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Binayak P. Mohanty

Binayak P. Mohanty

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
59
Citations
11915
World Ranking
2045
National Ranking
890

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Binayak P. Mohanty is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, with notable contributions in Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Soil Science.

Their published work focuses on multiple core topics, including:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis

Mohanty's recent papers reflect these interests with works such as:

  • "Differentiable modelling to unify machine learning and physical models for geosciences" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Global Flash Drought Monitoring Using Surface Soil Moisture" (2021), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Soil microorganisms regulate extracellular enzyme production to maximize their growth rate" (2022), published in Biogeochemistry
  • "Global Surface Soil Moisture Drydown Patterns" (2020), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Delineation of groundwater storage and recharge potential zones using RS-GIS-AHP: Application in arable land expansion" (2020), published in Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment

Frequently publishing in journals such as Water Resources Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Vadose Zone Journal, Geophysical Research Letters, and Soil and Tillage Research, Mohanty has established a significant presence in environmental and hydrological science literature.

Collaboration with other researchers is an integral aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Vinit Sehgal
  • Nandita Gaur
  • Rabindra Kumar Panda
  • Salvatore Calabrese
  • S. K. Jena

Mohanty's authorship extends beyond journal articles to book publications, notably with the title "BACIA AMAZÔNICA NO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XXI: alterações no uso e ocupação do solo, parametrização física e modelagem hidrológica" published by EDITORA CRV eBooks in 2021.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Upscaling sparse ground‐based soil moisture observations for the validation of coarse‐resolution satellite soil moisture products

    Wade T. Crow;Aaron A. Berg;Michael H. Cosh;Alexander Loew

  • Numerical Analysis of Coupled Water, Vapor, and Heat Transport in the Vadose Zone

    Hirotaka Saito;Jiri Šimůnek;Binayak P. Mohanty

  • Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling

    Ying Fan;M. Clark;D. M. Lawrence;S. Swenson

  • SMEX02: Field scale variability, time stability and similarity of soil moisture

    Jennifer M. Jacobs;Binayak P. Mohanty;En Ching Hsu;Douglas Miller

  • Spatio-temporal evolution and time-stable characteristics of soil moisture within remote sensing footprints with varying soil, slope, and vegetation

    B.P Mohanty;T.H Skaggs

  • Soil Moisture Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Science

    Binayak P. Mohanty;Michael H. Cosh;Venkat Lakshmi;Carsten Montzka

  • ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station

    Joshua B. Fisher;Brian Lee;Adam J. Purdy;Gregory H. Halverson

  • Differentiable modelling to unify machine learning and physical models for geosciences

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  • Spatial variability of hydraulic properties in a multi-layered soil profile

    Dirk Mallants;Binayak P. Mohanty;Diederik Jacques;Jan Feyen

  • Spatial analysis of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a soil with macropores

    Dirk Mallants;Binayak P. Mohanty;André Vervoort;Jan Feyen

  • Spatial analysis of hydraulic conductivity measured using disc infiltrometers

    Binayak P. Mohanty;Mark D. Ankeny;Robert Horton Jr.;Rameshwar S. Kanwar

  • Comparison of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Measurement Methods for a Glacial-Till Soil

    B. P. Mohanty;Ramesh S. Kanwar;C. J. Everts

  • NEW PIECEWISE-CONTINUOUS HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS FOR MODELING PREFERENTIAL FLOW IN AN INTERMITTENT-FLOOD-IRRIGATED FIELD

    B. P. Mohanty;R. S. Bowman;J. M. H. Hendrickx;M. T. van Genuchten

  • Prenatal Nitrate Intake from Drinking Water and Selected Birth Defects in Offspring of Participants in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study

    Jean D. Brender;Peter J. Weyer;Paul A. Romitti;Binayak P. Mohanty

  • Estimating Particle-Size Distribution from Limited Soil Texture Data

    T. H. Skaggs;L. M. Arya;P. J. Shouse;B. P. Mohanty

  • Physical controls of near‐surface soil moisture across varying spatial scales in an agricultural landscape during SMEX02

    Champa Joshi;Binayak P. Mohanty

  • Root Zone Soil Moisture Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Vadose Zone Modeling

    Narendra N. Das;Binayak P. Mohanty

  • A new convergence criterion for the modified Picard iteration method to solve the variably saturated flow equation

    K. Huang;B.P. Mohanty;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • Indirect estimation of near-saturated hydraulic conductivity from readily available soil information

    N.J. Jarvis;L. Zavattaro;K. Rajkai;W.D. Reynolds

  • Analysis and mapping of field-scale soil moisture variability using high-resolution, ground-based data during the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment

    B. P. Mohanty;T. H. Skaggs;J. S. Famiglietti

  • Infiltration from the Pedon to Global Grid Scales: An Overview and Outlook for Land Surface Modeling

    Harry Vereecken;Lutz Weihermüller;Shmuel Assouline;Jirka Šimůnek

  • Evolution of soil moisture spatial structure in a mixed vegetation pixel during the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment

    B. P. Mohanty;J. S. Famiglietti;T. H. Skaggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Cosh
Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service
Peter J. Shouse
Peter J. Shouse Agricultural Research Service
Bradford P. Wilcox
Bradford P. Wilcox Texas A&M University
Yalchin Efendiev
Yalchin Efendiev Texas A&M University
Todd H. Skaggs
Todd H. Skaggs US Department of Agriculture
M. Th. van Genuchten
M. Th. van Genuchten Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jan Feyen
Jan Feyen University of Cuenca
Andreas Colliander
Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology
Carsten Montzka
Carsten Montzka Forschungszentrum Jülich

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