Vikalp Mishra
Dr. Mishra holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a specialization in hydrology and water resources. His experience and research interests are in the field of remote sensing in hydrology and water resources, hydroclimatic extremes and large-scale modeling. His research is focused on critical zone hydrology, understanding the non-linear and interconnected dynamics between different components including soil moisture, evapotranspiration, soil and plant characteristics etc. Dr. Mishra works in Modeling and Data assimilation team within SPoRT, focusing on the Atmospheric Land Exchange Inverse (ALEXI) Model and working towards its advancement, implementation, and applications. Dr. Mishra has been involved with ALEXI model and the team for almost a decade, leading multiple publications on the topic. In addition to SPoRT, he is also involved with NASA SERVIR and Alabama State Climatology Office on projects related to hydroclimatic extremes.
Contact at: vikalp.mishra@nasa.gov
Education
- Doctors of Philosophy in Hydrology (2017), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Masters in Hydrology (2012), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology (2009), Medi-Caps Institute of Technology & Management, Indore, M.P., India
Positions
- Research Engineer, June 2022 - Present, NASA SPoRT | Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville Alabama
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty, August 2020 - Present, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Department of Atmospheric & Earth Science
- Research Scientist, August 2020 - May 2022, NASA SERVIR | Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville Alabama
- Postdoctoral Fellow, January 2018 – August 2020, SERVIR, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- NASA Earth System Science Fellow, September 2015 - December 2017, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville Alabama
Publications
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Mishra V., Limaye, AS., Doehnert F., Policastro R., Hassan D.,
Ndiaye MT., Van Able, N., Johnson, K., Grange J., Coffey K., Rashid A. 2023:
Assessing Impact of Agroecological Interventions in Niger through Remotely
sensed Changes in Vegetation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 13(1), 360,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27242-3.
Mishra, V., Anderson, E., Skyler E., Griffin, R.E. 2023: Improving
tornado casualty predictions in the US with population exposure data and a
modified socio-economic vulnerability Index.
Int. J. of Disaster Risk Reduction 87, 103588,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103588.
Bhandari B., Markert K.M., Mishra V., Markert A., Griffin R.G.,
2023: Investigation of Data-Driven Rating Curve (DDRC) Approach.
Water 15(3), 604, https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030604.
Schwartz C., Ellenburg W.L., Mishra V., Mayer T., Griffin R., Qamer
F., Matin M., Tadesse T., 2022: A statistical evaluation of
Earth-Observation-based composite drought indices for a localized assessment
of agricultural drought in Pakistan.
Int J Appl Earth Obs and Geoinformation 106, 102646.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102646.
Mishra, V., Cruise, JF., Mecikalski, JR., 2021: Assimilation of
coupled microwave/thermal infrared soil moisture profiles into a crop model
for robust maize yield estimates over Southeast United States.
European Journal of Agronomy 123, 126208,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2020.126208.
W. Lee Ellenburg, Mishra, V., Roberts, B.J.., Limaye, A.S., Case,
J.C., Blankenship, C., Cressman, K., 2021: Detecting Desert Locust Breeding
Grounds: A satellite assisted modeling approach.
Remote Sensing 13(7), 1276, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13071276.
Miller S., Mishra V., Ellenburg WL., Adams EC., Roberts J., Limaye
AS., Griffin RE. 2021: Analysis of a short-term and a seasonal precipitation
forecast over Kenya. Atmosphere 12(11) 1371,
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111371.
Adams E.C., Parache H.B., Cherrington E, Ellenburg W. L., Mishra V.,
Lucey R, Nakelembe C. 2021: Limitations of Remote Sensing in Assessing
Vegetation Damage due to the 2019-2021 Desert Locust Upsurge.
Frontiers in Climate 3:714273,
https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.714273.
Abhishek, A., Das,N.N., Ines, A.V.M., Andreadis, K.M., Jayasinghe, S.,
Granger, S., Ellenburg, W.L., Dutta, R., Quyen, N.H., Markert, A.M.,
Mishra, V., Phanikumar, M.S. 2021: Evaluating the impacts of drought
on rice productivity over Cambodia in the Lower Mekong Basin.
J. of Hydrology 599, 126291,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126291.
Mishra, V., Limaye, AS., Muench, RE., Cherrington, EA., Markert, KN.
2020: Evaluating the performance of High-resolution satellite imagery in
detecting ephemeral water bodies over West Africa.
Int J Appl Earth Obs and Geoinformation 93 102218,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102218.
Mishra, V., Ellenburg, WL., Markert, KN., Limaye, AS. 2020:
Performance evaluation of soil moisture profile estimation through
entropy-based and exponential filter models.
Hydrological Sciences Journal 65(6), 1036-1048,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2020.1730846.
Mishra V., Ellenburg WL, Griffin RE, Mecikalski JR, Cruise JF, Hain
CR, Anderson MC. 2018: An Initial Assessment of SMAP Soil Moisture
Disaggregation Scheme Using TIR Surface Evaporation Data over the
Continental United States.
Int J Appl Earth Obs and Geoinformation 68, 92-104,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.02.005.
Mishra, V., Cruise, JF., Hain, CR. Mecikalski, JR., Anderson, MC.
2018: Development of Soil Moisture Profiles Through Coupled
Microwave-Thermal Infrared Observations in the Southeastern United States.
Hydrol Earth Syst Sci. 22(9), 4935-495,
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4935-2018.
Mishra, V., Ellenburg, WL, Al-Hamdan, O., Bruce, J., Cruise, JF.
2015: Modeling SM Profiles in Irrigated Fields by the Principle of Maximum
Entropy. Entropy 17(6), 4454–4484,
https://doi.org/10.3390/e17064454.
Mishra, V., Cruise, JF., Mecikalski, JR., Hain, CR., Anderson, MC.
2013: . A Remote-Sensing Driven Tool for Estimating Crop Stress and Yields.
Remote SensingRemote Sensing 5(7), 3331–3356,
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5073331.
