Murari Lal

Prof. Murari Lal
CESDAC
1006, Osimo Block, Mahagun Mansions Phase 2
1/4 Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram
Ghaziabad, 201 010
India


Phone: +91 (0)989 174 3973
Fax: +91 (0)120 412 9730
E-mail: lal_m@cesdac.org.in
URL: http://www.cesdac.org.in/


Additional functions:
- Lead or Co-ordinating Author on several chapters of IPCC Assessment Reports
- Lead Author, Asia Pacific Chapter of GEO-4 Report of UNEP (2004-2007)
- Member, Technical Committee of the Scenarios Advisory Group of AIACC, International START Secretariat, Washington
- Member, Programme Advisory Board of the Indo-German Forum on International Environmental Governance


Key Publications of Murari Lal (up to five) :
Climate Scenario Development, Chapter 13 in Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, Contribution of WG I to the Third Scientific Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP), 2001, pp. 739-768 (L. O. Mearns, M. Hulme, T. R. Carter, R. Leemans, M. Lal and P. Whetton).

Asia, Chapter 11 in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Contribution of WG II to the Third Scientific Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP), 2001, pp. 533-590 (M. Lal, H. harasawa and D. Murdiyarso).

Future Climate Change: Implications for Indian Summer Monsoon and its Variability, Current Science, 81(9), 2001, pp.1196-1207 (M. Lal, T. Nozawa, S. Emori, H. Harasawa, K. Takahashi, M. Kimoto, A. Abe-Ouchi, T. Nakajima, T. Takemura and A. Numaguti).

Future Climate Changes and its Impacts over Small Island States, Climate Research, Vol 19, 2002, pp. 179-192, (M. Lal, H. Harasawa and K. Takahashi).


Expertise of Murari Lal:
Expertise Category Specific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereMeteorology
Climate
Global Warming
Radiation
Air Pollution
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Precipitation / Runoff
Ocean
Water Pollution / Waste Water
Topic CryosphereGlaciers
Snow Cover
Topic PedosphereSoil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
Topic BiosphereBiodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsCarbon Cycle
Hydrogeochemical Cycle
Topic EcosystemsTerrestrial Ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseAgriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Food Security
Energy
Water
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic Politics/LawAdaptation
Conventions / Protections
Regionalization / Globalization
Topic SocietyEducation / Communication / Participation
Topic HealthInfectious / Vector Borne Disease
Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects
Topic TechnologyTechnical Environmental Protection
Risk Assessment / Forecasting
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Spatial ZonesCoastal Zone
Spatial ScaleRegional
Time FramePast
Recent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusExtreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Documents, Archives
Data Analysis
Modeling
Integrated Assessment
Program Coordination / Management

Additional Specialties:
Global and Regional Climate & its Variability – Scenario Development, Regional Environmental Change – Integrated Approach, Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment (Water, Biodiversity and Agriculture), Landscape Ecology, Biophysical Remote Sensing – GIS Applications, Ecosystem Modeling, Regional Adaptation & Mitigation Potentials, Water Resource Management - Technological Options & Interventions – Environmental & Economic Feasibility, Policy development including the review and anaysis of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Asia – Pacific Regional Context, Social Dimensions and Sustainable Development.

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