Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Agriculture Laboratory at Michigan State University
Who We Are?
The Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Agriculture Laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU) carries out research on a wide spectrum of topics related to use of remote sensing observations in agriculture and hydrology, algorithm developments to obtain high-resolution soil moisture from active and passive microwave observations, and hydrological and crop modeling for societal benefits.
Research Areas
Remote Sensing
We study microwave remote sensing active and passive observations to estimate high-resolution soil moisture and monitor vegetation and crop biophysical parameters.
Modelling
We develop and implement physically-based hydrological and crop models to nowcast and forecast the drought (status, onset, and recovery) and crop yield important to study resiliency, sustainability and intensification.
Applications
Develop real-life geophysical applications for societal benefits that makes impact on grass-root levels, such as farmers
RsHydroAg Research Team
Director
Researchers
Vikas Kumar Rai
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
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Graduate Student
Former Researchers
Projects
Multiscale Fusion Algorithm and Validation of High-Resolution Soil Moisture for the NISAR mission
NASA NISAR Mission Project: PI: Dr. Narendra Das, CO-PI: Dr. Gurjeet Singh
Duration: 2024-2025
Drought Monitoring and Forecasting over USAID #22 Priority Countries
Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Kansas State University and USAID ( a Service Project ) :
Service Providers: Dr. Narendra Das and Dr. Gurjeet Singh
Duration: 2023-2024
Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates on Remote Sensing SAR Data for Agricultural Applications
USDA NIFA Project: Principal Director: Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2023-2028
High Resolution Soil Moisture Algorithm Using Synergy of Microwave Active and Passive Observations for NISAR Mission
NASA NISAR Mission Project: PI and Science Team Member: Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2019-2024
Enhancement of the RHEAS Capabilities for Monitoring and Forecasting of Seasonal Rice Crop Productivity for the Lower Mekong Basin
NASA SERVIR Project: PI and Applied Science Team Member: Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2019-2022
Development, Testing & Implementation of Low Cost and Effective In Situ Soil Moisture Sensor for Citizen Science
NASA Citizen Science Project: PI : Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2018-2021
Enhancement of SMAP High Resolution Soil Moisture Data using NISAR and its Agricultural Application
NASA SMAP Mission Project: PI and Science Team Member: Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2020-2023
Enhancement of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Algorithm and Product for the Arctic Region Using the Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Approach
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program (THP): PI : Dr. Narendra Das
Duration: 2021-2024
Recent Publications
S. Mane, N.N. Das, G. Singh, M. Cosh, Y. Dong
Computer & Electronic in Agriculture, 2024
Evaluation of a regional crop model implementation for sub-national yield assessments in Kenya
W.L. Ellenburg, S. E. Miller, V. Mishra, L. Ndungu, E. Adams, N. Das., K. M. Andreadis, A. Limaye
Agricultural Systems, 2024
Impact of SAR-based vegetation attributes on the SMAP high-resolution soil moisture product
G Singh, NN Das, A Colliander, D Entekhabi, S Yueh
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023
A Abhishek, M.S. Phanikumar, A. Sendrowski, K.M. Andreadis, M.G.Z Hashemi, S. Jayasinghe, P.V.V. Prasad, R. J Brent, NN Das
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023
Multi-Scale algorithm for the NISAR mission high-resolution soil moisture product
P Lal , G Singh, N N Das, D Entekhabi, R Lohman, A Colliander, D K Pandey, R K Setia
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023
E Jalilvand, R. Abolafia-Rosenzweig, M Tajrishy, S. V. Kumar, M. R. Mohammadi, N. N. Das
Water Resources Research, 2023
Spatiotemporal evolution of global long-term patterns of soil moisture
P Lal, A Shekhar, M Gharun, NN Das
Science of The Total Environment, 2023
P Lal, G Singh, NN Das, A Colliander, D Entekhabi
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2022
G Singh, NN Das
Science of The Total Environment, 2022
Assessing the impact of Sentinel-1 derived planting dates on rice crop yield modeling
MGZ Hashemi, A Abhishek, E Jalilvand, S Jayasinghe, KM Andreadis, P Siqueira, NN Das
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2022
G Singh, NN Das, RK Panda, BP Mohanty, D Entekhabi, BK Bhattacharya
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing , 2021
E Jalilvand, R. Abolafia-Rosenzweig, M Tajrishy, N. N. Das
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing , 2021
Evaluating the impacts of drought on rice productivity over Cambodia in the Lower Mekong Basin
A Abhishek, NN Das, AVM Ines, KM Andreadis, S Jayasinghe, S Granger
Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, 2021
NN Das, D Entekhabi, RS Dunbar, MJ Chaubell, A Colliander, S Yueh, et al.,
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019
G Singh, NN Das, RK Panda, A Colliander, TJ Jackson, BP Mohanty, D Entekhabi, S Yueh
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2019
The SMAP mission combined active-passive soil moisture product at 9 km and 3 km spatial resolutions
NN Das, D Entekhabi, RS Dunbar, A Colliander, F Chen, W Crow, et al.,
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018
Recent News and Events
July 2023
Preet Lal received the IEEE-Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Travel Grant-2023 to attend the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS-2023, at Pasadena, CA, USA. Congratulations Preet Lal!
September 2022
Dr. Ehsan Jalivand received the Post-doctoral Travel Award of Summer and fall 2022, Michigan State University, offered by GRAD Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. He is one of the 5 awardees for this period, and the only one from the Engineering and BAE department. Congratulations Dr. Ehsan for this great achievement!
July 2022
Preet Lal, attended IGARSS 2022 and presented a paper on 'A DISAGGREGATION ALGORITHM FOR THE HIGH RESOLUTION SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCT FROM THE UPCOMING NISAR MISSION'. Congratulations Preet Lal
July 2022
Dr. Ehsan Jalivand, and graduate students Preet, Mahya, Arunav, and Siddhesh participated in NASA's SMAPVEX22 soil moisture and vegetation field campaigns from July 08, 2022, to August 03, 2022. SMAPVEX22 (IOP-2)
July 2022
All the members of RsHydroAg group participated in IEEE-GRSS Soil Moisture School by IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, during July 05 – 07, 2022.
May 2022
Dr. Gurjeet Singh participated in NASA's SMAPVEX22 soil moisture and vegetation field campaigns from April 23, 2022, to May 06, 2022. SMAPVEX22 (IOP-1)
Openings
Highly-motivated students looking for a Ph.D. position in the area of hydrological science, remote sensing, hydrological & crop modeling are encouraged to contact us for potential openings and opportunities. The RsHydroAg group is NOT seeking postdoctoral researchers now. However, highly-motivated candidates may contact us with a comprehensive curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal. For specific opening details, visit here.
Contact
Dr. Narendra Das
Room 223, Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall
524 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824
Office: (517) 432-1257
dasnaren@msu.edu
Research Lab
Room 124, Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall
524 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824
rshydro.lab@gmail.com
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