Publications

 Peer-reviewed journals

1. Sourav Taraphdar, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Changhai Liu, Olivier M. Pauluis, Lulin Xue, R. S. Ajayamohan, Ruby Leung, Wojceich Grabowski, Sisi Chen, Roy Rasmussen, Sarah Tessendorf, 2025: Subtopical jet regulates Arabian winter precipitation: A viable mechanism, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 

2. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Carlos Cuervo-Lopez, John T. Allen, Robert J. Trapp, and Eric D. Robinson, 2024. A comprehensive evaluation of biases in convective-storm parameters in CMIP6 models over North America, Journal of Climate. 

3. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Sourav Taraphdar, Olivier M Pauluis, Lulin Xue, RS Ajayamohan, Noor Al Shamsi, Sisi Chen, Jared A Lee, Wojciech W Grabowski, Changhai Liu, Sarah A Tessendorf, Roy M Rasmussen, 2023. Anatomy of a summertime convective event over the Arabian region, Monthly Weather Review. 

4. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar, 2022: How sensitive is the WRF-4DVar DA system to the control variables?: Study on extreme rainfall events over India using the WRF model, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans.

5. T. S. Anandh, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, and P. Mukhopadhyay, 2022: Analysis of future wind and solar potential over India using climate models, Current Science.

6. Rajkumar R., C.S. Shijumon, B. Gopakumar, and Deepak Gopalakrishnan, 2021: Recent patterns of extreme temperature events over Tamil Nadu, India, Climate Research.

7. Rajkumar R., C.S. Shijumon, B. Gopakumar, and Deepak Gopalakrishnan, 2020: Extreme rainfall and drought events in Tamil Nadu, India, Climate Research.

8. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar, 2018: Improved 4-Dvar simulation of Indian Ocean tropical cyclones using a regional model, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 

9. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar, 2018: On the improved predictive skill of WRF model with regional 4Dvar Initialization: A study with north Indian Ocean tropical cyclones, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 

10. Dhanya M., Deepak Gopalakrishnan, A. Chandrasekar, S. K. Singh, and V. S. Prasad, 2016: The impact of assimilating MeghaTropiques SAPHIR radiances in the simulation of tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal using the WRF model, International Journal of Remote Sensing.

International/National Conferences

1. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Carlos Lopez, John T. Allen, Robert Trapp, and Eric Robinson: How Skillful are the CMIP6 Models in Capturing Severe Thunderstorm Environments Over the United States?, AMS Annual Meeting 28 Jan - 1 Feb, 2024, Baltimore, USA.
   
   

2. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, John T. Allen, Robert Trapp, and Eric Robinson: Future Changes in Severe Thunderstorm Environments Over the United States: A Synoptic-scale Approach, AMS Annual Meeting 28 Jan - 1 Feb, 2024, Baltimore, USA.
   
   

3. Sourav Taraphdar, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Changhai Liu, Olivier Pauluis, Lulin Xue, Ajaya Mohan, Roy Rasmussen, Ruby Leung, Wojciech Grabowski, Sisi Chen, and Sarah Tessendorf: Impact of Subtropic Jet on the Precipitation Variabilities Over the Arabian Region Using a Gray-Zone Regional Model, AMS Annual Meeting 28 Jan - 1 Feb, 2024, Baltimore, USA.
   
   

4. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Carlos Lopez, John T. Allen, Robert Trapp, and Eric Robinson: Evaluation of the Skill of CMIP6 Models in Capturing Severe Thunderstorm Environments Over the United States, AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December, 2023, San Francisco, USA.

5. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, John T. Allen, Robert Trapp, and Eric Robinson: Future Changes in Severe Thunderstorm Environments Over the United States From CMIP6 Models, AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December, 2023, San Francisco, USA.

6. Robert Trapp, Songning Wang, John T. Allen, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, and Eric Robinson: Environment-informed, Convection-permitting Dynamical Downscaling for Climate-change Projections of Hazardous Convective Weather, AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December, 2023, San Francisco, USA.  

7. John T. Allen, Deepak Gopalakrishnan, Carlos Lopez, Robert Trapp, and Eric Robinson: Comparing CMIP6 Future Projections for Severe Convective Environments in a Warmed Climate over Australia, Europe and North America, 11th European Conference of Severe Storms, 8-12 May, 2023, Romania.

8. Mukhopadhyay et al., Extremely heavy rains of Kerala during 2018 and 2019: Perspectives from modeling study, National Conference on Policies and Strategies for flood management, 23-24 February 2020, Kerala, India.

9. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar: Sensitivity of 4DVar assimilation system to the control variables: A case study on Uttarakhand heavy rainfall event, National Tropical Meteorology Symposium, 24-27 October 2018, Varanasi, India.

10. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar: Improved simulation of tropical cyclone Hudhud with regional 4DVar initialization: A case study using WRF model, International Tropical Meteorology Symposium, 07-10 November 2017, Ahmedabad, India.

11. Dhanya M., Deepak Gopalakrishnan, A. Chandrasekar, S. K. Singh, and V. S. Prasad: Impact of Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR radiance assimilation on the simulation of tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal, SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium, 04-07 April 2016, New Delhi, India.

12. Deepak Gopalakrishnan and A. Chandrasekar, Jyoti Bhate, and Amit Kesarkar: Impact of assimilation of satellite radiance in the simulation of tropical cyclone Phailin using WRF model, National Space Science Symposium, 09-12 February 2016, Kerala, India.

13. Deepak Gopalakrishnan: Analysis of Oceanic Heat Budget over Central Arabian Sea for Two Contrasting Monsoons, OSICON-13, 26-28 November 2013, Pune, India.

14. Deepak Gopalakrishnan, C. Akhildev, P.V. Sreenivasan, K.K. Leelamma, Lyjo K. Joseph, E.I. Anila: Determination of absorption coefficient of a solution by a simple experimental setup, Optics'11: International conference on light, 23-25 May 2011, Kerala, India (This presentation was based on my undergrad research project).