Margulis Research Group

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

UCLA

Current Research Projects

• Incorporation of Model Bias and Uncertainty in Land Surface Flux Prediction Using Data Assimilation Frameworks (National Science Foundation (NSF))

• Snowpack Characterization Using Multi-frequency Multi-scale Remote Sensing Observations and Data Assimilation (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) [Fig. 1] [Fig. 2]

• Irrigation Optimization in Calleguas Creek Watershed Using a Combined Modeling, Remote Sensing, and Data Assimilation Approach (Calleguas Municipal Water District)

• Investigation of Regional Land-Atmosphere Interactions Using a Hierarchical Modeling and Data Assimilation Approach (NSF) [Fig. 1] [Fig. 2]

• Global Estimates of Evaporation from Variational Assimilation of Multi-Platform Land Surface Temperature into a Dynamic Model of the Surface Energy Balance (NASA)

• Real-time Estimation of Soil State Using Embedded Networked Sensors and Data Assimilation Algorithms (NSF: UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensors (CENS)) [Fig. 1]

• Development of Ensemble Hydrologic Forcing Fields Through Assimilation of Multiple Data Products [Fig. 1] [Fig. 2]

• Ensemble-based Distributed Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation [Fig. 1] [Fig. 2]

• Toward Improved Irrigation Through Assimilation of Multi-frequency Remote Sensing Observations into Crop Models (UC Water Resources Center)