Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Praveen V.

Designation

: Scientist D

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904828

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: praveen[dot]vk[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Earth System Model development, Climate change impact research, Finite Element Ocean Modelling

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D.	University of Alberta, Canada	2012	Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
M.Sc.	Cochin University of Science and Technology	2003	Physical Oceanography
B.Sc.	University of Calicut	2001	Physics

Research

Earth System model development

Cumulous convection parameterization

Climate change impact on synoptic scale systems

Finite Element Ocean modelling

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year
Post Doctoral Fellowship	New York University, Abu Dhabi	Research fellowship	2013
Post Doctoral Fellowship	National University Singapore	Research Fellowship	2012
Joint CSIR-UGC fellowship	University Grants Commission of India	Research fellowship	2005
Prof. C.V. Kurian Endowment prize	Cochin University of Science and Technology	First Rank in University	2003

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2023-Present	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
2013-2020	Senior Support Scientist	Center for Prototype Climate Modeling, New York University Abu Dhabi
2012-2013	Post-doctoral Fellow	National University of Singapore
2004-2005	Project Fellow	Indian Institute of Science

Research Highlight

Fate of Monsoon Low Pressure Systems in a warming climate

Study finds a decline in Indian monsoon Low Pressure Systems (LPS) activity by the late 21st century. LPS genesis shifts poleward, reducing oceanic genesis and increasing continental genesis. A novel LPS tracking algorithm was developed for this study

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Teaching:

Teaching Assistant for various Earth and atmospheric science courses in University of Alberta, Canada 2006-2012
Completed Level-one of the University of Alberta teaching and learning program

Project Management:

Project Manager of “Climate change Risk Map study” for Building and construction authority, Singapore, 2012

Workshops attended:

GEWEX Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling Workshop, NCAR, USA, 2016
Seventh International Workshop on Unstructured Grid Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf and Ocean Flows, 2008, Halifax, Canada
The Sixth International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf & Ocean Flows, 2007, Imperial College, London, UK

Papers Presented in Conferences:

15. Praveen V., V. Valsala and R.S. Ajamohan, “The role of wind induced shear in northern Arabian Sea mixing under global warming”, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 2018 Washington DC, USA

14. Praveen V., V. Valsala and R.S. Ajamohan, “The role of stratification on Indian ocean mixing under global warming”, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 2017 New Orleans, USA

13. Ajamohan R. S., S. Sandeep, W. R. Boos, T.P. Sabin and V. Praveen, “Poleward shift and weakening of summer season synoptic activity over India in a warming climate”, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 2017, New Orleans, USA

12. Sandeep, S., A. M. Ravindran, V. Praveen and T.P. Sabin, “Mechanism of decline in monsoon synoptic activity in a warming climate”, IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Joint assembly, 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

11. Praveen, V., A. M. Ravindran, V. Valsala and S. Sandeep,”Changes in Upwelling along the Arabian coast in a warming scenario" , IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Joint assembly, 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

10. Praveen V., R. S. Ajayamohan, Vinu Valsala and Sukumaran Sandeep,”Upwelling changes along the Arabian coast in a warming scenario" , American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2016, San Francisco, USA

9. Praveen V., S. Sandeep and R. S. Ajayamohan,"Tracking of Monsoon Low Pressure Systems in Climate model Simulations", 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico

8. Sandeep S., R. S. Ajayamohan, T.P. Sabin and V. Praveen, "High Resolution Projections of Indian Summer Monsoon Synoptic Activity in a Warming Climate", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2016, Austria

7. Praveen V., S. Sandeep and R. S. Ajayamohan,"Relationship between monsoon precipitation and low pressure systems in climate model simulations", European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2015, Austria

6. Hung L.Q., H. Xu., V. Praveen and P. Tkalich, "Tidal dynamics in the Southeast Asia seas", European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Austria

5. Praveen V., S. Sandeep and R. S. Ajayamohan,"Inter-annual Variability of Monsoon Low Pressure Systems in Reanalysis and Climate model Simulation", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2014, San Francisco, USA

4. Praveen V., Paul G Myers, S. Danilov, A North Atlantic FEOM, Seventh International Workshop on Unstructured Grid Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf and Ocean Flows, 2008, Halifax, Canada

3. Praveen V., Paul G Myers, S. Danilov, Impact of flux forcing in a North Atlantic configuration of the FEOM, The Sixth International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf & Ocean Flows, 2007, London, UK

2. Praveen V., Paul G Myers, S. Danilov, An initial analysis of a North Atlantic configuration of the prismatic version of the FEOM, CMOS-CGUAMS Congress, 2007, St. John's, Canada

1. Praveen V., S.P., Satheesh and G. Muraleedharan, Correlation coefficient incorporated joint distribution model for wave heights and periods and estimation of design wave parameters, 2004, INCHOE, India.

Publications

11. Chakraborty, S., A. Sarkar, A. Datye, V. Praveen, P.K. Deb Burman, Y. Shivamurthy, N. Samal, S.K. Saha, M.G. Yadava, R. Chattopadhyay and N. Trivedi (2025) "Precipitation isotopes and monsoon dynamics in the core monsoon zone of India." Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025): 6761. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-88640-x

10. Sabeerali, C. T., V. Praveen, P. Rohini, O.P. Sreejith, and S. Sandeep (2025). Unraveling the challenges of climate models: limited skill in predicting seasonal rainfall in Central India. Climate Dynamics, 63(2), 130. doi: 10.1007/s00382-025-07621-y

9. Sabeerali C. T., Ajayamohan R.S., V. Praveen (2022): Atlantic Zonal Mode-Monsoon Teleconnection in a Warming Scenario, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.21203/CLDY-D-21-00062

8. Ajayamohan R.S., Boualem Khouider, V. Praveen and Andrew J Majda (2021): Role of Diurnal Cycle in the Maritime Continent Barrier Effect on MJO Propagation in an AGCM, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-20-0112

7.Praveen V., V. Valsala, R.S. Ajamohan and Sridhar Balasubramanian (2020): Oceanic mixing processes in a global warming scenario: Tug of war between wind and buoyancy forcings, Journal of Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0173.1

6. Khouider B., C.T. Sabeerali, R.S. Ajayamohan, V. Praveen, A.J. Majda, D.S. Pai and M. Rajeevan. A Novel method for interpolating station rainfall data using stochastic lattice model (2020), Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-19-0143.1

5. Sandeep S, R. S. Ajayamohan, William R. Boos, T. P. Sabin, and V. Praveen (2018), Decline and poleward shift in Indian summer monsoon synoptic activity in a warming climate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1709031115

4. Praveen V., R. S. Ajayamohan, V. Valsala and S. Sandeep (2016): Intensification of upwelling along Oman coast in a Warming Scenario, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL069638

3. Praveen V., S. Sandeep and R. S. Ajayamohan (2015): On the relationship between mean monsoon precipitation and low pressure systems in climate model simulations, Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00415.1

2. Satheesh S. P., V. Praveen, G. Muraleedharan and P.G Kurup, (2005), Wiebull and Gamma distributions for design wave parameter predictions, Indian Journal of Geophysical Research Union, 9, pp 69-78.

1. Praveen V., Paul G Myers, S.Danilov, The role of sub-grid scale processes in Simulating the Labrador Sea deep convection (under preparation)

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