I'm a Ph.D. candidate in the Hurricane Research Group at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, advised by Dr. Isaac Ginis. My research investigates how land roughness affects hurricane wind structure during landfall. I've developed a physics-based, 3D Hurricane Boundary Layer (HBL) wind model to simulate these effects.
Interests
- Hurricane Structure and Dynamics
- Hurricane Boundary Layer
- Surface roughness impact on hurricanes
- Air-Sea Interaction
- Storm Surge and Inundation
- Sea Level Rise and its Impact
- High Performance Computing
Education
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PhD in Oceanography, (2018 - present)
University of Rhode Island, RI
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MSc in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, 2017
Coastal Carolina University, SC
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BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013
Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh
Appointments
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
- Developed a high-resolution (~500m) 3D hurricane boundary layer model to investigate the impact of land roughness on the wind structure of landfalling hurricanes.
- Designed and implemented a highly configurable hurricane vortex generation software, leveraging NHC Best Track data, to provide initial and boundary conditions in the boundary layer model.
- Developed Python and NCL-based codes to process and compare Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) surface wind measurements with hurricane model simulations, enhancing model validation capabilities.
- Developed a parallel post-processing system using Python's Dask and Matplotlib libraries to efficiently analyze large gridded model outputs.-
Graduate Assistant
- Developed a coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave modeling system (WRF, ROMS, SWAN) using ESMF for coastal hazard analysis
- Applied Delft3D model to simulate storm surge and inundation for coastal Bangladesh, addressing sea level rise impacts
- Implemented a coastal storm surge and inundation forecast system to improve South Carolina's resilience
Research Assistant
- Present and Future Scenario of Storm Surge and Inundation in Coastal Bangladesh.
- Evaluating the efficiency of coastal polders using Delft3D hydrodynamic model.
Publications
(2021).
Modeling the Extreme Weather Events in Southern New England .
In 2021 URI Science & Engineering Fellows Symposium.
(2021).
Application of a Hurricane Boundary Layer Model for Improved Surface Wind Forecast.
In AMS 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.
(2020).
Modeling Increased Impacts of Nor’easters Due to Sea Level Rise in Coastal New England Parks.
In AGU Fall Meeting 2020.
(2018).
Ensemble projection of the sea level rise impact on storm surge and inundation at the coast of Bangladesh.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(1), 351-364.
(2018).
Hurricane Matthew (2016) and its impact under global warming scenarios.
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 4, 97-109.
(2017).
Hurricane Matthew (2016) and its Storm Surge Inundation under Global Warming Scenarios: Application of an Interactively Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model.
In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA..
(2017).
Impact of Meteorological Forcing on Storm Surge & Inundation in Coastal Bangladesh: A Comparison between Holland's Analytical Model and a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model.
In 97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2017.
(2016).
Investigating Tropical Cyclones and its related Storm Surge & Inundation in Coastal Bangladesh using a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model.
In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA..
(2015).
Present and Future Scenario of Storm Surge and Inundation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, Bangladesh.
In 23rd Biennial Conference of Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), Portland, OR.
(2015).
Sundarban as a Buffer against Storm Surge Flooding.
World Journal of Engineering and Technology.
(2015).
Storm Surge Flooding in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta: Present and Future Scenarios..
In 36th IAHR World Congress Portland, The Hague, the Netherlands.
News / Interviews
Contact
- mansur[at]uri.edu
- Watkins Laboratory, 211 South Ferry Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882