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Mohammad Rubaiat Islam

Atmospheric Researcher

Precipitation Research Group

Biography

In September 2020, Mohammad Rubaiat Islam received his Master of Science from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) where he was a recipient of the Belt and Road Master’s Fellowship from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. Prior to UCAS, he served the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) where he had experience in collaborating with a number of national research organizations of Bangladesh. To know more about his academic and professional experiences, please take a look at his Curriculum Vitae.

Interests

  • Climate Modeling
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Precipitation Remote Sensing
  • Precipitation Stable Isotopes

Education

  • MSc in Physical Geography, 2020

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • BSc in Environmental Sciences, 2013

    Jahangirnagar University

Research Interests

Climate Modeling

I am interested in taking advantage of state-of-the-art numerical weather prediction models to study extreme weather events, particularly the tropical cyclones.

Tropical Cyclones

Some of the deadliest cyclones in the world made landfall on Bangladesh causing death to thousands. I am interested in improving cyclone prediction system in Bangladesh.

Projects

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All Atmospheric Science Isotope Hydrology Remote Sensing

ISOPRECIP

Study on atmospheric controls of precipitation stable isotopes over Bangladesh

SATPRECIP

Evaluation of satellite-based precipitation products

Featured Publications

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Controls on spatiotemporal variations of stable isotopes in precipitation across Bangladesh
Mohammad Rubaiat Islam, Jing Gao, Nasir Ahmed, Mohammad Masud Karim, Abdul Quaiyum Bhuiyan, Ariful Ahsan, Shamsuddin Ahmed
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Professional Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Founder and Atmospheric Researcher

Precipitation Research Group

Sep 2020 – Present Dhaka, Bangladesh
I am primarily interested in understanding how well does the remotely sensed precipitation products perform in reproducing observed spatial and temporal variations in precipitation over south-east Asia. In this study, I will also evaluate precipitation retrievals in remotely sensed products and reanalysis datasets during extreme events e.g. tropical cyclones and flash floods.
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Research Assistant

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep 2017 – Aug 2020 Beijing, China
My primary responsibility is to investigate the role of different atmospheric controls on spatio-temporal distribution of precipitation stable isotope signals observed over Bangladesh. As part of this study, I am responsible for the laboratory analysis of precipitation water stable isotopes samples collected from different sampling sites using Picarro’s Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) technique.
 
 
 
 
 

Remote Sensing Specialist

Bangladesh Meteorological Department

Jan 2015 – Mar 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh
By incorporating earth observation techniques with convensional approach, I contributed to the improvement of agro-meteorological bulletin disseminated by the agro-meteorology division of Bangladesh Meteorological Department. I was also responsible for the generation of quantitative rainfall forecast using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with real-time meteorological data available from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) GFS model.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies

May 2014 – Jul 2014 Dhaka, Bangladesh
I was primarily responsible for field-level data collection on potentially polluting industries located at and around the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) cluster at Konabari, Gazipur. Later I contributed to the development of a GIS-based industrial drainage network for the BSCIC cluster using high resolution imagery from IKONOS satellite and field observation data.

Latest Updates

Our research article got accepted in 'Atmospheric Research'

Our research article titled “Controls on spatiotemporal variations of stable isotopes in precipitation across Bangladesh” …
Last updated on Sep 15, 2020 1 min read

Successful defense of masters thesis at UCAS

May 22, 2020 was the big day when I defended my masters thesis at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. For the last four …
Last updated on Sep 12, 2020 1 min read

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