Faculty Proflle

Biography:

Prof. Dr. Kalim Ullah received his PhD in the field of Meteorology from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China in 2011 under the CAS fellowship. He is serving the Department of Meteorology, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) since 2005, and currently, he is working as a Tenured Professor. He has been served as Head of the Department of Meteorology from 2013-2019. In addition, he has been also served as a Chairman of the Department of Meteorology, CUI, from 2021- 2024. He has supervised many MS and PhD students as well as Post-Doctoral International Researcher. He has been received several research productivity awards from the CUI and 6th HEC Outstanding Research Awards 2015/2016. He has been published many research articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research area of interest is precipitation variability, predictability of extreme weather events, regional modeling, South Asian monsoon, and climate change.

Educational Information

Year	Degree	Board / University

2011	PhD	Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS), Beijing, China
2003	MPhil	Department of Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore
1995-1997	MSc	Department of Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

September 2005	August 2006	Lecturer	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad
August 2006	September 2011	Assistant Professor (OG-II)	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad
September, 2011	April 2018	Assistant Professor (TTS)	COMSATS University Islamabad
April 2018	December 3, 2024	Tenured Associate Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad
January 2013	November 2019	Head of the Department of Meteorology	COMSATS University Islamabad
7th April 2021	6th April 2024	Chairman, Department of the Meteorology	COMSATS University Islamabad
December 4, 2024	to date	Professor (Tenured)	COMSATS University Islamabad

Publications

Key Publications

Denis Magnus Ken Amara,Kalim Ullah,''Quantification of Precipitation Deficits on Different Time Scales in Sierra Leone Using Standard Precipitation Index'',Springer Vienna,2023.
Ahmed Asad,Kalim Ullah,Mohsin Jamil Butt''. Analysis of Urban Heat Island Effects in High Altitude Areas of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2023.
Shahzada ,Kalim,''Long-term trends in climate parameters and multiple indices for drought monitoring over Pakistan'',Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics,2022.
Maida,Kalim,Shahzada''Satellite Based Impact Assessment of Temperature and Rainfall Variability on Drought Indices in Southern Pakistan'',International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,2022.
Dambaru,Haitham,Tandong''Near-Surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates Over Tropical Desert Land Surfaces'', Frontiers in Earth Sciences,2022.
Kalim Ullah,Farah Ikram,''Dynamics of Unusual Extreme Rainfall Events Over Different Altitudes using Richardson Number'',American Geophysical Union (AGU),2022.
Farah Ikram,Farah Ikram,Deliang Chen''Evaluation of Three Genesis Potential Indices for Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Arabian Sea: two case studies using WRF and ERA5'',American Meteorological Society,2022.
Adnan, S.,Adnan, S.,M. Hanif, A.H. Khan, M. Latif, K. Ullah, F. Bashir, S. Kamil, and S. Haider''Impact of Heat Index and Ultraviolet Index on COVID-19 in Major Cities of Pakistan'',Wolters Kluwer Health,2021.
Sajjad, H,K. Ullah,''Historical and Projected Shift in Agro-climatic Zones and Associated Variations of Daily Temperature and Precipitation Extremes using CORDEX- SA over Pakistan'',Springer Nature,2021.
Huang, X,Zhou,Y,Ran, L., Ullah, K. and Zeng, Y''Analysis of the Environmental Field and Unstable Conditions on A Rainstorm Event in the Ili Valley of Xinjiang '',Science Press,2021.
Amara, D.M.K.,K. Ullah,Z. Yushu''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
Adnan, S., K. Ullah,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
Zheng, Y.,Li, Shuanglin,K. Ullah''Increased Occurrence and Intensity of Consecutive Rainfall Events in the China’s Three Gorges Reservoir Area under Global Warming'',AMERGEOPHYSICALUNION, 2000FLORIDA AVENW,WASHINGTON,USA, DC,20009,2020.
Adnan, S., ,Yes,K. Ullah, and S. Gao''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',Springer,2020.
No,No,Noor Ul Ain, M. Latif, K. Ullah, S. Adnan, R. Ahmed, M. Umar, and M. Azam''Investigation of seasonal droughts and related large-scale atmospheric dynamics over the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
Ahmed, K.A.,No,S. Khan, M. Sultan, U. B. Nisar, K. Ullah and M. Y. Al-Hseinat''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, USA, NJ, 07030-5774,2020.
Bibi A,Yes,Ullah K., Yushu, Z., Wang Z., Gao S.''Role of Westerly Jet in Torrential Rainfall during Monsoon over Northern Pakistan'',AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20009,2020.
Adnan, S.,Yes,K. Ullah,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer,2020.
Amara, D.M.K,Yes,K. Ullah, and Z. Yushu''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
Adnan, S., ,K. Ullah,, R. Ahmed,''Variability in meteorological parameters and their impact on evapotranspiration in a humid zone of Pakistan. Meteorological Applications'',Royal Meteorological Society,2020.
Amara, D.M.K.,,K. Ullah,,Z. Yushu,''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
S.Haider,,K.Ullah,''Projected Crop Water Requirement over Agro-climatically Diversified Region of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2020.
Bibi, A.,Ullah,K.,Yushu, Z.''Role of Westerly Jet in Torrential Rainfall during Monsoon over Northern Pakistan'',American Geophysical Union,2020.
Ain, N.U.,Latif, M.,Ullah, K.''Investigation of seasonal droughts and related large-scale atmospheric dynamics over the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
Adnan, S.,Ullah,K.,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer,2020.
Zheng, Y.,Shuanglin, L.,Ullah, K.''Increased Occurrence and Intensity of Consecutive Rainfall Events in the China’s Three Gorges Reservoir Area under Global Warming'',American Geophysical Union,2020.
No,Yes,Sajjad, H.''Projected Crop Water Requirement over Agro-climatically Diversified Region of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2020.
No,Yes,Adnan, S., Ahmed, R.''Variability in Meteorological Parameters and their Impact on Evapotranspiration in a Humid Zone of Pakistan.'',Wiley,2020.
No,No,Kattel, D.B., Yao,T., Rana,A.S. ''Seasonal Near-surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates for Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2019.
No,,Ahmed, K.A., Khan,S., Sultan,M., Nisar, U. B., Al-Hseinat,M. Y. ''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',Wiley,2019.
No,No,Wang, Z., A. Duan, S.Yang, S. Liu''Tibetan Plateau heating as a driver of monsoon rainfall variability in Pakistan'',Springer,2019.
Wang, Z., ,A. Duan,, S.Yang, K.Ullah''Tibetan Plateau heating as a driver of monsoon rainfall variability in Pakistan. Climate Dynamics'',Springer,2019.
Ahmed, K.A.,,S. Khan, ,M. Sultan, U. B. Nisar, K. Ullah and M. Y. Al-Hseinat''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica.'',Acta Geologica Sinica,2019.
Z Javed, ,C Liu,, K Ullah, W Tan, C Xing, H Liu''Investigating the Effect of Different Meteorological Conditions on MAX-DOAS Observations of NO2 and CHOCHO in Hefei, China. Atmosphere'',MDPI,2019.
Kattel, D.B., ,T.Yao, ,K. Ullah, and A.S. Rana''Seasonal Near-surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates for Pakistan. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, '',Springer,2019.
No,Yes,Z Javed, C Liu, K Ullah, W Tan, C Xing, H Liu''Investigating the Effect of Different Meteorological Conditions on MAX-DOAS Observations of NO2 and CHOCHO in Hefei, China'',MDPI AG,2019.
Khawar Ashfaq AHMED,Khawar Ashfaq AHMED,S Khan, M Sultan, BN Umair, K Ullah''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',Science Press,2019.
Adnan, S.,K. Ullah,,Li. Shuanglin''Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Climate Dynamics, Springer, 51(5-6), 1885–1899. ,2018.
No,Yes,Adnan, S., S. Li, S. Gao, A.H. Khan, and R. Mahmood''Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Springer,2018.
No,No,Adnan, S., A.H. Khan, and S. Gao''Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan'',Science Press,2017.
No,No,Ziqian Wang, Anmin Duan, Song Yang''Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation on the variability of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau'', John Wiley & Sons, Inc,2017.
No,Yes,Adnan, S., S. Gao, A.H. Khosa, and Z.Wang''Shifting of agro-climatic zones, their drought vulnerability, and precipitation and temperature trends in Pakistan'',John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,2017.
No,Yes,Mahmood, I., M. F. Iqbal, M. R. Mughal, M. I. Shahzad, S. Tariq''An Investigation of 2013 Mw 7.7 Awaran Earthquake, Pakistan'', SciPress Ltd., Switzerland,2017.
No,No,[12] M. R. Mughal, M. F. Iqbal, I. Mahmood, F. M. Butt''Predicting Potential Zones of Hydrocarbon through Seismic Stratigraphy within the Western Barents Sea, Norway'',Science Press,2017.
No,No,Hashmi, M. Z., B.Li, J.Zhang, X. Su, R. Aziz, M. Tariq, C. Chen, C. Shen''Effects of Structurally Different Non-Coplanar and Coplanar PCBs to HELF Cells Proliferation, Cell cycle and their Potential Molecular Mechanisms'',John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,2017.
Mahmood, I., M. F. Iqbal, M. R. Mughal, M. I. Shahzad, S. Tariq, and K. Ullah,,''An Investigation of 2013 Mw 7.7 Awaran Earthquake, Pakistan'',International Letters of Natural Sciences, 61, 36 - 42,2017.
Wang, Z., A. Duan, S.Yang , and K.Ullah,,''Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation on the variability of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau'',Journal of Geophysical Research in Atmosphere, 122, 614–630, doi:10.1002/2016JD025515.,2017.
Adnan, S., K. Ullah, S. Gao, A.H. Khosa, and Z.Wang,,''Shifting of Agro-climatic zones, their drought vulnerability and precipitation, temperature trends in Pakistan'',International Journal of Climatology, DOI:10.1002/joc.5019.,2017.
Adnan, S., K. Ullah, S. Li, S. Gao, A.H. Khan, and R. Mahmood,,,'' Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Climate Dynamics, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3987-0.,2017.
Adnan, S., K. Ullah, K., A.H. Khan, and S. Gao,,,''Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan'',Journal of Arid Land, 9(6), 938–952.,2017.
Nazeer, S., M. Z. Hashmi, R. N. Malik, A. Qadir, A. Ahmed, K. Ullah,,''Integrative assessment of Western Himalayas streams using multimeric index'', Ecological Indicators, 63, 386–397.,2016.
Wajid Nasim Jatoi, Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Kalim Ullah, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom,,''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',Outlook on Agriculture, 45(1), 39 - 45,2016.
Adnan, Shahzada,Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010 '',Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, 29, 6019 - 6034, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0735.1,2016.
Hashmi, M. Z., B.Li, J.Zhang, X. Su, R. Aziz, M. Tariq, C. Chen, K. Ullah, C. Shen,,''Effects of Structurally Different Non-Coplanar and Coplanar PCBs to HELF Cells Proliferation, Cell cycle and their Potential Molecular Mechanisms'',Environmental Toxicology). DOI: 10.1002/tox.22315,2016.
Mahmood I., M.I.Shahzad, M.F.Iqbal, K.Ullah, A.Waqas, A.A.Kidwai,,''Satellite based detection of Volcanic SO2 over Pakistan'',Global NEST Journal, 18(3), 591-598,2016.
No,No,Nazeer, S., M. Z. Hashmi, R. N. Malik, A. Qadir, A. Ahmed''Integrative assessment of Western Himalayas streams using multimeric index'',Elsevier,2016.
No,No,Mahmood I., M.I. Shahzad, M.F.Iqbal, A.Waqas, A.A.Kidwai''Satellite based detection of Volcanic SO2 over Pakistan'',Global Nest,2016.
No,Yes,''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010'',American Meteorological Society,2016.
No,No,Wajid Nasim Jatoi, Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',SAGE Publications,2016.
Wajid Nasim Jatoi,No,Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Kalim Ullah, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',SAGE Publications,2016.
Adnan, S., ,Yes,K. Ullah, and S. Gao''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010'',American Meteorological Society,2016.
Qureshi, I.Z,No,Z. Kashif, M.Z.Hashmi, X.Su, R. N. Malik, K. Ullah, J.Hu, and M. Dawood''Assessment of Heavy metals and metalloids in tissues of two frog species: Rana tigrina and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from industrial city Sialkot, Pakistan'',Springer,2015.
No,Yes,Adnan, S., Gao, S.''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',The Chinese Meteorological Society,2015.
Adnan, Shahzada,Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',Journal of Meteorlogical Research (Springer), 29(5), 837-857,2015.
Naqvi, M.R., Khan, M.A., Latif, M., Ullah, K., Khan, R.D., Wali, R., and Leitgeb, E.,,,''Optical attenuation estimation from measured visibility data in Islamabad, Pakistan '',Proceedings of the 2013 18th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, Pp 203-208.,2013.
Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao,''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Atmos. Res.120-121, 226-239.,2013.
Yes,Yes,Gao, S.''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Elsevier,2013.
Kalim Ullah,Yes,Gao, S.''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Elsevier,2013.
Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao,''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',Adv. Atmos. Sci. 29(3), 501-508.,2012.
Kalim Ullah,Yes,Gao, S.''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',Springer,2012.
Yes,Yes,Gao, S.''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',SP Science Press,2012.
Hassan, M. A,S. Haider,Kalim Ullah''Diagnostic Study of Heavy Downpour in the central part of Pakistan'',Pakistan Journal of Meteorology, 7 (13), 53-61.,2010.

Conferences

Year	Level	Country	City	Conference

2015	National	Pakistan	Gilgit	International Conference on Mountains and Climate Change Resources, Challenges and Opportunities for Better Life and Livelihoods
2014	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Asian Monsoon and Climate Change
2016	International	Nepal	Kathmandu	International Workshop on Circum-Third Pole Environment (CTPE) and monsoon-dominance transect implementation plan
2014	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	International Thematic Research Group (ITRG)” meeting
2013	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Regulation of Hydraulic Structures for Flood Management
2013	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Centre for Climate Research & Development (CCRD)
2011	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Asia-Pacific Region
2006	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Monitoring of Tectonic Plates Use of Seismic & GPS Technology
2005	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Impact of Weather and Climate on Society Affairs
2010	International	China	Kuan Guo, Beijing	Subtropical Highs Dynamics and Regional Climate Model
2010	International	China	Gui Yuan, Gui Zhu	Heavy and Freezing Rain Disasters
2008	International	Nepal	ICIMOD, Kathmandu	Cryosphere and Hazards for the Hindu Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau
2014	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	The AWCI Training Workshop on Assessment of Climate Change Impact on a Watershed Hydrology including Hydrological Modeling in Cold Region Basins
2013	International	China	Beijing	International Training Workshop on Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Detection, Monitoring, Prediction and Risk Management for Developing Countries
2013	International	Pakistan	Beijing	ICCES-COMSATS Workshop on “Extreme Weather and Climate Events”
2012	International	China	Xingyi	International Symposium of Torrential Rain and Freezing Rain Occurred in Guizhou Province
2018	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Three Days International Training Workshop on Mesoscale Modeling using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model
2019	International	China	Nanjing	Fifth International Workshop of Meteorological Science and Technology in Central Asia
2019	International	China	Nanjing	Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Advanced International Training Course on Meteorological and Disaster Prevention Technology

Awards

Year	Awarding Organization	Description

2008-2011	Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China	PhD Scholarship Award
2008-2011	Institute of Atmospheric Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China	PhD Scholarship Award
2012	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan	Research Productivity Award
2013	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan	Research Productivity Award
2015	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan	Research Productivity Award
2015-2016	Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan	6th HEC Outstanding Research Awards 2015/2016

Memberships

From	To	Title	Organization

2016	2017	Member	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2016	2017	Member	American Meteorological Society (AMS)
2016	present	Member	American Meteorological Society (AMS)
2016	2017	Member	American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Courses Taught

Course Code	Type	Title	University	Semester

MET677	Graduate	Tropical and Synoptic Meteorology	COMSATS University Islamabad	Spring 2017
MET622	Graduate	Dynamic Meteorology	COMSATS University Islamabad	Spring, 2013
MET714	Graduate	Numerical Modeling in Weather and Climate	COMSATS University Islamabad	Spring 2020
MET741	Graduate	Theory of General Circulation	COMSATS University Islamabad	Spring 2019
MET667	Graduate	Mesoscale Meteorology	COMSATS University Islamabad	Spring 2020

Supervisions

Title	From	To	Organization / Institute	Type

Microburst Wind Shear Prediction to Avoid Aviation Hazards	September 2012	February 2013	Meteorology Department, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Analysis of Convective Systems over Pakistan based on the Mesoscale Model	Fall 2012	Spring 2013	Meteorology Department, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Impact of Jet Stream on Dynamic of Western Disturbance over Pakistan	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Meteorology Department, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Diagnostic Study of Heavy Rainfall Event of 4th July, 2005 Over Multan, South Punjab, Pakistan.	2006	2008	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
The Role of Wind Shear in the Development of Severe Thunderstorm/Supercell (An Aviation Hazard)	2005	2007	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Climatological Study of Drought in Pakistan	2005	2007	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Climate Variability over Northern Pakistan and its linkage to El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)	2005	2007	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Estimation of Evapotranspiration Based on Satellite Data Over Diverse Land Cover Regions in Pakistan	2012	2014	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
An Assessment of Crop Growth Response to Climate Variations Using Geospatial Techniques	2012	2014	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Investigating the Summer Monsoonal Rainfall Variability in Pakistan During the Past Century Using Observed and Simulated Data Sets	2012	2014	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
The Interactive Role of Mid-latitude Atmospheric Dynamics with Monsoon Circulation	2013	2015	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Determining the Efficiency of Green Spaces in Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect in Islamabad, Pakistan: A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach	2013	2015	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Spatio-Temporal Trends of Anthropogenic Black Carbon over Pakistan	2014	2016	Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad	Project Supervision
Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Drought and its Characteristics over Pakistan” (PhD thesis)	2012	2016	Department of Meteorology, COMSATS University Islamabad	Research Supervision
Assessment of Variations in Aridity and Climatic Extremes over Agro-diversified Region of Pakistan in Changing Climate (PhD Thesis)	Spring 2013	Fall 2019	COMSATS University Islamabad	Research Supervision
Role of Westerly Jet in Torrential Rainfall over Northern Pakistan during Summer Monsoon	Spring 2016	Fall 2017	COMSATS University Islamabad	Research Supervision
Investigation of Seasonal Drought over the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan	Fall 2016	Spring 2018	COMSATS University Islamabad	Research Supervision
Drought Indices Derived from Satellite Remote Sensing in Southern Pakistan	Fall 2017	Spring 2019	COMSATS University Islamabad	Research Supervision

Services

From	To	Institute / Organization	Job Specification

April 2021	Todate	COMSATS University Islamabad	Member, Departmental Tenure Review Committee (DTRC)
April 2021	Todate	COMSATS University Islamabad	Convener, Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC)
2011	2019	COMSATS University Islamabad	Worked as a member & convener, Department Academic Review Committee (DARC)
Sep 2013	Todate	COMSATS University Islamabad	Member, Supervisory Committee of the Doctoral Students
2023	2023	COMSATS University Islamabad	Member, 35th Selection Board

Books

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Fundings

From	To	Type	Title	Source	Amount

December 2016	December 2019	Research Grant	The Mechanism and Prediction of Torrential Rainfall over the West China and Northern Pakistan	Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) & National Natural Science Foundation of China	6576144.00
June 2018	June 2021	Research Grant	Mesoscale Modeling For Improving Weather Predictions In Pakistan	Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan	9432427.00

Active Collaborations

From	To	Type	Country	Organization

2015	2020	Research	Pakistan	Institute of Cartography, Technical University Dresden (TUD), Germany
2015	2020	Research	Pakistan	Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2014	2018	Research	Pakistan	The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
2014	2017	Research	Pakistan	Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU), HK
2014	2018	Research	Pakistan	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Industrial / Consulting Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

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Extracurricular Activities

Hobbies	Interests

Cricket, football etc.	News paper reading

Languages and Skills

Languages	Skills

English, Urdu,Chinese,Syraki, Punjabi etc.	1- Familiarity with Unix/Linux operating system (shell commands/scripting) 2- Experience with HDF-4/5, GRIB/GRIB2, and NetCDF data formats 3- Experience with NCAR Command Language (NCL) 4- Strong programming skills in C/C++ and FORTRAN

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Publication Year	Key Publications

1 2023	1 Denis Magnus Ken Amara,Kalim Ullah,''Quantification of Precipitation Deficits on Different Time Scales in Sierra Leone Using Standard Precipitation Index'',Springer Vienna,2023.
2 2023	2 Ahmed Asad,Kalim Ullah,Mohsin Jamil Butt''. Analysis of Urban Heat Island Effects in High Altitude Areas of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2023.
3 2022	3 Shahzada ,Kalim,''Long-term trends in climate parameters and multiple indices for drought monitoring over Pakistan'',Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics,2022.
4 2022	4 Maida,Kalim,Shahzada''Satellite Based Impact Assessment of Temperature and Rainfall Variability on Drought Indices in Southern Pakistan'',International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,2022.
5 2022	5 Dambaru,Haitham,Tandong''Near-Surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates Over Tropical Desert Land Surfaces'', Frontiers in Earth Sciences,2022.
6 2022	6 Kalim Ullah,Farah Ikram,''Dynamics of Unusual Extreme Rainfall Events Over Different Altitudes using Richardson Number'',American Geophysical Union (AGU),2022.
7 2022	7 Farah Ikram,Farah Ikram,Deliang Chen''Evaluation of Three Genesis Potential Indices for Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Arabian Sea: two case studies using WRF and ERA5'',American Meteorological Society,2022.
8 2021	8 Adnan, S.,Adnan, S.,M. Hanif, A.H. Khan, M. Latif, K. Ullah, F. Bashir, S. Kamil, and S. Haider''Impact of Heat Index and Ultraviolet Index on COVID-19 in Major Cities of Pakistan'',Wolters Kluwer Health,2021.
9 2021	9 Sajjad, H,K. Ullah,''Historical and Projected Shift in Agro-climatic Zones and Associated Variations of Daily Temperature and Precipitation Extremes using CORDEX- SA over Pakistan'',Springer Nature,2021.
10 2021	10 Huang, X,Zhou,Y,Ran, L., Ullah, K. and Zeng, Y''Analysis of the Environmental Field and Unstable Conditions on A Rainstorm Event in the Ili Valley of Xinjiang '',Science Press,2021.
11 2020	11 Amara, D.M.K.,K. Ullah,Z. Yushu''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
12 2020	12 Adnan, S., K. Ullah,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
13 2020	13 Zheng, Y.,Li, Shuanglin,K. Ullah''Increased Occurrence and Intensity of Consecutive Rainfall Events in the China’s Three Gorges Reservoir Area under Global Warming'',AMERGEOPHYSICALUNION, 2000FLORIDA AVENW,WASHINGTON,USA, DC,20009,2020.
14 2020	14 Adnan, S., ,Yes,K. Ullah, and S. Gao''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',Springer,2020.
15 2020	15 No,No,Noor Ul Ain, M. Latif, K. Ullah, S. Adnan, R. Ahmed, M. Umar, and M. Azam''Investigation of seasonal droughts and related large-scale atmospheric dynamics over the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
16 2020	16 Ahmed, K.A.,No,S. Khan, M. Sultan, U. B. Nisar, K. Ullah and M. Y. Al-Hseinat''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, USA, NJ, 07030-5774,2020.
17 2020	17 Bibi A,Yes,Ullah K., Yushu, Z., Wang Z., Gao S.''Role of Westerly Jet in Torrential Rainfall during Monsoon over Northern Pakistan'',AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20009,2020.
18 2020	18 Adnan, S.,Yes,K. Ullah,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer,2020.
19 2020	19 Amara, D.M.K,Yes,K. Ullah, and Z. Yushu''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
20 2020	20 Adnan, S., ,K. Ullah,, R. Ahmed,''Variability in meteorological parameters and their impact on evapotranspiration in a humid zone of Pakistan. Meteorological Applications'',Royal Meteorological Society,2020.
21 2020	21 Amara, D.M.K.,,K. Ullah,,Z. Yushu,''Rainfall Erosivity Estimation for Sierra Leone Using Non-Parametric Indices'',Springer Vienna,2020.
22 2020	22 S.Haider,,K.Ullah,''Projected Crop Water Requirement over Agro-climatically Diversified Region of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2020.
23 2020	23 Bibi, A.,Ullah,K.,Yushu, Z.''Role of Westerly Jet in Torrential Rainfall during Monsoon over Northern Pakistan'',American Geophysical Union,2020.
24 2020	24 Ain, N.U.,Latif, M.,Ullah, K.''Investigation of seasonal droughts and related large-scale atmospheric dynamics over the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2020.
25 2020	25 Adnan, S.,Ullah,K.,''Development of Drought Hazard Index for Vulnerability Assessment in Pakistan'',Springer,2020.
26 2020	26 Zheng, Y.,Shuanglin, L.,Ullah, K.''Increased Occurrence and Intensity of Consecutive Rainfall Events in the China’s Three Gorges Reservoir Area under Global Warming'',American Geophysical Union,2020.
27 2020	27 No,Yes,Sajjad, H.''Projected Crop Water Requirement over Agro-climatically Diversified Region of Pakistan'',Elsevier,2020.
28 2020	28 No,Yes,Adnan, S., Ahmed, R.''Variability in Meteorological Parameters and their Impact on Evapotranspiration in a Humid Zone of Pakistan.'',Wiley,2020.
29 2019	29 No,No,Kattel, D.B., Yao,T., Rana,A.S. ''Seasonal Near-surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates for Pakistan'',Springer Vienna,2019.
30 2019	30 No,,Ahmed, K.A., Khan,S., Sultan,M., Nisar, U. B., Al-Hseinat,M. Y. ''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',Wiley,2019.
31 2019	31 No,No,Wang, Z., A. Duan, S.Yang, S. Liu''Tibetan Plateau heating as a driver of monsoon rainfall variability in Pakistan'',Springer,2019.
32 2019	32 Wang, Z., ,A. Duan,, S.Yang, K.Ullah''Tibetan Plateau heating as a driver of monsoon rainfall variability in Pakistan. Climate Dynamics'',Springer,2019.
33 2019	33 Ahmed, K.A.,,S. Khan, ,M. Sultan, U. B. Nisar, K. Ullah and M. Y. Al-Hseinat''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica.'',Acta Geologica Sinica,2019.
34 2019	34 Z Javed, ,C Liu,, K Ullah, W Tan, C Xing, H Liu''Investigating the Effect of Different Meteorological Conditions on MAX-DOAS Observations of NO2 and CHOCHO in Hefei, China. Atmosphere'',MDPI,2019.
35 2019	35 Kattel, D.B., ,T.Yao, ,K. Ullah, and A.S. Rana''Seasonal Near-surface Air Temperature Dependence on Elevation and Geographical Coordinates for Pakistan. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, '',Springer,2019.
36 2019	36 No,Yes,Z Javed, C Liu, K Ullah, W Tan, C Xing, H Liu''Investigating the Effect of Different Meteorological Conditions on MAX-DOAS Observations of NO2 and CHOCHO in Hefei, China'',MDPI AG,2019.
37 2019	37 Khawar Ashfaq AHMED,Khawar Ashfaq AHMED,S Khan, M Sultan, BN Umair, K Ullah''Precise Seismic Sub-structural Model of Eocene Chorgali Limestone in Turkwal Field, Central Potwar, Pakistan'',Science Press,2019.
38 2018	38 Adnan, S.,K. Ullah,,Li. Shuanglin''Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Climate Dynamics, Springer, 51(5-6), 1885–1899. ,2018.
39 2018	39 No,Yes,Adnan, S., S. Li, S. Gao, A.H. Khan, and R. Mahmood''Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Springer,2018.
40 2017	40 No,No,Adnan, S., A.H. Khan, and S. Gao''Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan'',Science Press,2017.
41 2017	41 No,No,Ziqian Wang, Anmin Duan, Song Yang''Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation on the variability of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau'', John Wiley & Sons, Inc,2017.
42 2017	42 No,Yes,Adnan, S., S. Gao, A.H. Khosa, and Z.Wang''Shifting of agro-climatic zones, their drought vulnerability, and precipitation and temperature trends in Pakistan'',John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,2017.
43 2017	43 No,Yes,Mahmood, I., M. F. Iqbal, M. R. Mughal, M. I. Shahzad, S. Tariq''An Investigation of 2013 Mw 7.7 Awaran Earthquake, Pakistan'', SciPress Ltd., Switzerland,2017.
44 2017	44 No,No,[12] M. R. Mughal, M. F. Iqbal, I. Mahmood, F. M. Butt''Predicting Potential Zones of Hydrocarbon through Seismic Stratigraphy within the Western Barents Sea, Norway'',Science Press,2017.
45 2017	45 No,No,Hashmi, M. Z., B.Li, J.Zhang, X. Su, R. Aziz, M. Tariq, C. Chen, C. Shen''Effects of Structurally Different Non-Coplanar and Coplanar PCBs to HELF Cells Proliferation, Cell cycle and their Potential Molecular Mechanisms'',John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,2017.
46 2017	46 Mahmood, I., M. F. Iqbal, M. R. Mughal, M. I. Shahzad, S. Tariq, and K. Ullah,,''An Investigation of 2013 Mw 7.7 Awaran Earthquake, Pakistan'',International Letters of Natural Sciences, 61, 36 - 42,2017.
47 2017	47 Wang, Z., A. Duan, S.Yang , and K.Ullah,,''Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation on the variability of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau'',Journal of Geophysical Research in Atmosphere, 122, 614–630, doi:10.1002/2016JD025515.,2017.
48 2017	48 Adnan, S., K. Ullah, S. Gao, A.H. Khosa, and Z.Wang,,''Shifting of Agro-climatic zones, their drought vulnerability and precipitation, temperature trends in Pakistan'',International Journal of Climatology, DOI:10.1002/joc.5019.,2017.
49 2017	49 Adnan, S., K. Ullah, S. Li, S. Gao, A.H. Khan, and R. Mahmood,,,'' Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan'',Climate Dynamics, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3987-0.,2017.
50 2017	50 Adnan, S., K. Ullah, K., A.H. Khan, and S. Gao,,,''Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan'',Journal of Arid Land, 9(6), 938–952.,2017.
51 2016	51 Nazeer, S., M. Z. Hashmi, R. N. Malik, A. Qadir, A. Ahmed, K. Ullah,,''Integrative assessment of Western Himalayas streams using multimeric index'', Ecological Indicators, 63, 386–397.,2016.
52 2016	52 Wajid Nasim Jatoi, Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Kalim Ullah, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom,,''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',Outlook on Agriculture, 45(1), 39 - 45,2016.
53 2016	53 Adnan, Shahzada,Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010 '',Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, 29, 6019 - 6034, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0735.1,2016.
54 2016	54 Hashmi, M. Z., B.Li, J.Zhang, X. Su, R. Aziz, M. Tariq, C. Chen, K. Ullah, C. Shen,,''Effects of Structurally Different Non-Coplanar and Coplanar PCBs to HELF Cells Proliferation, Cell cycle and their Potential Molecular Mechanisms'',Environmental Toxicology). DOI: 10.1002/tox.22315,2016.
55 2016	55 Mahmood I., M.I.Shahzad, M.F.Iqbal, K.Ullah, A.Waqas, A.A.Kidwai,,''Satellite based detection of Volcanic SO2 over Pakistan'',Global NEST Journal, 18(3), 591-598,2016.
56 2016	56 No,No,Nazeer, S., M. Z. Hashmi, R. N. Malik, A. Qadir, A. Ahmed''Integrative assessment of Western Himalayas streams using multimeric index'',Elsevier,2016.
57 2016	57 No,No,Mahmood I., M.I. Shahzad, M.F.Iqbal, A.Waqas, A.A.Kidwai''Satellite based detection of Volcanic SO2 over Pakistan'',Global Nest,2016.
58 2016	58 No,Yes,''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010'',American Meteorological Society,2016.
59 2016	59 No,No,Wajid Nasim Jatoi, Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',SAGE Publications,2016.
60 2016	60 Wajid Nasim Jatoi,No,Hatem Belhouchette, Ashfaq Ahmad, M. Habib-ur-Rahman, Khawar Jabran, Kalim Ullah, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Shakeel, Gerrit Hoogenboom''Modelling climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan'',SAGE Publications,2016.
61 2016	61 Adnan, S., ,Yes,K. Ullah, and S. Gao''Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus to Pakistan over the period of 1951-2010'',American Meteorological Society,2016.
62 2015	62 Qureshi, I.Z,No,Z. Kashif, M.Z.Hashmi, X.Su, R. N. Malik, K. Ullah, J.Hu, and M. Dawood''Assessment of Heavy metals and metalloids in tissues of two frog species: Rana tigrina and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from industrial city Sialkot, Pakistan'',Springer,2015.
63 2015	63 No,Yes,Adnan, S., Gao, S.''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',The Chinese Meteorological Society,2015.
64 2015	64 Adnan, Shahzada,Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao''Characterization of Drought and its Assessment over Sindh-Pakistan during 1951-2010'',Journal of Meteorlogical Research (Springer), 29(5), 837-857,2015.
65 2013	65 Naqvi, M.R., Khan, M.A., Latif, M., Ullah, K., Khan, R.D., Wali, R., and Leitgeb, E.,,,''Optical attenuation estimation from measured visibility data in Islamabad, Pakistan '',Proceedings of the 2013 18th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, Pp 203-208.,2013.
66 2013	66 Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao,''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Atmos. Res.120-121, 226-239.,2013.
67 2013	67 Yes,Yes,Gao, S.''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Elsevier,2013.
68 2013	68 Kalim Ullah,Yes,Gao, S.''A diagnostic study of convective environment leading to heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon 2010 over Pakistan'',Elsevier,2013.
69 2012	69 Kalim Ullah,Shouting Gao,''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',Adv. Atmos. Sci. 29(3), 501-508.,2012.
70 2012	70 Kalim Ullah,Yes,Gao, S.''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',Springer,2012.
71 2012	71 Yes,Yes,Gao, S.''Moisture transport over the Arabian Sea associated with summer rainfall over Pakistan in 1994 and 2002'',SP Science Press,2012.
72 2010	72 Hassan, M. A,S. Haider,Kalim Ullah''Diagnostic Study of Heavy Downpour in the central part of Pakistan'',Pakistan Journal of Meteorology, 7 (13), 53-61.,2010.

Prof. Dr. Kalim Ullah

Tenured Professor Meteorology, CUI Islamabad Campus