Vadose Zone Research Group https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/ AgriLife site Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:59:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Machine learning, Big data, and Artificial intelligence https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2020/12/01/machine-learning-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:32:32 +0000 https://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=1915 Kathuria, D., Mohanty, B.P. and Katzfuss, M., 2019. Multiscale data fusion for surface soil moisture estimation: a spatial hierarchical approach. Water Resources Research. Mao, H., Kathuria, D., Duffield, N. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Gap Filling of High‐Resolution Soil Moisture for SMAP/Sentinel‐1: A Two‐Layer Machine Learning‐Based Framework. Water Resources Research, 55(8), pp.6986-7009. Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and Ines, A.V., (2018). “Development of non-parametric evolutionary algorithm for predicting soil moisture dynamics”. Journal of Hydrology, 564, pp.208-221. Ines, A. V. M., B. P. Mohanty, and Y. Shin (2013), An unmixing algorithm for remotely sensed soil moisture, Water... Read More →

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]]> Kathuria, D., Mohanty, B.P. and Katzfuss, M., 2019. Multiscale data fusion for surface soil moisture estimation: a spatial hierarchical approach. Water Resources Research.

Mao, H., Kathuria, D., Duffield, N. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Gap Filling of High‐Resolution Soil Moisture for SMAP/Sentinel‐1: A Two‐Layer Machine Learning‐Based Framework. Water Resources Research, 55(8), pp.6986-7009.

Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and Ines, A.V., (2018). “Development of non-parametric evolutionary algorithm for predicting soil moisture dynamics”. Journal of Hydrology, 564, pp.208-221.

Ines, A. V. M., B. P. Mohanty, and Y. Shin (2013), An unmixing algorithm for remotely sensed soil moisture, Water Resour. Res., 49, doi:10.1029/2012WR012379.

Jana, R. B., and B. P. Mohanty (2012), A Comparative Study of Multiple Approaches to Soil Hydraulic Parameter Scaling Applied at the Hill-Slope Scale, Water Resour. Res., 48, W02520, doi:10.1029/2010WR010185.

Jana, R. B.,, B. P. Mohanty, and Z. Sheng (2012), Upscaling Soil Hydraulic Parameters in the Picacho Mountain Region Using Bayesian Neural Networks, Transactions of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 55(2), 463-473.

Shin, Y., B. P. Mohanty, and A.V.M. Ines (2012), Soil hydraulic properties in one-dimensional layered soil profile using layer-specific soil moisture assimilation scheme, Water Resour. Res., 48, W06529, doi:10.1029/2010WR009581.

Jana, R. B., and B. P. Mohanty, Enhancing PTFs with Remotely Sensed Data for Multi-Scale Soil Water Retention Estimation (2011), J. Hydrol., doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.043.

Ines A. V. M., and B. P. Mohanty (2009), Near-Surface Soil Moisture Assimilation for Quantifying Effective Soil Hydraulic Properties Using Genetic Algorithms: 2. Using Air-borne Remote Sensing During SGP97 and SMEX02, Water Resour. Res., 45, 10.1029/2007WR007022.

Ines A. V. M., and B. P. Mohanty (2008), Near-Surface Soil Moisture Assimilation for Quantifying Effective Soil Hydraulic Properties Using Genetic Algorithm: 1. Conceptual modeling, Water Resour. Res., 44, W06422, doi:10.1029/2007WR005990.

Jana R. B., B. P. Mohanty, and E. P. Springer (2008), Multiscale Bayesian Neural Networks for Soil Water Content Estimation, Water Resour. Res., 44, W08408, doi: 10.1029/2008WR006879.

Ines A. V. M., and B. P. Mohanty (2008), Parameter Conditioning With a Noisy Monte Carlo Genetic Algorithm for Estimating Effective Soil Hydraulic Properties From Space, Water Resour. Res., doi: 10.1029/2007WR006125.

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]]> 2020 https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2020/02/24/2020/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:10:13 +0000 https://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=1738 Sehgal, V., Gaur, N., & Mohanty, B. P. (2020). Global Surface Soil Moisture Drydown Patterns. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027588. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027588 Hong, M., Mohanty, B.P. and Sheng, Z., 2020. An Explicit Scheme to Represent the Bidirectional Hydrologic Exchanges Between the Vadose Zone, Phreatic Aquifer, and River. Water Resources Research, 56(9), p.e2020WR027571. Neelam, M. and Mohanty, B.P., 2020. On the Radiative Transfer Model for Soil Moisture across Space, Time and Hydro-Climates. Remote Sensing, 12(16), p.2645. Jena, S., Panda, R.K., Ramadas, M., Mohanty, B.P. and Pattanaik, S.K., 2020. Delineation of groundwater storage and recharge potential zones using RS-GIS-AHP: Application in... Read More →

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]]> Sehgal, V., Gaur, N., & Mohanty, B. P. (2020). Global Surface Soil Moisture Drydown Patterns. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027588. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027588

Hong, M., Mohanty, B.P. and Sheng, Z., 2020. An Explicit Scheme to Represent the Bidirectional Hydrologic Exchanges Between the Vadose Zone, Phreatic Aquifer, and River. Water Resources Research, 56(9), p.e2020WR027571.

Neelam, M. and Mohanty, B.P., 2020. On the Radiative Transfer Model for Soil Moisture across Space, Time and Hydro-Climates. Remote Sensing, 12(16), p.2645.

Jena, S., Panda, R.K., Ramadas, M., Mohanty, B.P. and Pattanaik, S.K., 2020. Delineation of groundwater storage and recharge potential zones using RS-GIS-AHP: Application in arable land expansion. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 19, p.100354.

Neelam, M., Colliander, A., Mohanty, B.P., Cosh, M.H., Misra, S. and Jackson, T.J., 2020. Multiscale Surface Roughness for Improved Soil Moisture Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

Fisher, J. B., Lee, B., Purdy, A. J., Halverson, G. H., Dohlen, M. B., Cawse‐Nicholson, K., et al. ( 2020). ECOSTRESS: NASA’s Next Generation Mission to measure evapotranspiration from the International Space Station. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026058. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026058

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]]> 2019 https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2019/04/20/2019/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 21:03:54 +0000 https://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=1550 Yang, Z., Mohanty, B.P., Efendiev, Y. and Sheng, Z., 2019. Prediction of Relative Air Permeability of Porous Media With Weibull Pore Size Distribution. Water Resources Research, 55(11), pp.10037-10049. Kathuria, D., Mohanty, B.P. and Katzfuss, M., 2019. Multiscale data fusion for surface soil moisture estimation: a spatial hierarchical approach. Water Resources Research. Mao, H., Kathuria, D., Duffield, N. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Gap Filling of High‐Resolution Soil Moisture for SMAP/Sentinel‐1: A Two‐Layer Machine Learning‐Based Framework. Water Resources Research, 55(8), pp.6986-7009. Fan, Y., Clark, M., Lawrence, D.M., Swenson, S., Band, L.E., Brantley, S.L., Brooks, P.D.,... Read More →

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]]> Yang, Z., Mohanty, B.P., Efendiev, Y. and Sheng, Z., 2019. Prediction of Relative Air Permeability of Porous Media With Weibull Pore Size Distribution. Water Resources Research, 55(11), pp.10037-10049.

Kathuria, D., Mohanty, B.P. and Katzfuss, M., 2019. Multiscale data fusion for surface soil moisture estimation: a spatial hierarchical approach. Water Resources Research.

Mao, H., Kathuria, D., Duffield, N. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Gap Filling of High‐Resolution Soil Moisture for SMAP/Sentinel‐1: A Two‐Layer Machine Learning‐Based Framework. Water Resources Research, 55(8), pp.6986-7009.

Fan, Y., Clark, M., Lawrence, D.M., Swenson, S., Band, L.E., Brantley, S.L., Brooks, P.D., Dietrich, W.E., Flores, A., Grant, G. and Kirchner, J.W., 2019. Hillslope hydrology in global change research and Earth system modeling. Water Resources Research.

Kathuria, D., Mohanty, B.P. and Katzfuss, M., 2019. A Nonstationary Geostatistical Framework for Soil Moisture Prediction in the Presence of Surface Heterogeneity. Water Resources Research, 55(1), pp.729-753.

Singh, G., Panda, R.K. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture and optimal sampling design for regional‐scale soil moisture estimation in a tropical watershed of India. Water Resources Research, 55(3), pp.2057-2078.

Vereecken, H., Weihermüller, L., Assouline, S., Šimůnek, J., Verhoef, A., Herbst, M., Archer, N., Mohanty, B., Montzka, C., Vanderborght, J. and Balsamo, G., 2019. Infiltration from the Pedon to Global Grid Scales: An Overview and Outlook for Land Surface Modeling. Vadose Zone Journal, 18(1).

Singh, G., Das, N.N., Panda, R.K., Colliander, A., Jackson, T.J., Mohanty, B.P., Entekhabi, D. and Yueh, S.H., 2019. Validation of SMAP Soil Moisture Products Using Ground-Based Observations for the Paddy Dominated Tropical Region of India. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(11), pp.8479-8491.

Bayat, H., Mazaheri, B. and Mohanty, B.P., 2019. Estimating soil water characteristic curve using landscape features and soil thermal properties. Soil and Tillage Research, 189, pp.1-14.

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]]> Dr. Binayak P. Mohanty elected as AAAS fellow https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2018/02/25/dr-binayak-p-mohanty-elected-as-a-fellow-for-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science-aaas/ Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:11:22 +0000 https://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=1263 Dr. Binayak P. Mohanty was elected Fellow for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences. The award is given in “recognition for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.” Check out the AAAS website or AgriLife Today article for more details.

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]]> Dr. Binayak P. Mohanty was elected Fellow for American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences. The award is given in “recognition for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.” Check out the AAAS website or AgriLife Today article for more details.

Award reception

Dr. Mohanty receiving the AAAS award

Award ceremony

Dr. Mohanty at the AAAS award ceremony in Austin, TX.

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]]> Texas Water Observatory (TWO) https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2015/09/28/texas-water-observatory-two/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:11:34 +0000 http://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=964 TAMU RDF proposal on “Texas Water Observatory (TWO): Capacity building in Brazos Corridor” was awarded. Congratulations! Department news link.

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]]> TAMU RDF proposal on “Texas Water Observatory (TWO): Capacity building in Brazos Corridor” was awarded. Congratulations! Department news link.

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]]> Scaling the Vadose Zone https://vadosezone.tamu.edu/2014/09/14/scaling-the-vadose-zone-2/ Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:41:42 +0000 http://agrilife.org/vadosezone/?p=535 Dr. Binayak Mohanty was appointed as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Chair in Hydrologic Engineering and Sciences for his research under the Earth’s surface. Congratulations! Click Here for the website. Read More →

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]]> Dr. Binayak Mohanty was appointed as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Chair in Hydrologic Engineering and Sciences for his research under the Earth’s surface. Congratulations!  Click Here for the website.

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