Postdoctoral Researcher
Research:
I am currently involved in WP1 “Crop Rotation Adjustment/Modelling” within the ZERN research project (Future of Nutrition in Lower Saxony). The sub-project investigates how crop rotations in Lower Saxony are shaped by climatic, environmental, and socioeconomic conditions and how they may need to adapt under future change. My work focuses on monitoring and modelling agroecosystems, with particular emphasis on improving the reliability of process-based crop models used to evaluate adaptation strategies. By integrating field observations, climate information, remote sensing, and crop-system modelling, we aim to strengthen model performance and contribute to the development of climate-resilient and sustainable crop rotation strategies for Lower Saxony (ZERN - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen).
My previous research has focused primarily on evapotranspiration, agricultural drought, and climate-related risks to agroecosystems. A further major focus of this work has been the monitoring and forecasting of drought hazards in both irrigated and rainfed agricultural systems, with particular interest in understanding how water availability and vegetation respond to climatic variability and drought. As part of the OUTLAST project, I contributed to the development of an operational, multi-sectoral framework for global drought-hazard forecasting. OUTLAST addressed drought hazards across several sectors, including water supply, riverine and terrestrial ecosystems, and rainfed and irrigated agriculture. The project aimed to provide scientifically robust information that can support decision-makers in anticipating drought impacts and developing appropriate adaptation and risk-management strategies under a changing climate.
Final report: Development of an operational, multi-sectoral global drought hazard forecasting system (OUTLAST)
Drought hazard product can be found on: Case study: OUTLAST | WMO HydroSOS portal
Beyond my work in ZERN and OUTLAST, my research also focuses on the use of Earth Observation and hydro-climatic analysis to investigate agricultural water stress, evapotranspiration dynamics, drought vulnerability, crop phenology, and irrigation impacts. I am particularly interested in understanding how climate variability and water management influence agricultural systems and in improving remote-sensing-based approaches for monitoring agricultural resilience under climate change
Field of Expertise
• Drought hazard assessment and water security
• Remote sensing and geospatial analysis
• Agricultural water consumption and evapotranspiration modelling
Work experience
• Scientific Researcher: Research Project ZERN Future of Nutrition in Lower Saxony - Cluster Arable farming, Subproject Modelling of crop rotations in Lower Saxony (2026-present)
• Scientific Researcher: OUTLAST project, development of an Operational, mUlTi-sectoral globaL drought hAzard forecasting SysTem (2023-2026)
• Research assistant in “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” in the Zayandehrud River joint Project in cooperation with inter3 Institute for Resource Management, funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (2014-2018).
Publications:
2026 - Chavoshi Borujeni, S.; Huete, A.; Pradhan, B.; Nouri, H.; Abbasi, N.; Nagler, P. Climate-Adaptive Urban Planning: Quantitative Assessment of Drought Impact and Practical Strategies for Climate-Resilient Urban Green Spaces. Remote Sens. 2026, 18, 2531.
DOI: 10.3390/rs18152531
2025 - Lotfi, W.; Abbasi, N.; Cheshmehzangi, A.; Khodakarami, L.; Nouri, H. Evaluating the Greenness of Sanandaj City Using Sentinel Imagery in Google Earth Engine. Sustainability 2025, 17, 3471.
DOI: 10.3390/su17083471
2024 - S. M. Mirmazloumi, H. Nouri, N. Abbasi, A. D. Chukalla, H. Kipkulei and G. Ghazaryan, "Enhancing Evapotranspiration Estimates by Integrating Sentinel-3 LST and Sentinel-2 Data Through Machine Learning-Based Downscaling," IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 2464-2468,
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642707
2023 - Neda Abbasi, Hamideh Nouri, Pamela Nagler, Kamel Didan, Sattar Chavoshi Borujeni, Armando Barreto-Muñoz, Christian Opp & Stefan Siebert (2023) Crop water use dynamics over arid and semi-arid croplands in the lower Colorado River Basin, European Journal of Remote Sensing, 56:1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2023.2259244
2023 - Abbasi, Neda; Nouri, Hamideh; Didan, Kamel; Barreto-Muñoz, Armando; Chavoshi Borujeni, Sattar; Opp, Christian; Nagler, Pamela; Thenkabail, Prasad S.; Siebert, Stefan, (2023): Mapping Vegetation Index-Derived Actual Evapotranspiration across Croplands Using the Google Earth Engine Platform. In Remote Sensing 15 (4), p. 1017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15041017
2021 - Abbasi, Neda; Nouri, Hamideh; Didan, Kamel; Barreto-Muñoz, Armando; Chavoshi Borujeni, Sattar; Salemi, Hamidreza; Opp, Christian; Siebert, Stefan; Nagler, Pamela (2021): Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration over Croplands Using Vegetation Index Methods and Dynamic Harvested Area. In Remote Sensing 13 (24), p. 5167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245167.
2020 - Evaluation of five rainfall estimate products over the different climatic zone in Zayandehrud river basin, Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
2017 - As an Editor, Integrated “Water Resources Management (IWRM) Booklet”, 2017
Session Convener:
2026 - Convener: Hamideh Nouri, Co-conveners: Neda Abbasi, Ana Andreu, Jannis Groh, Sibylle K. Hassler, Pamela Nagler, Estimating evapotranspiration from in-situ and remote sensing methods, HS6.3, European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026
2025 - Convener: Sibylle K. Hassler, Co-conveners: Neda Abbasi, Ana Andreu, Jannis Groh, Pamela Nagler, Hamideh Nouri, Corinna Rebmann, Estimating evapotranspiration from in-situ and remote sensing methods, HS10.11 , European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 April–2 May 2025.
2025 - Convener: Jon Sampedro, Co-conveners: Sudeh Dehnavi, Neda Abbasi, Marina Andrijevic, Xaquín García-Muros, shivika mittal, Hamideh Nouri, Advancing Resilient and Equitable Systems: Integrating Equity, Gender, Health, and Water-Food Security within NEXUS and IAM Research, ITS3.14/ERE6.5, European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 April–2 May 2025.
2024 - Convener: Hamideh Nouri,Co-conveners: Neda Abbasi, Ana Andreu, Pamela Nagler, Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration, HS6.3, European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024.
Education:
2018-2023: Philipps-Universität Marburg and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Natural Science, PhD degree: Crop Water Use Estimation Using Remote Sensing and Google Earth Engine.
2011-2013: Isfahan University of Technology, Natural Resources Engineering, M.Sc.: Desertification Control.
2007-2011: Isfahan University of Technology, Natural Resources Engineering, B.Sc.: Watershed and Range Land Management.