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Member Since 1973
Rafael L. Bras
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professional Experience
Georgia Institute of Technology
Professor
2010 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1975
Rafael's AGU Research
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Integrating Satellite Retrievals, Numerical Models, and Machine Learning for Global Groundwater Recharge Estimation
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
25 march 2026
Estimating Soil Moisture Memory Using Conditional and Marginal Distributions Derived using GPM and Validated with SMAP
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON A DECADE OF NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS I POSTER
hydrology | 18 december 2025
Integrating Satellite Retrievals, Numerical Models, and Machine Learning for Global Groundwater Recharge Estimation
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Forecasting Soil Moisture Probability Distributions Using GPM and SMAP Retrievals
SPACE-BASED PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS: INNOVATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS III POSTER
hydrology | 10 december 2024
Collaborative Center for Landslides Geohazards
HOW TO TRIGGER A LANDSLIDE: PREDICTIVE MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS FROM RECENT EVENTS II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2023
Developing a Conditional Probability Distribution of Soil Moisture from GPM and SMAP Retrievals
SPACE-BASED PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS: INNOVATIONS FOR SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS V ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Capturing Exfiltration and Recharge from SMAP Retrievals
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLIED SCIENCES USING MEASUREMENTS FROM THE NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION III POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2023
Estimating Irrigation Amounts using SMAP Observations: Irrigation Impact on Crop Productivity in Energy and Water Limited Systems
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS BASED ON NASA SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE (SMAP) SATELLITE MISSION MEASUREMENTS III ORAL
hydrology | 12 december 2022
Volunteer Experience
2013 - 2014
Director
Board of Directors
2010 - 2012
Director
Board of Directors
2008 - 2010
Member
Bowie Medal Committee
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Honors & Awards
Walter Langbein Lecture
Received 2020
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Robert E. Horton Medal
Received 2007
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Ed Lorenz Lecture
Received 2003
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