Education

• Ph. D. - 1995, Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Title: A diagnostic and predictive study of the Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall variability
• M.Tech. - 1986, Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• M.Sc.- 1984, Physics, Madurai University, India
• B.Sc. - 1982, Physics, Madurai University, India

Research Interests 

• Diagnostic and Modeling aspects of the Asian Summer Monsoon system
• Prediction and Predictability of the Asian Summer Monsoon system
• Dynamical and Physical link between Monsoon-ENSO
• Asian Summer Monsoon system and Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation
• Predictability of the Tropical Climate system   

Scientific Work Experience

• Associate Researcher, International Pacific Researcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2004 – present.
• Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Researcher, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2001 – 2004.
• Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA, 1999 – 2001.
• Post-doctoral Research Scientist, CGAM, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, U.K, in the EC funded Monsoon Project SHIVA, 1996 – 1999
• Project Associate, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1994 – 1996
• Senior Research fellow at the Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1988 – 1993

Professional Service and Activities

Invited Lectures in International Conferences

• Relationship between Intraseasonal and Interannual variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Invited talk at the Scale Interactions session, European Geophysical Society (EGS-98) Annual Conference, April 1998, Nice, France.
• Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon: Invited talk at the Workshop: El Nino, Southern Oscillation and Monsoon, 15-26 July, 1996, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

Reviewer for International Journals

• Journal of Climate
• Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society
• Weather
• Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

International Project (on-going)

• H. Annamalai, J.M. Slingo and K.R. Sperber: Intraseasonal Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Intercomparison of the Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs) participating in AMIP II phase.

Publications

• Sperber, K.R., and H. Annamalai: Coupled model simulations of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability, Part I: Systematic errors and caution on use of metrics. Clim. Dyn., in press.
• Annamalai, H., K. Hamilton, and K.R. Sperber, 2007: South Asian Summer Monsoon and its relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 simulations. J. Climate, 20,1071–1092.
• Annamalai, H., H. Okajima, and M. Watanabe, 2007: Possible impact of the Indian Ocean SST on the Northern Hemisphere circulation during El Nino. J. Climate, 20, 3164–3189.
• Annamalai, H., and P. Liu, 2005: Response of the Asian Summer Monsoon to changes in ENSO properties. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 131, 805–831.
• Annamalai, H., and K.R. Sperber, 2005:  Regional heat sources and the active and break phases of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2726–2748.
• Annamalai, H., P. Liu, and S.-P. Xie, 2005: Southwest Indian Ocean SST variability: Its local effect and remote influence on Asian Monsoons. J. Climate, 18, 4150–4167.
• Annamalai, H., J. Potemra, R. Murtugudde, and J.P. McCreary, 2005: Effect of preconditioning on the extreme climate events in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 3450–3469.
• Annamalai, H., S.-P. Xie, J.P. McCreary, and R. Murtugudde, 2005: Impact of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature on developing El Niño. J. Climate, 18, 302–319.
• Annamalai, H., and R. Murtugudde, 2004: Role of the Indian Ocean in regional climate variability. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph, 147, 213–246.
• Annamalai, H., R. Murtugudde, J. Potemra, S.P. Xie, P. Liu, and B. Wang, 2003: Coupled dynamics over the Indian Ocean: Spring initiation of the zonal mode. Deep Sea Research II, 50, 2305–2330.
• Xie, S.-P., H. Annamalai, F.A. Schott, and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Structure and mechanisms of South Indian Ocean climate variability. J. Climate, 15, 864–878.
• Annamalai, H., and J.M. Slingo, 2001: Active/break cycles: Diagnosis of the intraseasonal variability of the Asian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics, 18, 85–102.
• Sperber, K.R., J.M. Slingo, and H. Annamalai, 2000: Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon. Quart. Journal of the Royal Met. Society, 126, 2545–2574.
• Slingo, J.M., and H. Annamalai, 2000: 1997: The El Niño of the century and the response of the Indian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1778–1797.
• Goswami, B.N., V. Krishnamurthy, and H. Annamalai, 1999: A Broad scale circulation index for the Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 611–633.
• Annamalai, H., J.M. Slingo, K.R. Sperber, and K. Hodges, 1999: The Mean evolution and Variability of the Asian summer monsoon: Comparison of ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1157–1186.
• Annamalai, H., J.M. Slingo, K. Hodges, R. Rupakumar and P. Tschuck, 1998: SHIVA Atlas: Climatology of the Asian Summer Monsoon, 1979–95. Published by European Commission funded SHIVA project.
• Annamalai, H., and J.M. Slingo, 1998: The Asian summer monsoon, 1997. Weather, 53, 284–287.
• Goswami, B.N., and H. Annamalai, 1996: Origin of a trend in ECMWF wind analysis and its objective removal. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci), 105, 101–117.
• Annamalai, H., 1995: Intrinsic problems in the seasonal prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Met. Atmos. Phys., 55, 61–76.

Scientific Reports

• K.R. Sperber, J.M. Slingo, and H. Annamalai, 1999: Predictability and relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon. PCMDI, Scientic Report, 1999.
• M.J. Rodwell, H. Annamalai, M.K. Soman, and J.M. Slingo: The Asian summer monsoon  of 1996. UGAMP Technical report, 1998.
• B.N. Goswami, V. Krishnamurthy, and H. Annamalai, 1997: A broad scale circulation index for the interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon. COLA, Technical Report, No. 46.