Raju Attada, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India

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Research Interests

​Dr. Raju is interested in the development of seasonal weather forecasting system for the Arabian Peninsula. His main job is to understand and predict the atmospheric circulation in the Arabian Peninsula including the Red Sea, and the impacts on Arabian Peninsula weather and climate using high resolution climate models.

Selected Publications

  • ​Surface air temperature variability over the Arabian Peninsula and its links to circulation patterns
    Raju Attada, Hari Prasad Dasari, J. S. Chowdary, Ramesh Kumar Yadav, Omar Knio and Ibrahim Hoteit
    International Journal of Climatology, 39:445–464, 2019
  • The role of the Indian Summer Monsoon variability on Arabian Peninsula summer climate
    Raju Attada, Hari Prasad Dasari, Anant Parekh, J. S. Chowdary, Sabique Langodan, Omar Knio and Ibrahim Hoteit
    Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4333-x, 2018
  • Summer surface air temperature variability and its associated circulation anomalies over the Arabian Peninsula
    Raju Attada, Ramesh Kumar Yadav, Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Hari Prasad Dasari, Omar Knio and Ibrahim Hoteit
    Atmospheric Science Letters, 19(11), e860, 2018
  • Aerosol optical depth variability over the Arabian Peninsula as inferred from satellite measurements
    Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Raju Attada, Hari Prasad Dasari, Ramesh K. Vellore, Sabique Langodan, Yasser O. Abualnaja and Ibrahim Hoteit
    Atmospheric Environment, 187, 346-357, 2018
  • Analysis of a severe weather event over Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Observations and high-resolution model
    Hari Prasad D, Raju Attada, Omar Knio and Ibrahim Hoteit
    Meteorological Applications, 24: 612–627, 2017

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, 2015
  • M.Sc. Meteorology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, 2008
  • B.Sc. Computer Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, 2005

Professional Profile

  • ​2015-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2009-2015: Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • ​Indian Meteorological Society
  • Ocean Society of India
  • Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
  • European Geosciences Union

Awards

  • ​Best Research Paper Award in international conference
  • CSIR-NET Award (Government of India)

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

Climate modelling Climate variability and change Monsoon dynamics Data assimilation