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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD

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Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program Professor in Geospatial Analytics, scientist, book lover #floods #satellite data and AI, #Python Lab: https://gaec-lab.netlify.app/

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Dec 18

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨
We’re excited to share our latest work in @agugeohealth.bsky.social:
🌍 “Earth Observation Data to Support Environmental Justice: Linking Non-permitted Poultry Operations to Social Vulnerability Indices”
👉 Read here: lnkd.in/d4RMDZ2w

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · 22h

And just like that, 1min later, I have lots of basemaps in #QGIS: github.com/opengeos/qgi...

GitHub - opengeos/qgis-basemaps: Adding basemaps to QGIS

Adding basemaps to QGIS. Contribute to opengeos/qgis-basemaps development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · 12d

First NISAR images!!

www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface - NASA

The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of

www.nasa.gov

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · 21d

A second version of the Comprehensive Remote Sensing book series

#satellites #academia #books

www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · 21d

When will the outcomes of this opportunity be announced? Thank you

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · 22d

Ways to improve equity in faculty workload in #academia:

advance.umd.edu/fwrp/home

The Faculty Workload and Rewards Project | ADVANCE

advance.umd.edu

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new semester, new challenges, and the same fantastic team! 🚀

Feeling grateful for #NASA’s continued support of our research on #flood dynamics and resilience with #satellite data and AI

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Beth Tellman @socialpixel.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

Quoted in nytimes today re flood net- this neat network of sensors detecting water height all over nyc (which I am not involved with but really admire!)

The Street-Corner Sensors That Track Flooding in Real Time

www.nytimes.com

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out NASA's near-real-time global #flood products:
www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instrum...

NRT Global Flood Products | NASA Earthdata

NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE) provides near real-time (NRT) flood products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible ...

www.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Aug 28

A Diverse New Generation of Scientists Observes Earth from Above eos.org/science-upda...

A Diverse New Generation of Scientists Observes Earth from Above - Eos

Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.

eos.org

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Aug 16

This summer has been roasting hot for Europe

doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Aug 12

Farewell #Landsat 7, our use of 5TB of Landsat 5&7 & AI algos a few yrs back for surface #water and #flooding dynamics at subcontinental scale was a highlight:

landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/thir...

earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/88292...

landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/a-fi...

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great tracking of a tsunami with #SWOT

SWOT data could significantly enhance operational tsunami forecasts

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/us-fren...

US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive Quake

Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting coastal communities.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚀 The #NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission—a collaboration between #NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (#ISRO)—is launching today!

NISAR will be a game-changer for monitoring flooded vegetation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTm...

#Radar #FloodMonitoring

NISAR Launch

YouTube video by NASA

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 30

Writing is thinking — why we should only use LLMs as a helping tool, but NOT to write for us!

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 30

Understanding country income: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26

Every year on July 1, the World Bank Group updates the classification of world economies into four income groups based on the previous year's GNI per capita. This classification impacts development ai...

blogs.worldbank.org

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 9

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Three key factors that made Texas floods so extreme and so deadly - BBC News

Volatile weather, unusual humidity and the Texan landscape all contributed to scale of destruction

www.bbc.co.uk

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 8

Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
theconversation.com/why-texas-hi...

Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.

theconversation.com

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jul 8

congrats!!

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 30

Will it be remote, by any chance?

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 19

AI enhances #flood warning, but the risk of disasters still remains:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

The effectiveness of an AI model is only as good as the information it is fed. If there is little input data, or extreme events happen more frequently, weather disasters become more challenging to predict.

www.reuters.com

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 19

The climate resiliency of green social housing in Vienna could be used as an example of landscaping to protect urban residents against #floods

www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...

Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?

Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.

www.npr.org

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 18

Surprisingly poor protection against extreme precipitation and flooding events from gray infrastructure in high-income countries and cities.

Nature-based solutions (i.e., green infrastructure) are key!

Topography in cities is helpful

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 15

#Hurricane season has started in the USA on June 1. Here are some tips on how to protect your home from #flooding:
www.npr.org/2025/06/12/n...

Live in a hurricane-prone area? Here's how to prepare your home for flooding

If you're worried about flooding this hurricane season, here are some ways to harden your home with flooding and climate change in mind.

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Mirela G. Tulbure, PhD @mirelagtulbure.bsky.social · Jun 13

PBS documentary on the massive toll #hurricane Helene had on the southeastern USA, particularly western NC: www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

#floods #flooding

Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning | FRONTLINE

How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness.

www.pbs.org

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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