Prasanjit Dash

Satellite Oceanography & Climatology Division

Ocean Sensors Branch
Visiting Scientist

Recent Publications

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Prasanjit Dash photo A specialist in the terrestrial infrared data for sea surface temperature (SST) and land surface temperature (LST) retrievals, with a PhD in Physics from the University of Karlsruhe / Forschungszentrum Karlrsuhe, (FZK) Germany, Dr. Dash is a CIRA visiting scientist at NOAA NESDIS. He earned his PhD in "Land surface emissivity and temperature retrievals" while working at the FZK and also worked as a project scientist and EUMETSAT visiting scientist, prior to joining NOAA NESDIS.

Research Interests

Sea Surface Temperature estimation
Radiative transfer modeling in TIR and validation
SST Quality Monitor (developing and implementing automated statistical tools)
Information content analysis in window channels and study noise effects
Spectral Response Function shift analysis

Areas of Expertise

Sea Surface Temperature estimation
Global QC/QA Tools (development and implementation), statistical analysis of large datasets
Radiative Transfer modeling and validation in the TIR, (using MODTRAN)
Land Surface Emissivity and Temperature Retrievals from Satellite Measurements (PhD)

Recognition, Fellowships, and Grants

Received the "Best Scientific Letter Award" from Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society of the UK, and Taylor & Francis Publishers for the year 2002, International Journal of Remote Sensing.
Ph.D. thesis funded by Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbHK
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship for study and training in TU-Berlin during 1998-1999.

Education

Affiliation	Degree/Position	Dates
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NOAA NESDIS) (http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/) Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University (CIRA CSU)	Visiting Scientist	Current
Meteorological Satellite Applications Group Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (MSA, IMK, FZK) Faculty of Physics University of Karlsruhe, Germany	Scientific staff	April 2000 - June 2005
	Eumetsat Visiting Scientist, FZK	January 2005 - June 2005
	Geoland Project Scientist EU GMES Project	January 2004 - December 2004
	PhD, MSA Group Faculty of Physics, University of Karlsruhe	2000 - 2003 defended 2004

E-mail: Prasanjit.Dash@noaa.gov

Prasanjit Dash

Satellite Oceanography & Climatology Division

Ocean Sensors Branch Visiting Scientist

Recent Publications

Research Interests

Areas of Expertise

Recognition, Fellowships, and Grants

Education

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NOAA NESDIS) (http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/)

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University (CIRA CSU)

Meteorological Satellite Applications Group Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (MSA, IMK, FZK)

Faculty of Physics University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Ocean Sensors Branch
Visiting Scientist

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
(NOAA NESDIS) (http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/)

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA),
Colorado State University (CIRA CSU)

Meteorological Satellite Applications Group
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (MSA, IMK, FZK)

Faculty of Physics
University of Karlsruhe, Germany