Conference Papers

  1. Sawyer Johnson, Nehal Idris, Hesham El-Askary and Mohammed Ali B. Qurban, “Tracking the Effect of Algal Mats on Coral Bleaching Using Remote Sensing”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 15-19, 2014.
  2. Nehal Idris, Sawyer Johnson, Hesham El-Askary and Mohammed Ali B. Qurban, “Change Detection Analysis of Costal Habitat Using Remote Sensing Technologies in the Western Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabian Coast) over a Thirty-Year Period”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 15-19, 2014.
  3. Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary and Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani “Analysis of Aerosols Climatology over Saudi Provinces Based on Satellites and Ground Stations Data”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 15-19, 2014.
  4. Hesham El-Askary, Andrew Fontenot and William Lau, “Saharan Dust Possible Impact on the Formation of Hurricane Sandy”, AOGS 11th Annual Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, 28 Jul – 01 Aug, 2014.
  5. Andrew Fontenot, Hesham El-Askary, and William Lau, “HurricaneAshraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary and Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani “Analysis of Aerosols Climatology over Saudi Provinces Based on Satellites and Ground Stations Data”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 15-19, 2014. Sandy and Saharan Dust”, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS2014, Quebec, Canada, 13 – 18 July, 2014.
  6. A. Vukovic, M. Vujadinovic, V. Djurdjevic, B. Rajkovic, S. Nickovic, G. Pejanovic, B. Cvetkovic, M. Djordjevic, W. Sprigg, H. M. El-Askary, and A. K. Prasad, “High resolution modeling of the atmospheric dust transport”, Dust 2014, Castellaneta Marina (Taranto, Italy), June 01 – 06, 2014.
  7. K. Rasmussen and H. El-Askary, “A Trend Analysis of Aerosol Related Parameters and their Relation to Precipitation Variability in Arizona”, European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria, April 27- May 02, 2014.
  8. Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani and A. Umran Dogan, “On the aerosols and water vapor dynamics over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria, April 27- May 02, 2014.
  9. L. Rodriguez, and H. El-Askary, “Long Term Ground Based Precipitation Data Analysis: Spatial and Temporal Variability”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 09-13, 2013.
  10. Mubei Sun and Hesham M. El-Askary, “Analysis of Seasonal Snow Cover Changes in the Himalayan Region and the Associated Temperature Variability”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 09-13, 2013.
  11. Yibing Jiang and Hesham M. El-Askary, “Monitoring Troposphere Carbon Dioxide Spatial and Temporal Distribution Changes over China”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 09-13, 2013.
  12. Thomas Banh, Jing Jing Li, and Hesham M. El-Askary, “Mapping the Progression of Phytophthora Ramorum”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 09-13, 2013.
  13. Tommy N. Ta and Hesham M. El-Askary, Volcanic Aerosols and its effects on Land Surface Temperature”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 09-13, 2013.
  14. L. Rodriguez, H. El-Askary, and C. Rakovski, “Long Term Ground Based Precipitation Data Analysis: Spatial and Temporal Variability” International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX, A partnership between WCRP, the European Commission and IPCC, Brussels, Belgium 4-7 November 2013.
  15. B. Myoung, S.-H. Kim, D. Stack, and H. El-Askary, “Impacts of climate variability on crop yield in the Southwestern United States” International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX, A partnership between WCRP, the European Commission and IPCC, Brussels, Belgium 4-7 November 2013.
  16. Hesham M. El-Askary, Menas Kafatos and Anup Prasad, “On the Synergy of Remote Sensing observations and Modeling for Tracing Dust Storms and Atmospheric Pollution: Case Study” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Australia, 23 – 28 June, 2013.
  17. Hesham M. El-Askary, Menas Kafatos, David H. Stack, David Medvigy, Jinwon Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Craig Tremback, Robert L. Walko, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos, and Boksoon Myoung, “Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Ecosystems” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Australia, 23 – 28 June, 2013.
  18. W. Sprigg, A. Vukovic, M. Vujadinovic, G. Pejanovic, J. Andric, M. J. Kumjian, V. Djurdjevic, M. Dacic, A. K. Prasad, H. M. El-Askary, B. C. Paris, S. Petkovic, and S. Nickovic, “ Modeling wind-blowing desert dust in the Southwestern United States for Public Health Warning: A Case Study Valley Fever”, Airborne Mineral Dust Contaminants: Impacts on Human Health and the Environment NIEHS & The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, May 19-21, 2013.
  19. William Sprigg and Hesham El-Askary, “The Pan-American Center for the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System” Meeting of the Americas, Cancun Mexico, 14-17 May, 2013.
  20. Hesham M. El-Askary, “A Multi Sensor Approach for Detecting and Monitoring Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols: Case Studies”, BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment (BioD-2013), Nanjing, China April 25-27, 2013.
  21. Hesham M. El-Askary, and Menas Kafatos “Sensing the formation and dynamics of dust and anthropogenic pollution using a multi sensor approach: Case Studies” First International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment, Paphos-Cyprus April 8-10, 2013.
  22. Hesham M. El-Askary, Anup K. Prasad, Hebaalah S. Marey, Mohamed El-Raey, Ghassem R. Asrar, Menas Kafatos “On the dust long range transport contribution to the dynamics of the biomass burning, and black cloud formation over the Nile Delta” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 03-07, 2012.
  23. Sunmin Park, Hesham M. El-Askary, Ismail S. Sabbah, Anup K. Prasad, Hanbin Kwak, Woo-Kyun Lee, Menas Kafatos, “On the temporal and spatial variability of air pollutants characteristic and origin using ground-based and satellite observations over Seoul” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 03-07, 2012.
  24. Menas Kafatos, Ghassem R. Asrar, Hesham M. El-Askary, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos, Jinwon Kim, Seung Hee Kim, David Medvigy, Anup K. Prasad, Emmanuel Smith, David H. Stack, Craig Tremback, Robert L. Walko, “Climate change impacts utilizing regional models for agriculture, hydrology and natural ecosystems” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 03-07, 2012.
  25. David H. Stack, Menas Kafatos, David Medvigy, Hesham M. El-Askary, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos, Jinwon Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Anup K. Prasad, Craig Tremback, Robert L. Walko, Ghassem R. Asrar, “High-resolution, regional-scale crop yield simulations for the Southwestern United States” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 03-07, 2012.
  26. Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, Anup K. Prasad, David H. Stack, Hesham M. El-Askary, Menas Kafatos, “Impact of the Gulf of California SST on simulating precipitation and crop productivity in the Southwestern United States” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 03-07, 2012.
  27. Hesham M. El-Askary, Anup K. Prasad, Heba M. Marey, Mohamed E. El-Raey, Ghassem R. Asrar and Menas Kafatos “The dynamics of the biomass burning, dust storms, and black cloud formation over Nile Delta, Egypt using a multi sensor approach” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, 13 – 17 August, 2012.
  28. Anup K. Prasad, Sachchidanand Singh, Hesham M. El-Askary, Ashok Jaswal, Ghassem R. Asrar and Menas Kafatos “A decade of snow extent, snow water equivalent, snow deposition and melt season dynamics over Himalayas using EOS Terra and Aqua (2000-2012)” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, 13 – 17 August, 2012.
  29. Menas Kafatos, Hesham M. El-Askary, Nick Hatzopoulos, Jinwon Kim, Seung Hee Kim, David Medvigy, Anup K. Prasad, David Stack, Craig Tremback, Robert Walko, and Ghassem Asrar “Assessment of Agro-Ecosystem over California using Multi-Model Simulations and Satellite Observations” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, 13 – 17 August, 2012.
  30. Ghassem R. Asrar, Anup K. Prasad, Hesham M. El-Askary, Menas Kafatos and Ashok Jaswal “Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers: impact of anthropogenic pollution and dust storms on the regional climate” AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, Singapore, 13 – 17 August, 2012.
  31. Hesham M. El-Askary, Anup K. Prasad, Heba M. Marey, Mohamed E. El-Raey, Ghassem R. Asrar and Menas Kafatos “A multi sensor approach for studying and analyzing the formation and dynamics of the black cloud over Cairo, Egypt” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS2012, Munich, Germany, 22 – 27 July, 2012.
  32. Hesham M. El-Askary, Anup K. Prasad, Heba M. Marey, Mohamed E. El-Raey, Ghassem R. Asrar and Menas Kafatos “Studying and analyzing the formation and dynamics of the black cloud over Cairo, Egypt, using a multi sensor approach”, European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.
  33. C.M. Goodess, M.D. Agnew, D. Hemming, C. Giannakopoulos and the CIRCE RL11 Team, “Integrated assessment in the Mediterranean: the CIRCE case studies” European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.
  34. Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Walaa Sheta, Anup Krishna Prasad, Hanan Ali, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Ayman El-Desouki, Menas Kafatos, “Studying Air Quality Dynamics using A Linear Genetic Programming Approach over Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Parameters: case study (Cairo, Egypt)”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 05-09, 2011.
  35. Anup Prasad, Hesham El-Askary, Ghassem Asrar, Menas Kafatos, Ashok Jaswal, “Impact of dust storms and anthropogenic aerosols on the snow cover and glaciers of the Indo-Gangetic plains and Himalaya region”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 05-09, 2011.
  36. Menas Kafatos, Ghassem R Asrar, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos, Katharine Hayhoe, Jinwon Kim, Lewis Ziska, David Medvigy, Anup Krishna Prasad, Craig Tremback, Robert L Walko, “Assessing Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on the Agro-ecosystems in California and Southwestern United States”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 05-09, 2011.
  37. H. S. Marey; J. C. Gille; H. M. El-Askary; E. A. Shalaby; M. El-Raey, “Analysis of carbon monoxide levels over Nile Delta, Egypt, using MOPITT satellite data”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 05-09, 2011.
  38. Menas Kafatos, Ghassem R Asrar, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Anup Prasad, Katharine Hayhoe, Jinwon Kim, and Craig Tremback, “Multi-Model Simulations and satellite observations for Assessing Impacts of Climate Variability on the Agro-ecosystems” The Third Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate Variability, October 31-November 4, 2011.
  39. Anup K. Prasad, Hesham M. El-Askary, Sunmin Park, Woo-Kyun Lee and Menas Kafatos, “Dust Cloud detection over China-Korea-Japan using CALIPSO, Cloudsat during yellow dust season”, International Symposium on Remote Sensing ISRS 2011. The Ocean Resort, YEOSU, Korea, November 2 – 4, 2011.
  40. Anup K. Prasad, Hesham M. El-Askary, Ghassem R. Asrar, Menas Kafatos and Ashok Jaswal, “Wintertime and Pre-monsoon warming over Himalayan-Tibet Glaciers and Indo-Gangetic plains: Role of desert dust and anthropogenic emissions”, International Symposium on Remote Sensing ISRS 2011. The Ocean Resort, YEOSU, Korea, November 2 – 4, 2011.
  41. C.M. Goodess, M.D. Agnew, D. Hemming, C. Giannakopoulos and the CIRCE R11 Team, “Integrated assessment in the Mediterranean: The CIRCE case studies” WCRP Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society, 24-28 October Denver, CO, USA, 2011.
  42. Anup Prasad, Ghassem Asrar, Hesham El-Askary, Menas Kafatos, “Impact of dust storms and anthropogenic emissions on the Indo-Gangetic Basin and melting of Himalayan Glaciers” WCRP Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society, 24-28 October Denver, CO, USA, 2011.
  43. Menas Kafatos, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Anup Krishna Prasad, “Multi Sensor Observations on the Implications of desert dust transport to the Nile Delta, the Indo-Gangetic Basin and Himalayan Glaciers”, The Sixth International Workshop on Sandstorms and Environmental Impact Assessments, Glyfada-Athens, Greece, on 7-9 September 2011.
  44. Menas Kafatos, Ghassem Asrar, Hesham El-Askary, Jinwon Kim, Woo-Kyun Lee, Seon K. Park, Anup Prasad, Craig Tremback, Robert Walko, “Multi-Model Simulations and Satellite Observations for Agriculture and Ecosystems Climate Change Impacts”, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS2011, 24 July ~ 29 July, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
  45. Ghassem Asrar, Anup Prasad, Hesham El-Askary, Menas Kafatos, “Multi-Sensor Observations of Climate Change Impacts on the Indo-Gangetic Basin and Himalayan Glaciers”, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS2011, 24 July ~ 29 July, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
  46. Sunmin­ P., El-Askary H., Kwon T.H., Woo-Kyun L., and Kafatos M., “Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Air Pollutants over Seoul”, International Symposium of Remote Sensing, 2nd Workshop on Environmental Geospatial Information, 27 October ~ 29 October, 2010, Jeju, Korea
  47. H. S. Marey; J. C. Gille; H. M. El-Askary; E. A. Shalaby; M. El-Raey, “Study of the formation of the “Black Cloud” and its dynamics over Cairo, Egypt using MODIS and MISR sensors”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 13-17, 2010.
  48. H. M. El-Askary; A. K. Prasad; M. Kafatos, “Black cloud and transport of anthropogenic pollution across the Mediterranean Sea over Nile Delta region in Egypt during Fall season”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 13-17, 2010.
  49. W. Lee; S. Yoo; S. Choi; H. Kwak; S. Park; M. Kafatos; H. M. El-Askary; A. K. Prasad, “Regional climate change modeling and observations for Korea”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 13-17, 2010.
  50. M. Kafatos; H. M. El-Askary; G. Galanis; N. Hatzopoulos; X. Liu; D. P. Ouzounov; A. K. Prasad; C. Tremback, “An Integrated Modeling and Observing System with Near Real-Time Applications”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 13-17, 2010.
  51. A. K. Prasad; P. Chan; H. M. El-Askary; N. Hatzopoulos; J. Kim; X. Liu; D. P. Ouzounov; S. K. Park; C. Tremback; M. Kafatos, “An Integrated Modeling and Observing System for Hazards and Regional Climate Simulations”, American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 13-17, 2010.
  52. Prasad A. K., El-Askary H., El-Raey M., and Kafatos M., “Contribution of dust transport to the local pollution during biomass burning season over Nile Delta” 7th Annual Meeting and Geosciences World Community Exhibition, Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India, July 5-9, 2010.
  53. El-Askary H., Hattab M., El-Raey M., and Kafatos M., “Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Low Land Area South East of Alexandria, Egypt” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 14-19, 2009.
  54. Prasad A.K., El-Askary H., and Kafatos M., “Long term MSU tropospheric and ground temperature trends (1979-2008) over Africa” American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco, December 14-19, 2009.
  55. El-Sayed H., and El-Askary H., “Environmental Investigation of Lake Maryut, West of Alexandria, Egypt using Remote Sensing technology”, Contemporary Environmental Issues in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Alexandria, Egypt, November 2008.
  56. Aboelfetouh Y., El-Askary H., and El-Raey M., “Investigating the vertical profiles distribution of the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) parameters over Cairo, Egypt,” Contemporary Environmental Issues in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Alexandria, Egypt, November 2008.
  57. Osman M., El-Askary H., and Ramadan A. M., “Analysis of Climate Change Indicators over the Mediterranean Basin,” Contemporary Environmental Issues in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Alexandria, Egypt, November 2008.
  58. Hamdy S., El-Askary H., and El-Raey M., “Change Detection Analysis of Coral Reefs over Hurghada using Satellite Images” Contemporary Environmental Issues in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Alexandria, Egypt, November 2008.
  59. El-Askary H., “Atmospheric related applications, High Performance computing perspective” U.S.–Egypt Workshop on High Performance computing and its applications for remote sensing, Cairo, Egypt, May 12–15, 2008.
  60. El-Askary H., and Kafatos M., “Investigation of major atmospheric contributors to the Black Cloud episodes over Cairo,” First International Conference: From Deserts to Monsoons, Crete, Greece, 1-6 June, 2008.
  61. Goddess C.M., Angew M., Giannakopoulos C., Hemming D., Kostopoulou E., Fadel M., El-Askary H., Bindi M., Lionello P., Pino C., Gruenzweig J., Oweis T., Karrou M., Sanchez-Arcilla A., Aranda C. M., Senouci M., Harzallah A., El Raey M., Betts R., and McCarthy M., “Cross-sectoral impacts and adaptation assessments,” European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April, 2008.
  62. El-Askary H., and Kafatos M., “Analyzing the influence of the Nile Delta major pollution episode during autumn time,” European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April, 2008.
  63. El-Askary H., and Kafatos M., “Remote Sensing of Dust Storms and Air Pollution Episodes over Cairo and Greater Delta Region,” 6th AARSE International Conference on Earth Observation & Geoinformation Sciences in Support of Africa’s Development, Cairo, Egypt, 30 October – 2 November 2006.
  64. El-Askary H., Kader M., Sultan, H., and Sherif A., “Aerosol Variability over Cairo using Remote Sensing Technology,” U.S.–Egypt Workshop on Predictive Methodologies for Global Weather-Related Disasters Cairo, Egypt, March 13–15, 2006.
  65. Kafatos M., Singh R. P., El-Askary H., and Qu J., “Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in the World’s Megacities and Climate Impacts” Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Joint. Assem. Suppl., San Francisco, USA December 5-9, 2005.
  66. Kafatos M., El-Askary H., and Kallos G., “Potential of Dust Storms Early Warning Using Multiple Remote Sensing Measurements and Mesoscale Modeling,” 35th COSPAR Scien. Assem. Paris, France July 18-25, 2004.
  67. El-Askary H., Gautam R., Singh R., and Kafatos M., “Mapping of Dust Storms over the Indo-Gangetic Basin using Multi Sensor Data, ” Committee On Space Research 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Paris, France July 18-25, 2004.
  68. Kafatos M., El-Askary H., and Kallos G., “Potential For Early Warning of Dust Storms,” Int. Symp. on Sand and Dust Storm, Beijing, China September 12-14, 2004.
  69. El-Askary H., Kafatos M. and Chiu L., “ENSO impact on Precipitation Variability over the Virginia and Mid-Atlantic,” Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Joint. Assem. Suppl., San Francisco, USA December 13-17, 2004.
  70. Menas Kafatos, Chaowei Yang, Ruixin Yang, Jianhe Qu, David Wong, Hesham El-Askary, Sudipta Sarkar, Foudan Salem, Long Chiu, Richard Gomez, Mohamed Hegazy, Jim McManus, George Taylor, and Hank Wolf. “Remote Sensing & GIS Distributed Applications,” Proceedings of Geoinformatics’, Nanjing, China, June 1-3, 2002.
  71. El-Askary H., Sarkar S., Chiu L., Kafatos M., and El-Gahzawi T., “Rain Gauge Derived Precipitation Variability over Virginia and its Relation with the EL NINO Southern Oscillation (ENSO),” Committee On Space Research 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, Houston, TX, USA, 10-19 October 2002.
  72. Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed Hegazy, Steven Jackson, Menas Kafatos, David Wong and Long Chiu, “Flash Flood Risk Estimation in GIS using Morphometric Parameters,” Conference on Earth-Observing and Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Interaction (COAA) Fairfax, VA. USA, 26 October 2002.
  73. Hesham El-Askary, Sudipta Sarkar, Long Chiu, Menas Kafatos and Tarek El-Ghazawi “EL NINO Southern Oscillation impact on Virginia Precipitation,” Conference on Earth-Observing and Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Interaction (COAA) Fairfax, VA. USA, 26 October 2002.