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Dr. Archana Nair

Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.), Department of Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences, Kochi | Head & Research Supervisor, Department of Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences, Kochi

Qualification: MSc, Ph.D
archananair@kh.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Statistical Downscaling, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Groundwater Modeling

Bio

Dr. Archana Nair currently serves as an Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) at the Department of Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi. She is now heading the Department. Dr. Archana Nair is presently guiding four Ph. D. candidates at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in the area of Groundwater Modeling, Climate Change, and Extreme Rainfall Prediction.

Dr. Archana Nair received her Ph. D. in Mathematics from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. She has done her Masters in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Dr. Archana Nair worked as junior research fellow at IIT Delhi and also as Project Scientist at IIT Bhubaneswar. She has 7 years of experience in research and 3 years in teaching.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2023

An improved hybrid coupled model for delineation of groundwater potential zones using surface and climatological factors

Cite this Research Publication : Keerthana A, Archana Nair and Gurjeet Singh, "An improved hybrid coupled model for delineation of groundwater potential zones using surface and climatological factors," (2023), Theoretical and Applied Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04366-8

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2022

Trend Analysis of Hydro-Climatological Factors Using a Bayesian Ensemble Algorithm with Reasoning from Dynamic and Static Variables

Cite this Research Publication : Keerthana A and Archana Nair, "Trend Analysis of Hydro-Climatological Factors Using a Bayesian Ensemble Algorithm with Reasoning from Dynamic and Static Variables," Atmosphere, 2022, 13(12), 1961; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13121961

Year : 2021

The role of North West Equatorial Indian Ocean in modulating the variability of southwest monsoon rainfall over Kerala in a climate change perspective

Cite this Research Publication : Nair, A., Nair, V.G. & Nair, K.S., "The role of North West Equatorial Indian Ocean in modulating the variability of southwest monsoon rainfall over Kerala in a climate change perspective," Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 146, 139–154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03716-8.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2020

Regional scale trend and variability of rainfall pattern over agro-climatic zones in the mid-Mahanadi river basin of eastern India

Cite this Research Publication : Singh, G., Panda, R. K., & Nair, A. (2020), "Regional scale trend and variability of rainfall pattern over agro-climatic zones in the mid-Mahanadi river basin of eastern India," Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Vol. 29, 5-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2019.11.001

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2019

Regional Scale Trend and Variability of Rainfall Pattern Over Agro-climatic Zones in the Mid-Mahanadi River Basin of Eastern India

Cite this Research Publication : G. Singh, Panda, R. K., and Archana Nair, “Regional Scale Trend and Variability of Rainfall Pattern Over Agro-climatic Zones in the Mid-Mahanadi River Basin of Eastern India”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 2019.

Publisher : Journal of Hydro-environment Research (2019)

Year : 2018

Prediction of kharif rice yield at Kharagpur using disaggregated extended range rainfall forecasts

Cite this Research Publication : B. S. Dhekale, M. M. Nageswararao, Archana Nair, U. C. Mohanty, D. K. Swain, K. K. Singh, T Arunbabu 2017: "Prediction of kharif rice yield at Kharagpur using disaggregatedextended range rainfall forecasts", Theorectical and Applied Climatology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-017-2232-4

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2018

Prediction of Monthly Summer Monsoon Rainfall using Global Climate Models through Artificial Neural Network Technique

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, Gurjeet Singh and U.C.Mohanty : "Prediction of Monthly Summer Monsoon Rainfall using Global Climate Models through Artificial Neural Network Technique," Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175(1), 403-419, 2018.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2016

Comparative Evaluation of Performances of Two Versions of NCEP Climate Forecast System in Predicting Winter Precipitation over India

Cite this Research Publication : M. M. Nageswararao, U. C. Mohanty, Archana Nair, S. S. V. S. Ramakrishna 2016: "Comparative Evaluation of Performances of Two Versions of NCEP Climate Forecast System in Predicting Winter Precipitation over India". Pure and Applied Geophysics, Volume 173, Issue 6, pp 2147–2166

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2016

Characteristics of winter precipitation over Northwest India using high-resolution gridded dataset (1901–2013)

Cite this Research Publication : M. M. Nageswararaoa, U.C. Mohanty, Archana Nair, S. Kiran Prasad 2016: "Characteristics of winter precipitation over Northwest India using high-resolution gridded dataset (1901–2013)". Global and Planetary change, volume 147, pp 67-8

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2016

A mediator based dynamic server load balancing approach using SDN

Cite this Research Publication : A. Nair, Mol, M. G. Binya, and Nair, N. S., “A mediator based dynamic server load balancing approach using SDN”, International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, vol. 9, pp. 6647-6652, 2016.

Publisher : International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Serials Publications.

Year : 2015

Improving the performance of precipitation outputs from Global Climate Models to predict monthly and seasonal rainfall over the Indian subcontinent

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, U C.Mohanty and TC Panda, 2015: "Improving the performance of precipitation outputs from Global Climate Models to predict monthly and seasonal rainfall over the Indian subcontinent". Competus Rendus Geoscience, Volume 347, Issue 2, pp 53–63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2015.03.004

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2014

Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall trends over a maritime state (Kerala) of India during the last 100 years

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, Ajith Joseph K and K S Nair, "Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall trends over a maritime state (Kerala) of India during the last 100 years". Atmospheric Environment 88C (2014), pp. 123-132 doi :10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.061

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2014

Skill of precipitation Prediction with GCMs over North India during Winter Season

Cite this Research Publication : P.R. Tiwari, S.C. Kar, U.C. Mohanty, S. Kumari, P. Sinha, A. Nair and S. Dey: "Skill of precipitation Prediction with GCMs over North India during Winter Season", International Journal of Climatology, Volume34, Issue12, October 2014, Pages 3440-3455 DOI: 10.1002/joc.3921

Publisher : Wiley Online Library

Year : 2013

Real-time Experimental Extended Range Forecast System (ERFS) for Indian summer Monsoon Rainfall: A case study for Monsoon 2011

Cite this Research Publication : U.C. Mohanty, Nachiketa Acharya, Ankita Singh, Archana Nair, M.A. Kulkarni, S.K. Dash, S.C. Kar, A.W. Robertson, A.K. Mitra, L.S. Rathore, K.K. Singh, D.R. Pattanaik,Dalip Singh , Surajit Chattopadhyay, R.K. Rai, M.M.N Rao, A. Mishra and R.K. Pal (2013), "Real-time Experimental Extended Range Forecast System (ERFS) for Indian summer Monsoon Rainfall: A case study for Monsoon 2011", Current Science, Vol. 104, No. 6.

Year : 2013

Variability of summer monsoon rainfall in India on inter- annual and decadal time scales

Cite this Research Publication : Joseph, P. V., G. Bindu, A. Nair, S. S Wilson, 2013: "Variability of summer monsoon rainfall in India on inter- annual and decadal time scales", Atmos. Oceanic Sci.Lett., 6, doi:10.3878/j.issn.1674-2834.13.0044.

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Year : 2013

Monthly prediction of rainfall over India and its homogeneous zones during monsoon season: a supervised principal component regression approach on general circulation model products

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, U.C Mohanty and Nachiketa Acharya (2013), "Monthly prediction of rainfall over India and its homogeneous zones during monsoon season: a supervised principal component regression approach on general circulation model products", Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 111, pages 327–339 (2013), DOI 10.1007/s00704-012-0660-8

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2013

An analytical study of hindcasts from General Circulation Models for Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, U.C Mohanty and Andrew W Robertson (2013), "An analytical study of hindcasts from General Circulation Models for Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall", Meteorological Applications, Volume21, Issue 3, Pages 695-707 DOI: 10.1002/met.1395

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Year : 2012

On the predictability of northeast monsoon rainfall over south peninsular India in General Circulation Models

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Nair, Nachiketa Acharya, Ankita Singh, U.C. Mohanty and T.C Panda (2012), "On the predictability of northeast monsoon rainfall over south peninsular India in General Circulation Models", PAGEOPH, Pure and Applied Geophysics, volume 170, pages 1945–1967, DOI 10.1007/s00024-012-0633-y

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2012

Performance of General Circulation Models and their ensembles for prediction of drought indices over India during summer monsoon

Cite this Research Publication : Nachiketa Acharya, Ankita Singh, U C. Mohanty, Archana Nair and Surajit Chattopadhyay, (2012) "Performance of General Circulation Models and their ensembles for prediction of drought indices over India during summer monsoon", Natural Hazards DOI 10.1007/s11069-012-0531-8

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2011

Characteristic changes in the long and short spells of different rain intensities in India

Cite this Research Publication : S. K. Dash, Archana Anil Nair, Makarand A. Kulkarni and U. C. Mohanty (2011), "Characteristic changes in the long and short spells of different rain intensities in India". Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI 10.007/s00704-011-0416-x

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2010

Regulation of Nrf2-and AP-1-mediated Gene Expression by Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and Sulforaphane in Prostate of Nrf2-knockout or C57BL/6J Mice and PC-3 AP-1 Human Prostate Cancer Cells

Cite this Research Publication : Sab c d Nair, Barve, Aa, Khor, T. - Oa, Shen, G. - Xa, Lin, Wa, Chan, J. Ye, Cai, Lf, and Kong, A. - Na, “Regulation of Nrf2-and AP-1-mediated Gene Expression by Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and Sulforaphane in Prostate of Nrf2-knockout or C57BL/6J Mice and PC-3 AP-1 Human Prostate Cancer Cells”, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, vol. 31, pp. 1223-1240, 2010.

Publisher : Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Book Chapter

Year : 2017

Remote Sensing of Upwelling in the Arabian Sea and Adjacent Near-Coastal Regions

Cite this Research Publication : Ajith Joseph K, C Jayaram, Archana Nair, Mary Swapna George,A N Balchand, Lasse H.Pettersson, 2017, "Remote Sensing of Upwelling in the Arabian Sea and adjacent near –coastal regions," In: Remote sensing of Asian seas, Vittorio Barali and Martin Gade (Eds). Springer pub Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94067-0_26

Publisher : Springer

Conference/ Symposium Attended
  • Attended SERC School on “Dynamics and Forecasting of the Indian  Summer Monsoon”
  • Presented paper in TROPMET – 2012 i.e. “National Symposium on Frontiers of Meteorology with special reference to the Himalaya”
  • Presented paper in “Annual Monsoon Workshop (AMW-2012) on “Understanding of Summer Monsoon Over Indian Sub Continent”.
  • Presented paper in Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory in Thrikkakara, Kochi on “Costal Oceanographic Studies: Modelling and Observations”.
  • Presented poster in “International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX- 2013 conducted by World Climate Research Program” in Brussels, Belgium.
  • Presented paper in “National Conference OSICON 2013: Role of Oceans in Earth System” in Pune.
  • Presented paper in “Kerala Science Congress-2019”.
  • Attended International workshop on Mathematics in Artificial Intelligence held at NIT Kozhikode from 16th January 2023 to 20th January 2023.
Courses Taught
  • Advanced Real Analysis
  • Dynamics
  • Machine Learning
  • Multivariate Statistics and Regression Analysis
  • Applied Statistics
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