Annual Workshop on Monsoon-2015
And
National Symposium on Understanding and Forecasting the Monsoon Extremes

Venue: Meghdoot Complex, IITM, Pashan, Pune-41008

FEBRUARY 23 - 24, 2016  Download Agenda

DAY 1: Tuesday, 23rd February 2016

Time

Events

08:30 - 09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00 - 09:30

INAUGURATION

SESSION - 1: MONSOON

Chairman: Dr. R.R. Kelkar, Chairman, LOC

Rapporteur 1: Dr. Somnath Dutta

Rapporteur 2: Dr. Soma Sen Roy

09:30 - 10:15

Special Lecture

Getting Out from Under the Weather: using meteorological data to protect public health by Dr. John M Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA

10:15 - 10:35

An overview of southwest monsoon – 2015 : Dr. Sunitha Devi S, IMD Pune

10:35 - 10:55

An Overview of Northeast Monsoon -2015 : Dr . S. Balachandran, IMD RMC, Chennai

10:55 - 11:30

HIGH TEA

11:30 - 11:50

Performance of the Experimental Seasonal Forecasts for the Monsoon – 2015 by IITM-CFS : Dr . Suryachandra A Rao, IITM Pune

11:50 - 12:10

Long Range Forecasts and its Verification for the 2015 Southwest Monsoon------ : Dr. D S Pai, IMD Pune

12:10 - 12:30

Extended Range Prediction during Monsoon 2015 : Dr. A K Sahai, IITM Pune

12:30 - 12:50

Medium range forecasting with NCMRWF unified modelling system : Dr. A K Mitra, NCMRWF, New Delhi

12:50 - 13:10

Verification of Short Range Prediction during Monsoon 2015 : Dr. P.C.S.Rao, IMD Pune

13:10 - 14:00:      LUNCH

14:00 - 14:45

Pisharoty Lecture

Organized convection in a New Era for Global Models
by Dr. Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, USA

14:45 - 15:05

Agricultural Aspects of Southwest Monsoon-2014 : Dr. N. Chattodaphyay, IMD Pune

15:05 - 15:25

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) Forecast and its relevance : Dr. P Guhathakurta, IMD Pune

TECHNICAL SESSION - 1: UNDERSTANDING AND FORECASTING MONSOON INTRASEASONAL EXTREMES

(Chair - Dr M. Moncrieff)

Rapporteur : Dr Abhilash S, Dr. Anupam Hazra

15:25 - 15:45

Dr. C.M. Kistawal

15:45 - 16:05

Understanding and forecasting of intra-seasonal extremes of southwest monsoon circulation and precipation over India : Dr. M. Mohapatra, IMD New Delhi

16:05 - 16:25

Role of oceanic and land moisture sources and transport in the seasonal and inter-seasonal variability of summer monsoon in India : Dr. Subimal Ghosh, IIT Mumbai

16:25 - 16:45

Changes in tropical rainfall extremes during the warming Hiatus : Dr. V. Venugopal, IISc Bangalore

16:45 - 17:15: Tea with Poster presentation (PS 1 AND PS II)

TECHNICAL SESSION - 2: ROLE OF OCEAN IN MONSOON EXTREMES

(Chair - Dr. R. Krishnan)

Rapporteur : Dr. Jasti S Chowdary, Dr. (Mrs) A A Deo

17:15 - 17:35

Monitoring and modeling Oceans: Current and Future Indian Satellite Missions: Dr. Rashmi Sharma, SAC Ahmedabad

17:35 - 17:55

Role of the tropical oceans in modulating monsoon variations and extremes--- : Dr. K Ashok, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

17:55 - 18:15

Remote and Local SST Forcing of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Variability--- : Dr. C Gnanseelan, IITM Pune

18:15 - 18:35

On the decreasing trend of Monsoon Depressions over the Bay of Bengal : Dr. P.A.Francis, INCOIS

18:35 - 18:45

INDUSTRY PRESENTATION

18:45 - 19:45

CULTURAL PROGRAMME

19:45 Onwards

DINNER


DAY 2: WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2016
TECHNICAL SESSION - 3: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MONSOON EXTREMES

(Chair - Dr. G. B. Pant)

Rapporteur : Dr. Yogesh Tiwari, Dr. Swapna P

09:15 - 09:35

Deciphering the desiccation trend of the South Asian monsoon hydroclimate in a warming world : Dr. R Krishnan, IITM, Pune

09:35 - 09:55

How do we know if climate change influenced an extreme event ? : Dr. K Achuta Rao, IIT, Delhi

09:55 - 10:15

Dr. B Mukhopadhyay, IMD Pune

10:15 - 10:35

Projections of extreme precipitation events in India from regional and global climate model : Dr. Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar

10:35 - 10:55

Mean sea-level rise and extreme sea-level changes in the north Indian ocean : Dr. A S Unnikrishnan, NIO Goa

10:55 - 11:15

Making Small-Holder Farming Climate Smart: Experiences from Rained and Semi-Arid Regions of India : Dr. Crispino Lobo, Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR), Pune

11:15 - 11:45

TEA and POSTER

TECHNICAL SESSION - 4: Understanding and Forecasting Interannual Monsoon Extremes

(Chair - Prof. P Pradeep Kumar)

Rapporteur : Dr. Medha Deshpande, Dr. Subrata Das

11:45 - 12:05

Forecasting of Monsoons: Challenges & Opportunities--- : Dr. Ravi S Nanjundiah, IISc, Bangalore

12:05 - 12:25

Extreme June rainfall over India and link with Pacific in an ultra high resolution atmospheric General circulation Model--- : Dr Sajani Surendran, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bangalore

12:25 - 12:45

Predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall--- : Dr. Subodh Kumar Saha, IITM Pune

12:45 - 13:05

Unified Mechanism of ENSO control on Indian Monsoon Rainfall--- : Dr. Suneet Dwivedi, University of Allahabad, Allahabad

13:05 - 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - 14:30

INDUSTRY PRESENTATION

CONTRIBUTORY PRESENTATIONS

 

Parallel Session 1 (P1)
Venue: Meghdoot auditorium

14:30 - 14:40

(1.1) INSAT-3D satellite products for the monsoon monitoring---A K Mitra, IMD New Delhi

14:40 - 14:50

(1.2) Cyclogenesis prediction over North Indian Ocean using an ensemble prediction system --- Saranya G, IITM, Pune

14:50 - 15:00

(1.3) Drop size distribution variations during convective and stratiform period over Pune ----- Sonali Shete, SP Pune University, Pune

15:00 - 15:10

(1.4) Can the isotopic study of rainfall variability on a localized scale help to understand the large scale features of monsoon ?.... N. Sinha, IITM, Pune

15:10 - 15:20

(1.5) Land surface precipitation feedback analysis for a Landfalling monsoon depression in the Indian region……Himadri Baisya, IIT, Bubaneswar

15:20 - 15:30

(1.6) Northeast monsoon extreme 2015: Simulation of heavy rainfall event over Chennai during 27th November to 2nd December--- S K Sahoo, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bangalore

 

Parallel Session 2 (P2)
Venue: Lecture Hall (First Floor, Meghdoot)

14:30 - 14:40

(2.1) Equatorial Indian ocean subsurface current variability and its role on strengthening Indian summer monsoon-----Aditi Deshpande, IITM, Pune

14:40 - 14:50

(2.2) Role of monsoon in the El-Nino-IOD relationship-----Shinto Roose, CUSAT, Kochi

14:50 - 15:00

(2.3) Understanding of the ocean-atmospheric coupling during extreme events in east coast of India----Alfred Johny, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institue, Bangalore

15:00 - 15:10

(2.4) Variability of mixed layer depth and Ekman pumping over the Indo-Pacific oceans during the IOD and El Nino events---Veeranjaneyulu.ch, Andhra Univ, Vizag

15:10 - 15:20

(2.5) Seasonal prediction of Indian summer monsoon in the NCEP CFSV2: Role of oceanic initial conditions----Vimal Koul, SP Pune Univ

15:20 - 15:30

(2.6) Seasonal variability of Indian ocean using variance-preserving power spectra (VPS)-----Vivek Kumar Pandey, Univ. of Allahabad, Allahabad

15:30 - 16:00

TEA AND POSTER (PS –IV)

CONTRIBUTORY PRESENTATIONS

 

Parallel Session 3 (P3)
Venue: Meghdoot auditorium

16:00 - 16:10

(4.1) Predictability of low level jet in a coupled model and its relationship with rainfall over India ---- Archana Sagalgile, SP Pune Univ, Pune

16:10 - 16:20

(4.2) Clouds-SST relationship and interannual variability modes of Indian summer monsoon in the context of clouds and SSTS: Observational and CFSV2 studies ------Ajay Kulkarni, IITM, Pune

16:20 - 16:30

(4.3) The dynamical linkage between the South-Asian monsoon extremes and the large-scale circulation over Indo-Pacific region----Roja C, IITM, Pune

16:30 - 16:40

(4.4) Trends in seasonal rainfall events over Indian region…..Nilesh K Wagholikar, Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune

16:40 - 16:50

(4.5) Spatio-temporal variability of the low level jetstream of Asian summer monsoon----Shinu Sheela Wilson, Cochin Univ, Cochin

16:50 - 17:00

(4.6) Study of vertical structure of cloud water and precipitaton water during summer monsoon season over the mountainous regions of India---Sudeshna Purakait, IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun

 

Parallel Session 4 (P4)
Venue: Lecture Hall (First Floor, Meghdoot)

16:00 - 16:10

(3.1) Role of diurnal temperature range in delineating Indian summer monsoon rainfall and projected changes in future climate----Upal Saha, Univ of Calcutta, Kolkata

16:10 - 16:20

(3.2) Changes in rainfall extremes over South India----Mahendra K Korade, SP Pune Univ, Pune

16:20 - 16:30

(3.3) Rainfall extremes observed in soil water oxygen isotope values reconstructed from tree ring cellulose δ18O --- Trina Bose, PRL Ahmedabad

16:30 - 16:40

(3.4) Studying the variation of precipitation over Asia-Pacific region with respect to long term temperature and MSLP change----Gargi Akhoury, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi

16:40 - 16:50

(3.5) Source appointment of GHGS during extreme and normal monsoon years----Abhilash Kumar Paswan---- IISER, Kolkata

16:50 - 17:00

(3.6) Projections of wet precipitation extremes in highly populated urban cities of India from CORDEX-SA regional climate simulations for near future climate----A Choudhary, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, N. Delhi

17:00 - 18:00

Panel Discussion and Valedictory session

End of Program