M. Azarderakhsh

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

About

M. Azarderakhsh is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Azarderakhsh has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Environmental Engineering, 9 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in M. Azarderakhsh's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (9 papers), Climate change and permafrost (8 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (8 papers). M. Azarderakhsh is often cited by papers focused on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (9 papers), Climate change and permafrost (8 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (8 papers). M. Azarderakhsh collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. M. Azarderakhsh's co-authors include H. Norouzi, Amir AghaKouchak, Ali Nazemi, Kaveh Madani, Ali Mirchi, Ali Mehran, R. Khanbilvardi, Alireza Farahmand, Nasrin Nasrollahi and William B. Rossow and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. Azarderakhsh

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities

2021 240 citations Amir AghaKouchak, Ali Mirchi et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Azarderakhsh United States	16	591	332	314	301	164	23	1.1k
Massoud Tajrishy Iran	18	711 1.2×	466 1.4×	299 1.0×	473 1.6×	154 0.9×	55	1.3k
Elmira Hassanzadeh Canada	16	835 1.4×	640 1.9×	177 0.6×	180 0.6×	343 2.1×	29	1.4k
Meron Teferi Taye Ethiopia	22	1.1k 1.8×	774 2.3×	291 0.9×	225 0.7×	195 1.2×	54	1.4k
Semu Ayalew Moges Ethiopia	18	842 1.4×	570 1.7×	463 1.5×	238 0.8×	127 0.8×	48	1.4k
Rashid Mahmood China	18	865 1.5×	496 1.5×	457 1.5×	244 0.8×	59 0.4×	43	1.2k
Ali Nazemi Canada	17	924 1.6×	832 2.5×	240 0.8×	255 0.8×	390 2.4×	38	1.6k
Aleix Serrat‐Capdevila United States	13	588 1.0×	461 1.4×	261 0.8×	191 0.6×	103 0.6×	29	885
Yongqin David Chen Hong Kong	22	991 1.7×	292 0.9×	672 2.1×	260 0.9×	58 0.4×	38	1.4k
Shahriar Wahid Nepal	19	522 0.9×	444 1.3×	226 0.7×	142 0.5×	126 0.8×	41	1.1k
Sabyasachi Swain India	18	700 1.2×	450 1.4×	119 0.4×	405 1.3×	61 0.4×	35	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Azarderakhsh, M., et al.. (2025). Validation and trend analysis of satellite-derived surface water temperature observations over adirondack lakes. Environmental Advances. 21. 100662–100662.

Azarderakhsh, M., et al.. (2023). Investigating the Relationship between Urban Heat Island and Socioeconomic Factors in New York City. 3594–3595. 1 indexed citations

AghaKouchak, Amir, Ali Mirchi, Kaveh Madani, et al.. (2021). Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities. Reviews of Geophysics. 59(2). 240 indexed citations breakdown →

Norouzi, H., et al.. (2021). Global Patterns of Hottest, Coldest, and Extreme Diurnal Variability on Earth. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(9). E1672–E1681. 33 indexed citations

Azarderakhsh, M., et al.. (2021). Monitoring Chlorophyll-A Concentration in New Jersey Lakes Using Remote Sensing and Ground Observations. 6833–6835. 1 indexed citations

Anjileli, Hassan, Hamed Moftakhari, Omid Mazdiyasni, et al.. (2019). Analyzing High‐Frequency Soil Respiration Using a Probabilistic Model in a Semiarid, Mediterranean Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(3). 509–520. 6 indexed citations

Alborzi, Aneseh, Ali Mirchi, Hamed Moftakhari, et al.. (2018). Climate-informed environmental inflows to revive a drying lake facing meteorological and anthropogenic droughts. Environmental Research Letters. 13(8). 84010–84010. 93 indexed citations

Prakash, Satya, H. Norouzi, M. Azarderakhsh, et al.. (2018). Estimation of Consistent Global Microwave Land Surface Emissivity from AMSR-E and AMSR2 Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 57(4). 907–919. 22 indexed citations

Ashraf, Samaneh, Amir AghaKouchak, Ali Nazemi, et al.. (2018). Compounding effects of human activities and climatic changes on surface water availability in Iran. Climatic Change. 152(3-4). 379–391. 99 indexed citations

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Azarderakhsh, M., et al.. (2018). Using Sentinel-L Sar Measurements to Detect High Resolution Freeze and Thaw States in Alaska. 44. 2398–2399. 3 indexed citations

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Winter, Jonathan M., Charles A. Young, Vishal K. Mehta, et al.. (2017). Integrating water supply constraints into irrigated agricultural simulations of California. Environmental Modelling & Software. 96. 335–346. 20 indexed citations

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Prakash, Satya, H. Norouzi, M. Azarderakhsh, Reginald Blake, & R. Khanbilvardi. (2017). Potential of satellite‐based land emissivity estimates for the detection of high‐latitude freeze and thaw states. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(5). 2336–2342. 15 indexed citations

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Schroeder, R., K. C. McDonald, M. Azarderakhsh, & R. Zimmermann. (2016). ASCAT MetOp-A diurnal backscatter observations of recent vegetation drought patterns over the contiguous U.S.: An assessment of spatial extent and relationship with precipitation and crop yield. Remote Sensing of Environment. 177. 153–159. 23 indexed citations

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Du, Jinyang, John S. Kimball, M. Azarderakhsh, et al.. (2014). Classification of Alaska Spring Thaw Characteristics Using Satellite L-Band Radar Remote Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 53(1). 542–556. 56 indexed citations

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AghaKouchak, Amir, H. Norouzi, Kaveh Madani, et al.. (2014). Aral Sea syndrome desiccates Lake Urmia: Call for action. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 41(1). 307–311. 273 indexed citations

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Winter, Jonathan M., C. A. Young, M. Azarderakhsh, Alex C. Ruane, & Cynthia Rosenzweig. (2013). Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Irrigated Agriculture in the Central Valley of California. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Norouzi, H., William B. Rossow, Marouane Temimi, et al.. (2012). Using microwave brightness temperature diurnal cycle to improve emissivity retrievals over land. Remote Sensing of Environment. 123. 470–482. 44 indexed citations

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Azarderakhsh, M., H. Norouzi, William B. Rossow, Nasrin Nasrollahi, & R. Khanbilvardi. (2011). Inter-annual variation of the total water storage in Amazon and Mississippi river basins for 1984-2006. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Norouzi, H., Marouane Temimi, William B. Rossow, et al.. (2011). The sensitivity of land emissivity estimates from AMSR-E at C and X bands to surface properties. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(11). 3577–3589. 42 indexed citations

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Azarderakhsh, M., William B. Rossow, Fabrice Papa, H. Norouzi, & R. Khanbilvardi. (2011). Diagnosing water variations within the Amazon basin using satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D24). n/a–n/a. 59 indexed citations

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