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Dr. Vinu Valsala holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. He holds a Master's Degree in Physical Oceanography.
His Specializations are Ocean pCO2, biogeochemical modeling and data assimilation, Planetary wave dynamics and associated particle/tracer trajectories/pathways, Application of tracer techniques to detect variability of ocean circulation, Climate variability of Indian-Pacific Oceans, Reduced gravity layered models, Quasi-geostrophic models, Ocean Tracer Transport Model (OTTM), Ocean General Circulation Models (OGCM), Indonesian Throughflow and climate variability, Numerical Ocean modeling, and development.
His Ph.D. thesis was on "Pathways and effects of Indonesian Throughflow water in the Indian Ocean in an Ocean General Circulation Model" in the field of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, from Hokkaido University in Japan.
He has worked in Ocean Biogeochemistry modeling for robust estimates of air-sea CO2 fluxes for the GOSAT project at NIES, Tsukuba, Japan, from 2006-2011 as a postdoctoral fellow.
He has started his career as a Scientist-D in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
He has published over 50 papers in the field of oceanography, atmospheric sciences, biogeochemistry, and the carbon cycle.
His Specializations are Ocean pCO2, biogeochemical modeling and data assimilation, Planetary wave dynamics and associated particle/tracer trajectories/pathways, Application of tracer techniques to detect variability of ocean circulation, Climate variability of Indian-Pacific Oceans, Reduced gravity layered models, Quasi-geostrophic models, Ocean Tracer Transport Model (OTTM), Ocean General Circulation Models (OGCM), Indonesian Throughflow and climate variability, Numerical Ocean modeling, and development.
His Ph.D. thesis was on "Pathways and effects of Indonesian Throughflow water in the Indian Ocean in an Ocean General Circulation Model" in the field of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, from Hokkaido University in Japan.
He has worked in Ocean Biogeochemistry modeling for robust estimates of air-sea CO2 fluxes for the GOSAT project at NIES, Tsukuba, Japan, from 2006-2011 as a postdoctoral fellow.
He has started his career as a Scientist-D in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
He has published over 50 papers in the field of oceanography, atmospheric sciences, biogeochemistry, and the carbon cycle.
| Year | Designation | Institute |
| 2020-Prsnt. | Scientist-F | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India |
| 2015-2020 | Scientist-E | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India |
| 2011-2015 | Scientist-D | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India |
| 2009-2011 | Research Associate | CGER, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2007-2009 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow | CGER, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2006-2007 |
NIES Postdoctoral Fellow |
CGER, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2003-2006 | Research Assistant (PhD candidate) | Hokkaido University, Japan |
| 2002-2003 | Project Assistant |
CAOS, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, India |
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