Research Interest:

• Climate change and variability
• Clouds, circulation and climate feedbacks
• Radiative forcing
• Aerosol-climate interactions
• Land-atmosphere interactions
• Climate engineering
• Emergent constraints
• Climate change & AI

Educational Qualification:

• Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences (2012-2018), Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India | The Roddam Family Medal for BEST Thesis

• M.Tech, Climate Sciences (2010-2012), Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India 

• B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering (2006-2010), North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Arunachal Pradesh, India | Gold medalist (Received from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam)

Research Publications: 

• Modak, A. and Mauritsen, T. (2023): Better-constrained climate sensitivity when accounting for dataset dependency on pattern effect estimates, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 7535–7549, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7535-2023 (IF – 7.173)
• Huusko L, A Modak , & T. Mauritsen (2022): Stronger Response to the Aerosol Indirect Effect due to Cooling in Remote Regions, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101184 (IF – 5.576)
• Modak A, and T. Mauritsen (2021): The 2000–2012 global warming hiatus more likely with a low climate sensitivity. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091779 (IF – 5.576)
• Modak A, G. Bala, L. Cao, and K. Caldeira, (2016): Why must a solar forcing be larger than a CO2 forcing to cause the same global mean surface temperature change? Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044013  (IF: 6.947)
• Devaraju N, G. Bala and A. Modak, (2015): Effects of large scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://www.pnas.org/content/112/11/3257 (IF: 12.779)
• For Complete list https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=usTfAoEAAAAJ&hl=en

Personal website: 

https://sites.google.com/view/angshumanmodak/home?authuser=0