Geographic Information System and Mapping Lab (GISML)

GISML Ongoing Projects 

2018–2020

• Study of Microplastics Contamination in Beach Sediment and Surface Water (PI: Dr. Tarig Ali, Co-PIs: Dr. Maruf Mortula, Dr. Attaelmanan Gaffar and Dr. Samy Elmahdy)

2019–2021

• Satellite-Based Coastal Monitoring System for Multidisciplinary Science to Support UAE-Wide Smart City Initiatives (PI: Dr. Tarig Ali, Co-PIs: Dr. C.K. Shum, Dr. Yuanyuan Jia and Dr. Chungyen Kuo)
• Remote Sensing of Abu Dhabi Mangrove: A Modified Approach for Monitoring and Analysis of Changes from 1990 to 2018 (PI: Dr. Samy Elmahdy, Co-PIs: Dr. Tarig Ali, Dr. M. Mohamed and Dr. Mohamed Abouleish)
• Climate and Land Use /Land Cover Change Impacts on Groundwater in the Northern Emirates of the United Arab Emirates (PI: Dr. Samy Elmahdy, Co-PIs: Dr. Tarig Ali, Dr. M. Mohamed and Dr. Jamal Abdalla)
• Improving the Performance of the Support Vector Machine and Image Difference Algorithms for Mapping and Monitoring the Cities of Sharjah’s and Ajman's Land Use/Land Cover Changes (PI: Dr. Samy Elmahdy, Co-PIs: Dr. Tarig Ali, Dr. Varkki Pallathucheril and Dr. Mohammad Arzaghi)
• Hydrological Setting of Al Rub Al Khali: An Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS (PI: Dr. Samy Elmahdy, Co-PIs: Dr. Tarig Ali, Dr. Maruf Mortula and Dr. Serter Atabay)