Search Results - "Venkataraman Lakshmi"

Impact of Vegetation Gradient and Land Cover Conditions on Soil Moisture Retrievals From Different Frequencies and Acquisition Times of AMSR2 by Zohaib, Muhammad, Kim, Hyunglok, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Spaceborne remote sensing provides great potential for soil moisture (SM) retrieval and emerged as a significant data source for research in land surface…”
Get full text

Comparison of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Derived from Landsat, MODIS, and AVHRR for the Mesopotamian Marshes Between 2002 and 2018 by Albarakat, Reyadh, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…The Mesopotamian marshes are a group of water bodies located in southern Iraq, in the shape of a triangle, with the cities Amarah, Nasiriyah, and Basra located…”
Get full text

Temporal Gap‐Filling of 12‐Hourly SMAP Soil Moisture Over the CONUS Using Water Balance Budgeting by Zhang, Runze, Kim, Seokhyeon, Kim, Hyunglok, Fang, Bin, Sharma, Ashish, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Temporal gaps in satellite‐based soil moisture (SM) products are a persistent issue. This study presents an entirely observation‐based method to derive…”
Get full text

Visualization‐driven hydrologic assessment using Gridded Precipitation Products by Tran, Thanh‐Nhan‐Duc, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

Get full text

Wolf prize awarded to Rien van Genuchten by Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Flury, Markus

Get full text

Monitoring Dust Storms in Iraq Using Satellite Data by Albarakat, Reyadh, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Dust storms can suspend large quantities of sand and cause haze in the boundary layer over local and regional scales. Iraq is one of the countries that is…”
Get full text

Water Levels in the Major Reservoirs of the Nile River Basin—A Comparison of SENTINEL with Satellite Altimetry Data by Kansara, Prakrut, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…With the increasing number of reservoirs on the Nile River Basin, it has become important to understand the reservoir operations in the basin for coordinated…”
Get full text

Advancing remote sensing and machine learning‐driven frameworks for groundwater withdrawal estimation in Arizona: Linking land subsidence to groundwater withdrawals by Majumdar, Sayantan, Smith, Ryan, Conway, Brian D., Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Groundwater plays a crucial role in sustaining global food security but is being over‐exploited in many basins of the world. Despite its importance and finite…”
Get full text

Estimation of Flood Inundation and Depth During Hurricane Florence Using Sentinel-1 and UAVSAR Data by Kundu, Sananda, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Torres, Raymond

“…We studied the temporal and spatial changes in flood water elevation and variation in the surface extent due to flooding resulting from Hurricane Florence…”
Get full text

Intensification in the Wettest Days to 50 Percent of Annual Precipitation (WD50) Across Europe by Goffin, Benjamin D., Kansara, Prakrut, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Due to global warming, precipitation extremes are becoming more frequent and more severe, further exacerbating the uneven distribution of daily precipitation…”
Get full text

Observing the recent floods and drought in the Lake Victoria Basin using Earth observations and hydrological anomalies by Pavur, Gigi, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…The Lake Victoria Basin, home of Africa’s largest freshwater lake, experienced extensive floods in 2019–2020 and anomalous drought conditions in early 2022…”
Get full text

Validation of downscaled 1‐km SMOS and SMAP soil moisture data in 2010–2021 by Fang, Bin, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Zhang, Runze

“…Soil moisture (SM) is an important component for many applications in agriculture, hydrology, meteorology, and ecology. In past decades, passive/active…”
Get full text

Large Uncertainty on Forest Area Change in the Early 21st Century among Widely Used Global Land Cover Datasets by Chen, He, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Wu, Jie, Peng, Liqing, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Yang, Hong, Liu, Junguo

“…Forests play an important role in the Earth’s system. Understanding the states and changes in global forests is vital for ecological assessments and forest…”
Get full text

A Spatial Downscaling Methodology for GRACE Total Water Storage Anomalies Using GPM IMERG Precipitation Estimates by Gemitzi, Alexandra, Koutsias, Nikos, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…A downscaling framework for coarse resolution Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Total Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) data is described, exploiting…”
Get full text

Impact of temperature and precipitation lapse rate on hydrological modelling over Himalayan Gandak River Basin by Kumar, Brijesh, Roy, Dipankar, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…The hydrology of Himalayan region is influenced by temperature lapse rate (TLAPS) and precipitation lapse rate (PLAPS). Therefore, hydrological modeling…”
Get full text

Using Earth Observations to Measure Hydrological Conditions Before, During, and After Wildfires in the Feather River Watershed by Walters, Avery, Fang, Bin, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…The Feather River Watershed is home to the 2018 Camp Fire (California's deadliest wildfire), the 2020 North Complex Fire, and to the 2021 Dixie Fire…”
Get full text

A Performance Analysis on Soil Dielectric Models Over Organic Soils in Alaska for Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture by Zhang, Runze, Chan, Steven, Bindlish, Rajat, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture (SM) requires a physically based dielectric model that quantitatively converts the volumetric SM into the…”
Get full text

Estimation of total water storage changes in India by Mondal, Arun, Lakshmi, Venkataraman

“…Long-term droughts significantly impact surface and groundwater resources in India, however, observed changes in major river basins have not been well…”
Get full text

A Soil Moisture and Vegetation-Based Susceptibility Mapping Approach to Wildfire Events in Greece by Chaleplis, Kyriakos, Walters, Avery, Fang, Bin, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Gemitzi, Alexandra

“…Wildfires in Mediterranean areas are becoming more frequent, and the fire season is extending toward the spring and autumn months. These alarming findings…”
Get full text

First attempt of global-scale assimilation of subdaily scale soil moisture estimates from CYGNSS and SMAP into a land surface model by Kim, Hyunglok, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Kwon, Yonghwan, Kumar, Sujay V

“…Soil moisture performs a key function in the hydrologic process and understanding the global-scale water cycle. However, estimations of soil moisture taken…”
Get full text