DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Assistant Professor Hamidreza Norouzi, PhD, PE
Title: Assistant Professor
Year joined the college: 2009
Education:
Ph.D, Civil Engineering, The City University of New York –
Graduate Center, 2011
M.Phil., Civil Engineering, The City University of New York –
Graduate Center, 2010
M.S., Civil Engineering-Water, Tarbiat Modarres, 2004
B.S., Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science &
Technology, 2001
Appointments
| 2011-Present | Assistant Professor, The City University of New York, New York City College of Technology. |
| 2009-2011 | Adjunct Faculty, The City University of New York, New York City College of Technology. |
| 2007-2011 | Research Assistant, NOAA- Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (CREST), The City College of CUNY. |
| 2001-2007 | Civil Engineer, Arman Boruj Boland Co. |
Professional Licenses And Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) – Texas State
American Concrete Institute (ACI) certified examiner
Teaching
Elements of Structural Design – Concrete (CMCE 2415), Elements of Structural Desin – Steel (CMCE 2315), Material Testing Lab (CMCE 2306) and Civil Engineering Data Analysis.
Research Interest
Dr. Norouzi is interested in using remote sensing and ground measurement information in earth system sciences. His specialty is using satellite-based passive microwave measurements. He has been able to retrieve land surface emissivity for more than 6 years from AMSR-E observations on board Aqua satellite. He has developed a method that resolves the discrepancies between day and night estimated emissivities, as part of his dissertation. His research interest includes using satellite information in vegetation structure profile, soil moisture estimation, snow cover prediction, precipitation, and estimation of soil freeze / thaw state.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, W. Rossow, C. Pearl, M. Azarderakhsh, R. Khanbilvardi, “The Sensitivity of Land Emissivity Estimates from AMSR-E at C and X Bands to Surface Properties”, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 3577-3589, doi:10.5194/hess-15-3577-2011, 2011.
- Azarderakhsh, M., W. Rossow, F. Papa, H. Norouzi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Diagnosing water variations within the Amazon basin using satellite data”, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JD015997, 2011.
- Norouzi, H., W. Rossow, M. Temimi, C. Prigent, M. Azarderakhsh, S. Boukabara, R. Khanbilvardi, “Using Microwave Brightness Temperature Diurnal Cycle To Improve Emissivity Retrievals Over Land”, Under review.
- Norouzi, H., S.A.A Salehi, F. Nasiri Saleh, M. Azarderakhsh, “Three-Dimensional numerical simulation of scour around a Spur Dike’’. Modarres Technical and Engineering Journal, No. 36, pages: 13-20, 2009.
Conference Papers And Presentations
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, W. Rossow, M. Azarderakhsh, R. Khanbilvardi, “Introduction to CREST Land Emissivity Product”, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Jan 2012.
- Khanbilvardi, R., Temimi, M., McDonald, K., Lakhankar, T., Norouzi, H., “The NOAA CREST Microwave Observation Unit for the Monitoring of Soil Moisture and Snow in Northeastern U.S”, Hawaii, Jan 2012.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, W. Rossow, M. Azarderakhsh, R. Khanbilvardi, "Generating an Effective Temperature To Improve Microwave Land Surface Emissivity Retrievals", AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2011.
- Azarderakhsh, M., W. Rossow, H. Norouzi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Developing a routing model based on multi-satellite data sets to better estimate P-ET”, World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2011.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, W. Rossow, M. Azarderakhsh, R. Khanbilvardi, “Improvement of land surface emissivity retrieval using diurnal variation of passive microwave”, World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2011.
- Azarderakhsh, M., W. Rossow, H. Norouzi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Developing a routing model based on multi-satellite data sets to better estimate P-ET”, NASA-USDA ET Workshop, 2011.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, M. Azarderakhsh, R. Khanbilvardi, “Penetration Depth Effect On Diurnal Variation Of Brightness Temperature and Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval”, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “An Automated Retrieval of Land Surface Emissivity from Microwave Observations”, AMS annual meeting, Jan 2011.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Land Surface Emissivity as a Surrogate of Soil Moisture”, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 2010.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Using Global Land Surface Emissivity as Soil Moisture Indicator”, Proceeding of Remote sensing and hydrology symposium, Sep 2010.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Development of global land surface emissivity product at AMSR-E passive microwave frequencies”, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International, IEEE-Xplor D.O.I. 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652464: Page(s): 280, 2010.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Effect of Penetration Depth on Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval”, 2nd-Pan GEWEX Meeting, Seattle, Aug. 2010.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Global microwave land surface emissivity retrieval at the AMSR-E microwave frequencies”, 11th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), IEEE-Xplor D.O.I.: 10.1109/ MICRORAD.2010.5559582, Page(s): 90 – 95, 2010.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Analytical Retrieval of Global Land Surface Emissivity Maps at AMSR-E passive microwave frequencies”, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2009
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R. Khanbilvardi, “Better Understandings of Land Surface. Emissivity”, NOAA EPP Forum, Washington, DC, Nov. 2009.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, R.Khanbilvardi, “Development of Global Land Surface. Emissivity Map from Passive Microwave data”, NOAA Corp Symposium, New York, NY, Aug. 2009.
- Norouzi, H., M. Temimi, H. Ghedira, R. Khanbilvardi, “Development of Global Land Surface Emissivity”, NASA JPL Microwave Workshop, Oxnard, CA, Oct. 2008.
- Azarderakhsh, M., M. Ghodsian, H. Norouzi; "Maximum scour depth around spur dikes", Intl. Conference on River Flow, Lisbon, Portugal, DOI: 10.1201/9781439833865.ch183, 2006.
- Azarderakhsh, M.; M. Ghodsian, H. Norouzi; "Intelligent Prediction of the scour depth around spur dikes using Artificial Neural Networks", 7th Intl. Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2005.
Thesis Advisor And Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor
NSF-REU Graduate-Advisor:
- Middleton, Timothy (The City University of New York, The City College).
- Reynoso, Alma Cabral (The City University of New York, The City College).
Invited Talks
- Norouzi, H., The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, “A Method To Improve Surface Emissivity Retrieval Over Land From AMSR-E Observation”, April 2011.
- Norouzi, H., Land Surface Working Group (LSWG) Precipitation Measurement Mission Science Team, “IMPROVE LAND SURFACE EMISSIVITY RETRIEVAL USING MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIURNAL CYCLE”, Tele- Conference Presentation, May 2011.
- Norouzi, H., Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin-Madison, “Generating an Effective Temperature for Estimation of Microwave Land Surface Emissivity”, August 2011.
Awards, Fellowships And Honors
- NOAA grant, Co-PI, “NOAA-CREST Land Emissivity Products From Passive Microwave Observations“, $50,000.
- GRTI award, PI, “Global Land Surface Emissivity Product”, $6,000.
- Science fellowship of Graduate Center of CUNY (2007 to 2011)
- Travel award of NOAA-EPP forum at Washington D.C. (2009)
- Research award, graduate center of CUNY (2009)
- NSF Young scientist award to 2nd Pan-GEWEX Science Meeting, Seattle, WA (2010)
- Research award, graduate center of CUNY (2011)
- Travel award to World Climate Research Program – Open Science Conference (2011)
Professional Affiliations
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Faculty advisor
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- New York Academy of Science (NYAS)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST)
- New York State United Teachers (NYUST)
Editorial Activities
As Reviewer:
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTAR)
- International Water Association (IWA),
- “Extremes in a Changing Climate: Detection, Analysis & Uncertainty” (Springer)
- Sensors Journal
- Remote Sensing Journal
- International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology