New results: the 2020–2022 drought led to ~3 km³/yr water loss around Lake Mead, incl. groundwater depletion. Remote sensing data show up to 8 mm/yr uplift as the crust rebounds. Drought impacts reach far below the surface. doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...
#Drought #Groundwater #InSAR #WaterManagement

Imagine your city slowly sinking. In India’s megacities, 80M+ people face this reality. New satellite radar research by @nitheshnirmal.bsky.social reveals where the ground is shifting most unevenly. 🌍🏠 #LandSubsidence www.nature.com/articles/s41... @shirzaei.bsky.social @vtgeosciences.bsky.social

Please join me to welcome Ola to the HIRS & EOI labs. He started his PhD studies this semester at the Dept. of Geosciences at Virginia Tech and will be investigating groundwater-induced land subsidence in Virginia's near-coastal areas #InSAR #science @shirzaei.bsky.social @vtgeosciences.bsky.social

Welcome Sushrita to the HIRS lab, where she started his PhD studies this semester at the Dept. of Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Her focus will be terrestrial water storage changes in cold regions.
#GRACE #DynamicPlanet #science @vtgeosciences.bsky.social

Congratulations to VT alumni & U. of Utah Prof. Sonam Sherpa on this important work, published last week in IEEE JSTARS, on the influence of changes in precipitation dynamics in the Himalayas on glacier melting. Read the publication at ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc... @vtgeosciences.bsky.social

Congratulations, Nitheshnirmal Sadhadivam, for being awarded the William A. Fischer Scholarship of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation! @shirzaei.bsky.social

Thanks for an excellent session at #AGU2024 about innovative technologies for satellite gravimetry, led by KGF, AP and others.

We are looking for a PhD students to join the HIRS lab at Virginia Tech! Are you excited about improving monitoring of (ground) water resources with innovative remote sensing technologies in extreme environments? If yes, consider applying ! @shirzaei.bsky.social
sites.google.com/vt.edu/hirs/...