Aurpita Saha

Dr. Aurpita Saha is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Physical Oceanography Division of NOAA/AOML and CIMAS. Her current research focuses on the interrelations between tropical cyclone and ocean water properties, weather and climate dynamics, using ocean observations and model output in support of the Argo program. In her research works Dr. Saha investigated the freshwater changes and the underlying processes in the northern tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean and the northern Indian Ocean by analyzing high-resolution eddy-resolving numerical simulations and observations. She quantified the impacts of small-scale ocean processes (eddies and fronts) embedded in the regional circulation on the evolution of ocean temperature and salinity stratification (barrier layers).