Prolay Saha

About

Dr. Prolay Saha is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Clouds and Climate Change Research (C4R), Cotton University, India, and a LOTUS 2025–26 fellow supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan. He is also affiliated with the Faculty of Education, Kagawa University, Japan, as a visiting researcher. His research interests include South Asian monsoon onset and dynamics, teleconnections, hydro-meteorological extremes, prediction and predictability, and climate change. He is currently working on mesoscale modeling for regional subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction.

Employment

• Cotton University Post Doctoral Fellow
  2026 - Present
• Kagawa University Visiting Researcher
  2026 - Present

Education

• Cotton University; Panbazar Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  2019 - 2025
• Cotton University; Panbazar Master of Science
  2015 - 2017
• Cotton College; Panbazar Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)
  2012 - 2015
• J.N.V; WEST GARO HILLS Senior School Certificate Examination (CLASS XII)
  2011 - 2012
• J.N.V; WEST GARO HILLS Secondary School Examination (CLASS X)
  2009 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• Post-2000 Escalation of Humid Heatwaves and Emerging Cloudburst Risks across the South Asia
  Asian Journal of Engineering Geology 2025 DOI: 10.64862/ajeg.2025.2sp.73.197
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• Heightened Adaptability Challenges from Extreme Humid Heat Stress for South Asia
  2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6273180/v1
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• Chapter 4 - Quasi-biweekly mode of the South Asian monsoon
  Atmospheric Oscillations 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15638-0.00004-6
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• Dynamics of May ‘onset’ of Indian summer monsoon over Northeast India
  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 2024 DOI: 10.1002/qj.4828
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• Quasi-biweekly mode of the South Asian monsoon
  Atmospheric Oscillations: Sources of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Variability and Predictability 2024 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15638-0.00004-6
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• An inclusive study of lightning at various temporal resolutions over North East India using hi-res satellite data
  International Journal of Climate Research 2023
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• Persistent Wet and Dry Spells of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: A Reexamination of Definitions of “Active” and “Break” Events
  Journal of Climate 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-1003.1
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• Present and future of the South Asian summer monsoon’s rainy season over Northeast India
  npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41612-023-00485-1
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• Reconstruction of a Long Reliable Daily Rainfall dataset for the Northeast India (NEI) for Extreme Rainfall Studies
  2021 DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000580
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