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Said Khabba is affiliated with Cadi Ayyad University in Morocco and has contributed extensively to research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work spans fields such as Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, and Ecology.

Their research frequently addresses topics related to Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Said Khabba include:

  • Monitoring of wheat crops using the backscattering coefficient and the interferometric coherence derived from Sentinel-1 in semi-arid areas, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Cereal Yield Forecasting with Satellite Drought-Based Indices, Weather Data and Regional Climate Indices Using Machine Learning in Morocco, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Smart Weather Data Management Based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Precision Agriculture, 2022, Agriculture
  • Performance of the HYDRUS-1D model for water balance components assessment of irrigated winter wheat under different water managements in semi-arid region of Morocco, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Linkages between Rainfed Cereal Production and Agricultural Drought through Remote Sensing Indices and a Land Data Assimilation System: A Case Study in Morocco, 2020, Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors of Said Khabba include Salah Er-Raki, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Jamal Ezzahar, Lionel Jarlan, and Michel Le Page, indicating collaborative research efforts across various studies.

The most common publication venues for Said Khabba's work are:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Horticulturae
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Monitoring wheat phenology and irrigation in Central Morocco: On the use of relationships between evapotranspiration, crops coefficients, leaf area index and remotely-sensed vegetation indices

    B. Duchemin;R. Hadria;S. Erraki;G. Boulet

  • Performance assessment of AquaCrop model for estimating evapotranspiration, soil water content and grain yield of winter wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco): Application to irrigation management

    J. Toumi;S. Er-Raki;J. Ezzahar;S. Khabba

  • Retrieving surface soil moisture at high spatio-temporal resolution from a synergy between Sentinel-1 radar and Landsat thermal data: A study case over bare soil

    Abdelhakim Amazirh;Olivier Merlin;Salah Er-Raki;Qi Gao

  • An integrated modelling and remote sensing approach for hydrological study in arid and semi-arid regions: the SUDMED Programme

    A. Chehbouni;R. Escadafal;B. Duchemin;G. Boulet

  • Assessment of reference evapotranspiration methods in semi-arid regions: can weather forecast data be used as alternate of ground meteorological parameters?

    S. Er-Raki;A. Chehbouni;S. Khabba;V. Simonneaux

  • Remote Sensing of Water Resources in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Areas: the joint international laboratory TREMA

    L. Jarlan;S. Khabba;S. Er-Raki;M. Le Page

  • Assessing the impact of global climate changes on irrigated wheat yields and water requirements in a semi-arid environment of Morocco

    Elhoussaine Bouras;Lionel Jarlan;Said Khabba;Salah Er-Raki

  • Performance Metrics for Soil Moisture Downscaling Methods: Application to DISPATCH Data in Central Morocco

    Olivier Merlin;Yoann Malbéteau;Youness Notfi;Stefan Bacon

  • Normalizing land surface temperature data for elevation and illumination effects in mountainous areas: A case study using ASTER data over a steep-sided valley in Morocco

    Y. Malbéteau;O. Merlin;S. Gascoin;J.P. Gastellu

  • Smart Weather Data Management Based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Precision Agriculture

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  • Evaluation of Backscattering Models and Support Vector Machine for the Retrieval of Bare Soil Moisture from Sentinel-1 Data

    Jamal Ezzahar;Nadia Ouaadi;Mehrez Zribi;Jamal Elfarkh

  • Citrus orchard evapotranspiration: Comparison between eddy covariance measurements and the FAO-56 approach estimates

    S. Er-Raki;Abdelghani Chehbouni;N. Guemouria;J. Ezzahar

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration of a drip-irrigated wheat crop: Inter-comparing eddy covariance-, sap flow-, lysimeter- and FAO-based methods

    Zoubair Rafi;Olivier Merlin;Valérie Le Dantec;Saïd Khabba

  • Monitoring of wheat crops using the backscattering coefficient and the interferometric coherence derived from Sentinel-1 in semi-arid areas

    Nadia Ouaadi;Nadia Ouaadi;Lionel Jarlan;Jamal Ezzahar;Mehrez Zribi

  • Cereal Yield Forecasting with Satellite Drought-Based Indices, Weather Data and Regional Climate Indices Using Machine Learning in Morocco

    El Houssaine Bouras;Lionel Jarlan;Salah Er-Raki;Riad Balaghi

  • Combining stable isotopes, Eddy Covariance system and meteorological measurements for partitioning evapotranspiration, of winter wheat, into soil evaporation and plant transpiration in a semi-arid region

    G. Aouade;J. Ezzahar;N. Amenzou;S. Er-Raki

  • Modeling soil evaporation efficiency in a range of soil and atmospheric conditions using a meta‐analysis approach

    Olivier Merlin;V. G. Stefan;A. Amazirh;Andre Chanzy

  • Performance of the HYDRUS-1D model for water balance components assessment of irrigated winter wheat under different water managements in semi-arid region of Morocco

    S. Er-Raki;J. Ezzahar;O. Merlin;A. Amazirh

  • Monitoring of irrigated wheat in a semi‐arid climate using crop modelling and remote sensing data: Impact of satellite revisit time frequency

    R. Hadria;B. Duchemin;A. Lahrouni;S. Khabba

  • Linkages between Rainfed Cereal Production and Agricultural Drought through Remote Sensing Indices and a Land Data Assimilation System: A Case Study in Morocco

    El houssaine Bouras;Lionel Jarlan;Salah Er-Raki;Clément Albergel

  • Potentiality of optical and radar satellite data at high spatio-temporal resolutions for the monitoring of irrigated wheat crops in Morocco

    R. Hadria;B. Duchemin;L. Jarlan;G. Dedieu

  • Assessment of Equity and Adequacy of Water Delivery in Irrigation Systems Using Remote Sensing-Based Indicators in Semi-Arid Region, Morocco

    Mohamed Hakim Kharrou;Michel Le Page;Ahmed Chehbouni;Vincent Simonneaux

  • Performance of the two-source energy budget (TSEB) model for the monitoring of evapotranspiration over irrigated annual crops in North Africa

    A. Diarra;L. Jarlan;S. Er-Raki;M. Le Page

Frequent Co-Authors

Salah Er-Raki
Salah Er-Raki Cadi Ayyad University
Lionel Jarlan
Lionel Jarlan Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Olivier Merlin
Olivier Merlin Paul Sabatier University
A.G. Chehbouni
A.G. Chehbouni Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mehrez Zribi
Mehrez Zribi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gilles Boulet
Gilles Boulet Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Simon Gascoin
Simon Gascoin Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère
Albert Olioso
Albert Olioso INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Olivier Hagolle
Olivier Hagolle Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
David G. Williams
David G. Williams University of Wyoming

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