The ability to express an idea is as important as the idea itself.

Bernard Baruch

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Last updated: 2010-09-30

Peer Reviewed Papers 

 

 

  Impact factor   Times cited

Ben-Gal A., Kool D., Agam N., van Halsema G.E., Yermiyahu U., Yafe A., Presnov E., Erel R., Majdop A., Zipori I., Segal E., Rüger S., Zimmermann U., Cohen Y., Alchanatis V., Dag A.  2010.  Whole-tree water balance and indicators for short-term drought stress in non-bearing ‘Barnea’ olives.  Agricultural Water Management, in press.

  2.016   -

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C., Norman J.M., Colaizzi P.D., Howell T.A., Prueger J.H., Meyers T. and Wilson T.  2010. Application of the Priestley-Taylor Approach in a Two-Source Surface Energy Balance Model.   Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11, 185-198.

  2.953   -

Karnieli A., Agam N., Pinker R.T., Anderson M.C., Imhoff M.L., Gutman G.G., Panov N. and Goldberg A. 2010. Use of NDVI and land surface temperature for drought assessment: Merits and limitations. Journal of Climate, 23, 618-633.

  4.307   -

Ben-Gal A., Agam N., Alchanatis V., Cohen Y., Yermiyahu U., Zipori I., Presnov E., Sprintsin M. and Dag A.  2009.  Evaluating water stress in irrigated olives: correlation of soil water status, tree water status, and thermal imagery.  Irrigation Science, 27, 367-376.

  1.891   -

Anderson M.C., Norman J.M., Kustas W.P., Houborg R., Starks P.J., and Agam N., 2008.  Mapping coupled carbon and water fluxes at the land surface using thermal remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 4227–4241. 

  3.943   8

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C., Li F. and Colaizzi P.D.  2008.  Utility of thermal image sharpening for monitoring field-scale evapotranspiration over rainfed and irrigated agricultural regions.  Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02402, doi:10.1029/2007GL032195.

  2.959   3

Katata G., Haruyasu N., Ueda H., Agam N. and Berliner P.R.  2007.  Development of a land surface model including evaporation and adsorption processes in the soil for the land-air exchange at arid regions.  Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 1307–1324.

  2.953   3

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C., Li F. and Colaizzi P.D.  2007.  Utility of thermal sharpening over Texas High Plains irrigated agricultural fieldJournal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 112, D19110, doi:10.1029/2007JD008407.

  3.147   1

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C., Li F. and Neale C.M.U.   2007.  A vegetation index based technique for spatial sharpening of thermal imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 107, 545-558.

  3.943   13

Karnieli A., Bayasgalan M., Bayarjargal Yu., Agam N., Khudulmur S. and Tucker C.J. 2006.  Comments on the use of the Vegetation Health Index over Mongolia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27, 2017-2024.

  1.041   10

Agam N. and Berliner P.R.  2006.  Dew formation and water-vapor adsorption in semi-arid environments - A review.  Journal of Arid Environments, 65, 572-590.

  1.589   20

Ben-Ze’ev E., Karnieli A., Agam N., Kaufman Y. and Holben B.  2006.  Assessing vegetation condition in the presence of biomass burning smoke by applying the Aerosol-Free Vegetation Index (AFRI) on MODIS images.  International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27, 3203–3221.

  1.041   3

Agam (Ninari) N., Berliner P.R., Zangvil A. and Ben-Dor E.  2004.  Soil water evaporation during the dry season in an arid zone.  Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 109, D16103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004802.

  3.147   5

Agam (Ninari) N. and Berliner P.R.  2004.  Diurnal water content changes in the bare soil of a coastal desert.  Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5, 922-933.

  2.953   7

Ninari N. and Berliner P.R.  2002.  The role of dew in the water and heat balance of bare Loess soil in the Negev Desert: Quantifying the actual dew deposition on the soil surface.  Atmospheric Research, 64, 325-336.

  1.459   12

 

 

My PhD Thesis

The contribution of dew to the water and heat balance of bare soil in a desert area.

 

Seminars I presented 

2006 - Department of Soil and Water Sciences, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

2006 - Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 

2006 - Institute of Agricultural Engineering, The Agricultural Research Organization of Israel, Bet-Dagan, Israel

2006 - Invited seminar, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel. 

2006 - Joint seminar of the Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, and the Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker campus, Israel.

2006 - Invited seminar of the College of Agriculture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New-Mexico, USA.  

2004 - Department of Environmental Sciences & Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

2004 - Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

2004 - Joint seminar of the Department of Ecology and the Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker campus, Israel.

Conferences and Workshops 

Agam N., Ben-Gal A., Kustas W.P., Cohen Y., Anderson M.C., and Alchanatis V.  (2009).  Thermal remote sensing of crop water status: pros and cons of two different approaches.  The Dhalia Greidinger International Symposium: Crop Production in the 21st Century: Global Climate Change, Environmental Risks and Water Scarcity.  Haifa, Israel.  Invited lecture.

Agam N., Ben-Gal A., Cohen Y., Alchanatis V., Yermiyahu U. and Dag A.  (2008).  Diurnal dynamics in the detection of water stress in olive trees by thermal remote sensing.  Annual joint meeting of the Israeli Soil Science Society and the Israeli Agricultural Engeeniring Society.  Haifa, Israel. Oral presentation, plenary session.

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C., and Li F.  (2008).  Enhancing the monitoring of field-scale evapotranspiration by application of a technique for spatial sharpening of thermal imagery.  Annual joint meeting of the Israeli Soil Science Society and the Israeli Agricultural Engeeniring Society.  Haifa, Israel.  Oral presentation.

Agam N., Ben-Gal A., Cohen Y., Alchanatis V., Yermiyahu U. and Dag A.  (2008).  Evaluation of optimal time-of-day for detecting water stress in olive trees by thermal remote sensing.  The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification.  Sede-Boker, Israel.  Oral presentation.

Karnieli A. And Agam N.  (2008).  Merits and Limitations in Assessing Droughts by Remote Sensing.  The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification.  Sede-Boker, Israel.  Oral presentation.

Agam N., Ben-Gal A., Alchanatis V., Cohen Y., Yermiyahu U., Zippori Y., Presnov E., Sprintsin M., and Dag A.  (2008).  Thermal remote sensing for evaluating water stress in irrigated olives.  Irrigation Water Management in the Middle East: A workshop for Jordanian-Palestinian-Israeli cooperative research, Antalya, Turkey.  Oral presentation.

Kustas W.P., Agam N., Anderson M.C., Li F.Q. and Colaizzi P.D.  (2007).  Potential errors in the application of thermal-based energy balance models with coarse resolution data - art. no. 674208.  Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology Ix 6742. 74208-74208.

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C. and Li F.  (2007).  .  The 18th Annual BARC Poster Day, Beltsville, Maryland.

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Li F. and Anderson M.C.  (2006).  Aggregation and disaggregation techniques applied on remotely sensed data to obtain optimum resolution for surface energy fluxes estimation.  EOS Transactions AGU, 87(36), Joint Assembly Suppl., Abstract H31A-04, Baltimore, Maryland. 
Oral presentation

Agam N., Kustas W.P., Anderson M.C. and Li F.  (2006).  Utility and extention of land surface temperature sharpening technique (TsHARP).  The 17th Annual BARC Poster Day, Beltsville, Maryland.

Agam N., Raz-Yaseef N., Rotenberg E. and Yakir D. (2006). The relative contribution of the uppermost soil layer to the total soil heat flux at different timescales.  1st iLEAPS Science Conference, Boulder, Colorado.

Agam N., Yakir D., Rotenberg E. & Raz-Yaseef N. (2005).  Soil heat flux and its role in the energy balance of the Yatir forest.  Living with Global Change: Challenges in Environmental Sciences, International Conference of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.

Agam N., & Berliner P.R. (2004). Soil Water Adsorption and Evaporation During the Dry Season in an Arid Zone. EOS Transactions AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H13D-0455.

Agam (Ninari) N., Berliner P.R. & Zangvil A. (2003).  The role of diurnal soil water content changes in the energy balance of a Loess soil in a desert area.  The Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geography Association, Bar-Ilan, Israel.  Awarded for the best poster in contest of students' posters.

Agam (Ninari) N., & Berliner P.R. (2003).  Diurnal changes in the water content of a bare Loess soil during the dry season.  The Annual Meeting of the Israeli Geography Association, Bar-Ilan, Israel.  (In Hebrew). 
Oral presentation

Agam (Ninari) N., Berliner P.R. & Zangvil A. (2003).  Water absorption by a bare Loess soil in a coastal desert.  GLOWA – Jordan River Annual Conference, Kefar-Giladi, Israel.

Agam (Ninari) N., Berliner P.R. & Zangvil A. (2003).  The effect of diurnal changes in soil water content on the energy balance.  GLOWA – Jordan River Annual Conference, Kefar-Giladi, Israel.

Ninari N. & Berliner P.R. (2003).  Nighttime water absorption by a bare Loess soil in a coastal desert.  Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, #06249.

Ninari N. & Berliner P.R. (2002).  The use of a micro-lysimeter for measuring dew deposition on the soil surface.  The Annual meeting of the Israeli Geography Association, Beer-Sheva, Israel.  100.  (In Hebrew). 
Oral presentation

Ninari N. & Berliner P.R. (2002).  Nighttime vertical fluxes of latent heat in arid regions.  The Annual meeting of the Israeli Geography Association, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 

Ninari N. & Berliner P.R. (2001).  The role of dew in the water and heat balance of bare-soil in the Negev desert. Second International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection, St. John’s, Canada. 321-324.
Oral presentation

Ninari N. & Berliner P.R. (2001).  The contribution of dew to the water and heat balance of bare soil in a desert area.  Workshop on The Role of Dew in the Hydrological Cycle and Ecological Systems of the Negev, Sede-Boqer, Israel.  
Oral presentation

Ninari N., Zangvil A. & Berliner P.R. (1998).  The contribution of dew to the water balance of bare soil in a desert area.  First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection, Vancouver, Canada.  265-268. 
Oral presentation