Auromeet Saha
Centre d'Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection (CARTEL)

Département de Géomatique Appliquée

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada

Tel:  +1 - (819) 821-8000 Ext. 61904

Fax: +1 - (819) 821-7944

Email:       auromeet.saha@usherbrooke.ca

Alt. Email: auromeet@gmail.com

URL: http://www.geocities.com/auromeet/

             List of Meetings & Conferences related to Aerosols, Radiation, Meteorology and Climate in 2009 ^New

Education

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

  Title: Investigations of aerosol characteristics over Arabian Sea, Tropical Indian Ocean and coastal India during northern winter [.pdf]

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

• B.Sc (Physics, Mathematics, Electronics), Andhra University, India (1995)

Research Interests

• Arctic Haze

• Aerosol absorption & Black Carbon

• Radiative effects of Aerosols

• Ice Nucleation

• Passive Sampling of Coarse particles

• Long-range transport of aerosols

• Instrument Development

Professional Experience

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

• Department of Geography and Department of Occupational & Environmental 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)

Fellowships & Awards

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, French Ministry for Education & Research, France (2005-2006).

• Full travel support from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to attend the Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) Science Team meeting, Tongji University, Shanghai (China), April 2005.

• Research Fellowship, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India (1999-2004).

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. [Reprint] ^New

• 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. [Reprint] ^New

• 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, Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (Editors: Colin O'Dowd and Paul Wagner), Springer, Netherlands, 702-706, 2007. [Reprint]

• Auromeet Saha, and S. Despiau, Aerosol black carbon over an urban-coastal zone - A case study, Chemical Engineering Transactions (Editor Eliseo Ranzi), Vol. 10, Italy, 453-458, 2006. [Reprint]

• Auromeet Saha, U.C. Dumka, P. Hegde, M.K. Srivastava, P. Pant and R. Sagar, Physical and optical characterisation of aerosols from a high-altitude station in central Himalayas, Chemical Engineering Transactions (Editor Eliseo Ranzi), Vol. 10, Italy, 119-124, 2006. [Reprint]

• 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. [Reprint]

• 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. [Reprint]

• 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. [Reprint]

• 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. [Reprint]

• 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. [Reprint]

For complete list of Publications click here

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]  ^New

• Auromeet Saha*, N.T. O'Neill, R. Stone, I. Abboud, L.J.B. McArthur, J. Freemantle, and K. Baibakov, Observations of smoke and dust events at high Arctic site (Poster Presentation), Arctic Change-2008 Conference, Québec City, 9-12th December, 2008. [poster] ^New

• 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]  ^New

• 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. [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]

For complete list of Presentations click here

Professional Activities

• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU).

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

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

• Member, National Postdoctoral Association (NPA).

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

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