Adem Ali
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D. Kent State University, 2011
Research Interests
Aquatic remote sensing, Water quality of the Great Lakes, Geostatistics
My research focuses on developing satellite based algorithms that can accurately retrieve biogeochemical constituents in optically complex aquatic environments. Aquatic sensing using satellite observations will increase our capacity to understand real time aquatic processes at a wide variety of scales that will contribute to climate research. Moreover, the technology will enhanced our capability to understand the role of marine primary production and dissolved organic carbon in the global carbon budget and the couplings between physical and biological processes. I have carried out a comprehensive research on methodologies that can retrieve optical characteristics of the various biogeochemical constituents in the optically complex Western Basin of Lake Erie. The developed satellite algorithms may be used by resource managers to monitor and quantify the physical and biological constituents of the Lake at real time. One critical local application is monitoring the seasonal Harmful algal blooms.
Courses Taught
GEOL 449 Geographical Information Systems (Undergraduate)
EVSS 649 Geographical Information Systems (Graduate)
Honors and Awards
• Ohio Sea Grant, 60 hours ship time equivalent $ 8,000 for water quality research on Lake Erie, 2012
• Palmetto Academy – South Carolina Space Grant Consortium, $ 18,000, water quality studies, 2012
• Ohio Sea Grant, $ 14,934 for water quality research on Lake Erie, 2010
• Selected fellow for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, 2010
• Deutsche Forshunggemeinshaft (DFG), German Research Foundation, $ 25,000. Stable isotopes studies for ground water dynamics
Publications
• Ali, K.A. Witter, D.L., and Ortiz, J.D. (2011). Application of wavelets transformation to detect cyanobacteria bloom using hyperspectral data, American Geophysical Union, Oral, (04-09, Dec 2011), San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Ali, K.A. Witter, D.L., and Ortiz, J.D. (2011). Monitoring cyanobacteria in the Western Basin of Lake Erie using MERIS satellite data. International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference, Oral, (5-10 May 2011), Duluth, MN, USA.
• Ali, K.A, Witter, D.L and Ortiz, J.D. (2010). Application of VIR-NIR spectral radiometry techniques to estimate chlorophyll a in turbid waters. Geol. Soc America, Bulletin Vol. 42, No. 5, p.273
• Ali, K.A, Witter, D.L and Ortiz, J.D (2010). An improved method for optical-feature extraction from multi-spectral data. International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)- 53nd Annual conference (18-22 May 2010), Toronto, OT, Canada.
• Ali, K.A, Witter, D.L and Ortiz, J.D. (2009). Assessing full resolution MERIS products in monitoring chlorophyll a and suspended matter in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Geol. Soc America, Bulletin Vol. 41, No. 7, p.276
• Ali, K.A, Witter, D.L and Ortiz, J.D (2009). Multivariate assessment of remotely derived water quality parameters in Western Basin of Lake Erie. International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)- 52nd Annual conference (18-22 May 2009), Toledo, OH, USA.
• Ali, K.A, Susanne Stadler and Karsten Osenbrück (2007). Isotopes as a marker for potential impact of rift tectonics on the Groundwater system of the Awash Basin in East African Rift. International conference of Applied Isotope Geochemistry (AIG), Cape town, South Africa.
• Susanne Stadler, Khalid Adem, Karsten Osenbrück, Richard Gloaguen (2007). Applying remote sensing techniques and isotope hydrology in the investigation of the impact of fault and fracture zones on groundwater flow in the East African Rift of Ethiopia. Geowissenschafen, Potsdam, Germany.
