Arun Kumar
Chief
National Centers for Environmental Prediction- NOAA
USA
Biography
Dr. Arun Kumar is currently the Chief, Operational Monitoring Branch, Climate Prediction Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). He joined NCEP in 1990 as part of the Coupled Model Project responsible for the development of a dynamical prediction system for seasonal outlooks. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from Florida State University. His professional interests include seasonal climate predictions and understanding of seasonal and decadal climate variability; global influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO); ENSO variability, tropical air-sea interactions, tropical Pacific ocean observing system; analysis of oceanic and atmospheric interannual variability in the coupled general circulation models.
Research Interest
Seasonal climate predictions and understanding of seasonal and decadal climate variability; global influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO); ENSO variability, tropical air-sea interactions, tropical Pacific ocean observing system; analysis of oceanic and atmospheric interannual variability in the coupled general circulation models.