Faculty Profile

 

Name : A. P.  Dimri
Designation : Associate Professor
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School : Environmental Sciences
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Off. Phone : 011- 26704319
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Email : apdimri@mail.jnu.ac.in   apdimri@hotmail.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Doctorate 
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

i. Regional Climate Modeling
ii. Climate Dynamics and variability
iii. Climate Change 
                                    

Experience

18 years of Research (as on Apr 2012)
      i. Scientist, DRDO, Apr 1994 - Jan 2008
     ii. Associate Professor, JNU, Jan 2008 - Continuing  
                                    

Awards & Honours

* Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2010 - 2012)
* Associate (Junior), International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, (2003 - 09)
* Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union
* Technology Award, 2006, Defense Research and Development Organization, Govt. of India
* Siachen medal, Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India
* UGC-NET 
                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

* Adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern India with Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon pattern, 2009 - 2012, EU-FP7 Project: http://www.eu-highnoon.org
* Young Scientists Networking Project, 2007, The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) 
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)

A. P. Dimri and D. Niyogi. Regional climate model application at subgrid scale on Indian winter monsoon over the western Himalayas. Int. J. of Climatol, 2012, doi. 10.1002/joc3584.

A. P. Dimri. Atmospheric Water Budget over the Western Himalayas in a Regional Climate Model. Journal of Earth System Sciences, 2012, 121, 4, 963-973.

G. Semwal and A. P. Dimri. Impact of initial and boundary conditions on Simulations of Western Disturbances and associated Precipitation. Natural Hazards, 2012, doi.10.1007/s11069-012-0304-4.

A. P. Dimri. Relationship between ENSO Phases with the Northwest India Winter Precipitation. Int. J. of Climatol., 2012, doi. 10.1002/joc.3559.

C. Mathison, A. Wiltshire, A. P. Dimri, P. Fallon, D. Jacob, P. Kumar, E. Moors, J. Ridley, C. Siderius, M. Stoffel and T. Yasunari. Regional Projections of North Indian Climate for Adaptation Studies. Science of Total Environment, 2012, doi. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.066. 
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

A. P. Dimri. Wintertime Land Surface Characteristics in climatic Simulations over the Western Himalayas. Journal of Earth System Sciences, 2012, 121, 2, 329-344.

A. P. Dimri and S.K. Dash. Wintertime Climatic Trends in the Western Himalayas. Climatic Change, 2012, 111, 3-4, 775-800.

G. Semwal and A. P. Dimri. Diagnostic Study and Numerical Simulation of the Bombay (INDIA) Deluge. Natural Hazards, 2011, 59, 1, 17-31. 
                                    

Patents (if any)

None