• Climate modeling
• Model development
• Boundary layer meteorology
• Data-driven weather models
• Extreme weather events

02/2025 – present: Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

01/2018-12/2024: Ph.D. scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, India

1. Namdev, P., Sharan, M., and Mishra, S. K. (2025): Implementation of various non-linear similarity functions for stable atmospheric surface layer in the WRF modeling system: An evaluation for three contrasting nights in CASES-99 dataset. Atmospheric Research, 315, 107825, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107825

2. Namdev, P., Sharan, M., Srivastava, P., and Mishra, S. K. (2024): An updated parameterization of the unstable atmospheric surface layer in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(22), 8093-8114, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8093-2024

3. Namdev, P., Sharan, M., and Mishra, S. K. (2024): On the extent of applicability of various non-linear similarity functions for computation of surface fluxes under stable conditions in numerical models. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 190(6), 29, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-024-00869-7

4. Namdev, P., Srivastava, P., Sharan, M., and Mishra, S. K. (2024): An update to WRF surface layer parameterization over an Indian region, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 105, 101414, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2023.101414

5. Namdev, P., Sharan, M., and Mishra, S. K. (2023): Impacts of the similarity functions of surface layer parameterization in a climate model over the Indian region, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149(750), 152-170, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4400

6. Srivastava, P., Namdev, P., and Singh, P. K. (2022): 7 February Chamoli (Uttarakhand, India) rock-ice avalanche disaster: model-simulated prevailing meteorological conditions, Atmosphere, 13(2), 267, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13020267