Murari Lal
Prof. Murari LalCESDAC
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 Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Meteorology |
| Climate | |
| Global Warming | |
| Radiation | |
| Air Pollution | |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
| Precipitation / Runoff | |
| Ocean | |
| Water Pollution / Waste Water | |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Snow Cover | |
| Topic Pedosphere | Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification |
| Topic Biosphere | Biodiversity |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Carbon Cycle |
| Hydrogeochemical Cycle | |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Marine Ecosystems | |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Food Security | |
| Energy | |
| Water | |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
| Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
| Conventions / Protections | |
| Regionalization / Globalization | |
| Topic Society | Education / Communication / Participation |
| Topic Health | Infectious / Vector Borne Disease |
| Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects | |
| Topic Technology | Technical Environmental Protection |
| Risk Assessment / Forecasting | |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Spatial Zones | Coastal Zone |
| Spatial Scale | Regional |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Recent / Today | |
| Future | |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends | |
| Variability | |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial | |
| Methods | Data 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.
Last update: 9/2/08
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