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Assefa M. Melesse is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States and has a research focus in Environmental Science, with extensive work in related subfields. Their research covers key areas including Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's frequent research topics include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Climate Variability and Models, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

Recent publications by this scientist include the following papers:

  • Flood Detection and Susceptibility Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Remote Sensing Data and a Machine Learning Approach: Hybrid Intelligence of Bagging Ensemble Based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier (2020) - Remote Sensing
  • Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using New Approaches of Hybrid and Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms (2020) - Remote Sensing
  • Ensemble models of GLM, FDA, MARS, and RF for flood and erosion susceptibility mapping: a priority assessment of sub-basins (2020) - Geocarto International
  • River Water Salinity Prediction Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models (2020) - Water
  • Prediction of Future Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a Coupled CA-ANN Model in the Upper Omo-Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia (2023) - Remote Sensing

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Water
  • Land
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Hydrology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Getachew Tegegne, Khabat Khosravi, Semu Ayalew Moges, Abeyou W. Worqlul, and Ethiopia B. Zeleke.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications with Springer International Publishing, including the title Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • A Comprehensive Review on Water Quality Parameters Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques.

    Mohammad Haji Gholizadeh;Assefa M. Melesse;Lakshmi Reddi

  • Application of GIS-based data driven random forest and maximum entropy models for groundwater potential mapping: A case study at Mehran Region, Iran

    Omid Rahmati;Hamid Reza Pourghasemi;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Land use and climate change impacts on the hydrology of the upper Mara River Basin, Kenya: results of a modeling study to support better resource management

    L. M. Mango;A. M. Melesse;M. E. McClain;M. E. McClain;D. Gann

  • Remote Sensing Sensors and Applications in Environmental Resources Mapping and Modelling.

    Assefa M Melesse;Qihao Weng;Prasad S Thenkabail;Gabriel B Senay

  • A Coupled Remote Sensing and Simplified Surface Energy Balance Approach to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration from Irrigated Fields

    Gabriel B. Senay;Michael Budde;James P. Verdin;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Suspended sediment load prediction of river systems: An artificial neural network approach

    A. M. Melesse;Sajjad Ahmad;M. E. McClain;M. E. McClain;X. Wang

  • Flood Detection and Susceptibility Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Remote Sensing Data and a Machine Learning Approach: Hybrid Intelligence of Bagging Ensemble Based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier

    Himan Shahabi;Ataollah Shirzadi;Kayvan Ghaderi;Ebrahim Omidvar

  • SWAT model application and prediction uncertainty analysis in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia

    Shimelis Gebriye Setegn;Ragahavan Srinivasan;Assefa M Melesse;Bijan Dargahi

  • Water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources using APCS-MLR and PMF receptor modeling techniques in three major rivers of South Florida.

    Mohammad Haji Gholizadeh;Assefa M. Melesse;Lakshmi Reddi

  • Impact of climate change on the hydroclimatology of Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia

    Shimelis Gebriye Setegn;David Rayner;Assefa M. Melesse;Bijan Dargahi

  • Spatial delineation of soil erosion vulnerability in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia.

    Shimelis Gebriye Setegn;Shimelis Gebriye Setegn;Ragahavan Srinivasan;Bijan Dargahi;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Effect of rainfall intensity, slope and antecedent moisture content on sediment concentration and sediment enrichment ratio

    Mengistu B. Defersha;Assefa M. Melesse

  • A comparison of various artificial intelligence approaches performance for estimating suspended sediment load of river systems: a case study in United States

    Ehsan Olyaie;Hossein Banejad;Kwok-Wing Chau;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using New Approaches of Hybrid and Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms

    Shahab S. Band;Saeid Janizadeh;Subodh Chandra Pal;Asish Saha

  • Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Different GIS-Based Bivariate Models

    Ebrahim Nohani;Meisam Moharrami;Samira Sharafi;Khabat Khosravi

  • A comparison study of DRASTIC methods with various objective methods for groundwater vulnerability assessment.

    Khabat Khosravi;Majid Sartaj;Frank T.-C. Tsai;Vijay P. Singh

  • Modeling of sediment yield in Maybar gauged watershed using SWAT, northeast Ethiopia

    Hassen M. Yesuf;Mohammed Assen;Tena Alamirew;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Modeling of Sediment Yield From Anjeni-Gauged Watershed, Ethiopia Using SWAT Model

    Shimelis Gebriye Setegn;Bijan Dargahi;Ragahavan Srinivasan;Assefa M. Melesse

  • Flood Spatial Modeling in Northern Iran Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Comparison between Evidential Belief Functions and Its Ensemble with a Multivariate Logistic Regression Model

    Dieu Tien Bui;Khabat Khosravi;Himan Shahabi;Prasad Daggupati

  • EVALUATION OF THE SWAT MODEL'S SNOWMELT HYDROLOGY IN A NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WATERSHED

    X. Wang;A. M. Melesse

  • Evaporation and Evapotranspiration: Measurements and Estimations

    Wossenu Abtew;Assefa Melesse

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Seifu A. Tilahun
Seifu A. Tilahun Bahir Dar University
Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Omid Rahmati
Omid Rahmati Agricultural Research Education And Extention Organization
Biswajeet Pradhan
Biswajeet Pradhan University of Technology Sydney
Himan Shahabi
Himan Shahabi University of Kurdistan
Wendy D. Graham
Wendy D. Graham University of Florida
Ataollah Shirzadi
Ataollah Shirzadi University of Kurdistan
Patrick Belmont
Patrick Belmont Utah State University
Dieu Tien Bui
Dieu Tien Bui University of South-Eastern Norway

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