1997 - Ph.D. (Atmospheric Sciences), Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India
1994 - M.S. (Atmospheric Sciences), Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, India
1990 - M.Sc. (Oceanography), Cochin University, Cochin, India
Research Interests
Tropical air-sea interactions
Indian Ocean dipole mode
Intraseasonal oscillations
Tropical convection
Scientific Work Experience
Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center,
SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2002–July 2006
Researcher, Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo,
Japan, 1998–2002
Publications
Saji, N.H., S. -P. Xie , and T. Yamagata: Tropical Indian Ocean
variability in the IPCC 20th-century climate simulations. J.
Climate, in press.
Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu: Role of
narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon
convection. J. Climate, in press.
Saji, N.H., T. Ambrizzi, and S.E.T. Ferraz, 2005: Indian Ocean
Dipole Mode events and austral surface air temperature anomalies.
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 39, 87–10.
Ashok, K., Z. Guan, N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 2004: Individual
and combined influences of ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole on the
Indian Summer Monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 3141–3155.
Behera, S.K, A.S. Rao, N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 2003:
Comments on "A cautionary note on the interpretation of EOFs." J. Climate, 16, 1087–1093.
Saji, N.H., and T. Yamagata, 2003: Possible impacts of Indian
Ocean Dipole Mode events on global climate. Climate Research, 25 (2), 151–169.
Saji, N.H., and T. Yamagata, 2002b: Interference of teleconnection
patterns from the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. (revised for Climate Research)
Vinayachandran, P.N., N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 1999: Response of
the equatorial Indian Ocean to an unusual wind event during 1994.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1613–1616.
Saji, N.H., and B.N. Goswami, 1997: Intercomparison of the
seasonal cycle of the tropical surface wind stress field simulated by
AGCMs. Climate Dynamics, 13, 561–585.
Saji, N.H., and B.N. Goswami, 1996: An improved linear model of
tropical surface wind variability. Quart. J. Royal Meteoro. Soc.,
122, 23–54.
Goswami, B.N., V. Krishnamurthy, and N.H. Saji, 1995: Simulation
of ENSO related surface winds in the tropics by an AGCM forced by
observed SST. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123,
1677–1694.