Neil Tandon (he/him)
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science
York University
4700 Keele St., Petrie 153
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
+1-416-736-2100 x22076

tandon at yorku dot ca

Research interests: climate dynamics, climate extremes
Curriculum vitae

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Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Black and Indigenous Scholars: If you are a Black or Indigenous scientist from anywhere in the world who has completed or is close to finishing a PhD, and you are interested in working with me, please contact me. [Click here for more info.]

PhD Fellowship for Black and Indigenous Canadians: If you are a Black or Indigenous Canadian, and you are interested in pursuing a PhD in my group, please contact me. [Click here for more info.]


Publications

N. A. Stanton and N. F. Tandon, 2025: How does explicit tropospheric VOC chemistry affect radiative forcing? Investigation of preindustrial climate using the Community Earth System Model version 2. Submitted.

R. Olson, D. Yamazaki, N. F. Tandon, S. Li, T. Fukuda, Y. Muto, K. Yoshimura, 2025: Evaluating the skill of ILS emulator for high-resolution regional hydrologic simulations over the Ottawa River basin. Submitted.

M. Fereshtehpour, R. Bashir, N. F. Tandon, 2026: Development of an interactive web-based tool for flood risk analysis and climate–resilient road drainage design: RiskDRAIN. Environmental Modelling and Software, 197, 106867, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2026.106867. [Link.]

M. Fereshtehpour, R. Bashir, N. F. Tandon, 2025: Risk-based framework to determine climate-informed design storms for road drainage infrastructure. Science of the Total Environment, 1001, 180427, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180427. [Link.]

O. A. Saenko, N. F. Tandon and S. E. L. Howell, 2025: Large decreases in sea ice strength and pressure along major Arctic shipping routes projected for the next two decades. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL114831, doi:10.1029/2025GL114831. [Link.]

S. M. A. Ali and N. F. Tandon, 2024: Influence of horizontal model resolution on the horizontal scale of extreme precipitation events. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD040146, doi:10.1029/2023JD040146. [Link.]

O. A. Saenko and N. F. Tandon, 2024: Interannual variability of the heat budget in the tropical Pacific Ocean and its link to the overturning circulation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2024JC020981, doi:10.1029/2024JC020981. [Link.]

J. L. Ward and N. F. Tandon, 2024: Why is summertime Arctic sea ice drift speed projected to decrease? Cryosphere, 18, 995-1012, doi:10.5194/tc-18-995-2024. [Link.] [Coverage on CBC Radio.]

O. A. Saenko, J. M. Gregory and N. F. Tandon, 2024: Uncertainties in the Arctic Ocean response to CO2: a process-based analysis. Climate Dynamics, 62, 1649-1668, doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06986-2. [Link.]

N. A. Stanton and N. F. Tandon, 2023: How does tropospheric VOC chemistry affect climate? An investigation of preindustrial control simulations using the Community Earth System Model version 2. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 9191-9216, doi:10.5194/acp-23-9191-2023. [Link.]

M. A. T. Mpanza and N. F. Tandon, 2022: Further probing the mechanisms driving projected decreases of extreme precipitation intensity over the subtropical Atlantic. Climate Dynamics, 59, 3317-3341, doi:10.1007/s00382-022-06268-3. [Link.]

D. R. M. Rao and N. F. Tandon, 2021: Mechanism of interannual cross-equatorial overturning anomalies in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017509, doi:10.1029/2021JC017509. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon, O. A. Saenko, M. A. Cane, and P. J. Kushner, 2020: Interannual variability of the global meridional overturning circulation dominated by Pacific variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50, 559-574, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0129.1. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon, J. Nie, and X. Zhang, 2018c: Strong influence of eddy length on boreal summertime extreme precipitation projections. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 10665-10672, doi:10.1029/2018GL079327. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon, P. J. Kushner, D. Docquier, J. J. Wettstein, and C. Li, 2018b: Reassessing sea ice drift and its relationship to long-term Arctic sea ice loss in coupled climate models. Journal of Geophysical Reseach: Oceans, 123, 4338-4359, doi:10.1029/2017JC013697. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon, X. Zhang, and A. H. Sobel, 2018a: Understanding the dynamics of future changes in extreme precipitation intensity. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 2870-2878, doi:10.1002/2017GL076361. [Link.]

P. J. Kushner et al., 2018: Canadian snow and sea ice: assessment of snow, sea ice, and related climate processes in Canada's earth system model and climate prediction system. Cryosphere, 12, 1137-1156, doi:10.5194/tc-12-1137-2018. [Link.]

D. Docquier, F. Massonnet, A. Barthélemy, N. F. Tandon, O. Lecomte, and T. Fichefet, 2017: Relationships between Arctic sea ice drift and strength modelled by NEMO-LIM3.6. Cryosphere, 11, 2829-2846, doi:10.5194/tc-11-2829-2017. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon and M. A. Cane, 2017: Which way will the circulation shift in a changing climate? Possible nonlinearity of extratropical cloud feedbacks. Climate Dynamica, 48, 3759-3777, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3301-6. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon and P. J. Kushner, 2015: Does external forcing interfere with the AMOC's influence on North Atlantic sea surface temperature? Journal of Climate, 28, 6309-6323, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00664.1. [Link.] [Handy schematic of North Atlantic variability.]

N. F. Tandon, E. P. Gerber, A. H. Sobel, and L. M. Polvani, 2013: Understanding Hadley Cell expansion versus contraction: insights from simplified models and implications for recent observations. Journal of Climate, 26, 4304-4321, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00598.1. [Link.]

N. F. Tandon, L. M. Polvani, and S. M. Davis, 2011: The response of the tropospheric circulation to water vapor-like forcings in the stratosphere. Journal of Climate, 24, 5713-5720, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00069.1. [Link.]

S.-W. Son, N. F. Tandon, and L. M. Polvani, 2011: The fine-scale structure of the global tropopause derived from COSMIC GPS radio occultation measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 116, D20113, doi:10.1029/2011JD016030. [Link.]

S.-W. Son, N. F. Tandon, L. M. Polvani, and D. W. Waugh, 2009: Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15705, doi:10.1029/2009GL038671. [Link.]