Global sensitivity analysis in hydrodynamic modeling and flood inundation mapping

A Alipour, K Jafarzadegan, H Moradkhani - Environmental Modelling & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flood simulation with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models is subject to different sources
of uncertainties in model configuration, boundary conditions, and model parametrization …

Multivariate remotely sensed and in-situ data assimilation for enhancing community WRF-Hydro model forecasting

P Abbaszadeh, K Gavahi, H Moradkhani - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
Flood is one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the United States, particularly in the
Southeast states where hurricanes and tropical storms are most prevalent, causing billions …

The UAE cloud seeding program: A statistical and physical evaluation

T Al Hosari, A Al Mandous, Y Wehbe, A Shalaby… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Operational cloud seeding programs have been increasingly deployed in several countries
to augment natural rainfall amounts, particularly over water-scarce and arid regions …

[HTML][HTML] Geophysical monitoring of the groundwater resources in the Southern Arabian Peninsula using satellite gravity data

A Mohamed, SS Alarifi, MAA Mohammed - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent decades, geophysical and remote sensing monitoring techniques have advanced
to the point where they can be utilized. It is possible to investigate the spatiotemporal mass …

Enhancing precipitation estimates through the fusion of weather radar, satellite retrievals, and surface parameters

Y Wehbe, M Temimi, RF Adler - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accurate and timely monitoring of precipitation remains a challenge, particularly in hyper-
arid regions such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim of this study is to improve the …

A remote sensing-based assessment of water resources in the Arabian Peninsula

Y Wehbe, M Temimi - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
A better understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution of water resources is crucial for the
sustainable development of hyper-arid regions. Here, we focus on the Arabian Peninsula …

WRF gray‐zone simulations of precipitation over the Middle‐East and the UAE: Impacts of physical parameterizations and resolution

S Taraphdar, OM Pauluis, L Xue, C Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Several single‐year‐long (2017) simulations with different configurations of the
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and …

A WRF/WRF-Hydro coupling system with an improved structure for rainfall-runoff simulation with mixed runoff generation mechanism

W Wang, J Liu, B Xu, C Li, Y Liu, F Yu - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The coupled atmospheric-hydrologic systems help achieve deeper understanding on the
interactions between the atmospheric and land-surface processes, improve the spatial and …

[HTML][HTML] Optical and geometrical aerosol particle properties over the United Arab Emirates

M Filioglou, E Giannakaki, J Backman… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
One year of ground-based night-time Raman lidar observations has been analysed under
the Optimization of Aerosol Seeding In rain enhancement Strategies (OASIS) project, in …

Recent and projected changes in climate patterns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

D Francis, R Fonseca - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Observational and reanalysis datasets reveal a northward shift of the convective regions
over northern Africa in summer and an eastward shift in winter in the last four decades, with …