Browsing by Author "Hong, Yang"
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Bridging the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement and Soil Moisture Active Passive Missions: Variability of Microwave Surface Emissivity from both In-situ and Remote Sensing Perspectives
Zheng, Yaoyao (2016-08-12)The overland precipitation retrievals from satellite passive microwave (PMW) radiometer such as the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) microwave imager (GMI) suffer from the contamination of observed brightness temperatures ... -
Can Remote Sensing Technologies Capture the Extreme Precipitation Event and Its Cascading Hydrological Response? A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey Using EF5 Modeling Framework
Chen, Mengye; Nabih, Soumaya; Brauer, Noah S.; Gao, Shang; Gourley, Jonathan J.; Hong, Zhen; Kolar, Randall L.; Hong, Yang (2020-02-01)A new generation of precipitation measurement products has emerged, and their performances have gained much attention from the scientific community, such as the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor system (MRMS) from the National ... -
Characterization and Prediction of Flash Flood Severity
Saharia, Manabendra (2017-05)Flash floods, a subset of floods, are a particularly damaging natural hazard worldwide due to their multidisciplinary nature, difficulty in forecasting, and fast response that limits emergency responses. The purpose of ... -
CHARACTERIZING UNCERTAINTY OF A HYDROLOGIC MODELING SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONAL FLOOD FORECASTING OVER THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
Vergara, Humberto (2015)The purpose of this work was to study the macro scale patterns of simulated streamflow errors in order to characterize uncertainty in a hydrologic modeling system and establish the basis for a probabilistic forecasting ... -
CLUTTER DETECTION AND MITIGATION FOR DUAL-POLARIZATION WEATHER RADAR
Golbon-Haghighi, Mohammad-Hossein (2019-12-13)Ground clutter in weather radar observations causes degradation of data quality and can lead to misinterpretation of radar echoes. It is important to detect clutter and mitigate its effects to obtain accurate weather ... -
Coupling the Advanced Regional Prediction System and the Discrete Event Specification Fire Spread Model to Predict Wildfire Behavior
Dahl, Nathan (2014-05-09)The cost of wildfire suppression in the United States has risen dramatically over the last 20 years. As the interface between wildland and urban areas expands, increased emphasis is being placed on rapid, efficient deployment ... -
Decadal development of CREST hydrological model family: review, improvements, applications, and outlook
Li, Zhi (2022-08)A hydrological model is an indispensable tool in Earth system science and engineering operations to understand, predict, and manage water resources on Earth. The Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) model, released ... -
A Decision-Framework for Building Portfolios Towards Enhanced Resilience and Sustainability of Communities Under Natural Hazards
Wang, Yingjun (2019-05-10)In recent years, communities in the U.S. and other countries have experienced several catastrophic natural hazards (e.g. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011). The unproportioned social, ... -
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA FOR MULTI-MISSION APPLICATIONS
Mirmozafari, Mirhamed (2018)Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) was defined to investigate the feasibility of integrating weather observation and air surveillance radars into a single network. Weather radars require dual polarization capability ... -
Development and evaluation of a hydrological and hydraulic coupled flood prediction system enabled by remote sensing, numerical weather prediction, and deep learning technologies
Chen, Mengye (2021-05-14)Floods triggered by extreme precipitation are the most frequently occurring and disastrous natural hazards in the world. However, it is still challenging to provide accurate and flood mapping, flood damage estimation, and ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN ADVANCED REGIONAL AND GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION SYSTEM ENABLED BY SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING, NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING, AND ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION
Zhang, Yu (2013-12)This dissertation advanced the traditional hydrological prediction via multi-sensor satellite remote sensing products, numerical weather forecasts and advanced data assimilation approach in sparsely gauged or even ungauged ... -
DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF TERRESTRIAL GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY USING REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS
Zhang, Yao (2017-12)Vegetation play a critical role in the interactions between atmosphere and biosphere. CO2 fixed by plants through photosynthesis process at ecosystem scale is termed as gross primary production (GPP). It is also the first ... -
Effects of lower troposphere vertical mixing on simulated clouds and precipitation over the Amazon during the wet season
Hu, Xiao-Ming; Huang, Yongjie; Xue, Ming; Martin, E.; Hong, Yang; Chen, Mengye; Novoa, H. M.; McPherson, R.; Perez, Andres; Morales, Isaac; Luna, Auria (2023-06)Planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes parameterize unresolved turbulent mixing within the PBL and free troposphere (FT). Previous studies reported that precipitation simulation over the Amazon in South America is quite ... -
Expanding In-situ Surface Water Quality Monitoring Techniques for Optically Complex Inland Waters Utilizing small Unoccupied Aerial Systems (sUAS)
Holzbauer-Schweitzer, Brandon (2021-05-14)Remote sensing is described as the art and science of interpreting information (e.g., reflectance) collected from a target object (e.g., vegetation) using technology (e.g., satellites, occupied aircraft, and small unoccupied ... -
A Framework Identifying Impacts of Ensemble Bias Corrected Downscaled Climate Projections on Regional Groundwater Hydrologic Systems in Western Oklahoma
Labriola, Laura (2023-12-15)Groundwater is an important natural resource that is highly sensitive to both precipitation and temperature, factors climate models project will change in the future. General circulation models (GCM) are available to ... -
A framework of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) ensemble hydrological forecasting at a watershed scale using dynamical precipitation forecast: forecast verification, adaptation, and streamflow prediction
Zhang, Lujun (2023-12-15)Accurate and reliable streamflow forecasts, especially at Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) timescale (spanning 10 to 30 days into the future) could greatly benefit various human socio-economic activities. The Ensemble Streamflow ... -
Frequency-Agile Microwave Filters For Radars With Simultaneous Transmission and Reception
Saeedi, Shahrokh (2015-12)Multi-band/multi-mode wireless communication systems have been receiving increased attention recently due to their potential for spectrum management in a dynamic spectral environment. Similarly radar systems, which can ... -
Geospatial Modeling of Surface Water Trends Using Time Series and Image Observation Analysis
Hasan, Emad (2017)This study addresses the impact of climate change on the Nile River Basin (NRB) and its downstream delta, the Nile Delta of Egypt. The NRB region undergoes a huge fluctuation in precipitation and temperatures from year-to-year. ... -
A HIGH RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL CLIMATOLOGY OVER THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES FOCUSED ON FLASH FLOODING
Flamig, Zachary Lolos (2016-08-12)This study will describe the MRMS reanalysis precipitation dataset created for the time period from 2001 to 2011. This high resolution 1-km^2 5-minute dataset is ideal for simulating flash floods with a distributed hydrologic ... -
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANTENNA ARRAYS FOR MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR (MPAR) APPLICATION
Saeidi Manesh, Hadi (2019-05-10)There are interest and practical value in utilizing polarization diversity for a radar to obtain more target information or for a communication system to carry more signal information without occupying more frequency band. ...