Vittal Hari
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Research interest:
My research work mainly focus on assessing the extremity of recent European drought events in the perspective of long (i.e., 250- year) benchmark period and also on the improving the process understanding of drought genesis. In UFZ, I am associated with the project XEROS (eXtreme EuRopean drOughtS: Multimodel synthesis of past, present and future events). The complete description of the project can be seen in
XEROS
. In addition, my research also focuses on understanding the dynamics of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulations.
Scientific career:
2019-present: Researcher at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2018-2019: Fulbright-Kalam post doctoral fellow at Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa, USA with
Prof. Gabriele Villarini
2017-2018: Assistant Professor at Manipal Insitute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka, India
2011-2017: PhD student at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India under the supervision of
Prof. Subhankar Karmakar
and
Prof. Subimal Ghosh
2009-2011: Master of Technology from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
2005-2009: Bachelor of Technology from Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore, India
Awards:
Fulbright-Kalam Fellowship-2018 from United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) for pursuing post-doc related to climate change in IIHR- Hydroscience and Engineering, Univeristy of Iowa, IA, United States of America for the year 2018-19.
Received IITB Award for Excellence in Ph.D. Thesis for the year 2015-2017 for the outstanding research contributions.
Publications:
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2022 (4)
- Hari, V., Ghosh, S., Zhang, W., Kumar, R. (2022):
Strong influence of north Pacific Ocean variability on Indian summer heatwaves
Nat. Commun. 13 , art. 5349 10.1038/s41467-022-32942-5 - Rakovec, O., Samaniego, L., Hari, V., Markonis, Y., Moravec, V., Thober, S., Hanel, M., Kumar, R. (2022):
The 2018–20 multi-year drought sets a new benchmark in Europe
Earth Future 10 (3), e2021EF002394 10.1029/2021EF002394 - Shah, J., Hari, V., Rakovec, O., Markonis, Y., Samaniego, L., Mishra, V., Hanel, M., Hinz, C., Kumar, R. (2022):
Increasing footprint of climate warming on flash droughts occurrence in Europe
Environ. Res. Lett. 17 (6), art. 064017 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6888 - Zhang, W., Hari, V., Wang, S.S.-Y., LaPlante, M.D., Garfin, G., Affram, G., Kumar, R. (2022):
Fewer troughs, not more ridges, have led to a drying trend in the western United States
Geophys. Res. Lett. 49 (1), e2021GL097089 10.1029/2021GL097089
2021 (4)
- Hari, V., Dharmasthala, S., Koppa, A., Karmakar, S., Kumar, R. (2021):
Climate hazards are threatening vulnerable migrants in Indian megacities
Nat. Clim. Chang. 11 (8), 636 - 638 10.1038/s41558-021-01105-7 - Hari, V., Pathak, A., Koppa, A. (2021):
Dual response of Arabian Sea cyclones and strength of Indian monsoon to Southern Atlantic Ocean
Clim. Dyn. 56 (7-8), 2149 - 2161 10.1007/s00382-020-05577-9 - Malakar, K., Mishra, T., Hari, V., Karmakar, S. (2021):
Risk mapping of Indian coastal districts using IPCC-AR5 framework and multi-attribute decision-making approach
J. Environ. Manage. 294 , art. 112948 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112948 - Zhang, W., Luo, M., Gao, S., Chen, W., Hari, V., Khouakhi, A. (2021):
Compound hydrometeorological extremes: Drivers, mechanisms and methods
Front. Earth Sci. 9 , art. 673495 10.3389/feart.2021.673495
2020 (9)
- Hari, V., Karmakar, S., Ghosh, S., Murtugudde, R. (2020):
A comprehensive India-wide social vulnerability analysis: highlighting its influence on hydro-climatic risk
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (1), art. 014005 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6499 - Hari, V., Rakovec, O., Markonis, Y., Hanel, M., Kumar, R. (2020):
Increased future occurrences of the exceptional 2018–2019 Central European drought under global warming
Sci. Rep. 10 , art. 12207 10.1038/s41598-020-68872-9 - Hari, V., Villarini, G., Karmakar, S., Wilcox, L.J., Collins, M. (2020):
Northward propagation of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and strengthening of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
Geophys. Res. Lett. 47 (23), e2020GL089823 10.1029/2020GL089823 - Hari, V., Villarini, G., Zhang, W. (2020):
On the role of the atlantic ocean in exacerbating indian heat waves
Clim. Dyn. 54 (3-4), 1887 - 1896 10.1007/s00382-019-05093-5 - Hari, V., Villarini, G., Zhang, W. (2020):
Early prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall by the Atlantic Meridional Mode
Clim. Dyn. 54 (3-4), 2337 - 2346 10.1007/s00382-019-05117-0 - Hari, V., Villarini, G., Zhang, W. (2020):
Fidelity of global climate models in representing the horizontal water vapour transport
Int. J. Climatol. 40 (13), 5714 - 5726 10.1002/joc.6546 - Sharma, T., Hari, V., Karmakar, S., Ghosh, S. (2020):
Increasing agricultural risk to hydro-climatic extremes in India
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (3), art. 034010 10.1088/1748-9326/ab63e1 - Sudharsan, N., Karmakar, S., Fowler, H.J., Hari, V. (2020):
Large-scale dynamics have greater role than thermodynamics in driving precipitation extremes over India
Clim. Dyn. 55 (9-10), 2603 - 2614 10.1007/s00382-020-05410-3 - Tripathy, S.S., Hari, V., Karmakar, S., Ghosh, S. (2020):
Flood risk forecasting at weather to medium range incorporating weather model, topography, socio-economic information and land use exposure
Adv. Water Resour. 146 , art. 103785 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103785
Research outreach:
Our recent article in Scientific Reports is highlighted in guardian , Nature research highlights , dailymail , france24 , FOCUS online , Deutsche Welle , mdr and other 25 news outlets. Also this work is cited in World bank report policy document.
My article published in Plos one is highlighted in scroll , focus , sify and hindu