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Staff Member

Dr. Abhishek Kumar

Abhishek Kumar from University of Georgia visited USGS booth during AAG-2019 conference in Washington D.C.
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Email: akumar1@umass.edu
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Education

  • Ph D The University of Georgia 2021
  • MS National Institute of Technology Rourkela 2014
  • BS NM Institute of Engineering & Technology 2012

Biography

I have joined Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in June 2021. I am working on Climate Adaptation Science Center funded project "Remote Sensing of Lake Drawdown and Cyanobacteria Blooms" in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Over the last six years, I have been involved in several NASA and NSF projects at the University of Georgia, to process and analyze multi-platform remote sensing data for aquatic, environmental, and natural resource management issues.. My primary research interest is the applications of remote sensing and geospatial science in water resources, mangroves/forest/vegetation, and climate change studies. . I taught three remote sensing courses (as Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record) at the University of Georgia in the Geography Department that include "Remote Sensing of Environment (GEOG 4350)", "Digital Image Analysis (GEOG 4450)", and "Field Methods in Remote Sensing (GEOG 4460)". There were both undergraduate and graduate level students in all three courses.

Research Publications Publication Date
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, X. He, and C. Butler. 2024. LakeLevel Tracker: A Google Earth Engine-based web application for characterizing lake water levels. LakeLine 43(4): 21-25. | Download | Publisher Website January 2024
Kumar, A. A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, X. He, and C. Butler. Submitted. A multi-sensor approach to characterize winter water level drawdown patterns in lakes. Remote Sensing 16:947. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16060947 | Publisher Website March 2024
He, Xinchen, K. Andreadis, A.H. Roy, A. Kumar, and C. Butler. 2023. Developing a hydrological modeling framework for lake water level drawdown management. Journal of Environmental Management 345: 118744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118744 | Download | Publisher Website September 2023
Project Completion Date
Rethinking lake management for invasive plants under future climate: Sensitivity of lake ecosystems to winter water level drawdowns December 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Roy, A.H. X. He, A. Kumar, K. Andreadis, and C. Butler. 2023. Winter lake drawdowns: prevalence, hydrologic characteristics, and ability to meet management guidelines. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Meeting, 15-17 February 2023, Plymouth, MA. February 2023
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, and X. He. 2022. An integrated multi-sensor cloud-based framework to characterized winter water level drawdown of lakes and reservoirs. North American Lake Management Society Conference, 14-17 November 2022, Minneapolis, MN. November 2022
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, and X. He. 2022. An integrated multi-sensor cloud-based framework to characterized winter water level drawdown of lakes and reservoirs. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference, 12-16 September 2022, Golden, CO. September 2022
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, X. He, and C. Butler. 2023. A multi-sensor cloud-based tool for monitoring cyanobacterical harmful algal blooms in small waterbodies. 13th National Monitoring Conference, 24-28 April 2023, Virginia Beach, VA. April 2023
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, C. Butler, and X. He. 2022. A cloud-based framework to characterize winter water level drawdown of lakes in the northeast United States using satellite remote sensing. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, 2-4 March 2022, Portland, ME. March 2022
Kumar, A., A.H. Roy, K. Andreadis, C. Butler, C.J. Gleason, and X. He. 2021. A multi-sensor cloud-based framework to characterize winter water level drawdown of lakes and reservoirs in northeast United States. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2021, New Orleans, LA. December 2021
He, X., K. Andreadis, C. Butler, A. Kumar, and A.H. Roy. 2024. Estimating 40-year daily lake ice cover under the climate change for northern temperate lakes. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, 14-16 February 2024, Fairlee, Vermont. February 2024
He, X., K. Andreadis, C. Butler, A. Kumar, and A.H. Roy. 2023. Estimating 40-year daily lake ice cover for 980,000 lakes in the Northern temperate zone. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 11-15 December 2023, San Francisco, CA. December 2023
He, X., K. Andreadis, A.H. Roy, and A. Kumar. 2022. A hydrological modeling framework for assessing winter drawdown lakes management. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 12-16 December 2022, Chicago, IL. December 2022
He, X., K. Andreadis, A. Kumar, C. Butler, C.J. Gleason, A.H. Roy. 2021. Assimilation of satellite data in a hydrological model to improve the water level estimation in winter drawdown lakes, Massachusetts. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2021, New Orleans, LA. December 2021
Type Citation Publication Date
Software Release He, X., Carmignani, J., Andreadis, K., Roy, A., Kumar, A., and Butler, K., 2023, Developing a stochastic hydrological model for informing lake water level drawdown management: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94NQFCF. June 2023