ESSIC Asst. Research Scientist, NOAA/NCEI

Satellite Oceanography Group

National Centers for Environmental Information,

NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, E/OC1

SSMC3, 4th floor, Rm 4711

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

Tel: +1 301-713-4929  Fax: +1 301-713-3302

e-mails: korak.saha@noaa.gov; koraksaha@gmail.com; ksaha@umd.edu 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

PhD (Physics)**, from Cochin University of Science and Technology (2009)

Thesis Title: Propagation of Microwaves in the Troposphere with Potential Application to GPS based Navigation and Meteorology with emphasis on Indian region

**Specialization: Microwave Propagation and GPS for water vapor estimation.

The work carried out at SPL, VSSC under ISRO research fellowship.

M.Sc. (Honors school)* Physics (2002)

B.Sc. (Honors school)* Physics (2000)

*M.Sc. and B.Sc. done at The Center of Advanced Studies of Physics, Panjab University,

Chandigarh, India.

RESEARCH INTEREST

CURRENT PROJECT

PAST PROJECTS

Monitoring of IR Clear-Sky Radiances over Oceans for SST (MICROS) web page

(http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/micros/ )

All Publications (Peer Reviewed):

Wang, Z.; Saha, Korak; Nyadjro, E.S.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, B.; Reagan, J. Oceanic Responses to the Winter Storm Outbreak of February 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico from In Situ and Satellite Observations. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 2967. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15122967


Saha, Korak and Zhang H-M, Hurricane and Typhoon Storm Wind Resolving NOAA NCEI Blended Sea Surface Wind (NBS) Product. Front. Mar. Sci. 2022, 9:935549. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.935549 


Korak Saha; Dash, P.; Zhopoao, X.; Zhang, H.-m. Error Estimation of Pathfinder Version 5.3 Level-3C SST Using Extended Triple Collocation Analysis. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 590.


Zhao, X.; Liu, Y.; Yu, F.; Heidinger, A.K.; Saha, K. Climatology Perspective of Sensitive Regimes and Active Regions of Aerosol Indirect Effect for Cirrus Clouds over the Global Oceans. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 823.


Moltmann Tim, Turton Jon, Zhang Huai-Min, Nolan Glenn, Gouldman Carl, Griesbauer Laura, Willis Zdenka, Piniella Ángel Muñiz, Barrell Sue, Andersson Erik, Gallage Champika, Charpentier Etienne, Belbeoch Mathieu, Poli Paul, Rea Anthony, Burger Eugene F., Legler David M., Lumpkin Rick, Meinig Christian, O’Brien Kevin, Saha Korak, Sutton Adrienne, Zhang Dongxiao, Zhang Yongsheng, “A Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Delivered Through Enhanced Collaboration Across Regions, Communities, and New Technologies”, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 291, 10.3389/fmars.2019.00291, 2019. 


Das S. K., S. S. Das, Korak Saha and coauthors, “Investigation of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in the boundary layer using Doppler Lidar and radiosonde data”, Atmospheric Research, 202, page 105-111, 2018.


Tinu Antony, Suresh Raju C., N. Mathew, Korak Saha, and K. Krishna Moorthy, "A detailed study of land surface microwave emissivity over the Indian sub-continent", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(6), 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2274010, 2014.


XingMing Liang, A. Ignatov, and Korak Saha, "Monitoring AVHRR-MODIS-VIIRS radiometric consistency using MICROS online near-real time system", AIP Conf. Proc. 1531, pp. 228-231; doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804748, 2013.


SC Raju, K Krishna Moorthy, R Ramachandran Pillai, KN Uma and Korak Saha, “Water vapour variability during Indian monsoon over Trivandrum observed using Microwave Radiometer and GPS”, 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 39, 1563, 2012.


Korak Saha, A. Ignatov, X. M. Liang, and P. Dash, "Selecting a first-guess sea surface temperature field as input to forward radiative transfer models", J. Geophys. Res., 117, C12001, doi:10.1029/2012JC008384, 2012.


Korak Saha, A. Ignatov, X. M. Liang, and P. Dash, "Selecting first-guess SST as input to ACSPO", OCEAN SENSING AND MONITORING IV, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8372, 


Korak Saha, C. Suresh Raju, and K. Parameswaran. “A New Hydrostatic Mapping Function for Tropospheric Delay Estimation”, Journal of Atmosphere and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 72, 125–134, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.10.017, 2010


Korak Saha, Suresh Raju. C, Tinu Antony, and K. Krishna Moorthy, “Land-Surface Microwave Emissivity Map of Indian Region: Megha-Tropiques Perspective”, IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC, (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?Arnumber=5430572), 2009


Suresh Raju, Korak Saha, and K. Parameswaran. “Signature of atmospheric oscillations in GPS-measured tropospheric delay”, Journal of Atmosphere and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 71, 1784–1793, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.06.011, 2009


Parameswaran, K., Korak Saha, and C. Suresh Raju. “Development of a regional tropospheric delay model for GPS-based navigation with emphasis to the Indian Region”, Radio Science, 43, RS4007, doi:10.1029/2007RS003782, 2008


Korak Saha, K. Parameswaran and C. Suresh Raju. “Tropospheric Delay in Microwave Propagation for Tropical Atmosphere Based on Upper Atmospheric Data From the Indian Subcontinent”, Journal of Atmosphere and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 69, 875-905, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.02.003, 2007


Suresh Raju, Korak Saha, Bijoy V. Thampi and K. Parameswaran. “Empirical model for mean temperature for Indian zone and estimation of precipitable water vapor from ground based GPS measurements”, Annales Geophysicae., 25, 1935–1948, doi:10.5194/angeo-25-1935-2007, 2007.


Data Set published

Saha, Korak; Huai-Min, Z. Hurricane and Typhoon Storm Wind Resolving NOAA NCEI Blended Sea Surface Wind (NBS) Product. Frontiers in Marine Sciences – Ocean Observation 2022, 9, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.935549 

Saha, Korak; Zhao, Xuepeng; Zhang, Huai-min; Casey, Kenneth S.; Zhang, Dexin; Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela; Kilpatrick, Katherine A.; Evans, Robert H.; Ryan, Thomas; Relph, John M. (2018). AVHRR Pathfinder version 5.3 level 3 collated (L3C) global 4km sea surface temperature for 1981-Present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v52j68xx.


Saha, Korak; Zhao, Xuepeng; Zhang, Huai-min; Casey, Kenneth S.; Zhang, Dexin; Zhang, Yongsheng; Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela; Relph, John M.; Krishnan, Ajay; Ryan, Thomas (2018). The Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) Version 6 - Global, 4 km Sea Surface Temperature and Related Thermal Stress Metrics for 1982 to 2017. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/ffw7-cs39.


Casey, Kenneth S.; Selig, Elizabeth R.; Zhang, Dexin; Saha, Korak; Krishnan, Ajay; McMichael, Elizabeth (2015). The Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) Version 5 - Global, 4 km Sea Surface Temperature and Related Thermal Stress Metrics for 1982-2012 (NCEI Accession 0126774). Version 1.1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5cz3545.


Book published

"Propagation of Microwaves in the Troposphere: Potential Application to GPS Based Navigation and Meteorology", Korak Saha, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2011-09-08), ISBN #978-3-8465-0091-0


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