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BACKGROUND

I am an oceanographer and climate scientist. I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK. Before this, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with at Princeton University, USA. I completed my PhD from Imperial College London, UK, where I worked with .

For more details on my professional life, see my [Last updated Nov 2024].

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RESEARCH

My research primarily focuses on the ocean's role in the climate system. I am interested in questions pertaining to climate variability and predictability, meridional overturning circulation and tracer transport, mesoscale-submesoscale processes and turbulence. I use a combination of theoretical frameworks, idealised models, climate model outputs and observations in my research.

Below are short summaries of my research interests and past work.

Mesoscale and Submesoscale Turbulence

Ocean mesoscale-submesoscale eddies, typically ranging from 1 to 100 kilometers in size, are crucial for large-scale circulation, ocean transport and mixing. Ocean eddies primarily form through baroclinic instability, a process by which potential energy is converted into kinetic energy in the ocean. My interests are in

  1. Interactions among ocean eddies, large-scale ocean currents and bathymetry
  2. Spectral properties of geostrophic ocean turbulence
  3. Inter-scale transfer of energy and tracer due to ocean eddies

Ocean Jet Dynamics

Alternating jets have been well-observed in Earth's oceans and planetary atmospheres like Jupiter. The jets are formed due to intreactions between mesoscale eddies and Rossby waves. In the ocean, these jets are few hundreds to thousands of kilometres long and can stay for a few months to a couple of years. I am interested in various aspects of these jets,

  1. Mechanims of jet formation and their intreactions with ocean eddies
  2. Spatial and temporal variability of jets
  3. Impacts jets on material transport and mixing

ANIMATIONS

  • All
  • Ocean
  • Atmosphere

PUBLICATIONS

CONTACT

Hemant Khatri

Email: hkhatri@liverpool.ac.uk

206, Nicholson Building,

University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5DA, UK