Ankita Singh

Ph.D. Scholar in Atmospheric Science specializing in climate variability, extreme events, and statistical downscaling techniques, with expertise in advanced data analysis and numerical modeling.

Presently, I am working on the “Evaluation of different Statistical and Dynamical downscaling techniques for rainfall distribution and extreme precipitation events over India from CMIP6 models” under the supervision of Dr. Kiranmayi Landu, SEOCS, IIT Bhubaneswar.

• Climate modelling
• Tropical Dynamics
• Statistical and Dynamical downscaling
• Extreme Events
• Machine Learning

• Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC NET (June 2020) in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences with 24th rank.

MS Excel and Data Handling, Data Analysis, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, Team Coordination, Time Management & Multitasking, Adaptability & Willingness to learn

• Workshop on "Advanced Machine Learning for Earth System Modeling“.
• COEAI-SPARC Workshop on Hybrid Physics-AI Models for Climate, Weather and Water.
• Workshop on “Applications Oriented School on the WRF Modelling System”.
• Summer training at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on the topic “Validation of INSAT-3D and METEOSAT-8 products and the analysis of atmospheric flow pattern using INSAT-3D”.
• Dissertation at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMWRF) on the topic “Verification of Ensemble Prediction System of geopotential height” under the supervision of Prof. R.Bhatla (BHU, Varanasi) and Dr. Abhijit Sarkar, Scientist-F (NCMWRF).
• Educational field training at IITM (Pune), IMD (New Delhi), IITM (New Delhi) and NIO (Mumbai).

• Flash talk in national symposium TROMPET-2024 on the topic ‘Selection of Optimal Predictors for Statistical Downscaling model of precipitation for drought months over India – A Regional Correlation and Classification Approach’.
• Oral presentation in national symposium TROMPET-2023 on the topic ‘Evaluation of statistical downscaling techniques for rainfall distribution and extremes over India using CMIP6 models’.
• Poster presentation at the AGU-2023 meeting on the topic ‘Statistical Downscaling of rainfall over India using CMIP6 models.’
• Paper presentation certificate in the National Symposium TROMPET (2018), organized by Indian Meteorological Society on “Understanding Weather and Climate Variability: Research for Society”.

• "Statistical Downscaling techniques for rainfall distribution and its extremes over India using CMIP6 models" (manuscript ready).
• "Unveiling Zone-Wise Atmospheric Drivers of Monsoon Extremes over India: Insights from K-Means Clustering and Regression Analysis"(manuscript ready).