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Rafael L. Bras
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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HOW TO TRIGGER A LANDSLIDE: PREDICTIVE MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS FROM RECENT EVENTS II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2023
Rafael L. Bras, Mehmet E. Soylu, Karl A. Lang, Fra...
Landslides are a common and persistent hazard in mountainous terrain. In the US, annual landslide-related losses are estimated to exceed $2B and 25-50...
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Developing a Conditional Probability Distribution of Soil Moisture from GPM and SMAP Retrievals
SPACE-BASED PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS: INNOVATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS V ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Lisi Pei, Navid Jadidoleslam, Mehmet E. Soylu, Raf...
Soil moisture is a critical variable for understanding and predicting floods and droughts, managing water resources, and developing efficient irrigati...
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Capturing Exfiltration and Recharge from SMAP Retrievals
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLIED SCIENCES USING MEASUREMENTS FROM THE NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION III POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2023
Mehmet E. Soylu, Rafael L. Bras
Groundwater, when it is sufficiently near to the land surface, is referred to as shallow groundwater (GW) and plays a crucial role in partitioning sur...
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Estimating Irrigation Amounts using SMAP Observations: Irrigation Impact on Crop Productivity in Energy and Water Limited Systems
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION MEASUREMENTS III ORAL
hydrology | 12 december 2022
Mehmet E. Soylu, Rafael L. Bras
Irrigation makes agriculture in regions with limited water availability possible. Irrigated croplands are expanding, and irrigation water demand is al...
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Future Hurricanes Will Increase Palm Abundance and Decrease Aboveground Biomass in a Tropical Forest
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
05 october 2022
Jiaying Zhang, Rafael L. Bras, Marcos Longo, Tamar...
Hurricanes are expected to intensify throughout the 21st century, yet the impact of frequent major hurricanes on tropical ecosystems remains unknow...
Modeling shallow landslides with a distributed eco-hydrological model. Case studies in Puerto Rico
SOIL, ATMOSPHERE, AND LANDSCAPE SYNTHESIS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE (SALSA) II ORAL
simulating complex systems | 23 june 2022
Elisa Arnone, Leonardo V. Noto, Rafael L. Bras
We present a compilation of results from an eco-hydrological-landslide model: tRIBS-VEGGIE-Landslide. This effort couples a well-established distribut...
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Conditional Probability Distribution of Soil Moisture Using Global Satellite-based Precipitation Measurements
SOIL, ATMOSPHERE, AND LANDSCAPE SYNTHESIS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE (SALSA) III ORAL
simulating complex systems | 23 june 2022
Navid Jadidoleslam, Mehmet E. Soylu, Rafael L. Bra...
Soil moisture is a critical variable for understanding and predicting floods and droughts, managing water resources, and developing efficient irrigati...
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Interfacing Signatures of Geomorphic and Hydrologic Processes Unveil Riparian Corridors: from Charles River to Puerto Rico Floodplains
SOIL, ATMOSPHERE, AND LANDSCAPE SYNTHESIS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE (SALSA) III ORAL
simulating complex systems | 23 june 2022
Fernando Nardi, Antonio Annis, Salvatore Grimaldi,...
Identifying floodplain boundaries is of paramount importance not only for flood hazard mitigation, but also for the social and environmental values of...
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