South Asian precipitation, a seamless assessment
The full title of this project is South Asian precipitation, a seamless assessment (SAPRISE).
Background to the project
The Indian summer monsoon provides about 80% of annual rainfall to around a billion people in South Asia and variations in its timing, intensity and duration have a dramatic impact on society. The weather and climate in the South Asian region is influenced the Indian and remote ocean basins via teleconnections to phenomena such as El Niño. Aerosol particles are also key component of the South Asian atmosphere due to the prevalence of cooking fires over the Indo-Gangetic Plain and dust blown from local and remote deserts. Key tools to understand variations in S. Asian precipitation are new climate models that simulate the interactions between the different teleconnections and aerosols, and new observations, especially those from satellites.
Objectives
The main aims of the project are to advance our understanding of the physical processes that control the Indian monsoon and its variations on time scales from seasons to centuries. We will utilize the latest numerical model simulations and hindcasts, particularly those from CMIP5, and integrations with the latest version of the Met Office Hadley Centre model, HadGEM3. A seamless approach will link seasonal, decadal and centennial variability and change via understanding of physical processes.
Project members
Prof Mat Collins, University of Exeter
Dr Indrani Roy, University of Exeter
Dr B. Bhaskaran, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Alberto Arribas, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Viju John, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Richard Levine, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Gill Martin, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Sean Milton, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Jane Mulchay, Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
Dr Andy Turner, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
Dr Richard Allan, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
Prof Ellie Highwood, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
Dr Liang Guo, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
Prof Krishna AchutaRao, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Dr Sagnik Dey, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Dr D.R. Pattanaik, India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Dr E.N. Rajagopal, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
Dr Raghu Ashrit, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
Dr Gopal Iyengar, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
Dr Ashis K. Mitra, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
Dr John P. George, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
Dr Vikram M. Mehta, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Gujarat
Dr Satyendra Bhandari, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Gujarat
Dr Bhashi H. Vaid, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Gujarat
Mr Dhaval Prajapati, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Gujarat
Dr Rohit Srivastava, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Gujarat
Dr K. Ashok, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
Dr Jayasree Revadekar, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
Mr Sudhir Sabade, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
Prof S.N. Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Prof P.C. Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
Dr Mihir Kumar Dash, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
Tamara Janes, Met Office
Dr Amanda Lindsay, Met Office
Related publications
Sawamura, P., Vernier, J.P., Barnes, J.E., Berkoff, T.A., Welton E.J., Alados-Arboledas, L. Navas-Guzmán, F., Pappalardo, G., Mona, L., Madonna, F., Lange, D., Sicard, M., Godin-Beekmann, S., Payen, G., Wang, Z., Hu, S., Tripathi, S.N., Cordoba-Jabonero, C. and Hoff, R.M. 2012. Stratospheric AOD after the 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano measured by lidars over the Northern Hemisphere. Environmental Research Letters, 7(3), 034013.
Srivastava, A.K., Tripathi, S.N., Sagnik Dey, Kanawade, V.P., Tiwari, S. 2012. Inferring aerosol types over the Indo-Gangetic Basin from ground based sunphotometer measurements. Atmospheric Research 109-110 (2012) 64–75.
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