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Dr. Sukanta Sau

Dr. Sukanta Sau
Dr. Sukanta Sau
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EGRL, Tirunelveli
Email: 
sukanta.s@iigm.res.in
Contact Number: 
0462-2521465
Academic Record: 
  • B.Sc. in Physics (2007) from Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
  • M.Sc. in Atmospheric Science (2009) from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata
  • Ph.D. in Physics (2019) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli (EGRL, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Tirunelveli)
Research Area: 
  • Atmospheric vertical coupling, Atmospheric Gravity Waves, Equatorial Plasma Bubbles, Travelling ionospheric disturbances.
Professional Appointments: 
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (October 2020 – June 2023), Arecibo Observatory – University of Central Florida, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA
Scientific Honours: 
  • Student travels grant by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to attend the AGU Fall meeting (2018)
  • Travel grant by the International Union for Geophysics and Geodesy (IUGG) to attend the 26th IUGG general assembly held at Prague, Czech Republic (2015)
  • National Eligibility Test – Lectureship in Earth Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2012)
Publications: 
  1. R. N. Ghodpage, O. B. Gurav, A. Taori, Sukanta Sau, P. T. Patil, V. C. Erram and S. Sripathi (2021), Observation of an Intriguing Equatorial Plasma Bubble Event Over Indian Sector, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028308
  2. D. A. Hickey, Sukanta Sau, V. L. Narayanan, and S. Gurubaran, (2020), ‘A possible explanation of interhemispheric asymmetry of equatorial plasma bubbles in airglow images’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027592
  3. Sukanta Sau, V. L. Narayanan, S. Gurubaran, and Emperumal, K, (2018), ‘Study of wave signatures observed in thermospheric airglow imaging over the dip equatorial region’, Advances in Space Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.039
  4. 4)    Sukanta Sau, V. L. Narayanan, S. Gurubaran, R. N. Ghodpage, and P. T. Patil, (2017), ‘First observation of interhemispheric asymmetry in the EPBs during the St. Patrick’s Day geomagnetic storm of 2015’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024213
  5. V. L. Narayanan, Sukanta Sau, S. Gurubaran, K. Shiokawa, N. Balan, K. Emperumal, and S. Sripathi, (2014), ‘A statistical study of satellite traces and evolution of equatorial spread F’; Earth, Planets and Space, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-014-0160-4.