Center for Nonlinear Studies

Prajvala Kurtakoti

CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate
CNLS/T-3

Physical Oceanography

Prajvala Kurtakoti

Office: TA-03, Building 1690, Room 107
Mail Stop: B258
Phone: +1 979 703 0167
Fax: (505) 665-2659

prajvala@lanl.gov
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Educational Background/Employment:

B.Tech. (2008) Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
M.Sc. (2014) Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Ph.D. (2019) Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Employment:
- (2008-2011) Research Assistant,Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, India.
- (2019-Present) Postdoctoral Resesarch Assiciate, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Research Interests:

Bjerknes Compensation in a Changing Climate in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) dataset.
Effects of Bathymetry on Southern Ocean Convection and on Bottom Water Formation in E3SM.
Open Ocean Polynyas in the Southern Ocean and its Impact on the Deep Ocean

Selected Recent Publications:

Kurtakoti, P, Veneziani, M, Stoessel, A, Weijer, W, Maltrud, M. On the Generation of Weddell Sea Polynyas in a High-Resolution Earth System Model. , Journal of Climate.in revision
Kurtakoti, P, Veneziani, M, Stoessel, A,Weijer, W. Preconditioning and Formation of Maud Rise Polynyas in a High-Resolution Earth System Model., Journal of Climate. 31.23,9659-9678 (2018).
Pandey, V. K., Kurtakoti, P. Evaluation of GODAS using RAMA Mooring Observations from the Indian Ocean. , Marine Geodesy. 37.1,14-31 (2014).