Noemi Vergopolanhttps://waterai.earth/authors/admin/Noemi VergopolanWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-us© 2026 Noemi Vergopolanhttps://waterai.earth/authors/admin/avatar_hub3060eb4406bb6eb99464a7629361f98_120606_270x270_fill_q100_lanczos_center.jpgNoemi Vergopolanhttps://waterai.earth/authors/admin/Soil vertical heterogeneity reduces rootzone soil moisture bias in hyper-resolution land surface model over smallholder agricultural systemshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2026_krishnan_soil_vertical_heterogeneity/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2026_krishnan_soil_vertical_heterogeneity/Unveiling flash droughts in Brazil: a systematic literature reviewhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2026_vasconcelos_flash_droughts_brazil/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2026_vasconcelos_flash_droughts_brazil/Spiralling frontier threats in Indigenous Amazoniahttps://waterai.earth/publication/2026_deoliveira_indigenous_amazonia/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2026_deoliveira_indigenous_amazonia/Transfer learning for improved crop yield predictions in a cross-scale pathway: a case study for Brazilian national soybeanhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_zhang_soybean_transfer_learning/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_zhang_soybean_transfer_learning/From Soil Moisture Spatial Patterns to Catchment Nitrate Dynamics Using Explainable AIhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_saavedra_soil_moisture_nitrate/Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_saavedra_soil_moisture_nitrate/Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learninghttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_raoult_lsm_ml_parameter/Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_raoult_lsm_ml_parameter/Increased Amazon evapotranspiration since 1990 in a warming climatehttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_laipelt_amazon_evapotransp/Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_laipelt_amazon_evapotransp/What discrepancies between farmer perceptions and observational data teach us about smallholder decision makinghttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_waldman_measurement_perception/Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_waldman_measurement_perception/Decadal hydroclimatic changes in the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlandhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_caballero_pantanal/Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_caballero_pantanal/Landcover-specific calibration of the optical trapezoid model (OPTRAM) for soil moisture monitoring in the Central Valley, Californiahttps://waterai.earth/publication/2025_optram_land_cover/Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2025_optram_land_cover/The Drivers of Hydrologic Behavior in Brazil: Insights From a Catchment Classificationhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2024_almagro_hydrologic_behaviour_brazil/Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2024_almagro_hydrologic_behaviour_brazil/Flash Drought Typologies and Societal Impacts: A Worldwide Review of Occurrence, Nomenclature, and Experiences of Local Populationshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2024_walker_flash_drought_typologies/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2024_walker_flash_drought_typologies/Dynamic geospatial modeling of mycotoxin contamination of corn in Illinois: unveiling critical factors and predictive insights with machine learninghttps://waterai.earth/publication/2023_duque-castano_mycotoxins/Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_duque-castano_mycotoxins/High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projectionshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2023_beck_cmip_koppen_geiger/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_beck_cmip_koppen_geiger/Transformation of Brazil's biomes: The dynamics and fate of agriculture and pasture expansion into native vegetationhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2023_caballero_brazil_biomes/Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_caballero_brazil_biomes/How Much Control do Smallholder Maize Farmers Have Over Yield?https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_cecil_farm_management_control_over_yield/Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_cecil_farm_management_control_over_yield/The Benefits of Using State-Of-The-Art Digital Soil Properties Maps to Improve the Modeling of Soil Moisture in Land Surface Modelshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2023_xuemma_soil_maps_vertical_heterogeneity/Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_xuemma_soil_maps_vertical_heterogeneity/Is Closing the Agricultural Yield Gap a “Risky” Endeavor?https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_gatti_yield_gap_risk_endeavor/Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_gatti_yield_gap_risk_endeavor/Towards an Optimal Representation of Sub-Grid Heterogeneity in Land Surface Modelshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2022_torresrojas_optimal_subgrid/Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2022_torresrojas_optimal_subgrid/A comprehensive assessment of in situ and remote sensing soil moisture data assimilation in the APSIM model for improving agricultural forecasting across the U.S. Midwesthttps://waterai.earth/publication/2023_kivi_soil_moisture_apsim_crop_yields/Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2023_kivi_soil_moisture_apsim_crop_yields/High-Resolution Soil Moisture Data Reveal Complex Multi-Scale Spatial Variability Across the United Stateshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2022_vergopolan_sm_spatial_variability/Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2022_vergopolan_sm_spatial_variability/Drought Diagnosis: What the Medical Sciences Can Teach Ushttps://waterai.earth/publication/2022_walker_medical_droughts/Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2022_walker_medical_droughts/SMAP-HydroBlocks, the first 30-m satellite-based soil moisture dataset for the conterminous UShttps://waterai.earth/publication/2021_vergopolan_smaphydroblocks/Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2021_vergopolan_smaphydroblocks/HydroBlocks v0.2: enabling a field-scale two-way coupling between the land surface and river networks in Earth system modelshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2021_chaney_hydroblocks_two_way_coupling/Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2021_chaney_hydroblocks_two_way_coupling/Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yieldshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2021_vergopolan_yield_mapping/Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2021_vergopolan_yield_mapping/Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensorshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2021_beck_soil_moisture_eval/Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2021_beck_soil_moisture_eval/PPDIST, global 0.1° daily and 3-hourly precipitation probability distribution climatologies for 1979–2018https://waterai.earth/publication/2020_beck_ppdist/Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2020_beck_ppdist/A global near-real-time soil moisture index monitor for food security using integrated SMOS and SMAPhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2020_sadri_food_security/Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2020_sadri_food_security/Combining hyper-resolution land surface modeling with SMAP brightness temperatures to obtain 30-m soil moisture estimateshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2020_vergopolan_combining/Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2020_vergopolan_combining/HPC simulations of brownout: A noninteracting particles dynamic modelhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2020_porcu_hpc/Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2020_porcu_hpc/Cognitive Biases about Climate Variability in Smallholder Farming Systems in Zambiahttps://waterai.earth/publication/2019_waldman_smallholder/Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2019_waldman_smallholder/Comparing empirical and survey-based yield forecasts in a dryland agro-ecosystemhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2018_zhao_empirical-yields/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2018_zhao_empirical-yields/Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolutionhttps://waterai.earth/publication/2018_beck_koppen/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2018_beck_koppen/Global-scale evaluation of 22 precipitation datasets using gauge observations and hydrological modelinghttps://waterai.earth/publication/2017_beck_precip/Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2017_beck_precip/Forecasting the Hydroclimatic Signature of the 2015/16 El Niño Event on the Western United Stateshttps://waterai.earth/publication/2017_wanders_forescasting/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2017_wanders_forescasting/The impact of deforestation on the hydrological cycle in Amazonia as observed from remote sensinghttps://waterai.earth/publication/2016_vergopolan_deforestation/Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://waterai.earth/publication/2016_vergopolan_deforestation/