Badarvada Yadidya, PhD

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I’m B. Yadidya.

I’m currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Brian K. Arbic in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
My research focuses on leveraging high-resolution data-assimilative HYCOM simulations in conjunction with satellite altimetry, including the newly launched SWOT satellite, to map and understand the global internal wave field.

Project title: “Diagnosis and Validation of the Time and Spatial Variability of Remotely Generated Internal Waves in Global Ocean Simulations”.

I received my PhD from the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Insitute of Technology Delhi in January 2023. I worked on the “Variability of Internal waves in the Andaman Sea” under the supervision of Prof. A. D. Rao and Prof. Vimlesh Pant. During my PhD, I’ve looked at the variability of internal waves across multiple timescales ranging from diurnal, seasonal, interannual to climate scales in one of the hotspot regions for large-amplitude internal waves - the Andaman Sea. My PhD was funded by the Department of Science and Technology, India under the INSPIRE fellowship.

Publications

Phase-Accurate Internal Tides in a Global Ocean Forecast Model: Potential Applications for Nadir and Wide-Swath Altimetry

Yadidya, B., Arbic, B. K., Shriver, J. F., Nelson, A. D., Zaron, E. D., Buijsman, M. C., & Thakur, R. (2024). "Phase-Accurate Internal Tides in a Global Ocean Forecast Model: Potential Applications for Nadir and Wide-Swath Altimetry." Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107232. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107232

Projected climate variability of internal waves in the Andaman Sea

Yadidya, B., & Rao, A. D. (2022). "Projected climate variability of internal waves in the Andaman Sea." Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 252. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00574-8

Interannual variability of internal tides in the Andaman Sea: an effect of Indian Ocean Dipole

Yadidya, B., & Rao, A. D. (2022). "Interannual variability of internal tides in the Andaman Sea: an effect of Indian Ocean Dipole." Scientific Reports, 12, 11104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15301-8

Investigation of Internal Tides Variability in the Andaman Sea: Observations and Simulations

Yadidya, B., Rao, A. D., & Latha, G. (2022). "Investigation of Internal Tides Variability in the Andaman Sea: Observations and Simulations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(4), e2021JC018321. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018321

Simulation of diurnal variability in vertical density structure using a coupled model

Yadidya, B., Rao, A. D., & Mohanty, S. (2021). "Simulation of diurnal variability in vertical density structure using a coupled model." Scientific Reports, 11(1), 10916. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90426-w

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Semidiurnal Internal Tide Energetics in the Western Bay of Bengal

Mohanty, S., Rao, A. D., & Yadidya, B. (2019). "Spatial and Temporal Variability of Semidiurnal Internal Tide Energetics in the Western Bay of Bengal." Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176(11), 5203–5215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02221-4