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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of spaceborne microwave radiometry for remote sensing of the Earth.

Overview

Eni G. Njoku is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the social sciences and the arts and humanities, with a focus on political dynamics and conflicts.

The main fields of study covered by Njoku include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities

The subfields of specialty are:

  • History
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations

Njoku's work addresses key topics such as:

  • Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Recent publications include the paper titled Social Movements and National Security in Nigeria: A Study of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), published in 2024 in the African Quarterly Social Science Review. This paper contributes to the discourse on political conflict and governance in Nigeria.

Frequent collaborators in Njoku's research include Christopher I. Obiukwu, with whom they have coauthored publications.

Njoku has contributed to academic venues such as:

  • African Quarterly Social Science Review

Among awards received, Njoku was named an IEEE Fellow in 1995 for contributions to spaceborne microwave radiometry development for Earth remote sensing.

Best Publications

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission

    Dara Entekhabi;Eni G Njoku;Peggy E O'Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E

    E.G. Njoku;T.J. Jackson;V. Lakshmi;T.K. Chan

  • Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture

    Eni G. Njoku;Dara Entekhabi

  • Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites

    A. Colliander;T.J. Jackson;R. Bindlish;S. Chan

  • Retrieval of land surface parameters using passive microwave measurements at 6-18 GHz

    E.G. Njoku;Li Li

  • Assessment of the SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Product

    Steven K. Chan;Rajat Bindlish;Peggy E. O'Neill;Eni Njoku

  • State of the Art in Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring

    Tyson E. Ochsner;Michael Harold Cosh;Richard H. Cuenca;Wouter Dorigo

  • Comparison and assimilation of global soil moisture retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR‐E) and the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)

    Rolf H. Reichle;Rolf H. Reichle;Randal D. Koster;Ping Liu;Ping Liu;Sarith P. P. Mahanama;Sarith P. P. Mahanama

  • Development and assessment of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product

    S. K. Chan;R. Bindlish;P. O'Neill;T. Jackson

  • Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction

    Amor Valeriano M. Ines;Narendra N. Das;James W. Hansen;Eni G. Njoku

  • Theory for passive microwave remote sensing of near‐surface soil moisture

    Eni G. Njoku;Jin-Au Kong

  • Solving the inverse problem for soil moisture and temperature profiles by sequential assimilation of multifrequency remotely sensed observations

    D. Entekhabi;H. Nakamura;E.G. Njoku

  • Global survey and statistics of radio-frequency interference in AMSR-E land observations

    E.G. Njoku;P. Ashcroft;T.K. Chan;Li Li

  • An Algorithm for Merging SMAP Radiometer and Radar Data for High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Retrieval

    N N Das;D Entekhabi;E G Njoku

  • A semiempirical model for interpreting microwave emission from semiarid land surfaces as seen from space

    Y.H. Kerr;E.G. Njoku

  • Vegetation and surface roughness effects on AMSR-E land observations

    Eni G. Njoku;Steven K. Chan

  • Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99

    E.G. Njoku;W.J. Wilson;S.H. Yueh;S.J. Dinardo

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12): Prelaunch Calibration and Validation of the SMAP Soil Moisture Algorithms

    Heather McNairn;Thomas J. Jackson;Grant Wiseman;Stephane Belair

  • A preliminary survey of radio-frequency interference over the U.S. in Aqua AMSR-E data

    Li Li;E.G. Njoku;E. Im;P.S. Chang

  • The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw

    D. Entekhabi;E.G. Njoku;P. Houser;M. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peggy E. O'Neill
Peggy E. O'Neill Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas J. Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson Agricultural Research Service
Andreas Colliander
Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology
Simon Yueh
Simon Yueh Jet Propulsion Lab
Rajat Bindlish
Rajat Bindlish Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael H. Cosh
Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service
Leung Tsang
Leung Tsang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Jiancheng Shi
Jiancheng Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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