Dr Vishnu Nair

Research Associate

Biography

Qualifications

• 2017 – 2021: PhD in Cloud microphysics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
• 2014 – 2016: MSc in Flight Performance and Propulsion, Department of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands.
• 2007 – 2011: BTech in Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Research

I am currently working with Dr Michael Herzog on the NERC funded volcanic ash project R4Ash to determine the effect of ash aggregation on the near-source volcanic plume development. I am also part of the PARACON project where we focus on improving parameterizations of convective clouds in atmospheric models for numerical climate and weather prediction.

Publications

• Nair, V., Heus, T., & van Reeuwijk, M. (2021). A Lagrangian Study of Interfaces at the Edges of Cumulus Clouds, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(8), 2397-2412. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/78/8/JAS-D-20-0170.1.xml
• Nair, V., Heus, T., & van Reeuwijk, M. (2020). Dynamics of Subsiding Shells in Actively Growing Clouds with Vertical Updrafts, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(4), 1353-1369. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/77/4/jas-d-19-0018.1.xml