Dr. Jose A. Maliekal

Department of the Earth Sciences

SUNY College at Brockport

 350 New Campus Drive
Brockport, NY 14420
Phone:(585)-395-2582
Fax: (585)-395-2416
E-mail: jmalieka@esc.brockport.edu

Courses: Fall 2005

ESC 350: Computational Methods in the Field Sciences
ESC 415: Physical Meteorology

Academic Background

Ph.D. (Meteorology) University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
M.Phil. (Environmental Science) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
M.Sc. (Meteorology) University of Cochin, Cochin, India.
B.Sc. (Physics) University of Calicut, Calicut, India.

Research Interests

Climate Dynamics
Tropical Meteorology
Lake-effect Snow
Time Series Modeling of Meteorological processes
Storm Tracks

Professional Affiliations

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Sigma Xi

Recent Publications

Hotaling*, T. D., J. A. Maliekal, and G. L. Lackmann, 1999: Climatology of the vertical structure of the atmosphere during lake-effect snow events. 13th Conference on Undergraduate Research , University of Rochester, Rochester, NY April 16 - 17.

Maliekal, J.A., 1998: Feedback relations and causal orders between sea surface temperature and convection within the western Pacific warm pool. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2193 - 2196.

Waldstreicher, J. S., E. A. Mahoney, R. Ballentine, D. Schleede, and J. A. Maliekal, 1998: Operational Use of a Mesoscale Model for Predicting Lake Effect Snow in Up-state New York. Preprints: 16th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting , Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, American Meteorological Society.

Kurimski*, P.G., and J. A. Maliekal, 1997: Climatology of rapid cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic. 11th Conference on Undergraduate Research , University of Texas, Austin, TX, April 23-25.

Ballentine, R., A. Stamm, G. P. Byrd, J.A. Maliekal , D.L. Schleede, J.S. Waldstreicher, E. A. Mahoney, and S. McLaughlin, 1997: Numerical simulation of the Montague lake-effect snow storm of 11-12 January 1997. Proceedings of the 7th PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model Users Workshop , Boulder, CO, July 21-13.

Maliekal, J.A., and T.P. Petroski*, 1996: Evidence of Secular Changes in Rainfall Data from the Tropical Western and Central Pacific over a 20-year Period. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2621-2624.

Morrissey, M. L., J. A. Maliekal, J. S. Greene, and J. Wang, 1995: The Uncertainty of Simple Spatial Averages Using Rain Gauge Networks. Water Resour. Res., 31, 2011-2017.

Petroski*, T. J., and J. A. Maliekal, 1996: Climate Change in the Asian-Austral Region: 10th Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, April 18-20.

Case* J. L, D. L. Schleede, and J. A. Maliekal, 1995: A Statistical Study of Storm Tracks in Eastern Great Lakes Region. 9th Conference on Undergraduate Research , Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 20-22.

Lander, M.A., J.C. Sadler, J.A. Maliekal , and A.Hori, 1989: Tropical Wind Stress From Time-Averaged Winds. J. Appl. Meteor., 28, 904-912.

Raman, C.R.V. and J.A. Maliekal , 1985: A `Northern Oscillation' Relating Northern Hemispheric Pressure Anomalies And The Indian Summer Monsoon. Nature , 289, 430-432.

* Indicates the name of the undergraduate student participated in the research project.

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