Title: Professor, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Sciences
Email: phouser@gmu.edu
Phone: 301-613-3782
Website: https://science.gmu.edu/directory/paul-houser
Groups: Faculty
Research Focus
I am an expert in local to global land surface-atmospheric remote sensing, in-situ observation and numerical simulation, development and application of data assimilation methods, and global water and energy cycling.
Current Projects
■ HMA-LDAS: Hyper-resolution High Mountain Asia – Land Data Assimilation System.
■ Next-Generation Large-Scale Fractional Freeze/Thaw Analysis.
■ Advancing hydrologic modeling in High Mountain Asia by merging and downscaling satellite-based precipitation products.
■ Enabling Sustainability in High Mountain Asia: Mapping Permafrost Degradation using Satellite Data Assimilation.