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Publications: Mr Zahir Nikraftar

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Mohammadi MR, Delgarm RT, Farahmand H, Nikraftar Z, Badiezadeh S, López-Carr D, Tajrishy M ( 2025 ) . Interplay of Climate Change, Policy, and Human Behavior in Lake Basins: Identifying Key Factors and Future Climate Hotspots (Case Study: Urmia Lake Basin, Iran) . Journal of Hydrology vol. 663 ,
Nikraftar Z, Mbuvha R, Sadegh M, Landman WA ( 2025 ) . Season‐Net: A Deep Learning Framework for Bias Correction of Seasonal Forecasting Models . Journal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and Computation vol. 2 , ( 4 )
Nikraftar Z, Parizi E, Saber M, Boueshagh M, Tavakoli M, Mahmoudabadi AE, Ekradi MH, Mbuvha R et al. ( 2025 ) . An Interpretable Machine Learning Framework for Unraveling the Dynamics of Surface Soil Moisture Drivers . Remote Sensing vol. 17 , ( 14 )
Nikraftar Z, Mbuvha R, Sadegh M, Landman WA ( 2025 ) . Season-Net: A Deep Learning Framework Bias Correction of Seasonal Forecasting Models .
Pouladi P, Nikraftar Z, Muller MF ( 2024 ) . Socio-hydrological lock-in; an emergent phenomenon in the face of anthropogenic drought . Journal of Environmental Management vol. 373 , ( Global Environ. Change 70 2021 )
Nikraftar Z, Mbuvha R, Sadegh M ( 2024 ) . Impact‐Based Skill Evaluation of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts . Earth's Future vol. 12 , ( 11 )
Nikraftar Z ( 2024 ) . Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Accuracy in Extreme Seasonal Temperature Forecasts: A Multi-Model Assessment . Conference: EGU General Assembly 2024 ( Vienna, Austria ) from: 15/04/2024 to: 19/04/2024 ,
Seydi ST, Boueshagh M, Namjoo F, Minouei SM, Amani M ( 2024 ) . A Hyperspectral Change Detection (HCD-Net) Framework Based on Double Stream Convolutional Neural Networks and an Attention Module . Remote Sensing vol. 16 , ( 5 )
Nikraftar Z, Parizi E, Saber M, Hosseini SM ( 2023 ) . Groundwater sustainability assessment in the Middle East using GRACE/GRACE-FO data . Hydrogeology Journal vol. 32 , ( 1 ) 321 - 337 .
Mbuvha R, Adounkpe JYP, Houngnibo MCM, Mongwe WT, Nikraftar Z ( 2023 ) . A novel workflow for streamflow prediction in the presence of missing gauge observations . Environmental Data Science vol. 2 ,
Parizi E, Hosseini SM, Ataie-Ashtiani B, Nikraftar Z ( 2022 ) . Quantifying lake–aquifer water exchange: the case of Lake Urmia, Iran . Hydrological Sciences Journal vol. 67 , ( 5 ) 725 - 740 .
Pouladi P, Nazemi AR, Pouladi M, Nikraftar Z, Mohammadi M, Yousefi P, Yu DJ, Afshar A et al. ( 2021 ) . Desiccation of a saline lake as a lock-in phenomenon: A socio-hydrological perspective . The Science of The Total Environment vol. 811 ,
Nikraftar Z, Mostafaie A, Sadegh M, Afkueieh JH, Pradhan B ( 2021 ) . Multi-type assessment of global droughts and teleconnections . Weather and Climate Extremes vol. 34 ,
Nikraftar Z, Parizi E, Hosseini SM, Ataie-Ashtiani B ( 2021 ) . Lake Urmia restoration success story: A natural trend or a planned remedy? . Journal of Great Lakes Research vol. 47 , ( 4 ) 955 - 969 .
Khaniani AS, Nikraftar Z, Zakeri S ( 2020 ) . Evaluation of MODIS Near-IR water vapor product over Iran using ground-based GPS measurements . Atmospheric Research vol. 231 ,
Zakeri S, Samkhaniani A, Adeli S, Nikraftar Z . EVALUATION OF LONG TERM TREND OF DIFFERENT DROUGHT INDICES USING MANN-KENDALL AND SEN’S SLOPE ESTIMATOR OVER IRAN . The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . vol. XLII-4/W18 , 1141 - 1145 .
Nikraftar Z, Rajabi-Kiasari S, Seydi ST . GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED FEATURE SELECTION FOR LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING IN NORTHERN IRAN . The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . vol. XLII-4/W18 , 821 - 825 .
Nikraftar Z, Hasanlou M, Esmaeilzadeh M . NOVEL SNOW DEPTH RETRIEVAL METHOD USING TIME SERIES SSMI PASSIVE MICROWAVE IMAGERY . The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . vol. XLI-B8 , 525 - 530 .
Zahir N, Ali A . EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF URMIA LAKE WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS BETTWEN 1998-2006 USING LANDSAT IMAGES AND TOPEX ALTIMETRY DATA . The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . vol. XL-1/W5 , 549 - 554 .
Zahir N, Mahdi H . SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATION USING TIME SERIES PASSIVE MICROWAVE IMAGERY VIA GENETICALLY SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (CASE STUDY URMIA LAKE BASIN) . The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . vol. XL-1/W5 , 555 - 558 .
Seydi ST, Boueshagh M, Namjoo F, Minouei SM, Nikraftar Z, Amani M . A New Hyperspectral Change Detection (HCD-Net) Framework Based on Double Stream CNN and Attention Module .
Nikraftar Z, Parizi E, Saber M, Boueshagh M, Tavakoli M, Mahmoudabadi AE, Ekradi MH, Mbuvha R et al. . An Interpretable Machine Learning Framework for Unravelling the Dynamics of Surface Soil Moisture Drivers .
Nikraftar Z . Forecasting the Unpredictable: Evaluating Seasonal forecast Models in Capturing Extreme Events . Conference: AGU23 ( USA )
Nikraftar Z, Mbuvha R, Sadegh M, Landman WA . Impact-based Skill Evaluation of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts .
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