Location:
Ernest Rutherford 262
Country of Origin:
INDIA
About:
Ph.D. Researcher and recipient of a scholarship within the research project entitled "Extreme wildfire: Our new reality – are we ready?" funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), New Zealand, focusing on Discovering the dynamics of fire-atmosphere internal boundary layers and turbulence at the Rural-Urban Interface (RUI) using Doppler wind LIDAR observations and Large Eddy Simulations.
“I am studying the heartbeat of wildfires, investigating how and why they move, focusing on the fire’s pulsation frequency and its drivers within the fire-atmosphere interaction.”
Working Thesis Title:
The Pulsation Frequency of Wildfire Flaming Zone and its Drivers in Fire-Atmosphere Interaction
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Marwan Katurji
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Peyman Zawar-Reza, Dr. Andres Valencia-Correa
Associate Supervisor: Dr. Jiawei Zhang (SCION)
Research Interests:
Meteorology, Earth and Environment Science, Planetary Science, Extreme Events, Atmospheric Sciences, Numerical Weather Prediction, Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, Numerical Modeling and Simulation, and Remote Sensing.
Academic History:
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Atmospheric Science, Central University of Rajasthan, India (2019-2021).
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Physical Science with Electronics, University of Delhi, India (2016-2019).
Professional Experience:
- Project Associate under Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) sponsored research project, Central University of Rajasthan, India (May 2022 - Oct 2023).
- Research Consultant- Risk and Adaptation (Climate Risks), CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water), New Delhi, India (Dec 2021 - Mar 2022).
Computational Skills:
- Handling Observational Dataset (LiDAR, Sonic Anemometers, Image Processing, netCDF, GRIB etc.), Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, WRF-ELEC (Electrification), Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS), ArcGIS/QGIS, Remote Sensing & GIS, MS-Office, Python, C, C++, Fortran.
Hobbies and Interests:
Mythography, Singing, Sketching, Fitness, and Sports.
Professional Profiles:
- LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gitesh-wasson-940399179?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3B7DeaN8F6Sf6ZJFhqSRDvsQ%3D%3D
- Research Gate- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gitesh-Wasson
- Google Scholar- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cJtjgW4AAAAJ&hl=en
Publications:
- Vinisha, S. K. Panda, Anish Kumar, Unashish Mondal, Gitesh Wasson, and Devesh Sharma (2024): Improving severe thunderstorm simulations over Bihar and West Bengal, India through assimilation of upper air observations using the 3DVAR of WRF model. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06852-2 (I.F. = 3.3)
- Bhavyasree, S. K. Panda, Gitesh Wasson, Unashish Mondal, Anish Kumar, and Devesh Sharma (2024): Assessing the performance of WRF model in simulating severe hailstorm events over Assam and Bihar, India. Model. Earth Syst. Environ., 10, 6013–6034. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-024-02114-z (I.F. = 2.7)
- Gitesh Wasson, and S. K. Panda (2024): Sensitivity of PBL parameterization schemes in simulating lightning and thunderstorm using WRF-ELEC model. Climate Dynamics, 62, 3799–3821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05481-x (I.F. = 4.901)
- Gitesh Wasson, Someshwar Das, and S. K. Panda (2022): Numerical simulation of a Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) event over Northern India using WRF modeling system. Natural Hazards, 114, 2605–2631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05481-x (I.F. = 3.158)
