1. Eissa, Y., Chiesa, M., Ghedira, H., 2012. Assessment and recalibration of the
Heliosat-2 method in global horizontal irradiance modeling over the desert environment of the UAE. Solar Energy. 86, 1816-1825.
2. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P., Gherboudj, I., Ghedira, H., Ouarda, T., Chiesa, M., 2013. Artificial neural network based model for retrieval of the direct normal, diffuse horizontal and global horizontal irradiances using SEVIRI images. Solar Energy. 89, 1–16.
3. Lazzarini, M., Marpu, P., Ghedira, H., 2013. Temperature-land cover interactions: The inversion of urban heat island phenomenon in desert city areas. Remote Sensing of Environment. 130, 136-152.
4. Parajuli, S., Gherboudj, I., Ghedira, H., 2013. The effect of soil moisture and wind speed on aerosol optical thickness retrieval in a desert environment using SEVIRI thermal channels. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(14), 5054-5071.
Journal articles in press/ accepted for publication
1. Lazzarini, M., Ghedira, H., 2013. Assimilation of Earth Observation Variables and Solar Radiation Parameters in a Surface Energy Balance Model: a Case Study of a Desert City Area. Accepted in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
Conference Proceedings
1. Al-Shehhi, M.R., Saffarini, R., Farhat, A., Al-Meqbali, N.K., Ghedira, H., Evaluating the effect of soil moisture, surface temperature, and humidity variations on MODIS-derived NDVI values. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 3160-3163 (24-29 July, 2011).
2 Parajuli, S.P., Ghedira, H., Gherboudj, I., Effect of soil moisture and land cover on dust generation in desert and arid environment. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 3070-3073 (24-29 July, 2011).
3. Eissa, Y., Ghedira, H., Seasonal and geographical variation of Linke turbidity factor and its effect on global horizontal irradiance estimation: UAE case study. Abstract#
A11H-0188 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (5-9 Dec, 2011).
4. Gherboudj, I., Parajuli, S. P., Ghedira, H., Evaluation of SEVIRI Thermal Infra-Red data for airborne dust detection in an arid regions: the UAE case study. Abstract# A53C-0188 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (5-9 Dec, 2011).
of the vertical wind profile in UAE. Abstract # GC41D-0845 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (5-9 Dec, 2011).
6. Moran, S. M., Bilair, S., Isaksen, L., de Rosnay, P., Zhan, X., Ghedira, H., Yang, Z., Mueller, R., Ines, A. M., Zebiak, S. E., Champagne, C., Brown, M., Escobar, V., Weiss, B., Pre-launch research to integrate NASA SMAP soil moisture and freeze/thaw state products in applications. Abstract# H21J-07 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (5-9 Dec, 2011).
7. Parajuli, S. P., Ghedira, H., Gherboudj, I., A neural networks based method to estimate higher resolution aerosol optical thickness using historical data sets of SEVIRI dust indices, soil moisture and wind speed. Abstract# A53C-0368 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (5-9 Dec, 2011).
8. Ghedira, H., Gherboudj, I., Parajuli, S., Evaluation of simulated SMAP data on airborne dust monitoring and mapping over the UAE. 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, University of Rome, Italy (5-9 Mar, 2012).
9. Eissa, Y., Ghedira, H., Chiesa, M., Marpu, P. R., Ouarda, T. B.M.J., Recalibration of Heliosat-2 method for global horizontal irradiance estimation in dusty and humid environments. World Renewable Energy Forum, Denver, CO, ID#0206 (13-17 May, 2012).
10. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P. R., Ghedira, H., Ouarda, T. B.M.J., Chiesa, M., Analyzing
temporal and spatial variations of direct normal, diffuse horizontal and global horizontal irradiances estimated from an artificial neural network based model. World Renewable Energy Forum, Denver, CO, ID#0279 (13-17 May, 2012).
11. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P. R., Ghedira, H., Ouarda, T. B.M.J., Chiesa, M., An artificial neural network based approach for estimating direct normal, diffuse horizontal and global horizontal irradiances using satellite images. World Renewable Energy Forum, Denver, CO, ID#0204 (13-17 May, 2012).
12. Al-Shehhi, M., Gherboudj, I., H. Ghedira., Temporal-spatial analysis of chlorophyll concentration associated with dust and wind characteristics in the Arabian Gulf.
Proceedings of the OCEANS’12, MTS/IEEE, Yeosu, South Korea 120112-013 (21-24 May, 2012).
13. Lazzarini, M., Marpu, P., H. Ghedira., Temperature-land cover interactions: the inversion of urban heat Island phenomenon in desert city areas. Taking the temperature of the Earth Workshop, Edinburgh, UK (25-27 June, 2012).
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using high-resolution visible SEVIRI images. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, pp. 3674-3677 (22-27 July, 2012).
16. Gherboudj, I., Ghedira, H., Retrieving Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) over the desert of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using MSG/SEVIRI infrared measurements.
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, pp. 4213-4216 (22-27 July, 2012).
17. Al Shehhi, M., Gherboudj, I., Ghedira, H., A study on the effect of dust and wind on phytoplankton activities in the Arabian Gulf. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, pp. 2571-2574 (22-27 July, 2012).
18. Lazzarini, M., Marpu, P., Ghedira, H., Land cover and land surface temperature interactions in desert areas: a case study of Abu Dhabi (UAE). IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, pp. 6325-6328 (22-27 July, 2012).
19. Lazzarini, M. and Ghedira, H., Temporal analysis of urban heat island and radiation balance for a desert urban area. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany (22-27 July, 2012).
20. Munawwar, S., Eissa, Y., Ghedira, H., Chiesa, M., Challenges of satellite-based solar resource assessment in dusty environment: the UAE case study. SolarPACES, Marrakech, Morocco (11-14 Sept, 2012).
21. Oumbe, A., H. Bru, Z. Hassar, P. Blanc, L. Wald, A. Fournier, D. Goffe, M. Chiesa, H. Ghedira, Selection and implementation of aerosol data for the prediction of solar resource in United Arab Emirates. SolarPACES, Marrakech, Morocco (11-14 Sept, 2012).
22. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P. R., Ghedira, H., Chiesa, M., SEVIRI-derived direct normal
irradiance using Heliosat-2 global horizontal irradiance and a neural network ensemble:
a comparison. EuroSun, Rijeka, Croatia (18-20 Sept, 2012).
23. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P. R., Ghedira, H., Ouarda, T. B.M.J., Chiesa, M., Near-nowcasting tool for direct normal and global horizontal irradiance estimations using SEVIRI images.
EuroSun, Rijeka, Croatia (18-20 Sept, 2012).
24. Eissa, Y., Marpu, P. R., Ghedira, H., Chiesa, M., Temporal and spatial assessment of yearly solar maps derived from satellite images over the UAE and Qatar. Abstract#
A11I-0164 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
25. Ghedira, H., Eissa, Y., A comparison between Heliosat-2 and artificial neural network methods for global horizontal irradiance retrievals over desert environments.
Abstract# A31F-0084 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
26. Marpu, P. R., Eissa, Y., Al Meqbali, N., Ghedira, H., Dust indicator maps for
improving solar radiation estimation from satellite data. Abstract# A11I-0165 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
27. Munawwar, S., Ghedira, H., Towards Building Reliable, High-Accuracy Solar Irradiance Database For Arid Climates. Abstract# A11I-0166 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
28. Alsharif, I., Ghedira, H. (2012) Assessing the attenuating effects of water vapor and airborne dust on solar energy resources in arid environments. Abstract# A11I-0168presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
29. Oumbe, A., Bru, H., Ghedira, H., Chiesa, M., Blanc, P., Wald, L. (2012) Using AERONET to complement irradiance networks on the validation of satellite-based estimations. Abstract# A11I-0172 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif. (3-7 Dec, 2012).
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