Swadhin Behera / Adjunct Professor / Division of Environmental Studies Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment / / Studies of ocean processes, climate dynamics, and ocean-atmosphere interactions using observed data and model results. Numerical modeling and prediction of ocean state and climate variations. http://www.jamstec.go.jp/res/ress/behera/ Career Summary 1986: Graduated from Marine Science Department, The Berhampur University, India 1988-1990: Senior Scientific Assistant, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 1989: Advanced Degree in Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, Pune, India 1991-1997: Senior Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India 1998: Doctorate in Oceanography, The Berhampur University, India 1998-2003: Researcher, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC), Japan 2003-2008: Sub-leader, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC), Japan 2009-: Principal Investigator, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC), Japan Educational Activities Guest Professor to teach ocean and climate dynamics at Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University Research Activities 1.Ocean modeling and understanding the physical and dynamical ocean processes and their link to climate variations. 2.Climate modeling and predictability studies. 3.Coupled ocean-atmosphere variability in tropical oceans? in particular the Indian Ocean Dipole. 4.Air-sea interactions in the subtropical oceans in relation to the subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole. Tropical and extratropical interactions. 5.Impact of tropical climate modes on regional climate variabilities and atmospheric teleconnection. 6.Impact of climate variability on society and climate application studies. 7.Teaching of oceanography and climate dynamics and capacity building training programs. Literature Behera, S. K., R. Krishnan and T. Yamagata, 1999: Unusual ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean during 1994, Geophy. Res. Letter, 26, 3001-3004. Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2001; Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean, Geophy. Res. Letter, 28, 327-330. Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2003, Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation. J. of the Met. Soc. of Japan, 81, 169-177. Behera, S. K., J.J. Luo, S. Masson, S. A. Rao, H. Sakuma and T. Yamagata, 2006: A CGCM study on the interaction between IOD and ENSO, J. Climate, 19, 1608-1705. Kayanne, H. H. Iijima, N. Nakamura, T. R. McClanahan, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2006: The Indian Ocean Dipole Index recorded in Kenyan coral annual density bands, Geophys. Res. Lett, 33, L19709, doi:10.1029/2006GL027168. Chang, P., T. Yamagata, P. Schopf, S. K. Behera, J. Carton, W. S. Kessler, G. Meyers, T. Qu, F. Schott, S. Shetye and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled System ? The Role of Ocean Dynamics, J. Climate, 19, 5122?5174. Luo, J.-J., S. Masson, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2007: Experimental Forecasts of the Indian Ocean Dipole Using a Coupled OAGCM, J. Climate. 20, 2178?2190. Ashok, K., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, H. Weng, T. Yamagata, 2007: El Nino Modoki and its teleconnection, J. Geop. Res. 112, C11007, doi:10.1029/2006JC003798. Weng, , H., Ashok, K., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, T. Yamagata, 2007: Impacts of Recent El Nino Modoki on Droughts/Floods in the Pacific Rim during Boreal Summer, Climate Dyn., 29, 113-129 . Chan, S., S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2007: Indian Ocean Dipole influence on South American rainfall, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 35, L14S12, doi:10.1029/2008GL034204. (Abstract) Tangang, F, L. Juneng, E. Salimun, P.N. Vinayachandran, Y.K. Seng, C.J.C. Reason, S.K. Behera and T. Yasunari, 2008: On the roles of the northeast cold surge, the Borneo vortex, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole during the worst 2006/2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia, Geophy. Res. Letter, 35, L14S07, doi:10.1029/2008GL033429. (Abstract) Behera, S.K., J-J Luo, and T. Yamagata, 2008: The Unusual IOD Event of 2007, Geophy. Res. Letter, 35, L14S11, doi:10.1029/2008GL034122 (Abstract) Other Activities Member, American Meteorological Society Member, American Geophysical Union Member, Japanese Oceanographic Society Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society Steering committee meetings of APEC Climate Center. Reviewed more than 200 manuscripts for reputed international journals Future Plan The role of climate variation on coastal and off-shore processes is not fully understood. This link will be explored for sustainable management of our marine resources. The climate variation impact on the society also will be studied and adaptation-mitigation processes will be analyzed considering the stress of global warming. Messages to Students There is need for young graduates to understand the vast potential of studies related to ocean and climate. The future of our society is dependent on the successful and sustainable use of our marine resources. The future generation also has to face the impacts of climate variations more than the present generation. So, I hope young student will devote time and energy to train themselves adequately and develop intense curiosity for research in ocean and climate processes and to develop technical skills in numerical modeling of ocean and climate. I hope students can have fun while learning the new topics in a stress-free educational environment.