Asfaw Kebede

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Asfaw Kebede is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Asfaw Kebede has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Asfaw Kebede's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (15 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (11 papers) and Climate variability and models (10 papers). Asfaw Kebede is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (15 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (11 papers) and Climate variability and models (10 papers). Asfaw Kebede collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United States and Germany. Asfaw Kebede's co-authors include Tena Alamirew, Gete Zeleke, Awdenegest Moges, Adane Abebe, Xingcai Liu, Ximeng Xu, Seyed‐Mohammad Hosseini‐Moghari, Guoyong Leng, Gebremedhin Gebremeskel Haile and Assefa M. Melesse and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Asfaw Kebede

37 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Drought Patterns Over East Africa

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa 2025 ·Scientific Data ·(unknown), Weston Anderson, (unknown), Frank Davenport, Shraddhanand Shukla, Ritvik Sahajpal, Michael Budde, James Rowland, (unknown), Liangzhi You, (unknown), Kyle Frankel Davis, Asfaw Kebede, Steffen Ehrmann, Christina Justice, Carsten Meyer	4
2	HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data 2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Kyle Frankel Davis, Weston Anderson, Steffen Ehrmann, (unknown), (unknown), Jonathan Proctor, D. K. Ray, Liangzhi You, Michael M. Foley, Hervé Kerdiles, (unknown), Peter Huybers, Asfaw Kebede, Michele Meroni, (unknown), Donghoon Lee	2
3	A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Asfaw Kebede, (unknown), Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, (unknown), Jonas Jägermeyr, D. K. Ray, Tariq Ali, Kate A. Brauman, (unknown), Wei Xie, Kyle Frankel Davis	6
4	Spatial Downscaling of Soil Moisture Product to Generate High-Resolution Data: A Multi-Source Approach over Heterogeneous Landscapes in Kenya 2025 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Xiang Zhou, (unknown), Zui Tao, Abdelrazek Elnashar, Asfaw Kebede, Chunmei Wang, Hongming Zhang	1
5	Hybrid data-driven and process-based modeling for streamflow forecasting: comparative uncertainty analysis in the upper Baro watershed 2025 ·Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Muthoni Masinde	0
6	Integrated strategies for enhancing agrifood productivity, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and improving soil health 2025 ·The Innovation ·(unknown), Gina Garland, Tida Ge, (unknown), Asfaw Kebede, (unknown), Mohamed Hijri, Daniel Plaza‐Bonilla, Lindsay C. Stringer, Kyle Frankel Davis, Soon-Jae Lee, (unknown), (unknown), Zhao Wei, H. Henry Cao, Zhi Wang, Lei Xu, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, (unknown), Zhao Min	4
7	Comparative analysis of HEC-HMS and machine learning models for rainfall-runoff prediction in the upper Baro watershed, Ethiopia 2024 ·Hydrology research ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Muthoni Masinde	8
8	Assessing and addressing the global state of food production data scarcity 2024 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Asfaw Kebede, (unknown), Tyler Clavelle, Halley E. Froehlich, Jessica A. Gephart, (unknown), Mario Herrero, Hannah Kerner, Piyush Mehta, Catherine Nakalembe, D. K. Ray, Stefan Siebert, Philip K. Thornton, Kyle Frankel Davis	32
9	Where global crop yields may falter next 2024 ·Nature Food ·Kyle Frankel Davis, (unknown), Asfaw Kebede, (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	Optimizing soil erosion estimates of RUSLE model by analyzing land use/cover dynamics in upper Awash River Basin, Central Ethiopia 2023 ·Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Solomon Asfaw, Samuel Feyissa	13
11	Spatiotemporal Dynamic of Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Their Drivers in the Fincha' a-Neshe Sub-Basin, Southeastern Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia 2023 ·Environment and Natural Resources Research ·Habtamu Abebe, Asfaw Kebede, Tena Alamirew, Gizaw Desta	0
12	Soil erosion estimation and erosion risk area prioritization using GIS-based RUSLE model and identification of conservation strategies in Jejebe watershed, Southwestern Ethiopia 2023 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Yonas Gebresilasie Hagos, Tesfa Gebrie Andualem, (unknown), Zelalem K. Bedaso, Fitsum T. Teshome, Haimanote K. Bayabil, Asfaw Kebede, Girum Getachew Demeke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	5
13	Spatiotemporal trends of NDVI and its response to climate variability in the Abbay River Basin, Ethiopia 2023 ·Heliyon ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Asnake Mekuriaw, (unknown), Sitotaw Haile Erena	27
14	Effect of Locally Adapted Conservation Tillage on Runoff, Soil Erosion, and Agronomic Performance in Semiarid Rain-Fed Farming in Ethiopia 2023 ·Land ·(unknown), M. Temesgen, (unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Johan Rockström, Assefa M. Melesse	8
15	Assessment of Agricultural Land Suitability for Surface Irrigation Using Geospatial Techniques in the Lower Omo Gibe Basin, Ethiopia 2022 ·Water ·Yonas Gebresilasie Hagos, Tesfa Gebrie Andualem, Mesenbet Yibeltal, (unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Fitsum T. Teshome, Haimanote K. Bayabil, Asfaw Kebede, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
16	Soil and Irrigation Water Salinity, and Its Consequences for Agriculture in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review 2022 ·Agriculture ·(unknown), (unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Gebiaw T. Ayele	29
17	Modeling the impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on hydrological processes of the Keleta watershed, Ethiopia 2021 ·Sustainable Environment ·(unknown), Tena Alamirew, Asfaw Kebede, Gete Zeleke, Assefa M. Melesse	25
18	Potential evapotranspiration models evaluation, modelling, and projection under climate scenarios, Kesem sub-basin, Awash River basin, Ethiopia 2020 ·Modeling Earth Systems and Environment ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, (unknown)	21
19	Climate change posed agricultural drought and potential of rainy season for effective agricultural water management, Kesem sub-basin, Awash Basin, Ethiopia 2020 ·Theoretical and Applied Climatology ·(unknown), Asfaw Kebede, (unknown)	22
20	Effect of Land Use Land Cover and Climate Change on River Flow and Soil Loss in Didessa River Basin, South West Blue Nile, Ethiopia 2018 ·Hydrology ·(unknown), (unknown), Asfaw Kebede, Tena Alamirew	44

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