Prafull Yadav
Project Associate-I
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prafull.yadav@tropmet.res.in
About
Active Member in the operation Air Quality Early warning system (AQEWS) [Link ] and Winter Fog Forecasting (WiFEx) system [Link ]
Scientific Careers
Project Associate, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (India)
June 2020 - Present
- Daily 36 hr. Fog forecast during 2020-21 boreal winter for Indo- Gangetic Plain region.
- Forecast and field observational data analysis for forecast skill evaluation and understanding fog life cycle thoroughly. Sensitivity experiments with soil data nudging (HRLDAS)
- WiFEX Model sensitivity test with different initial Boundary conditions, microphysics, eta level, and PBL schemes. Sensitivity experiments with LULC using WRF-chem. model
- Daily running Air Quality Forecast (AQEWS)
Junior Meteorologist, Kyathi Climate Modification Consultants, Bangalore , Karnataka
June 2019 - June 2020
- C-band Radar data analysis and report its product on daily basis to Karnataka government Cloud seeding project.
- Extensive field experience and report weekly Quantitative precipitation index using Rain gauge and Radar data.
Project Intern, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (India)
June 2018 - March 2019
- Work on Project entitled "Study of microphysical characteristics of orographic precipitation during the inter-seasonal phases of Indian summer monsoon"
Skills/Computer proficiency
Project Management Statistical analysis of big datasets (e.g. netCDF, GRIB, HDF, Mdv, ASCII, etc.)
Numerical simulations (WRF)using high performance computing
Working Experience on, Operating systems: Linux, Windows8/10.
Programming knowledge: MATLAB, Python, FORTRAN, NCL and GRADS.
Data handling: Joss-woldvolgel Disdrometer, MW-Radiometer, Rain Gauge, X-band radar, C -band Radar, Lightning Counter, CCN Counter, Fog Monitor, Ceilometer, ECMWF and GFS reanalysis datasets.
Tools: WRF -ARW, TITAN, CDO, NCO, WRF -chem, Origin, BUFKIT, MS-Office
Academic Records
M.Sc., Atmospheric Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Dissertation title: Study of microphysical characteristics of orographic precipitation during the inter-seasonal phases of Indian summer monsoon
2019
B.Sc., Physics, Fergusson College, Pune
2017
List of Publication
- Sachin D. Ghude , R. K. Jenamani , Rachana Kulkarni , Sandeep Wagh , Narendra G. Dhangar , Avinash N. Parde , Prodip Acharja , Prasanna Lonkar , Gaurav Govardhan , Prafull Yadav , Akash Vispute , Sreyashi Debnath , D. M. Lal , D. S. Bisht , Chinmay Jena , Pooja V. Pawar , Surendra S. Dhankhar , V. Sinha , D. M. Chate , P. D. Safai , N. Nigam , Mahen Konwar , Anupam Hazra , T. Dharmaraj , V. Gopalkrishnan , B. Padmakumari , Ismail Gultepe , Mrinal Biswas , A. K. Karipot , Thara Prabhakaran , Ravi S. Nanjundiah , and M. Rajeevan WiFEX: Walk into the warm fog over Indo Gangetic Plain region BAMS (2023) [Link ]
- Preeti Gunwani, Gaurav Govardhan, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav , Santosh Kulkarni, Sreyashi Debnath, Pooja V. Pawar, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Sandeep Wagh, Dilip Chate, Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem simulated PM2.5 to initial/boundary conditions and planetary boundary layer parameterization schemes over the Indo‑Gangetic Plain Environ Monit Assess 195, 560 (2023) (2023) [Link ]
- Sreyashi Debnath, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Prafull Yadav , Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Black Carbon Emissions and its impact on the monsoon rainfall patterns over the Indian Subcontinent: Insights into localized warming effects Atmospheric Environment: X (2023)
- Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Sumit Sharma, Preeti Gunwani, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav , Shubhangi Ingle, Sreyashi Debnath, Pooja Pawar, Prodip Acharja, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Rupal Ambulkar, Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar, Vijay K Soni, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, and M. Rajeevan Decision Support System (v 1.0) for Air Quality Management in Delhi, India (2023)
- Preeti Gunwani, Gaurav Govardhan, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav , Santosh Kulkarni, Sreyashi Debnath, Pooja V. Pawar, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Sandeep Wagh, Dilip Chate and Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem simulated PM2.5 to Initial/Boundary conditions and Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization schemes over the Indo-Gangetic Plain Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2023)
- Gaurav Govardhan, Rupal Ambulkar, Santosh Kulkarni, Ashok Vishnoi, Prafull Yadav , B Abida Choudhury, Manoj Khare, Sachin D. Ghude Satellite retrieved stubble-burning activities in north-western India in 2021: Contribution to air pollution in Delhi (2022)
- Aditya Sengupta, Gaurav Govardhan, Sreyashi Debnath, Prafull Yadav , Santosh H. Kulkarni, Avinash N. Parde, Prasanna Lonkar, Narendra Dhangar, Preeti Gunwani, Sandeep Wagh, Sandip Nivdange, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Probing into the wintertime meteorology and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) forecast over Delhi Atmospheric Pollution Research, 101426 (2022) [Link ]
- Gunwani P., Govardhan G. , Chinmay Jena, Santosh Kulkarni, Prafull Yadav , Pooja Pawar Jadhav, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Dilip Chate and Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem to different Meteorological Initial Conditions and PBL parameterization schemes, Atmospheric Environment under review (2022)
- Yadav P. , Narendra G. Dhangar, Parde A.N., Govardhan G. , The life cycle of dense fog over Delhi: A high-resolution WRF simulation study, under review (2022)
- Nivdange Sandip, Chinmay Jena, Pooja Pawar, Gaurav Govardhan, Sreyashi Debnath, Santosh Kulkarni, Prasanna Lonkar, Akash Vispute, Narendra Dhangar, Avinash N. Parde, Prodip Acharja, Vinod Kumar, Prafull Yadav , Rachana Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, N. R. Karmalkar Nationwide CoViD-19 lockdown impact on air quality in India MAUSAM 73.1 (2022): 115-128, (2022) [Link ]
- Prafull Yadav , Avinash N. Parde, Narendra Gokul Dhangar, Gaurav Govardhan, Deen Mani Lal, Sandip Wagh, Dasari S. V. V. D. Prasad, Rizwan Ahmed & Sachin D. Ghude Understanding the genesis of a dense fog event over Delhi using observations and high-resolution model experiments Modeling Earth Systems and Environment (2022) (2022) [Link ]
Conferences/Workshops
- Yadav, P., Chakravarty.K, and KishoreKumarGrandhi.; Poster Presentation on Study of orographically Induced precipitation over Western Ghats in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2019); 29-31 January 2019; Pune, INDIA.
- Yadav, P., Gayathridevi.S, Kishore Kumar Grandhi, and ChakravartyK; Poster presentation on Microphysical Characteristics of orographic Precipitation during intraseasonal phases of Indian summer Monsoon in Indian Meteorological Society Pune Chapter -2019. 28-30 March 2019 Organized by- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, 411008,INDIA
Research
- In situ measurements of meteorological parameters (RADAR, Disdrometer, Ceilometer, Radiometer, AWS station data etc.)
- Weather Research and forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem – regional chemistry transport model)
- Chemical data assimilation, WRF-Chem, and GSI
- Air trajectory models (HYSPLIT)
- Operational Fog Forecasting and Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, India
Achievements
Volunteered and Participated in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2019)
Participated in Indian Meteorological Society Pune Chapter-2019
Attended Indian Radar Conference 2019 (Indian Radar Conference)
Workshops : 1. MATLAB workshop Pune2019. 2. Frontiers in Physics Fergusson College Pune 2016. 3. Participated Varshadhare (cloud seeding ) workshop organised by HAL Bangalore 2019
Qualified IIT-JAM Physics 2017
Received the Scholarship from DST, Govt. of India
National Social Service (NSS)
Received the Rajashri Shahu Scholarship.
Participated in sports competition at school and college level.