Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr.(Smt.) Swapna Panickal

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904538

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: swapna[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Climate Change Research and Earth System Modeling

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D.	Goa University	2006	Marine Sciences
M.Tech.	Cochin University of Science & Technology	1999	Atmospheric Science
M.Sc.	Cochin University of Science & Technology	1997	Oceanography
B.Sc.	University of Calicut	1994	Physics

Research

Climate Variability and Change, Earth System Modeling

Sea level variability and change

Changes in Monsoon Hydrological Cycle

Ocean dynamics and air-sea coupled feedbacks

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year
Member	Working Group, Mega Science Vision, Govt. of India	-	2020
Lead Author, IPCC Sixth Assessment Report	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)	Expert in the field	2018
29th Silver Jubilee Award for the year 2016	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology	Best Research Paper	2017
A.D. Vernekar Award on Modelling study on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	Indian Meteorological Society	Best Research Paper	2017
Member	Working Group on Coupled Modeling, World Climate Research	Expert in the field	2017
Editorial Member, Scientific Reports	Nature Publishing Group	Expert in the field	2017
Certificate of Merit for the year 2016	Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)	Outstanding contribution in the field of Atmospheric Science and Technology	2016

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2023 (Jul)-Present	Scientist F	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2018 (Jul)-2023 (Jun)	Scientist E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2014-2018	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2009-2014	Scientist C	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2007-2008	Post Doctoral Research Associate	Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
2004-2007	Research Associate	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
1999-2003	Senior Research Fellow	National Institute of Oceanography, Goa

Field of research guidance:

Climate change research, Earth System Modelling, sea level rise, tropical Pacific variability, Indian Ocean Dipole, Atlantic variablity and association to Indian summer monsoon rainfall.

Ph. D Guideship:

Recogonised guide of Savitribai Phule Pune University
Recogonised guide of Andhra University.

Reviewer of Journals :

Journal of Climate
Climate Dynamics
Nature Scientific Reports
Geophysical Research Letters
Ocean Dynamics
Journal of Oceanography
International Journal of Climatology
Journal of Earth System Sciences
Advances in Geosciences

Honors & Professional membership:

Member, Working Group, Mega Science Vision, Govt. of India
Lead Author, IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC AR6)
Member, Working Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM), WCRP
Editorial Member, Scientific Reports, Nature
Member, Oceanographic Society of India
Member, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
Member, Indian Meteorological Society
Editorial Member: Ocean Digest (http://www.oceansociety.in/oceandigest)
University 2^nd Rank, Master of Science in Oceanography, Dept. of Physical Oceanography, Cochin University, India
University 2^nd Rank, Master of Technology in Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University, India

Projects:

Earth System Modeling
Principal Investigator: Modeling of SST variability in the Indian Ocean region and its potential implication on regional climate variability.
Co-Principal Investigator: Effect of sensor biases on long-term temperature changes in the upper layer of the Northern Indian Ocean.
Role of the atmosphere and ocean in the evolution of Monsoon-ENSO teleconnections in CFS.

Conferences/Meetings Attended:

International

Participated and provided invited talk in the “18^thWorking Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting” held at Grainau/Garmisch, Germany, during 9-10th October 2014.
Attended Summer School on “An Introduction to the Earth-Life systems”, Sweden, July 7-11 2014.
Attended 19^thWorking Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting held at Croatia, during 18-20th October 2015, through webex and provided invited talk.
Attended and provided invited talk in 4^th IBSA ESM Meeting, Brazil, 27-29^th July 2015.
Participated and provided invited talk in the 20^thWorking Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting held at Princeton, New York, 1-2 November 2016.
Attended “Model Hierarchies Workshop” held at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 2-4th November 2016.
Attended and provided invited talk in the IPCC WCRP Workshop on “Connecting Climate Model Evaluation to Fitness-for-Purpose” held during 23-24 February 2017, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Attended and provided invited talk in the 21^st Working Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting, 9th October 2017, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Attended and provided invited talk in PAN-WCRP meeting, 10-13 October 2017, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Discussion meeting with Head and Modeling Group at ECMWF, UK during 13^th October 2017.
Served as a resource person for providing lectures for the IITM-ICTP Targeted Training Activity (TTA) 2017: Monsoons in a Changing Climate, 31 July - 4 August 2017, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
India-UK Frontiers of Science (FOS) Symposium, Royal Society, Milton Keynes, UK, 15-18 May 2018

National

SST variability in the Indian Ocean region and its potential implication on seasonal monsoon variability over India, 5th Group Monitoring Workshop, S.V.University, Tirupathi, India, 17th-18th October 2011.
Tropical Indian Ocean warming and weakening of Southwest monsoon circulation in recent decades. International Conference “Opportunities and Challenges in Monsoon Prediction in a Changing Climate (OCHAMP)”, IITM, India, 21-25 February, 2012.
Indian Ocean and Monsoon coupled interactions in a warming environment, Fifth MoES-CCCR National Workshop on Climate Change, Delhi, India, 4-5 October 2013
Participated and provided talk in the workshop “Climate Change and Coastal Vulnerability”, 17th December, 2014, at Anna University, Chennai.
Participated in National Monsoon Mission review meeting held during 18-20 February 2015 at IITM, Pune.
Participated in Annual Workshop -Monsoon 2014 and National Symposium on “Vagaries of Indian Summer Monsoon" held during 2-3 March 2015, IITM, Pune.
Provided talk in 2^ndIITM Monsoon Discussion Forum, held at IITM during 25^thJune 2015
Participated and provided invited talk “Earth System Modeling for Long-term Climate Variability and Change” during the Seventh National Workshop on Climate Change, NCESS, Trivandrum, India, August 2015
Attended Annual Monsoon Workshop 2016 & National Symposium on Observation, Modeling & Monsoon Prediction, 1-2 March 2017, IITM, Pune
Provided invited talk in the Research Advisory Council Meeting held at IITM, Pune, 22-23 January 2018
Provided invited talk in the Annual Monsoon Workshop 2017 held at IITM, Pune, 27^thMarch 2018.

Lectures delivered:

Advanced training course for Meteorology, Training course for Meteorologist Gr-II, WMO training center, India Meteorological Department, July 2015
Invited talk on “The CMIP6 Simulations using IITM Earth System Model”, 18^th WGCM Meeting, Grainau/Garmisch, Germany, during 9-10th October 2014.
Talk on “Climate Simulations using IITM-Earth System Model”, workshop on “Climate Change and Coastal Vulnerability”, 17th December, 2014, Anna University, Chennai.
Biosphere and climate, Advanced training course for Meteorology, WMO training center, India Meteorological Department, India, July 2015.
Science of climate change, training course for Meteorologist, WMO training center, India Meteorological Department, India, July 2015.
Invited talk on “Oceanic evolution during 2015”, Monsoon Discussion Forum, IITM, India, June, 2015.
Lead writer on the theme “Long term climate variability and change using IITM-ESM”, for preparing the strategic document on Atmospheric Science, MoES.
Invited talk on “Plan for CMIP6 using IITM-ESM”, 19^thWorking Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting held at Croatia, during 18-20th October 2015
Invited talk on “IITM Earth System Model”, Advanced School on Earth System Modelling (ESM) conducted jointly by IITM, MoES and ICTP Italy during 18-27th July 2016 at IITM, Pune
Invited talk on “Simulation of Indian Monsoon Variability and its Teleconnections in IITM ESM”, Workshop on Climate Change & Regional Impacts over South Asia conducted jointly by IITM and MoES during 28-29th July 2016 at IITM, Pune
Invited talk on “The IITM Earth System Model”, 4^th IBSA meeting, 27-29 July 2015, Brazil
“Improved Representation of Indian Monsoon and Global Teleconnections in IITM-ESM”, poster presented at the Research Advisory Council Meeting held at IITM, Pune
Invited talk on “IITM Earth System Model and plans for CMIP6”, 20th Working Group on Coupled Modeling (WGCM) meeting held at Princeton, New York, 1-2 November 2016.
Invited talk on “The IITM Earth System Model: Development and Future Road Map”, 2 August 2017, ICTP, Italy
Invited talk on “Monsoon Simulation in IITM ESM : Present Day and Future Scenario”, 3 August 2017, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
Invited talk on “Regional Downscaling and High-Resolution (AGCM) Climate simulations”, 4 August 2017, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Invited talk on “Updates on CMIP6 experiments from Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), India” at PAN-WCRP meeting, 10 October 2017, Met Office, Exeter, UK
“Multi-decadal sea-level rise in the North Indian Ocean”, 22 January 2018, Research Advisory Committee Meeting, IITM, Pune
Invited talk on “Weakening of summer monsoon circulation inducing increasing sea level in the north Indian Ocean”, Annual Monsoon Workshop, March 2018.
Invited talk on “Sea-Level Rise and Global Climate Change”, India-UK Frontiers of Science (FOS) Symposium, Milton Keynes, UK, 15-18^th May 2018.

Skills/Expertise:

Earth System Model development and Research
Climate Science and Ocean-Atmospheric dynamics

Referred Journals

30. Krishnan R., Dhara C., Horinouchi T., Gonzales C.K.G., Dimri A.P., Shrestha M.S., Swapna P., Roxy M.K., Son S.W., Ayantika D.C., Cruz F.A.T., Qiao F., Compound weather and climate extremes in the Asian region: Science informed recommendations for policy, Frontiers in Climate, 6, November 2024, DOI:10.3389/fclim.2024.1504475

29. Bhowmik M., Ayantika D.C., Swapna P., Hazra A., Krishnan R., Advancing effective radius parameterizations in climate models: insights from fundamental theoretical studies and CMIP6 model, Climate Dynamics, 63: 7, January 2025, DOI:10.1007/s00382-024-07500-y, 1-16

28. Kalik V., Krishnan R., Ayantika D.C., Swapna P., Singh Manmeet, Sandeep N., Vellore R., Rao V.B., Understanding the response of tropical overturning circulations to greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing, Environmental Research: Climate, 3, August 2024, DOI:10.1088/2752-5295/ad6f3c, 1-20

27. Jyoti J., Swapna P., Krishnan R., North Indian Ocean sea level rise in the past and future: The role of climate change and variability, Global and Planetary Change, 228: 104205, September 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104205, 1-13

26. Swapna P., Sreeraj P., Narayanasetti S., Jyoti J., Krishnan R., Prajeesh A.G., Ayantika D.C., Singh Manmeet, Increasing frequency of extremely severe cyclonic storms in the North Indian Ocean by anthropogenic warming and southwest monsoon weakening, Geophysical Research Letters, 49: e2021GL094650, February 2022, DOI:10.1029/2021GL094650, 1-11

25. Prajeesh A.G., Swapna P., Krishnan R., Ayantika D. C., Sandeep N., Singh Manmeet., Modi A., Ingle S., The Indian summer monsoon and Indian Ocean Dipole connection in the IITM Earth System Model (IITM-ESM), Climate Dynamics, Online, October 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00382-021-05999-z, 1-21

24. Tebaldi C., Debeire K., Eyring V., ..., Swapna P., … et al., Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6, Earth System Dynamics, 12, DOI:10.5194/esd-12-253-2021, 253–293

23. Ayantika D.C., Krishnan R., Singh M., Swapna P., Sandeep N., Prajeesh A.G., Vellore R., Understanding the combined effects of global warming and anthropogenic aerosol forcing on the South Asian monsoon, Climate Dynamics, 56, March 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00382-020-05551-5, 1-20

22. Singh M., Krishnan R., Goswami B., Choudhury A.D., Swapna P., Vellore R., Prajeesh A.G., Sandeep N., Venkataraman C., Donner R.V., Marwan N., Kurths J., Fingerprint of volcanic forcing on the ENSO–Indian monsoon coupling, Science Advances, 6: eaba8164, September 2020, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aba8164

21. Sandeep N., Swapna P., Krishnan R., Farneti R., Prajeesh A.G., Ayantika D.C., Manmeet S., South Asian monsoon response to weakening of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a warming climate, Climate Dynamics, Online, February 2020, DOI:10.1007/s00382-020-05180-y, 1-18

20. Rahaman H., Srinivasu U., Swapana P., Durgadoo J.V., Griffies S.M., Ravichandran M., Bozec A., Cherchi A., Voldoire A., Sidorenkoi D., Chassignet E.P., Danabasoglu G., Tsujino H., Getzlaff K., Ilicak M., Bentsen M., Long M.C., Fogli P.G., Farneti R., Danilov S., Marsland S.J., Valcke S., Yeager S.G., Wang Q., Assessment of the Indian Ocean mean state and seasonal cycle in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations, Ocean Modelling, 145:101503, January 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101503, 1-45

19. Jyoti J., Swapna P., Krishnan R., Naidu C.V., Pacific modulation of accelerated south Indian Ocean sea level rise during the early, Climate Dynamics, 53, October 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00382-019-04795-0, 4413-4432

18. Swapna P, Krishnan R, Sandeep N.S, Prajeesh A.G, Ayantika D.C, Manmeet S and R. Vellore (2018), Long-term climate simulations using the IITM Earth System Model (IITM-ESMv2) with focus on the South Asian Monsoon. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017MS001262

17. Swapna P., J. Jyoti, R. Krishnan, S. Narayan Setti and S.M. Griffies (2017), Multi-decadal weakening of Indian summer monsoon circulation induces an increasing northern Indian Ocean sea level. Geophysical Research Letters, October, 2017, doi: 10.1002/2017GL074706

16. K. Ashok, M. Shamal, A. K. Sahai and P. Swapna (2017), Nonlinearities in the Evolutional Distinctions Between El Nino and La Nina Types, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1002/2017JC013129, 2017

15. Sandeep S, P. Swapna, K. Ashok, and Jyoti Jadhav and K. Krishnan (2016), Significant role of Ningaloo Niño/Niña in modulating biological productivity in the southern subtropical Indian Ocean in the recent decades, Scientific Reports, 6, 27467

14. Swapna P., M. K. Roxy, A. Krishnamurti, K. Kulkarni, A.G.P. Prajeesh, K. Ashok, R. Krishnan, S. Moorthi, A. Kumar and B. N. Goswami. (2015), The IITM Earth System Model: Transformation of a Seasonal Prediction Model to a Long Term Climate Model, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, August 2015, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00276.1, 1351-1367. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00276.1.

13. Jyoti J., P. Swapna, M. Shamal and K. Ashok. (2015), On the possible cause of distinct El Niño types in the recent decades, Scientific Reports, 5, November 2015, DOI:10.1038/srep17009, No.17009, 1-21.

12. Sreejith O.P., P. Swapna, D.S. Pai and M. Rajeevan. (2015), An Indian Ocean precursor for Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, November 2015, DOI:10.1002/2015GL065950, 1-10.

11. Shamal M., K. Ashok, P. Swapna and T.P. Sabin (2015), Revisiting El Niño Modokis, Climate Dynamics, online, March 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2555-8, 1-19.

10. Roxy, M. K., A. Modi, R. Murtugudde, V. Valsala, Swapna P., S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi, and M. Lévy (2016), A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett.,43, DOI:10.1002/2015GL066979

9. Swapna P, R. Krishnan and J. M. Wallace (2013), Indian Ocean and Monsoon coupled interactions in a warming environment, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1787-8.

8. Ashok K., Sabin.T.P.,Swapna P., Murtugudde R.G. (2012), Is a global warming signature emerging in the tropical Pacific?, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, doi:10.1029/2011GL050232, L02701.

7. Krishnan R., Sundaram S., Swapna P., Vinay Kumar, Ayantika D.C., Mujumdar M (2010), Crucial role of ocean-atmosphere coupling on the Indian monsoon anomalous response during dipole events, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0830-2, 1-17.

6. Sundaram S., Krishnan R., Dey A., Swapna P. (2010), Dynamics of intensification of the boreal summer monsoon flow during IOD events, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, online, DOI 10.1007/s00703-010-0066-z, 1-15.

5. Swapna P, Jianping Gan, Alexis Lau and Jimmy Fung (2009), On the warm/cold regime shift in the South China Sea: Observation and modelling study, Deep Sea Research I, 56, 1039–1056.

4. R. Krishnan and P. Swapna (2009), Significant influence of boreal summer monsoon flow on the Indian Ocean response during dipole events, Journal of Climate, 22, 5611-5634.

3. Swapna P., N. Bahulayan and N.A. Diansky (2009), Upper ocean variability in the Bay of Bengal during 2006 IOD, Advances in Geosciences, 12, 197-211.

2. Swapna P. and R. Krishnan (2008), Equatorial undercurrents associated with Indian Ocean Dipole events during contrasting summer monsoons, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L14S04, doi:10.1029/2008GL033430.

1. Swapna P. and M.R. Ramesh Kumar (2002), Role of low level flow on the summer monsoon rainfall over the Indian subcontinent during two contrasting monsoon years, Journal of Indian Geophysical Union, 6, 123-137, 2002.

Proceedings, Books, Research Reports

Other research publications

Sl. No	Title of the paper	Author(s)	Report Details
1	Interim Report on Climate Change over India, Edited by Dr. R. Krishnan and J. Sanjay	R. Krishnan and P. Swapna	Chapter 3: The IITM Earth System Model (IITM ESM); http://cccr.tropmet.res.in/home/reports.jsp
2	Working Group Report, Report of the twenty first session of the Working Group on Coupled Modelling	WGCM members	WCRP Publication No.: 3/2018, https://www.wcrp-climate.org/WCRP-publications/2018/WCRP-Report-No3-2018-WGCM21.pdf
3	Working Group Report, Report of the twentieth session of the Working Group on Coupled Modelling	WGCM members	WCRP Report No. 22/2016, https://www.wcrp-climate.org/WCRP-publications/2016/WGCM20_report.pdf
4	Working Group Report, Report of the twentieth session of the Working Group on Coupled Modelling	WGCM members	WCRP Report No. 2/2015, https://www.wcrp-climate.org/WCRP-publications/2015/WGCM18_report.pdf
5 6	A Research Report on the 2015 Southwest Monsoon, IITM Research Report edited by Milind Mujumdar, C. Gnanaseelan and M. Rajeevan. Roles of zonally asymmetric wind forcing and monsoonal flow on the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) evolution	Rashmi K., C. Gnanaseelan, P. Swapna, Anant Parekh, P. Sreenivas, G. Srinivas, J. S. Chowdary and J. S. Deepa. R. Krishnan and P. Swapna	Chapter 2 - Oceanic Features in the Indo-Pacific Region During the Southwest Monsoon 2015 IITM Research Report, RR-118, 2008

Research Guidance/ Manpower Development

Ph. D. Students :

Mr. Prajeesh A.G., Ongoing
Mr. Sreeraj, Ongoing
Mr. Sandeep Narayanasetti, Ongoing
Ms. Jyoti Jadav, Andhra University, Ph. D (Awarded), 2021
Ms. Shamal Marathe, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ph. D (Awarded), 2017.

M.Tech.

Ms. Navya. Cochin University of Science and Technology, 2020
Ms. Jyoti Jadhav, M.Tech Atmospheric Science, 2014
Ms. Anju S., Guide, M.Tech Atmospheric Science, 2016
Mr. Ajinkya Thakur, Guide, M.Tech Atmospheric Science, 2017
Mr. Ihanshu N. Rane, Guide, M.Tech Atmospheric Science, 2018

M. Sc.

Ms. Fathima Hashim, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 2021
Ms. Preethi Paul, M.Sc. Atmospheric Science, 2018

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भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr.(Smt.) Swapna Panickal

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904538

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: swapna[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Scientist Profile

Dr.(Smt.) Swapna Panickal

Designation : Scientist F

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904538

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID : swapna[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904538

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: swapna[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in