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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2365-2022
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Towards effective drought monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: implications from assimilating leaf area index and soil moisture into the Noah-MP land surface model for Morocco
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
NASA Goddard Earth and Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Sujay V. Kumar
Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Kristi R. Arsenault
Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, USA
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Earth Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Iliana E. Mladenova
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC, USA
Karim Bergaoui
ACQUATEC Solutions, Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (DTEC), Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Abheera Hazra
Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Benjamin F. Zaitchik
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sarith P. Mahanama
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, Maryland, USA
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Rachael McDonnell
Water, Climate Change and Resilience Program, International Water Management Institute – Rome office, Rome, Italy
David M. Mocko
Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, USA
Mahdi Navari
Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Flash Drought Onset and Development Mechanisms Captured With Soil Moisture and Vegetation Data Assimilation S. Ahmad et al.
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- Enhancing water-carbon fluxes and yield predictions of winter wheat using irrigation and data assimilation techniques in a land surface model T. Xu et al.
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- Challenges and benefits of quantifying irrigation through the assimilation of Sentinel-1 backscatter observations into Noah-MP S. Modanesi et al.
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- Evapotranspiration Estimation in the Arab Region: Methodological Advances and Multi-Sensor Integration Framework S. Ahmed et al.
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- A Multidecadal Assessment of Drought Intensification in the Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Global Warming and Rainfall Deficit A. Kenawy et al.
- Improving Dynamic Vegetation Modeling in Noah‐MP by Parameter Optimization and Data Assimilation Over China's Loess Plateau Z. Shu et al.
- Remote sensing-based vegetation and soil moisture constraints reduce irrigation estimation uncertainty W. Nie et al.
- Diminishing evapotranspiration paradox and its cause in the Middle East and North Africa M. Hamed et al.
- Implementation of global soil databases in the Noah-MP model and the effects on simulated mean and extreme soil hydrothermal changes K. Ishola et al.
- Towards effective drought monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: implications from assimilating leaf area index and soil moisture into the Noah-MP land surface model for Morocco W. Nie et al.
- Flash Drought Onset and Development Mechanisms Captured With Soil Moisture and Vegetation Data Assimilation S. Ahmad et al.
- Innovative approach for estimating evapotranspiration and gross primary productivity by integrating land data assimilation, machine learning, and multi-source observations X. He et al.
- Impact of political and security stability on food security in developing countries: Case of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean J. Mulyo et al.
- Estimations of potential evapotranspiration from CMIP6 multi-model ensemble over Africa I. Yahaya et al.
- Precise Drought Threshold Monitoring in Winter Wheat Different Growth Periods Using a Multispectral Unmanned Aerial Vehicle W. Song et al.
- Coupling the ParFlow Integrated Hydrology Model within the NASA Land Information System: a case study over the Upper Colorado River Basin P. Abbaszadeh et al.
- Divergent Responses of Leaf Area Index to Abiotic Drivers Across Abies Forest Types in China Z. Gao et al.
- Improving regional hydrological modeling in the Iberian Peninsula using the VIC model and optimized WRF/Noah-MP parameterizations N. Tacoronte et al.
- High-resolution soil moisture mapping using PSO-based optimized cerebellar model articulation controller (CMAC) V. Moosavi et al.
- Reconciling plant water stress response using vegetation and soil moisture data assimilation for vegetation-soil-hydrology interaction estimation over the Chinese Loess Plateau Z. Shu et al.
- Enhancing water-carbon fluxes and yield predictions of winter wheat using irrigation and data assimilation techniques in a land surface model T. Xu et al.
- Bias-blind and bias-aware assimilation of leaf area index into the Noah-MP land surface model over Europe S. Scherrer et al.
- Reprocessed MODIS Version 6.1 Leaf Area Index Dataset and Its Evaluation for Land Surface and Climate Modeling W. Lin et al.
- Joint assimilation of satellite soil moisture and vegetation conditions improves estimates of gross primary production and evapotranspiration over South Asia A. Chakraborty & M. Saharia
- Challenges and benefits of quantifying irrigation through the assimilation of Sentinel-1 backscatter observations into Noah-MP S. Modanesi et al.
- Climatic and anthropogenic controls on groundwater dynamics in the Mekong River Basin T. Kabir et al.
- Evapotranspiration Estimation in the Arab Region: Methodological Advances and Multi-Sensor Integration Framework S. Ahmed et al.
- Modernizing the open-source community Noah with multi-parameterization options (Noah-MP) land surface model (version 5.0) with enhanced modularity, interoperability, and applicability C. He et al.
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Short summary
The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region faces significant food and water insecurity and hydrological hazards. Here we investigate the value of assimilating remote sensing data sets into an Earth system model to help build an effective drought monitoring system and support risk mitigation and management by countries in the region. We highlight incorporating satellite-informed vegetation conditions into the model as being one of the key processes for a successful application for the region.
The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region faces significant food and water insecurity and...