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Dr. Sovan Saha


Scientist - C

i. Study of Ionosphere-thermosphere system using optical, radio techniques
ii. Space weather impact on upper atmosphere
iii. Airglow measurement/ Optical observation
iv. Building of optical instruments for the measurement of airglow emissions
v. Atmospheric waves in the upper atmosphere
vi. Effect of geomagnetic storm/substorm on the ionosphere-thermosphere system

Outstanding Paper Award for the Young Scientist 2022 presented by Committee of Space Research (COSPAR).
Student/ Early-career convener: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting 2022 of the session SA004: Advances in the Understanding of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) and Ionospheric Irregularities Using Measurements and Modeling.
Mentor: I have guided a BS-MS student of IISER, Mohali during his summer project at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences.
Reviewer - Journal of Earth, Planet and Space (Springer), Journal of Geophysical Research- Space Physics.
Sep 2022-April 2024: Post-doctoral fellow, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
2017-2022: Ph.D. in Physics, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India; degree awarded by Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India.
2015-2017: M.Sc. in Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur, India.
2012-2015: B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics, Seth Anandram Jaipuria College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.

1. Saha, S., Pallamraju, D., Pant, T. K., & Chakrabarti, S. , 'On the cause of the post-sunset nocturnal OI 630 nm airglow enhancement over low-latitude thermosphere'. 2021. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2021JA029146. Click
2. Saha, S., Pallamraju, D., & Ghodpage, R. . 'Investigation of equatorial plasma bubbles as observed in the OI 630 nm nightglow emissions over off-equatorial and low-latitudinal locations over Indian longitudes'. 2022, Advances in Space Research. Click
3. Saha, S. & Pallamraju, D. 'Latitudinal Variations in the Nocturnal behaviour of OI 630 nm Airglow Emissions and their relationship with the Equatorial Electrodynamics. 2022', Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. Click.
4. Pallamraju, D., Mandal, S., Saha, S., Kumar, S., & Pant, T. K. 'New insights on the precursors to the onset of equatorial plasma irregularity generation', 2022, URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (USRI-RCRS) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Click
5. Pallamraju, D., Suryawanshi, P., Urmalia, S., Kumar, S., Saha, S., Singh, R. P., Kushwaha, P., & Soni, M. (2023). CDAP: A portable CCD-based daytime airglow photometer for investigations of ionosphere-thermosphere phenomena. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar- Terrestrial Physics, 244, 106025. Click.



Contact: sovan@csp.res.in


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