Mohar Chattopadhyay is an Atmospheric scientist with experience in model development, data assimilation, large-scale climate data analysis and climate variability. She is an experienced numerical modeler with work experience in New Zealand, Australia and USA. Mohar has worked with numerous modeling systems including UKMO’s UM, MM5/WRF and Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) models GASP/LAPS and ACCESS model and 4DVAR data assimilation systems. She also has experience in CSIRO's Cubic Conformal Model (CCAM). More recently, Mohar has worked at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA on Cloudy Radiance assimilation and Microwave Intergrated Retrieval Systems (MiRS). She obtained doctorate degree in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2003.
Mohar Chattopadhyay
(SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | mohar.chattopadhyay@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6800 |
| Org Code: | 610.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Senior Research Scientist
Science Systems And Applications INC - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt , MD 20771, USA
January 2016 - Present
- Assimilation of reitrieved surface pressure from Orbitting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO2) in GEOS5 modeling and assimilation system
- Development and support of MERRA2/MERRA3 systems
Senior Staff Scientist
AER Inc. at NOAA/STAR/JCSDA - College Park, Maryland, USA
July 2014 - December 2015
- Cloudy Radiance Data Assimilation
- Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS)
Research Scientist
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) - Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
August 2009 - June 2014
- Tropical Cyclone Research based on large scale data analysis and regressions to build TC index for the South Pacific region
- Regional Climate Modelling based on model simulations and analysis
- Renewable energy assessment using high resolution Regional Climate Modelsimulation: model implementation, development and product for renewable energy assessment
Data Assimilation Scientist
Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
July 2005 - July 2009
- 4D Var Data Assimilation in Bom’s ACCESS model: model development, 4DVar Data assimilation, pre-operational setup.
- Development of a high resolution model for BoM’s wind energy forecasting system(MALAPS): model development, data assimilation and pre-operational testing
Mesoscale Modeller
Met. Service NZ - Wellington, NZ
January 2002 - December 2004
Education
- 2003 : PhD in Atmospheric Physics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
- 1997 : MSc in Physics, University Department of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, India
- 1994 : BSc in Physics, University of Mumbai
Awards
- World Meteorological Day 2010, Bureau Excellence Award presented to the members of ACCESS model development team
- CSIRO Award for Science Excellence 2013: Award presented to the members of ACCESS model development team
Other Professional Information
- Preer Reviwed Publications: 11
- Technical Reports : 5
- Conference Papers : 14
- h-Index :4
Selected Publications
Refereed
2014. "Simulating the climate of South Pacific islands using a high resolution model ." International Journal of Climatology 35 (6): 1157-1171 [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Implementation of the initial ACCESS numerical weather prediction system." Aust. Meteorol. Oceanogr. Journal 63 265:284 [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "On the variability of projected tropical cyclone genesis in GCM ensembles." Tellus 64 [DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18696] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Preliminary results from Numerical Weather Prediction implementation of ACCESS." CAWCR Research Letters 5 15:22 [Journal Article/Letter]