Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Stella Jes Varghese, Sajani Surendran, K. Rajendran, Subimal Ghosh, Akio Kitoh and Ashok Karumuri 2024: Precipitation scaling in extreme rainfall events and the implications for future Indian monsoon: Analysis of high-resolution global climate model simulations.
    Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL1056. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105680 . [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Priyanshi Singhai, A Chakraborty, K Rajendran and Sajani Surendran 2023: Why is the Indian summer monsoon in CFSv2 hypersensitive to moisture exchange with the Pacific Ocean?
    Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06815-6 . [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Sajani Surendran, K V Ajay Anand, Suraj Ravindran and K Rajendran 2022: Exacerbation of Indian summer monsoon breaks by the indirect effect of regional dust aerosols.
    Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL101106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101106 . [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, Stella Jes Varghese and Anjali Sathyanath 2022: Simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall, interannual variability and teleconnections: Evaluation of CMIP6 models.
    Climate Dynamics, 58, 2693-2723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06027-w . [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, Stella Jes Varghese and Arindam Chakraborty 2021: Do seasonal forecasts of Indian summer monsoon rainfall show better skill with February initial conditions?
    Current Science, doi: 10.18520/cs/v120/i12/1863-1874, 120 (12), 1863-1874. [Article]
  • Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran and Sajani Surendran 2021: Does increasing the spatial resolution in dynamical downscaling impact climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon, population and GDP?
    Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 145, 441-453. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03633-w . [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran, Sajani Surendran and K V Ajay Anand 2021: High-resolution Climate Change Projection of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall over Peninsular India.
    Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1002/qj.4017., 147 (737), 2197-2211. [Article]
  • Arya V B, Sajani Surendran and K Rajendran 2021: On the buildup of dust aerosols and possible indirect effect during Indian summer monsoon break spells using recent satellite observations of aerosols and cloud properties.
    Journal of Earth System Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-020-01526-6, 130, 42 (2021). [Article] [PDF]
  • Stella Jes Varghese, Sajani Surendran, B Ajithkumar, K Rajendran and Akio Kitoh 2020: Future changes in rice yield over Kerala using climate change scenario from high resolution global climate model projection.
    Journal of Earth System Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-020-01459-0, 129, 192 (2020). [Article]
  • Stella Jes Varghese, Sajani Surendran , K Rajendran and Akio Kitoh 2020: Future projections of Indian Summer Monsoon under multiple RCPs using a high resolution global climate model multiforcing ensemble simulations.
    Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05059-7, 54, 1315-1328. [Article] [Supplementary File]
  • Rajendran K, Sulochana Gadgil and Sajani Surendran 2019: Monsoon Season Local Control on Precipitation over Warm Tropical Oceans.
    Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, doi:10.1007/s00703-018-0649-7, 131, 1451-1465. [Article]
  • Sajani Surendran, Sulochana Gadgil, K. Rajendran, Stella Jes Varghese and A. Kitoh 2019: Monsoon rainfall over India in June and link with northwest tropical pacific- June ISMR and link with northwest tropical pacific.
    Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2440-6, 135 (3-4), 1195-1213. [Article]
  • Jayasankar C B, K Rajendran and Sajani Surendran 2018: Monsoon Climate Change Projection for the Orographic West Coast of India using High Resolution Nested Dynamical Downscaling Model.
    J. Geophys. Res.- Atmospheres, 123 (15), 7821-7838, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028677 [Article]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, A. Kitoh and Stella Jes Varghese 2016: Reduction of uncertainty associated with future changes in Indian summer monsoon projected by climate models and assessment of monsoon teleconnections.
    Proceedings of SPIE, doi:10.1117/12.2229392, 98820D. [Article]
  • Sajani Surendran, K. Rajendran and V B Arya 2016: Precipitation-aerosol relationship over the Indian region during drought and excess summer monsoon years.
    Proceedings of SPIE, doi:10.1117/12.2229447, 98820Q. [Article]
  • Sajani Surendran, Sulochana Gadgil, P A Francis and M Rajeevan 2015: Prediction of Indian rainfall during the summer monsoon season on the basis of links with equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean climate indices.
    Environmental Research Letters, 10 (094004), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094004,1-12 [Article] [PDF]
  • Jayasankar C B, Sajani Surendran and K Rajendran 2015: Robust signals of future projections of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by IPCC AR5 climate models: Role of seasonal cycle and interannual variability.
    Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3513-3520, doi:10.1002/2015GL063659 [article]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, C B Jayasankar and A Kitoh 2013: How dependent is climate change projection of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and extreme events on model resolution?
    Current Science, 104(10), 1409-1418 [Article] [Download]
  • Sajani Surendran, K Krishna Moorthy, K Rajendran and R S Nanjundiah 2012: Monsoon sensitivity to aerosol direct radiative forcing in the Community Atmospheric Model.
    Journal of Earth System Sciences, 121(4), 867-889 [Article]
  • Rajendran K, A Kitoh, R Mizuta, Sajani Surendran and T Nakazawa 2008: High resolution simulation of mean convection and its intraseasonal variability over the tropics in MRI/JMA 20-km mesh AGCM.
    Journal of Climate, 21(15), 3722-3739 [Abstract] [PDF]
  • Sajani Surendran, T Nakazawa, A Kitoh and K Rajendran 2007: Ensemble simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by an atmospheric general circulation model.
    Journal Meteorological Society of Japan, 85(3), 213-231 [Abstract] [PDF]
  • Sajani Surendran, S Naseema Beegum and K Krishna Moorthy 2007: The role of low-frequency intraseasonal variation in the anomalous Indian summer monsoon rainfall of 2002.
    Journal of Earth System Sciences, 116(2), 149-158 [Article]
  • Sajani Surendran, S Naseema Beegum and K Krishna Moorthy 2007: Indian summer monsoon rainfall simulation by an AGCM ensemble system.
    Journal of Marine and Atmospheric Research, 3(1), 1-9
  • Sajani Surendran, S Naseema Beegum and K Krishna Moorthy 2007: The role of intraseasonal oscillations in the evolution of Indian summer monsoon.
    Journal of Marine and Atmospheric Research, 3(1), 26-38
  • Krishnamurti T N, Sajani Surendran, D W Shin, R J Correa-Torres, C E Williford, C Kummerow, R F Adler, J Simpson, R Kakar, W S Olson and F J Turk 2001: Realtime multianalysis/multimodel superensemble forecasts of precipitation using TRMM and SSM/I products.
    Monthly Weather Review, 129, 2861-2883 [Abstract] [PDF]
  • Krishnamurti T N, C M Kishtawal, Z Zhang, T Larow, D Bachiochi, C E Williford, and Sulochana Gadgil and Sajani Surendran 2000: Multimodel ensemble forecasts for weather and seasonal climate.
    Journal of Climate, 13, 4196-4216 [Abstract] [PDF]
  • Krishnamurti T N, C M Kishtawal, T E Larow, D R Bachiochi, Z Zhang, C E Williford, and Sulochana Gadgil and Sajani Surendran 1999: Improved weather and seasonal climate forecasts from multimodel superensemble.
    SCIENCE, 285, 1548-1550 [Abstract] [PDF]
  • Sulochana Gadgil and Sajani Surendran 1998: Monsoon precipitation in the AMIP runs.
    Climate Dynamics, 14, 659-689 [Abstract]
  • Sulochana Gadgil and Sajani Surendran 1998: Monsoon precipitation in AMIP runs.
    World Climate Research Programme Report, WCRP-100, WMO/TD No. 837.
  • Preprints

  • Priyanshi Singhai, A. Chakraborty, K. Jana, K. Rajendran and Sajani Surendran 2023: The curious case of a strong relationship between ENSO and Indian summer monsoon in CFSv2 model.
    ESS Open Archive, August 4, DOI: 10.22541/essoar.169111727.70457243/v1. [Preprint]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, Stella Jes Varghese and Anjali Sathyanath 2021: Simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall, interannual variability and teleconnections: Evaluation of CMIP6 models.
    Research Square, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-242562/v1. [Preprint]
  • Rajendran K, Sajani Surendran, Stella Jes Varghese and Arindam Chakraborty 2021: Sensitivity of Indian summer monsoon rainfall forecast skill of CFSv2 model to initial conditions and the role of model biases.
    arXiv, DOI: arXiv:2101.07465v1, 19 January 2021. [Preprint]