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CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS

Lectures/Seminars

  • Co-mentored the International Training Programme titled “Machine Learning based Species Distribution Modelling” at INCOIS, Hyderabad during 11th to 22nd September 2023 , under the NOAA-MOES joint collaboration led by Dr. Elizabeth Holmes from NOAA, USA. Ms Modi delivered lectures ranging from scientific to computing including the talk on Impact of climate change on oceans, programming tools such as python, bash scripting, JupyterHub and Github and machine learning tools. This training program was linked with the approved initiatives of the DCU IOC-UNESCO, Paris for DECCaD-IO Devising Early-Career Capacity Development in the Indian Ocean region.

  • Invited talk at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA, on “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean: Filling Gaps in Ocean Color Data and Quantifying Climate Change Impact on Marine Primary Productivity”, July 20, 2023.

  • Invited talk at the National Science Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry (NSWIO-BGC) at CMLRE Kochi during 26-28 April, 2023. The talk was titled, “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean: Filling Gaps in Ocean Color Data and Quantifying Climate Change Impact on Marine Primary Productivity”.

Conferences

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, “Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Primary Productivity in the Tropical Indian Ocean: Evidence from Satellite Observations and Earth System Models”, WCRP Open Science Conference 2023 Kigali, Rwanda, Africa, 21-28th October 2023.

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, “Improved Estimation of Ocean Ecosystem Indicators Using Monte-Carlo Gap-Filling in Cloud-Prone Indian Ocean Color Data”, WCRP Open Science Conference 2023 Kigali, Rwanda, Africa, 21-28th October 2023.

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, “Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Phenology in the Tropical Indian Ocean”, Trevor Platt Science Symposium on “Trends, Reflections, Evolution, and Visions in Ocean Research”, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, 9-11 August 2023

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean: Filling Gaps in Ocean Color Data and Quantifying Climate Change Impact on Marine Primary Productivity”, National Science Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry (NSWIOBGC), CMLRE Kochi, 26-28 April, 2023.

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, “Understanding the Biophysical Interactions in the Tropical Indian Ocean in a Changing Climate”, 6th IIOE-2 Steering Committee meetings and IORP-18/IRF-17/IOGOOS-18/SIBER-13 annual review meetings, International Indian Ocean Science Conference 2023 (IIOSC 2023), Perth, Australia, February 6-10, 2023.

  • A. Modi and Roxy M.K., ”Difference in the Past Trends and Future Projections of Marine Primary Productivity in between the CMIP6 and CMIP5 Models”, AGU Fall Meeting, 16 December 2021

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K., S. Ghosh, ”Addressing the uncertainty in estimation of Ecological indicators of the marine ecosystem”, AGU Fall Meeting, 13 December 2021

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K. and S. Ghosh, ”Understanding biophysical Interactions over the tropical Indian Ocean”, IIT Bombay, 24 October 2021

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K. and S. Ghosh, ”Understanding biophysical Interactions over the tropical Indian Ocean”, IIT Bombay, 20 October 2020

  • A. Modi, Roxy M.K. and S. Ghosh, ”Understanding biophysical Interactions over the tropical Indian Ocean in a changing Climate”, IIT Bombay, 24 August 2019

  • A. Modi and Roxy M. K., ”Contrasting trends of marine phytoplankton in the tropical Indian Ocean”, CLIVAR Open Science Conference and the Early Career Scientists Symposium on Charting the course for climate and ocean research, Qingdao, China, 18‑25 September 2016

  • A. Modi, Roxy M. K., R. Murtugudde, V. Valsala, S. Panickal, S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi and Marina Lévy “Decline in marine phytoplankton ‑ changing monsoon winds or warming ocean?”, Workshop on Climate Change and Regional Impacts over South Asia, IITM, Pune, 28‑29 July 2016

  • A. Modi, Roxy M. K., R. Murtugudde, V. Valsala, S. Panickal, S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi and Marina Lévy, ”Marine ecosystem response to the rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean”, SPIE Asia Pacific Conference on Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions VI, New Delhi, 4‑7th April, 2016

  • A. Modi, Roxy M. K., R. Murtugudde, V. Valsala, S. Panickal, S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi and Marina Lévy “Decline in marine phytoplankton ‑ changing monsoon winds or warming ocean?”, Annual Monsoon Workshop‑2015 and National Symposium on Understanding and Forecasting the Monsoon Extremes, IITM, Pune, 23th‑24th February 2016

  • A. Modi, Roxy M. K., R. Murtugudde, V. Valsala, S. Panickal, S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Ravichandran, M. Vichi and Marina Lévy, ”Marine ecosystem response to the rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean”, National Space Science Symposium, at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 9 February, 2016

Workshops

  • Brainstorming meeting on Tropical Biometeorology held at IITM, Pune on 12-Jan-2024. focusing on developing a new program, Tropical Biometeorology (TBM), with a focus on addressing increased pollution, climate change, and their impacts on human health.

  • Brainstorming meeting to discuss Future Road Map for a broad spectrum of scientific bodies involved in the Indian Ocean research including IOGOOS, IIOE-2, IORP, IRF, SIBER, IOCINDIO, SCOR and IOC hosted at INCOIS, Hyderabad during 28-30 November 2023.

  • Organized and participated in the WCRP Lighthouse activity at the WCRP Open Science Conference 2023 during 21-28 October 2023 and represented the Indo-Pacific Hub in the - My Climate Risk (MCR). The event was titled “Democratizing Climate Science: Making It Meaningful at Local Scales,” aimed to cultivate discussions on locally-driven climate solutions.

  • Organized and chaired the WCRP My Climate Risk (MCR) Lighthouse Activity, as a side event with the ICRC-CORDEX 2023 conference titled “Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action in the Indo-Pacific region,” at IITM Pune during 25-29 September 2023.

  • Participated in the training on “Satellite-based Tools for Investigating Aquatic Ecosystems.” This training, conducted by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and European Space Agency (ESA), UK during April to July 2023.

  • Brainstorming sessions on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry (NSWIO-BGC) organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences(MOES) at the National Science Workshop at CMLRE Kochi during 26-28 April, 2023.

  • Annual Monsoon Workshop and National Symposium on Challenges in climate services for health sector in the warming environment, organized by IMSP at IITM Pune during 28th-30th March 2023.

  • ComSciCon Chapter Workshop at the University of Virginia (ComSciCon-UVA 2021) during August 16-18, 2022 (online).

  • Virtual OceanHackWeek hosted by the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Washington during August 3-6, 2021.

  • Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemsitry (OCB) Summer Workshop 2021 during June 4 - June 24, 2021 (online).

  • Participated in the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) workshop virtually as an initiative by G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative held during May 4 – June 1, 2021.

  • 7th National Conference of the Ocean Society of India 2021 (OSICON) held virtually during 28‑30 August, 2021

  • ComSciCon at UVA 2021 Virtual Workshop at the University of Virginia during August 16‑18, 2021

  • OceanHackWeek hybrid workshop focused on data science and oceanography during August 3‑6, 2021

  • Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemsitry (OCB) first virtual Summer Workshop 2021 during June 4 ‑ June 24, 2021

  • Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO‑BGC) workshop virtually as an initiative by G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative held during May 4 ‑ June1, 2021

  • Climate Science and Policy e‑School, IDP, Climate Studies, IIT Bombay, India, 17‑28th August 2020

  • International workshop on Prediction skill of extreme Precipitation events and tropical cyclones: Present status and Future prospects and the Annual Climate Change Workshop, IITM Pune, India, 25‑28 November 2019

  • Stakeholders Consultation cum brain storming meeting on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, CMLRE, Kochi India, 1‑2 July, 2019

  • Hindi Workshop titled ‘Official Language policy’, IITM Pune India, 16 March 2018

  • HPC Pratyush User training, IITM Pune, 20‑22 February, 2018

  • Meeting conducted by Ocean Society of India 2017 as an OSI Member, NCESS, Trivandrum, Kerala, 28 August, 2017

  • 5th National Conference of the Ocean Society of India 2017 (OSICON), NCESS, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 28‑30 August, 2017

  • Hindi Workshop regarding the Official Language Implementation Committee, IITM Pune, 27 June 2017

  • GEWEX‑CLIVAR Monsoon Panel Meetings as a guest, Qingdao, China, during 17‑25 September, 2016

  • Hindi Workshop on ‘Rajbhasha Niti Avam Patrachar ke vividh Roop’, IITM Pune India, 16 December 2016

  • CLIVAR Open Science Conference and the Early Career Scientists Symposium on, “Charting the course for climate and ocean research”, Qingdao, China, 17‑25 September 2016. Travel support was provided by IMBER/COR, USA

  • Advanced School on Earth System Modelling (ESM) followed by a Workshop on Climate Change and Regional Impacts over South Asia jointly organised by Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP Trieste, Italy) and IITM Pune, 18‑29 July 2016

  • Science Plan discussions for the “Strategic Document on Atmospheric Sciences” to build a framework of the next Research Plan on Ocean circulation and biogeochemical response to climate change and Long‑term climate variability and change using IITM‑ESM

  • Advanced Refresher course on Operational Climate Services, Meteorological Training Institute(MTI), IMD, Pune India, 24‑28 August 2015

  • ICTP-IITM‑TTA: To Improve Prediction Skill of Monsoon Weather and Climate Challenge in Monsoon Prediction, IITM Pune, India, 9‑20 February 2015

  • ICTP-IITM-COLA Targeted Training Activity: Challenge in Monsoon Prediction, Trieste, Italy, Jun‑Jul 2014