Auromeet Saha  Centre d'Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection (CARTEL),  Département de Géomatique Appliquée Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada Tel:  (819) 821-8000 Ext. 61904 Fax: (819) 821-7944 Email:       auromeet.saha@usherbrooke.ca Alt. Email: auromeet@gmail.com

Education

• M.Sc (Physics), Andhra University, India (1997)

• Ph.D. (Physics), Andhra University, India (2004)

Research Interests

• Sun photometry, aerosols characterisation, direct and indirect effects of aerosols, long-range transport of aerosols, aerosol absorption & black carbon, instrument development, ice nucleation, passive sampling of coarse aerosols, Arctic haze.

Professional Experience

• CARTEL, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Canada)
  - Post Doctoral Fellow (Sept. 2008 - Present) 

• Department of Geography and Dept. of Occupational & Environ. Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City (USA)
  - Post Doctoral Research Scholar (Apr. 2008 - Sept. 2008)

• Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station (USA)
  - Post Doctoral Research Associate (Mar. 2007 - Mar. 2008)

• Laboratoire LSEET-LEPI, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, Toulon (France)
  - Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherché - ATER (Oct. 2006 - Feb. 2007)
  - Chercheur Post-Doctorant (Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2006)

• United Nations Environment Programme, Hanimaadhoo (Maldives)
  - Resident Scientist (May 2005 - Aug. 2005)

• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital (India)
  - Post Doctoral Fellow (Jun. 2004 - Apr. 2005)

• Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum (India)
  - Research Associate (Nov. 2003 - Jun. 2004)
  - Senior Research Fellow (Aug. 1999 - Nov. 2003)

• Department of Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (India)  
  - Junior Research Fellow (Nov. 1997 - Aug. 1999)

      

 

Recent Publications

• Auromeet Saha and S. Despiau, Seasonal and diurnal variations of black carbon aerosols over a Mediterranean coastal zone, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 92, 27-41, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.07.007, 2009.

• Auromeet Saha, M. Mallet, J.C. Roger, P. Dubuisson, J. Piazzola and S. Despiau, One year measurements of aerosol optical properties over an urban coastal site: Effect on local direct radiative forcing, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 90, 195-202, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.02.003, 2008.

• Srivastava, M.K., S. Singh, Auromeet Saha, U.C. Dumka, P. Hegde, R. Singh, and P. Pant, Direct solar ultraviolet irradiance over Nainital, India in the central Himalayas for clear-sky day conditions during December 2004, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, D08201, doi:10.1029/2005JD006141, 2006.

• Pant, P., P. Hegde, U.C. Dumka, R. Sagar, S.K. Satheesh, K.K. Moorthy, Auromeet Saha, and M.K. Srivastava, Aerosol characteristics at a high-altitude location in central Himalayas: Optical properties and radiative forcing, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, D17206, doi:10.1029/2005JD006768, 2006.

• Auromeet Saha, K.K. Moorthy, and K. Niranjan, Inter-annual variations of aerosol optical depth over coastal India: Relation to synoptic meteorology, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 44, No.7, 1066-1077, 2005.

• Moorthy, K.K., S.K. Satheesh, S.S. Babu, and Auromeet Saha, Large latitudinal gradients and temporal heterogeneity in aerosol black carbon and its mass mixing ratio over southern and northern oceans observed during a trans-continental cruise experiment, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L14818, doi:10.1029/2005GL023267, 2005.

• Auromeet Saha, and K.K. Moorthy, Impact of precipitation on aerosol spectral optical depth and retrieved size distributions: A case study, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 43, No.6, 902-914, 2004.

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Recent Conference Presentations

• Auromeet Saha*, N.T. O'Neill, E. Eloranta, R.L. Batchelor, K. Strong, R.B. Pierce, R. Stone, I. Abboud, L.J.B. McArthur, and J. Freemantle, Highlights of 2008 Arctic aerosol events  (Oral Presentation), Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC) Workshop, Toronto (Canada), 27-29th November 2008. [ppt]

• Auromeet Saha*, N.T. O'Neill, R. Stone, I. Abboud, L.J.B. McArthur, J. Freemantle, and K. Baibakov, Synchronicity of Aerosol Optical Measurements acquired at Arctic and sub-Arctic sites (Poster Presentation), Arctic Change-2008 Conference, Québec City, 9-12th December, 2008. [poster]

• O'Neill, N.T*., Auromeet Saha, J. Freemantle, K. Baibakov, R. Stone, L.J.B. McArthur, I. Abboud, and G. Lesins, Synchronicity of Aerosol Optical Measurements acquired at Arctic and sub-Arctic sites (Oral Presentation), 2008 AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco (USA), 15-19th December 2008. [ppt]

• Auromeet Saha, M. Mallet, J.C. Roger, P. Dubuisson, J. Piazzola and S. Despiau*, Optical properties and radiative effects of aerosols in a coastal zone (Poster Presentation), 17th International conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Galway (Ireland), 13-17th August 2007. [poster] 

• Auromeet Saha, J. Piazzola and S. Despiau*, Seasonal variability in the physical and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols over a coastal zone (Poster Presentation), European Aerosol Conference (EAC-2007), Salzburg (Austria), 9-14th September 2007. [Abstract T13A116] [poster]

• Auromeet Saha*, and S. Despiau, Seasonal and diurnal variations of black carbon aerosols over an urban-coastal zone (Oral Presentation), Conference on Visibility, Aerosols, and Atmospheric Optics, Vienna (Austria), 3-6th September, 2006. [ppt]

• Auromeet Saha*, and S. Despiau, Impact of mineral dust transport on the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols over a Mediterranean urban-coastal zone - A case study (Poster Presentation), Conference on Visibility, Aerosols, and Atmospheric Optics, Vienna (Austria), 3-6th September, 2006. [poster]

• Auromeet Saha, S. Despiau*, and T. Missamou, Physical characterisation of atmospheric aerosol particles over an ‘urban-coastal zone’ (Poster Presentation), 7th International Aerosol Conference (IAC-2006), St. Paul (USA), 10-15th September 2006. [poster]

• Auromeet Saha*, U.C. Dumka, P. Pant, K.K. Moorthy, R. Sagar, R.P. Singh, S. Dey, S.N. Tripathi, and B.N. Holben, Comparative studies of aerosol optical properties over Nainital and Kanpur (Oral Presentation), First Prof. R. Ananthakrishnan Memorial Conference on Atmospheric Science, Climate Change and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (India), 18-19th January 2005. [ppt]

• Auromeet Saha*, and K.K. Moorthy, A case study on the impact of wet removal on aerosol spectral optical depth and retrieved size distributions (Oral Presentation), Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) International conference on “Aerosols, Clouds and Indian Monsoon”, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India), 15-17th November 2004. [ppt]

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Professional Activities

• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU).

• Founding member, International Society for Aeolian Research (ISAR).

• Life Member, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA).

• Reviewer, Science of the Total Environment, International Journal of Climatology, Geophysical Research Letters.

 

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