Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Ramesh K. Vellore

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904544

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: rameshv[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Atmospheric dynamics, global & regional modeling

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D.	University of Nevada, Reno, USA	2006	Atmospheric Physics
M.S.	University of Nevada, Reno, USA	2003	Atmospheric Physics
M.S.	University of Kaiserslautern, Germany	1999	Applied Mathematics
M.Tech.	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	1989	Atmospheric Sciences
M.Sc.	University of Madras	1987	Physics (Electronics)
B.Sc.	University of Madras	1985	Physics

Research

Climate Change

Global and regional climate modeling

Dust storms and Aerosol Transport Modeling

Dynamical downscaling

Predictability and ensemble forecasting

Air-sea interaction

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year
Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst Award	German Academic Exchange Service		1997-1999

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2021-Present	Scientist F	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2016-2020	Scientist E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2011-2015	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2007-2011	Post-doctoral fellow	Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA.
2000-2006	Research Assistant	Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA.
1999-2000	Project Scientist	Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
1997-1999	DAAD fellow	University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
1990-1997	Research Fellow	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Research Highlight

Impact of ENSO on variability of AIRS retrieved CO2 over India

Anomalous distribution of AIRS CO₂ during ENSO events over India.
Positive (negative) correlations between NINO indices and CO₂ during JJAS (OND).
Increasing SSTs over NINO4 and NINO3.4 correspond to increasing CO₂ over India.
Clear dominance of SSTs over NINO region on the variability of CO₂ over India.

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Membership of International / National Scientific Professional Bodies

Member, American Meteorological Society
Member, American Geophysical Union

Publications

44. Gokul T., Vellore R.K., Ayantika D.C., Divya V., Krishnan R., Reji M.J.K., Low clouds over the subtropical Indian Ocean and sub-seasonal circulation associations with the Indian summer monsoon, Climate Dynamics, 62, March 2024, DOI:10.1007/s00382-023-07011-2, 2069-2106

43. Hingmire D., Vellore R., Krishnan R., Singh Manmeet, Mety A., Gokul T., Ayantika D.C., Climate change response in wintertime widespread fog conditions over the Indo-Gangetic Plains, Climate Dynamics, 58, May 2022, DOI:10.1007/s00382-021-06030-1, 2745–2766

42. Anshika, Kunchala R.K., Attada R., Vellore R.K., Soni V.K., Mohan M., Chilukoti N., On the understanding of surface ozone variability, its precursors and their associations with atmospheric conditions over the Delhi region, Atmospheric Research, 258: 105653, August 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105653, 1-11

41. Gokul, T., R. Vellore, D.C. Ayantika, R. Krishnan, D. Hingmire (2021). Sensitivity to PBL parameterizations on the marine layer cloud simulations in the southern Indian Ocean. Submitted to Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Under review.

40. Chakravarty, K., V. Vincent, R. Vellore, A. K. Srivatsava, A. Rastogi, V. K. Soni (2021). Revisiting Andhi in northern India: A case study of severe dust storm over the urban megacity of New Delhi. Urban Climate, 37, doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100825.

39. Ayantika D.C., Krishnan R., Singh M., Swapna P., Sandeep N., Prajeesh A.G., Vellore R., (2021) Understanding the combined effects of global warming and anthropogenic aerosol forcing on the South Asian monsoon, Climate Dynamics, 56, 1643–1662.

38. Anshika, R. K. Kunchala, R. Attada, R. Vellore, V. K. Soni, M. Mohan, N. Chilukoti (2021). On the understanding of surface ozone variability, its precursors and their associations with atmospheric conditions over the Delhi region. Atmospheric Research, 258, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.105653

37. Singh, M., B. Goswami, A. D. Choudhury, S. Panickal, R. Vellore, A.G. Prajeesh, S. Narayansetti, C. Venkataraman, R. Donner, N. Marwan, J. Kurths (2020). Fingerprint of volcanic forcing on the ENSO-Indian monsoon coupling. Science Advances, 6, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8164

36. Singh, B., A. D. Choudhury, R. Krishnan, R. Vellore, T.P. Sabin, K. Ravi Kumar, S. Brunamonti, S. Hanumanthu, T. Jorge, P. Oelsner, S. Sonbawne, M. Naja, S. Fadnavis, T. Peter, M. Srivastava (2021). Linkage of water vapor distribution in the lower stratosphere to organized Asian summer monsoon convection. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-021-05772-2, 57, 1709-1731

35. Vellore, R., N. Deshpande, P. Priya, B. B. Singh, and J. Bisht (2020). Extreme Storms. In "Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region (Ed.,) Krishnan et al.", pages 155-173.

34. Sabin T., R. Krishnan, R. Vellore, P. Priya, H. P. Borgaonkar, B. B. Singh, A. Sagar,
(2020). Climate Change over the Himalayas. In "Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region (Ed.,) Krishnan et al.", pages 207-222.

33. Vellore, R., J. Bisht, R. Krishnan U. Uppara, G. Di Capua, D. Coumou (2019): Sub-synoptic circulation variability in the Himalayan precipitation event during June 2013. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. Published Online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-019-00713-5

32. Uppara, U., R. Vellore, R. Krishnan, A. D. Choudhury, J. Bisht, G. Di Capua, D. Coumou, R. Donner (2019): Meridionally extending anomalous wavetrain over Asia during breaks in the Indian summer monsoon, Earth Systems and Environment, 3:353-366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-019-00119-8

31. Di Capua, G., M. Kretschmer, A. Alessandri, R. Donner, R. van den Hurk, R. Vellore, R. Krishnan, D. Coumou (2019): Tropical and mid-latitude teleconnections interacting with the Indian summer monsoon rainfall: A theory-guided causal effect network approach. Earth System Dynamics, Earth System Dynamics, 11:17-34

30. Di Capua, G., M. Kretschmer, A. Alessandri, R. Donner, R. van den Hurk, R. Vellore, R. Krishnan, D. Coumou (2019): Long-lead empirical forecasts of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall based on causal precursors. Weather and Forecasting, 34: 1377-1393.

29. Ravi Kumar, K., R. Attada, H. Dasari, R. Vellore, Y.O. Abualnaja, K. Ashok, I. Hoteit (2019). On the recent amplification of dust over the Arabian peninsula. J. Geophy. Res., 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030695

28. Krishnan, R., A. B. Shrestha, G. Ren, R. Rajbhandari, S. Saeed, J. Sanjay, M. A. Syed, R. Vellore, Y. Xu, Q. You and Y. Ren (2019): Unraveling Climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Rapid Warming in the Mountains and Increasing extremes. In "The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment - Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, (Ed.,) P. Wester et al.", pages 57-98.

27. Krishnan, R., P. Swapna, R. Vellore, S. Nayansetti, A.G. Prajeesh, A. D. Choudhury, M. Singh, T. Sabin, J. Sanjay (2019): The IITM Earth System Model (ESM): Development and Future Roadmap. In "Current Trends in the Representation of Physical Processes in Weather and Climate (Ed.,) D. A. Randall et al.", pages 183-196.

26. Hingmire, R. Vellore, R. Krishnan, N. V. Ashtikar, B. B. Singh, S. Sabade, R. K. Madhura (2019): Widespread fog over the Indo-Gangetic Plains and possible links to boreal teleconnections. Climate Dynamics, 52, 5477-5506.

25. Krishnan, R., T. P. Sabin, R. K. Madhura, R. Vellore, M. Mujumdar, J. Sanjay, S. Nayak, M. Rajeevan (2019): Non-monsoonal precipitation response over the western Himalayas to climate change. Climate Dynamics, 52, 4091-4109.

24. Kedia, S., R. Vellore, S. Islam, A. Kagninalkar (2018): A study of Himalayan extreme rainfall events using WRF-Chem. Met. Atmos. Phys., http://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-018-0626-1.

23. Ravi Kumar K., R. Attada, H. Prasad, R. Vellore, S. Langdon, I. Hoteit (2018). Aerosol optical depth variability over the Arabian Peninsula as inferred from satellite measurements (2018). Atmospheric Environment, 187, 346-357.

22. Choudhury, A.D., R. Krishnan, M.V.S. Ramarao, R. Vellore, M. Singh (2018): A phenomenological paradigm for midtropospheric cyclogenesis in the Indian summer monsoon. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 75, 2931-2954.

21. Swapna, P., R. Krishnan, N. Sandeep, A. G. Prajeesh, Choudhury, A.D., S. Manmeet, R. Vellore (2018): Long-term climate simulations using the IITM-Earth System Model (IITM-ESMv2) with focus on the south Asian monsoon. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10, 1127-1149.

20. Ravi Kumar, K, Y. K. Tiwari, J. V. Revadekar, R. Vellore, T. Guha (2016): Impact of ENSO on variability of AIRS retrieved CO2 over India. Atmospheric Environment, 142, 83-92.

19. Vellore, R., M. Kaplan, R. Krishnan, J. Lewis, S. Sabade, N. Deshpande, B. Singh, R. Madhura, M.V.S. Rama Rao (2016): Monsoon-extratropical circulation interactions in Himalayan extreme rainfall. Climate Dynamics, 46, 3517-3546.

18. Krishnan, R., T.P. Sabin, R. Vellore, M. Mujumdar, J. Sanjay, B.N. Goswami, F. Hourdin, J. Dufresne, P. Terray (2016): Deciphering the desiccation trend of the south Asian monsoon hydroclimate in a warming world., Climate Dynamics, 47, 1007-1027.

17. Tiwari, Y., R. Vellore, K. R. Kumar, M. V. Schoot, and C.-Ho Cho, (2014): Influence of monsoons on atmospheric CO2 spatial variability and ground-based monitoring over India. Science of the Total Environment, 490, 570-578.

16. Koracin, D., R. Belu, B. Canadillas, K. Horvath, R. Vellore, C. Smith, J. Jiang, T. McCord (2014): A review of challenges in assessment of forecasting of wind resources. Croatian Meteorological Journal, 47, 13-33.

15. Vellore, R., R. Krishnan, J. Pendharkar, A. D. Choudhury, T. Sabin (2014): On anomalous precipitation enhancement over the foothills of the Himalayas during break monsoons. Climate Dynamics, 43, 2009-2031.

14. Kaplan, M., R. Vellore, J. Lewis, J. Underwood, P. Pauley, J. Martin, R. Krishnan (2013): Subtropical-polar jet interactions in the High Plains dust storms, J. Geophy. Res., 118, 12893-12914.

13. Tiwari, Y., V. Valsala, R. Vellore, R. K. Kunchala (2013): Effectiveness of surface monitoring stations in representing regional CO2 emissions over India. Climate Research, 56(2), 121-129.

12. Kaplan, M., R. Vellore, J. Lewis, J. Underwood, P. Pauley, J. Martin, R. Krishnan (2013): Re-examination of the I-5 dust storm. J. Geophy. Res., 118, 627-642.

11. Kaplan, M., R. Vellore, P. J. Marzette, J. M. Lewis (2012): The role of diabatic heating in Sierra Nevada spillover precipitation. J. Hydromet., 13, 1172-1194.

10. Horvath, K., D. Koracin, R. Vellore, J. Jiang, R. Belu (2012): Sub-kilometer dynamical downscaling of near-surface winds in complex terrain using WRF and MM5 mesoscale models. J. Geophy. Res., 117, D11111, doi:10.1029/2012JD017432.

9. Kaplan, M., R. Vellore, J. Lewis (2011): The role of unbalanced mesoscale circulations in dust storms. J. Geophy. Res., 116, D23101, doi:10.1029/2011JD016218.

8. Koracin, D., R. Vellore, D. H. Lowenthal, J. G. Watson, J. Koracin, T. McCord, D. W. DuBois, L.W-A. Chen, N. Kumar, E. M. Knipping, N. Wheeler, K. Craig, S. Reid (2011): Regional source identification using Lagrangian stochastic particle dispersion and HYSPLIT backtrajectory models. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 61, 660-672.

7. Lewis, J., M. Kaplan, R. Vellore, R. Rabin, J. Hallett, S. Cohn (2011): Dust storm over the Black Rock Desert: Large-scale dynamic signatures. J. Geophy. Res., 116, D06113, doi:10.1029/2010JD014784.

6. Lowenthal, D., J. Watson, D. Koracin, L.W. Chen, D. Dubois, R. Vellore, N. Kumar, E. M. Knipping, N. Wheeler, K. Craig, S. Reid (2010): Evaluation of regional scale receptor modeling. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 60, 26-42.

5. Paklar, G., N. Zagar, M. Zager, R. Vellore, D. Koracin, P. M. Poulain, M. Orlic, I. Vibilic, V. Dadic (2008): Modeling the trajectories of satellite-tracked drifters in the Adriatic during summertime Bora event. J. Geophy. Res., 113, C11S04, doi:10.1029/2007JC004536.

4. Vellore, R., D. Koracin, M. Wetzel, S. Chai, Q. Wang (2007): Challenges in mesoscale prediction of nocturnal stratocumulus-topped marine boundary layer in the U. S. West Coast during DYCOMS II and implications for operational forecasting. Weather and Forecasting, 22, 1101-1122.

3. Vellore, R., D. Koracin, M. Wetzel (2006): A method of improving cloud predictions for real-time weather forecasting and visualization. Advances in Visual computing. Lecture notes in Computer Science 4292, (Ed.,) G. Bebis, Springer Verlag, 544-553.

2. Grubisic, V., R. Vellore, A. H. Huggins (2005): Quantitative precipitation forecasting of winter storms in the Sierra Nevada: Sensitivity to microphysical parameterization and horizontal resolution. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 2384-2859.

1. Joshi, P. C., and R. Vellore (1996): Infrared remote sensing of total ozone content around the Indian region. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 17, 393-397.

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भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Ramesh K. Vellore

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904544

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: rameshv[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Research Highlight

Scientist Profile

Dr. Ramesh K. Vellore

Designation : Scientist F

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904544

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID : rameshv[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Research Highlight

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904544

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: rameshv[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in