Jayesh Phadtare

Hi, thank you for visiting my website. I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. I am a part of the ASTRaL and MISO-BOB projects. I am trying to understand the structure and evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer using observations from ships and aircraft. I am also involved in the SWEX project, which studies the downslope windstorms over the mountains of Southern California. These hot and dry winds fan the wildfires in this region. Previously, I was at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Leeds, where I studied the interaction between monsoonal jet and the Western Ghats from observations and model simulations as a part of the IMPROVE project

I did my Ph.D. at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. For my Ph.D. thesis, I wrote an automated cloud-tracking algorithm to study the organization of deep convection from the INSAT satellite data. With the help of WRF model simulations, I also proposed an orographic blocking mechanism for the extreme rainfall events responsible for the 2015 South India floods. This was the first study to link extreme rainfall over the east coast of India to the Eastern Ghats mountains.

Research Interest:


Development of clouds over the Washoe mountains, Nevada, USA.


Print media articles on my research:
What caused the Dec. 1, 2015 Chennai downpour? , The Hindu
A look back into the December 2015 floods of Chennai, Research Matters

Education:

Spreading education: Notebook distribution in Kolar, Karnataka (courtesy: Notebook Drive, IISc)


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