Raju Attada, PhD

​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.

• ​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

• ​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

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

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

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

• ​Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)