ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
Employee Profile
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| Educational Details | 2004-2009 PhD thesis titled:-Observed intra-seasonal and inter-annual variability of Sea Surface Temperature South of the India-Sri Lanka Channel in Marine Science from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India 2001-2003 MSc. Meteorology Cochin University of Science and Technology Kerala, India, |
| Research Interests | I am focusing on mesoscale processes to small-scale turbulent mixing in the north Indian Ocean. Presently, my main working areas include the investigation of small-scale mixing processes using a vertical microstructure profiler to understand the relative importance of internal-wave mixing and double diffusion instability in the thermocline and ocean surface boundary layer mixing in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. In addition, I am also working on atmosphere-ocean interaction processes in various time scales: sub-daily (land breeze system), intraseasonal (MISO and MJO), and interannual (IOD, ENSO, and AZM) in the tropical Indian Ocean. I also collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines to understand how small-scale physical processes affect biogeochemical parameters. |
| Career Details | 2020 to present , Scientist-E, INCOIS 2016-2019 Scientist-D, INCOIS 2011-2015 Scientist-C, INCOIS 2008-2011 Project Scientist-C, INCOIS 2004-2008 Junior/Senior Research Fellow (JRF/SRF, also PhD Candidate) Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) |
| Publications | NA
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| Other Information | Roles and responsibilities -Scientific planning, and co-ordination of oceanographic research cruise -Co-ordination of INCOIS Drifting buoy programme -Seaglier piloting Ph.D. supervision -Jofia J. 2016-2023 (awarded, presently PDF at NCAR) -Ashin K. 2019 onwards -Sherin V. R. 2019 onwards -Athulya K. 2022 onwards -Anupama S. 2022 onwards , Master degree project supervision -Ashin K (2018; doi:10.1029/2019JC014938) -Abhijit R (2019) -Aparna A. R. (2022; doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-06099-8) (OSI PG Dissertation Award-2022) -Aswathy V. S. (2023: doi:10.1007/s10236-023-01589-1) Honors and Awards -IGU Krishnan Gold Medal (2015) -Certificate of Merit by Ministry of Earth Sciences Award (2018) -Associate Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences (2019) -Rotary Vocational Excellecne award (2020) Oceanographic Research Cruises -RV Sagar Nidhi, 29 June-24 July, 2023, in Arabian Sea, under EKAMSAT programme, Chief Scientist -RV Sagar Kanya, 1 May-29 May, 2019, in Arabian Sea, under INCOIS processes specific observations programme, Chief Scientist -RV Sagar Nidhi, 4 Jan-5 Feb, 2019, in Arabian Sea, under INCOIS processes specific observations programme, Chief Scientist -RV Sagar Nidhi, 12 Jan-12 Feb, 2018, in Arabian Sea, under INCOIS processes specific observations programme, Chief Scientist -RV Roger Revelle, 2013, in Bay of Bengal, The Air-Sea Interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean Regional Initiative (ASIRI) project, participant Project -BOBBLE: Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment, a Joint Project between MoES India and MoES, UK, 2015-2020, CO-PI -Turbulence mixing measurements in the Arabian Sea, Under INCOIS O-MASCOT programme, design the experiment and led three cruises as a chief scientist, 2017-20 Ongoing Research work -Diurnal variability of air-sea interaction process in the Bay of Bengal -Double diffusion instability in the Arabian Sea using microstructure measurements -The role of diapycnal heat flux on the mixed layer heat budget in the north Indian Ocean |