I entered the Coastal Resources Management (CRM) program in 2004, after an MA in Geography at Ohio University specializing in Tropical Climatology. I worked with Dr. Ronald Isaac, Director of Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis. My thesis topic was on the signature of teleconnections between sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal and monsoon rainfall in Bangladesh. Prior to that, I worked for 7 years in my native country of Bangladesh for a private research institute, Center for Research and Action on Environment and Development.
Since joining CRM, I have worked on Dr. Scott Curtis National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Precipitation Measurement Mission project on intraseasonal variations in precipitation from the Indian Ocean to West Pacific Ocean as a forcing mechanism for El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The study region includes the countries of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Micronesia, and Fiji. The study uses Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and other current satellite-based precipitation information for evidence of climate variations within the Indo-Pacific sector that are related to the development of El Niño. The research began in December 2003 and outcomes of the research are being prepared for presentation in conference and publication in journals. For more information about the project please see: http://www.personal.ecu.edu/curtisw/. A NASA press release can be found at: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/elnino_ocean.html. Recently, I submitted an abstract to the 5th International Science Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle titled ‘Mesoscale Convective Complexes in the Indo-Pacific Sector During Boreal Winter of the TRMM Era’ which will be presented in June 2005.
