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H. Annamalai

Senior Researcher
Affiliate Researcher, Meteorology

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Phone: (808) 956-5646
Fax: (808) 956-9425
Email:
Webpage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/~hanna/

Education

Ph. D. - 1995, Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Title: A diagnostic and predictive study of the Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall variability
M.Tech. - 1986, Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
M.Sc.- 1984, Physics, Madurai University, India
B.Sc. - 1982, Physics, Madurai University, India

Research Interests

Diagnostic and Modeling aspects of the Asian Summer Monsoon system
Prediction and Predictability of the Asian Summer Monsoon system
Dynamical and Physical link between Monsoon-ENSO
Asian Summer Monsoon system and Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation
Predictability of the Tropical Climate system

Scientific Work Experience

Senior Researcher, International Pacific Researcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2009 – present
Associate Researcher, International Pacific Researcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2004 – 2009
Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Researcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2001 – 2004
Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA, 1999 – 2001
Post-doctoral Research Scientist, CGAM, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, U.K, in the EC funded Monsoon Project SHIVA, 1996 – 1999
Project Associate, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1994 – 1996
Senior Research fellow at the Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1988 – 1993

Professional Service and Activities

Invited Lectures in International Conferences

Relationship between Intraseasonal and Interannual variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Invited talk at the Scale Interactions session, European Geophysical Society (EGS-98) Annual Conference, April 1998, Nice, France
Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon: Invited talk at the Workshop: El Nino, Southern Oscillation and Monsoon, 15-26 July, 1996, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

Reviewer for International Journals

Journal of Climate
Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society
Weather
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

International Project (on-going)

H. Annamalai, J.M. Slingo and K.R. Sperber: Intraseasonal Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Intercomparison of the Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs) participating in AMIP II phase

Refereed Publications

Annamalai, H., J. Hafner, K.P. Sooraj and P. Pillai, in press: Global warming shifts the monsoon circulation, drying South Asia J. Climate, IPRC-920.
Sperber, K.R., H. Annamalai, I.-S. Kang, A. Kitoh, A. Moise, A. Turner, B. Wang, and T. Zhou, in press: The Asian Summer Monsoon: An Intercomparison of CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 Simulations of the Late 20th Century. Clim. Dyn., IPRC-932.
Meehl, G., J. Arblaster, J. Caron, H. Annamalai, M. Jochum, A. Chakraborty, and R. Murtugudde, 2012: Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4, Part 1: The Asian-Australian monsoon. J. Climate, 25, 2583-2608, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00184.1. IPRC-821.
Pillai, P.A., and H. Annamalai, 2012: Moist Dynamics of Severe Monsoons over South Asia: Role of the Tropical SST. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 97-115, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-056.1. IPRC-807.
Prasanna, V., and H. Annamalai, 2012: Moist dynamics of extended monsoon breaks over south Asia. J. Climate, 25 (11), 381034220022, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00459.1. IPRC-833.
Sooraj, K.P., H. Annamalai, A. Kumar, and H. Wang, 2012: A Comprehensive Assessment of CFS Seasonal Forecasts over the Tropics Wea. Forecasting, 27, 3‐27, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00014.1. IPRC-815.
Turner, A., and H. Annamalai, 2012: Climate change and the South Asian monsoon. Nature Climate Change, 2, 587-595, doi:10.1038/nclimate1495. IPRC-869.
Ajayamohan, R.S., H. Annamalai, J.-J. Luo, J. Hafner, and T. Yamagata, 2011: Poleward Propagation of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations in a Coupled Model: Role of Internal Processes. Clim. Dyn., 37, 851-867, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0839-6.
Annamalai, H., 2011: Modeling the Monsoons in a Changing Climate In E. Carayannis (Ed.), Planet Earth 2011 - Global Warming Challenges and Opportunities for Policy and Practice, InTech, ISBN 978-953-307-733-8, doi:10.5772/24041. IPRC-803.
Nagothu, U. S., B. Geethalakshmi, H. Annamalai, A. Lakshmanan, 2011: Sustainable rice production on a warmer planet: Linking science, stakeholders and policy. New Delhi, Macmillan Publ. India, Ltd.
Annamalai, H., 2010: Moist dynamical linkage between the equatorial Indian Ocean and the south Asian monsoon trough. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 589–610.
Annamalai, H., S. Kida and J. Hafner, 2010: Potential impact of the tropical Indian Ocean - Indonesian Seas on El Niño characteristics. J. Climate, 23, 3933–3952.
Liu, P., Y. Kajikawa, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, T. Li, H. Annamalai, X. Fu, K. Kikuchi, R. Mizuta, K. Rajendran, D. E. Waliser, and D. Kim, 2009: Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in the MRI-20km60L AGCM. J. Climate, 22 (8), 2006–2022, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2406.1.
Liu, P., M. Satoh, B. Wang, H. Fudeyasu, T. Nasuno, T. Li, H. Miura, H. Taniguchi, H. Masunaga, X. Fu, and H. Annamalai, 2009: An MJO Simulated by the NICAM at 14-km and 7-km Resolutions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3254-3268.
Stowasser, M., H. Annamalai, and J. Hafner, 2009: Response of the South Asian Summer Monsoon to global warming: Mean and Synoptic systems. J. Climate, 22 (4), 1014–1036.
Sperber, K.R., and H. Annamalai, 2008: Coupled model simulations of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability, Part I: Systematic errors and caution on use of metrics. Clim. Dyn., 31, 345–372.
Annamalai, H., K. Hamilton, and K.R. Sperber, 2007: South Asian Summer Monsoon and its relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 simulations. J. Climate, 20,1071–1092.
Annamalai, H., H. Okajima, and M. Watanabe, 2007: Possible impact of the Indian Ocean SST on the Northern Hemisphere circulation during El Niño. J. Climate, 20, 3164–3189.
Annamalai, H., and P. Liu, 2005: Response of the Asian Summer Monsoon to changes in ENSO properties. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 131, 805–831.
Annamalai, H., and K.R. Sperber, 2005: Regional heat sources and the active and break phases of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2726–2748.
Annamalai, H., P. Liu, and S.-P. Xie, 2005: Southwest Indian Ocean SST variability: Its local effect and remote influence on Asian Monsoons. J. Climate, 18, 4150–4167.
Annamalai, H., J. Potemra, R. Murtugudde, and J.P. McCreary, 2005: Effect of preconditioning on the extreme climate events in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 3450–3469.
Annamalai, H., S.-P. Xie, J.P. McCreary, and R. Murtugudde, 2005: Impact of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature on developing El Niño. J. Climate, 18, 302–319.
Annamalai, H., and R. Murtugudde, 2004: Role of the Indian Ocean in regional climate variability. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph, 147, 213–246.
Annamalai, H., R. Murtugudde, J. Potemra, S.P. Xie, P. Liu, and B. Wang, 2003: Coupled dynamics over the Indian Ocean: Spring initiation of the zonal mode. Deep Sea Research II, 50, 2305–2330.
Xie, S.-P., H. Annamalai, F.A. Schott, and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Structure and mechanisms of South Indian Ocean climate variability. J. Climate, 15, 864–878.
Annamalai, H., and J.M. Slingo, 2001: Active/break cycles: Diagnosis of the intraseasonal variability of the Asian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics, 18, 85–102.
Sperber, K.R., J.M. Slingo, and H. Annamalai, 2000: Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon. Quart. Journal of the Royal Met. Society, 126, 2545–2574.
Slingo, J.M., and H. Annamalai, 2000: 1997: The El Niño of the century and the response of the Indian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1778–1797.
Goswami, B.N., V. Krishnamurthy, and H. Annamalai, 1999: A Broad scale circulation index for the Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 611–633.
Annamalai, H., J.M. Slingo, K.R. Sperber, and K. Hodges, 1999: The Mean evolution and Variability of the Asian summer monsoon: Comparison of ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1157–1186.
Annamalai, H., J.M. Slingo, K. Hodges, R. Rupakumar and P. Tschuck, 1998: SHIVA Atlas: Climatology of the Asian Summer Monsoon, 1979–95. Published by European Commission funded SHIVA project.
Annamalai, H., and J.M. Slingo, 1998: The Asian summer monsoon, 1997. Weather, 53, 284–287.
Goswami, B.N., and H. Annamalai, 1996: Origin of a trend in ECMWF wind analysis and its objective removal. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci), 105, 101–117.
Annamalai, H., 1995: Intrinsic problems in the seasonal prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Met. Atmos. Phys., 55, 61–76.

Scientific Reports

K.R. Sperber, J.M. Slingo, and H. Annamalai, 1999: Predictability and relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon. PCMDI, Scientic Report, 1999.
M.J. Rodwell, H. Annamalai, M.K. Soman, and J.M. Slingo: The Asian summer monsoon of 1996. UGAMP Technical report, 1998.
B.N. Goswami, V. Krishnamurthy, and H. Annamalai, 1997: A broad scale circulation index for the interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon. COLA, Technical Report, No. 46.