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• Ph.D. 1998, Satellite Oceanography, National Oceanography Center (formerly Southampton Oceanography Center), University of Southampton, England

• M.Sc. 1991, Physical Oceanography, Andhra University, India.
  

• Satellite Oceanography, in particular from both active and passive sensors to study ocean/atmosphere dynamics; model simulations using Miami Isopycnal Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM), Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), MIT Ocean General Circulation Model, bio-physical models. Specific research interests includes:

  • Satellite oceanography at the regional and global scale
  • Satellite altimetry using TOPEX/POSEIDON and JASON-1
  • Remote sensing of ocean color
  • Satellite based studies of interactions between physics and biology at the mesoscale
  • Circulation in the Indian Ocean using satellite observations and model simulations
  • Rossby waves observed from space
  • Heat and salt storage in the Indian Ocean from altimetry
  • Ocean surface salinity from space

• V.S.N. Murty B. Subrahmanyam, S. Muralikrishna, D. Heffner, J.F. Shriver, C. Neelima, A.S.N Lakshmi (2008). Interannual variability of sea surface salinity in the equatorial Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., (in review)

• Gierach, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam, P.G. Thoppil (2008). Physical and Biological Responses to Hurricane Katrina (2005) in a 1/25° nested Gulf of Mexico HYCOM, J. Marine Sys., (in review)

• Cadden, D.D.H., B.Subrahmanyam, D.P. Chambers, and V.S.N. Murty (2008). Surface and Subsurface Geostrophic Current Variability in the Indian Ocean From Altimetry, IEEE Geo. Remote. Sens., (in review).

• Heffner, D.M., B. Subrahmanyam, J.F. Shriver, and J.F. Blundell (2008). Indian Ocean Rossby waves detected in HYCOM sea surface salinity , Geophys. Res. Letts., 35, L03605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032760.

• Gierach, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam(2008). Biophysical Responses of the Upper Ocean to Major Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes in 2005, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007JC004419.

• Subrahmanyam, B., K. Ueyoshi, J.M. Morrison (2008). Sensitivity of the Indian Ocean Circulation to Phytoplankton forcing using an ocean model, Remote Sens. Env., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.021.

• Gierach, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam (2007). Global oceancolor and phytoplankton, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., State of Climate in 2006, S43-S45.
• Gierach, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam (2007). Satellite Data Analysis of the upper response to the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005) in the Gulf of Mexico, IEEE Geo. and Remote. Sens. Letts., 4, 132-136.
• Nakamoto, S., S. Prasanna Kumar, J.M. Oberhuber, K. Muneyama, K. Ueyoshi, B. Subrahmanyam, K. Nakata, C.A. Lai, R. Frouin (2006). Potential feedback mechanism between phytoplankton and upper ocean environment through radiative transfer process influenced by heat release by phytoplankton Numerical Ocean General Circulation Models and an Analytical Solution, Global Climate Change and Response of Carbon Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean and Adjacent Landmasses, Elsevier Oceanography Series 73, Edited by H. Kawahata and Y. Awaya., Chapter 11, 255-272.
• Maza, M., G. Voulgaris, B. Subrahmanyam (2006). Subtidal Inner shelf currents off Cartagena de Indias, Caribbean coast of Colombia, Geophys. Res. Letts., 33, 21606, doi:10.1029/2006GL027324, 2006.
• Subrahmanyam, B., V.S.N. Murty, R.J. Sharp, and J.J. O'Brien (2005). Air-Sea Coupling during the tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean - a case study using satellite observations, Special Addition of the Pure and Applied Geophysics, 162, 1643-1672, 2005.
• Murty, V.S.N., B. Subrahmanyam, V. Tilvi, and J. J. O'Brien (2004). Sea Surface Salinity estimation from Outgoing Longwave Radiation in the tropical Indian Ocean- its algorithms and variability, J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC001928, 2004.
• Maghanani, V., B. Subrahmanyam, L. Xie, and J. Morrison (2003). Numerical simulation of seasonal and interannual Indian Ocean Upper layer circulation using MICOM. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C7), 3240, doi:10.1029/2002JC001567, 33-1 to 33-21.
• Shi, W., B. Subrahmanyam , J.Morrison (2002): Estimation of heat and Salt variability in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C7), 3214, doi:10.1029/2001JC001244, 7-1 to 7-15.
• Subrahmanyam, B., K.H. Rao, N. Srinivasa Rao, V.S.N. Murty, R.J. Sharp (2002). Influence of a tropical cyclone on Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Arabian Sea, Geophys. Res. Letts, 29, 22, 1-4.
• Murty, V.S.N., B. Subrahmanyam , M.S.S. Sarma, V. Tilvi, and V. Ramesh Babu (2002). Estimation of Sea Surface Salinity in the Bay of Bengal using Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Geophys. Res. Letts., Vol. 29, 16, 11-1 to 11-4.
• Tilberg, C.E., B. Subrahmanyam, and J. J. O'Brien (2002): Ocean color variability in the Tasman Sea. Geophys. Res. Letts., 29, 10, 125-1 to 125-4.
• Maghanani, V., J. Morrison, L. Xie, and B. Subrahmanyam (2002): Heat Budget of the Indian Ocean estimated from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry and Model simulations. Deep-Sea Res. Part-II, 49, 1459-1480.
• Subrahmanyam, B. I.S. Robinson, J.R. Blundell, P.G. Challenor (2001). Indian Ocean Rossby waves observed in TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and Model simulations. Int. J. Remote. Sens, 22, 141-167.
• Subrahmanyam, B., and I.S. Robinson (2000). Sea Surface Height variability in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry and Model simulations. Marine Geodesy, 23, 167-195.
• Murty, V.S.N., B. Subrahmanyam, L.V. Gangadhra Rao, and G.V Reddyi (1998). Seasonal variation of sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal during 1992 as derived from NOAA-AVHRR SST data. Int. J. Remote. Sens., 98, 2361-2372.
• Subrahmanyam, B., V. Ramesh Babu, V.S.N. Murty, and L.V.G. Rao(1996). Surface circulation off Somalia and western equatorial Indian Ocean during summer monsoon of 1998 from GEOSAT altimeter data. Int. J. Remote. Sens.,17, 761-770.
• Subrahmanyam, B., V.S.N. Murty, and L.V.G. Rao (1994). Short-Term Variability of Sea surface Heat Budget of the East Central Arabian Sea during November, 1992. Mahasagar, 27, 2, 79-87.