Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, , University of Florida, 2002
- ME, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 1998
- ME, Structures and Irrigation Engineering, Mediterranean University, Antalya/Turkey, 1995
- BE, Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Engineering, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 1993
Curriculum Vitae (CV):
Areas of Research and Professional Interest
- Hydrological Information Systems
- Water Resources Engineering
- GIS in Water Resources
- Satellite Remote Sensing Based Estimation of Land Surface Evapotranspiration
Research Profiles:
Courses Taught
- CIVE 498/898 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering
- View the Undergraduate Course Catalog
- View the Graduate Course Catalog
Honors and Awards
- ASABE Honorable Mention Paper Award, 2006
- Best practical paper award, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Journal. ASCE/EWRI National Society Award, 2005
- Second prize winner for the graduate student paper competition award at Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida Meetings, 2004
Selected Publications
- Li, Y., Z. Tang, C. Liu and A. Kilic. 2017. Estimation and investigation of consumptive water use in residential area—Case cities in Nebraska, U.S.A. Sustainable Cities and Society Volume 35, pp 637-644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2017.09.012
- de la Fuente-Sáiz, D., Ortega-Farías, S., Fonseca, D., Ortega-Salazar, S., Kilic, A. and Allen, R., 2017. Calibration of METRIC Model to Estimate Energy Balance over a Drip-Irrigated Apple Orchard. Remote Sensing, 9(7), 18 p. doi:10.3390/rs9070670www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing (15%)
- Fisher, J.B., Melton, F., Middleton, E., Hain, C., Anderson, M., Allen, R., McCabe, M.F., Hook, S., Baldocchi, D., Townsend, P.A. and Kilic, A., 2017. The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources. Water Resources Research, 53(4), pp.2618-2626.
- Ramírez-Cuesta, J.M., Kilic, A., Allen, R., Santos, C. and Lorite, I.J., 2017. Evaluating the impact of adjusting surface temperature derived from Landsat 7 ETM+ in crop evapotranspiration assessment using high-resolution airborne data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(14), pp.4177-4205.
- Kukal, M., Irmak, S. and Kilic, A., 2017. Long-Term Spatial and Temporal Maize and Soybean Evapotranspiration Trends Derived from Ground-Based and Satellite-Based Datasets over the Great Plains. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, 143(9) . doi:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001212
- Kilic, A., Allen, R., Trezza, R., Ratcliffe, I., Kamble, B., Robison, C., & Ozturk, D. 2016. Sensitivity of evapotranspiration retrievals from the METRIC processing algorithm to improved radiometric resolution of Landsat 8 thermal data and to calibration bias in Landsat 7 and 8 surface temperature. Remote Sensing of Environment, 185, 198-209.
- Foolad, F., Franz, T.E., Wang, T., Gibson, J., Kilic, A., Allen, R.G. and Suyker, A., 2016. Feasibility analysis of using inverse modeling for estimating field-scale evapotranspiration in maize and soybean fields from soil water content monitoring networks. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(2), pp 1-50. doi:10.5194/hess-2016-437
- Ortega-Farías, S., Ortega-Salazar, S., Poblete, T., Kilic, A., Allen, R., Poblete-Echeverría, C., Ahumada-Orellana, L., Zuñiga, M. and Sepúlveda, D., 2016. Estimation of energy balance components over a drip-irrigated olive orchard using thermal and multispectral cameras placed on a helicopter-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Remote Sensing, 8(8), 12 p.
- Sharma, V., Kilic, A. and Irmak, S., 2016. Impact of scale/resolution on evapotranspiration from Landsat and MODIS images. Water Resources Research, 52(3), pp.1800-1819.
- Wang, J., Kessner, A., Aegerter, C., Sharma, A., Wardlow, B., You, J., Shulski, M., Irmak, S., Kilic, A. and Zeng, J., 2016. A Multi-sensor View of the 2012 Central Plains Drought from Space. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 4, p.1:13.
- Sharma, V., Irmak, S., Kilic, A., Sharma, V., Gilley, J.E., Meyer, G.E., Knezevic, S.Z. and Marx, D., 2016. Quantification and Mapping of Surface Residue Cover for Maize and Soybean Fields in South Central Nebraska. Transactions of the ASABE, 59(3), pp.925-939.
- Sharma3, V., S. Irmak, A. Kilic, and D. Mutiibwa. 2015. Application of remote sensing for quantifying and mapping surface energy fluxes in south central Nebraska: Analyses with respect to field measurements. Transactions of the ASABE 58(5):1265-1285.
- Wang, S.Y.S., Santanello, J., Wang, H., Barandiaran, D., Pinker, R.T., Schubert, S., Gillies, R.R., Oglesby, R., Hilburn, K., Kilic, A. and Houser, P., 2015. An intensified seasonal transition in the Central US that enhances summer drought. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(17), pp.8804-8816.
- Carrasco-Benavides, M., Ortega-Farías, S., Lagos, L.O., Kleissl, J., Morales-Salinas, L. and Kilic, A., 2014. Parameterization of the Satellite-Based Model (METRIC) for the Estimation of Instantaneous Surface Energy Balance Components over a Drip-Irrigated Vineyard. Remote Sensing, 6(11), pp.11342-11371.
- Irmak, S., J. O. Payero, A. Kilic, L. O. Odhiambo, D. Rudnick, V. Sharma, David Billesbach. 2014. On the magnitude and dynamics of eddy covariance system residual energy (energy balance closure error) in subsurface drip irrigated maize field during growing and non-growing (dormant) seasons. Irrigation Science. ISSN 0342-7188. DOI 10.1007/s00271-014-0443-3
- Irmak, S., A. Kilic, S. Chatterjee. 2014. On the Equality Assumption of Latent and Sensible Heat Energy Transfer Coefficients of the Bowen Ratio Theory for Evapotranspiration Estimations: Another Look at the Potential Causes of Inequalities. Climate 2(3):185-204.
- Mutiibwa, D., A. Kilic, and S. Irmak. 2014. The effect of land cover/land use changes on the regional climate of the High Plains. Climate 2014, 2(3): 153-167 doi:10.3390/cli20x000x
- Roy, D.P.; Wulder, M.A.; Loveland, T.R.; Woodcock, C.E.; Allen, R.G.; Anderson, M.C.; Helder, D.; Irons, J.R.; Johnson, D.M.; Kennedy, R.; Scambos, T.A.; Schaaf, C.B.; Schott, J.R.; Sheng, Y.; Vermote, E.F.; Belward, A.S.; Bindschadler, R.; Cohen, W.B.; Gao, F.; Hipple, J.D.; Hostert, P.; Huntington, J.; Justice, C.O.; Kilic, A.; Kovalskyy, V.; Lee, Z.P.; Lymburner, L.; Masek, J.G.; McCorkel, J.; Shuai, Y.; Trezza, R.; Vogelmann, J.; Wynne, R.H.; Zhu, Z. Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research. 2014. Remote Sensing Environment 145:154-172.
- Kamble, B., A. Kilic, and K. Hubbard. 2013. Estimating Crop Coefficients Using Remote Sensing-Based Vegetation Index. Remote Sens. 5:1588-1602.
- Kamble, B., A. Irmak, K.G. Hubbard, and P. Gowda. 2013. Irrigation scheduling using remote sensing data assimilation approach Advances in Remote Sensing 2 (2013): 258. DOI: 10.4236/ars.2013.23028
- Gengxin O., X. Chen, A. Kilic, S. Bartelt-Hunt, Y. Li, and A. Samal. "Development of a cross-section based streamflow routing package for MODFLOW." Environmental Modelling & Software 50 (2013): 132-143.
- Lagos, L.O., D.L. Martin, D. L., S.B. Verma, S. Irmak, A. Irmak, D. Eisenhauer, and A. Suyker. 2013. Surface energy balance model of transpiration from variable canopy cover and evaporation from residue-covered or bare soil systems: model evaluation. Irrigation Science, 31(2), 135-150.
- 23. Allen, R.G., B. Burnett, W. Kramber, J. Huntington, J. Kjaersgaard, A. Kilic-Irmak, C. Kelly, R. Trezza. 2013. Automated Calibration of the METRIC-Landsat Evapotranspiration Process. J. Am. Water Resources Assoc. 49(3):563-576.
- 24. Allen, R.G., R. Trezza, A. Kilic-Irmak, M. Tasumi, H. Li. 2013. Sensitivity of Landsat-scale energy balance to aerodynamic algorithms in mountains and complex terrain. J. Am. Water Resources Assoc. 49(3):592-604
- Irmak, A., Ratcliffe, I., Ranade, P., Allen, R.G., Kjaersgaard, J., Kamble, B., Choragudi, R., Hubbard, K., G., Singh, R., Mutiibwa, D., Healey, N. 2012. Seasonal evapotranspiration mapping using Landsat visible and thermal data with an energy balance approach in central Nebraska. In Neale, CMU; Cosh, MH (ed): Remote Sensing and Hydrology. Book Series: IAHS Publication, Volume 352, Pages: 84-88.
- Akasheh, O. Z.; Irmak, A.; Irmak, S.; et al. 2012. Comparison of ET from two remote sensing-based surface energy models in south central Nebraska. In Neale, CMU; Cosh, MH (ed): Remote Sensing and Hydrology. Book Series: IAHS Publication, Volume 352, Pages: 106-110.
- Irmak, A.; Kumar, R.; Allen, R. G. 2012. Local and global sensitivity analysis on METRIC. In Neale, CMU; Cosh, MH (ed): Remote Sensing and Hydrology. Book Series: IAHS Publication, Volume 352, Pages: 175-179.
- Kjaersgaard, J., R.G. Allen and A. Irmak. 2011. Improved methods for estimating monthly and growing season ET estimation using METRIC applied to moderate-resolution satellite imagery. J. Hydrological Processes. 25:4028–4036.
- Allen, R.G., A. Irmak, R. Trezza, J. Hendrickx, W. Bastiaanssen, and J. Kjaesgaard. 2011. Satellite based ET estimation in agriculture using SEBAL and METRIC. J. Hydrological Processes. 25:4011–4027.
- Healey, N.C., A. Irmak, T.J. Arkebauer, D.P. Billesbach, J.D. Lenters, K.G. Hubbard, R.G. Allen, J. Kjaersgaard. 2011. Remote Sensing and In Situ-Based Estimation of Evapotranspiration for Subirrigated Meadow, Dry Valley, and Upland Dune Ecosystems in the Semi-arid Sand Hills of NE, USA. Irrigation and Drainage Systems 25(3):151-178.
- Irmak, A., I. Ratcliffe, P. Ranade, K.G. Hubbard, R.K. Singh, B. Kamble and J. Kjaersgaard. 2011. Estimation of land surface evapotranspiration: A satellite remote sensing procedure. Great Plains Research. 21(1):73-88, April 2011.
- Irmak, A., R.K. Singh, E. Walter-Shea, S.B. Verma and A.E. Suyker. 2011. Comp. and Anal. Empirical Equ. for Soil Heat Flux for Different Cropping Sys. and Irrig. Methods. Trans. ASABE. 54(1): 67-80
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