Water pollution is a major global issue profoundly impacting sustainable development of society. Fueled by high nutrient and chemical loads from agricultural and urban run-off, warmer temperatures, and changes in rainfall patterns under a changing climate, increasing sediment loads and algal blooms have become an increasing concern in recent years. The lab focuses to develop an operational tool to remotely monitor water quality, including chlorophyll-a levels and suspended sediments for regional water conservation and watershed management using hyperspectral and thermal imaging from proximity sensors, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and satellites. We expect this work will be of use to long-term watershed remediation planning and enable more focused management for water sustainability.
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Selected journal papers
Peterson, K.T., Sagan, V., Sidike, P., Hasenmueller, E., Sloan, J., Knouft, J. (2018). Machine learning based ensemble prediction of water quality variables with proximal remote sensing using feature-level and decision-level fusion. (under review)
Pereira, L., Andes, L., Cox, A., Ghulam, A.. (2017). Measuring suspended-sediment concentration and turbidity in the Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers using Landsat data. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 1-11; doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12616.
Wang, X., Zhang, F., Kung, H., Ghulam, A., Trumbo, A., Yang, J., Ren, Y., Jing, Y. (2017). Evaluation and estimation of surface water quality in an arid region based on EEM-PARAFAC and 3D fluorescence spectral index: A case study of the Ebinur Lake Watershed, China. Catena, 155: 62-74.
Abliz, A., Tiyip, T., Ghulam, A., Ding, J-L, Halik, Ü., Sawut, M., Fei, Z., Nurmemet, I., and Abliz, A. (2016). Effects of shallow groundwater table and salinity on soil salt dynamics in the Keriya Oasis, Northwestern China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75(3): 260.
Jordan, Y. C., Ghulam, A., Chu, M. L. (2014). Assessing the impacts of future urban developing patterns and climate changes on surface water quality using geoinformatics. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 24 (2): 65-79.
Jordan, Y. C., Ghulam, A., Hartling, S. (2014). Traits of surface water pollution under climate and land use changes: A remote sensing and hydrological modeling approach. Earth-Science Reviews, 128: 181-195.
Chu, M. L., Ghulam, A., Knouft, J., Pan, Z. (2013). A hydrologic data screening procedure for exploring the trends and shifts in rainfall and runoff patterns. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 50(4): 928-942.
Chu, M. L., Knouft, J., Ghulam, A., Pan, Z. (2013). Impacts of urbanization on river flow variables: A controlled experimental modeling-based evaluation approach. Journal of Hydrology, 495: 1-12.
Pereira, L., Andes, L., Cox, A., Ghulam, A.. (2017). Measuring suspended-sediment concentration and turbidity in the Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers using Landsat data. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 1-11; doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12616.
Wang, X., Zhang, F., Kung, H., Ghulam, A., Trumbo, A., Yang, J., Ren, Y., Jing, Y. (2017). Evaluation and estimation of surface water quality in an arid region based on EEM-PARAFAC and 3D fluorescence spectral index: A case study of the Ebinur Lake Watershed, China. Catena, 155: 62-74.
Abliz, A., Tiyip, T., Ghulam, A., Ding, J-L, Halik, Ü., Sawut, M., Fei, Z., Nurmemet, I., and Abliz, A. (2016). Effects of shallow groundwater table and salinity on soil salt dynamics in the Keriya Oasis, Northwestern China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75(3): 260.
Jordan, Y. C., Ghulam, A., Chu, M. L. (2014). Assessing the impacts of future urban developing patterns and climate changes on surface water quality using geoinformatics. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 24 (2): 65-79.
Jordan, Y. C., Ghulam, A., Hartling, S. (2014). Traits of surface water pollution under climate and land use changes: A remote sensing and hydrological modeling approach. Earth-Science Reviews, 128: 181-195.
Chu, M. L., Ghulam, A., Knouft, J., Pan, Z. (2013). A hydrologic data screening procedure for exploring the trends and shifts in rainfall and runoff patterns. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), 50(4): 928-942.
Chu, M. L., Knouft, J., Ghulam, A., Pan, Z. (2013). Impacts of urbanization on river flow variables: A controlled experimental modeling-based evaluation approach. Journal of Hydrology, 495: 1-12.
