Wardlow-Brian-CV-022018
Wardlow-Brian-CV-022018
Wardlow-Brian-CV-022018
WARDLOW
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
School of Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
316 Hardin Hall
3301 Holdrege St.
Lincoln, NE 68583-0988
Telephone: (402) 472-6729 / E-mail: bwardlow2@unl.edu
EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________
Ph.D. Geography (Honors), University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, December 2005.
Dissertation title: The Development of a Crop-Related Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Protocol
in the U.S. Central Great Plains Using Time-Series MODIS 250-Meter Vegetation Index Data.
Advisor: Dr. Stephen L. Egbert
M.A. Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, May 1996.
Thesis title: Temporal Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns Using Landsat Thematic
Mapper Imagery – A Study of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas.
Advisor: Dr. John A. Harrington, Jr.
B.S. Geography (Geology minor) (Magna Cum Laude), Northwest Missouri State University,
Maryville, Missouri, May 1994.
Advisor: Dr. Don Hagan
RESEARCH INTERESTS____________________________________________________________
Remote Sensing Land Use/Land Cover Characterization Drought Monitoring
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Land Surface Phenology Biogeography
Climate-Vegetation Interactions Land Use/Land Cover Change Plant Ecology
Natural Resource Management Environmental Geography Geovisualization
PRESENT POSITION_______________________________________________________________
Director and Associate Professor, 8/2012 – Present, Center for Advanced Land Management Information
Technologies (CALMIT), School of Natural Resources (SNR), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln,
NE.
Current appointment: 45% research, 30% administration, 25% teaching and 2% university service.
Conduct research on the use of remote sensing and GIS for drought monitoring, the characterization
of land use/land cover and vegetation dynamics (phenology and biophysical characteristics), and
agricultural and natural resource applications. Provide leadership, coordinate projects, supervise
staff, and administer all Center activities for CALMIT. Advise and mentor graduate students in
Geography and SNR interested in the use of remote sensing and GIS for environmental monitoring
and agricultural and natural resource applications. Teach upper-level undergraduate and graduate-
level remote sensing courses including Introduction to Remote Sensing, Digital Image Analysis,
Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources, and special topics (e.g.,
drought monitoring tools). Conduct training and outreach activities to promote the use and transfer of
satellite-based monitoring tools within the global drought monitoring community.
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WORK EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________________
Assistant Professor, 3/30/2012 – 07/31/2012, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Research Assistant Professor and GIScience Program Area Leader, 3/2006 – 3/2012, National Drought
Mitigation Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
NASA Earth System Science Graduate Research Fellow, 9/2002 - 3/2006, Kansas Applied Remote
Sensing Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Graduate Research Assistant, 9/1999 - 8/2002, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Remote Sensing Scientist, 10/1996 - 8/1999, USGS Earth Resources Observation Science (EROS)
Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Graduate Research Assistant, 5/1996 - 9/1996, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
Graduate Research Assistant, 5/1995 - 9/1995, Department of Geography, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
Community and Regional Planning Intern, 5/1993 - 9/1994, Southeast Nebraska Development District
(SENDD), Humboldt, NE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________________
Courses Taught
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Practical Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Survey of Drought Monitoring Techniques Special Topics
Special Topics: Selected Topics in Remote Sensing
Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
o 2003 GIS/Remote Sensing Specialty Group Illustrated Paper Award (1st place), Association of
American Geographers 99th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
o 2000 USGS EROS Data Center Group Achievement Award for the National Land Cover Data
Set Mapping Team
o 1996 Distinguished Graduate Assistantship Award, Department of Geography, Kansas State
University.
o 1994 Mark Jefferson Outstanding Geography Student Award, Department of Geography,
Northwest Missouri State University.
o 1994 Scholar Athlete Award, Northwest Missouri State University
o 1992-1994 Academic All-Conference Team, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(MIAA)
o 1990-1994 Regents’ Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University
o 1990-1994 Athletic Department Scholarship, Northwest Missouri State University
PUBLICATIONS___________________________________________________________________
Refereed Journal Articles (Published or In Press)
Nam, W.-H., T. Tadesse, B.D. Wardlow, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, and M.-W. Jung. 2018. Developing
the Vegetation Drought Response Index for South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea) to assess the vegetation
condition during drought events. International Journal of Remote Sensng 39:5: 1548-1574.
Zambrano, F., B. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M. Lillo-Saavedra, and O. Lagos. 2017. Evaluating satellite-
derived long-term historical precipitation datasets for drought monitoring in Chile. Atmospheric
Research 186:26-42 doi 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0292.1.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, G.B. Demisse, Y.A. Bayissa, C. Champagne, T.A. Hadwen, and J.F. Brown.
2017. Building the Vegetation Drought Response Index for Canada (VegDRI-Canada) to monitor
agricultural drought. GIScience and Remote Sensing 54(2):230-257.
Aegerter, C., J. Wang, C. Ge, S. Irmak, R. Oglesby, B. Wardlow, H. Yang, J. You, and M. Shulski. 2017.
Mesoscale modeling of the meteorological impacts of irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains
drought. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 56(5):1259-1283.
Demisse, G., T. Tadesse, A. Atnafu, S. Hill, B.D. Wardlow, Y. Bayissa, and A. Shiferaw. 2017.
Information mining from heterogeneous data sources: a case study on drought predictions. Information
8(79) doi:10.3390/info8030079.
Zeng, L., B. Wardlow, R. Wang, J. Shan, T. Tadesse, M.J. Hayes, and D. Li. 2016. A hybrid approach
for detecting corn and soybean phenology with time-series MODIS data. Remote Sensing of
Environment 181:237-250.
Ambika, A.K., B. Wardlow, and V. Mishra. 2016. Remotely sensed high resolution (250 m) irrigated
area mapping in India (2000-2015). Scientific Data 3:160118, DOI:10.1038/sdata.2016.118.
Otkin, J.A., M.C. Anderson, C. Hain, M. Svoboda, D. Johnson, R. Mueller, T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow, and
J. Brown. 2016. Assessing the evolution of soil moisture and vegetation conditions during the 2012
United States flash drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 218-219:230-242.
Wang, J. A.L. Kessner, C. Aegerter, A. Sharma, L. Judd, B. Wardlow, J. You, M. Shulski,S. Irmak, A.
Kilic, and J. Zeng. 2016. A multi-sensor view of the 2012 Central Plains drought from space.
Frontiers in Environmental Science 4:45. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2016.00045.
Otkin, J., M. Shafer, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, M.C. Anderson, C. Hain, and J. Basara. 2015.
Facilitating the use of drought early warning information through interactions with stakeholders.
Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society (BAMS) 96(7):1073-1078.
AghaKouchak, A., A. Farahmand, F.S. Melton, M.C. Anderson, J. Teixeira, B.D. Wardlow, and C.R.
Hain. 2015. Remote sensing of drought: progress, challenges, and opportunities. Reviews of
Geophysics 53:452-480.
Zeng, L., B.D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, J. Shan, M.J. Hayes, and D. Li. 2015. Estimating daily maximum
and minimum air temperature using both daytime and nighttime MODIS land surface temperature
products over the Corn Belt in US. GIScience and Remote Sensing 7(1):951-970.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, J.D. Brown, and K. Callahan. 2015. Assessing the vegetation condition
impacts of the 2011 drought across the U.S. Southern Great Plains using the Vegetation Drought
Response Index (VegDRI). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 54(1):153-169.
Nam, W.-H., T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow, M.-W. Jang, and S.-Y. Hong. 2015. Satellite-based hybrid
drought assessment using Vegetation Drought Response Index in South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea).
Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers 57(4):1-9.
Wardlow, B.D. and K. Callahan. 2014. Landscape and field level accuracy assessment of the MODIS
irrigated agriculture data set over Nebraska. GIScience and Remote Sensing 51(5):575-592.
Trnka, M., R. Brazdil, M. Mozny, P. Stepanek, P. Dobrovolny, P. Zahradnicek, J. Balek, D. Semaradova,
M. Dubrovsky, P. Hlavinka, J. Eitzinger, B. Wardlow, M. Svoboda, M. Hayes. 2014. Soil moisture
trends in the Czech Republic between 1961and 2012. International Journal of Climatology in press.
Harms, S., T. Tadesse, and B. Wardlow. 2014. Improving drought risk modeling: using multiple periods
of satellite data with ensembles of data mining algorithms. International Journal of Society, Systems,
and Science 6(2):143-158.
Hunt, E.D., M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, K. Hubbard, M. Hayes, and T. Arkerbauer. 2014. Monitoring the
effects of rapid onset of drought on non-irrigated maize with agronomic data and climate-based
drought indices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 191:1-11.
Swain, S., B.D. Wardlow, S. Narumalani, D. Rundquist, and M. Hayes. 2013. Relationships between
vegetation indices and root zone soil moisture under maize and soybean canopies in the U.S. Corn
Belt: a comparative study using close-range sensing approach. International Journal of Remote
Sensing, 34(8):2814-2828.
Trnka, M., C. Kersenbaum, J. Eitzinger, M. Hayes, P. Hlavinka, M. Svoboda, M. Dubrovsky, D.
Semeradova, B. Wardlow, E. Pokorny, M. Mozny, D. Wilhite, W. Waltman, and Z. Zalud. 2013.
Consequences of climate change for the soil climate in central Europe and central U.S. Global Change
Biology, 120:405-418.
Anderson. M.C., C. Hain, J. Otkin, X. Zhan, K. Mo, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, and A. Pimstein. 2013.
An intercomparison of drought indicators based on thermal remote sensing and NLDAS-2 simulations.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14:1035-1056.
Sakamoto, T., A.A. Gitelson, A.L. Nygun-Robertson, T.J. Arkebauer, B.D. Wardlow, A.E. Suyker, S.B.
Verma, and M. Shibayama. 2012. An alternative method using digital cameras for continuous
monitoring of crop status. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 154-155:113-126.
Sakamoto, T., A.A. Gitelson, B.D. Wardlow, T.J. Arkebauer, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker, and M.
Sibayama. 2012. Application of day and night digital photographs for estimating maize biophysical
characteristics. Precision Agriculture, 13:285-301.
Sakamoto, T., A.A. Gitelson, A.L. Nguy-Robertson, T.J. Arkebauer, B.D. Wardlow, A.E. Suyker, S.B.
Verma, and M. Shibayama, 2011. Estimating daily gross primary production of maize based only on
MODIS WDRVI and shortwave radiation data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115:3091-3101.
Swain, S., D. Rundquist, T. Arkebauer, S. Narumalani, and B. Wardlow. 2011. Non-invasive estimation
of relative water content in soybean leaves using infrared thermography. Israel Journal of Plant
Sciences, 60:25-36.
Swain, S., B.D. Wardlow, S. Narumalani, T. Tadesse, and K. Callahan. 2011. Assessment of vegetation
response to drought in Nebraska using Terra-MODIS land surface temperature and normalized
difference vegetation index. GIScience and Remote Sensing 48(3):432-455.
Sakamoto, T., B.D. Wardlow, and A.A. Gitelson. 2011. Detecting region-based corn phenology in the
U.S. Corn Belt using MODIS WDRVI data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
49(6):1926-1936.
Anderson, M.C., C. Hain, B. Wardlow, A. Pimstein, J.R. Mecikalski, and W.P. Kustas. 2011. Evaluation
of a drought index based on thermal remote sensing of evapotranspiration over the continental U.S.
Journal of Climate 24:2025-2044.
Albright, T.P., A.M. Pidgeon, C.D. Rittenhouse, M.K. Clayton, B.D. Wardlow, C.H. Flather, P.D.
Culbert, and V.C. Radeloff. 2010. Combined effects of heat waves and droughts on avian communities
across the conterminous United States. Ecospheres 1(5): DOI:10.1890/ES10-0057.1.
Sakamoto, T., B.D. Wardlow, A.A. Gitelson, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker, and T.J. Arkebauer. 2010. The
two-step filtering approach for detecting maize and soybean phenology with time-series MODIS data.
Remote Sensing of Environment 114(10):2146-2159.
Masialeti, I., S.Egbert, and B.D. Wardlow. 2010. A comparative analysis of phenological curves for
major crops in Kansas. GIScience and Remote Sensing 47(2):241-259.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2010. A comparison of MODIS 250-m evi and ndvi data for crop
mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31(3):805-830.
Tadesse, T., B.Wardlow, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, and J. Brown. 2010. The Vegetation Outlook
(VegOut): a new method for predicting vegetation seasonal greenness. GIScience and Remote Sensing
47(1):25-52.
Albright, T., A. Pidgeon, C. Rittenhouse, M. Clayton, C. Flather, P. Culbert, B. Wardlow, and V.
Radeloff. 2010. Effects of drought on avian community structure. Global Change Biology
doi:10,1111/j.1365-2486.02120x.
Gu, Y., E. Hunt, B.D. Wardlow, J.B. Basara, J.F. Brown, and J.P. Verdin. 2008. Evaluation and
validation of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for vegetation drought monitoring using Oklahoma
mesonet soil moisture data. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2008GL035772.
Tadesse, T., M. Haile, G. Senay, C. Knutson, and B.D. Wardlow. 2008. Building integrated drought
monitoring and food security systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resources Forum 32:265-279.
Brown, J.F., B.D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M.J. Hayes, and B.C. Reed. 2008. The Vegetation Drought
Response Index (VegDRI): a new integrated approach for monitoring drought stress in vegetation.
GIScience and Remote Sensing 45(1):16-46.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2008. Large-area crop mapping using time-series MODIS 250 m
NDVI data: an assessment for the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment
112:1096-1116.
Gitelson, A.A., B.D. Wardlow, G.P. Keydan, and B. Leavitt. 2007. Green leaf area index estimation in
crops using MODIS 250 meter data. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L20403,
doi:10.1029/2007GL031620.
Wardlow, B.D., S.L. Egbert, and J.H. Kastens. 2007. Analysis of time-series MODIS 250-meter
vegetation index data for crop discrimination in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of
Environment 108:290-310.
Gu, Y., J.F. Brown, J.P. Verdin, and B.D. Wardlow. 2007. A five-year analysis of MODIS NDVI and
NDWI for grassland drought assessment over the Central Great Plains of the United States.
Geophysical Research Letters 34:L06407, doi:10.1029/2006GL029127.
Brown, J.C., W. Jepson, J. Kastens, B. Wardlow, J. Lomas, and K. Price. 2007. Multi-temporal,
moderate spatial resolution remote sensing of modern agricultural production and land modification in
the Brazilian Amazon. GIScience and Remote Sensing 44(2):L1-32.
Wardlow, B.D., J.H. Kastens, and S.L. Egbert. 2006. Using USDA crop progress data for the evaluation
of greenup onset date calculated from MODIS 250-meter data. Photogrammetric Engineering and
Remote Sensing 72(11):1225-1234.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2003. A state-level comparative analysis of the GAP and NLCD land
cover data sets. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 69(12):1387-1397.
Wardlow, B.D., M.S. Svoboda, C. Hain, M.A. Anderson, T. Tadesse, J.F. Brown and D. Mocko. 2017.
Quick Drought Response Index – A Short-term Dryness Indicator for Drought Monitoring. GIScience
and Remote Sensing, in review.
Bijaber, N., D. El Hadani, M. Saidi, M.D. Wardlow, B.D. Wardlow, C.R. Hain, C. Poulsen, M. Yessef,
and A. Rochdi. 2017. Developing a remotely sensed drought monitoring indicator for Morocco.
GIScience and Remote Sensing, in review.
Mariano, D.A., C.A.C. Santos and B.D. Wardlow. 2017. Detecting drought and human-induced land
degradation using time series trend analysis in Northeastern Brazil drylands. Arid Environments, in
review.
Bayissa, Y.A., T. Tadesse, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, C. Poulsen, J. Swigart and S.J. van Andel.
Developing and evaluating satellite-based combined drought index to monitor historic drought: a case
study for Ethiopia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, in review.
Yang, Y., M.C. Anderson, F. Gao, A. Suyker, B. Wardlow, C.R. Hain, J. Otkin, L. Sun and W. Dulaney.
2017. Field-Scale Mapping of Evaporative Stress Indicators of Crop Yield: an Application over Mead,
NE. Remote Sensing of Environment, in review.
Masialeti, I., B. Wardlow and S. Egbert. 2017. Agricultural ground reference data set creation and
refinement. GIScience and Remote Sensing, in review.
Trnka, M., M. Hayes, F. Jurecka, L. Bartosova, M. Anderson, R. Brazdil, J. Brown, J.J. Camarero, P.
Cudlin, P. Dobrovolny, J. Eitzinger, S. Feng, T. Finnessey, G. Gregoric, P. Havlik, C. Hain, I.
Holman, D. Johnson, K. Kersebaum, F. Ljungqvist, J. Luterbarcher, F. Micale, C. Hartl-Meier, M.
Mozny, P. Nejedlik, J. Olesen, M. Ruiz-Ramos, R. Rotter, G. Senay, S. Vincente-Serrano, M.
Svoboda, A. Susnikda, T. Tadesse, A. Vizina, B. Wardlow, U. Buntgen, and Z. Zalud. 2017. Priority
questions in multidisciplinary drought research. Environmental Research Letters, in review.
Cai, Y., K. Guan, J. Peng, S. Wang, Z. Li, C. Seifert, and B. Wardlow. 2017. A high-performance and
in-season classification system of field-level crop types using time-series Landsat data and a
machine learning approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, in review.
Hunt, E., B. Wardlow, K. Hubbard, and T. Arkebauer. 2017. A soil water climatology of a rainfed field
in eastern Nebraska. International Journal or Climatology, in review.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, M. Hayes, and M. Svoboda. 2012. The Vegetation Outlook (VegOut): a
new method for predicting vegetation seasonal greenness. In Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative
Monitoring Approaches, eds. B.D. Wardlow. M.A. Anderson, and J.P. Verdin, Boca Raton, FL:CRC
Press, 75-94.
Nghiem, S.V., B.D. Wardlow, D. Allured, M.D. Svoboda, D. LeComte, M. Rosencrans, S.K. Chan, and
G. Neumann. 2012. Microwave remote sensing of soil moisture – science and applications. In Remote
Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches, eds. B.D. Wardlow. M.A. Anderson, and J.P.
Verdin, Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press, 197-226.
Hayes, M., M. Svoboda, B.D. Wardlow, M.C. Anderson, and F. Kogan. 2012. Drought monitoring:
historical and current perspectives. In Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches,
eds. B.D. Wardlow. M.A. Anderson, and J.P. Verdin, Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press, 1-22.
Anderson, M.C., C. Hain, B.D. Wardlow, A. Pimstein, J.R. Mecikalski, and W.P. Kustas, 2012. A
drought index based on thermal remote sensing of evapotranspiration. In Remote Sensing of Drought:
Innovative Monitoring Approaches, eds. B.D. Wardlow. M.A. Anderson, and J.P. Verdin, Boca Raton,
FL:CRC Press, 145-168.
Harms,S., T. Tadesse, and B. Wardlow. 2009. Algorithm and feature selection for VegOut: a vegetation
condition prediction tool. In Discovery Science: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, eds. J. Gama et
al., Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany:Springer, 107-120.
Tadesse, T., B. Wardlow, and M. Hayes. 2008. The application of data mining for drought monitoring
and prediction. Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies, New York, NY: Idea
Group Publishers, 280-291.
Books Edited
Wardlow, B.D., M.C. Anderson, and J.P. Verdin. 2012. Remote Sensing and Drought: Innovative
Monitoring Approaches. Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press.
Ph.D. Dissertation
Wardlow, B.D. 2005. An Evaluation of Time-Series MODIS 250-Meter Vegetation Index Data for Crop
Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Master’s Thesis
Wardlow, B.D. 1996. Temporal Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns Using Landsat Thematic
Mapper Imagery – A Study of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas. Master’s thesis, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, KS.
White Papers
Wardlow, B. 2011. New and Emerging Remote Sensing Approached for Drought Monitoring.
Submitted to United Nation (UN) Foreign Agricultural Organization (FAO), Ankara, Turkey office.
Wardlow, B. 2011. Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring. Submitted to
United Nation (UN) Foreign Agricultural Organization (FAO), Ankara, Turkey office.
Wardlow, B., M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, and T. Tadesse. 2010. Opportunities for Integrating NASA Data
into Drought Applications: A Prospectus from the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC).
Submitted to NASA Water Resources Applied Sciences Program.
Other Publications
The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) brochure. 2011. National Drought Mitigation Center,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Drought Monitoring with VegDRI. 2010. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2010–3114, 2 p.
Domingo, C., M. Ninyerola, X. Pons, B. Wardlow, and J. Cristobal. 2014. Integration of MODIS and
Climate Time Series as an Analysis Tool for Forest Drought Detection, Global vegetation Monitoring
and Modeling International Conference, Avignon, France, February 3-7.
Frels, K., M. Gutteri, L. Doetterer, F. Al-Aboud, R. Perk, B. Leavitt, B. Wardlow, and P. Baenziger.
2013. Evaluation of airborne hyperspectral imaging for us in nitrogen use efficiency phenotyping
of hard winter wheat. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meeting, Tampa, FL, November 3-6.
Hunt, E., B. Wardlow, M. Svoboda, K. Hubbard, T. Arkebauer. 2012. Use of standardized drought
indices to monitor the rapid onset of agricultural drought at a non-irrigated maize site. ASA-CSSA-
SSSA International Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 20-24.
Hunt, E., B. Wardlow, M. Svoboda, K. Hubbard, and T. Arkebauer. 2012. Comparison of standardized
drought indices to monitor rapid onset agricultural drought at Mead, NE: a case study of the 2003
growing season. Water for Food Conference, Lincoln, NE, May 30 – June 1.
Wardlow, B., M. Hayes, T. Tadesse, K. Callahan, and M. Svoboda. 2012. National Drought Mitigation
Center – delivering drought information services to the world. Using Satellites for Better Water and
Environment Management, Joint Training Session by the World Bank and U.S. Government Agencies
Working in Remote Sensing, Washington, DC, February 29.
Sakamoto, T., A. Gitelson, A.L. Nguy-Robertson, T.J. Arkebauer, B. Wardlow, and M. Shibayama. 2011.
Using digital cameras for continuous monitoring of crop status. American Geophysical Union Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
Albright, T.P., A. Pidgeon, V. Radeloff, B. Wardlow. 2011. Identifying thermally challenging landscapes
and time periods for wildlife using remote sensing. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
Wardlow, B.D. 2011. New directions in satellite remote sensing for drought monitoring. International
Workshop on Water-related Disaster Prediction and Reduction, Hohai University, Nanjing, China,
November 28-December 1.
Sakamoto, T., M. Shibayama, B.D. Wardlow, A.A. Gitelson, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker, T.J. Arkebauer,
E. Takada, K. Morita, W. Takahashi, and S. Miura. 2011. Application of digital camera for logging
seasonal changes in crop growth and estimating bio-physical parameters. 51st Autumn Conference of
the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, November 10-11.
Brown, J., D. Howard, B. Wardlow, K. Callahan, and C. Poulsen. 2011. Monitoring drought stress across
multiple vegetation types within the Upper Colorado River Basin. World Climate Research
Programme Open Science Conference – Climate Research in Service to Society, Denver, CO, October
24-28.
Hunt, E.H., B. Wardlow, K. Hubbard, and T. Arkebauer, T. 2011. An analysis of eight years of soil
moisture over three agroecosystems at Mead, NE. American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science
Society of America-Soil Science Society of America International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX,
October 16-19.
Albright, T., C. Rittenhouse, A. Pidgeon, P. Culbert, M. Clayton, C. Flather, B. Wardlow, and V.
Radeloff. 2011. Timing and geography structure of heat wave and drought effects on avian community
dynamics. NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Alexandria, VA, October 3-
7.
Hunt, E.H., B. Wardlow, K. Hubbard, T. Schimelfenig, G. Roebke. 2011. An analysis of eight years of
soil moisture over three agroecosystems at Mead, NE. 2011 Water For Food Conference, Lincoln,
NE, May 2-4.
Wardlow, B.D. 2011. Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegRI): a tool for agricultural drought
monitoring, NASA Global Drought Monitoring Workshop, Silver Springs, MD, April 11-12.
Swain, S., S. Narumalani, B. Wardlow, D. Rundquist, and M.J. Hayes. 2011. Relationships
among vegetation indices, canopy temperatures, and root-zone soil moisture in the U.S. Corn
Belt: a close-range sensing approach. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting,
Seattle, WA, April 12-16.
Albright, T.P., C.D. Rittenhouse, A.M. Pidgeon, M.L. Clayton, P.D. Culbert, V.R. Radeloff, C.H. Flather,
and B.D. Wardlow. 2011. Timing and geography structure heat wave and drought effects on avian
community dynamics. 5th International Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Irakleio
Crete, Greece, January 7-11.
Sakamoto, T., M. Shibayama, B.D. Wardlow, A.A. Gitelson, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker, T.J. Arkebauer,
E. Takada, and K. Morita. 2010. Application of low-cost digital image camera data for monitoring and
recording seasonal changes in crop growth. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 26-30.
Brown, J.F., B.D. Wardlow, and T. Tadesse. 2010. Advantages of real-time satellite data for operational
drought monitoring: the utility of MODIS and AVHRR. Association of American Geographers
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 14-18.
Swain, S., S. Narumalani, B.D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, and K. Callahan. 2010. Evaluating drought-
induced changes in grassland and cropland cover types in southwestern Nebraska using Terra-MODIS
LST and NDVI. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 14-
18.
Callahan, K., B.D. Wardlow, J.F. Brown, Y. Gu, S. Pervez, and S. Maxwell. 2010. Accuracy assessment
of the 2020 MODIS irrigated agriculture dataset. Association of American Geographers Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, April 14-18.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, K. Callahan, and C.C. Poulsen. 2010. Integrating satellite, climate, oceanic,
and biophysical information to predict the general vegetation condition. Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 14-18.
Albright, T., C. Rittenhouse, A. Pidgeon, C. Flather, M. Clayton, B. Wardlow, P. Culbert, and V.
Radeloff. 2010. Birds under stress: effects of heat waves and drought on U.S. avian communities.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 14-18.
Tadesse, B. Wardlow, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, J. Li, K. Callahan, and C.C. Poulsen. 2010. Scenario-
based Vegetation Outlook (S-VegOut): predicting general vegetation condition using different
scenarios over the central United States. 90th Annual American Meteorological Society Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 17-21.
Sakamoto, T., B.D. Wardlow, A.A. Gitelson, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker, and T.J. Arkebauer. 2009.
Detecting crop growth stage of maize and soybeans using time-series MODIS data. American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Brown, J.F., M.A. Anderson, and B.D. Wardlow. 2009. Remote sensing techniques for monitoring
drought hazards: an intercomparison. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December 14-18.
Svoboda, M., M. Hayes, C. Knutson, and B. Wardlow. 2009. A look into the National Drought
Mitigation Center: providing 15 years of drought services. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 14-18.
Sakamoto, T. and B.D. Wardlow. 2009. Developing a simple algorithm for early identification of corn
and soybean fields in Nebraska with MODIS time-series imagery. 4th Global Vegetation Workshop,
Missoula, MT, June 15-19.
Tadesse, T. and B.D. Wardlow. 2009. Predicting vegetation conditions by integrating climate, satellite,
oceanic, and environmental data – a case study for the central U.S. 4th Global Vegetation Workshop,
Missoula, MT, June 15-19.
Wardlow, B.D. and T. Tadesse. 2009. A hybrid-based remote sensing approach for predicting vegetation
conditions – results from the central U.S. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las
Vegas, NV, March 22-27.
Brown, J., B. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, K. Callahan, and S. Pervez. 2009. Monitoring recent drought effects
on corn yields across the corn belt with the Vegetation Drought Response Index. Association of
American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 22-27.
Swain, S., S. Narumalani, B. Wardlow, and T. Tadesse. 2009. An integrated approach for drought
induced vegetation stress assessment in Nebraska using remote sensing and GIS. Association of
American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 22-27.
Albright, T.P., C.D. Rittenhouse, A.M. Pidgeon, C.D. Flather, P.D. Culbert, M.K. Clayton, B.D.
Wardlow, and V.C. Radeloff. 2009. Diverse responses of avian communities to heat waves.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 22-27.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, and J.H. Ryu. 2009. Discovering the spatial and temporal relationships
between vegetation condition and climate in monitoring drought. Climate Prediction Applications
Science Workshop, Norman, OK, March 23-25.
Brown, J.F. and B.D. Wardlow. 2008. Improving decision support for drought using new geospatial
models and online tools. A Conference on Ecosystem Services (ACES) Naples, FL, December 8-11.
Swain, S., S. Narumalani, B. Wardlow, and T. Tadesse. 2008. An assessment of vegetation response to
drought in Nebraska using Terra-MODIS land surface temperature and normalized difference
vegetation index. AAG Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting. Grand Forks, ND, September
12-13.
Gu, Y., E. Hunt, B. Wardlow, J.B. Basara, J.F. Brown, and J.P. Verdin. 2008. Evaluation and validation
of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for vegetation drought monitoring over the Central Great Plains of the
United States. XXI Congress for the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ISPRS), Beijing, China, July 3-11.
Wardlow, B.D., T. Tadesse, J.F. Brown, Y. Gu, and K. Callahan. 2008. The Vegetation Drought
Response Index (VegDRI) – Zooming in to a Local Scale to Meet the Needs of the Drought
Monitoring Community. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April
15-19.
Albright, T.P., A.M. Pidgeon, M.K. Clayton, C.H. Flather, C.D. Rittenhouse, B.D. Wardlow, and V.C.
Radeloff. 2008. Characterization and influence of drought on avian abundance and diversity in the
Great Plains, USA. US Regional Association of the International Association of Landscape Ecology
Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, April 6-10.
Brown, J.F., Pervez, S., Wardlow, B., Tadesse, T. and Callahan, K.. 2008. Assessment of 2006 and 2007
drought patterns in the Vegetation Drought Response Index across Nebraska. Pecora 17 Symposium,
Denver, CO, November 16-18.
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, and J.H. Ryu. 2008. Monitoring and predicting general vegetation condition
using climatic, satellite, oceanic, and biophysical data. Climate Prediction Applications Science
Workshop (CPASW), Chapel Hill, NC, March 4-7.
Gitelson, A.A., D.C. Rundquist, J.G. Masek, B.D. Wardlow and G.P. Keydan. 2007. Quantitative
Remote Estimation of Land Surface Biophysical Characteristics Using ETM+ Landsat and 250-m
MODIS Data. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14.
Gu, Y., J.F. Brown, J.P. Verdin, and B. Wardlow. 2006. A five-year analysis of MODIS NDVI and
NDWI for rangeland drought assessment: preliminary results. EOS Transactions AGU Fall Meeting
Supplement, 87(52), Abstract GC41A-1038, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15.
Brown, J., J. Verdin, T. Tadesse, and B. Wardlow. 2006. Remote sensing tools for improving drought
decision support. Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments – Creating a
Roadmap for Change in the United States Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Longmont,
CO, September 18-20.
Wardlow, B.D., T. Tadesse, J. Brown, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, and M. Svoboda. 2006. The Vegetation
Drought Response Index: a new drought monitoring tool integrating climate, satellite, and biophysical
data. Global Vegetation Workshop, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, August 8-10.
Wardlow, B.D., and S.L. Egbert. 2006. An evaluation of multi-temporal MODIS 250-meter vegetation
index data for crop mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Global Vegetation Workshop, University
of Montana, Missoula, MT, August 8-10.
Gu, Y. J.F. Brown, and B.D. Wardlow. 2006. A 5-year analysis of MODIS NDWI/NDVI for rangeland
drought assessment. Global Vegetation Workshop, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, August 8-
10.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2004. Regional scale crop mapping using a decision tree classifier.
Association of American Geographers 100th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-19.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2003. Crop mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains region using time-
series MODIS 250-meter data: a case study of Southwest Kansas. 30th International Symposium on
Remote Sensing of Environment, Honolulu, HI, November 10-14.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2003. An agricultural land use/land cover (LULC) mapping protocol for
the U.S. Central Great Plains region. Association of American Geographers 99th Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, March 5-8.
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert. 2002. Discrimination of cropping patterns in Kansas using time-series
MODIS 250-meter NDVI data. MODIS Vegetation Workshop, University of Montana, Missoula, MT,
August 16-18.
GRANTS___________________________________________________________________________
Current Grants
Development of a Global Evaporative Stress Index Based on Thermal and Microwave LST towards
Improved Monitoring of Agricultural Drought. C. Hain, M. Anderson, T. Homes, F. Gao, J. Otkin, M.
Svoboda, B. Wardlow, X. Zhan, I. Becker-Reshef, B. Barker, and R. Terrault. NASA Earth Science
Applications: Water Resources $687,987 (1/2017 – 12/2019), Investigator.
Improving Water Management, Agricultural Production and Food Security in Drought-Prone Areas. C.
Neale, R. Kaur, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow, A. Kilic, D. Heeren, D. Martin, K.
Callahan, M. Khanna, M. Singh, N. Patel, R. Sahoo, V. Sehgal, A. Sarangi, and S. Kumar. Indo-US
21st Century Knowledge Initiative, U.S.-India Educational Foundation $62,175 (1/2017-12/2019),
Investigator.
Development of the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) Regional Drought Management System. R.
McDonnell, M. Hayes, C. Neale, D. Wilhite, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, M. Anderson, and C. Hain.
U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID) Middle East Program, $3,959,242 (02/01/2016
– 9/30/2018), Investigator.
Downscaling of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Observations and Application to Global Drought
Monitoring. M. Rodell, R. Reichle, R. Houborg, B. Wardlow, and B. Zaitchik. NASA Terrestrial
Hydrology Program, $614,518 (01/2015-12/2018), Investigator.
Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental
U.S. M. Rodell, B. Zaitchik, E.Nelsen, T. Bertschi, P. Restrepo, B. Wardlow, M. Svoboda, S. Bettadpur,
S. Kumar, and R. Reichle. NASA Earth Science Applications: Water Resources $1,637,284 (11/2014 –
10/2018), Investigator.
Seasonal Prediction of Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Greater Horn of Africa Under Evolving Climate
Conditions to Support Adaptations Strategies. T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow NASA $1,625,032 (1/2014-
2/2018), Investigator.
Previous Grants
Planning Grant for a Conference on Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis for Agricultural Productivity
and Sustainability. J. Taylor, N. Bickford, R. Dasgupta, N. Mueller, H. Sharif, B. Wardlow, and W.
Woldt. Food for Health Initiative Planning Grant, University of Nebraska System, $75,000 (2016);
Investigator.
High-Plains Earth System Modeling Complex (HP-ESMC) – Toward Integrated Assimilation of Satellite
Remote Sensing and Ground-based Observations. J. Wang, C. Rowe, R. Oglesby, Q. Hu, M.
Anderson, A. Houston, M. Van Den Broeke, J. Zeng, X-H. Chen, B. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M.
Shulski. J. You, T. Awada, H. Yang, D. Swanson, H. Yu, S. Irmak, and A. Kilic. University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development Big Ideas Accelerator Seed Grant,
$100,000 (1/2015 – 12/2017); Investigator.
Irrigated Lands Mapping for the State of Nebraska. B. Wardlow, K. Callahan, and M. Vaitkus. Nebraska
Department of Natural Resources $75,000 (2015 – 2016); Principal Investigator.
Ecological Spectral Information System (ESIS): Integration of Spectral Data with Measurements of
Vegetation Functional Traits. Townsend, P., S. Ustin, D. Roberts, S. Serbin, J. Gamon, A.
Zygielbaum, B. Wardlow, R. Green, S. Hook, T. Kampe, and S. Petroy. NASA Terrestrial Ecology
$939,730 (2013 – 2016); Investigator.
Monitoring Phenology in the North Central Region of the U.S. R. Landenberger, R. Lawrence, K. Dobbs,
M. O’Neill, B. Rundquist, M. Viatkus, and B. Wardlow. U.S. Department of the Interior, North
Central Climate Center Program, $23,000 (2013 – 2015); Investigator.
Center for Integrated Earth Observation and Modeling (CIEOM): Needs, Strategic Plans, and Funding
Outlooks. Wang, J., C. Rowe, R.J. Oglesby, G. Hu, M. Shulski, B. Wardlow, H. Yang, and H. Yu.
Pathway to Interdiscplinary Research Centers, Phase 1 Planning Grant, Office of Research and
Economic Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln $10,000 (2013 – 2015); Investigator.
Facilitating Adaptive Management under Conditions of Rapid Drought Onset using GOES-based
Evaporative Stress Index. J. Otkin, M. Schafer, M.C. Anderson, J. Basara, M. Svoboda, and B.
Wardlow. NOAA Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Competition Sectoral Applications Research
Program (SARP) $290,000 (2013 – 2015); Investigator.
The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach for Rapid Response
Agricultural Drought Monitoring. B. Wardlow, M. Svoboda, J. Brown, M. Anderson, M. Rodell, M.
Hayes, T. Tadesse, D. Mocko, M. Brewer, C. McNutt, and C. Hain. NASA Earth Science
Applications: Water Resources, $1,509,768 (8/16/2012 – 8/14//2016), Co-Principal Investigator.
Development of a Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North
America. C.R Hain, M.C. Anderson, X. Zhan, G. Gao, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, R. Mueller, L.
Beard, I. Laszlo, J.R. Mecikalski, and I. Mladenova. NASA Earth Science Applications: Water
Resources, $1,300,000 (8/2012 – 8/2016); Investigator.
Developing VegDRI-Canada-Phase 2. T. Tadesse and B. Wardlow. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada –
Agri-Environment Services Branch, $24,453 (2012 – 2014); Co-Principal Investigator.
Evapotranspiration and Drought Monitoring Using GOES-R Products for NIDIS. B. Wardlow and M.
Svoboda. NOAA GOES-R Risk Reduction Program, $8,897 (2012 – 2013); Principal Investigator.
NASA Workshop on Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring and Water Resources Applications. M.
Svoboda and B. Wardlow. NASA Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences, $25,701 (2012-
2013); Co-Principal Investigator.
Dual Assimilation of Microwave and Thermal-Infrared Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture into
NLDAS for Improved Drought Monitoring. Zhan, X., M.C. Anderson, C. Hain, M. Ek, M. Svoboda,
B. Wardlow, W. Crow, J.R. Mecikalski, and W.P. Kustas. NOAA Modeling, Analysis, Predictions,
and Projections (MAPP) Competition, $592,374 (2011 – 2014); Investigator.
Developing VegDRI-Canada-Phase 1. B. Wardlow and T. Tadesse. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
– Agri-Environment Services Branch, $24,000 (2011– 2012); Co-Principal Investigator.
Use of Satellite Data and Model Products in Improving the Categorization, Delineation, and Mitigation of
Agricultural Drought. McNider, R.T., J.R. Christy, G. Hoogenboom, M.D. Svoboda, A.S. Limaye,
J.J. O’Brien, B.D. Wardlow, J.R. Mecikalski, D.F. Zierden, and D.E. Stooksbury. NASA Gulf of
Mexico, $20,383 (2010 - 2012); Investigator.
Drought Mitigation Nebraska Project 2010. Hayes, M., M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, and C. Knutson.
USDA NIFA, $558,441 (2010 – 2011); Investigator.
A GOES Thermal-Based Drought Early Warning Index for NIDIS. Anderson, M.C., K.C., Mo, M.
Svoboda, B. Wardlow, X. Zhan, J.R. Mecikalski, W.P. Kustas, and J.F. Brown. NOAA Climate
Dynamics and Experimental Prediction (CDEP) Competition, $592,864 (2009 – 2012); Investigator.
Drought Mitigation Nebraska Project 2009. Hayes, M., M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, and C. Knutson.
USDA CSREES, $437,243 (2009 – 2010); Investigator.
Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors.
Rodell, M., J. Lawrimore, J.S. Famiglietti, R. Heim, R. Reichle, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, B.
Zaitchik, and A. Pinheiro. NASA ROSES Decision Support through Earth Science Research Results,
$597,000 (2008-2010); Investigator.
Drought Mitigation Nebraska Project 2008. Hayes, M., M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, and C. Knutson.
USDA CSREES, $347,246 (2008 – 2009); Investigator.
Incorporating Remote Sensing Information into the U.S. Drought Monitor. Svoboda, M., B. Wardlow,
T. Tadesse, and D. Wilhite. U.S Geological Survey Unsolicited Proposal Award, $152,598 (2007-
2009); Investigator.
The Development of a Near Real-Time Mapping and Monitoring Protocol for the U.S. Great Plains Agro-
ecosystem Using Time-Series MODIS 250-Meter Data. Wardlow, B. NASA Earth System Science
Graduate Research Fellowship, $72,000 (2002-2005); Investigator.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS________________________________________________________
2017 Quick Drought Response Index – Characterizing Short-Term Dryness Conditions NASA Water
Resources Applied Science Meeting, Pasadena, CA.
2017 QuickDRI – A Composite Index for Monitoring Short-term Drought Conditions. Tenth
Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Keystone, SD
2016 Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI) North American Fire, Drought, and Climate
Services Forum, Fort Worth, TX.
2015 Recent Operational, Satellite-based Agricultural Drought Monitoring Tools – Examples from
the United States and North America. World Meteorological Organization’s Task Team on the
Use of Remote Sensing Data for Climate Monitoring Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa.
2015 Development of Remote Sensing-based Composite Drought Indices for Agricultural Drought
Monitoring. 2015 Inter-drought Summer School, Mikulov, Czech Republic.
2015 Quick Drought Response Index (QuckDRI) – A Composite Index for Monitoring Rapid-Onset
Agricultural Drought. NASA Applied Sciences Program: Water Resources Meeting, College
Park, MD.
2015 Drought Chasing from Space – Advances in Monitoring and Early Warning. University of
Nebraska at Kearney Geography Awareness Week Plenary Session, Kearney, NE.
2014 Remote Sensing: An Introduction and Options for Entomology, Department of Entomology
seminar series, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2014 An Overview of the Center for Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT) and
Opportunities for Spatial Analysis Tools for Human Health Applications, University of
Nebraska Research Retreat on Water, Food, and Health, Ashland, NE.
2014 Remote Sensing of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Field to Landscape Scales: Activities
and Innovations at CALMIT, InterDrought Workshop on Remote Sensing Tools in Drought
Monitoring, Brno, Czech Republic.
2013 Drought Monitoring and Precipitation Data – A U.S. Perspective on Current Uses and Needs,
NASA Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Applications Workshop, College Park, MD.
2013 Drought Chasing from Space – Recent Innovations in Satellite-based Remote Sensing Tools,
University of Kansas GIS Day, Lawrence, KS.
2013 VegDRI – A Hybrid-based Agricultural Drought Monitoring Tool for the CONUS, ASA-
CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
2013 VegDRI to QuickDRI: Evolution of Operational Agricultural Drought Monitoring Tools for
the CONUS, NASA Applied Science Water Resources Program Annual Meeting, Lincoln, NE.
2013 Remote Sensing of Drought: Advances for Operational Drought Monitoring and Early
Warning, Czech Inter-Drought Project Summer School, Telc, Czech Republic.
2012 U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM): Overview, Applications, and Recent Efforts to Enhance
Through Remote Sensing, Water Cycles Group Seminar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL), Pasadena, CA.
2012 An Emerging Remote Sensing Toolkit for Drought Monitoring – Recent Efforts to Improve
the U.S. Drought Monitor, California Water Resources Remote Sensing Workshop, San Diego,
CA.
2012 Incorporating Operational Remote Sensing Products into the USDM, University of Alabama-
Huntsville, Huntsville, AL.
2012 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) – An Introduction and Prospects for Mexico,
North American Drought Monitor Forum, Cancun, Mexico.
2012 Time-Series Vegetation Index Data – Concepts and Applications for Monitoring Agricultural
Landscapes, School of Natural Resources teaching seminar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE.
2012 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) – A Hybrid Remote Sensing Approach for
Drought Monitoring, School of Natural Resources research seminar, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2011 Satellite Remote Sensing of Drought – New Monitoring Options, International Workshop on
Water-Related Disaster Prediction and Reduction, Nanjing, China.
2011 Emerging Remote Sensing Tools for Drought Monitoring: Activities at the National Drought
Mitigation Center, National Hydrologic Warning Council Conference, San Diego, CA.
2011 New and Emerging Remote Sensing Tools for Drought Monitoring, UN/FAO Drought
Monitoring Tools and Practices Workshop, Ankara, Turkey.
2011 Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring, UN/FAO Drought
Monitoring Tools and Practices Workshop, Ankara, Turkey.
2011 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): Recent Accomplishments and Activities,
2011 U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Fairfax, VA.
2010 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): An Overview and Prospects for Canada,
Canadian Drought Monitor Meeting, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2010 Remote Sensing and Drought Monitoring: Current and Future Directions, Argentina Congress
of Animal Production, Drought Early Warning System Working Group, Viedma, Argentina.
2010 GIScience Activities at the National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA wNational
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Fairfax, VA.
2010 An Overview of Remote Sensing Activities at the National Drought Mitigation Center,
Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS),
Beltsville, MD.
2010 The U.S. Drought Monitor, NIDIS, and Opportunities for Remote Sensing. NASA Hydrologic
Applications Branch, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
2009 The Future of Remote Sensing Applications for Drought Monitoring, World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) Drought Workshop, Lincoln, NE.
2009 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): 2009 Update and Ongoing Activities, 2009
U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Austin, TX.
2009 Remote Sensing and Drought – An Overview and Opportunities for Mali, WMO Drought
Workshop, Bamako, Mali.
2009 Remote Sensing and Drought Monitoring - New Tools and Future Directions, National
Hydrologic Warning Council Conference, Vail, CO.
2008 VegDRI – A New Hybrid Drought Index for Monitoring Vegetation in the U.S., U.S.-
Canada GEO Bilateral Workshop on Ice and Water, National Science Foundation (NSF),
Arlington, VA.
2008 Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A Hybrid-Based Approach for Vegetation
Drought Monitoring, 2008 North American Drought Monitor Workshop, Ottawa, Canada.
2008 The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) – An Update on Progress and Future
Research Activities. U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Portland, OR.
2007 Geospatial Tools for Environmental Monitoring in a Changing World. Presentation at the
USGS and UNL Workshop on Climate Change – Partnerships in Climate Change Science,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2007 Remote Sensing Activities at the NDMC – Bridging the Drought Monitoring Gaps.
Presentation at the School of Natural Resources Research Colloquium, University of
Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2007 New NDMC Tool Development Update: Working to Meet the Needs of Drought Monitor,
RMA, and NIDIS End Users, 2007 U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Portland, OR.
2006 Evaluation of MODIS 250-Meter Vegetation Index Data for Regional-Scale Crop Mapping –
Results from the State of Kansas. Presentation to Geographic Information Science Center of
Excellence, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
2005 Regional-Scale Crop Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains Using MODIS 250-Meter
NDVI Data – Results and Future Directions for Drought Monitoring. Presentation to the
National Drought Mitigation Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2005 An Evaluation of MODIS 250-Meter Vegetation Index Data for Regional-Scale Crop
Characterization in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Presentation to the Science and Application
Branch, USGS EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.
2005 Regional-Scale Crop Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains Using MODIS 250-Meter
Vegetation Index Data: Results and Future Research Directions. Presentation to the
Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
2003 An Overview of Crop Mapping Activities Using Time Series MODIS 250 Meter Data.
Presentation to the Science and Applications Branch, USGS EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls,
SD.
2003 A State-Level Crop Mapping and Monitoring Prototype for Kansas. Presentation to the
KansasView State and Local Government (SLG) Remote Sensing Applications Workshop,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
2002 Proposal Strategies for the NASA Earth System Science (ESS) Graduate Research Fellowship.
Presentation at the Mt. O’Read Geospatial Technologies Club Scholarship/Grant Writing
Workshop, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
1998 USGS EROS Data Center: Remote Sensing Science for a Changing World and the Multi
Resolution Land Cover Characterization Land Cover Mapping Project. Presentation to the
Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
1996 Temporal Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns Using Landsat Thematic Mapper
Imagery, Presentation to the Science and Applications Branch, USGS EROS Data Center,
Sioux Falls, SD.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES_____________________________________________________
Projects
2017 Tunisia. Provide technical training session in Tunis, Tunisia to scientists and technical staff
from various Tunisian governmental ministries on the development and implementation of a
remote sensing-based composite drought indicator for the country.
India. Hosted scientists from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) to develop
conceptual framework towards the development of an operational, remote sensing-based
composite drought indicator for India. Hosted IARI Ph.D. students to begin research and
development of the indicator.
Spain.
2016 India. Hosted a faculty member from the Indian Institute of Technology to investigate the
development of a regional-scale, remote sensing-based composite drought indicator for India
and collaborate on irrigation mapping research.
Middle East/North Africa (MENA). Worked on a US AID-funded project to develop a
remote sensing-based composite drought indicator for the MENA region with scientists from
the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in Dubai, UAE. Provided expert
input for decision maker engagement meetings in Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.
Chile. Hosted a Ph.D. student from the University of Concepcion to investigate the use of
satellite-based precipitation data sets for drought monitoring in Chile.
Canada. Worked with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to develop a VegDRI
drought monitoring tool for Canada that was similar to the version for the United States in
support of the North American Drought Monitor.
China. Hosted a faculty member from HuaZhong Agricultural University to investigate the
use of various time-series data analysis techniques to identify drought signals in long-term
satellite image data records.
2015 Morocco. Conducted a Composite Drought Indicator Workshop in Rabat to complete the
development of this indicator developed as part of a World Bank project.
United Arab Emirates. Worked with scientists from the International Center for Biosaline
Agriculture (ICBA) in Dubai, UAE to scope an agricultural drought composite index approach
for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and develop a proposal to U.S. American
International Development (US AID) to support the development of this index.
2014 Morocco. Worked with the Royal Center for Remote Sensing to develop a composite
agriculture drought index for Morocco that integrates various types of remote sensing
observations and products.
The Netherlands. Invited expert peer reviewer and moderator of drought monitoring session
at the a World Bank Water Partnership Program entitled ‘Workshop for Understanding Water
through Space – How to Navigate through Remotely Sensed Data and Applications for
Improved Water Resources Management’ in the Hague.
Czech Republic. Co-organizer and invited speaker at the InterDrought Workshop on Remote
Sensing Tools in Drought Monitoring in Brno.
2013 Spain. Hosted Ph.D. student specializing in remote sensing and GIS from Barcelona
Autonomous University to develop and apply satellite-based tools and products for drought
monitoring over the Iberian Peninsula.
Czech Republic. Invited speaker at the Inter-Drought Summer School sponsored by the
CzechGlobe Group in Telc and conducted exploratory research collaborations with faculty at
Mendel University in Brno.
Canada. Provided consultation on the development of a VegDRI-Canada tool with
researchers from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada.
China. Hosted and supervised a Ph.D. student from Wuhan University on the development
and application of satellite-based remote sensing for vegetation phenology and drought
monitoring.
India. Worked with scientists from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) on
technological transfer and development of a prototype VegDRI tool for the country.
2012 Mexico. Participated as an invited speaker in the North American Drought Monitor Forum in
Cancun. Worked with scientists at the Servicio de Informacion Agroalimentaria y Pesquera
(SIAP) to develop a proof-on-concept VegDRI tool for Mexico.
2011 China. Participated in the International Workshop on Water-related Disaster Prediction and
Prevention held in Nanjing.
The Netherlands. Participated in developing a collaborative graduate-level, remote sensing
research opportunity between UNL/Water for Food Institute and IHE Institute for Water
Education in Delft.
Turkey. Participated in the UN FAO Drought Monitoring Tools and Practices Workshop held
in Ankara.
Czech Republic. Hosted scientists from the Institute of Agricultural Systems and
Bioclimatology, Mendel University in Brno for training to develop a proof-of-concept
VegDRI tool for central Europe.
2010 Argentina. Participated in discussions with researchers from the Argentina Congress of
Animal Production about developing a regional drought early warning system for the
Patagonia region and the potential role of remote sensing.
Canada. Hosted scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for training to develop a
VegDRI-like tool for Canada.
Japan. Hosted visiting scientist, Toshihiro Sakamoto, from the National Institute for Agro-
Environmental Sciences (NIAES) to conducted remote sensing of phenology research for
crops across the U.S. Corn Belt and Great Plains.
2008 Canada: Participated in the North American Drought Monitor Forum in Ottawa.
NDMC WORKSHOPS_______________________________________________________________
2010 Raleigh, NC: April 1^
Boise, ID: July 27^#
2009 Bastrop, TX: February 11^
Coalinga, CA: February 24^#
Woodland, CA: February 26^#
Kearney, NE: August 10^#
2008 Wolf Point/Fort Peck, MT: March 12^#
San Angelo, TX: April 24^
Walla Walla, WA: November 11^#
Cheney, WA: November 12^#
2007 Bismarck, ND: April 27^
2006 Roswell, NM: May 23^
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organized
UNIVERSITY SERVICE_____________________________________________________________
o Search Committee Chair, Spatial scientist faculty position, School of Natural Resources,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2016-2017)
o Search Committee Member, Remote sensing faculty position, School of Natural Resources,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2017)
o Board of Governors, Center for Great Plains Studies (2015-2017)
o Member, Nominating Committee, Center for Great Plains Studies (2015-2017)
o Member, University of Nebraska Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) policy working group (2015)
o Steering Committee Member, Doctorate of Plant Health Program, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln (2014-present)
o Faculty Fellow, Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(2014-present)
o Conference Organizing Committee Member, Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) Water
for Food Conference (2014)
o Member, Long-Term Agricultural Research (LTAR) Leadership Team at the University of
Nebraska (2014-present)
o Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln (2013-present)
o Faculty Area Leader, Geography and GIScience, School of Natural Resources, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln (2013-present)
o Principal Investigator, NebraskaView program (2013-present)
o Reviewer, IANR Dinsdale Family Faculty Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2013 and
2014))
o Faculty Fellow, National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(2012-present)
o UNL Faculty Leader, University of Nebraska Geospatial Technologies Retreat (2012)
o Faculty Task Force for Principles of Faculty Excellence, College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources/Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln (2011)
o Faculty Advisor, Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) student chapter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(2010-2013)
o Finance and Personnel Committee, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln (2009-2012)
o Faculty Advisor, Geography Student Organization (GSO), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(2008-2013)
o Faculty Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008-present)
o Graduate Committee, Geography Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008–present)
o Search Committee Member, Spatial scientist staff position search, National Drought Mitigation
Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2008)
o Faculty Fellow, Center for Advanced Land Management and Information Technologies
(CALMIT), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2007-2012)
o Graduate Faculty, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2006-present)
o Courtesy Graduate Faculty, Department of Geography, University of Kansas (2007-2009)
Graduate Committees
Ph.D. Completed
o Humphrey Kalibo, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2016.
o Eric Hunt, Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2015. (Advisor)
o Anthony Nguy-Robertson, Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2013
o Sharmistha Swain, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2012 (Co-advisor)
o Roberto Bonifaz, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2011
o Iwake Masialeti, Fulbright student in the Department of Geography, University of Kansas,
August 2008
Ph.D. in Progress
o Saran Aadhar, 2016-present. Student in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Gandhinagar campus, India. Coursework in progress.
o Denis Mariano, 2015-present. Student in the School of Natural Resources, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. ABD. (Advisor)
o Gabriel Torres, 2016-present. Student in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. ABD.
o Ahmed Jasmin, 2016-present. Student in Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln. Coursework in progress.
Master’s. Completed
o Evan Bumann, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December 2017.
o Xiaochen Dong, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December 2017
o Joseph Lehnert, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2017 (Co-
advisor)
o Maria Ana Mulet Jalil, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August
2016
o Adam Smith, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2016
o Brian Baskerville, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December 2013
o Wendy Austin, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2013 (Advisor)
o Martha Isabel Posada, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December 2012
o Nicole Wayant, Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 2011
o Jeff Nothwehr, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 2007
Master’s.in Progress
o Marketa Podebradska, 2017-present. Student in the School of Natural Resources, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. Coursework underway.
o Ryan Moore, 2016-present. Student in Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Coursework underway (Advisor).
o Amanda Sanford, 2016—present. Student in Agronomy and Horticulture, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. Coursework underway.
o Lingzi Zhang, 2016-present. Student in Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
o Paul Merani, 2106-present. 2015-present. Student in the School of Natural Resources, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. Coursework completed.
o Aaron Greuel, 2013-present. Student in Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Coursework completed. (Advisor)
o Kevin McMillan, 2013-present. Student in Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Coursework completed.
o Junyao Chen, 2013-present. Student in Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Coursework completed.
o U.S. – Canada Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Drought Definitions and Indices Study Team
o U.S. – Canada Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Prairie Region Test bed Study Team
o PLOS ONE
o Remote Sensing
o Remote Sensing of Environment
o Sensors
o Theoretical and Applied Climatology
o Water Resources Research
MEMBERSHIPS______________________________________________________________
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)