JAYASANKAR C B, Ph.D.

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I am a researcher aimed to understand climate change projections at regional scale. It is important to know the possible future changes in mean and extremes of Indian summer monsoon (ISM) due to global warming which has an immense impact on the agricultural production, livelihood of farmers and the economy of India. I try to quantify the projected future changes in mean and extremes of the ISM at the local scale using high-resolution regional climate model. Expert knowledge in WRF-ARW model for weather/climate applications and CAMx chemical transport model for dispersion modelling. Gained extensive experience in porting and running numerical models in the high performance computing (HPC) environment and handling large volumes of datasets.

Advisor: Vasubandhu Misra

Contact me at jcb@fsu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Science (Atmospheric Sciences - Regional Climate Modeling & Climate Change Projections)

AcSIR, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), Bangalore, India

August 2013 - September 2019

Master of Science in Meteorology

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, India

July 2010 - August 2012

Bachelor of Science in Physics

University of Calicut, Kerala, India

June 2007 - June 2010

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate

COAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

March 2021 - Present

Senior Research Engineer

Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bangalore, India

May 2019 - Mar 2021

Junior/Senior Research Fellow

CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), Bangalore, India

August 2013 - August 2018

Project Assistant - II

CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), Bangalore, India

September 2012 - August 2013

Research

I am broadly interested in Regional and Global Climate Modelling, Climate Change Projections, High-resolution Dynamical Downscaling, Extreme Events, Monsoon and its Variability, Atmospheric Aerosols-Climate Interactions, Air Pollution Modelling. Some research are highlighted below.

Reliable Climate Change Projections Over India Through Dynamical Downscaling Using Very High-resolution Regional Climate Model

Ph.D. Thesis Jayasankar C B
Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), & CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), India. 2019

Advisor: Dr. K. Rajendran

In this study, we dynamically downscaled an appropriate General Circulation Model (GCM) outputs using a skilful, reliable very high-resolution Regional Climate Model (RCM) of Weather Research and Forecasting-Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) to simulate Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and to obtain reliable climate change projection over India and it's orographic west coast. The analysis of the projected changes in mean and extreme events over India and ecologically sensitive, densely populated west coast were carried out after a detailed evaluation of the present-day simulation of ISM by this high-resolution RCM. This high-resolution model with 3-km resolution over WG region resolves orographic features enabling realistic simulation of physical and dynamical characteristics of present-day Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and extreme events over WG, in particular the recent trends in ISM rainfall as observed. Present study establishes the importance of (i) employing skilful high-resolution model, (ii) use of bias-corrected boundary data sets and (iii) configuring model for realistic present-day climate over complex topographic coastlines such as the west coast of India, in order to achieve useful climate change projection information. These climate projections can be effectively used for decision making and adaptation measures in various sectors such as agriculture, hydrology and power generation.

Publications

Advancing the seasonal outlook of the wet seasons of Florida
Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar
Weather and Forecasting, DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-24-0063.1, 2024
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	Using the observed variations of the start date of the rainy season over Central America for its reliable seasonal outlook Rodgers, J., Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0699.1, 2024 PDF \| DOI
	Untangling the dynamics of heavy rainfall events (HRE) in the Northeast monsoon season and exploring its connection to the Indian Ocean warming and the Madden Julian Oscillation Sreekala P P, Sreevidya Ravi, C B Jayasankar, C A Babu Global and Planetary Change, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104454, 2024 PDF \| DOI
	Gap-free 16-year (2005–2020) sub-diurnal surface meteorological observations across Florida Julie A Peeling, Jasmeet Judge, Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, William R Lusher Nature Scientific Data, 10 (907), 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Characterizing the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the western Pacific Ocean from a regional coupled ocean–atmosphere model simulation Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1002/qj.4620, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Heat waves in Florida and their future from high-resolution regional climate model integrations Parker Beasley, Vasubandhu Misra, Jayasankar C B, Amit Bhardwaj International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.8278, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	A Comparative Study Between Regional Atmospheric Model Simulations Coupled and Uncoupled to a Regional Ocean Model of the Indian Summer Monsoon Jayasankar C B, Vasubandhu Misra, Nirupam Karmakar Earth and Space Science, 10 (4),* e2022EA002733, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	The Regional Diagnosis of Onset and Demise of the Rainy Season over Tropical and Subtropical Australia Vasubandhu Misra, Shubham Dixit, C B Jayasankar AMS Earth Interactions, DOI: 10.1175/EI-D-22-0026.1, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	A Diagnostic Study of Heavy Rainfall Events in Upper Ganga and Sharda River Basins, India B. L. Sudeepkumar, C B Jayasankar, B. Lekshmi Mudra, Om Mani Singh Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-023-00954-5, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Dynamic Downscaling the South Asian Summer Monsoon from a Global Reanalysis using a Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, A K Mishra, A Mitra, P Murugavel Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037490, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	Operational Monitoring of the Evolution of Rainy Season Over Florida Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, P Beasley, A Bhardwaj Frontiers in Climate, 4:793959, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	A high resolution coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation of the regional climate over Central America Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Climate Dynamics, 1-21, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	Does increasing the spatial resolution in dynamical downscaling impact climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon, population and GDP? Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 145 (1), 441-453*, 2021 PDF \| DOI
	High‐resolution Climate Change Projection of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall over Peninsular India Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran, KV Ajay Anand Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (737), 2197-2211*, 2021 PDF \| DOI
	Monsoon Climate Change Projection for the Orographic West Coast of India using High Resolution Nested Dynamical Downscaling Model Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (15), 7821-7838, 2018 PDF \| DOI
	Robust signals of future projections of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by IPCC AR5 climate models: Role of seasonal cycle and interannual variability Jayasankar C B, S Surendran, K Rajendran Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (9), 3513-3520*, 2015 PDF \| DOI
	How dependent is climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and extreme events on model resolution? K Rajendran, S Sajani, C B Jayasankar, A Kitoh Current Science, 104(10), 1409-1418, 2013 PDF \| DOI

Reports (Peer-Reviewed)

Emission Inventory and Pollution Reduction Strategies for Bengaluru
Contributors: Anirban Banerjee, C B Jayasankar, Pratima Singh, Udhaya Kumar V
CSTEP, (CSTEP-RR-2022-4), 124pp, 2022
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Conferences/Workshops/Seminars/Proceedings

The Value of Dynamical Downscaling in the Seasonal Predictability of the Winter Seasonal Forecasts Over Florida
Jayasankar C B*, and Vasubandhu Misra
Presented at 48th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop and 21st Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop - Joint Meeting, FSU, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 26-29 March 2024.

Assessing Future Heat Wave Patterns in India: Insights from a High-Resolution Regional Climate Model
Jacob Hopp, C B Jayasankar, and Vasubandhu Misra
Presented at 24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Florida State University, FL, USA, 03 April 2024.

Dynamic Downscaling the South Asian Summer Monsoon From a Global Reanalysis Using a Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model
Vasubandhu Misra, and C B Jayasankar
Presented at EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-1014, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023.

Does Air-sea Coupling Improve the Dynamical Downscaling of Indian Summer Monsoon?
Jayasankar C B*, and Vasubandhu Misra
Presented at AMS 35th Conference of Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, USA, 09-13 May 2022.

Understanding the Onset and Demise of the West African Summer Monsoon
Alex Boreham, C B Jayasankar, and Vasubandhu Misra
Presented at 22nd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Florida State University, FL, USA, 07 April 2022.

High-resolution Climate Change Projection of Indian Summer Monsoon: A Dynamical Downscaling Approach
Jayasankar C B*, K Rajendran, and S Surendran
Presented at Scenarios Forum 2019, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA, 11-12 March 2019.

CMIP5 Based Climate Projections and Uncertainties over South Asia
K Rajendran, S Surendran and C B Jayasankar
Presented at Seventh National Workshop on "Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Development", NCESS, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India, 19-20 August 2015.

Role of seasonal cycle and interannual variability in future projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
K Rajendran, S Surendran, A Kitoh and C B Jayasankar
Presented at LORRI Workshop on Air Pollution and Climate Change in South Asia: Bridging the Science, Imperial College, London, UK, 9 July 2015.

CMIP5 Projections of Changes in Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
K Rajendran, S Surendran, and C B Jayasankar
Presented at National Climate Science Conference, DCCC, IISc, Bangalore, India, 2-3 July 2015.

Projected changes in Indian summer monsoon and seasonal cycle
Jayasankar C B*, K Rajendran, and S Surendran
Presented at First Climate Science and Policy Workshop, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 6-7 March 2014.

Simulation and projection of Indian summer monsoon
Jayasankar C B*, K Rajendran, and S Surendran
Presented at Silver Jubilee International Conference on Computational and Data Intensive Science , CSIR- 4PI, Bangalore, India, 26-28 August 2013.

Projected changes in Indian summer monsoon by CMIP5 simulations
Jayasankar C B*, K Rajendran, and S Surendran
Presented at International workshop on CMIP5 model intercomparisons for future projections of precipitation and climate in Asia , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 26-27 March 2013.

Invited Talks

Monitoring and Seasonal Outlook of Florida’s Rainy Season | PDF
Jayasankar C B*, and Vasubandhu Misra
Presented at Florida Water & Climate Alliance Webinar, Florida Water & Climate Alliance, FL, USA, 15 April 2022.

Climate Change and Its Impacts Over Kerala
Jayasankar C B*
Presented at Ozone Day Webinar, Carmel College, Mala, Kerala, India, 20 September 2022.

Climate Change and Its Impacts Over Kerala
Jayasankar C B*
Presented at National Science Day Webinar, Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kerala, India, 28 February 2023.

High-resolution Climate Change Projections for India Using Nested Dynamical Downscaling Model
Jayasankar C B*
Presented at Alumni Talk Series, Cochin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Sciences Auditorium, Lake Side Campus, Cochin, India, 07 December 2023.

Introduction to Climate Change and its Impacts over Kerala
Jayasankar C B*
International Seminar, Department of Physics, Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Ezhakkad, Mundur, Palakkad, India, 19 December 2023.

Selected Awards/Grants

2022 Postdoc Five Minute Research (5MR) Finalist ($100 Award), Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPDA) , Florida State University, FL, USA
2019 International Travel Support (ITS), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), India
2013 Visiting student/fellow at Meteorological Research Institute/Japan Meteorological Agency (MRI/JMA), Tsukuba, Japan, (JAMSTEC) [1-30 March]
2013 Recipient of INSPIRE Fellowship in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India
2012 University First Rank in M.Sc. Meteorology, Department of Atmospheric Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India

Quotes in News Articles

Tampa Bay area, Southwest Florida saw driest rainy season in 26 years
Tampa Bay Times, Florida, USA. October 24, 2023 News

Editorials and Op-Eds

	Winter Strom and Bomb Cyclone in America C B Jayasankar LUCA by Kerala Sasthrasahithya Parishad (KSSP), Kerala. January 2, 2023 Op-Eds PDF
	Climate Change and Kerala Krishnamohan K S and C B Jayasankar Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus 2023 (Malayalam), Kerala. Publisher: Mathrubhumi. December, 2022 Op-Eds PDF
	Link Between Fortran and Weather Prediction C B Jayasankar LUCA by Kerala Sasthrasahithya Parishad (KSSP), Kerala. August 2, 2022 Op-Eds PDF
	Thirty-five of the World's Fifty Most Polluted Cities are in India C B Jayasankar LUCA by Kerala Sasthrasahithya Parishad (KSSP), Kerala. March 25, 2021 Op-Eds PDF
	La-Nina has Arrived C B Jayasankar LUCA by Kerala Sasthrasahithya Parishad (KSSP), Kerala. September 12, 2020 Op-Eds PDF
	Monsoon out of Rhythm and Measure over Kerala; Caution is Advised in the Water Usage C B Jayasankar Manorama, Kerala. July 24, 2020 Editorial PDF

Very thankful to Jon Barron and Akshay Anand for the template.

	Using the observed variations of the start date of the rainy season over Central America for its reliable seasonal outlook Rodgers, J., Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0699.1, 2024 PDF \| DOI
	Untangling the dynamics of heavy rainfall events (HRE) in the Northeast monsoon season and exploring its connection to the Indian Ocean warming and the Madden Julian Oscillation Sreekala P P, Sreevidya Ravi, C B Jayasankar, C A Babu Global and Planetary Change, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104454, 2024 PDF \| DOI
	Gap-free 16-year (2005–2020) sub-diurnal surface meteorological observations across Florida Julie A Peeling, Jasmeet Judge, Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, William R Lusher Nature Scientific Data, 10 (907), 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Characterizing the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the western Pacific Ocean from a regional coupled ocean–atmosphere model simulation Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1002/qj.4620, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Heat waves in Florida and their future from high-resolution regional climate model integrations Parker Beasley, Vasubandhu Misra, Jayasankar C B, Amit Bhardwaj International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.8278, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	A Comparative Study Between Regional Atmospheric Model Simulations Coupled and Uncoupled to a Regional Ocean Model of the Indian Summer Monsoon Jayasankar C B, Vasubandhu Misra, Nirupam Karmakar Earth and Space Science, 10 (4),* e2022EA002733, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	The Regional Diagnosis of Onset and Demise of the Rainy Season over Tropical and Subtropical Australia Vasubandhu Misra, Shubham Dixit, C B Jayasankar AMS Earth Interactions, DOI: 10.1175/EI-D-22-0026.1, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	A Diagnostic Study of Heavy Rainfall Events in Upper Ganga and Sharda River Basins, India B. L. Sudeepkumar, C B Jayasankar, B. Lekshmi Mudra, Om Mani Singh Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-023-00954-5, 2023 PDF \| DOI
	Dynamic Downscaling the South Asian Summer Monsoon from a Global Reanalysis using a Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, A K Mishra, A Mitra, P Murugavel Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037490, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	Operational Monitoring of the Evolution of Rainy Season Over Florida Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar, P Beasley, A Bhardwaj Frontiers in Climate, 4:793959, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	A high resolution coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation of the regional climate over Central America Vasubandhu Misra, C B Jayasankar Climate Dynamics, 1-21, 2022 PDF \| DOI
	Does increasing the spatial resolution in dynamical downscaling impact climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon, population and GDP? Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 145 (1), 441-453*, 2021 PDF \| DOI
	High‐resolution Climate Change Projection of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall over Peninsular India Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran, KV Ajay Anand Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (737), 2197-2211*, 2021 PDF \| DOI
	Monsoon Climate Change Projection for the Orographic West Coast of India using High Resolution Nested Dynamical Downscaling Model Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, S Surendran Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (15), 7821-7838, 2018 PDF \| DOI
	Robust signals of future projections of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by IPCC AR5 climate models: Role of seasonal cycle and interannual variability Jayasankar C B, S Surendran, K Rajendran Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (9), 3513-3520*, 2015 PDF \| DOI
	How dependent is climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and extreme events on model resolution? K Rajendran, S Sajani, C B Jayasankar, A Kitoh Current Science, 104(10), 1409-1418, 2013 PDF \| DOI