Dr. Athul Rasheeda Satheesh

Dr. Athul Rasheeda Satheesh

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research

    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Research Interests

  • Statistical downscaling
  • Statistical forecasting
  • Machine learning / Artificial Intelligence applications in weather and climate science

Current Project

  • Extreme weather events under recent climate conditions, Aon Impact Forecasting

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, IMKTRO, KIT
  • 2020-2024: PhD Student, IMKTRO, KIT
  • 2018-2019: Project assistant, ECS Dept., IISER Pune, India
  • 2013-2018: BS-MS Student, IISER Pune, India

Publications


2024
Statistical forecasting of synoptic-scale rainfall in tropical Africa. PhD dissertation
Rasheeda Satheesh, A.
2024, April 19. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000170047
A skillful 24-hour rainfall forecast for Africa based only on tropical wave observations
Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.
2024. 25th EMS Annual Meeting (2024), Barcelona, Spain, September 2–6, 2024. doi:10.5194/ems2024-333
Diagnosing tropical waves
Knippertz, P.; Gehne, M.; Kiladis, G. N.; Kikuchi, K.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Roundy, P. E.; Yang, G.-Y.; Žagar, N.; Dias, J.; Fink, A. H.; Methven, J.; Schlueter, A.; Sielmann, F.; Wheeler, M. C.
2024. ECMWF Workshop on Diagnostics for Global Weather Prediction (2024), Reading, United Kingdom, September 9–12, 2024
New diagnostics and hybrid forecasting systems for high-impact weather: Selected highlights from “Waves to Weather”
Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Eisenstein, L.; Gneiting, T.; Grams, C. M.; Hauser, S.; Lemburg, A.; Lerch, S.; Pinto, J. G.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Rein, F.; Schulz, B.; Walz, E.-M.
2024. HIWeather Final Conference (2024), Munich, Germany, September 9–13, 2024
2023
Sources of predictability of synoptic‐scale rainfall during the West African summer monsoon
Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Walz, E.-M.; Gneiting, T.
2023. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149 / B (757), 3721–3737. doi:10.1002/qj.4581
2022
The Intricacies of Identifying Equatorial Waves
Knippertz, P.; Gehne, M.; Kiladis, G. N.; Kikuchi, K.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Roundy, P. E.; Yang, G.-Y.; Žagar, N.; Dias, J.; Fink, A. H.; Methven, J.; Schlüter, A.; Sielmann, F.; Wheeler, M. C.
2022, July. EMS Annual Meeting (2022), Bonn, Germany, September 4–9, 2022
The Intricacies of Identifying Equatorial Waves
Knippertz, P.; Gehne, M.; Kiladis, G. N.; Kikuchi, K.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Roundy, P. E.; Yang, G.-Y.; Žagar, N.; Dias, J.; Fink, A. H.; Methven, J.; Schlüter, A.; Sielmann, F.; Wheeler, M. C.
2022. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (747), 2814–2852. doi:10.1002/qj.4338
How coherent is rainfall in northern tropical Africa in time and space – and why?
Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.
2022. EMS Annual Meeting (2022), Bonn, Germany, September 4–9, 2022
The art of identifying equatorial waves
Knippertz, P.; Gehne, M.; Kiladis, G.; Kikuchi, K.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Roundy, P. E.; Yang, G.-Y.; Žagar, N.; Dias, J.; Fink, A. H.; Methven, J.; Schlueter, A.; Sielmann, F.; Wheeler, M. C.
2022. 102nd AMS Annual Meeting (2022), Online, January 23–27, 2022
How coherent is rainfall in northern tropical Africa in time and space – and why?
Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.
2022. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2022), Online, May 23–27, 2022
2021
The art of identifying equatorial waves
Knippertz, P.; Dias, J.; Fink, A. H.; Gehne, M.; Kiladis, G.; Kikuchi, K.; Methven, J.; Rasheeda Satheesh, A.; Roundy, P. E.; Schlueter, A.; Wheeler, M. C.; Woolnough, S. J.; Yang, G.-Y.; Žagar, N.
2021. 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (2021), Online, May 10–14, 2021