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Ali Behrangi

Associate Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences

Interests

Research

• Multi-sensor multi-spectral remote sensing of precipitation• High latitude/cold region/mountainous rain and snow retrievals and analysis• Weather and climate extremes (extreme precipitation, drought, heatwaves) and societal impact• Global water and energy budget analysis• Hydrologic/watershed modeling and optimization• Developing precipitation products for hydrological applications.• Using advanced satellite and in-situ data to improve quantification of hydrologic variables • Representation of precipitation in climate models• Land-atmosphere interaction • Using GRACE for hydrometeorology• Precipitation and ground water recharge

Selected Publications

Journals/Publications

Andreadis, K. M., Das, N., Stampoulis, D., Ines, A., Fisher, J. B., Granger, S., Kawata, J., Han, E., & Behrangi, A. (2017). The Regional Hydrologic Extremes Assessment System: A software framework for hydrologic modeling and data assimilation. PLOS ONE, 12(5).
Behrangi, A., & Wen, Y. (2017). On the Spatial and Temporal Sampling Errors of Remotely Sensed Precipitation Products. REMOTE SENSING, 9(11).
Behrangi, A., Gardner, A. S., Reager, J. T., & Fisher, J. B. (2017). Using GRACE to constrain precipitation amount over cold mountainous basins. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 44(1), 219-227.
Herold, N., Behrangi, A., & Alexander, L. V. (2017). Large uncertainties in observed daily precipitation extremes over land. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 122(2), 668-681.
Wen, Y., Kirstetter, P., Gourley, J. J., Hong, Y., Behrangi, A., & Flamig, Z. (2017). Evaluation of MRMS Snowfall Products over the Western United States. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 18(6), 1707-1713.
Yanovsky, I., Behrangi, A., Wen, Y., Schreier, M., Dang, V., & Lambrigtsen, B. (2017). Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data. REMOTE SENSING, 9(11).
Zhang, G., Yao, T., Shum, C. K., Yi, S., Yang, K., Xie, H., Feng, W., Bolch, T., Wang, L., Behrangi, A., Zhang, H., Wang, W., Xiang, Y., & Yu, J. (2017). Lake volume and groundwater storage variations in Tibetan Plateau's endorheic basin. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 44(11), 5550-5560.
Behrangi, A., Christensen, M., Richardson, M., Lebsock, M., Stephens, G., Huffman, G. J., Bolvin, D., Adler, R. F., Gardner, A., Lambrigtsen, B., & Fetzer, E. (2016). Status of high-latitude precipitation estimates from observations and reanalyses. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 121(9), 4468-4486.
Behrangi, A., Fetzer, E. J., & Granger, S. L. (2016). Early detection of drought onset using near surface temperature and humidity observed from space. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 37(16), 3911-3923.
Behrangi, A., Guan, B., Neiman, P. J., Schreier, M., & Lambrigtsen, B. (2016). On the Quantification of Atmospheric Rivers Precipitation from Space: Composite Assessments and Case Studies over the Eastern North Pacific Ocean and the Western United States. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 17(1), 369-382.
Chen, S., Behrangi, A., Tian, Y., Hu, J., Hong, Y., Tang, Q., Hu, X., Stepanian, P. M., Hu, B., & Zhang, X. (2016). Precipitation Spectra Analysis Over China With High-Resolution Measurements From Optimally-Merged Satellite/Gauge Observations-Part II: Diurnal Variability Analysis. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING, 9(7), 2979-2988.
Chen, S., Hong, Y., Kulie, M., Behrangi, A., Stepanian, P. M., Cao, Q., You, Y., Zhang, J., Hu, J., & Zhang, X. (2016). Comparison of snowfall estimates from the NASA CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and NOAA/NSSL Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 541, 862-872.
Chen, S., Tian, Y., Behrangi, A., Hu, J., Hong, Y., Zhang, Z., Stepanian, P. M., Hu, B., & Zhang, X. (2016). Precipitation Spectra Analysis Over China With High-Resolution Measurements From Optimally Merged Satellite/Gauge Observations-Part I: Spatial and Seasonal Analysis. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING, 9(7), 2966-2978.
Christensen, M. W., Behrangi, A., L'ecuyer, T. S., Wood, N. B., Lebsock, M. D., & Stephens, G. L. (2016). Arctic Observation and Reanalysis Integrated System: A New Data Product for Validation and Climate Study. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 97(6), 907-915.
Guo, H., Chen, S., Bao, A., Behrangi, A., Hong, Y., Ndayisaba, F., Hu, J., & Stepanian, P. M. (2016). Early assessment of Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement over China. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 176, 121-133.