About me
I am a climate scientist and meteorologist and my expertise can be broadly classified in two key areas: land-atmosphere interactions and regional climate modelling. I have significant expertise in dynamical down-scaling of global climate models, which typically have spatial resolutions of 100 to 250 km, to regional scales of 1 to 10 km. This is important for decision making at the local/regional level. I also do a lot of research on Land-Atmosphere interactions, for example, how does large-scale land clearing for agriculture affect local meteorology and climatology. I am also interested in the dynamics of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, extreme rainfall events etc. Some of my research also focuses on fire weather and air pollution more broadly. I was also a lead author for the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 degrees Global Warming for Chapter 1 of the report on "Framing and Context".