Dr. Anil Kumar, Ph.D

(NCAR/Purdue University)
Research Application Lab
Phone: 303-497-2881
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000, USA
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80301-3000
akumarucar.edu

Job Duties

Understanding Land-Atmosphere interaction and processes using HRLDAS (High Resolution Land Data Assimilation System), four-dimensional (4-D) distribution of water vapor and its application towards improving the understanding and prediction of convection.

Professional Interests

Mesoscale Dynamics, Land-Surface processes, Cloud Microphysics, Large Eddy/Turbulent Boundary-Layer Modeling, and also Himalayan convection and Indian Monsoon in Tropical convection channel.

Journal Papers (Published)

1. Kumar A, J. Dudhia, R. Rotunno, D. Niyogi, U. C. Mohanty, 2008, Analysis of the July 26, 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India using Weather and Forecasting model. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society (UK), Vol 134.

2. J. G. Alfieri, D. Niyogi, P.D. Blanken, F. Chen, M.A. LeMone, K. Mitchell, M.B. Ek, and Anil Kumar, 2008, Estimation of the Minimum Canopy Resistance for Croplands and Grasslands Using Data from the 2002 International H2O Project, Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted April 15, 2008.

3. Dev Niyogi, Hsin-I Chang, Fei Chen, Lianhong Gu, Anil Kumar, Surabi Menon, Roger A. Pielke Sr., 2007, Potential Impacts of Aerosol-Land-Atmosphere Interaction on the Indian Monsoonal Rainfall Characteristics, Natural Hazards- Monsoon Special Issue, Vol 42, No. 2, 345-359.

4. Fall S. , D. Niyogi, U. C. Mohanty, and Anil Kumar, 2006: Application of Weather Prediction Models for Hazard Mitigation Planning - A case study of Heavy off-season rains in Senegal, Natural Hazards, 2007, Vol 41; No. 1, 227-243.

5. Chang Hsin-I*, A. Kumar, D. Niyogi, U. C. Mohanty, F. Chen, and J. Dudhia, 2008, Impact of convection and land surface parameterizations on the simulation of the July 26, 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India. Global Planetary Change, accepted.

Papers for Journal (In Revision and preparation)

1. Kumar A, F. Chen, D. Niyogi, K. Manning, J. Alfieri, M. Ek, K. Mitchell, Evaluaion of a photosynthesis based canopy resistance formulation within Noah land surface model. (Submitted to Journal of Hydro-meteorology)

2. Hsini-I Chang, Dev Niyogi, Anil Kumar, Chandra M. Kishtawal, Fei Chen, Jimy Dudhia, U.C. Mohanty, Marshall Shepherd; Possible relation between land-surface feedback and the post-landfall structure of monsoon depression. (Submitted to Geophysical Research Letter).

3. S. Medina, Houze R, A. Kumar, D. Niyogi. Summer Monsoon Convection in the Himalayan Region: Terrain and Land cover Effect. (Submitted in Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society).

4. Kumar A., D. Niyogi, F. Chen, R. Pielke Sr., T. Holt, J. Basara, Effect of vegetation on the simulation of the intensity and precipitation of the central Illinois 13 July 2004 Supercell Thunderstorm, manuscript in revision with coauthors for pre-submission.

5. Kumar A., J. Done, J. Dudhia, and D. Niyogi, 2008: Prediction of SIDR cyclone in Bay of Bengal (INDIA) using Hurricane WRF model. (Manuscript in pre-submission).

6. Kumar A., F. Chen, D. Niyogi, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell, 2008: Evaluation of MODIS Satelllite and USGS landuse data using WRF model: A case study on clear sky and severe weather case over Southern Great Plains.

7. Charusombat U., A. Kumar, D. Niyogi, and F. Chen, 2008: Estimation of Dry Deposition velocity using Gas Exchange Model within Noah land surface model for Ozone. (In pre-submission to Atmospheric Chemistry)

Proceedings, conference and meetings

1. Anil Kumar, F. Chen, D. Niyogi, E. Patton, A. Guenther, X. Wang, and U. Charusombat, Coupling vegetation, hydrological, and biogenic emission processes to improve modeling of isoprene emission, Joint Special Symposium on Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Gases and Aerosols, AMS Annual Meeting (Accepted), 11-15 January 2009, Pheonix, AZ.

2. S. Medina, R. A. Houze, A. Kumar, and D. Niyogi, The effect of terrain and land surface on summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region, 13^th Conf. Mountain Meteorology, 11-15 August 2008, Whistler, BC, Canada.

3. H. Chang, D. Niyogi, F. Chen, A. Kumar, C. Song, L. Zhao, R. Govindaraju, V. Merwade, M. Lei, and K. Scheeringa, Developing a Tera-Grid Based Land Surface Hydrology and Weather Modeling Interface, Proceedings of the TeraGrid 2008 Conference, June 2008, Las Vegas NV.

4. Anil Kumar, F. Chen, D. Niyogi, J. G. Alfieri, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell. Using photosynthesis-based canopy resistance model and new MODIS-based data to improve the presentation of vegetation transpiration in the Noah land surface model, 22^nd Conference on Hydrology, 88th AMS Annual Meeting, 20-24 January 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana.

5. Joseph G. Alfieri, D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, F. Chen, M. Ek, A. Kumar, M. A. LeMone, and K. Mitchell, Minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands during the 2002 International H2O Project. 22^nd Conference on Hydrology, 88th AMS Annual Meeting, 20-24 January 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana.

6. S. Medina, R. A. Houze, A. Kumar, and D. Niyogi, 2007: The effect of terrain and land surface on summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region. 6th Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology and Typhoon in East Asia (ICMCS-VI), Taipei, Taiwan, 6-9 November 2007.

7. Anil Kumar, Fei Chen, Dev Niyogi, Kevin Manning, Mike Ek, and Kenneth Mitchell, Impact of canopy resistance formulation on the long-term evolution of soil moisture and evaporation, 21st Conf on Hydrology, 87th AMS Annual Meeting, 14-18 January 2007, San Antonio, Texas.

8. Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, U.C. Mohanty, Alok Chaturvedi, Raj Arangarasan, Maruti Ram Ponaganti, Larry Biehl, Joseph E. Quansah, Hsin-I Chang, Anil Kumar, Aisha Chini Reed and Hussain Nour,Modeling, Visualization and Fusion of archival and real time multi-sensor satellite data, socio-economic data and In-Situ data in support of disaster mitigation, 2nd Intern. Symp. Geo-Information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM), Sept. 25-26, 2006 Goa, India.

9. Anil Kumar, Dev Niyogi, Jeff Basara, Danny Cheresnick, Jimy Dudhia,Teddy Holt,Fei Chen, Peggy Lemone, Roger Pielke Sr., Effect of vegetation on the simulation of the intensity and precipitation of the central Illinois 13 July 2004 supercell thunderstorm, 2nd International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology (NCAR, WMO & WWRP), June 5 - 8, 2006, Boulder, CO, USA. (poster)

10. D Niyogi, H. Chang, L. Gu, A. Kumar, S. Menon, R. Pielke Sr., Potential impacts of aerosol-land-atmosphere interaction on the Indian Monsoon, 18th Conf on Climate Variability and Change 20th Conf on Hydrology,86 AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Jan 2006.

11. Fall, S., D. Niyogi, F. Semazzi, U.C. Mohanty, A Kumar, Application of a numerical weather forecast model for simulating heavy off-season rains and cold temperature in Senegal, Presentation to the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) 1st International Conference, 28 Nov - 4 Dec 2005, Dakar, Senegal.

Education

1995, B.Sc.-Physics
1998, M.Sc-Physics
2000, M.Tech-Atmospheric Physics
2007, Ph.D (Thunderstorm Modeling)- Pune University

Working Experience

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