Research Interests

My research focuses in the realm of weather and climate science. Over the past 10 years, I have worked on a variety of aspects, including data assimilation and climate change. My major research interests include: 

1. Organised convection and radiative feedback
   A significant portion of the uncertainties in global climate projections are linked to inaccuracies in cloud representation within current-generation climate models. Of particular interest is how tropical high (anvil) clouds modulate radiative feedback, which is crucial for improving climate models and estimating climate sensitivity. My current project explores this aspect.

2. Understanding future changes in severe convective storms
   The likelihood of severe thunderstorms are expected to change in a warming environment. However, how the changes in thermodynamics and kinematics will impact storm likelihood across different parts of the world remain largely uncertain. My present research focuses on this problem.
   
   

3. Regional climate modeling
   I work on developing high-resolution regional climate frameworks, specifically at gray-zone resolution. A recent work on this end focuses on understanding wintertime precipitation variabilities over the Arabian Peninsula using the WRF model.
   
   

4. Better predictability of extreme events
   Various extreme weather events are on a rise, and they are still hard to predict. I work on improving short-term predictability of severe weather systems through high-resolution modeling and regional data assimilation approaches. 

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