Academic
2000-2004
Ph.D. in Physics, Faculty of Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly were University of Karlsruhe Institute & Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)
Work performed at Meteorological Satellite Applications (MSA) group, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Thesis: Land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval from satellite measurements. (download)

1997 - 1999
M.Tech. in Remote Sensing applications, Dept. of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; Dissertation at Technical University of Berlin)
Thesis: Seismic hazard studies in the Himalayas using remote sensing and GIS

1995 - 1997
M.Sc. in Earth Sciences
Dept. of Earth Sciences., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly called University of Roorkee)

Employment
2006 – present
Colorado State University (CSU) CIRA Research Scientist II, NOAA NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, postdoc until Feb 2010

2000-2005
Scientific Staff at Meteorological Satellite Applications (MSA) group, Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Germany
-  2005: Visiting Scientist at MSA, IMK, FZK via EUMETSAT (www.eumetsat.int) Visiting Scientist (short term postdoc)
-  2004: Geoland GMES European Union Project Scientist at IMK, MSA, FZK: http://postel.mediasfrance.org/IMG/pdf/CSP-0350-ATBD_LST-I1.00.pdf
-  2000-2003: Ph.D. student at IMK, MSA, FZK

Journal articles (published)

• The SST Quality Monitor (SQUAM), J. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Tech., Vol. 27, pp. 1899-1917, 2010, Dash, P., Ignatov, A, Kihai, Y., and Sapper, J
• Validation of Clear-Sky Radiances over Oceans Simulated with MODTRAN4.2 and Global NCEP GDAS Fields against NOAA15-18 and MetOp-A AVHRRs. Rem. Sens of Env (112), 3012-3029, 2008, Dash, P. and Ignatov, A
• Separating surface emissivity and temperature using two-channel spectral indices emissivity composites comparison with a vegetation method. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. 1-17, 2005, Dash, P., F.-M. Göttsche, F.-S. Olesen, and H. Fischer
• Emissivity and temperature estimation from MSG SEVIRI data; method validation with simulated and NOAA-14 AVHRR data. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 2241-2246, 2003, Dash, P., F.-M. Göttsche, and F.-S. Olesen
• Potential of MSG for surface temperature and emissivity estimation: considerations for real-time applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 23, No.20, pp. 4511-4518, 2002, Dash, P., F.-M. Göttsche, and F.-S. Olesen
• Land Surface Temperature and emissivity estimation from passive sensor data: theory and practice; current trends. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 23, No.13, pp. 2563-2594, 2002, Dash, P., F.-M. Göttsche, F.-S. Olesen, and H. Fischer. (Review Article)
• Retrieval of land surface temperature and emissivity from satellite data- Physics, principle limitations & current trends. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 1&2, pp. 23-30. Dash, P., F.-M. Göttsche, F.-S. Olesen, and H. Fischer
• Use of Multi-Sensor Data for the mapping of Desert regions. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 51-55, 2002, Mishra, N. C., R. Kanwar, S. Sarkar, P. Dash, and R. P. Singh
• Anomalous stress pattern in Chamoli region observed from IRS 1B data. Vol. 78, No. 9, 10th May, 2000, pp. 1066 to 1070, Current Science. Dash, P., R. P. Singh, and F. Voss
• Brightness temperature study over Indian sub-continent. Vol. 55, May 2000, pp. 541-551, Journal of Geological Society of India, Mishra, N. C, P. Dash, and R. P. Singh
• Snow characterization using SSM/I data. Vol. 77, No. 9, Nov 1999, pp. 1180-1184, Current Science, Singh, R. P., N. C. Mishra, P. Dash, and B. K. Moharana
• Discrimination of cloud and snow covered regions using IRS-P3 MOS data. Vol. 77, No.4, Aug 1999, pp. 505-507, Current Science. Singh, R. P., S. Roy, and P. Dash

Submitted

• Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Analysis Fields Inter Comparisons: Part 1. A multi-product ensemble of sea surface temperature analyses, 2011.  Martin, M., Dash, P., Ignatov, A., Donlon, C., Kaplan, A., Grumbine, R., Brasnett, B., McKenzie, B., Cayula, J.-F., Chao, Y., Beggs, H., Maturi, E., Gentemann, C., Cummings, J., Banzon, V., Ishizaki, S., Autret, E., Poulter, D
• Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Analysis Fields Inter Comparisons: Part 2. Near real-time web-based Level 4 SST Quality Monitor (L4-SQUAM), 2011, Dash, P., Ignatov, A., Martin, M., Donlon, C., Brasnett, B., Reynolds, R. W., Banzon, V., Beggs, H., Cayula, J.-F., Chao, Y., Grumbine, R., Maturi, E., Harris, A., Mittaz, J., Sapper, J., Chin, T. M., Vazquez, J., Armstrong, E. M., Gentemann, C., Cummings, J., Piollé, J.-F., Autret, E., Roberts-Jones, J., Isizaki, S., Høyer, J. L., Poulter, D