Dr. Tanuja Nigam ( CSIR-NIO )
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Dr. Tanuja Nigam 

Scientist ( Headquarters, Goa )

DepartmentPhysical Oceanography (POD)

Research Interests/SpecializationLarge-Scale Ocean Processes, Air-Sea Interaction, Monsoons

Career at CSIR

Date of Joining CSIR : 2021-07-30
Date of Joining Present Post : 2021-07-30
Date of Retirement : 2048-06-30

Contact Details
 Emailtanuja.nio@csir.res.in
  Office +91 9015943082
Work Details

Work Domain Scientific

Area of WorkPhysical Oceanography

People Trained

Number of Ph.D. students supervised (Ongoing & Completed): 1
No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :4

Grant-in-aid Projects
Ongoing Completed
1 0

 Education
Degree Specialization University Graduation Year
Ph.D Physical Oceanography (Regional Ocean Modelling) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) 2020
ME/M.Tech Atmospheric Sciences Jointly From Pune University and IITM Pune 2013
MSc Geo-Informatics Barkatullah University Bhopal 2011
 Experiences
Position Organization From To
Postdoctoral Researcher Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna Italy 2020 2021

**On-Going Projects-***

"Role of mesoscale variations over biogeochemical variability of the Indian coastal seas in the changing climate "(DST-SERB for the period of 2023-2025 awarded as PI)

Monitoring jellyfishes (Cnidaria) along central west coast of India for predicting their aggregations
(MOES-INCOIS for the period of 2023-2026 awarded as Co-PI)

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study under Ploymetallic Nodules (PMN) Programme.(MOES for the period of 2008-2026 as Member)

Publications-

Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2024). Interannual variability of coastal upwelling features along the eastern and western margins of the Arabian Sea. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 17(2), 77-92.

Volvaiker, S. S., Nigam, T., & Gangiredla, S. (2023). Impact of leading Indo‐Pacific climatic modes in modulating the wave power variability and their trends in the North Indian Ocean. International Journal of Climatology, 43(10), 4347-4367.

Seelanki, V., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2022). Unravelling the roles of Indian Ocean Dipole and El-Niño on winter primary productivity over the Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 190, 103913.

Seelanki, V., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2022). Inconsistent response of biophysical characteristics in the western Bay of Bengal associated with positive Indian Ocean dipole. Oceanologia, 64(4), 595-614.

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., Pant, V., & Chandra, N. (2021). On the interaction of mesoscale eddies and a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Natural Hazards, 106, 1981-2001.

Seelanki, V., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2021). Upper-ocean physical and biological features associated with Hudhud cyclone: A bio-physical modelling study. Journal of Marine Systems, 215, 103499.

Nigam, T., Prakash, K. R., & Pant, V. (2020). An assessment of the impact of oceanic initial conditions on the interaction of upper ocean with the tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 13(2), 121-137.

Prakash, K. R., Pant, V., & Nigam, T. (2019). Effects of the sea surface roughness and sea spray‐induced flux parameterization on the simulations of a tropical cyclone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(24), 14037-14058.

Nigam, T., Pant, V., & Prakash, K. R. (2018). Impact of Indian Ocean dipole on the coastal upwelling features off the southwest coast of India. Ocean dynamics, 68(6), 663-676.

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2018). Estimation of oceanic subsurface mixing under a severe cyclonic storm using a coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave model. Ocean Science, 14(2), 259-272.

International Conferences-

Vivek, S., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2020, May). Biogeochemical response to tropical cyclone Hudhud in the Bay of Bengal using an ocean-biogeochemical coupled model. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 2054).

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2018, December). Future projection of maximum cyclone density region and landfall locations over the North Indian Ocean using COAWST model. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2018, pp. A43Q-3398).

Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2018, April). Role of remote forcing from the Bay of Bengal in the maintenance of Laccadive High off the southwest coast of India. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 2909).

Nigam, T., Prakash, K. R., & Pant, V. (2018, February). Relationship between the Indian Ocean Warming and Upwelling in the Southeastern Arabian Sea. In 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2018, February). Oceanic response to the tropical cyclones occurring in different seasons over the Arabian Sea. In 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting. AGU.

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2017, December). Impact of Equatorial Waves on the Variability of Upwelling Process Along West Coast of India. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2017, pp. OS31A-1373).

Prakash, K. R., Nigam, T., & Pant, V. (2017, December). Simulating the Cyclone Induced Turbulent Mixing in the Bay of Bengal using COAWST Model. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2017, pp. A13H-2190).

Naional Conferences and Workshops-

Tanuja Nigam, Vimlesh Pant, “Analysis of the characteristics of coastally trapped Kelvin waves during positive IOD and non-IOD years over the north Indian Ocean using ROMS model” 6th National conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON) at CMLRE, Kochi, Kerala, India, December 12-14 2019.

 Tanuja Nigam, Kumar Ravi Prakash, Vimlesh Pant, “Impact of Different Ocean Initial Stratification on the Tropical Cyclone Generated Mixing over the Arabian Sea: A Sensitivity Study” Climate Change and Coastal Ocean Processes (CCCOP) at IITD, New Delhi, India, July 4-5 2019.

 Kumar Ravi Prakash, Vimlesh Pant and Tanuja Nigam, “Assessment of stratification and barrier layer in controlling intensity of tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal using coupled model” INTROMET-2017 at space application centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, India November 7-10 2017.

 Tanuja Nigam, Vimlesh Pant, “Impact of heat and momentum forcing fields on the simulations of upwelling features off west coast of India”, 5th National conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON) at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, August 28-30 2017

 Tanuja Nigam, Vimlesh Pant, “Variability In Simulation of Upwelling Features Off West Coast of India” , TROPMET-2016, Bubneswar, Odisa, India, December 18-21 2016

 Tanuja Nigam, Vimlesh Pant, “Upwelling features off Somalia and Oman coasts from model simulations” ,4th National conference of Ocean Society of India (OSICON) at NIO,Goa during 22-24 March 2015.

 Tanuja Nigam, Vimlesh Pant, “Coastal upwelling features in the Arabian Sea from ROMS model”, International Conference of Hydrology and Meteorology at HICC, Hyderabad during September 15-16, 2014.

 Tanuja Nigam, Sreenivas Pentakota, “Improvement of SST analysis using various assimilation techniques and their inter-comparison during Southwest Monsoon Season” in the Annual Monsoon Workshop of Indian Meteorological Society of Pune ,Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, February, 2013.

 Tanuja Nigam, “Integrating Remote Sensing & GIS –with Environment Models” National Seminar on the Impact of Physics on Biological Science Sponsored by UGC New Delhi, E.C.C Allahabad on Aug-2010.

Workshops attended

 The second Malaysia Window to Cambridge at Univerisiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Training Workshop on the Predictability of Extreme Weather Events on Predictability of Extreme Weather Event held at Petaling Jaya, (Malaysia), November 14-16, 2017.

 An International Training course on ‘Emerging Trends in Ocean Observations and Ocean data analysis’, at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, (India), July 04-15, 2016.

 Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) School on ‘Fundamentals of Oceanic Processes and Modeling’ at CAS, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, (India), May 19 to June 11, 2015.

 A workshop on ‘Ecosystem Modelling’ at ICMAM, NIOT campus, Chennai, (India) September 22-26, 2014.

 National Workshop of Data Assimilation (A Lectures Series delivered by Oliver Talagrand, CNES, France) at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pashan, Pune, October 3-10, 2012

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 Professional Interests
Broad Areas of Research- Ocean and Climate modelling, Sea Ice interrelationship with global climate, Biophysical modelling of ocean, Air-Sea Interaction processes
Current ongoing Research- The identifications, estimations, and analysis of how physical thermodynamical and dynamical (pure oceanic or air-sea-ice coupled) processes variability is associated with the marine biogeochemical variability in changing and extreme climatic scenario
 Professional Membership
Indian Meteorological Society (Life time Member)
Ocean Society of India (Life Time Member)
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