Arya Pradipta

• King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Aligned with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Green Initiative, this study presents an innovative approach to sustainable agriculture in hyper-arid regions by integrating advanced geophysical methods to monitor tree root water uptake (RWU). The research highlights the combined use of modeling through HYDRUS-1D and Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) for...

Global climate change and anthropogenic activities have significant implications for variations in terrestrial water storage (TWS) across diverse regions. This study aims to understand the factors influencing TWS changes to facilitate the sustainable development of limited freshwater resources, particularly in the Arabian Basin (AB), one of the dri...

This paper presents a comprehensive study on the use of Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) for non-invasive monitoring of the root zone, focusing on an infiltration experiment with a lemon tree in a controlled outdoor environment in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Over seven months, the study employed 3D and 4D ERI methods to capture root activity and dis...

In order to ensure sustainability in the agricultural sector and to meet global food needs, a particularly important challenge for our time is to investigate the possibility of increasing agricultural production in areas with extreme hyper-arid environments. Warming air temperatures and sandy soils significantly influence tree root water uptake (RW...

Water scarcity threatens agriculture and food security in arid regions like Saudi Arabia. The nation produces significant quantities of municipal wastewater, which, with adequate treatment, could serve as an alternative water source for irrigation, thereby reducing reliance on fossil and non-renewable groundwater. This study assessed the appropriat...

Water scarcity is a pressing global challenge, and arid regions like Saudi Arabia face the urgent need for effective water stress management. The current study proposes an innovative method to tackle this issue by utilizing a hybrid time series analysis model, comprising of Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Generalized Least Squa...

The availability of water is crucial for the growth and sustainability of human development. The effective management of water resources is essential due to their renewable nature and their critical role in ensuring food security and water safety. In this study, the multi-step-ahead modeling approach of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (...

Global groundwater resources have been threatened by both climate change and anthropogenic activities. Both factors could lead to groundwater depletion that might seriously threaten the living environment and food security. As one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, Saudi Arabia has experienced long-term groundwater depletion due to exces...

Global groundwater resources have been threatened by both climate change and anthropogenic activities. Both factors could lead togroundwater depletion that might increase serious threat to living environment and food security. As one of the world’s most water-stressedcountry, Saudi Arabia has experienced long term of groundwater depletion due to ex...

Sustainable agriculture management typically requires detailed characterization of physical, chemical, and biological aspects of soil properties. These properties are essential for agriculture and should be determined before any decision for crop type selection and cultivation practices. Moreover, the implementation of soil characterization at the...

Food and water security are considered the most critical issues globally due to the projected population growth placing pressure on agricultural systems. Because agricultural activity is known to be the largest consumer of freshwater, the unsustainable irrigation water use required by crops to grow might lead to rapid freshwater depletion. Precisio...

Evapotranspiration (ET) is known as an important variable in the hydrological cycle concept. However, many studies calculate evapotranspiration rate influenced by natural variabilities solely without considering the human factor. This study represents a new methodology for calculating the human-induced evapotranspiration in the agriculture area, Ea...