Snigdha Samantaray

About

Education

PhD in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (Anticipated May 2027)
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Miami, Florida, USA
Advisor: Dr. Brian Mapes
BS-MS in Earth and Climate Science (2021)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Advisor: Dr. Suhas Ettammal

Graduate Coursework

  • Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Predictability
  • General Circulation of the Atmosphere
  • Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
  • Advanced Weather Forecasting
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Tropical Meteorology
  • Satellite data analysis and Image processing
  • Mechanics of Earth Sciences
  • Mathematical Methods of Physics

Teaching & Workshops

Teaching Assistant – Environmental Statistics
University of Miami
Grading, Office Hours, and Discussion sessions over Spring 2024 and Fall 2024
Workshops & Community
Project Pythia Cookbook Hackathon 2025 - Contributed to the Atmospheric Modeling Cookbook
NASA Openscapes Champions - Community member since 2023
NCAR ASP Summer Colloquium on The Atmospheric Boundary Layer over summer 2023

Conferences & Talks

AMS 37th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Talk: The Dynamics of Precipitating Water Vapor Lakes over the Western Equatorial Indian Ocean
2026
AMS 36th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Talk: Understanding the Convection in Water Vapor "Lakes" in the Western Equatorial Indian Ocean
2024
Publications in preparation
Samantaray, S., & Mapes, B. (2026) A Langragian motion budget for persistent High-CWV “Vapor Lakes” over the Western Equatorial Indian Ocean

Resources I use

Project Pythia Giovanni Earthdata ECMWF Resources Tropical Tidbits Nullschool Pivotal Weather WeatherNerds
Research CV