Mohan Ramamurthy
Unidata
ESSO Principal Investigator
Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy is the PI and Project Director for the EarthCube Science Support Office (ESSO), as well as the Director of UCAR’s Unidata Program, and is a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Dr. Ramamurthy studied weather processes and prediction, including mesoscale phenomena such as snowbands, gravity waves, and hurricanes, and conducted research in data assimilation and ensemble forecasting for 25 years.
His current interests are focused on information technology, interactive, multimedia instruction and learning, scientific data services, and more broadly the application of cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers on many topics in meteorology, information technology, and geoscience education.