National Institute Of Oceanography( NIO ) -

RameshKumar, M.R.

Designation:  Chief Scientist
Location: Headquarters, Goa
e-mail:  kramesh@nio.org
Telephone:  91-832-2450304
Fax:  91-0832-2450602

Publications

Academic Record:

Ph.D. (Goa University, Goa, India), 1991

M.Sc. Meteorology (Cochin University), 1981

B.Sc. Physics (Calicut University), 1979

Career Record:

Scientist G (National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2009 -till now

Scientist F (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2004 - 2009

Scientist E II (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1998 - 2004

Scientist E I (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1993 - 1998

Scientist C (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1988 - 1993

Scientist B (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1983 - 1988

Trainee Scientist (National Institute of Occeanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 1982 - 1983

Professional Interests:

Ocean Atmosphere Interaction

Remote Sensing

Monsoon Studies

Climate Change

Antarctic Oceanohgraphy Studies

Scholarships and awards:

Dr.N.K.Pannikar Memorial Award for obtaining First Rank in M.Sc. Meteorology from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi in 1981. (Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi), 1981

Prof. P. R. Pisharoty Memorial Award for the year 2003 for work in the field of Remote Sensing (this award was previously known as National Remote Sensing Award) and is being given by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India. (Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India), 2003

Professional Memberships:

Life member Indian Meteorological Society

Life member Indian Geophysical Union

Life member Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Life member of Oceanographic Society of India

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Meetings

M.R.Ramesh Kumar, M.J.Varkey, R.Nagarajan and L.V.Gangadhara Rao, 1983: Wind Wave conditions over the north-western Indian Ocean - A preview, presented at the NIO-NAS Seminar on Oceans and Climate held at NIO, Goa during 28-29, October, 1983.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, S.Satyendranath, N.K.Viswambharan and L.V.Gangadhara Rao, 1985: Sea surface temperature variability over the north Indian Ocean - A study of two contrasting monsoon seasons. Presented at the sixth Asian Conference on Remote Sensing held at Hyderabad, 21-26, November, 1985.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, Y.Sadhuram and L.V. Gangadhara Rao, 1986: Pre monsoon Sea surface temperature anomaly off the western Indian Ocean - A Probable predictor for monsoon rainfall. Presented at the long range forecasting of monsoon rainfall held at New Delhi, 16-18, April, 1986.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, Y.Sadhuram and L.V.Gangdhara Rao, 1988: Surface heat budget of a polynya off Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, during austral summer, presented at the workshop on Antarctica held at New Delhi, 3-6 May, 1988.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and L.V.Gangadhara Rao, 1989: Moisture flux divergence over the tropical Indian Ocean using INSAT IB datra, Accepted for presentation at the Tenth Asian Conference on Remote Sensing held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-29 November, 1989.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and A.A. Fernandes, 1989: On spectra and Coherence of some surface Meteorological parameters in the Arabian Sea. Presented at the first convention of the Indian Society for Physical Sciences of the Ocean held at NIO during 13-15 December, 1989.
P.M.Muraleedharan, M.R.Ramesh Kumar and L.V.Gangadhara Rao, 1991: Some aspects of Arabian sea coastal upwelling. Paper presented at the International symposium on Oceanography of the Indian Ocean held at Goa from 14-16, January, 1991.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and J.S.Sastry, 1991: Annual march of air-sea fluxes over the tropical Indian Ocean. Paper presented at the XXTh IAPSO General Assembly held at Vienna, Austria from 11-24, August 1991.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and L.V.Gangdhara Rao, 1991: Convective activity over the tropical Indian Ocean. Paper presented at the 12th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing to held at Singapore from 30th October to 5th November, 1991.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, 1991: Sea surface temperature anomalies in the Arabian Sea. Paper accepted for presentation at the conference to be held at Okinawa, Japan from 25th August - 30th August, 1992.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, P.M.Muraleedharan and P.V.Sathe, 1993: Precipitable water over the tropical Indian Ocean from Nimbus 7 SMMR data - A case study. Paper presented at the sixth Scientific Assembly of the IAMAP to be held at Yokohama, Japan from 11-23 July, 1993.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and S.S.C.Shenoi, 1998: Hydrological cycle over the tropical Indian Ocean, Paper presented at the Information Technology Conference held at N.I.O, Goa from 12-16th October, 1998.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and P.Schluessel, 1999: On some aspects of air-sea interaction process over the tropical Indian Ocean using satellite data. Paper presented at the National symposium held at Chennai from 16-19 February, 1999.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, 2000: Air-Sea interaction over the tropical Indian Ocean during several contrasting monsoon seasons, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology held at Kochi from 1-4 February, 2000. pp. 118-123
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, O.P.Sreejith and M.Mini, 2000: On Some aspects of precipitation over the tropical Indian Ocean using satellite data, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology held at Kochi from 1-4 February, 2000, pp. 296-300.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, J. Schulz and V. Jost, 2000: A Climatic Atlas of the air-sea interaction parameters and fluxes of the oceans using satellite data. PORSEC Proceedings, Vol.2, 879-886.
P.Swapna and M.R.Ramesh Kumar, 2001:On role of the low level flow over the tropical Indian Ocean and monsoon activity over the Indian subcontinent during two contrasting monsoon years. (Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Indian Geophysical Union Meeting to be held at Hyderabad from 18-21 December 2001).
Sanchita Dey and M.R.Ramesh Kumar, 2001: On some aspects of Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall. (Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Indian Geophysical Union Meeting to be held at Hyderabad from 18-21 December 2001).
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, S.C.Shenoi, J.Schulz, 2003: On the role of the equatorial trough on Monsoon Activity. (Presented at the Indo-German Workshop on Bio-Geochemistry of the north Indian Ocean held at NIO on 24-25 February, 2003 ).
Sanchita Dey and M.R.Ramesh Kumar, 2003: Intense Rainfall events over the Indian Ocean as revealed by satellite data. (Presented at the Indo- German Workshop on Bio-Geochemistry of the north Indian Ocean held at NIO on 24-25 February, 2002 ).
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, S.C.Shenoi, D.Shankar, 2003: Can satellite derived estimates of rainfall capture the intense rainfall events of the west coast of India ?. Paper presented at the ARMEX Workshop on Data Analysis and Initial Scientific Results held at NIOT from 22-23 December 2003.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar, S.C.Shenoi and D.Shankar, 2004: Monsoon Onset over Kerala and Pre Monsoon Rainfall Peak. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Emerging Trends in the fields of Meteorology and Oceanography held at Kochi on 5-6 February, 2004. pp 305-307.
M.R.Ramesh Kumar and O.P. Sreejith, 2004: Annual and Interannual variability of satellite estimates of precipitation over Tropical Indian Ocean. Paper presented at the International Workshop on "Role of the Indian Ocean in Climate Variability Over India " held at IITM, Pune from 23-27 February, 2004.

Any other information:

Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Disaster Advances
Editorial Board Member of the Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences.
Member Board of Studies of Physical Oceanography of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala.

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