Invited Talks and Conference Presentations

Invited Talks/Lectures

Invited lecture on “Indo-Pacific warming and its impacts on the MJO and global rainfall patterns” at the Workshop on Indian Ocean Variability and Teleconnections organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), on 16 March 2021.

Invited lecture on “Cyclones in the Indian Ocean” at the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction organized by the National Institute of Technology Karnataka and the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network, on 17 March 2021.

Invited National Science Day lecture on Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events over India” organized by the CMS College and the Academy of Physics Teachers, Kerala, on 27 February 2021.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change and Extreme Weather and Extreme Weather Events over Kerala” at a refresher course organized by the Kerala University and UGC Human Resources Development Centre, on 16 February 2021.

Invited lecture on “The role of forests and trees in mitigating the impacts of climate change over India”, at the Oakridge School, Hyderabad, on 5th Feb 2021.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events in the Indian Ocean region” at the Annual Monsoon E-Workshop and National E-Symposium on Cloud and Precipitation Processes organized by the Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), on 20 January 2021.

Invited lecture on “Indian Ocean warming and Extreme Weather and Climate Events” at a refresher course on Earth Sciences-Exo Meteorology organized by the Savitribai Phule Pune University and the UGC Human Resources Development Centre, on 15 January 2021.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change & Extreme Weather Events in the SAARC Region”, at the SAARC meeting on “Enhancing Preparedness for Responding to COVID19 and Extreme Weather Events”, organized by the SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC), Ahmedabad, on 4th November 2020.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change in the Indian Ocean and its impacts”, at the Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Climate Change Edition, organized by the YESS Community, on 5th November 2020.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and India” at the meeting organized by the Department of Communication, Shiv Nadar University, Noida, on 10th November 2020.

Invited lecture on Indian Ocean warming and monsoon extremes, in the SOLAS Indian Ocean meeting organized by the Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) project, on 30 September 2020.

Invited lecture on Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events over India and Impacts on Biodiversity, in a webinar organized by the Nilgiri Natural History Society (NNHS), Ooty, Tamil Nadu, on 5 September 2020.

Invited lecture on Rapid Ocean Warming and Extreme Weather Events, in a webinar organized by the Department of Physics, Assam University, on 11 September 2020.

Invited lecture on Climate Change and River-Rain Water Monitoring, in a webinar organized by the Meenachil River Protection Council, Kottayam, Kerala, on 27 September 2020.

Invited lecture on “Extreme Weather Events over India in a Changing Climate” at the National webinar on “Recent Developments and Challenges in weather and Climate -Indian Perspective”, organized by the Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, on 13 August 2020.

Invited lecture on “Extreme weather events over India, under a climate change – COVID scenario” at the Faculty Development Program organized by the Savitribai Phule Pune University on 12 July 2020.

Invited popular lecture on “Extreme weather events in a changing climate” at the webinar organized by Amity University on 12 June 2020.

Invited popular lecture on “Rising ocean temperatures, marine heatwaves and impact on the marine biodiversity” at the Times of India World Environment Day 2020 Conclave, on 7 June 2020.

Invited lecture on the “Annual Report on the activities of the Indian Ocean Region Panel during 2019?2020” at the 25th Session of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group at San Diego, USA, on 15 February 2020.

Invited talk on “Role of ocean services and data sharing from an Indian Ocean perspective”, at the International Conference on Climate Services (IICS-6) held at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune on 9 February 2020.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change and Kerala” in the State Level Climate Change Seminar organized by the National Service Scheme at Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla, in Kerala, on 24th January 2020.

Invited lecture on “Indo-Pacific warming, global & local impacts” at MARICON 2019, organized by the Cochin University of Science and Technology at Kochi, on 18 Dec 2019.

Invited lecture on “Extremes over the Indian Ocean and Subcontinent”, as a part of the COP25 (25th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC) meeting, organized by the VirtualBlueCOP25, on 7 Dec 2019.

Invited lecture on “Expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO)” organized by the Utah State University at Logan, USA on 29 July 2019.

Invited lecture on “Oceans and Climate Change” at the Lake Forest Park Elementary school, Washington, USA on 14 May 2019.

Invited lecture on “Process, Summary, and Outcomes from the IndOOS Decadal Review”, at the Indian Ocean Observation System (IndOOS) Review Workshop at Port Elizabeth, South Africa on 14 March 2019.

Invited lecture on “Rapid warming in the Indo-Pacific ocean and its impacts on global climate variability and the MJO” at the Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA, Seattle, USA on 16 November 2018.

Invited lecture on “Tropical ocean warming and its impacts on MJO” at the National Academy of Sciences, NOAA, Seattle, USA on 7 November 2018.

Invited lecture on “Rapid warming in the Indian Ocean and changing responses in the tropics” at the Washington State University, Vancouver, USA on 15 October 2018.

Invited lecture on “Indian Ocean warming and a changing Monsoon” at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA on 3 October 2018.

Invited lecture on “Increasing droughts and floods over India – source, mechanism and predictability”, at the 3rd Prof. R. Ananthakrishnan Seminar, at IITM, Pune, on 28 March 2018.

Invited lecture on “Monsoon in a Mug – The Past, Present and Future of the Monsoon” at the Pune Drunk on Science Lecture Series, an initiative to bring together scientists and the public in a casual environment, at Pune on 29 April 2017.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change in Kerala – Challenges and Preventive Measures” at the K M Chandy Memorial Lecture Series, Pala, Kerala on 6 May 2017.

Invited lecture on “The Indian Ocean, Climate Change, and Failing Monsoons” as part of the “Thinking Space” lecture series at the Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, on 6 April 2017.

Invited lecture on “Anthropogenic climate change in the Indian Ocean”, at the IndOOS Review Workshop at Jakarta, Indonesia, on 22 March 2018.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change and Climate Studies” at the Science Camp, “Ignited Minds”, organized by Malayala Manorama at Thiruvalla, Kerala on 14 January 2018.

Invited lecture on “Ocean-atmosphere-biosphere interactions, Focus: Indian Ocean in a changing climate” at the ASIAME-2 conference, the South Asia Thematic School in Aquatic Microbial Ecology, held at National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on 9 November 2017.

Invited Annual Silver Jubilee Award lecture on “Declining marine phytoplankton, Changing Monsoon or Indian Ocean warming?” at the 56th IITM Foundation Day, IITM, Pune, on 17 November 2017.

Invited lecture on “Monsoon in a Mug – The Past, Present and Future of the Monsoon” at the Pune Science on Tap Lecture Series, an initiative to bring together scientists and the public in a casual environment, at Pune on 29 April 2017.

Invited lecture on “Climate Change in Kerala – Challenges and Preventive Measures” at the K M Chandy Memorial Lecture Series, Pala, Kerala on 6 May 2017.

Invited lecture on “The Indian Ocean, Climate Change, and Failing Monsoons” as part of the “Thinking Space” lecture series at the Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, on 6 April 2017.

Roxy M.K., “Indian Ocean’s response to climate change”, Indian Ocean Observation System (IndOOS) Review meeting, Perth, Australia, February 2017.

Roxy M.K., “Interaction of Asian Monsoon and global oceans” and “Seasonal to subseasonal modeling and monsoon prediction”, WCRP-JNU Training School on Monsoon Variability in Changing Climate, Jeju National University, South Korea, January 2017.

Roxy M.K., “Tracing the origins of increased extreme rainfall events, against the backdrop of a weakening monsoon circulation”, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), Bologna, Italy, October 2016.

Roxy M.K., “Indo-Pacific teleconnections on multiple timescales—tropical cyclones to the monsoon”, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, October 2016.

Roxy M.K., “Modeling Ocean Biogeochemistry using IITM-ESM and biophysical feedbacks in the Indian Ocean” and “Data Analysis, Model Diagnostics and Visualization using CDO and Ferret”, Advanced School on Earth System Modelling (ESM), IITM, Pune, Jul 2016.

Roxy M.K., “Rapid warming in the Indian Ocean and its impact on the monsoon and the marine productivity”, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), Bologna, Italy, 20 Nov 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Interplay between the Indian Ocean, ENSO and the Monsoon in a warming environment”, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 19 Nov 2015 [video].

Roxy M.K., “Ocean warming and its impact on the marine productivity in the Arabian Sea”, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE, 15 Nov 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Monsoon variability in South Asia and impacts on agriculture”, Centre for Science and Environment Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change for Journalists of the Global South, New Delhi, 5 Nov 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming – the missing links, Tropical Indian Ocean Meet, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, 24 September 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming – the cause and effect, IITB Autumn 2015 Climate Seminar Series, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, 9 September 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Whither the Monsoon”, Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) at Irvine, California, USA on 12 Aug 2015 [video].

Roxy M.K., “Role of ocean on climate”, Met.Gr. II Training Course at the Meteorological Training Institute, India Meteorological Department, Pune, 10th July, 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming and its impact on monsoon rainfall, Climate Change training workshop for Indian Foreign Service Probationers, CSE, New Delhi, 13 May 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming – its extent, and impact on the monsoon and marine productivity, International Conference on “New directions in Indian Ocean studies”, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 27 February 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming – its extent, and impact on the monsoon and marine productivity, World Ocean Science Congress, Kochi, 6 February 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Climate and You”, NSS School Camp, Kanjirapally, Kerala, 26 December 2014.

Roxy M.K., Warm Ocean, Weak Monsoon. Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, Aug 2014.

Roxy M.K., Introduction to the Indian Monsoon, IIT-M Summer School on Climate Science and Policy, IIT Bombay, Jul 2014 [pdf]

Roxy M.K., Climate model data analysis and visualization, IIT-DST Workshop on Climate Modelling: Simulations and Analysis, IIT Delhi, Dec 2013 [pdf]

Roxy M., Interaction between the Indian ocean and the Atmosphere during the summer monsoon, Indo-EU Workshop on Monsoon and Ocean Variability, Climate Change and Sea Level Variations, Kochi, Nov 2013 [pdf]

Roxy M., Modeling the Monsoon in a Changing Climate, DBT Invited Lecture Series, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam, Mar 2013.

Roxy M., CCCR/IITM Activities using the Climate Forecast System, CFSv2. COLA Invited Lecture Series, Maryland, USA, Apr 2012.

Roxy M., R. Krishnan, K. Ashok, K. Aparna, P. Swapna, B. Preethi, G. Pandithurai, and J. Rajesh, Earth System Modeling for improving Monsoon Projections under a Changing Climate, Indo-Italian Workshop on Impact of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activities on Soil and Water Resources, IIT Roorkee, October 2010.

Roxy M., R. Krishnan, K. Ashok, K. Aparna, P. Swapna, B. Preethi, G. Pandithurai, and J. Rajesh, Climate Change and Earth System Modeling – from a Kerala perspective, National workshop on natural resource management and human development paradigms in Climate Change perspective, Kerala, December 2010.

Conference Presentations

Santra, S., Verma, S., Roxy, M. K., and Boucher, O.: Sensitivity of the hydrological cycle to aerosol type and amount using high-resolution weather research and forecasting model over India, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19?30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14960, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14960, 2021.

Chaired a session on “WG3: Tropical Ocean Observations”, at the WCRP-CLIVAR Workshop on Climate Interactions Among the Tropical Basins, during 24-26 February 2021.

Chaired a session on “Climate Change Hazards in the Himalayas”, organized by the National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being, on 25 February 2021.

Panini Dasgupta, Roxy M. K., Michael J. McPhaden, Tamaki Suematsu, Chidong Zhang, and Daehyun Kim, Indo-Pacific warm pool expansion modulates MJO lifecycle, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Online, 2020.

Organized a Town Hall Session on “IndOOS-2: A Roadmap to Better Observations and Predictions of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean” and delivered a talk on the “Scientific and societal drivers of the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS)”, at the AGU Ocean Science Meeting 2020, San Diego, USA, on 15 February 2020.

As the Co-Chair of the CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel, presented the “Annual Report on the activities of the Indian Ocean Region Panel during 2019-2020” at the 25th Session of the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group at San Diego, USA, on 15 February 2020.

Delivered a talk on “Expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO)” in the AGU Ocean Science Meeting held at San Diego, USA, on 19 February 2020.

Presented posters on (1) “Cyclone Induced Changes in the Ocean and Atmosphere in the north Indian Ocean” by Vineet et al., (2) “Marine heatwaves and their implications” by Froelicher et al., (3) “Extremes, Abrupt Changes and Managing Risks” by Collins et al. and (4) “IndOOS-2: A Roadmap to Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean” by Beal et al., at the AGU Ocean Science Meeting 2020 held at San Diego, USA, during 17-21 February 2020.

Delivered a talk on “Predictable Indian Ocean” at the Regional Workshop on the United Nations (UN) Decade of the Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, held at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, during 7-10 January 2020.

Delivered an oral presentation on “Ocean Extremes and Impacts”, in the AGU Fall Meet 2018, at the NOAA lecture series held during 10-15 December 2018 at Washington D.C, USA.

Delivered a poster presentation on “Indo-Pacific Warming and the MJO”, in the AGU Fall Meet 2018, on 13 December 2018 at Washington D.C, USA.

Delivered a poster presentation on “Changes in Arabian Sea Tropical Cyclone Activity in Response to Changing ENSO Conditions” authored by Vineet Kumar Singh and Roxy Mathew Koll, at the AGU Fall Meet 2018 on 13 December 2018 at Washington D.C, USA.

Delivered a poster presentation on “Anthropogenic Roots of Drought: Investigating the Constraints of Agriculture and Hydro-Climatic Variables in the Semiarid Region of Maharashtra” authored by Kushank Bajaj, Roxy Mathew Koll and Bidisha Sinha, at the AGU Fall Meet 2018, on 10 December 2018 at Washington D.C, USA.

Delivered the 3rd Prof. R. Ananthakrishnan Seminar, on Increasing droughts and floods over India – source, mechanism and predictability”, IITM, Pune on 28 March 2017.

Co-chaired the 14th annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Region Panel (IORP) and the IndOOS Review Workshop at Jakarta, Indonesia, during 19-24 March 2018. Delivered an invited talk on “Anthropogenic climate change in the Indian Ocean”, at the IndOOS Review.

Participated as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the “Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”, at the Second Lead Author Meeting in Quito, Ecuador, during 12-16 February 2018.

Delivered a talk on “Changes in extreme rainfall events over Central India – Source and Mechanism”, at IITM RAC Meeting, IITM Pune, on 22 January 2017.

Participated as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, at the First Lead Author Meeting in Nadi, Fiji, during 2-6 October 2017.

Presentation on “Climate model simulations and understanding characteristics of Indian Monsoon” in the MoES-NERC CHANSE Project Meeting held at the University of Exeter, UK, on 6 September 2017.

Chaired a session on “Role of Oceans in Climate change” at the OSICON-17 Conference, and presented a talk on “Increasing extreme rainfall events alongside a weakening monsoon circulation—drivers and mechanisms”, during 28-30 August 2017.

Roxy M.K., “Rapid warming in the Indian Ocean, and its impact on the monsoon, the marine ecosystem and ENSO”, CLIVAR Open Science Conference, Qingdao, China, Sep 2016.

Roxy M.K., “Influence of Indo-Pacific SST on Indo-Pak flood event during 2010: A hydro-meteorological perspective (Priya et al. 2015)”, International Symposium on the Indian Ocean, CSIR-NIO, Goa, 3 Dec 2015.

Roxy M.K., “A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean”, International Symposium on the Indian Ocean, CSIR-NIO, Goa, 2 Dec 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon”, International Symposium on the Indian Ocean, CSIR-NIO, Goa, 1 Dec 2015.

Roxy M.K., Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon” at the AOGS 2015 Conference, Singapore, 3 Aug 2015.

Roxy M.K., “Warm Ocean, Weak Monsoon”, National Climate Science Conference, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 02-03 July, 2015.

Roxy M.K., Indian Ocean warming – its extent, and impact on the monsoon and marine productivity, IITM Colloquium, Pune, 29 April 2015.

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, P. Terray, R. Murtugudde, K. Ashok, B.N. Goswami, Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon, EGU 2015, Vienna, 13 April 2015.

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, A. Modi, P. Terray, R. Murtugudde, K. Ashok, B.N. Goswami, S. Masson, V. Valsala, P. Swapna, S. Prasanna Kumar and M. Ravichandran, Indian Ocean warming – its extent, and impact on the monsoon and marine productivity, OSICON 2015, Goa, 23 March 2015.

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, P. Terray, R. Murtugudde, K. Ashok, B.N. Goswami, Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon, National Symposium on Vagaries of Monsoon, Pune, 2 March 2015.

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, P. Terray, R. Murtugudde, A. Karumuri, and B.N. Goswami, 2015: Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon”, AMS 95th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, United States, 8 January 2015.

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, P. Terray and S. Masson, 2014: The curious case of Indian Ocean warming. The Climate Symposium 2014, Darmstadt, Germany, Oct 2014 [pdf]

Roxy M.K., K. Ritika, P. Terray and S. Masson, 2014: Long-term warming trend over the Indian Ocean. AOGS 2014, Sapporo, Japan, July 2014 [pdf]

Roxy M., SST-precipitation relationship over the tropical monsoon region,  in a changing climate. CORDEX 2013, Brussels, Belgium, Nov 2013 [pdf]

Roxy M., A new paradigm for SST-convection relationship, and its relevance to climate. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) National workshop on Climate Change, New Delhi, Oct 2013.

Roxy M., Spatial and temporal dimensions of SST-precipitation relationship during the Asian summer monsoon. AOGS 2013, Brisbane, Australia, Jun 2013.

Roxy M., Y. Tanimoto, B. Preethi, P. Terray, R. Krishnan and V. Valsala, Spatial variability of intraseasonal SST-precipitation relationship over the Indian Ocean and South China Sea during the Asian summer monsoon, PORSEC 2012, Kochi, India, Nov 2012.

Roxy M., Y. Tanimoto, B. Preethi, P. Terray, R. Krishnan, V. Valsala and R. Murtugudde, Spatial variability of intraseasonal SST-precipitation relationship over the Indian Ocean and South China Sea during the Asian summer monsoon. CFSv2 Evaluation Workshop, Maryland, USA, May 2012.

Roxy M., Earth System Model development using the Climate Forecast System, CFSv2. NCEP Lecture Series, Maryland, USA, Apr 2012.

Roxy M., Y. Tanimoto, B. Preethi, P. Terray and R. Krishnan, Intraseasonal SST-precipitation relationship and its variability over the tropical summer monsoon region, as in observations and the Climate Forecast System v2. OCHAMP, Pune, India, Feb 2012 [ppt]

Roxy M. and S. Gualdi, The influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Eastern Mediterranean climate variability, as simulated by a coupled general circulation model. Alpine Workshop on Monsoon Variability, Vale D’Aosta, Italy, June 2009.

Roxy M. and S. Gualdi, Teleconnections between the Indian Monsoon and the Mediterranean Sea as simulated by a coupled General Circulation Model (INGV-SXG). European Conference on Applied Climatology, EMS, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct 2008.

Roxy M. and S. Gualdi, Teleconnections affecting the Mediterranean Sea, as observed in a coupled General Circulation Model. MedCLIVAR-ESF Workshop on Climate variability over the Mediterranean area: atmospheric and oceanic components, Rhodes, Greece, September 2008.

Roxy M. and Y. Tanimoto, Intraseasonal variability of air sea interaction over the Indian Ocean and its influence on regional and intraseasonal variability of the Indian monsoon. AOGS 2006, Singapore, July 2006.

Roxy M. and S. R. Shetye, Evolution of thermocline off Kochi: a test of the role of local wind-forcing in driving of the coastal circulation. ARMEX Workshop, NIOT, India, 2003.