WWRP WORKING GROUP ON TROPICAL METEOROLOGY RESEARCH

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Monsoons constitute one of the focal areas of the WWRP Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research (WGTMR). More specifically, the WGTMR aims to coordinate and advance research to improve our understanding of monsoon precipitation processes (including extreme precipitation), monsoon variability and predictability. The WGTMR also aims to facilitate the research-to-operation transition to improve monsoon prediction from the synoptic to sub-seasonal/seasonal times and serve a variety of sectors, including agriculture, energy and water management. Below is some information about the WGTMR members who coordinate monsoon-related activities of WWRP.

	Zhuo Wang, Co-Chair University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Dr Wang is a Professor of Department of Atmospheric Sciences at University of Illinois, Urbana. Her research interests are primarily in the fields of tropical meteorology and dynamics, including large-scale atmospheric dynamics and tropical cyclone dynamics. Her work focuses on understanding the fundamental dynamics and physics governing atmospheric motions through observational analysis, theoretical and numerical modeling, with the ultimate goal of improving our prediction ability. Read more...
	Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Member Indian Institute of Science Education and Reserch (IISER), Berhampur, Odisha, India Dr Mukhopadhyay is a Visiting Faculty at IISER. Previously he served as a Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. His area of expertise includes high resolution GCM and mesoscale modelling of monsoon, heavy precipitation events and thunderstorms. His research interests include cloud microphysics and its influence on monsoon, predictability of weather in high resolution models and convective parameterization in numerical models. He is also currently serving as a member of the Steering Group of SAGE Project of WWRP. Read more...
	Michelle Simões Reboita, Member Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil Dr Reboita is a Professor at Universidade Federal de Itajubá. Her research focuses on the South America Monsoon System (SAMS) and in the different types of cyclones near theSouth America coast. She is a member of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Climate Studies Group and Interdisciplinary Climate Investigation Center (INCLINE) at the University of São Paulo, and a coordinator of the Research and Extension Group in Social and Environmental Policies (GPEPSA-UNIFEI-CNPQ). She is one of the WCRP Regional Focal Points for Souh America. She is also currently serving as a Co-chair of the Working Group on American Monsoons under the WCRP's CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel and as a Member of the CLIVAR Climate Dynamics Panel. Read more...
	Hatsuki Fujinami, Member Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Dr Fujinami is a Lecturer at ISEE. His research interests include understanding the processes responsible for precipitation variations in monsoon Asia over a broad range of time scales from diurnal cycle to climate change. He has worked extensively in diurnal precipitation cycle, low pressure systems and intraseasonal oscillations and the interplay among them around South Asia, helping to improve understanding of these process that provide water resources and to contribute S2S prediction. He uses in-situ observational data, atmospheric reanalysis and satellite remote sensing data to uncover important processes. He has recently studied the mechanism of nocturnal precipitation in the Meghalaya Plateau and the Himalayas including glacierized area. He is also currently serving as amember of the Working Group on Asian-Australian Monsoons under the WCRP's CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel. Read more...