Maanya Umashaanker
GIS specialist and environmental informatics researcher
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Groundwater irrigation is critical for adapting wheat systems to warming temperatures in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains in India
January 1, 2024Uses household survey data and structural equation modeling to identify rice-season management decisions that delay wheat sowing and shows increasing groundwater irrigation access as a potential way to advance sowing dates to adapt to warming temperatures.
Mapping cover crop species in southeastern Michigan using Sentinel-2 satellite data and Google Earth Engine
January 1, 2023Remote-sensing study using Sentinel-2 imagery and random-forest classification to map cover crop species (cereal rye and red clover) in the River Raisin watershed, demonstrating the potential to distinguish cover crop species based on phenology and spectral signatures.
Factors constraining timely sowing of wheat as an adaptation strategy to warming temperatures in India
Research addressing socioeconomic, biophysical, and management factors that influence late wheat sowing in parts of India and the implications for adaptation to climate change.