Dr Elena Tarnavsky
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Elena Tarnavsky is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Roles: • Meteorology Department Senior Research Fellow Development of new and contribution to ongoing research and knowledge exchange activities with international project partners and industry collaborators • NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Impact Team Development of impact pathways and knowledge exchange links to facilitate the use of EO data and scince in government and business applications and decision-making processes • Walker Institute Associate Research Interests: • Agro-Meteorological/Drought Risk Monitoring, Modelling, Management • Dynamic Hydrological and Crop Modelling with Earth Observation Data • Integration of Earth Observation Data into Process-Based Models • Methodologies for Comparison of Multi-Sensor and Multi-Scale Datasets • Stochastic Weather Generators, Spatial Statistics and Geostatistics • Decision-Support Tools and User-Tailored Applications as part of Knowledge Exchange Research Projects: • Climate-KIC "Weather INdex-based wEather-driven Risk Services (WINERS), WP2 Lead Investigator, 05/2015 - 06/2017 • NERC Satellite data for weather index insurance: scaling out (SatWIN-Scale), Researcher Co-Investigator, 10/2014 - 03/2016 • MARSOP4 Framework Service Contract Supporting the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System (MARSOP4), Senior Research Scientist, 07/2014 - 07/2018 • NERC-TSB "A toolbox for incorporating satellite-based data into weather index based insurance (SatWin toolbox), Researcher Co-Investigator, 02/2014 - 04/2015 • Walker Institute Research Development Fund (WIRDF), Award Holder, 12/2014 - 07/2015 • NERC Environmental Data "User-oriented Agricultural Drought Decision-support Insurance Tool (uADDIT), Researcher Co-Investigator, 06/2013 - 09/2013 • NERC Business Interaction Fund, Researcher Co-Investigator, 07/2013 - 08/2013 • CCAFS (Climate Change and Food Security) programme "Rainfall Data Generation and Analysis for African Meteorology", Co-Investigator, 09/2011 - 04/2012 • Madagascar "Calibration of Satellite Based Estimates of Rainfall" (grant awarded but not accepted due to the sudden death of the PI, Dr David Grimes, in Dec 2011) • Alterra consultancy project "Comparison of multi-satellite rainfall estimates over Ghana", 07/2011 • NERC "Workshop on TAMSAT African Rainfall Climatology And Time Series (TARCAT) for East Africa", 12/2010 • MARSOP3 Operational Activities for MARS (Monitoring Agricultural Resources) FOOD SEC Action of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, with consortium partners from Alterra, MeteoGroup, VITO, and GSAT, 08/2009 - 03/2013
Research Interest
• Agro-Meteorological/Drought Risk Monitoring, Modelling, Management • Dynamic Hydrological and Crop Modelling with Earth Observation Data • Integration of Earth Observation Data into Process-Based Models • Methodologies for Comparison of Multi-Sensor and Multi-Scale Datasets • Stochastic Weather Generators, Spatial Statistics and Geostatistics • Decision-Support Tools and User-Tailored Applications as part of Knowledge Exchange
Publications
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Tarnavsky E. Recent advances in remote sensing and geoinformation processing for land degradation assessment, edited by Achim Röder and Joachim Hill: CRC Press, London, 2009, 418 pp.,£ 88 (ISBN-13: 978-0-415-39769-8).
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Tarnavsky E, Mulligan M, Husak G. Spatial disaggregation and intensity correction of TRMM-based rainfall time series for hydrological applications in dryland catchments. Hydrological sciences journal. 2012 Feb 1;57(2):248-64.
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Tarnavsky E, Grimes D, Maidment R, Black E, Allan RP, Stringer M, Chadwick R, Kayitakire F. Extension of the TAMSAT satellite-based rainfall monitoring over Africa and from 1983 to present. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2014 Dec;53(12):2805-22.
