Manuscripts

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  1. Beattie*, A., Ahmed, M., Chu, T., Gebremichael, E., Elshalkany*, M., Abdelrehim*, R., 2024, Integrating Temporal Gravimetry, Campaign and Permanent GNSS, and Interferometric Radar Techniques to Quantify Land Deformation Rates in Coastal Texas, Science of the Total Environment, v. 956; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177280.
  2. Darge*, Y., Gebremichael, E., Holbrook, J., Ahmed, M., 2024, Detecting Active Sinkholes Through Combination of Morphometric-Cluster Assessment and Deformation Precursors, Science of the Total Environment, v. 995; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177061.
  3. Abouelmagd, A., Ahmed, M., 2024, Groundwater in North Africa: Effects of Climatic and Anthropogenic Pressures on Groundwater Availability. Book Chapter, In: Hamimi, Z., et al. The Geology of North Africa. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. doi: 1007/978-3-031-48299-1_11
  4. Gebremichael, E., Hernandez*, R., Alsleben, H., Ahmed, M., Denne, R.; Harvey, O., 2024, Kinematics and Controlling Factors of Slow-Moving Landslides in Central Texas: A Multisource Data Fusion Approach. Geosciences, 14(5), 133; doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14050133
  5. Bygate*, M., Ahmed©, M., 2024, Monitoring Water Quality Indicators over Matagorda Bay, Texas Using Landsat-8. Remote Sensing, 16, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16071120
  6. Ahmed©, M., Abelrehim*, R, Elshalkany*, M., Abdrabou*, M., 2024, Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s filling strategy on Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt, Journal of Hydrology, doi: 1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130952.
  7. Qiao*, X., Chu T., Krell, E., Tissot, P., Holland, S., Ahmed, M., Smilovsky, D., 2024, Interpretation and Attribution of Coastal Land Subsidence: An InSAR and Machine Learning Perspective, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, doi: 1109/JSTARS.2024.3361391
  8. Wang, S., Chen, Yu, Ahmed, M., 2023, EWT_Informer: a novel satellite-derived rainfall–runoff model based on informer, Journal of Hydroinformatics, v. 26, p. 88–106, DOI: 2166/hydro.2023.228.
  9. Ahmed, M., Khalil, M., 2023, Isotopic and chemical composition of Egypt’s groundwater resources, Book Chapter in: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2023_1046.
  10. Turner*, R., Ahmed©, M., Bissell, R., Prothro, L.O., Shehata, A.A., Coffin, R., 2023, Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Reservoir Architecture: A Case Study from the Lower Oligocene Vicksburg Formation, Brooks County, Texas. Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106627
  11. Khalil, M., Aboueldahab, S., Abdel-Raheem, K., Ahmed, M., Abdelhady, A., 2023, Mixed agricultural, industrial, and domestic drainage water discharge poses a massive strain on freshwater ecosystems, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30994-8
  12. Abdelrehim*, R., Ahmed©, M., Everett, M., 203, Hydrogeological Controls on Barrier Island Geomorphology: Insights from Electromagnetic Surveys, The Leading Edge, https://doi.org/10.1190/tle42090608.1. 
  13. Hamed, Y., Houda, B., Ahmed, M., Hadji, R., Ncibi, K., 2023, Northwestern Sahara Aquifer System Hydrothermal and Petroleum Reservoirs Dynamics: A Comprehensive Overview, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, v. 16, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-023-11324-1.
  14. Qiao, X., Chu, T., Tissot, P., Ali, I., Ahmed, M., 2023, Vertical land motion monitored with satellite radar altimetry and tide gauge along the Texas coastline, USA, between 1993 and 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, v. 117, p. 103222, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103222.
  15. Aqnouy, M., Ahmed, M., Ayele, G., Bouizro, I., Bouadial, A., Elmessari, J., 2023, Comparison of hydrological platforms to in assessing rainfall/ -runoff behavior in the Mediterranean watersheds, Water, v. 15, p. 447, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030447.
  16. Ahmed, M., Chen, Y., Khalil, M., 2022, Isotopic Composition of Groundwater Resources in Arid Environments, Journal of Hydrology, 609, p. 127773, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127773. 
  17. Gyawali, B., Ahmed, M., Murgulet, D., Wiese, D., 2022, Filling Temporal Gaps within and between GRACE and GRACE-FO Terrestrial Water Storage Records: An Innovative Approach, Remote Sensing, v. 14, p. 1565, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071565.
  18. Fallatah, O., Ahmed, M., Gyawali, B., Alhawsawi, A., 2022, Factors Controlling Groundwater Radioactivity in Arid Environments: An Automated Machine Learning Approach, Science of the Total Environment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154707.
  19. Gyawali, B., Murgulet, D., Ahmed, M., 2022, Quantifying Changes in Groundwater Storage and Response to Hydroclimatic Extremes in a Coastal Aquifer Using Remote Sensing and Ground-Based Measurements: The Texas Gulf Coast Aquifer, Remote Sensing, v. 14, p. 612, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030612.
  20. Kamara, A., Ahmed, M., Benevides*, A., 2022, Environmental and Economic Impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Africa: Water, v. 14, p. 312, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030312.
  21. Haley, M., Ahmed, M., Gebermichael, E, Murgulet, D., Starek, M., 2022, Land Subsidence in the Texas Coastal Bend: Locations, Rates, Triggers, and Consequences: Remote Sensing, v. 14, p. 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010192.
  22. Ahmed, M., Aqnouy, M., Elmessari, J., Sustainability of Morocco’s Groundwater Resources in Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Forces, Journal of Hydrology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126866.
  23. Chen, Y., Ahmed, M., Tangdamrongsub, N., Murgulet, D., 2021, Reservoir-Induced Land Deformation: Case Study from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Remote Sensing, v. 13, p. 874, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050874
  24. Ahmed, M., Turner, R., Haley, M., Shyrigh, S., Colmenero, D., Penchala, T., 2020, Constructing a Geophysical Test Site for Coastal Community’s Research and Education Activities, The Leading Edge, doi: https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40020306.1
  25. Ahmed, M., 2020, Sustainable Management Scenarios for Northern Africa’s Fossil Aquifer Systems, Journal of Hydrology, v. 589, p. 125196, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125196.
  26. Niyazi, B., Masoud, M., Ahmed, M., Basahi, J., Rashed, M., 2020, Runoff assessment and modeling in arid regions by integration of watershed and hydrologic models with GIS techniques, Journal of African Earth Science, p. 103966, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103966.
  27. Essam, D., Ahmed, M., Abouelmagd A., Soliman, F., 2020, Monitoring temporal variations in groundwater levels in urban areas using Ground Penetrating Radar, Science of the Total Environment, v. 703, p. 134986 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134986.
  28. Gafurov, A., Yapiyev, V., Ahmed, M., Sagin, J., Haghighi, E., Akylbekova, A., Kløve, B., 2019, Groundwater resources, In Xenarios, S., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Qadir, M.,  Janusz-Pawletta, B., Abdullaev, I., (Eds.), The Aral Sea Basin, Water for Sustainable Development in Central Asia, Routledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429436475.
  29. El-Sharkawi, M., Botros, N., Madani, A., Ahmed, M., Abdellatif, B., Abdelrahman, Y., Araffa, S., 2019, History of the geological research in Egypt. In Hamimi, Z., El-Barkooky, A., Martínez Frías, J., Fritz, H., Abd El-Rahman, Y. (Eds.), The Geology of Egypt, Regional Geology Reviews, 1-35, Springer, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-15265-9_1
  30. Ahmed, M., Wiese, D., 2019, Short-term trends in Africa’s freshwater resources: Magnitudes and drivers, Science of the Total Environment, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133843
  31. Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Elbayoumi, T., Tissot, P., 2019, Forecasting GRACE data over the African watersheds using artificial neural network, Remote Sensing, 11, p. 1769-1790, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151769.
  32. Niyazi, B., Ahmed, M., Masoud, M., Rashed, M., Basahi, J., 2019, Sustainable and resilient management scenarios for groundwater resources of the Red Sea coastal aquifers, Science of the Total Environment, v. 690, p. 1310–1320, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.081
  33. Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., Alsefry, S., Emil, M., Ahmed, M., Fathy, K., AbuAbdullah, M., Bettadpur, S., Save, H., Othman, A., Chouinard, K., 2019, Assessment of age, origin, and sustainability of fossil aquifers: A geochemical and remote sensing–based approach, Journal of Hydrology, v. 576, p. 325-341, doi: 1016/j.jhydrol.2019.06.017.
  34. Abdelmohsen, K., Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Save, H., Elkaliouby, B., Emil, M., Yan, E., Abotalib, A., Krishnamurthy, R., Abdelmalik, K., 2019, Response of deep aquifers to climate variability, Science of the Total Environment, v. 677, p. 530-544, doi: 1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.316 .
  35. Niyazi, B., Ahmed, M., Basahi, J., Masoud, M., Rashed, M., 2018, Spatiotemporal trends in freshwater availability in the Red Sea Hills, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, v. 702, p. 1-13, doi: 1007/s12517-018-4052-y.
  36. Fallatah, O., Ahmed M., Cardace, D., Boving, T., Akanda, A., 2018, Assessment of Modern Recharge to Arid Region Aquifers Using Integrated Geophysical, Geochemical, and Remote Sensing Approaches, Journal of Hydrology, doi: 1016/j.jhydrol.2018.09.061.
  37. Ahmed, M., Abdelmohsen, K., 2018, Quantifying Modern Recharge and Depletion Rates of the Nubian Aquifer in Egypt, Surveys in Geophysics, v. 39, p. 729-751, doi: 10.1007/s10712-018-9465-3.
  38. Fallatah, O., Ahmed M., Save, H., Akanda, A., 2017, Quantifying Temporal Variations in Water Resources of a Vulnerable Middle Eastern Transboundary Aquifer System. Hydrological Processes, v. 31, p. 4081-4091, doi: 10.1002/hyp.11285.
  39. Ebead, B., Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Niu, Z., 2017, Quantifying the anthropogenic impact on groundwater resources of North China using GRACE and land surface models: Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, doi:10.1117/1.JRS.11.026029.
  40. Mohamed, A., Sultan, M., Ahmed M., Yan, E., Ahmed, E., 2016, Aquifer recharge, depletion, and connectivity: inferences from GRACE, land surface models, geochemical, and geophysical data. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 129, p. 534-546, doi: 10.1130/B31460.1.
  41. Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Wahr, J., 2016, Assessing and Improving Land Surface Model Outputs Over Africa Using GRACE, Field, and Remote Sensing Data. Surveys in Geophysics, v. 37, p. 529–556, doi: 10.1007/s10712-016-9360-8.
  42. Mohamed, L., Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Zaki, A., Sauck, W., Soliman, F., Yan, E., Elkadiri, R., Aboelmagd, A., 2015, Structural controls on groundwater flow in basement terrains: Geophysical, remote sensing, and field investigations in Sinai: Surveys in Geophysics, v. 36, p. 717–742, doi: 10.1007/s10712-015-9331-5.
  43. Dailey, D., Sauck, W., Sultan, M., Milewski, A., Ahmed, M., Laton, R., Foster, J., Elkederi, R., Schmidt, C., Alharbi, T., 2015, Geophysical, remote sensing, GIS, and geochemical applications for a better understanding of the structural controls on groundwater flow in the Mojave Desert, California: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, v. 3, p. 211-232, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.12.002.
  44. Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Wahr, J., Yan, E., 2014, The use of GRACE data to monitor natural and anthropogenic induced variations in water availability across Africa: Earth Science Reviews, v. 136, p. 289–300, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.05.009.
  45. Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Wahr, J., Yan, E., Emil, M., 2014, Monitoring Aquifer Depletion from Space: Case Studies from the Saharan and Arabian Aquifers, in Lakshmi, V., (Ed.), Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, AGU Geophysical Monograph # 206, p. 347-366, doi: 10.1002/9781118872086.
  46. Alharbi, T., Sultan, M., Sefry, S., El Kadiri, R., Ahmed, M., Chase, R., Milewski, A., AbuAbdallah, M., Emil, M., Chounaird, 2014, An assessment of landslide distribution in the Fifa area, Saudi Arabia, using remote sensing and GIS techniques: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v.14, p. 1553–1564, doi: 10.1002/9781118872086.
  47. Abouelmagd, A., Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., Ahmed, M., Kehew, A., Milewski, A., Chouinard, K., 2014. Paleoclimate record in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt: Quaternary Research, v. 81, p. 158–167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.017.
  48. Ahmed, M., Sauck, W., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., 2014, Geophysical constraints on the hydrogeologic and structural settings of the Gulf of Suez Rift–related basins: Case study from the El Qaa Plain, Sinai, Egypt: Surveys in Geophysics, v. 35, p. 415–430, doi: 10.1007/s10712-013-9259-6.
  49. Sultan, M., Ahmed, M., Sturchio, N., Yan, Y., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Wahr, J., Becker, D., Chouinard, K., 2013, Assessment of the Vulnerabilities of the Nubian Sandstone Fossil Aquifer, North Africa, in Roger A. Pielke (Ed.), Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources. Elsevier Inc., Academic Press, p. 311–333, ISBN: 978-0-12-384704-1.
  50. Becker, D., Sultan, M., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Sauck, W., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., Ahmed, M., Yan, E., Wagdy, A., Chouinard, K., Welton, B., 2012, Integrated solutions for hydrologic investigations in arid lands: Geosphere, v. 8, p. 1588–1605, doi: 10.1130/GES00777.1.
  51. Ahmed, M., 2012, Integrated approach for hydrogeologic investigations in Africa: Inferences from space-borne and land-based gravity, aeromagnetic, GIS and remote sensing data. Ph.D. Dissertation, Western Michigan University, http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/94.
  52. Ahmed, M., Sultan, M., Wahr, J., Yan, E., Milewski, A., Sauck, W., Becker, R., and Welton, B., 2011, Integration of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) data with traditional data sets for a better understanding of the time-dependent water partitioning in African watersheds: Geology, v. 39, p. 479–482, doi: 10.1130/G31812.1.
  53. Sultan, M., Metwally, S., Milewski, A., Becker, D., Ahmed, M., Sauck, W., Soliman, F., Sturchio, N., Yan E., Rashed, M., Wagdy, A., Becker, R., Welton, B., 2011, Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints: Journal of Hydrology, v. 403, p. 14–24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.036.
  54. Al-Dousari, A., Milewski, A., Ud Din, S., and Ahmed, M., 2010, Remote sensing inputs to SWAT model for groundwater recharge estimates in Kuwait: Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, v. 4, p. 71–77, Link.
  55. Sultan, M., Yousef, A. F., Metwally, S.E., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Sauck, W., Sturchio, N., Mohamed, A., Wagdy, A., El Alfy, Z., Soliman, F., Rashed, M., Becker, D., Sagintayev, Z., Ahmed, M., Welton, B., 2010, Red Sea rifting controls on aquifer distribution: Constraints from geochemical, geophysical, and remote sensing data, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, p. 911–924, doi: 10.1130/B30146.1.
  56. Ahmed, M., 2009, Seismic data interpretation of the Neogene-Quaternary sediments of offshore Baltim area, Nile Delta, Egypt, M.Sc. Dissertation, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 123p, Link.
  57. Ahmed, M., Rashed, M. A., and Shendi, A. H., 2008, 3D seismic and well logging results unveil a new potential gas reservoir offshore Baltim area, north Nile Delta, Egypt: Proceedings of the first Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics, v.1, p. 1 – 15.