Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Research:
My current research focuses on two interrelated and vital topics. In the first area, I utilize remote sensing techniques to estimate actual evapotranspiration, a crucial parameter in water resources management. The second area of my expertise is drought hazard monitoring and forecasting across both irrigated and rainfed croplands. Drought, a global problem with widespread impacts on water supply, agriculture, and ecosystems, has been increasing in frequency across all continents. To address this challenge, I am actively involved in the OUTLAST project (https://outlast-project.net/), aiming to develop the first worldwide, multi-sectoral, and operational drought forecasting system. Through this ambitious initiative, we seek to quantify drought hazards in water supply, riverine and non-agricultural land ecosystems, as well as rainfed and irrigated agriculture. Our research empowers decision-makers and policymakers with critical information to implement adaptive strategies in response to changing climate patterns and growing drought risks.


Field of Expertise
• Water security and drought hazard assessment
• Remote sensing and GIS
• Crop water consumption estimation using remote sensing


Work experience
• Scientific Researcher: OUTLAST project, development of an Operational, mUlTi-sectoral globaL drought hAzard forecasting SysTem (2023-present)
• Research assistant in “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” in the Zayandehrud River joint Project in cooperation with inter3 Institute for Resource Management, funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, Germany Germany (2014-2018).


Publications:
2025 - Lotfi, W.; Abbasi, N.; Cheshmehzangi, A.; Khodakarami, L.; Nouri, H. Evaluating the Greenness of Sanandaj City Using Sentinel Imagery in Google Earth Engine. Sustainability 2025, 17, 3471.
DOI: 10.3390/su17083471

2024 - S. M. Mirmazloumi, H. Nouri, N. Abbasi, A. D. Chukalla, H. Kipkulei and G. Ghazaryan, "Enhancing Evapotranspiration Estimates by Integrating Sentinel-3 LST and Sentinel-2 Data Through Machine Learning-Based Downscaling," IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 2464-2468, DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642707

2023 - Neda Abbasi, Hamideh Nouri, Pamela Nagler, Kamel Didan, Sattar Chavoshi Borujeni, Armando Barreto-Muñoz, Christian Opp & Stefan Siebert (2023) Crop water use dynamics over arid and semi-arid croplands in the lower Colorado River Basin, European Journal of Remote Sensing, 56:1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2023.2259244

2023 - Abbasi, Neda; Nouri, Hamideh; Didan, Kamel; Barreto-Muñoz, Armando; Chavoshi Borujeni, Sattar; Opp, Christian; Nagler, Pamela; Thenkabail, Prasad S.; Siebert, Stefan, (2023): Mapping Vegetation Index-Derived Actual Evapotranspiration across Croplands Using the Google Earth Engine Platform. In Remote Sensing 15 (4), p. 1017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15041017

2021 - Abbasi, Neda; Nouri, Hamideh; Didan, Kamel; Barreto-Muñoz, Armando; Chavoshi Borujeni, Sattar; Salemi, Hamidreza; Opp, Christian; Siebert, Stefan; Nagler, Pamela (2021): Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration over Croplands Using Vegetation Index Methods and Dynamic Harvested Area. In Remote Sensing 13 (24), p. 5167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245167.

2020 - Evaluation of five rainfall estimate products over the different climatic zone in Zayandehrud river basin, Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

2017 - As an Editor, Integrated “Water Resources Management (IWRM) Booklet”, 2017

Posters:
2025 - Kneier, F., Vu, T., Abbasi, N., Trautmann, T., Weber, J., Dietrich, S., Siebert, S., and Döll, P.: Co-developing a global drought monitoring and forecasting service and lessons learned: eliciting ideal functionalities in the face of real-world implementation limitations, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-20126, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-20126

2025 - Trautmann, T., Abbasi, N., Weber, J., Vu, T., Dietrich, S., Doell, P., Kunstmann, H., Lorenz, C., and Siebert, S.: Evaluation of a global multi-sectoral drought hazard monitoring and forecasting system, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3754, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3754

2024 - Abbasi, N., Siebert, S., Weller, M., Trautmann, T., Weber, J., Vu, T., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Kunstmann, H., Koethe, H., Lorenz, C., and Döll, P.: From development of multi-sectoral drought hazard indicators to global drought hazard propagation, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-3770, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3770

2024 - Dehnavi, S., Nouri, H., Abbasi, N., and Brungnach, M.: Assessing the capability of SDGs in achieving sustainable development from Nexus and global perspectives concerning water-food security, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-12900, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12900

2024 - Sudeh Dehnavi, Hamideh Nouri, Neda Abbasi, Marcela Brugnach, 2024, National Food Security at the cost of other nations The case of Germany and its trade partners, Sustainable Food Systems Symposium, Goettingen, Germany, Sep 16 – 18, 2024, Poster presentation: https://events.gwdg.de/event/626/contributions/1924/

2024 - Vu, T., Reinecke, R., Abbasi, N., Trautmann, T., Weber, J., Dietrich, S., Kneier, F., Lorenz, C., Weller, M., Koethe, H., Kunstmann, H., Döll, P., and Siebert, S.: Conceptualization and implementation of a global drought monitoring and forecasting system within the HydroSOS framework, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-8599, DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-8599

Session Convener:
2025 - Convener: Sibylle K. Hassler, Co-conveners: Neda Abbasi, Ana Andreu, Jannis Groh, Pamela Nagler, Hamideh Nouri, Corinna Rebmann, Estimating evapotranspiration from in-situ and remote sensing methods, HS10.11 , European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 April–2 May 2025.

2025 - Convener: Jon Sampedro, Co-conveners: Sudeh Dehnavi, Neda Abbasi, Marina Andrijevic, Xaquín García-Muros, shivika mittal, Hamideh Nouri, Advancing Resilient and Equitable Systems: Integrating Equity, Gender, Health, and Water-Food Security within NEXUS and IAM Research, ITS3.14/ERE6.5, European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 April–2 May 2025.

2024 - Convener: Hamideh Nouri,Co-conveners: Neda Abbasi, Ana Andreu, Pamela Nagler, Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration, HS6.3, European Geophysical Union (EGU) – General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024.

Education:
2018-2023: Philipps-Universität Marburg and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Natural Science, PhD degree: Crop Water Use Estimation Using Remote Sensing and Google Earth Engine.
2011-2013: Isfahan University of Technology, Natural Resources Engineering, M.Sc.: Desertification Control.
2007-2011: Isfahan University of Technology, Natural Resources Engineering, B.Sc.: Watershed and Range Land Management.