Name: Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi

Title: Professor

Affiliation: Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Email: ayad.alquraishi@gmail.com; amfadhil@gmail.com

Research fields:

l  Environmental Protection

Climate Change

Environmental Earth Sciences

Environmental Risk

Sustainability of Resources and Environment

Water Resources Management and Water Quality

l  Geoscience

Geographic Information Science

International Partnership in Geosciences

Remote Sensing

Natural Hazards

Qualifications:

2004 Ph.D. Eng., China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, Geodetection & IT

1988 M.Sc., University of Baghdad, Iraq, Soil & Water Conservation

1978 B.Sc., University of Baghdad, Iraq, Soil & Water Sciences

Publications:

1.        Al-Quraishi, A.M.F; Gaznayee, H.A.A.; Mattia, C. 2020. Drought Trend Analysis in Sulaimaniyah (Iraqi Kurdistan Region) for the Period 1998-2017 using Remote Sensing and GIS. Accepted for publication in the J. of Arid Land, Springer.

2.         Alqasemi, A; Hereher, M.; Al-Quraishi, A.M. F.; Saibi, H; Aldahan, A.; Abuelgasim, A. Retrieval of monthly maximum and minimum air temperature using MODIS Aqua land surface temperature data over the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Geocarto International, https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2020.1837261

3.        Khwarahm, N.R., Qader, S., Ararat, K, Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2020. Predicting and mapping land cover/land use changes in Erbil /Iraq using CA-Markov synergy model. Earth Science Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-020-00541-x

4.        Divya, Y., Gopinathan, P., Jayachandran, K., Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2020. Color slices analysis of land use changes due to urbanization in a city environment of Miami Area, South Florida, USA. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-00883-x

5.        Othman, A.; Al- Maamar, A.; Al-Manmi, D.; Obaid, A.; Liesenberg, V.; Hasan, S.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2020. GIS-based modeling for selection of dam sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. ISPRS-Int. J. of Geo-Information. MDPI. 2020, 9 (4), 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9040244 

6.        Gaznayee, H.A.A., and Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2020. Identifying Drought Status in Duhok Governorate (Iraqi Kurdistan Region) from 1998 through 2012 using Landsat Time Series Dataset. Journal of Applied Science and Technology Trends, 1(1), 17-23. https://doi.org/10.38094/jastt1112

7.        Gopinathan, P.; Parthiban, S.; Magendran, T.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F.; Singh, A.K.; Singh, P.K. 2020. Mapping of ferric (Fe3+) and ferrous (Fe2+) iron oxides distribution using band ratio techniques with ASTER data and geochemistry of Kanjamalai and Godumalai, Tamil Nadu, South India. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100306

8.        Othman, A.; Al- Maamar, A.; Al-Manmi, D.; Obaid, A.; Liesenberg, V.; Hasan, S.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2020. GIS-based modeling for selection of dam sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2057

9.        Kumar, M.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F.; Mondal, I. 2019. Glacier Changes Monitoring in Bhutan High Himalaya Using Satellite Remote Sensing. The paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Environmental Engineering Research (EER). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2019.255  

10.    Gaznayee, H.A.A.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2019.  Analysis of Agricultural Drought, Rainfall, and Crop Yield Relationships in Erbil Province, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq based on Landsat Time-Series MSAVI2. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems JARDCS, Vol 11,12 Special Issue: 536-545, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V11SP12/20193249 

11.    Meshram, S.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2019. Application of SAW and TOPSIS in Prioritizing Watershed. Water Resources Management Journal, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02470-x 

12.    Gaznayee, H.A.A.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. 2019. Analysis of Agricultural Drought’s Severity and Impacts in Erbil Province, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region based on Time Series NDVI and TCI Indices for 1998 through 2017.  Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems JARDCS, Vol 11,11: 287-297, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V11I11/20193198

13.    Al-Quraishi, A.M.F.; Gaznayee, H.A.A.; Crespi, M. 2020. Drought Trend Analysis in Sulaimaniyah, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region using Remote Sensing and GIS for a Period of 1998-2017. Accepted for oral presentation in the WRAA2020, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 16-19 March 2020, Oman.

14.    Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. and Negm, A. M. 2019. Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Iraq, Springer-Water, Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-030- 21344-2, 2019.

15.    Almamalachy, Y.S.; Al-Quraishi, A.M.F.; Moradkhani, H. 2019. Agricultural Drought Monitoring Over Iraq Utilizing MODIS Products. In: Al-Quraishi, A. M. F. & Negm, A. M. (eds). Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Iraq. Springer-Water, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21344-2_11. 2019.

16.    Al-Quraishi, A.M.F.; Qader, S.H.; Wu, W. 2019. Drought Monitoring Using Spectral and Meteorological Based Indices Combination: A Case Study in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq in: Al-Quraishi, A. M. F. & Negm, A. M. (eds). Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Iraq. Springer-Water, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21344-2_15