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Overview

Michael Durand is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a significant emphasis on hydrology, watershed management, and related interdisciplinary fields.

The main fields of study associated with Durand's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research spans several subfields, notably:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering

Themes frequently explored in Durand's publications cover topics such as:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Durand's recent published papers include:

  • Remote Sensing of River Discharge: A Review and a Framing for the Discipline, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission River Database (SWORD): A Global River Network for Satellite Data Products, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • A Framework for Estimating Global River Discharge From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite Mission, 2023, Water Resources Research
  • Estimating River Channel Bathymetry in Large Scale Flood Inundation Models, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Review article: Global monitoring of snow water equivalent using high-frequency radar remote sensing, 2022, The Cryosphere

Frequent collaborators contributing to Durand's research include:

  • Tamlin M. Pavelsky
  • Renato Prata de Moraes Frasson
  • Colin J. Gleason
  • Elizabeth H. Altenau
  • Xiao Yang

Durand's work has been published regularly in specific venues, with the following journals and sources featuring their research prominently:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water Resources Research
  • The Cryosphere
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • How much runoff originates as snow in the western United States, and how will that change in the future?

    Dongyue Li;Dongyue Li;Melissa L. Wrzesien;Michael Durand;Jennifer Adam

  • The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Mission: Observing Terrestrial Surface Water and Oceanic Submesoscale Eddies

    Michael Durand;Lee-Lueng Fu;Dennis P Lettenmaier;Douglas E Alsdorf

  • Global Reconstruction of Naturalized River Flows at 2.94 Million Reaches

    Peirong Lin;Ming Pan;Hylke E. Beck;Yuan Yang;Yuan Yang

  • A multi-sensor approach towards a global vegetation corrected SRTM DEM product

    Fiachra E O'Loughlin;Rodrgio C.D. Paiva;Michael Durand;DE Alsdorf

  • Estimation of bathymetric depth and slope from data assimilation of swath altimetry into a hydrodynamic model

    Michael Durand;Konstantinos M. Andreadis;Douglas E. Alsdorf;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • An intercomparison of remote sensing river discharge estimation algorithms from measurements of river height, width, and slope

    M. Durand;C. J. Gleason;P. A. Garambois;D. Bjerklie

  • A Landsat-Era Sierra Nevada Snow Reanalysis (1985-2015)

    Steven A. Margulis;Gonzalo Cortés;Manuela Girotto;Michael Durand

  • Assessing the potential global extent of SWOT river discharge observations

    Tamlin M. Pavelsky;Michael T. Durand;Konstantinos M. Andreadis;R. Edward Beighley

  • Assimilation of virtual wide swath altimetry to improve Arctic river modeling

    S. Biancamaria;S. Biancamaria;M. Durand;K.M. Andreadis;P.D. Bates

  • The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission River Database (SWORD): A Global River Network for Satellite Data Products

    Elizabeth H. Altenau;Tamlin M. Pavelsky;Michael T. Durand;Xiao Yang

  • Remote Sensing of River Discharge: A Review and a Framing for the Discipline

    Colin J. Gleason;Michael T. Durand

  • Estimating reach-averaged discharge for the River Severn from measurements of river water surface elevation and slope

    Michael Durand;Jeffrey Neal;Ernesto Rodríguez;Konstantinos M. Andreadis

  • A Particle Batch Smoother Approach to Snow Water Equivalent Estimation

    Steven A. Margulis;Manuela Girotto;Gonzalo Cortés;Michael Durand

  • Characterization of complex fluvial systems using remote sensing of spatial and temporal water level variations in the Amazon, Congo, and Brahmaputra Rivers.

    Hahn Chul Jung;James Hamski;Michael Durand;Doug Alsdorf

  • Quantifying Uncertainty in Modeling Snow Microwave Radiance for a Mountain Snowpack at the Point-Scale, Including Stratigraphic Effects

    M. Durand;E.J. Kim;S.A. Margulis

  • Global Relationships Between River Width, Slope, Catchment Area, Meander Wavelength, Sinuosity, and Discharge

    Renato Prata de Moraes Frasson;Tamlin M. Pavelsky;Mark A. Fonstad;Michael T. Durand

  • Estimating River Depth From Remote Sensing Swath Interferometry Measurements of River Height, Slope, and Width

    M. Durand;E. Rodriguez;D.E. Alsdorf;M. Trigg

  • Estimating river bathymetry from data assimilation of synthetic SWOT measurements

    Yeosang Yoon;Michael Durand;Carolyn J. Merry;Elizabeth A. Clark

  • Snow Depth Retrieval with UAS Using Photogrammetric Techniques

    Benjamin Vander Jagt;Arko Lucieer;Luke Wallace;Darren Turner

  • Preliminary Characterization of SWOT Hydrology Error Budget and Global Capabilities

    S. Biancamaria;K.M. Andreadis;M. Durand;E.A. Clark

  • Feasibility Test of Multifrequency Radiometric Data Assimilation to Estimate Snow Water Equivalent

    Michael Durand;Steven A. Margulis

  • Correcting first‐order errors in snow water equivalent estimates using a multifrequency, multiscale radiometric data assimilation scheme

    Michael Durand;Steven A. Margulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Margulis
Steven A. Margulis University of California, Los Angeles
Tamlin M. Pavelsky
Tamlin M. Pavelsky University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Noah P. Molotch
Noah P. Molotch University of Colorado Boulder
Douglas Alsdorf
Douglas Alsdorf The Ohio State University
Laurence C. Smith
Laurence C. Smith Brown University
Joel T. Johnson
Joel T. Johnson The Ohio State University
Kenneth C. Jezek
Kenneth C. Jezek The Ohio State University
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Jeffrey C. Neal
Jeffrey C. Neal University of Bristol
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles

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