Projects

US grants (selected)


P-I: “Assessing the integration of river ice information in the National Water Model to enhance river flow routing in northern watersheds” that is submitted to NOAA COMET Program (2021-2022).

Co-I: “Operational river ice monitoring and forecasting over the US and the globe using SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS imagery” that is submitted to NOAA JPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Request for Proposals (2018-2021).

Co-I: “An enhanced operational system for the mapping of river ice using SNPP VIIRS for river ice-jam modeling” that is submitted to NOAA JPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Request for Proposals (2016-2018).

P-I: “Surface water extent and inundation mapping using observations from NPP ATMS sensor” that is submitted to NOAA JPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Request for Proposals (2012-2013).

Co-I: “River and Lake Ice mapping using NPP/JPSS VIIRS sensor To support NOAA NWS” that is submitted to NOAA JPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Request for Proposals (2012-2015).

Co-I: “Application of evapotranspiration and soil moisture remote sensing products to enhance hydrological modeling for decision support in the New York City water supply” that is submitted by Nir Krakauer (PI) to the NASA Earth Science Division, Applied Sciences Program, 2011

P-I: “Assessment of assimilating NPP/JPSS ATMS land surface sensitive observations in the NOAA Global Forecast System using GSI” that is submitted to NOAA JCSDA JPSS Program (2012-2013)

P-I: “Establishment of a soil moisture observation network to support SMAP Cal/Val activities” that is submitted to NASA Science Mission Directorate, NNH11ZDA008L (2012-2017)

Collaborator: “HASILHEP: Hawaii-Siliana Higher Education Partnership for Strengthening the Capacity of Siliana's Higher Institute of Technological Studies” that is submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

P-I: “River ice monitoring over the Susquehanna River Basin using remote sensing data” that is submitted to NOAA-National Weather services (NWS). (2009-2012).
P-I: ‘’NOAA-CREST Land Emissivity Products From Passive Microwave Observations’’ that is submitted to NOAA-National Weather services (NWS). 2012.

Co-I: “Enhanced use of GOES for estimating land surface wetness with application to wildfire forecasting” that is submitted by Dr. Robert Rabin (PI), from NOAA National Sever Storm Laboratory to the NOAA GIMPAP Program. 2012.

Co-I: “Establishing the application of high resolution satellite imagery to improve coastal and estuarine models” that is submitted by Scott Hagen (PI), from the University of Central Florida to the NASA ROSES A.28 Research Announcement- NNH08ZDA001N-GULF.

Co-I: “Evaluation of Residential and Transportation Impact of Predicted Coastal Flooding in Climate Change” that is submitted by Prof. Hansong Tang to the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC). 2012.

P-I: “Development of an advanced technique for mapping and monitoring sea and lake ice for the future GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)” that is submitted to NOAA NESDIS. Award Number: NA09NES4400020. (2009-2011)

Co-I: “Understanding and improving California’s river and water resources predictions using in situ and remote sensing data” that is submitted by Soroosh Sorooshian (PI), the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, University of California to the NOAA National Weather Service, NWS-NWSPO-2009-2001614

International grants (selected; total around $10 M)



P-I: “A novel system for air quality monitoring using satellite- and modeling-based techniques: Towards real time high resolution monitoring of air quality” funded by the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (2016-2020).

P-I: “Towards achieving a fog-ready air traffic management system for Etihad Airways: Numerical forecast and satellite tracking of fog” funded by Etihad Airways (2015-2020).

PI: “Numerical Modelling of Radionuclides Dispersion in the UAE Environment” (the “MORAD Project”)” that is funded by the UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (2019-2022).

P-I: “Study on Particulate Matter PM2.5 Composition and its Correlation with PM10 Concentrations” funded by the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water (2015-2016).

P-I: “Combat the emerging impacts of harmful algal blooms on desalination plants use of satellite imagery and hydrodynamic modeling” supported by the USAID and Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC); (2015-2016)

PI: “Integrating schemes from UAE Rain Enhancement Projects into a unified multi-component atmospheric model” that is funded by the National Center of Meteorology (2018-2022).

PI: “Integrating satellite passive microwave and optical data to enhance the monitoring of Antarctic sea ice” that is funded by Australian Antarctic Division and Masdar in the UAE (2018-2020).

Co-I: “Calibration and Validation of NASA (SMAP) satellite for the retrieval of Soil Moisture and its application to water resources and dust storms in Kuwait” that is submitted to Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science by Dr. Hala Khalid Al Jassar, Physics department, Kuwait University (2012-2017).