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|birth_place = [[Vizianagaram]], [[India]]
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|death_place = [[Mexico]]
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|citizenship = India<br>United States (1970)
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|fields = [[Atmospheric sciences]]
|workplaces = [[Saint Louis University]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] <small>(Ph.D., 1965)</small>
|thesis_title = On the Influence of Field of Motion, Baroclinicity and Heat Sources on Frontogenesis
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|thesis_year = 1965
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'''Gandikota V. Rao''' (15 July 1934 in [[Vizianagaram]], [[India]] – 31 July 2004 in [[Mexico]]) was an Indian-American atmospheric scientist who chaired the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at [[Saint Louis University]] (SLU). He was a world-renowned expert on [[tropical meteorology]], [[monsoon]], [[tropical cyclones]], and tropical cyclone [[tornado]]es. He was also known for work on [[air pollution]], atmospheric [[convection]], [[atmospheric boundary layer]]s, and [[numerical weather prediction]].<ref name="bio">{{cite journal |last1 = Lin |first1 = Yeong-Jer |last2 = Moore |first2 = James T. |last3 = Fishman |first3 = Jack |title = A brief summary of Dr. G. V. Rao's research interests |journal = Natural Hazards |volume = 41 |issue = 3 |pages = 381–6 |date = 2007 |doi = 10.1007/s11069-006-9059-0 |s2cid = 129718168 }}</ref>

Dr. Rao earned a Ph.D. at the [[University of Chicago]] in 1965, studying [[frontogenesis]] and continued researching frontogenesis, frontal circulations in the [[Atmospheric boundary layer|boundary layer]], vertical circulations associated with oceanic fronts, and structural features of lake-induced winter disturbances in post-doctoral studies. He joined the faculty of SLU in 1971. He was lead editor of the monograph, ''Air Quality'', in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Rao |first1 = Gandikota V. |last2 = Raman |first2 = Sethu |last3 = Singh |first3 = M.P. |title = Air Quality |publisher = Birkhäuser |date = 2003 |location = Basel |isbn = 978-3-0348-7970-5 }}</ref> He participated in several field research programs in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, particularly India and Kenya, as well as in other areas such as Mexico.<ref name="bio"/> He co-founded the Tropical Cyclone Tornado Research Group, in which SLU collaborated with the [[Storm Prediction Center]] (SPC), most notably, tropical cyclone tornado forecaster [[Roger Edwards (meteorologist)|Roger Edwards]], and the Melbourne [[National Weather Service|NWS]] Forecast Office. Dr. Rao died while in Mexico doing field research.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.slu.edu/readstory/newslink/4543 |title = Saint Louis University Professor Dies |last = Berry |first = Clayton |date = 2 August 2004 |publisher = Saint Louis University |access-date = 2016-06-11 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/4553 Memorial Service to Honor Dr. Rao]

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