Manoj C. Nair

 Manoj C. Nair
Research Scientist
PhD, Geophysics
325 Broadway St, Boulder, CO
manoj.nair@colorado.edu

Research

Geomagnetic data modeling using data-based and machine-learning techniques. Uncertainty quantification of geomagnetic models and maps. Navigation using Magnetic Anomalies (MagNav). Magnetic signals generated by the motion of seawater. Equatorial ionospheric currents and fields.

 

Synergistic activities

Transition NOAA's geomagnetic research products to operational use. Adapt magnetic field models to industrial needs. Real-time forecasting of disturbance-storm-time (Dst) index. Cloud-based, real-time modeling of magnetic and ionospheric fields.  CrowdMag - Crowdsourcing Earth's magnetic data. Data-science challenge "MagNet: Model the Geomagnetic Field". Co-founder of Flatirons Geomagnetic Services, LLC. Principal Investigator, MagMapper project. 

 

Positions Held

  • Research Scientist at CIRES / NOAA '07-
  • Research Associate at GFZ-Potsdam ‘03-‘05
  • Scientist at NGRI-Hyderabad ‘99-‘07 
     

Research Publications

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Courses Taught

GEOL/PHYS 6650 GEOPHYSICS GRADUATE SEMINAR: GEOMAGNETISM 

 

Honors and Awards

Colorado Governor’s Award for High-Impact Research, 2015

CIRES Outstanding Performance Awards in science and engineering 2010, 2015, 2019