| Expert Name | Dr. U.S. De |
| Title | Additional Director General |
| Division | Meteorology (Research) |
| Institution | Office of the Additional Director General of Meteorology |
| City | Shivajinagar |
| Country | India |
| Telephone | 91 212 325877 (325928 Res) |
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| Work Experience | I have more than 25 years of experience in the Indian Meteorological Services dealing with research and technical matters. I have published more than 40 papers in the field of meteorology and atmospheric sciences, which have been published in national and international journals. I attented CBS meetings in 1992 and 1994. I also attented the WMO Congress meeting in 1995 and EC meetings in 1996 and 1997. I am well versed with the international meteorological programmes including the World Climate Programme (WCP) and World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). I am also in charge of overall coordination of the education and training functions in the country, I had worked as head of the training activities in IMD. My duties included coordination with national/international bodies in matters relating to training. I had also assisted the development of HRD in universities and research institutions through my association in their advisory bodies.
Presently, working as the head of the offi |
| Qualifications | Ph.D. Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, 1973.
M.Sc. Geophysics, Banaras Hindu Universtiy, 1962.
B.Sc. Physics, Maths, Geology, Banaras Hindu University, 1960.
ISC Eng. Hindi, Phy., Chem., Maths, Banaras Hindu University, 1958. |
| Number of Publications | 40 |
| Awards | 1. Vice President of Indian Meteorological Society.
2. Member of Governing Council - IITM.
3. Paper setter and examiner/guide for 4 Indian Universities in M. Tech. Courses & at Post Graduate level. |
| Other Activities | 1. Nominated Member of WMO Technical Commission on Basic System (CBS).
2. WMO Rapporteur of the RA-II Working Group on Climate Impact Assessment.
3. Nominated by Government of India on the Commission of Climate (CCL).
4. WMO/UNDP Consultant on Long and Medium Range Forecasting in Bangladesh during 1984.
5. Nominated by Govt. of India as a National Expert on WMO/GOS activities under the WWW Programme for the country. |
| Publications | 1. "Dynamics of Orographic rainfall", IJMG, Vol. 29, N°1 & 2, pp. 335-348.
2. "The influence of Southern Hemispheric Equatorial Trough on Rainfall During Southwest Monsoon", Theoretical and applied Climatology, 1995, Vol. 52, N°3-4, pp. 177-1881.
3. "Low frequency oscillation in tropospheric winds during contrasting summer monsoon over India", Mausam Vol. 45, N°3, pp. 261-266.
4. "Optimizing water resources management through stochastic prediction for smaller areas", WMO Conference on Economic Benefits of Meteorological and Hydrological Services, 19-23 Sept. 1994, Geneva.
5. "Operational services for agricultural users in India", Technical Conference on Public Weather Service - Tenth meeting of the Commission on Basic Systems (WMO) Geneva, 2-13 Nov., 1992. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 09/05/2007 11:38:00 |
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