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Employee Name V P Thangaprakash
Designation Scientist-D
Group Name ODICT
E-mail thangaprakash.vp@incois.gov.in
Office Phone no +91 40 23886168
Educational Details * Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Physics.
* Master of Science (M.Sc) in Physics.
Research Interests * Air-Sea interactions in the Indian Ocean.
* Ocean Observations and research activities related to sub mesoscale process (small scale mixing and frontogenesis).
* Vertical Mixing Schemes and Ocean Modelling.
* Inter annual and decadal scale changes of synoptic activity in Indian Ocean.
* Numerical methods for ocean models;
* Climate change assessment using global climate models;
Career Details * Scientist in Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) .
* Project Scientist (hcl) in National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida, UP.
* Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi.
Publications At INCOIS:
1. The role of ENSO and MJO on rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal during October-December. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. M. S. Girishkumar, K. Suprit, S. Vishnu, V. P. Thanga Prakash, M. Ravichandran. (2014).

2. Influence of Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the relationship between ENSO and tropical cyclone activity in the Bay of Bengal during October-December. Climate Dynamics. M. S. Girishkumar, V. P. Thanga Prakash, M. Ravichandran. (2014)

3. Observed Interannual variability of near-surface salinity in Bay of Bengal. Journal of Geophysical Research : Oceans Vimlesh Pant, M.S. Girishkumar, TVS. Udaya Bhaskar, M. Ravichandran, Fabrice Papa, V. P. Thangaprakash. (2015).

4. Monsoon mixing cycles in the Bay of Bengal: A year-long subsurface mixing record. Oceanography. Sally J. Warner, J. Becherer, K. Pujiana, Emily L. Shroyer, M. Ravichandran, V. P. Thangaprakash, James N. Moum. (2016).

5.What controls seasonal evolution of SST in the Bay of Bengal? Mixed layer heat budget analysis using Moored buoy observations along 90°E. Oceanography. V. P. Thangaprakash, M. S. Girishkumar, K. Suprit, N. Sureshkumar, Dipanjan C., Dinesh K., Ashok K., S. Shivaprasad, M. Ravichandran, J. Thomas farrar, N. Sundar and Robert A. Weller. (2016)

6.Mixed layer temperature budget for the northward propagating summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillation (MISO) in the central Bay of Bengal. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. M. S. Girishkumar, Joseph, J., V. P. Thangaprakash, Vijay, P. and McPhaden, M. J. (2017)

7. Assessment of the impact of spatial resolution on ROMS simulated upper-ocean biogeochemistry of the Arabian Sea from an operational perspective, Journal of Operational Oceanography. Kunal Chakraborty, Nimit Kumar, M. S. Girishkumar, G. V. M. Gupta, Jayashree Ghosh, T. V. S. Udaya Bhaskar & V. P. Thangaprakash (2019)

8.Quantifying tropical cyclone's effect on the biogeochemical processes using profiling float observations in the Bay of Bengal. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. M. S. Girishkumar, V. P. Thangaprakash , T. V. S. Udaya Bhaskar, K. Suprit, N. Sureshkumar, S. K. Baliar Singh, J. Jofia, V. Pant, S. Vishnu, G. George, K. R. Abhilash, S. Shivaprasad (2019)

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Other Information Member - Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) Member - Ocean Society of India (OSI)

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