1997 - Ph.D. (Atmospheric Sciences), Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India
1994 - M.S. (Atmospheric Sciences), Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, India
1990 - M.Sc. (Oceanography), Cochin University, Cochin, India
Research Interests
Tropical air-sea interactions
Indian Ocean dipole mode
Intraseasonal oscillations
Tropical convection
Scientific Work Experience
Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center,
SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2002 – July 2006
Researcher, Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo,
Japan, 1998 – 2002
Publications
Saji, N.H., S. -P. Xie , and T. Yamagata: Tropical Indian Ocean
variability in the IPCC 20th-century climate simulations. J.
Climate, in press.
Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu: Role of
narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon
convection. J. Climate, in press.
Saji, N.H., T. Ambrizzi, and S.E.T. Ferraz, 2005: Indian Ocean
Dipole Mode events and austral surface air temperature anomalies.
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 39, 87 – 10.
Ashok, K., Z. Guan, N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 2004: Individual
and combined influences of ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole on the
Indian Summer Monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 3141 – 3155.
Behera, S.K, A.S. Rao, N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 2003:
Comments on "A cautionary note on the interpretation of EOFs." J. Climate, 16, 1087 – 1093.
Saji, N.H., and T. Yamagata, 2003: Possible impacts of Indian
Ocean Dipole Mode events on global climate. Climate Research, 25 (2), 151 – 169.
Saji, N.H., and T. Yamagata, 2002b: Interference of teleconnection
patterns from the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. (revised for Climate Research)
Vinayachandran, P.N., N.H. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 1999: Response of
the equatorial Indian Ocean to an unusual wind event during 1994.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1613 – 1616.
Saji, N.H., and B.N. Goswami, 1997: Intercomparison of the
seasonal cycle of the tropical surface wind stress field simulated by
AGCMs. Climate Dynamics, 13, 561 – 585.
Saji, N.H., and B.N. Goswami, 1996: An improved linear model of
tropical surface wind variability. Quart. J. Royal Meteoro. Soc.,
122, 23 – 54.
Goswami, B.N., V. Krishnamurthy, and N.H. Saji, 1995: Simulation
of ENSO related surface winds in the tropics by an AGCM forced by
observed SST. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123,
1677 – 1694.