Sajani Surendran

Research Interests

• Multiscale Modelling of Weather and Climate

• Climate Change Projection and Impact Assessment

• Simulation & Prediction of Monsoon & Variability

• Climate Sensitivity to aerosols

Educational Qualifications

Employment Experience

SCI Publications since 2010

1. Arya V B, Sajani Surendran, K Rajendran, 2020: On the buildup of dust aerosols and possible indirect effect during Indian summer monsoon break spells using recent satellite observations of aerosols and cloud properties. Journal of Earth System Sciences, in press.

2. Stella Jes Varghese, Sajani Surendran, K Rajendran, A Kitoh, 2020: Future projections of Indian Summer Monsoon under multiple RCPs using a high resolution global climate model multiforcing ensemble simulations. Climate Dynamics, 54, 1315-1328 pp.

3. Stella Jes Varghese, Sajani Surendran, B Ajithkumar, K Rajendran, A Kitoh, 2020: Future changes in rice yield over Kerala using climate change scenario from high resolution global climate model projection. Journal of Earth System Sciences, 129, 192 pp.

4. Rajendran K, Sulochana Gadgil, Sajani Surendran, 2019: Monsoon Season Local Control on Precipitation over Warm Tropical Oceans.  Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 131, 1451-1465 pp.

5. Sajani Surendran, Sulochana Gadgil, K. Rajendran, Stella Jes Varghese, A Kitoh, 2019: Monsoon rainfall over India in June and link with northwest tropical pacific- June ISMR and link with northwest tropical Pacific. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 135 (3-4), 1195-1213 pp.

6. Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, Sajani Surendran, 2018: Monsoon Climate Change Projection for the Orographic West Coast of India using High Resolution Nested Dynamical Downscaling Model. J. Geophys. Res.- Atmospheres, 123 (15), 7821—7838 pp.

7. Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, A Kitoh, Stella Jes Varghese, 2016: Reduction of uncertainty associated with future changes in Indian summer monsoon projected by climate models and assessment of monsoon teleconnections. Proceedings of SPIE, 98820D.

8. Sajani Surendran, K Rajendran, V B Arya, 2016: Precipitation-aerosol relationship over the Indian region during drought and excess summer monsoon years. Proceedings of SPIE, 98820Q.

9. Sajani Surendran, Sulochana Gadgil, P A Francis, M Rajeevan, 2015: Prediction of Indian rainfall during the summer monsoon season on the basis of links with equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean climate indices. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (094004), 1--12 pp.

10. Jayasankar C B, Sajani Surendran, K Rajendran, 2015: Robust signals of future projections of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by IPCC AR5 climate models: Role of seasonal cycle and interannual variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3513—3520 pp.

11. Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, C B Jayasankar, A Kitoh, 2013: How dependent is climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and extreme events on model resolution? Curr. Science, 104 (10), 1409-1418 pp.

12. Sajani Surendran, K Krishna Moorthy, K Rajendran , Ravi S Nanjundiah, 2012: Monsoon sensitivity to aerosol direct radiative forcing in the Community Atmospheric Model. J. Earth System Sciences, 121 (4), 867-889.

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