About
Professional SummaryDr. Salah Er-Raki is currently working as Associate Professor of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marrakech, Morocco. He has completed his Ph.D. in Physics from Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco and Postdoctoral Fellow at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. He is also serving as reviewer for international scientific journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, Remote Sensing, WSEAS, Agronomy, Arid Land Research and Management. He is member of editorial board in Agricultural Water Management, Geosciences journal, Journal of Applied Sciences, International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Advances in Geological and Geophysical Engineering (AGGE), and Frontiers in Geosciences. He also participated in many funded research projects. He has published 3 thesis, 72 research articles in refereed journals and 6 chapters in books contributed as author/co-author.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco Physics | Completed: 2007
Editorial Services
Editorial & Publishing Roles
Editorial Board Member
Serving as Editorial Board Member for Asian Journal of Agricultural Research.
Publications (92)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Performance Assessment of Microbial-Based Biostimulants and Organic Amendments in Winter Wheat Using Spectral–Thermal Fusion and Temporal Density Analysis
2027
Future Streamflow Projections in a Semi-Arid Mountain Basin Using Machine Learning and CMIP6 Climate Scenarios: The Case of the Zat River (Morocco)
2026
Development and Validation of a New Remotely Sensed Combined Drought Anomaly Index (CDAI) for Monitoring Agriculture Drought Over Morocco
2026
Assessment of empirical and physically-based approaches to simulate surface resistance for improved evapotranspiration modeling of winter wheat in semi-arid region, Morocco
2026
Development of an Empirical Model for Estimating Quinoa Canopy Cover from NDVI Under Different Irrigation and Fertilization Stress Conditions
2026
Use of optical-microwave scintillometry to validate a thermal energy balance model for an olive orchard in Morocco
2026
Advancing irrigation strategies for wheat production in Morocco: Combining AquaCrop model and optimization techniques
2026
Surface soil moisture and land surface temperature as constraints for multi-objective calibration of a dual-source SVAT model over semi-arid irrigated winter wheat
2026
A phenology-weighted composite agricultural drought index for rainfed croplands in Morocco
2026
Metallurgical slag and biofertilizers for improving durum wheat growth and water productivity under deficit irrigation in semi-arid conditions
2026
A comparative methodological approach for argan forest classification using Landsat imagery
2025
Bibliometric and review analysis of argan trees studies: global research trends and challenges
2025
Optimizing sowing date, fertilization, and irrigation strategies for winter wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco) using the DSSAT-CERES-wheat model
2025
Assessment of SIMDualKc model for irrigation scheduling of winter wheat in the Haouz plain, Morocco
2025
A modified METRIC model for high resolution partitioning and mapping of evapotranspiration over irrigated agricultural landscapes in Morocco
2025
Advances in crop growth modeling: A review of perennial crop and beneficial soil microorganism approaches
2025
Functional Trait-Based Responses of the Moroccan Menara Cultivar to Deficit Irrigation
2025
Accuracy Assessment of Remote Sensing-Derived Evapotranspiration Products Against Eddy Covariance Measurements in Tensift Al-Haouz Semi-Arid Region, Morocco
2025
Sentinel-1 Backscatter and Interferometric Coherence for Soil Moisture Retrieval in Winter Wheat Fields Within a Semiarid South-Mediterranean Climate: Machine Learning Versus Semiempirical Models
2024
Development of a Fuzzy Variable Rate Irrigation Control System Based on Remote Sensing Data to Fully Automate Center Pivots
2024
Proxy detection of wheat water stress from photochemical reflectance index and land surface temperature data
2024
Assessment of crop evapotranspiration and deep percolation in a commercial irrigated citrus orchard under semi-arid climate: Combined Eddy-Covariance measurement and soil water balance-based approach
2023
2023
Are the C-band backscattering coefficient and interferometric coherence suitable substitutes of NDVI for the monitoring of the FAO-56 crop coefficient?
2023
Assessment and Comparison of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products: Validation by Hydrological Modeling Using ANN in a Semi-Arid Zone
2023
Using Remote Sensing to Address Green Heritage of the City of Marrakech, Morocco
2023
Medium-Resolution Mapping of Evapotranspiration at the Catchment Scale Based on Thermal Infrared MODIS Data and ERA-Interim Reanalysis over North Africa
2022
Vulnerability of Barley, Maize, and Wheat Yields to Variations in Growing Season Precipitation in Morocco
2022
Assessing Irrigation Water Use with Remote Sensing-Based Soil Water Balance at an Irrigation Scheme Level in a Semi-Arid Region of Morocco
2021
C-band radar data and in situ measurements for the monitoring of wheat crops in a semi-arid area (center of Morocco)
2021
Cereal Yield Forecasting with Satellite Drought-Based Indices, Weather Data and Regional Climate Indices Using Machine Learning in Morocco
2021
Optimizing the Sowing Date to Improve Water Management and Wheat Yield in a Large Irrigation Scheme, through a Remote Sensing and an Evolution Strategy-Based Approach
2021
Integrating thermal stress indexes within Shuttleworth–Wallace model for evapotranspiration mapping over a complex surface
2021
On the Utility of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Data for Better Constraining Thermal-Based Energy Balance over Three Semi-Arid Agricultural Areas
2021
Implementing a new texture-based soil evaporation reduction coefficient in the FAO dual crop coefficient method
2021
2021
ESTIMACIÓN DE LA EVAPOTRANSPIRACIÓN DE UN VIÑEDO DE UVA DE MESA (Vitis vinífera) CON IMÁGENES SATELITALES SENTINEL-2
2021
A Calibration/Disaggregation Coupling Scheme for Retrieving Soil Moisture at High Spatio-Temporal Resolution: Synergy between SMAP Passive Microwave, MODIS/Landsat Optical/Thermal and Sentinel-1 Radar Data
2021
Performance Evaluation of the WOFOST Model for Estimating Evapotranspiration, Soil Water Content, Grain Yield and Total Above-Ground Biomass of Winter Wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco): Application to Yield Gap Estimation
2021
Multi-Scale Evaluation of the TSEB Model over a Complex Agricultural Landscape in Morocco
2020
Evapotranspiration partition using the multiple energy balance version of the ISBA-A-g
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land surface model over two irrigated crops in a semi-arid Mediterranean region (Marrakech, Morocco)
2020
A Simple Light-Use-Efficiency Model to Estimate Wheat Yield in the Semi-Arid Areas
2020
Linkages between Rainfed Cereal Production and Agricultural Drought through Remote Sensing Indices and a Land Data Assimilation System: A Case Study in Morocco
2020
Temporal Calibration of an Evaporation-Based Spatial Disaggregation Method of SMOS Soil Moisture Data
2020
Inter-comparison between different techniques for evapotranspiration partitioning: eddy covariance-, sap flow-, lysimeter- and fao-based methods.
Salah Er-Raki
2020
Estimation of the evapotranspiration over heterogeneous region using shuttleworth-wallace model.
Salah Er-Raki
2020
An evapotranspiration model self-calibrated from remotely sensed surface soil moisture, land surface temperature and vegetation cover fraction: application to disaggregated SMOS and MODIS data.
Salah Er-Raki
2020
Stepwise Disaggregation of SMAP Soil Moisture at 100 m Resolution Using Landsat-7/8 Data and a Varying Intermediate Resolution
2019
Ability of a soil–vegetation–atmosphere transfer model and a two-source energy balance model to predict evapotranspiration for several crops and climate conditions
2019
Evaluation of Backscattering Models and Support Vector Machine for the Retrieval of Bare Soil Moisture from Sentinel-1 Data
2019
Combining a Two Source Energy Balance Model Driven by MODIS and MSG-SEVIRI Products with an Aggregation Approach to Estimate Turbulent Fluxes over Sparse and Heterogeneous Vegetation in Sahel Region (Niger)
2018
Disaggregation of SMOS Soil Moisture to 100 m Resolution Using MODIS Optical/Thermal and Sentinel-1 Radar Data: Evaluation over a Bare Soil Site in Morocco
2017
Modeling soil evaporation efficiency in a range of soil and atmospheric conditions using a meta-analysis approach.
Salah Er-Raki
2016
Combining stable isotopes and micrometeorological measurements for partitioning evapotranspiration of winter wheat into soil evaporation and plant transpiration in a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2016
Performance assessment of AquaCrop model for estimating evapotranspiration, soil water content and grain yield of winter wheat in Tensift Al Haouz (Morocco): Application to irrigation management.
Salah Er-Raki
2016
The SPARSE model for the prediction of water stress and evapotranspiration components from thermal infra-red data and its evaluation over irrigated and rainfed wheat.
Salah Er-Raki
2015
Consistency between In Situ, model-derived and high-resolution-image-based soil temperature endmembers: Towards a robust data-based model for multi-resolution monitoring of crop evapotranspiration.
Salah Er-Raki
2015
Remote Sensing of Water Resources in the semi-arid Mediterranean areas: The Joint International Laboratory TREMA.
Salah Er-Raki
2015
Performance metrics for soil moisture downscaling methods: Application to DISPATCH data in central Morocco.
Salah Er-Raki
2015
Using an unsupervised approach of probabilistic neural network (PNN) for land use classification from multitemporal satellite images.
Salah Er-Raki
2015
Intercomparison of four remote-sensing-based energy balance methods to retrieve surface evapotranspiration and water stress of irrigated fields in semi-arid climate.
Salah Er-Raki
2014
Irrigation scheduling of a classical gravity network based on the covariance matrix Adaptation-evolutionary strategy algorithm.
Salah Er-Raki
2014
A Life-size and near real-time test of irrigation scheduling with a Sentinel-2 like time series (SPOT4-Take5) in Morocco.
Salah Er-Raki
2014
Determination of crop evapotranspiration of table grapes in a semi-arid region of Northwest Mexico using multi-spectral vegetation index.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
An agent based modeling for the gravity irrigation management.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
Characterization of evapotranspiration over irrigated crops in a Semi-arid Area (Marrakech, Morocco) using an energy budget model.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
The Sudmed program and the joint international laboratory TREMA: A decade of water transfer study in the Soil-plant-atmosphere system over irrigated crops in Semi-arid area.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
Assessment of equity and adequacy of water delivery in irrigation systems using remote sensing-based indicators in Semi-arid region, Morocco.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
A new irrigation priority index based on remote sensing data for assessing the networks irrigation scheduling.
Salah Er-Raki
2013
Derived crop coefficient for winter wheat using different reference evpotranspirationestimates methods.
Salah Er-Raki
2011
Disinfection of treated wastewater and its reuse in the irrigation of golf grass: The case of plant m`zar agadir-Morocco.
Salah Er-Raki
2011
Water use efficiency and yield of winter wheat under different irrigation regimes in a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2011
Evaluation of the sap flow measurements determined with heat balance method for citrus orchards in semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2011
Combining satellite remote sensing data with the FAO-56 dual approach for water use mapping in irrigated wheat fields of a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2010
Assessment of reference evapotranspiration methods in semi-arid regions: Can weatherforecast data be used as alternate of ground meteorological parameters.
Salah Er-Raki
2010
Using the dual approach of FAO-56 for partitioning ET into soil and plant components for olive orchards in a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2010
Evaluation of digital hemispherical photography and plant canopy analyser for measuring leaf area index of orange orchards.
Salah Er-Raki
2009
The use of the scintillation technique for estimating evapotranspiration ET over several agricultural fields in semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2009
Citrus orchard evapotranspiration: Comparison between eddy covariance measurements and the FAO-56 approach estimates.
Salah Er-Raki
2009
Evapotranspiration partitioning from sap flow and eddy covariance techniques for olive orchards in semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2009
Estimating and monitoring seasonal water consumption of olive orchards in a semi-arid region (Morocco) using the Eddy-covariance system.
Salah Er-Raki
2009
The use of remotely sensed data for integrated hydrological modeling in arid and semi-arid regions: The SUDMED program.
Salah Er-Raki
2008
Improvement of FAO-56 method for olive orchards through sequential assimilation of thermal infrared based estimates of ET.
Salah Er-Raki
2008
Agrometerological study of semi-arid areas: An experiment for analysing the potential of time series of FORMOSAT-2 images (Tensift-Marrakech plain).
Salah Er-Raki
2008
The use of high-resolution image time series for crop classification and evapotranspiration estimate over an irrigated area in central Morocco.
Salah Er-Raki
2007
The use of the scintillation technique for estimating and monitoring water consumption of olive orchards in a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2007
Combining FAO-56 model and ground-based remote sensing to estimate water consumptions of wheat crops in a semi-arid region.
Salah Er-Raki
2007
Monitoring wheat phenology and irrigation in central Morocco: On the use of relationships between evapotranspiration, crops coefficients, leaf area index and remotely-sensed vegetation indices.
Salah Er-Raki
2006
Monitoring of irrigated wheat in a semi-arid climate using crop modelling and remote sensing data: Impact of satellite revisit time frequency.
Salah Er-Raki
2006
Evapotranspiration components determined by stable isotope, sap flow and eddy covariance technique.
Salah Er-Raki
2004
Wheat yields estimation using remote sensing and crop modeling in Yaqui Valley in Mexico.
Salah Er-Raki
2003
Estimating cereal evapotranspiration using a simple model driven by satellite data.
Salah Er-Raki
2003