Decoding Monsoon Extremes

Uncovered a novel teleconnection between West Pacific typhoons and the historic 2018 Kerala floods. By leveraging advanced WRF modeling, I demonstrated how remote storm forcing deflects monsoon low-level jets, triggering extreme, localized rainfall. 🔗 Read the research in Climate Dynamics

Redefining the Monsoon Anticyclone

Pioneered a dynamic, boundary-defining framework for the ASMA. By utilizing tropical easterly and subtropical westerly jets rather than static geopotential heights, this new methodology accurately tracks the anticyclone’s east-west oscillations and its critical role in trapping atmospheric pollutants. 🔗 Read the research in the International Journal of Climatology

Unraveling the Thermodynamics of the Sky

Mapped the intricate interplay of convection and advection that sustains the ASMA. This work reveals the anticyclone’s true thermodynamic architecture—driven by warm eastern advection and cold western subsidence—and exposes its high sensitivity to global climate drivers like ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole. 🔗 Read the research in Climate Dynamics

Tracking the Global Smoke Trail

Quantified the global atmospheric CO2 burden driven by biomass burning. By calculating the precise transport timescales of fire-emitted carbon to global monitoring sites, this research exposes shifting biome vulnerabilities and provides crucial constraints for top-down carbon flux inversions. 🔗 Read the research in Science of The Total Environment