Shatrughan Singh

Current Project

Working in a forested watershed while evaluating the character and composition of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) - an optically active chemical constituent of water.  

Education

Master in Science (2009)
Major: Oceanography
Institution: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 70802.

Master in Science (Technology) (2005)
Major: Geophysics
Institution: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA 221005.

Research Interests

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Water Quality Analysis, DOM Characterization and Dynamics, Watershed Hydrologic and Biologic Coupling, Statistical Modeling, Optical Measurement Techniques

Publications

  • Inamdar, S., N. Finger, S. Singh, M. Mitchell, D. Levia, H. Bais, D. Scott, and P. McHale (2012), Dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration and quality in a forested mid-Atlantic watershed, USA, Biogeochemistry, 108(1-3), pp. 55-76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9572-4.
  • Inamdar, S., S. Singh, S. Dutta, D. Levia, M. Mitchell, D. Scott, H. Bais, and P. McHale (2011), Fluorescence characteristics and sources of dissolved organic matter for stream water during storm events in a forested mid-Atlantic watershed, J. Geophys. Res., 116, G03043, 23 pp., http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001735.
  • Singh, S., E. D’Sa, and E. Swenson (2010), Seasonal variability in CDOM absorption and fluorescence properties in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana, USA, Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 22 (10), pp. 1481-1490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60279-5.
  • Singh, S., E.J. D’Sa, and E.M. Swenson (2010), Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) variability in Barataria Basin using excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 408 (16), pp. 3211-3222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.044
  • Prasad, A.K., R.P. Singh, S. Singh, and D.S. Nanda (2007), GPS and satellite meteorology for understanding monsoon dynamics over the Indian sub-continent, (Proceedings of Symposium HS 2004 at IUGG 2007, Perugia, Italy, July 2007), IAHS Publ., 313, pp. 33-39.
  • Prasad, A.K., V.K. Kayetha, S. Singh, and R.P. Singh (2006), Potentiality of Multi sensor satellite data in mapping flood hazard, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 34 (3), pp. 219-231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02990651
  • Singh, R.P., A.K. Prasad, S.S. Chauhan, and S. Singh (2005), Impact of growing urbanization and air pollution on the regional climate over India, International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) Newsletter, 14, December 2005, pp. 5-11, http://www.urban-climate.com/newsletter_fr.htm.

Technical Skills

  • Programming/Plotting Softwares: MATLAB, SigmaPlot, Origin

  • Statistical Packages: SAS, JMP, R

  • Applications: LaTeX, Windows editors, spreadsheet processing, and presentation software

  • Instruments: Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Professional Affliations

Student Member of AGU, GSA, AAAS

Contact Info

Email: singh@udel.edu
More Info: http://udel.edu/~inamdar/fairhill.htm
Links:
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