
Mousa DiabatNV5 Geospatial · Remote Sensing
Mousa Diabat
B.A., B.Sc.Ed., M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Introduction
Bathymetry lidar and hydrologic modeling
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January 2011 - July 2014
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Publications (13)
This dataset includes georeferenced high-resolution, airborne thermal infrared (TIR) imagery, a polyline shapefile of the channel centerline, and a tabular file with longitudinal stream temperature profiles for Hat Creek, California. The two aerial TIR surveys were conducted with a helicopter by NV5 Geospatial (formerly Quantum Spatial, Inc.) and a...
This dataset includes georeferenced high-resolution, airborne thermal infrared (TIR) imagery, a polyline shapefile of the channel centerline, and a tabular file with longitudinal stream temperature profiles for Hat Creek, California. The two aerial TIR surveys were conducted with a helicopter by NV5 Geospatial (formerly Quantum Spatial, Inc.) and a...
Simulations of stream temperatures showed a wide range of future thermal regimes under a warming climate — from 2.9°C warmer to 7.6°C cooler than current conditions — depending primarily on shade from riparian vegetation. We used the stream temperature model, Heat Source, to analyze a 37‐km study segment of the upper Middle Fork John Day River, loc...
In October 2016, an airborne thermal infrared (TIR) survey was conducted over the area surrounding the Casa Diablo geothermal power plant, near Mammoth Lakes, CA. This data collection campaign was part of an ongoing monitoring program to assess the potential impacts of geothermal energy production on the natural surface expression of the geothermal...
In the Middle Fork John Day River (MFJDR) basin in Oregon, nearly two centuries of land management practices have contributed to the decline of federally threatened Mid-Columbia summer steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss and non-listed spring Chinook Salmon O. tshawytscha. Beaver trapping, road building, clear-cut logging, fire suppression, channel rerou...
News footage frequently shows a dramatic scene of a suspect hiding in the shadows on a pitch-black night. Despite the darkness, the subject glows white-hot in the video recorded from a police helicopter’s thermal infrared (TIR) imaging system. Were is a definitive gotcha moment when we all feel like we’re in on the discovery of a target who thought...
Final version of my PhD dissertation.
Stream temperature will be subject to changes because of atmospheric warming in the future. We investigated the effects of the diurnal timing of air temperature changes – daytime warming versus nighttime warming – on stream temperature. Using the physically based model, Heat Source, we performed a sensitivity analysis of summer stream temperatures...
We investigated the July river temperature response to atmospheric
warming over the diurnal cycle in a 36 km reach of the upper Middle Fork
John Day River of Oregon, USA. The physical model Heat Source was
calibrated and used to run 3 different cases of increased air
temperature during July: 1) uniform increase over the whole day ("delta
method"),...
A 3 year study between a joint Palestinian and Israeli research team monitored two of their major shared watersheds: the Zomar/Alexander and the Hebron/Besor basins. The extremely degraded water quality conditions were traced to a variety of point and non-point pollution sources. This article summarizes the team's recommendations for future managem...
Although ephemeral streams constitute critical natural resources in dryland environments, water regulations and monitoring protocols typically focus on perennial streams, and may not always be appropriate for characterizing intermittent systems. The article presents findings from a comprehensive evaluation of environmental conditions in two ephemer...
Transboundary water issues are not new; however, the Palestinian case represents a unique situation that is atypical from most transboundary water conflicts. This difference is marked most importantly by the issue of lack of domestic control over water resources within the Palestinian Territories. Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 19...
Future predictions regarding the effects of climate change on water resources are complex and therefore inherently uncertain. However, the conclusions presented in most studies on the subject indicate that current water-poor regions such as the Middle East will experience even greater water stress with climate change. In this article we find that P...