WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP ON PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY AND EXTREMES

About the Workshop:

This 2-day workshop is organized by Prof. Rajagopalan Balaji (Professor, CU Boulder) and Prof. Akshaya Nikumbh (Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay) under the IOE-SCCP phase III funding. It will focus on precipitation variability across micro to synoptic, intraseasonal, regional, and global scales. A key focus will be on the variability and extremes of the boreal summer monsoon. The 1st day will cover processes, while 2nd day will focus on modeling and the impacts of precipitation variability. The program include talks, discussions, hands-on sessions, and poster presentations by IITB faculties and students.

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List of Attendees

Name Surname Affiliation Email Address
DhyeySolankiIIT-Bdhyey.solanki1501@gmail.com
Usman HyderPatooClimate Studies23d2035@iitb.ac.in
RoshanJhaIIT Bombayzharoshan94@gmail.com
Mir ArjumandMirIIT Bombayarjemir@gmail.com
Tasaduq HassanWaniIIT Bombaytasaduq@iitb.ac.in
ReshmaSharmaIIT Bombay204406001@iitb.ac.in
ShivanshTiwaryIIT BOMBAYshivansh@iitb.ac.in
SabirulSkResearch Scholarsabirulgis@gmail.com
GaneshGuptaPhD Student24D1238@iitb.ac.in
MayankGuptaIIT Bombaymayankgupta1990@gmail.com
JUNAIDDARINDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAYdarjunaid_17@iitb.ac.in
Dr. NITINKUMARIndian Institute of Technology Bombay20004136@iitb.ac.in
NiveditaDubeyIIT Bombaydubeynivedita14@gmail.com
AniketNavalkarCentre for Climate Studies IIT Bombayaunavalkar@gmail.com
AnkanChakrabortyIIT Bombayankan.chakraborty94@gmail.com
SubhashisChowdhuryIIT Bombaysubha0chowdhury@gmail.com
AjinkyaKhandareIIT Powaiparadox.ajinkya@gmail.com
VikasSinghMr23d1234@iitb.ac.in
RipanDasIIT Bombaymeet.ripan07@gmail.com
AkshaySunilIIT Bakshaysunil172@gmail.com
Sameer ShafiGanaieIIT BOMBAY23d1262@iitb.ac.in
MohanSarkarCentre for Climate Studiesmohansrkr@iitb.ac.in
VenkateshKasiDepartment of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay22d0285@iitb.ac.in
RaghuLakshmanamurthyIIT Bombay23m0570@iitb.ac.in
PrathmeshJangleIIT Bombayprathmeshjangle123@gmail.com
JitendraSharmaIIT BOMBAYjitendrasharma447@gmail.com
SachinBhereCivil Engineering Department, IIT Bombay204040025@iitb.ac.in
SakshiDhumaleIndian Institute of Technology Bombay23d0305@iitb.ac.in
SmitaRaoUniversity of Maryland Alumnirao.psmita@gmail.com
Anokha ShilinShilinIIT Bombayanokhashilin@iitb.ac.in
RaviRanjanStudent at IIT Bombayravi7412548@gmail.com
GauravGanjirIIT Bombay214406001@iitb.ac.in
AchintyaPaliwalIITB Monash Research Academy23d2027@iitb.ac.in
OishiChakrabortyIIT Bombay23d1236@iitb.ac.in
SakshiSakshiIIT Bombaysakshi24_ccs@iitb.ac.in
Junaid Ul RashidJunaidIIT Bombay23d0739@iitb.ac.in
RosaLyngwaCentre of Climate Studies, IIT Bombay20004193@iitb.ac.in
YasminZahanIIT BOMBAYyasmin.zahan3@gmail.com
SoumyadeepRoyCentre for Climate Studies, IIT Bombaysoumyadeep.roy@iitb.ac.in
RajarshiDattaIIT Bombayrajarshi123.rd@gmail.com
Girivendra PratapYadavIIT Bombay23d1242@iitb.ac.in
PujaTripathyPhD Scholar in IIT BOMBAY214400002@iitb.ac.in
AditiBhattacharyyaStudent23d1239@iitb.ac.in
Md AtifKhanIIT Bombay24d1237@iitb.ac.in
VishalDixitCentre for Climate Studies, IITBvdixit@iitb.ac.in
KrutikaTundiaCentre for Climate Studies, IIT Bombaytundiakrutika@gmail.com
NamrataSankhlaPhD Scholar at CTARA IIT Bombay22d1448@iitb.ac.in
SaqibRashidIITB23D0318@iitb.ac.in
SREYASIBISWASCenter for Climate Studiessreyasi.biswas28@gmail.com
Day Time Activity Speaker
Day 1: January 6th 9 - 10.15 am Introductory remarks: 9-9.30 am
Workshop agenda (10 mins)+
Precipitation extremes
Prof. R. Balaji
Dr. Akshaya Nikumbh
10.15 - 11.15 am Tropical Dynamics and Intraseasonal Variability Prof. Raghu Murtugudde
11.15 - 11.45 am Tea Break -
11.45 - 12.45 pm Monsoon convection (~30 mins)
Role remote forcing on monsoon variability (~30 mins)
Prof. Vishal Dixit
Prof. Angshuman Modak
1 - 2.15 pm Lunch at Civil Cafe -
2.15 - 3.15 pm Process-based understanding of precipitation variability: Monsoon, atmospheric rivers, convective storms
Flash talks by students
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3.15 - 4.00 pm Microphysics and Lightning Prof. S. Ravichandran, Mr. Kaustuv Lahiri
4.15 - 4.30 pm Tea Break -
4.30 - 5.30 pm Hands-on session on Self-organizing Maps (SOMs) Prof. R. Balaji, Ms. Rachel Middleton
Day 2: January 7th 9 - 10.30 am Hydroclimate extremes Prof. R. Balaji
Ms. Rachel Middleton
10.30 - 11.30 am Statistical Extreme Value Analysis for Hydrology Prof. Arpita Mondal
11.30 - 12.00 pm Tea Break -
12 - 1 pm Early warning systems for Mumbai floods
Risk and vulnerability to urban floods
Prof. Subimal Ghosh
Prof. Subhankar Karmakar
1 - 2.15 pm Lunch at Civil Cafe -
2.12 - 2.45 pm Long-term planning of water infrastructure under deep uncertainties Prof. Riddhi Singh
2.45 - 4.00 pm Hands-on session 2 Prof. R. Balaji and Ms. Rachel Middleton
4.00 - 5.30 pm Poster and networking session Open space outside the mini theatre of IDC, 1st floor, RBTIC