Land and Climate Seminar - Coupling atmosphere, satellites, and land surface models for operational monitoring of agricultural water and energy fluxes

Speaker: Amirhossein Nikfal

This talk presents an operational land–atmosphere–satellite framework that couples the WRF regional atmospheric model with multi-sensor satellite observations and land-surface energy balance modeling. VIIRS and Sentinel-2 data are integrated with the SEBAL model to derive daily evapotranspiration, biomass proxies, and surface properties at high spatial resolution in a physically consistent manner. The presentation highlights transferable concepts relevant for DETECT, including coupled modeling strategies, operational workflows, and applications for water-cycle and land-surface research.