

Jessica Fayne
Ph.D. in Geography from UCLA
Satellite Remote Sensing Algorithm Development for Hydrology, Vegetation, and Topography
NASA-JPL “An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft”

Water Surface Elevation Retrievals and Error Analysis

Ka-band Scattering on Surface Water and Wet Vegetation
“Characterization of Near-Nadir Ka-Band Scattering From Wet Surfaces”
“Characterizing Water Surface Cover at Ka-band Frequencies for SWOT”

Ka-band sensitivity to Wind-driven Surface Roughness
“Characterizing near-nadir Ka-band backscatter over wet surfaces: Wind Interactions”
Terrestrial Water Storage and Floods
“Changes in Mechanisms and Characteristics of Western U.S. Floods Over the Last Sixty Years”
“Estimating High Spatial Resolution Terrestrial Water Storage from Surface Observations”
“A comparative study of available water in the major river basins of the world“
“Flood mapping in the lower Mekong River Basin using daily MODIS observations“
