Beena is a Climate Researcher currently working in the Horizon Europe ASPECT project that focusses on providing climate-related information to facilitate climate adaptation. Her role is 1) in the co-production of user needs between scientists and organisations needing usable climate prediction information from months up to 30 years, and 2) global and regional forecast skill assessment for developing seamless climate prediction information that is applicable for value-added, user-relevant adaptation decisions/climate services.
She has a broad expertise in experimentation, evaluation and diagnostics with Earth System Models in studying climate variability, change and predictability. Her recent research focussed on ocean and sea ice initialisation, coupled ensemble forecasting on sub-seasonal to seasonal time scales, and observational impact on numerical weather prediction.
Education
Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany (2002-2006). Thesis titled "Effect of daily surface flux anomalies on the time-mean oceanic circulation". PhD Advisor: J.-S von Storch
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Professional Experience
- 04/2017 - 12/2022: Scientist, Earth System Predictability Section, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK.
- 03/2008 - 04/2017: Research Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Science - Climate / Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK.
- 07/2007 - 07/2007: Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany.
- 08/2002 - 08/2002: Visiting Researcher, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
- 06/2001 - 12/2006: Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology / Meteorological Institute, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany.
External recognition
Contributing Author, Chapter 10 on Detection and Attribution of Climate Change, Physical Science Basis, Working Group 1, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC - AR5), 2013.