Email: sdhital@nmsu.edu
Phone: 775-379-7818
USDA-ARS-Jornada Experimental Range
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Member, American Geophysical Union
Primary Research Interests:
- Multi-Scale Meteorological Controls on Dust Emission and Transport
- Dust Emission and Transport Modeling
- Climate Change Impacts on Land Degradation and Dust Emission
- Weather and Climate Data Analysis
Professional Experience:
2021 to present Jornada Experimental Range, Postdoctoral Researcher
2016 - 2021 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, Graduate Researcher
2016 - 2021 University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Department of Physics, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bio:
Publications
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MsjbU3oAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saroj-Dhital
Selected Publications
Submitted
Dhital, S., Kaplan, M. L., Orza, J. A. G., & Fiedler, S. An Extreme Dust Storm Organized by Moist Convection in the Lee of the Saharan Atlas: Numerical Simulation of Recirculation Dynamics and Transport to the Iberian Peninsula
Peer Reviewed Publications
2021
Dhital, S., Kaplan, M. L., Orza, J. A. G., & Fiedler, S. (2021). Poleward Transport of African Dust to the Iberian Peninsula Organized by a Barrier Jet and Hydraulic Jumps: Observations and High-Resolution Simulation Analyses. Atmospheric Environment, 118574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118574.
2020
Dhital, S., Kaplan, M. L., Orza, J. A. G., & Fiedler, S. (2020). Atmospheric Dynamics of a Saharan Dust Outbreak over Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands Preceded by Rossby Wave Breaking: Multi-scale Observational Analyses and Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD032975.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032975.
, Fiedler, S., & Kaplan, M. L. (2020). Large scale upper-level precursors for dust storm formation over North Africa and poleward transport to the Iberian Peninsula. Part I: An observational analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 237, 117688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117688.
Education:
2021 Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, University of Nevada, Reno
2015 M.Sc., Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 B.Sc., Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal