Assefa M. Melesse

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
255 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Assefa M. Melesse is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Assefa M. Melesse has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Water Science and Technology, 147 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 75 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Assefa M. Melesse's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (129 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (87 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (57 papers). Assefa M. Melesse is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (129 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (87 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (57 papers). Assefa M. Melesse collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Iran. Assefa M. Melesse's co-authors include Mohammad Haji Gholizadeh, Lakshmi N. Reddi, Shimelis Gebriye Setegn, Omid Rahmati, Wossenu Abtew, Michael E. McClain, Bijan Dargahi, Raghavan Srinivasan, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi and Tena Alamirew and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Assefa M. Melesse

243 papers receiving 11.0k citations

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A Comprehensive Review on Water Quality Parameters Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques

2016 778 citations Assefa M. Melesse et al. Sensors profile →
Application of GIS-based data driven random forest and maximum entropy models for groundwater potential mapping: A case study at Mehran Region, Iran

2015 450 citations Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Assefa M. Melesse et al. profile →
Flood Detection and Susceptibility Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Remote Sensing Data and a Machine Learning Approach: Hybrid Intelligence of Bagging Ensemble Based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier

2020 280 citations Himan Shahabi, Khabat Khosravi et al. Remote Sensing profile →
A Systematic Review of Urban Flood Susceptibility Mapping: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Other Modeling Approaches

2025 18 citations Assefa M. Melesse et al. Remote Sensing profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatiotemporal response of water balance components under projected land use/land cover change in the Upper Omo-Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia 2025 ·Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, (unknown)	0
2	Evaluation of water extraction indices for spatial mapping of surface water bodies using Sentinel -2: GIS and remote sensing approaches: the case of Ethiopia 2025 ·H2Open Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Assefa M. Melesse	0
3	Comprehensive performance evaluation of satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall estimate products in Ethiopia: For drought, flood, and water resources applications. 2025 ·Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet, (unknown), (unknown), Diriba Korecha, (unknown), Gerald Corzo, Asaminew Teshome	3
4	Identifying Flood Source Areas and Analyzing High-Flow Extremes Under Changing Land Use, Land Cover, and Climate in the Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia 2025 ·Climate ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Getachew Tegegne, (unknown)	4
5	Predicting reservoir sedimentation using multilayer perceptron – Artificial neural network model with measured and forecasted hydrometeorological data in Gibe-III reservoir, Omo-Gibe River basin, Ethiopia 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, (unknown)	6
6	Drought Dynamics in the Nile River Basin: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Drought Propagation 2024 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), (unknown), Assefa M. Melesse	15
7	Scenario-Based Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction Using the Cellular Automata–Markov Model in the Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia 2024 ·Land ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Getachew Tegegne	15
8	Prediction of Future Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a Coupled CA-ANN Model in the Upper Omo–Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia 2023 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, (unknown)	66
9	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
10	Ensemble models of GLM, FDA, MARS, and RF for flood and erosion susceptibility mapping: a priority assessment of sub-basins 2020 ·Geocarto International ·Amirhosein Mosavi, Mohammad Golshan, Saeid Janizadeh, Bahram Choubin, Assefa M. Melesse, Adrienn Dineva	104
11	Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Models for Accurate Estimation of Groundwater Nitrate Concentration 2020 ·Sensors ·Shahab S. Band, Saeid Janizadeh, Subodh Chandra Pal, Indrajit Chowdhuri, (unknown), (unknown), Assefa M. Melesse, Manouchehr Shokri, Amirhosein Mosavi	71
12	Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using New Approaches of Hybrid and Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms 2020 ·Remote Sensing ·Shahab S. Band, Saeid Janizadeh, Subodh Chandra Pal, Asish Saha, Rabin Chakrabortty, Assefa M. Melesse, Amirhosein Mosavi	182
13	River Water Salinity Prediction Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models 2020 ·Water ·Assefa M. Melesse, Khabat Khosravi, John P. Tiefenbacher, Salim Heddam, Sungwon Kim, Amir Mosavi, Binh Thai Pham	91
14	SEVUCAS: A Novel GIS-Based Machine Learning Software for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment 2019 ·Applied Sciences ·Saro Lee, Mahdi Panahi, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Himan Shahabi, Mohsen Alizadeh, Ataollah Shirzadi, Khabat Khosravi, Assefa M. Melesse, Mohammad Yekrangnia, Fatemeh Rezaie, (unknown), Binh Thai Pham, Baharin Bin Ahmad	58
15	Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Different GIS-Based Bivariate Models 2019 ·Water ·Ebrahim Nohani, Meysam Moharrami, (unknown), Khabat Khosravi, Biswajeet Pradhan, Binh Thai Pham, Saro Lee, Assefa M. Melesse	186
16	Application of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT Model) on a small tropical island (Great River Watershed, Jamaica) as a tool in Integrated Watershed and Coastal Zone Management 2014 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Shimelis Gebriye Setegn, Assefa M. Melesse	8
17	Bathymetric study of Lake Hayq, Ethiopia 2013 ·Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use ·Hassen M. Yesuf, Tena Alamirew, Assefa M. Melesse, Mohammed Assen	29
18	Relationship between Topographic Variables and Land Cover in the Simen Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Site in Northern Ethiopia 2012 ·Menale Wondie, Demel Teketay, Assefa M. Melesse, Werner Schneider	16
19	Spatially Distributed Watershed Mapping and Modeling: Thermal Maps and Vegetation Indices to Enhance Land Cover and Surface Microclimate mapping (part 1) 2003 ·Assefa M. Melesse, W. D. Graham, (unknown)	10
20	Remote sensing and geographic information system in runoff coefficient estimation for irrigated regions. 2001 ·(unknown), S. F. Shih, Assefa M. Melesse, (unknown), (unknown)	1

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