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30. Emmanuel R, Medha Deshpande, Anandh T.S., Ralf Toumi, Ganadhi Mano Kranthi, S.T. Ingle, Application of stream function in tracking a quasi-closed circulation and its characteristics in developing and non-developing tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 14,  3, Oct 2025, 185-202, ISSN 2225-6032, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2025.07.002.

29. Tirkey S., Goswami T., Ganai M., Phani M.K.R., Deshpande M., Mukhopadhyay P., Pattanaik D.R., Effective forecast diagnostics for predicting extreme rainfall events: A statistics-based approach, Journal of Earth System Science, 134: 154, July 2025, DOI:10.1007/s12040-025-02608-z, 1-19

28. Phani Murali Krishna, Siddharth Kumar, A. Gopinathan Prajeesh, Peter Bechtold, Nils Wedi, Kumar Roy, Malay Ganai, B. Revanth Reddy, Snehlata Tirkey, Tanmoy Goswami, Radhika Kanase, Sahadat Sarkar, Medha Deshpande and Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) High-Resolution Global Forecast Model version 1: an attempt to resolve monsoon prediction deadlock, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 1879–1894, March 2025 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1879-2025 

27. Tupsoundare, M., Deshpande, S. M., Feng,Z., Das, S. K., Deshpande, M., & Hanmante, H. (2025). Spatiotemporalvariations in the characteristics ofmesoscale convective systems over Indianmonsoon zone. Journal of GeophysicalResearch: Atmospheres, 130,e2024JD042344. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042344 Feb 2025

26. Camargo, S.J., Murakami, H., Bloemendaal, N., Chand, S., Deshpande, M.S., Dominguez-Sarmiento, C., González-Alemán, J.J., Knutson, T.R., Lin, I.-I, Moon, I.-J., Patricola, C.M., Reed, K.A., Roberts, M.J., Scoccimarro, E., Tam, C.Y.(F.), Wallace, E.J., Wu, L., Yamada, Y., Zhang, W., Zhao, H., An Update on the Influence of Natural Climate Variability and Anthropogenic Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review,. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.tcrr.2023.10.001

25. Radhika Kanase, Snehlata Tirkey, Medha Deshpande, R Phani Murali Krishna, C J johny, P Mukhopadhyay, Gopal Iyengar, and M Mohapatra (2023), Evaluation of the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS T1534) for the probabilistic prediction of cyclonic disturbances over the North Indian Ocean during 2020 and 2021. Journal of Earth System Sciences 132-143 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-023-02166-2

24. Sunil Kumar K, Subrata Kumar Das, Sachin M. Deshpande, Medha Deshpande, G. Pandithurai (2022) Regional variability of precipitation characteristics in Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean from GPM-DPR measurements. Atmospheric Research 283 (2023)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106568

23. Kranthi, G. M., Deshpande, M., Sunilkumar, K., Emmanuel, R., &Ingle, S. (2022). Climatology and characteristics of rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean. International Journal of Climatology, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7945 

22. Singh, V.K., Roxy, M.K.& Deshpande, M. (2022) Role of subtropical Rossby waves in governing the track of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148(749), 3774–3787, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4387

21. Sridevi Ch., D.R. Pattanaik, A. K. Das, Akhil Srivastava, V.R. Durai, C.J. Johny, Medha Deshpande, P. Suneetha, Radhika Kanase (2022) ‘Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity prediction skill of GFS model over NIO during 2019 & 2020’ Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 11 (2022) 36–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2022.04.002

20. Varghese M., Jose J., Anu A.S., Konwar M., Murugavel P., Kalarikkal N., Deshpande M., Prabhakaran Thara (2021) Vertical profile of aerosol characteristics including activation over a rain shadow region in India. Atmospheric Environment, 262: 118653, 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118653, 1-13

19. Medha Deshpande, Vineet Kumar Singh, Mano Kranthi Ganadhi, M.K. Roxy, R. Emmanuel and Umesh Kumar (2021) Changing status of tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean. Climate Dynamics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05880-z

18. Emmanuel Rongmie, Deshpande, M., Ganadhi, M.K. & Ingle, S.T. (2021) Genesis of severe cyclonic storm Mora in the presence of tropical waves over the North Indian Ocean. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1–15. Online, July 2021, DOI:10.1002/qj.4113

17. Mukhopadhyay P., Bechtold P., Zhu Y., Krishna R.P.M., Kumar Siddharth, Ganai M., Tirkey S., Goswami T., Mahakur M., Deshpande M., Prasad V.S., Johny C.J., Mitra A., Ashrit R., Sarkar A., Sarkar Sahadat, Roy Kumar, Andrews E., Kanase R., Malviya S., Abhilash S., Domkawle M., Pawar S.D., Mamgain A., Durai V.R., Nanjundiah R.S., Mitra A.K., Rajagopal E.N., Mohapatra M., Rajeevan M. (2021), Unravelling the mechanism of extreme (more than 30 sigma) precipitation during August 2018 and 2019 over Kerala, India, Weather and Forecasting, 36, August 2021, DOI:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0162.1, 1253–1273

16. Sarkar S., Mukhopadhyay P., Dutta S., Krishna R.P.M., Kanase R., Prasad V.S., Deshpande M., GFS model fidelity in capturing the transition of low pressure area to monsoon depression, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, Online, March 2021, DOI:10.1002/qj.4024, 1-35

15. Medha Deshpande, Radhika Kanase, R. Phani Murali Krishna, Snehlata Tirkey, P. Mukhopadhyay, V. S. Prasad, C. J. Johny, V. R.  Durai, Sunitha Devi and M. Mohapatra ‘Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS         T1534) evaluation for Tropical Cyclone prediction over the North Indian Ocean’ MAUSAM (Special Issue on Tropical Cyclones), 72, 1 (January 2021), 119-128 (https://metnet.imd.gov.in/mausamdocs/17218_F.pdf)

14. Vineet Kumar Singh, M. K. Roxy and Medha Deshpande ‘Role of warm ocean conditions and the MJO in the genesis and intensification of extremely severe cyclone Fani’ Scientific Reports (2021) 11:3607, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82680-9

13. Vineet Kumar Singh, M. K. Roxy and Medha Deshpande ‘The unusual long track and rapid intensification of very severe cyclone Ockhi’ Current Science 119(5) 771-779, DOI: 18520/cs/v119/i5/771-779  

12. Kanase Radhika, Medha Deshpande, P. M Krishna and P. Mukhopadhyay ‘Evaluation of a convective adjustment scheme in the simulation of tropical cyclones by CFSv2’ Journal of Earth System Science 2020, 129:168 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-020-01433-w   

11. Gangopadhyay A., Kanase R., Mohan G., Halder M., Deshpande Medha, Mukhopadhyay P., Srinivasan J., Use of a weather forecast model to identify suitable sites for new wind power plants in Karnataka, Current Science, 2019,        DOI:10.18520/cs/v117/i8/1345-1347, 1347-1353    

10. Suryachandra A. Rao; B N Goswami; A K Sahai; E N Rajagopal; P. Mukhopadhyay; M Rajeevan; S Nayak; LS Rathore; SSC Shenoi; KJ Ramesh; Ravi S Nanjundiah; M Ravichandran; AK Mitra; D. S. Pai; SKR Bhowmik; Anupam Hazra; S Mahapatra; S K Saha; H S Chaudhari; S Joseph; Pentakota Sreenivas; Samir Pokhrel; Prasanth A Pillai; Rajib Chattopadhay; Medha Deshpande; RPM Krishna; Renu Siddharth; V S Prasad; Abhilash S; S Panickal; Krishnan R; S Kumar; DA Ramu; S S Reddy; Anika Arora; T Goswami; Archana Rai; Ankur Srivastava; Maheswar Pradhan; S Tirkey; M Ganai; Raju Mandal; Avijit Dey; S Sarkar; Shilpa Malviya; Ashish Dhakate; Kiran Salunke; Parvinder Maini Monsoon Mission : A targeted activity to improve monsoon prediction across scales BAMS 2019  https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0330.1

9. P Mukhopadhyay, V S Prasad, R Phani Murali Krishna, Medha Deshpande, Malay Ganai, Snehlata Tirkey, Sahadat Sarkar, Tanmoy Goswami, C J Johny, Kumar Roy, M Mahakur, V R Durai and M Rajeevan, ‘Performance of a very high-resolution global forecast system model (GFS T1534) at 12.5 km over the Indian region during the 2016–2017 monsoon seasons, J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2019) Indian Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-019-1186-6

8. Ashok Kumar, Ch. Sridevi, Durai VR, Singh KK, Prasad VS, Mukhopadhyay P, Krishna RPM, Deshpande Medha, Chattopadhyay N. Block level weather forecast using T-1534 model output and biasfree temperature forecast by decaying weighted mean procedure during summer monsoon season in India. Climate Change, 2018, 4(14), 202-223

7. Dhrubajyoti Samanta, Saji N. Hameed, Dachao Jin, Vishnu Thilakan, Malay Ganai, Suryachandra A. Rao, Medha Deshpande: Impact of a narrow coastal Bay of Bengal sea surface temperature front on an Indian summer monsoon simulation, Scientific Reports 2018 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-35735-3

6. Piyush Garg, Medha S. Deshpande, Rohini Bhawar. Understanding Large Scale Characteristics corresponding to Heavy Rainfall Events over Indian Subcontinent, Vayumandal, 41, 2015

5. Goswami B.B., Deshpande M.S., Mukhopadhyay P., Saha Subodh K., Rao Suryachandra A., Murthugudde R., Goswami B.N.: Simulation of monsoon intraseasonal variability in NCEP CFSv2 and its role on systematic bias, Dyn., 43, November 2014, DOI:10.1007/s00382-014-2089-5, 2725-2745

4. Fadnavis S., Deshpande M., Ghude S.D., Raj P.E. Simulation of severe thunder storm event: a case study over Pune, India Natural Hazards, June 2014, 72, 927-943 DOI:10.1007/s11069-014-1047-1,

3. Deepa R., Gnanaseelan C., Deshpande M., Salvekar P.S: Model study on understanding the influence of Arabian Sea mini warm pool on monsoon onset vortex formation. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 169, September 2012, DOI 10.1007/s00024-011-0406-z, 1693-1706 ]

2. Medha Deshpande, Pattnaik S. and Salvekar P.S.: Impact of cloud parameterization on the numerical simulation of a super cyclone. Annales Geophysicae, 30, May 2012, DOI:10.5194/angeo-30-775-2012, 775-795.

1. Medha Deshpande, Pattnaik and P. S. Salvekar: Impact of physical parameterization schemes on numerical simulation of super cyclone Gonu, Natural Hazards 55, 211-231, 2010. [DOI 10.1007/s11069-010-9521-x].

2. Mukhopadhyay, P., Goswami, T., Tirkey, S., Kanase, R.D., Phani Murali Krishna, R., Deshpande, M. (2023). Severe Weather Events Over the Indian Region: Insights from Ensemble Prediction System. In: Gahalaut, V.K., Rajeevan, M. (eds) Social and Economic Impact of Earth Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6929-4_3

1. Mukhopadhyay, A. K. Jaswal, and Medha Deshpande, A report on the ‘Observed climate variability and change over the Indian sub-continent’, Chapter: ‘Moisture Content’ published In a book ‘Observed climate variability and change over Indian Region’ by ESSO, Ministry of Earth Sciences 2016. 

6. Medha Deshpande, C.J. Johny, Radhika Kanase, Snehlata Tirkey, Sahadat Sarkar, Tanmoy Goswami, Kumar Roy, Malay Ganai, R. Phani Murali Krishna, V.S. Prasad, P. Mukhopadhyay, V.R. Durai, Ravi S. Nanjundiah and M. Rajeevan ‘Implementation of Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) at 12km Resolution’ IITM Technical Report TR 06, (https://www.tropmet.res.in/~lip/Publication/Technical-Reports/TR-6.pdf) (2020)

5. Radhika Kanase, Greeshma Mohan, Madhuparna Halder, Medha Deshpande and P. Mukhopadhyay ‘Initiative to Develop a Forecasting System for Wind Energy over a complex terrain in India using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model’, IITM Research Report RR-147. (https://www.tropmet.res.in/~lip/Publication/RR-pdf/RR_147.pdf) (2020)

4. Mukhopadhyay, V.S. Prasad, R. Phani Murali Krishna, Medha Deshpande, Malay Ganai, Snehlata Tirkey, Sahadat Sarkar, Tanmoy Goswami, C.J. Johny, Kumar Roy, M. Mahakur, V.R. Durai andM. Rajeevan, ‘Performance of Very High Resolution Global Forecast System Model (GFS T1534) at 12.5km over Indian Region during 2016-2017 Monsoon Seasons’, ISSN 0252-1075 Contribution from IITM Research Report No. RR-146ESSO/IITM/MM/SR/02(2019)/197

3. Phani Murali Krishna R., S Abhik, Bidyut B. Goswam, Malay Ganai, M. Mahakur, Medha Deshpande, Renu Siddhartha, P. Mukhopadhyay, Marat Khairoutdinonv, Jimy Dudhia and B. N. Goswami, IITM research report ‘Improvement of cloud and convective Parameterizations in Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2): Indian Summer Monsoon perspective’ ISSN 0252-1075 Contribution from IITM Research Report No. RR-135 ESSO/IITM/SERP/SR/01(2016)/186

2. Medha Deshpande; P. Mukhopadhyay ; Michiko Masutani ; Zaizhong Ma ; Lars Peter Riishojgaard ; Michael Hardesty ; Dave Emmitt ; T. N. Krishnamurti and B. N. Goswami
" Analysis and evaluation of Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) forecast data for Indian summer monsoon ", SPIE 9882, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI, 98821P (May 3, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2223656; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2223656

1. Medha Deshpande, Mata Mahakur, Shilpa Malviya, Snehlata Tirkey and P. Mukhopadhyay, The evolution of the 2015 summer monsoon, Chapter 1: Synoptic Features of Southwest Monsoon 2015. IITM report on Monsoon 2015.

5. P. Mukhopadhyay, V.S. Prasad, R. Phani Murali Krishna, Medha Deshpande, Malay Ganai, Snehlata Tirkey, Sahadat Sarkar, Tanmoy Goswami, C.J. Johny, Kumar Roy, M. Mahakur, V.R. Durai andM. Rajeevan, ‘Performance of Very High Resolution Global Forecast System Model (GFS T1534) at 12.5km over Indian Region during 2016-2017 Monsoon Seasons’, ISSN 0252-1075 Contribution from IITM Research Report No. RR-146ESSO/IITM/MM/SR/02(2019)/197 

4. Phani Murali Krishna R., S Abhik, Bidyut B. Goswam, Malay Ganai, M. Mahakur, Medha Deshpande, Renu Siddhartha, P. Mukhopadhyay, Marat Khairoutdinonv, Jimy Dudhia and B. N. Goswami, IITM research report ‘Improvement of cloud and convective Parameterizations in Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2): Indian Summer Monsoon perspective’ ISSN 0252-1075 Contribution from IITM Research Report No. RR-135 ESSO/IITM/SERP/SR/01(2016)/186

3. Medha Deshpande; P. Mukhopadhyay ; Michiko Masutani ; Zaizhong Ma ; Lars Peter Riishojgaard ; Michael Hardesty ; Dave Emmitt ; T. N. Krishnamurti and B. N. Goswami
" Analysis and evaluation of Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) forecast data for Indian summer monsoon ", Proc. SPIE 9882, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI, 98821P (May 3, 2016);  doi:10.1117/12.2223656;  doi.org/10.1117/12.2223656

2. Piyush Garg, Medha S. Deshpande, Radhika Kanase, Simulation of Large Scale Characteristics corresponding to Heavy Rainfall Events over Indian Subcontinent,  Abstract published in WMO 3rd International Monsoon heavy rainfall workshop's abstract volume.

1. Medha Deshpande, Mata Mahakur, Shilpa Malviya, Snehlata Tirkey and P. Mukhopadhyay, The evolution of the 2015 summer monsoon, Chapter 1: Synoptic Features of Southwest Monsoon 2015. IITM report on Monsoon 2015.

7. Medha  Deshpande and P. S. Salvekar 2012: The numerical simulation of the genesis of a cyclonic vortex leading to monsoon onset’ in the proceedings of the international Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in Monsoon Prediction in a Changing Climate (OCHAMP-2012) held at IITM Pune (21-25 February, 2012)

6. Medha Deshpande and P. S. Salvekar: 2012 Numerical simulations of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal’ in the proceedings of Second WMO International conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change (IOTCCC-2012) held at IMD Delhi (14-17 February 2012)

5. Medha Deshpande, P. S. Salvekar, 2011: The numerical simulation of the genesis and intensification of the severe cyclonic storm in the North Indian Ocean. Paper accepted for publication in Proceeding of 6th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS-2011) October 2011, held at Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

4. Medha Deshpande and P. S. Salvekar 2011: Numerical simulation experiments of the devastating Orissa super cyclone 1999, publication in an ISBN volume of the proceeding of Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conf. (DRVC 2011).

3. Medha Deshpande, 2010: Application of Mesoscale Model to Simulate and Understand the Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones, Ph.D. Thesis, Pune University.

2. Medha Deshpande and P. S. Salvekar, 2007: Cloud scale simulation and verification of Orissa super cyclone-1999 in the North Indian Ocean. Paper published in the Proceeding of 4th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS-2007) September 2007, held at Trieste – ITALY.

1. Medha Deshpande and P. S. Salvekar, 2006: Impact of domain size on the numerical simulation of Bay of Bengal tropical cyclone. Paper published in the Proceeding of International Conference (IMPA), Feb 14 – 17, 2006, held at CAS, I. I. T. Delhi.