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Unfolding Climate Extreme Impacts on Pre-Monsoon Aridity and Extended Rainy Seasons in the Hindu Kush Himalayas Basin

By: Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Shahryar Fazli, Roma Thakurati, Hesham El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2025

Evaluating Future Water Availability in Texas through the Lens of a Data-Driven Approach Leveraged with CMIP6 General Circulation Models

By: Wenzhao Li, Dongfeng Li, Hesham El-Askary, Joshua B. Fisher, Zheng N. Fang

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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Assessment and prediction of meteorological drought using machine learning algorithms and climate data

By: Khalid En-nagre, Mourad Aqnouy, Ayoub Ouarka, Syed Ali Asad Naqvi, Ismail Bouizrou, Jamal Eddine Stitou El Messari, Aqil Tariq, Walid Soufan, Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2024

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Assessing Rice Phenological Features with Hyperspectral Imaging Insights from Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)

By: S. Fazli, W. Li, S. Maharjan, H. E. Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2024

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Time Series Decomposition of Land Surface Temperature for Long-Term Trend Forecasting and Impact on Nesting Sea Turtle Habitats in the Arabian Gulf

By: Perera, S., R. H. Maneja, M. Allali, C. Rakovski, E. Linstead, D. Struppa, A. Qasem, H. El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2024

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Enhancing Sustainable Development Goals Through Future Vapor Pressure Deficit Analysis In The Nile River Basin

By: S. Maharjan, W. Li, S. Fazli, H. Sewilam, H. El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2024

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Sunrise Strategies: Maximizing Solar Energy Yields AMIDST Environmental Variabilities in Egypt

By: L. Nikolaos, K. Panagiotis, H. El-Askary, O. Elbadawy

Climate Change

Published: 2024

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Linkages of the 2022 Unprecedented Global Heatwave Events to Triple-Dip La Niña

By: S. Perera, J. B. Fisher, M. Allali, H. El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2024

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Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and GIS-DRASTIC Integration for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment with Rainfall Consideration

By: W. Jiazhe, D. Xinrui, S. YanCheng, Z. Xiangtian, B. Gaffar, R. Nasir, A. Jamil, Z. Zafar, M. Sohail Meer, T. Nadu, M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud, R. Naseer, H. El-Askary

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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Water Whiplash in Mediterranean Regions of the World

By: Madrigal, C., Bedri, R., Piechota, T., Li, W., Tootle, G., El-Askary, H.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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AI-Powered Water Quality Index Prediction: Unveiling Machine Learning Precision in Hyper-Arid Regions

By: Ahmad, T., Ali, L., Alshamsi, D., Aldahan A., El-Askary H., Ahmed A.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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Deciphering Water Quality and Algal Dynamics in Clear Lake Through Hyperspectral Analysis Using Emit Data

By: W. Li, S. Fazli, S. Maharjan, H. El-Askary

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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Multi-Temporal Analysis of Urbanization-Driven Slope and Ecological Impact Using Machine-Learning and Remote Sensing Techniques

By: Z. Hao, M. Haseeb, Z. Xiangtian, Z. Tahir, S. Amer Mahmood, A. Tariq, R. Waqar Aslam, M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud, H. El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2024

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Enhanced lithological mapping in arid crystalline regions using explainable AI and multi-spectral remote sensing data

By: Hesham Morgan, Ali Elgendy, Amir Said, Mostafa Hashem, Wenzhao Li, Surendra Maharjan, Hesham El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2024

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Seasonal dynamics in Land Surface Temperature in response to Land use Land cover Changes using Google Earth Engine

By: L. Feng, S. Hussain, N. Pricope, S. Arshad, A. Tariq, Li. Feng, M. Mubeen, R. Aslam, M. Fnais, W. Li, H. El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2024

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Impact of Land Use Dynamics on the Water Yields in the Gorgan River Basin

By: Masoomeh Yaghoobi, Aram Fathib, Shahryar Fazli, Wenzhao Li, Elham Haghshenase, Vahid Shokri Kuchak, Hesham El-Askary

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2024

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A Generalized Machine Learning Model for Long-Term Coral Reef Monitoring in the Red Sea

By: Gapper, J., Maharjan, S., Li, W., Linstead, E., Tiwari, S., Qurban, M., El-Askary, H.

Biosphere

Published: 2024

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Climatological Trends and Effects of Aerosols and Clouds on Large Solar Parks: Application Examples in Benban (Egypt) and Al Dhafrah (UAE)

By: Dhake, H., Kosmopoulos, P., Mantakas, A., Kashyap, Y., El-Askary, H., Elbadawy, O.

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2024

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Mapping California Rice Using Optical and SAR Data Fusion with Phenological Features in Google Earth Engine

By: W. Li, H. El-Askary, D. C. Struppa

Earth Surface

Published: 2023

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Monitoring Dam Stability Using PSI and SBAS Analysis

By: R. Thomas, W. Li, S. Fazli, N. G. Todorov, H. El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2023

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Titaniferous-Vanadiferous, Magnetite-Ilmenite Mineralization in a Mafic Suite within the Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex, Bihar, India

By: Mohammad, A., Prasad, A.K., Wetsah, K.-u., Azad, M., Aryan, V., El-Askary, H.

Earth Surface

Published: 2022

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Accuracy Assessment, Comparative Performance, and Enhancement of Public Domain Digital Elevation Models

By: Preety, K., Prasad, A.K., Varma, A.K., El-Askary, H.

Earth Surface

Published: 2022

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Multi-sectoral impact assessment of an extreme African dust episode in the Eastern Mediterranean in March 2018

By: Alexandra Monteiro, Sara Basart, Stelios Kazadzis, Antonis Gkikas, Sophie Vandenbussche, Aurelio Tobias, Carla Gama, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Enric Tarradellas, George Notas, Nick Middleton, Jonilda Kushta, Vassilis Amiridis, Kostas Lagouvardos, Panagiotis Kosmopoulos, Vasiliki Kotroni, Maria Kanakidou, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Nikos Kalivitis, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserová, Hesham El-Askary, Klaus Sievers, T. Giannaros, Lucia Mona, Marcus Hirtl, Paul Skomorowski, Slobodan Nickovic, Athanasios Votsis, Timo H. Virtanen, Theodoros Christoudias, Biagio Di Mauro, Serena Trippetta, Stanislav Kutuzov, Outi Meinander

Climate Change

Published: 2022

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Deriving Drought Vulnerability using Geographically Weighted Principal Component Analysis (GWPCA) and K-means Clustering for Nile Basin

By: S. Perera, M. Allali, E. Linstead, H. El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2022

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Snow cover variability and trend over the Hindu Kush Himalayan region using MODIS and SRTM data

By: Desinayak, N., Prasad, A. K., El-Askary, H., Kafatos, M., Asrar, G. R.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2022

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Assessing the Vertical Displacement of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam during Its Filling Using DInSAR Technology and Its Potential Acute Consequences on the Downstream Countries

By: El-Askary, H., Fawzy, A., Thomas, R., Li, W., LaHaye, N., Linstead, E., Piechota, T., Struppa, D., Sayed, M.A.

Earth Surface

Published: 2021

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Landuse Landcover Change Detection in the Mediterranean Region Using a Siamese Neural Network and Image Processing

By: S. Perera, M. Allali, E. Linstead, H. El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2021

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An Assessment of the Filling Process of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Impact on the Downstream Countries

By: Kansara, P., Li, W., El-Askary, H., Lakshmi, V., Piechota, T., Struppa, D., Abdelaty Sayed, M.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2021

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Mediterranean Basin case study

By: El-Askary, H., Li, W.

Climate Change

Published: 2021

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A Quantitative Validation of Multi-Modal Image Fusion and Segmentation for Object Detection and Tracking

By: LaHaye, N., Garay, M.J., Bue, B.D., El-Askary, H., Linstead, E.

Climate Change

Published: 2021

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Increased Risks of Re-identification For Patients Posed by Deep Learning-Based ECG Identification Algorithms

By: Arin Ghazarian, Jianwei Zheng, Hesham El-Askary, Huimin Chu, Guohua Fu, Cyril Rakovski

Biosphere

Published: 2021

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Intercomparison among multiple hydrological products for the investigation of land cover changes in the Mediterranean Region

By: Wenzhao Li, Sachi Perera, Erik Linstead, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary, Thomas Piechota, Daniele Struppa

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2021

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A High-Precision Machine Learning Algorithm to Classify Left and Right Outflow Tract Ventricular Tachycardia

By: Zheng, J., Fu, G., Abudayyeh, I., Chu, H., Rakovski, C.

Biosphere

Published: 2021

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Mediterranean tapeweed posidonia oceanica (L.) delile, an endangered seagrass species

By: Bidak, L.M.M., Heneidy, S.Z., Li, W., El Askary, H.M., Abd Elkareem, M.S.

Biosphere

Published: 2021

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Multidecadal analysis of beach loss at the major offshore sea turtle nesting islands in the northern Arabian Gulf

By: Rommel Maneja, Jeffrey Miller, Wenzhao Li, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary, Sachi Perera, Ace Flandez, Abdullajid Basali, Joselito Alcaria, Jinoy Gopalan, Surya Tiwari, Mubarak Al-Jedani, Perdana Prihartato, Ronald Loughland, Ali Qasem, Mohamed Qurban, Wail Faltah, Daniele Struppa

Earth Surface

Published: 2021

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Marine Litter Survey at the Major Sea Turtle Nesting Islands in the Arabian Gulf Using In-Situ and Remote Sensing Methods

By: Rommel H. Maneja, Rejoice Thomas, Jeffrey D. Miller, Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Ace Vincent B. Flandez, Joselito Francis A. Alcaria, Jinoy Gopalan, Abdulrahman Jukhdar, Abdullajid U. Basali, Sachi Perera, Perdana K. Prihartato, Ronald A. Loughland, Tyas I. Hikmawan, Ali Qasem, Mohamed A. Qurban, Daniele Struppa

Biosphere

Published: 2021

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Assessment of areas environmentally sensitive to oil spills in the western Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, for planning and undertaking an effective response

By: Sudibyo S. Sardi, Wenzhao Li, Mohammad A. Qurban, Krishnakumar P.K., Mustafa M. Hariri, Bassam S. Al-Tawabini, Amjad B. Khalil, Hesham El-Askary

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2020

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Earth Observation and Cloud Computing in Support of Two Sustainable Development Goals for the River Nile Watershed Countries

By: Li, W., El-Askary, H., Lakshmi, V., Piechota, T., Struppa, D.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2020

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Long-term NDVI and recent vegetation cover profiles of major offshore island nesting sites of sea turtles in Saudi waters of the northern Arabian Gulf

By: Rommel Hilot Maneja, Jeffrey D Miller, Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Ace Vincent B Flandez, Joshua J Dagoy, Joselito Francis A Alcaria, Abdullajid U Basali, Khaled A Al-Abdulkader, Ronald A Loughland, Mohammed Ali B Qurban

Biosphere

Published: 2020

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Optimal Multi-Stage Arrhythmia Classification Approach

By: Zheng, J., Chu, H., Struppa, D., Zhang, J., Yacoub, M., El-Askary, H., Chang, A., Ehwerhemuepha, L., Abudayyeh, I., Barrett, A., Fu, G., Yao, H., Li, D., Guo, H., Rakovski, C.

Biosphere

Published: 2020

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Investigating the Significance of Aerosols in Determining the Coronavirus Fatality Rate Among Three European Countries

By: Li, W., Thomas, R., El-Askary, H., Piechota, T., Struppa, D., Abel-Ghaffar, K.

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2020

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Synergistic use of Remote Sensing and Modeling for Estimating Net Primary Productivity in the Red Sea with VGPM, Eppley-VGPM and CbPM models Intercomparison

By: Li, Wenzhao, Tiwari, Surya, El-Askary, Hesham, Qurban, Mohammad, Amiridis, Vassilis, Kandan, Mani, Garay, Michael, Kalashnikova, Olga, Piechota, Tom, Struppa, Daniele

Earth Surface

Published: 2020

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Forecasting Vegetation Health in the MENA Region by Predicting Vegetation Indicators with Machine Learning Models

By: S. Perera, W. Li, E. Linstead, H. El-Askary

Earth Surface

Published: 2020

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Characterizing El Niño-Southern Oscillation Effects on the Blue Nile Yield and the Nile River Basin Precipitation using Empirical Mode Decomposition

By: Le, J., El-Askary H., Allali, M., Sayed, E., Sweliem, H., Piechota, T., Struppa, D.

Climate Change

Published: 2020

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Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Changes in Egypt

By: Raey M.E., Askary H.E.

Climate Change

Published: 2020

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Ocean Color Modeling in the Central Red Sea Using Oceanographical Observation and Simulated Parameters

By: W. Li, S. P. Tiwari, K. P. ManiKandan, H. El-Askary

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2020

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An Assessment of the Hydrological Trends Using Synergistic Approaches of Remote Sensing and Model Evaluations over Global Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

By: Li, W., El-Askary, H., Thomas, R., Tiwari, S.P., Manikandan, K.P., Piechota, T., Struppa, D.

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2020

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Toward Generic, Multi-Modal Object Tracking and Image Fusion with Unsupervised Deep Learning

By: Nick Lahaye, Jordan Ott, Micheal Garay, Hesham El-Askary, Erik Linstead

Climate Change

Published: 2019

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Review of Climate Research and Funding 2013-2017: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach

By: Odeyemi, Y., Pollind, M., Peeler, R., Nozawa, K., Vesely, D., Page, A., Rakovski, C., El-Askary, H.

Climate Change

Published: 2019

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Studying the Impact on Urban Health over the Greater Delta Region in Egypt due to Aerosol Variability using Optical Characteristics from Satellite Observations and Ground-Based AERONET Measurements

By: Li, Wenzhao, Ali, Elham, Abou El-Magd, Islam, Moustafa Mourad, El-Askary, Hesham

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2019

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Coral Reef Change Detection in Remote Pacific Islands using Support Vector Machine Classifiers

By: Gapper, J.J., El-Askary, H., Linstead, E., Piechota, T.

Biosphere

Published: 2019

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Using Multi-indices Approach to Quantify Mangrove Changes over the Western Arabian Gulf along Saudi Arabia Coast

By: Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed A Qurban, Jingjing Li, K. P ManiKandan, Thomas Piechota

Biosphere

Published: 2019

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Urban Health Related Air Quality Indicators over the Middle East and North Africa Countries using Multiple Satellites and AERONET Data

By: Maram Elnadry, Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed Awad, Alaa Ramadan

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2019

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On the drying trends over the MENA Countries using Harmonic Analysis of the Enhanced Vegetation Index

By: Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed Qurban, Mohamed Allali, K. P. Manikandan

Climate Change

Published: 2018

Earth-Observation-Based Estimation and Forecasting of Particulate Matter Impact on Solar Energy in Egypt

By: Kosmopoulos, P.G., Kazadzis, S., El-Askary, H., Taylor, M., Gkikas, A., Proestakis, E., Kontoes, C., El-Khayat, M.M.

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2018

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An Assessment to Atmospheric and Meteorological Factors Regulating Red Sea Phytoplankton Growth

By: Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed A. Qurban, Manolis E. Proestakis, Michael J. Garay, Olga V. Kalashnikova, Vassilis Amiridis, Antonis Gkikas, Eleni Marinou, Thomas Piechota, K. P. ManiKandan

Biosphere

Published: 2018

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Evaluation of BSC-DREAM8b v2 regional dust model using the 3D LIVAS-CALIPSO product

By: Dimitra Konsta, Ioannis Binietoglou, Antonis Gkikas, Stavros Solomos, Eleni Marinou, Emmanouil Proestakis, Sara Basart, Carlos Perez, Hesham El-Askary, Vassilis Amiridis

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2018

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Strong interactions Indicated between Dust Aerosols and Precipitation related Clouds in the Nile Delta

By: Hesham El-Askary, Wenzhao Li, Maram El-Nadry, M. Awad, Alaa R. Mostafa

Climate Change

Published: 2018

Validating the use of MODIS time series for salinity assessment over agricultural soils in California, USA

By: Kristen Whitney, Elia Scudiero, Hesham M. El-Askary, Todd H. Skaggs, Mohamed Allali, Dennis L. Corwin

Earth Surface

Published: 2018

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Long-Term Ground Based Precipitation Data Analysis in California: Spatial and Temporal Variability

By: Luciano Rodriguez, Cyril Rakovski, Mohamed Allali, Hesham El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2018

Characterizing the Impact of Aerosols on Pre-Hurricane Sandy

By: A. T. Fontenot, H. M. El-Askary, M. J. Garay, J. R. Campbell, O. V. Kalashnikova

Climate Change

Published: 2018

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Impacts of Aerosols on the Retreat of the Sierra Nevada Glaciers in California

By: Hesham El-Askary, Jingjing Li, Wenzhao Li, Thomas Piechota, Tommy Ta, Ariane Jong, Xinyi Zhang, Tiantian Yang

Climate Change

Published: 2018

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Remote sensing observation of annual dust cycle and possible causality of Kawasaki disease outbreaks in Japan

By: El-Askary H., Nick LaHaye, Erik Linstead, William A. Sprigg, Magdi Yacoub

Climate Change

Published: 2017

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Application of recurrent neural networks for drought projections in California

By: J. A. Le, H. M. El-Askary, M. Allali, D. C. Struppa

Climate Change

Published: 2017

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Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing and Modeling for the Chlorophyll-a Concentration Anomalies during summer 2015 at South Central Red Sea

By: Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary, K.P. Manikandan, Mohamed Qurban, Michael J. Garay, Olga V. Kalashnikova

Water and Energy Cycle

Published: 2017

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Analysis of aerosol absorption properties and transport over North Africa and the Middle East using AERONET data

By: Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary, Peter Adetokunbo, Abu Tharr Fuad

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2016

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Aerosols size distribution characteristics and role of precipitation during dust storm formation over Saudi Arabia

By: Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary, Umran Dogan

Climate Change

Published: 2016

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Studying Air Pollutants Origin and Associated Meteorological Parameters over Seoul from 2000 to 2009

By: Sunmin Park, Hesham El-Askary, Ismail Sabbah, Hanbin Kwak, Anup Prasad, Woo-Kyun Lee, Menas Kafatos

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2015

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On the Detection and Monitoring of the transport of an Asian Dust Storm Approaching the Korean Peninsula

By: El-Askary H., Seon k. Park, Myung-Hwan Ahn, Anup Prasad, Menas Kafatos

Climate Change

Published: 2015

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Study of Aerosols' Characteristics and Dynamics over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using a Multi Sensor Approach Combined with Ground Observations

By: Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2015

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Remote Sensing and Modeling of Atmospheric Dust and Studying Its Impact on Environment, Weather, and Climate

By: Hesham El-Askary, Seon K. Park, Slobodan Nickovic, Mian Chin

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2015

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Regional dust storm modeling for health services: the case of valley fever

By: William Sprigg, Slobodan Nickovic, John N Galgiani, Goran Pejanovic, Slavko Petkovic, Mirjam Vujadinovic, Ana Vukovic, Milan Dacic, Scott DiBiase, Anup Prasad, Hesham El-Askary

Climate Change

Published: 2014

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Numerical Simulation of "An American Haboob"

By: A. Vukovic, M. Vujadinovic, G. Pejanovic, J. Andric, M. J. Kumjian, V. Djurdjevic, M. Dacic, A. K. Prasad, H. M. El-Askary, B. C. Paris, S. Petkovic, W. Sprigg, S. Nickovic

Climate Change

Published: 2014

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Change Detection of Coral Reef Habitat Using Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-7 ETM+ Data and Landsat-8 OLI in the Red Sea (Hurghada, Egypt)

By: El-Askary H., Hamdy S., J. Li, Hattab M., El-Raey M.

Biosphere

Published: 2014

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Application of the Savitzky–Golay Filter to Land Cover Classification using Temporal MODIS Vegetation Indices

By: Sora Kim, Anup Prasad, Hesham El-Askary, Woo-Kyun Lee, Doo-Ahn Kwak, Seung-Ho Lee, Menas Kafatos

Earth Surface

Published: 2014

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Annual Patterns of Atmospheric Pollutions and Episodes over Cairo Egypt

By: Y. Aboel Fetouh, H. El Askary, El Raey, M., Allali, M., W. A. Sprigg, M. Kafatos

Atmospheric Composition

Published: 2013

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Synthesis and the Assessment of Adaptation Measures

By: Clare M. Goodess, Maureen D. Agnew, Debbie Hemming, Christos Giannakopoulos, Marco Bindi, Camilla Dibari, Hesham El-Askary, Mutasem El-Fadel, Mamdouh El-Hattab, Mohamed El-Raey, Roberto Ferrise, José M. Grünzweig, Ali Harzallah, Dina Kanas, Piero Lionello, César Mösso Aranda, Theib Oweis, Joan Pau Sierra, Marco Reale, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Mohamed Senouci, Rolf Sommer, Annalisa Tanzarella

Climate Change

Published: 2013

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