Amor VM Ines, Ph.D. Updated June 4, 2015

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Amor VM Ines, Ph.D. Updated June 4, 2015 Address: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D., Water Engineering and Management (GPA: 4.0/4.0) Focus: Integrated Water Resources Management School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand, 2002 M.Sc., Water Engineering and Management (GPA: 3.89/4.0) Focus: Irrigation Engineering and Management School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand, 1998 B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering, Magna Cum Laude (Valedictorian) (GPA: 1.37/1.0) College of Agriculture and Forestry, Mariano Marcos State University Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, 1994 RESEARCH INTERESTS Linking climate with agriculture and water management for climate adaptation Remote sensing (RS) in agriculture and water management RS data assimilation with soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer models Statistical downscaling of climate Crop modeling and crop forecasting Vadose zone hydrology (soil moisture, soil hydraulic properties, ET, scaling) Evolutionary and biological algorithms for agriculture and water management Water resources systems analyses High performance computing LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS PASSED (PHILIPPINES) Professional Agricultural Engineer Licensure Examination Manila, Philippines, September 1994 Rating: 83.33%

2 EMPLOYMENT RECORD/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE April 2015 present. Assistant Professor: Joint appointments, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, and Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Michigan State University. MI, USA. Job description: Faculty of agricultural systems modeling. November 2014 present. Adjunct Professor: Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX., USA Job description: collaborative research and teaching on soil hydrology, remote sensing of soil moisture and soil hydraulic properties, inverse modeling, climate and agriculture and water management. September 2014 March Faculty Associate: Fulbright Scholar Program, Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, administered by CIES, a division of IIE. Washington, D.C., USA. Job description: Mentored Dr. Virgilio Julius Manzano Jr. of MMSU, Philippines at IRI/Columbia University, NY. July 2014 March Research Scientist: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute, Columbia University. NY, USA. Job description: Agricultural modeling: climate adaptation; methodology development, evaluation and applications of climate-based methods for agro-hydrological decision support, remote sensing and agriculture, soil hydrology and climate. February 2008 June Associate Research Scientist: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), The Earth Institute, Columbia University. NY, USA. Job description: Agricultural modeling: methodology development, evaluation and applications of climate-based methods for agro-hydrological decision support, remote sensing and agriculture, soil hydrology and climate. February 2005 February Assistant Research Scientist: Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA. Job description: Development of inverse algorithms and their implementations for RS-near-surface soil moisture assimilation to quantify effective soil hydraulic properties and simulate better soil moisture dynamics both at the near-surface and sub-surface. TAMU Vadose Zone Group ( January 2004 January Postdoctoral Research Scientist: International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (now Climate and Society) (IRI), The Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, USA. Job description: Development of climate-based crop forecasting methodologies using GIS, simulation models and stochastic approaches. January 2003 January Senior Research Associate: Space Technology Applications and Research. School of Advanced Technologies. Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Job description: RS/GIS in water management, parameter estimation and applications of agro-

3 hydrological models using RS, development of a methodology to solve mixed-pixel problem (due to low spatial resolution) in RS for agriculture and water management applications. November 2002 December Student Research Associate: Water Engineering and Management, School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Job description: Related work on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), e.g. review of literature and case studies. November 2000 January Consultant (Doctoral Researcher): International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Colombo, Sri Lanka. Job description: Project on crop modeling with GIS and genetic algorithms (with a case study of Bata Minor, Sirsa Branch, Bhakra Irrigation System, Kaithal, Haryana, India). December 2000 February Deputized by IWMI to Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, Haryana, India to conduct field data collection for the above project in Kaithal Irrigation Circle of the Bhakra Irrigation System. May 2000 August Student Associate: Center for Language and Educational Technology, May 2000 Bridging Program. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Job description: Resource Person (Statistics in Water Resources Engineering). May 1999 December Student Research Associate: Water Engineering and Management, School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Job description: Teaching and research associate (work included teaching computer applications/modeling in irrigation, soil and water management, hydrology, agricultural drainage and module development for instructional purposes). September 1998 December Research Associate: Water Engineering and Management, School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Thailand. Job description: Research and teaching associate (Course: Irrigation Delivery Systems Engineering. Topics ranged from Evapotranspiration, Hydrometeorology, Canal Delivery and Control Systems, Crop Growth, Irrigation Scheduling). July 1 July 31, Student Assistant: Institute Secretariat, Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Job description: Review and estimate of housing rentals for the new and the old student and faculty dormitories/housing. September 1994 August Engineering Assistant: ASEAN-Canada Project on Solar Energy in Drying Processes, National Tobacco Administration (NTA), Batac, Ilocos, Norte, Philippines; an energy research project of the ASEAN, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD), University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI) and NTA. Job description: Included design and construction and nationwide technology transfer (to farmers groups/organizations and cooperatives) of the passive solar dryer for curing tobacco and drying other crops, code named MCSD (Multi-crop Solar Dryer); commissioning and automated monitoring of drying activities, database management and analysis of experimental results.

4 JOURNAL/SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS (IMPACT as of June 4, 2015, SCOPUS Citations: 628; h-index: 13) Troy, T. J., Ines, A.V.M. and A. W. Roberson. Incorporating crop growth and irrigation models into the VIC hydrologic model: Impacts on the water budget and water stress. (in preparation). Ines, A.V.M., Baethgen, W. E., Greene, A. M., Goddard, L. and P. Gonzalez How vulnerable is South East South America s soybean and maize production in the next decades? (in preparation). Ines, A.V.M., Lyon, B., Bell, M., Torres, A., Garcia, K., Lasco, R., Pulhin, F. and A. Lucero A Vulnerability Assessment of Selected Agroforestry Crops to Climate Change in the Philippines. (in preparation). Capa-Morocho, M.I., Ines, A.V.M., Baethgen, W.E., Rodríguez-Fonseca, B., Han, E. and M. Ruiz-Ramos Crop yield forecast in the Iberian Peninsula: Linking seasonal climate forecasts with crop simulation models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (submitted). Stampoulis, D., Andredis, K.M., Granger, S.L., Fisher, J.B., Turk, J.F., Behrangi, A., Das, N.N and A.V.M. Ines Assessing the hydrologic vulnerability and adaptive capacity at regional scales from space. Remote Sensing of Environment (submitted). Das, N.N., Ines, A.V.M., Mishra, A.K., Hansen, J.W. and B. Doorn Application and advantages of SMAP-like soil moisture data in estimating and forecasting crop yields. Journal of Hydrometeorology (sub judice). Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Development of a non-parametric evolutionary algorithm for prediction of rootzone soil moisture. Water Resources Research (under revision). Mishra, A., Ines, A.V.M., Das, N.N., Khedun, C.P., Singh, V.P., Sivakumar, B. and J.W. Hansen Anatomy of a local-scale drought: Application of assimilated remote sensing products, crop model, and statistical methods to an agricultural drought study. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: /j.jhydrol (in press). Greene, A.M., Goddard, L. Gonzalez, P.L. Ines, A.V.M. and J. Chryssanthacopoulos A climate generator for agricultural planning in southeastern South America. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 203: doi: /j.agrformet Honda, K., A.V.M. Ines, A. Yui, A. Witayangkurn, R. Chinnachodteeranun and K. Teeravech Agriculture information service built on geospatial data infrastructure and crop modeling. International Workshop on Web Intelligence and Smart Sensing, IWWISS '14, Sep , Saint Etienne, France. ACM /14/09 (peer-reviewed).

5 Honda Kiyoshi, Akihiro Yui, Amor V.M. Ines, Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun, Apichon Witayangkurn, Yuka Matsubara, Hirotomo Nagai and Jun Miyamoto FieldTouch: An Innovative Agriculture Decision Support Service Based on Multi-scale Sensor Platform Annual SRII Global Conference (SRII pp , doi: /srii (peer-reviewed) Garcia, K., Lasco, R.D., Ines, A.V.M., Lyon, B. and F. Pulhin Predicting geographic distribution and habitat suitability due to climate change of selected threatened forest tree species in the Philippines. Applied Geography. 44: doi: /j.apgeog Ines, A.V.M., Das, N.N., Hansen, J.W. and E.G. Njoku Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture and vegetation with a crop simulation model for maize yield prediction. Remote Sensing of Environment. 138: doi: /j.rse (Top 4 Most Downloaded Article) Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimating effective soil hydraulic properties using spatially distributed soil moisture and evapotranspiration products at multiple scales. Vadose Zone Journal. 12: doi: /vzj Ines, A.V.M., Mohanty, B.P. and Y. Shin An unmixing algorithm for remotely sensed soil moisture. Water Resources Research. 49: , doi: /2012wr Koide, N., Robertson, A.W., Ines, A.V.M., Qian, J., DeWitt, D. and A. Lucero Predictability of rice production in the Philippines with seasonal climate forecasts. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 52: doi: /jamc-d Mishra, A.K., Ines, A.V.M., Singh, V.P. and J.W. Hansen Extraction of information contents from downscaled precipitation variables for crop simulations. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 27: doi: /s Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Soil hydraulic properties in layered soil profile using layer-specific soil moisture assimilation scheme. Water Resources Research. 48, W06529, doi: /2010wr Charoenhirunyingyos, S., Honda, K., Kamthonkiat, D. and A.V.M. Ines Soil hydraulic parameters estimated by satellite information through data assimilation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 32 (23): Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W. and A.W. Robertson Enhancing the utility of daily GCM rainfall for crop yield prediction. International Journal of Climatology. 31 (14): Joshi, C., Mohanty, B. P., Jacobs, J. and A.V.M. Ines Spatio-temporal analysis of soil moisture at different hydro-climatic regions. Water Resources Research. 47, W01508, doi: /2009wr

6 Charoenhirunyingyos, S., Honda, K., Kamthonkiat, D. and A.V.M. Ines Soil moisture estimation from inverse modeling using multiple criteria functions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 75(2): Sahoo, D., Smith, P. H. and A.V.M. Ines Autocalibration of HSPF for simulation of streamflow using genetic algorithm. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 53: Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty Near-surface soil moisture assimilation for quantifying effective soil hydraulic properties using genetic algorithm. II. with air-borne remote sensing during SGP97 and SMEX02. Water Resources Research. doi: /2008wr Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty Near-surface soil moisture assimilation to quantify effective soil hydraulic properties under different hydro-climatic conditions. Vadose Zone Journal. 7: doi: /vzj Ines, A.V.M. and B. P. Mohanty Parameter conditioning with a noisy Monte Carlo genetic algorithm to estimate effective soil hydraulic properties from space. Water Resources Research. Vol. 44, W08441, doi: /2007wr Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty Near-surface soil moisture assimilation to quantify effective soil hydraulic properties using genetic algorithm. I. Conceptual modeling. Water Resources Research. Vol. 44, W06422, doi: /2007wr Robertson, A.W., Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Downscaling of seasonal precipitation for crop simulation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 46: Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K., Gupta, A.D., Droogers, P. and R.S. Clemente Combining remote sensing-simulation modeling and genetic algorithm optimization to explore water management options in irrigated agriculture. Agricultural Water Management. 83: Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Bias correction of daily GCM rainfall for crop simulation studies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 138: (Highly Cited Paper) Hansen, J.W., Challinor, A., Ines, A.V.M., Wheeler, T. and V. Moron Translating climate forecasts into agricultural terms: Advances and challenges. Climate Research. 33(1): Ines, A.V.M. and K. Honda On quantifying agricultural and water management practices from low spatial resolution RS data using genetic algorithms: a numerical study for mixed pixel environment. Advances in Water Resources. 28: Hansen, J.W. and A.V.M. Ines Stochastic disaggregation of monthly rainfall data for crop simulation studies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 131:

7 Chemin, Y., Honda, K. and A.V.M. Ines Genetic algorithm for assimilating remotely sensed evapotranspiration data using a soil-water-atmosphere-plant model - implementation issues. Technical letter. International Journal of Geoinformatics. 1(1): Ines, A.V.M. and P. Droogers Inverse modelling in estimating soil hydraulic functions: a genetic algorithm approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 6 (1): Ines, A.V.M. and P. Droogers Inverse modeling to quantify irrigation system characteristics and operational management. Irrigation and Drainage Systems. 16 (3): Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A. D. and R. Loof Application of GIS and crop growth models in estimating water productivity. Agricultural Water Management. 54 (3): AWARDS AND CITATIONS 2009 Balik Scientist Program Awardee. Department of Science and Technology. Philippines Editors' Citation for Excellence. Awarded by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his excellence in refereeing for Water Resources Research (WRR). No. 15 (Jul-Sep 2006) ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Bias correction of daily GCM rainfall for crop simulation studies. Agric. For. Meteorol. 138: No. 1 (Apr-Jun 2006), No. 5(Jul-Sep 2006) and No. 6 (Oct-Dec 2006) ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles, Agricultural Water Management. Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K., Gupta, A.D., Droogers, P. and R.S. Clemente Combining remote sensing-simulation modeling and genetic algorithm optimization to explore water management options in irrigated agriculture. Agric Water Manage. 83: No. 9 (July-Sept 2005) and No. 12 (Apr-June 2005), ScienceDirect TOP 25 Hottest Articles, Advances in Water Resources. Ines, A.V.M. and K. Honda On quantifying agricultural and water management practices from low spatial resolution RS data using genetic algorithms: a numerical study for mixed pixel environment. Adv Water Resour. 28: No. 20, ScienceDirect TOP 25 Hottest Articles (July-Sept 2005), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Hansen, J.W. and A.V.M. Ines. Stochastic disaggregation of monthly rainfall data for crop simulation studies Agric. For. Meteorol. 131: Recipient, ACCU International Exchange Programme. UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Promotion of International Cooperation and Mutual Understanding. March 12-21, Kyoto, Japan.

8 No. 3, TOP 25 Most Downloaded Articles (Apr-Dec 2002), Agricultural Water Management. Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A.D. and R Loof Application of GIS and crop growth models in estimating water productivity. Agric Water Manage 54(3): Recipient, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) PhD Research Grant. Colombo, Sri Lanka. November 2000 January 2002 (Research Grant: US$ 22,000). Japanese Government Scholarship, Doctor of Engineering, Water Engineering and Management Program, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. May 1999 April German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship (DAAD), Master of Engineering, Water Engineering and Management Program, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. September August Recipient, AIT Alumni Association Research Grant, Thailand, Best Paper (Development Category), The Multi-crop Solar Dryer: Piloting Experiences, PCARRD, Philippines, November 1995 (co-author). Best Technology (Development Category), The Multi-crop Solar Dryer. Awarded by PCARRD, Philippines, 1995 (co-worker). Magna Cum Laude (Valedictorian), Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. Mariano Marcos State University, Philippines, April (GPA: 1.37/1.0). Finalist, Ten Outstanding Students in the Philippines (TOSP), Sponsored by the RFM Group of Companies, Department of Education Culture and Sports (DECS) and the Rotary Club of Metro Makati, Philippines. Award of Excellence, by then Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Philippines, April PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Manuscript Editor, Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier (2014-present) Session co-convener, Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology. AGU 2011 Fall Meeting. Dec. 6-10, San Francisco, CA. Editorial Board Member, Agricultural Systems Journal, Elsevier (2008-present); The Open Hydrology Journal, Bentham (2008-present); Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier (2010-present). Reviewer for International Journals, Climate Research, Climate Dynamics, Water Resources Research, Remote Sensing of Environment, Environmental Modelling and Software, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Environmental Quality,

9 Vadose Zone Journal, Agricultural Water Management, Agricultural Systems, Water Resources Management, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Computers and Geosciences, Hydrologic Research, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The Open Hydrology Journal, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Climatic Change, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, International Journal of Climatology, Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences, Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences Discussions, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Hydrogeology Journal. Proposal Reviewer, NSF (2010), NERC (UK) (2010). Member/Reviewer, International Program Committee (IPC) for the IASTED International Conference on Water Resources Management, WRM Member/Reviewer, International Program Committee (IPC) for the IASTED International Conference on Water Resources Management, WRM Resource speaker/co-organizer, 3-day Training/Workshop on Advances in Ecological and Agro-hydrological Modeling: Concepts, Parameter Estimation and Applications with special applications in remote sensing, climate and agriculture. Mariano Marcos State University, Batac, 2906, Ilocos Norte, Philippines (2006). Resource speaker, 4-day Training on crop yield forecasting in the Philippines. July DOST-PAGASA, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Member/Reviewer, International Program Committee (IPC) for the IASTED International Conference on Water Resources Management, WRM Member/Reviewer, International Program Committee (IPC) for ESTW 2006 (Environmentally Sound Technology in Water Resources Management) by International Association of Science and Technology for Development. Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW), Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association (AITAA), Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE). Reviewer PhD Dissertation (2008), Mr. Andries B. Potgieter, Determining broadacre crop area estimates thought the use of multi-temporal MODIS satellite imagery for major Australian winter crops. University of Southern Queensland.

10 COURSES TAUGHT (GRADUATE SCHOOL) BAEN 689: Hydrology Across Scale (with Prof. Binayak P. Mohanty). Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA. Fall Statistics in Water Resources Engineering. AIT Bridging Program CE04.16: Irrigation Delivery Systems Engineering (with Assoc Prof. Rainer Loof). Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Sept. Term 1997; CE04.98: Soil and Water Conservation (with Assoc. Prof. Rainer Loof). Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. May Term SOME SUCCESSFUL GRANT WRITING CHUBU UNIVERSITY. Crop growth simulation in Hokkaido, Japan using DSSAT Phase 4. A. Ines (PI, Michigan State University). US$14,205 (Travel budget is handled separately by CHUBU). Status: awarded. 8/1/2015-3/31/2016. IFPRI. High-resolution DSSAT-compatible Soil Database for Africa based on AFSIS (PI: Ines, IRI-Columbia University). US$45,000. Status: awarded. CHUBU UNIVERSITY. Crop growth simulation in Hokkaido, Japan using DSSAT Phase 3. A. Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia University). US$13,408 (Travel budget is handled separately by CHUBU). Status: awarded. 4/14/2014-3/31/2015. CHUBU UNIVERSITY. Crop growth simulation in Hokkaido, Japan using DSSAT Phase 2. A. Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia University). US$8,200 (Travel budget is handled separately by CHUBU). Status: awarded. 8/1/2013-3/31/2014. CHUBU UNIVERSITY. Crop growth simulation in Hokkaido, Japan using DSSAT. A. Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia University). 7/1/2012-7/31/2013. US$7,211 (Travel budget is handled separately by CHUBU). Status: awarded. CCAFS: Assimilating remote sensing data into crop models for improving crop yield forecasting: Development, evaluation and application. AVM Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia U), NN Das (co-pi, NASA-JPL); 7/ /2013; (IRI component US$40,000 per year). Status: awarded. EI-Research Assistantship 2011: Integrating remote sensing data into crop models to improve crop forecasts. 7/ /2011. US$1,800. Status: awarded. NASA-Servir: East Africa drought and agricultural productivity assessment and prediction system (with S. Granger (JPL), PI, A. Ines role, PI at IRI). (IRI component; US$177,000.) Status: awarded.

11 USAID-UPLBFI. Water Security and Climate Risk: A Philippine Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for the Agriculture Sector (with A. Rola (UPLB), PI; A. Ines role, PI at IRI). (IRI component US$500,000) Status: awarded. CCAFS: Assimilation of remote sensing data with a crop model to improve crop yield forecasting II. AVM Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia U); 7/ /2011; (IRI component US$30,000). Status: awarded. CCAFS: Assimilation of remote sensing data with a crop model to improve crop yield forecasting I. AVM Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia U); NN Das (co-pi, NASA-JPL); 8/2010-6/2011; US$80,000 (Ines responsible for US$30,000). Status: awarded. NASA: SMAP Early Adopter 2011: SMAP for crop forecasting and food security early warning applications: AVM Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia U). (Competitive call, no funding award). Status: selected. EI Research Assistantship 2010: Estimating effective soil hydraulic properties from remote sensing. AVM Ines (PI); 10/ /2010; US$1,800. Status: awarded. Balik Scientist-DOST-Phils: Using advanced climate information for crop yield forecasting in the Philippines. AVM Ines (PI, IRI-Columbia U). 7/2009; US$8,750. Status: awarded. USAID-Phils. Mainstreaming climate change in biodiversity planning and conservation in the Philippines. R. Lasco (PI, ICRAF) et al., AVM Ines (co-pi, IRI-Columbia U); 1/10/11-12/2012. US$980,000 (Ines responsible for US$ 77,755). Status: awarded. NSF (ESM: Type 1): Multi-scale climate information for agricultural planning in Southeastern South America for coming decades. L. Goddard (PI, IRI-Columbia U) et al., AVM Ines (co-i, IRI-Columbia U); 1/ /2013, US$899,983. Status: awarded. NSF (CMG): Multiscale data assimilation of soil moisture under heterogeneous soil hydraulics. PI: B.P. Mohanty (Texas A&M), A.V.M. Ines, post-doc (Texas A&M); 09/ /2009, $340,792. Status: awarded. NASA (TH Program): Physical controls of soil moisture and vadose zone fluxes across spacetime scales under different hydro-climatic conditions. PI: B.P. Mohanty (Texas A&M), A.V.M. Ines, post-doc (Texas A&M); 04/ /2010, $597,185. Status: awarded. NASA (GEWEX America s prediction project, GAPP): Exploratory analysis of multi-temporal remote sensing data for Southern Great Plains. PI: B.P. Mohanty (Texas A&M); (A.V.M. Ines (AIT, Bangkok, Thailand) role: Proposal/Concept contributor) 07/04-06/05, $90,000; Status: awarded. IWMI (International Water Management Institute), Sri Lanka. Project on crop modeling with GIS and genetic algorithms (with a case study of Bata Minor, Sirsa Branch, Bhakra Irrigation

12 System, Kaithal, Haryana, India). PI: A.V.M. Ines (AIT, Bangkok, Thailand); Co-PI: P. Droogers (IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka). 11/ /2002, US$22,000; Status: awarded. PROCEEDINGS AND WORKING PAPERS Honda, K., Ines, A.V.M., Yui, A., Chinnachodteeranum, R., Witayangkurn, A., Nagai, H. and H. Miyamoto FieldTouch: an innovative agriculture decision support service based on multiscale sensor platform. SRII Proceedings. Teeravech, K., Honda K., Ines, A.V.M. and R. Chinnachodteeranun Tomorrow s Rice Ver 1 : Rice yield simulation and prediction by DSSAT on web. Burapha University International Conference Proceedings. Terink, W., Droogers, P., van Dam, J., Simons, G., Voogt, M. and A.V.M. Ines Satellite based data mining to support Egypt s agriculture. Advances in Data Mining, Workshop Proceedings, ICDM 2013, Hansen, J., Zebiak, S., Baethgen, W., Ines, A.V.M. and D. Osgood Climate risk, information and market participation for African farmers. Proceedings of the International Conference: Towards Priority Actions for Market Development for African Farmers May, AGRA, Nairobi, Kenya. pp Mohanty, B. P., N. N. Das, R. B. Jana, and A.V.M. Ines. Effective Soil Hydraulic Parameter Estimation at Different Spatial Scales. Proceedings of Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (WEES). January 12-17, New Delhi, India, pp , Srinuandee, P., Honda, K., Chemin, Y. and A.V.M. Ines SWAP crop model parameter identification using SPOT Vegetation in Suphanburi, Thailand. Honda K. and A.V.M. Ines Genetic Algorithms in quantifying water management and agricultural practices at the sub-pixel level. Proceedings of the 6 th International Conference on HYDROINFORMATICS. Singapore. 2: Honda K. and A.V.M. Ines A numerical experiment in assimilating agricultural practices in a mixed pixel environment using Genetic Algorithms. Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) and International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS) Busan, Korea. 3 p. Ninsawat, S., Honda, K., Horanont, T., Yokoyama, R. and A.V.M. Ines Remote Sensing Image Server based on WMS for GMS (Greater Mekong Sub-Region) Countries. Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) and International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS) Busan, Korea. 3 p. Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K. and A.D. Gupta Spatio-temporal analysis of water productivity to explore water saving strategies in agriculture. In Kang, S., Davies, B., Shan, L. and Cai, H.

13 (Eds.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Water-Saving Agriculture and Sustainable Water Use of Water and Land Resources. Shaanxi Science and Technology Press, P.R. China. 1: Ines, A.V.M. and K. Honda Development of a methodology to quantify water management and agricultural practices in a mixed pixel environment. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment: Biodiversity and Water Environment. University of Tokyo, Japan. pp Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A.D., Droogers, P. and K. Honda Genetic Algorithms in assimilating agro-hydrological model parameters. In Ganouris, J., Prinos, P., Korfiatis, G. and Chistodoulou, G. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX IAHR Congress. IAHR, Tesseloniki, Greece. Theme D: Ines, A.V.M., Clemente, R., Droogers, P., Gupta, A.D. and K. Honda Exploring water management options using Genetic Algorithms: A case study of Bata Minor, Kaithal, Haryana, India. In Takara, K. and Kojima, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources in Asia Pacific Region. APHW, Japan. 2: Ines, A.V.M., Droogers, P., Makin, I.W. and A. D. Gupta Crop growth and soil water balance modeling to explore water management options. IWMI Working Paper 22. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute. 26 p. Ines, A.V.M. and P. Droogers Obtaining non-observable RS data from RS, using a combined model and Genetic Algorithm approach. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop: Applications of Remote Sensing in Hydrology. Montpellier, France. 12 p. Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A. D., Loof, R. and C. Abernethy Estimating water productivity using GIS and crop models. Proceedings of the Twelfth Congress of APD-IAHR on Sustainable Water Resources Management: Issues and Future Challenges. Bangkok, Thailand. 4: TECHNICAL/WORKSHOP REPORTS Ines, A.V.M. at al. Crop modeling and seasonal climate forecasts. CSIRO Report. Hoefsloot, P., Ines, A.V.M., van Dam, J., Duveiller, G., Kayitakire, F. and J. W. Hansen Combining Crop Models and Remote Sensing for Yield Prediction: Concepts, Applications and Challenges for Heterogeneous Smallholder Environments. JRC Technical Reports. ISBN: Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg., 48 pp. DOI: / Das, N.N., Ines, A.V.M. and M. Norton Assimilation of remote sensing data with a crop model to improve crop yield forecasting. CCAFS Report. IRI, Columbia University, NY. Hansen, J.W., Tippett, M.K., Bell, M.A. and A.V.M. Ines Linking seasonal forecasts into RiskView to enhance food security contingency planning. IRI Technical Report # IRI, Columbia University, NY.

14 Ines, A.V.M Using advanced climate information for crop forecasting in the Philippines. Balik (returning)-scientist Final Report. DOST, Phils. Giannini, A., Hansen, J., Holthaus, E., Ines, A.V.M., Kaheil, Y., Karnauskas, K., Mclaurin, M., Osgood, D., Robertson, A., Shirley, K. and Vicarelli, M Designing Index-Based Weather Insurance for Farmers In Central America. Final Report to the World Bank Commodity Risk Management Group, ARD. IRI Technical Report New York. Baethgen, W., Hansen, J.W., Ines, A.V.M., Jones, J.W., Meinke, H. and P. Steduto Contributions of Agricultural Systems Modeling to Weather Index Insurance. In: Hellmuth M.E., Osgood D.E., Hess U., Moorhead A. and Bhojwani H. (eds). Index insurance and climate risk: Prospects for development and disaster management. Climate and Society No. 2. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. Foreword by Kofi Annan. Hansen, J.W. and A.V.M. Ines District-level crop data analytical procedures. Report 2. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction. The Earth Institute at Columbia University. NY, USA. Hansen, J.W. and A.V.M. Ines Preliminary district groundnut yield data analysis. Report 1. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction. The Earth Institute at Columbia University. NY, USA. Honda, K., Letrum, S., Vathananukij, H., Ines, A.V.M., Chemin, Y and D. Kamthonkiat Near real time agriculture activity monitoring using multi-temporal MODIS earth observation satellite data. Interim Report submitted to Royal Thai Government. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Honda, K., KamthonKiat, D. and A.V.M. Ines Multi-temporal analysis of normalized differential vegetation index, temperature and other metrics using fusion of high-resolution and low-resolution imageries for global irrigated area mapping. Interim Report submitted to IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Honda, K., Ines, A.V.M., Horanont, T., Ninsawat, S., Doi, K., Montalbo, C. Jr. and K. Vergel IATSS Project on Local Governance and Urban Transport Environment in Asian Developing Countries Final Report. Asian Institute of Technology. Bangkok, Thailand. Ines, A.V.M Improved crop production integrating GIS and Genetic Algorithms. Ph.D. Dissertation. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Ines, A.V.M Land use options using simulation and systems analysis: A case study of the Laoag River Basin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. M.Sc. Thesis. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

15 Ines, A.V.M Design modification of an existing water coil pump. B.Sc. Thesis. Mariano Marcos State University. Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ASA-SSSA-CSSA 2015 Meetings EGU2015 with Kostas EGU2015 with Mirian Cousin R., A.V.M. Ines, E. Han, M.B. Blummenthal, W.E. Baethgen Ubiquitous Approach for Disseminating Regional Soil-Plant-Water Balance Information for Decision Support in Agriculture. Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), New Mexico State University. Jan Han, E. and A.V.M. Ines, Developing High-resolution Soil Database for Regional Crop Modeling in East Africa. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Dec 15-19, Mishra, A., Ines, A.V.M., Das, N.N. and P. Khedun Anatomy of a Local Scale Drought. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Dec 15-19, Ines, A.V.M., Das, N.N., Hansen, J.W., Baethgen, W.E. and S. Zebiak SMAP for Crop Forecasting and Food Security Early Warning Applications. 3rd SMAP Applications Workshop. Boulder, Colorado. Apr 8-10, Ines, A.V.M., Baethgen, W., Greene, A. and L. Goddard Modeling Climate Impacts on Agriculture in South East South America. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. San Francisco. Dec 9-13, Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K. and Akihiro Yui A crop simulation system for integrating remote sensing and climate information to reduce model uncertainty in crop yield assessments. AGU 2012 Fall meeting. San Francisco. Dec 3-7, Honda K., Teeravech, K., Ines, A.V.M. and R. Chinnachodteeranun Tomorrow's Rice Ver. 1. Rice yield simulation and prediction by DSSAT on Web. Agriculture WG, APAN Meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Aug. 26, Ines, A.V.M., Das, N.N., Hansen, J.W. and E. Njoku On the assimilation of remote sensing data with crop models for crop yield forecasting. CCAFS-South Asia Workshop on Seasonal weather forecasts linked pre-harvest estimates of crop production. April 16-18, Negombo, Sri Lanka. Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W., Das, N.N. and W. Baethgen Integrating seasonal climate forecasts with an ENKF-DSSAT-CSM data assimilation system for crop yield forecasting. 10th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW). Miami, FL. March 13-15, 2012.

16 Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W., Robertson, A.W., Baethgen, W. and M. Indeje Some advances on the use of daily GCM rainfall for crop yield prediction. PICREVAT workshop. Embu, Kenya , February Mohanty, B.P., Y.C. Shin, and A.V.M. Ines Estimating soil water retention parameters using remote sensing platforms and data assimilation tools. AGU 2011 Fall meeting. San Francisco. Dec 6-10, 2011 (INVITED TALK). Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W., Baethgen, W. and N.N. Das Linking climate information, remote sensing and crop models for crop yield forecasting and food security assessment. AGU 2011 Fall meeting. San Francisco. Dec 6-10, 2011 (INVITED TALK). Ines, A.V.M. and S. Zebiak SMAP for crop forecasting and food security assessment. 2nd SMAP Applications Workshop at the USDA South Building in Washington. Oct 12-13, Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W., Robertson, A.W., Baethgen, W. and M. Indeje Advances on the use of daily GCM rainfall for crop yield prediction. NOAA s Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW) March 1-4, de Moines, Iowa. Ines, A.V.M., Hansen, J.W., Robertson, A.W., Baethgen, W., Sun, L. and M. Indeje Using daily GCM rainfall for crop yield predictions: Advances and Challenges. AGU-Fall Meeting December San Francisco, CA, USA. Baethgen, W.E., Hansen, J.W., Ines, A.V.M., Greene, A.M. and L. Goddard Exploring Options to Improve Adaptation to Climate Change in Crop Production of Southeastern South America. AgSAP Conference Egmond Aan Zee, The Netherlands. Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Extracting useful information from daily GCM rainfall for cropping system modeling. AgSAP Conference Egmond Aan Zee, The Netherlands. Shin, Y., Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Combining SEBAL model and NMCGA algorithm for the estimation of effective soil hydraulic properties. AGU-Fall Meeting December San Francisco, CA, USA. Mohanty, B.P. Das, N.N., Jana, R.B., Ines, A.V.M. and Y. Shin Effective soil hydraulic parameters at multiple scales using data assimilation schemes and remote sensing data. ASA- CSSA-SSSA 2008 Joint Annual Meeting. Oct. 5-9, Houston, TX. Shin, Y. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M Ines Estimating effective soil hydraulic properties of heterogeneous soils using near-surface soil moisture assimilation scheme. ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2008 Joint Annual Meeting. Oct. 5-9, Houston, TX. Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Bias correction and stochastic disaggregation of GCM rainfall for decision support in agriculture and water management AGU Joint Meeting May Fort Lauderdale, FL.

17 Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines A top-down approach for estimating effective soil hydraulic parameters from space. AGU-Fall Meeting December San Francisco, CA, USA. Ines, A.V.M. and B. P. Mohanty Downscaling RS soil moisture using genetic algorithms. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings. Nov. 4-8, Nov. 4-8, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Sahoo, D., Smith, P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimation of hydrologic model parameter using an evolutionary algorithm and inverse modeling. ASABE Annual International Meeting. June 17-20, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimating soil hydraulic parameters from space. ASABE Annual International Meeting. June 17-20, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty Parameter conditioning with a noisy Monte Carlo genetic algorithm (NMCGA) to estimate effective soil hydraulic properties from space. AGU- Fall Meeting December San Francisco, CA, USA. Mohanty, B.P., Ines, A.V.M., Zhu, J., Jana, R., Das, N.N. and S.K. Sharma Effective soil hydraulic parameters across scales for land-atmosphere interaction. AGU-Fall Meeting December San Francisco, CA, USA. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimation of Effective Hydraulic Conductivity using remotely sensed soil moisture ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings Nov Indianapolis, IN, USA. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimating effective soil hydraulic properties from space. Gordon Conference on Flow and Transport in Permeable Media. July 30 - August 4, Proctor Academy Andover, NH, USA. Hansen, J. W., Challinor, A., Ines, A.V.M., Mishra, A. and Chee-Kiat, T Predicting crop response to drought using advance climate information: An international perspective. 36 th Biological Systems Simulation Conference April 11-13, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Robertson, A.W., Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen On the temporal resolution of seasonal forecasts for crop simulation. AGU-Spring Joint Assembly. May 23-26, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Estimation of effective soil hydraulic properties from multi-platform remote sensing and regional inverse modeling. AGU-Fall Meeting. Dec. 5-9, San Francisco, CA, USA.

18 Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty Near-surface soil moisture assimilation to quantify effective soil hydraulic properties using genetic algorithm: A field scale numerical and validation study. AGU-Fall Meeting. Dec. 5-9, San Francisco, CA, USA. Mohanty, B.P. and A.V.M. Ines Near-surface soil moisture assimilation to quantify effective soil hydraulic properties using genetic algorithm. Poster presented during the 5 th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle. June 20-24, Orange County, CA, USA. Ines, A.V.M., Robertson, A.W. and J.W. Hansen Application of the Non-homogenous Hidden Markov Model for predicting regional crop yields over the Southeastern US. Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop Research and Applications on Use and Impacts. March 15-17, IRI-Palisades, NY, USA. Honda, K. and A.V.M. Ines A look up table method for data assimilation in crop model parameter identification- Application in quantifying agricultural practices. ACRS Nov Chang Mai, Thailand. Ines, A.V.M. and J.W. Hansen Conditioning strategies for stochastic disaggregation of monthly rainfall for crop simulation applications ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. 31 Oct-4 Nov Seattle, Washington, USA. Chemin, Y., Honda, K. and A.V.M. Ines Genetic algorithm for assimilating remotely sensed evapotranspiration data using a soil water-atmosphere-plant model: Implementation issues. Free and Open Source Software / GRASS Users conference, September 2004, Bangkok, Thailand. Chemin, Y., Honda, K. and A.V.M. Ines Real coded genetic algorithm for assimilating remotely sensed evapotransiration data using a soil-water-atmosphere-plant model: A methodology. AFITA - World Conference on Computing in Agriculture August Bangkok, Thailand. Honda K. and A.V.M. Ines Genetic Algorithms in quantifying water management and agricultural practices at the sub-pixel level. Contribution to the 6 th International Conference on Hydroinformatics-2004 held in Singapore on June Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K. and P. Droogers A Genetic Algorithm based decision support system to explore options in water management. A paper presented to the Biological Systems Simulation Conference. March 8-10, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Honda, K and A.V.M. Ines Use of RS in quantifying irrigation water management based on data assimilation technique. A paper presented to the International Symposium on the Climate System of the Asian Monsoon and its Interaction with the Society held in Khon Kaen, Thailand. November 11-13, 2003.

19 Ninsawat, S., Honda, K., Horanont, T., Yokoyama, R. and A.V.M. Ines Remote Sensing Image Server based on WMS for GMS (Greater Mekong Sub-Region) Countries. A paper presented during the ACRS 2003 ISRS held in Busan, Korea on November 3-7, Honda K. and A.V.M. Ines A numerical experiment in assimilating agricultural practices in a mixed pixel environment using Genetic Algorithms. A paper presented during the ACRS 2003 ISRS held in Busan, Korea on November 3-7, Ines, A.V.M., Honda, K. and A.D. Gupta Spatio-temporal analysis of water productivity to explore water saving strategies in agriculture. A paper presented during the International Conference on Water-Saving Agriculture and Sustainable Water Use of Water and Land Resources held in Yangling, Shaanxi, P.R. China on October 26-29, Ines, A.V.M. and K. Honda Development of a methodology to quantify water management and agricultural practices in a mixed pixel environment. A paper presented during the First International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment: Biodiversity and Water Environment held in AIT, Bangkok, Thailand on October 23-25, Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A.D. and K. Honda Estimating water productivity using a combined RS-agro-hydrological model and Genetic Algorithms. Contribution to the International Conference on GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment in Three Gorges Dam Site, China. September 16-19, Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A.D., Droogers, P. and K. Honda Genetic Algorithms in assimilating agro-hydrological model parameters. A paper presented during the XXX IAHR Congress in Tesseloniki, Greece. August 25-31, Ines, A.V.M., Clemente, R., Droogers, P., Gupta, A.D. and K. Honda Exploring water management options using Genetic Algorithms: A case study of Bata Minor, Kaithal, Haryana, India. A paper presented during the First International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources in Asia Pacific Region, held in Kyoto, Japan, on March 13-15, Ines, A.V.M., Droogers, P., Honda, K. and A.D. Gupta Stochastic data assimilation technique in regional hydrology. Contribution to the 2003: EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly held in Nice, France. April 6-11, Honda, K and A.V.M. Ines Use of RS in quantifying irrigation water management based on data assimilation technique. International Seminar on Innovation Model for Sustainable Water Resource Management: GAME-T Crystallization. August 20, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Ines, A.V.M. and P. Droogers Obtaining non-observable RS data from RS using a combined model and Genetic Algorithm approach. A paper presented during the 5 th International Workshop on Application of Remote Sensing in Hydrology. Montpellier, France. October 2-5, 2001.

20 Ines, A.V.M., Gupta, A. D., Loof, R. and C. Abernethy Estimating water productivity using GIS and crop models. A paper presented during the 12 th Congress of the Asia Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (APD-IAHR). November 13-16, Bangkok, Thailand. Ines, A.V.M. and Nachabe, M.H Application of a pseudo-analytical solution to simulate chemical redistribution in the soil profile. A paper presented during the 9 th Annual PSAE Regional Convention. Ilocos Sur Polythecnic College, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. March Ines, A.V.M. and A.F. Dumaoal Development of a floating water coil pump. A paper presented during the 8 th Annual PSAE Regional Convention. Mariano Marcos State University. Batac, Ilocos Norte. Philippines. February Castro, R.C. et al The NTA multi-crop solar dryer: Piloting experiences edition. PCARRD, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. November 1995 (Best Paper) (co-author). Nov TRAINING COURSES PARTICIPATED Training course on DSSAT Version 4: Assessing Crop Production, Nutrient Management, Climate Risk and Environmental Sustainability with Simulation Models. The University of Georgia, Griffin Campus, May 17-26, Georgia, USA (with Continued Education Units). ESRI certified training course on Introduction to ArcGIS I (for ArcView 8, ArcEditor 8 and ArcInfo 8) conducted at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, February 23-24, New York, USA. Training course on Cluster Computing Technology, conducted by the Asian Institute of Technology and Kasetsart University, May 29-30, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. Training course on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in Watershed Management, conducted by the Geographic Information Systems Application Center (GAC) and Asian Center for Research on Remote Sensing (ACRoRS), September 17-19, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED/LECTURED Bicol Agri-Water Project Technical Workshop 2. Naga City, Philippines. Feb , (cochair, resource person) Linking Climate Forecasts with Crop and Soil Water Balance Models. IICA-INMET Midterm Project Workshop. Aug , INMET, Brazilia, Brazil. (resource person for 5 days). Bicol Agri-Water Project Technical Workshop. Naga City, Philippines. Apr. 4-6, (chair, resource person)

21 Joint CCAFS-JRC Workshop on Data assimilation for crop yield forecasting: Concepts, applications and challenges for heterogeneous, small holder environments. JRC, Ispra, Italy. June 13-14, (chair, steering committee; resource speaker). INIA visit/meeting. Informal training of INIA researchers on methods and techniques of integrating climate forecasts with crop models; RS of soil moisture and evapotranspiration. Montevideo, Uruguay. 7/2011. (Lecturer). Africa Desk Trainings.Linking advanced climate information for crop yield prediction. IRI- Columbia University, NY. 3/2011; 7/2011; 2012; 2013 (Resource speaker). ERFS Workshop 3. Methods and examples of integrating climate information (historical, monitored, forecast) to crop risk modeling, and designing risk management options., IIT-Delhi, India. 5/2011 (Resource speaker). ICRAF-USAID Kickoff meeting.component 2: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Climate Change. UPLB, Phils. 4/2011. Climate and Society Lecture. Seasonal forecast and crop modeling for agricultural decision making. Columbia University. NY. 4/2011. (lecturer). NASA-Earth Observation Missions Applications Workshop. Colorado Springs, CO. Feb (co-lead, Agriculture break-up group). AfSIS workshop. Remote sensing estimation of soil hydraulic properties.. Sept LDEO, Columbia University, NY. (Resource speaker). ERFS International Training and Workshop on Climate Risk Management in Agriculture. ANGRAU, Hyderabad, India. April 27-30, (Resource speaker). Training on crop yield forecasting in the Philippines. PAGASA, Diliman, Quezon City. July 20-23, 2009 (Resource Speaker for four days). Training/Workshop on Advances in Ecological and Agro-hydrological Modeling: Concepts, Parameter Estimation and Applications with special applications in remote sensing, climate and agriculture. Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Mariano Marcos State University, Batac, 2906, Ilocos Norte, Philippines (Co-organizer and Resource Speaker for three days). SOFTWARE AUTHORING (SAMPLES) FResampler1: Links tercile-based seasonal climate forecasts with crop and soil water balance models (F90/95; original code) H20_Balance_Polygon_v01: A polygon-based regional crop water balance model (F90/95; original code)

22 VACC: Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Agro-forestry Crops under Climate Change (F90/95; original code) predictwtd: A tool to predict yield for different lead times in the growing season (F90/95; original code) EnKF-DSSAT-CSM: An ensemble Kalman filter code for assimilating RS soil moisture and vegetation with DSSAT Cropping Systems Model. (F90/95; collaboration with NASA-JPL). DownSCALEv01aT: A SWAPGA coupled program designed to disaggregate regional soil moisture into local soil moisture, soils, and vegetations (DownSCALEv01bTv2). The program can estimate the contributions of soils and vegetations to the regional soil moisture in the study region (F90/95). NoisyMonteCarloGAv01: An implementation of a noisy Monte Carlo genetic algorithm (NMCGA) aimed at estimating the effective soil hydraulic properties from space using remotely sensed near-surface soil moisture data e.g. AMSR-E. The code performs conditioning of the stochastic variables (i.e. soil hydraulic parameters) such that the AMSR-E soil moisture is honored by the generated Monte Carlo spectrum of soil moisture at prescribed confidence interval (F90/95). GCM_bias_corr2: A tool for correcting the bias of simulated daily (or monthly) GCM rainfall (F90/95 original code). MLReg2: A multiple linear regression program that analyses the linear relationship between yield and seasonal/monthly precipitation in a GIS-ready format (multiple locations); a version with cross validation (i.e one year out analysis) (CValid1) and with full cross-validation (i.e predictors are fully optimized, with one-year out analysis) (CValid2) are also written; solving the sets of linear equations (up to 100 variables) derived from Least-squares is implemented using GAUSS elimination (F90/95 original code). IrrigMap_GA: A program that quantifies agricultural and water management practices and area fractions of agricultural land uses in a mixed-pixel environment using time series (aggregated or composite) of mixed RS ET or LAI (F90/95 the original genetic algorithm (GA) code was based on F77 code of Carroll (1998); agro-hydrological model used is SWAP (Van Dam et al., 1997)). IrrigMap_GA_LT: Same as IrrigMap_GA but the linkage between GA and SWAP is not dynamic but through a lookup table to improve computational efficiency in solving actual RS data (F90/95). SWAP_GA_Stochastic: A GA-based stochastic parameter estimation technique using spatial distribution of ET (from RS) to determine the spatial attributes (both physical and non-physical) of an irrigation (sub-) system (F90/95).

23 WatProdGA: The forward version of SWAP_GA_Stochastic that uses the derived spatial attributes of a system to determine an optimum combination of agricultural and water management practices to optimize an objective e.g. maximizing regional yield in a cropping season (F90/95). QuasiAnal: This program simulates a 1-D chemical redistribution (e.g., solute, fertilizer, pesticide) in the soil profile based on Van Genuchten-Alves equation (partial differential equation (PDE)) (original code; Fortran)