Ganesh Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan, M.Sc.
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut und
Lehrstuhl für Geodätische Geodynamik (Prof. Seitz)
Postadresse
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München
ganesh.lalgudi-gopalakrishnan@tum.de
Research Area
Ionosphere and thermosphere modelling, data assimilation techniques from GNSS and Earth observation space missions
Academic Career
- Since 2017-05, Research associate, Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technische Universität München (DGFI-TUM)
- Since 2011-01 upto 2017-04, Team member in European Space Agency and European Commission sponsored research projects in the area of Satellite navigation systems for Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- 2010-11, Master of Science, Earth Oriented Space Science and Technology (ESPACE), Technische Universität München (TUM) with specialization in satellite navigation systems
- 2004-04, Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Madras, India
Functions/Memberships
International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
- ICCT Joint Study Group 0.20 Space weather and ionosphere, Member (2018-2019)
Publications
2024
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Ionosphere electron density modelling using a constrained optimization approach. Reihe C, Deutsche Geodätische Kommission, München, ISBN 978 3 7696 5336-6, 2024
2023
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Ionosphere electron density modelling using a constrained optimization approach,. Dissertation, Dissertation, Technische Universität München, München, 2023
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Ionosphere electron density modelling using a constrained optimization approach. Dissertation, TUM School of Engineering and Design, München, 2023
2022
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M.:
Ionospheric electron density modelling using B-splines and constraint optimization. Earth, Planets and Space, 74(1),
10.1186/s40623-022-01693-4, 2022
(Open Access)
2020
Kusche J., Vielberg K., Schmidt M., Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Entwicklung eines operationellen Prototyps zur Bestimmung der thermosphärischen Dichte auf Basis eines Thermosphären-Ionosphären Kopplungsmodells (TIK). DLR , 2020
Posters/Presentations
2021
Schmidt M., Goss A., Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Electron density modelling based on an inequality constrained optimization algorithm using a combination of radio occultation and GNSS STEC observations. SPP 1788 Symposium 2021, online Symposium, 2021
2020
Vielberg K., Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Corbin A., Kusche K., Schmidt M.:
Correlation analysis of neutral and electron densities along the orbit of a satellite. Online SPP Colloquium Dynamic Earth 2020, 2020
2019
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Gerzen, T.:
Electron density modelling based on Inequality constraints to study the impact of space weather events. 27th IUGG General Assembly, 2019
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Gerzen, T.:
Electron density modelling based on inequality constraints to study the impact of space weather events. IUGG General Assembly 2019, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 2019
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Vielberg K., Kusche J.:
Electron Density and Neutral Density Modelling for Studying Thermosphere-Ionosphere Coupling. IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 2019
(Poster)
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M.:
Ionosphere electron density modeling using the regularized constraint optimization approach. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 2019
Rudenko S., Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Bloßfeld M.:
Estimation of scale factors from SLR observations to LEO satellites for the thermospheric density computed from empirical and physical models. 2019 Living Planet Symposium, Milan, Italy, 2019
(Poster)
2018
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M. :
Expressing the Thermosphere as an Affine Transformation of the Ionosphere. IX Hotine-Marussi, Rome, Italy, 2018
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Rudenko S., Bloßfeld M.:
Towards the calibration of empirical and physics based neutral density models. The 7th IAGA/ICMA/SCOSTEP Workshop on Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System, Potsdam, Germany, 2018
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M., Seitz F., Vielberg K., Kusche J., Börger K.:
Development of an operational prototype for the determination of the thermospheric density on the basis of a thermosphere-ionosphere coupling model (TIK). EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 2018
(Poster)
Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G., Schmidt M.:
Comparison between thermospheric neutral density and ionospheric electron density from TIEGCM and empirical models. EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 2018
(Poster)
Rudenko S., Schmidt M., Bloßfeld M., Lalgudi Gopalakrishnan G.:
Thermospheric density estimation using Satellite Laser Ranging observations of low Earth orbiting satellites. 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Pasadena, CA, United States of America, 2018