Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Mihir Kumar Dash

Ph.D. (Gujarat University)

Assistant Professor, Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
Asst. Warden, Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall

M K Dash, joined the Institute in 2006

Contact Addresses

Residence	C1-161, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 281824
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 281825 (IIT Phone)
email	mihir @ coral.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Satellite Oceanography
Mesoscale Ocean Modeling
Cryospheric Studies

Member of Professional Bodies

Member : American Geo-physical Union

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Monitoring of sea ice using oceandat - 2 scatterometer data for determination of climatic trend
Principal Investigator : Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. P. C. Pandey
Sponsor : Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad
Project Title : South Asian Precipitation A: SeamlessA ssessment (SAPRIS)
Principal Investigator : Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. P. C. Pandey of IIT Bhubanuswar
Sponsor : MoEs and UK
Project Title : Sea ice monitoring in the Arctic and the Antractic
Principal Investigator : Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. P. C. Pandey, Dr. Arun Chakraborty
Sponsor : National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (MOES), Goa
Project Title : Land use land cover (LULC) dynamics in relation to human dimension & climate in Mahanadi river basin
Principal Investigator : Dr. M. D. Behera
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. H. R. Tewari, Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Sponsor : National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad
Project Title : Development of operational physical ocean model for Bay of Bengal
Principal Investigator : Dr. Arun Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. P. C. Pandey, Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Sponsor : Idian National Centre for Ocean Information and Services
Project Title : Simulation of Bay of Bengal circulation features using oceansat - 2 scatterometer winds and OCM (Completed)
Principal Investigator : Dr. Arun Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. P. C. Pandey, Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Sponsor : Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad
Project Title : Feature based study of Indian Ocean Circulation Using Saral Altika Observations
Principal Investigator : Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. P. C. Pandey
Sponsor : Indian Space Research Organization
Project Title : Study of the surface and upper ocean Mesoscae features of North Indian Ocean from observation and Model
Principal Investigator : Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Arun Chacraborty, Dr. C. Shaji
Sponsor : Ministry of Eartn Sciences Through OASTC cell, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title : Study of the Behaviour of Oil Spill on Ocean Surface Through Laboratory Experiments, Modelling and Satellite Images
Principal Investigator : Prof. Khanindra Pathak
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. M. K. Dash, Dr. A. Chakraborty and Dr. A. Rajakumar
Sponsor : Ministry of Eartn Sciences

Publications: 2012 - 2013

Unusual circulation pattern during Indian summer monsoon failure in July 2002 and June 2009 by Dhrubajyoti Samanta, Mihir Kumar Dash and Prem Chand Pandey Natural Hazards, 65:295-302 (2013)
Variability in the ENSO-indiced southern hemispheric circulation and Antactic sea ice extent by Mihir K Dash, P. C. Pandey, N. K. Vyas and J. Turner International Journal of Climatology, 33: 778-783 (2013)
Stocastic modeling of internal wave induced acoustic signal fluctuation and performance evaluation of shallow UWANs by Amit Mandal, S. Misra and M. Dash IEEE International Conference on Communications 2013, (accepted) (2013)

Publications: 2011 - 2012

Variability in the ENSO-Induced Southern Hemispheric Circulation and Antarctic Sea Ice Extent by Mihir K. Dash, P. C. Pandey, N. K. Vyas and J. Turner International Journal of Climatology, (inpress) (2012)
Assessment of sea ice melting rates in the Antarctic from SSM/I observations by A. Srivastava, I. M. L. Das, S. R. Oza, A. Mitra, Mihir K. Dash and N. K. Vyas Mausam, Vol-62, 601 - 608 (2011)
Signature of ice melt over the Greenland, derived from MSMR (OCEANSAT - 1) data by N. Sharma, Mihir K. Dash, N. K. Vyas, S. M. Bhandari, P. C. Pandey and N. Khare Mausam, Vol-62, 627 - 632 (2011)
Inter-annual variations observed in Spring and Summer Antarctic sea ice extent in recent decade by S. R. Oza, R. K. K. Singh, A. Srivastava, Mihir K. Dash, I. M. L. Das and N. K. Vyas Mausam, Vol-62, 633 - 640 (2011)
Prediction of sea ice edge in the Antarctic using GVF snake model by P. K. Rana, Mihir K. Dash, A. Routray and P. C. Pandey Journal of Geological Society of India, Vol-78, 99-108 (2011)

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Variability in the ENSO-Induced Southern Hemispheric Circulation and Antarctic Sea Ice Extent by Mihir k. Dash P. C. Pandey N. K. Vyas J. Turner International Journal of Climatilogy, Rvised (2011)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Hemispheric sea ice extent dynamics as observed from MSMR by Nilay Sharma, M. K. Dash, P. C. Pandey and N. K. Vyas Mausam, 60 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Impact of ice-albedo feedback on hemispheric scale sea-ice melting rates in the Antarctic using Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer data by Amitabh Mitra, I. M. L. Das, Mihir Kumar Dash, S. M. Bhandari and N. K. Vyas Current Science, 94,1044 - 1048 (2008)
Seasonal and inter-annual variability of Chlorophyll – a in the Arabian Sea from SeaWiFS data by Rajeev Mudgal, Mihir K. Dash and P. C. Pandey Earth Science India, 2(I), 21-32 (2009)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Fronts, Water Masses and Heat Content Variability in the Western Indian Sector of Southern Ocean during Austral Summer 2004 by Anilkumar, N., A. J. Luis, Y. K. Somayajulu, V. Ramesh Babu, M. K. Dash, S.M. Pednekar, K. N. Babu, M. Sudhakar and P. C. Pandey Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 63, pp 20 – 3 (2006)
Intercomparison of simultaneous MSMR and SSM/I observations for sea ice estimation over Antarctic region by Bhandari, S. M., M. K. Dash, N. K. Vyas, A. Khanolker, N. Sharma, N. Khare and P. C. Pandey Int. J. Rem. Sen, Vol. 26 (15) pp 312 (2005)
Oceanic front along 45 east across Antarctic Circumpolar current during Austral summer 2004 by N. Anilkumar, M. K. Dash, A. J. Luis, V. Ramesh Babu, Y. K. Somayajulu, M. Sudhakar and P. C. Pandey Current Science, Vol. 88 (10), pp 166 (2005)
On the secular trend in sea ice extent over the Antarctic region based on OCEANSAT – 1 MSMR Observations by Vyas, N. K., M. K. Dash, S. M. Bhandari, N Khare, A. Mitra and P. C. Pandey Int. J. Rem. Sens., Vol 24 (11), pp. 227 (2003)

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