu Murtugudde

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Yamagata
Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Ankur Srivastava
Ankur Srivastava University of Maryland, College Park
Swadhin K. Behera
Swadhin K. Behera Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Bhupendra Nath Goswami
Bhupendra Nath Goswami Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
Karumuri Ashok
Karumuri Ashok King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jing-Jia Luo
Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Raghu Murtugudde
Raghu Murtugudde University of Maryland, College Park
M. Rajeevan
M. Rajeevan Government of India
M. Ravichandran
M. Ravichandran Ministry of Earth Sciences
Brian E. Mapes
Brian E. Mapes University of Miami

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