Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Manh-Hung Le

(Program Analyst)

Manh-Hung Le's Contact Card & Information.
Email: manh-hung.le@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.6384
Org Code: 617
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 617
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE APPLICATION INTL CORP

Brief Bio


Dr. Le is a Research Scientist Associate at SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.) and a contractor in the Hydrological Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He studies the relationship between soil moisture and vegetation and how they can be used to anticipate agricultural yield productivity and the outbreak of wildfires. Dr. Le has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Positions/Employment


Research Scientist Associate

SAIC/ NASA Goddard - Greenbelt, MD

June 2022 - Present


Hydrologist

National Central for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (NAWAPI) - Hanoi, Vietnam

November 2016 - July 2018

Education


PhD: Evaluation of Publicly-Available Global Hydrologic Datasets to Improve Water Resources Management in Vietnam

University of Virginia, Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, 2022

William L. Ballard Jr. Endowed Fellowship for academic excellence in the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

Primary advisor: Venkataraman Lakshmi


MSc: Analysis of drought forecasting based on ENSO and PDO indices for a case study in Vietnam South Central Region

UNESCO-IHE, Flood Risk Management Program, 2016

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Master program, Category A, European Commission

Primary advisor: Vicente Medina (UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and Gerald Corzo (UNESCO-IHE)


B.Sc.

Hohai University, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, 2013

Vietnam Government Scholarship for Undergraduate Student, Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training (the 322 project)

Professional Service


  • Journal reviewers for IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Natural Hazards, Atmospheric Research, Environmental Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Climate.
  • Reviewer Board for Remote Sensing, Climate
  • External Reviewer for ROSES proposal

Awards



Publications


Refereed

2023. "Spatiotemporal characterization of droughts and vegetation response in Northwest Africa from 1981 to 2020." The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science 26 (3): 393-401 [10.1016/j.ejrs.2023.05.006] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Robustness of gridded precipitation products for vietnam basins using the comprehensive assessment framework of rainfall." Atmospheric Research 293 106923 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106923] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Regional analysis of the 2015–16 Lower Mekong River basin drought using NASA satellite observations." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 46 101362 [10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101362] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Quantification of global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) – A case study of the newly released NASADEM for a river basin in Central Vietnam." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 45 101282 [10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101282] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Land use, climate, and water change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) using earth observation and hydrological modeling." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 42 101132 [10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101132] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Assessment of drought conditions over Iraqi transboundary rivers using FLDAS and satellite datasets." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 41 101075 [10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101075] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Assimilation of SMAP Products for Improving Streamflow Simulations over Tropical Climate Region—Is Spatial Information More Important Than Temporal Information?." Remote Sensing 14 (7): 1607 [10.3390/rs14071607] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Assessment of drought conditions over Vietnam using standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index, MERRA-2 re-analysis, and dynamic land cover." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 32 100767 [10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100767] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Adequacy of Satellite-derived Precipitation Estimate for Hydrological Modeling in Vietnam Basins." Journal of Hydrology 586 124820 [10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124820] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Comparison and Bias Correction of TMPA Precipitation Products over the Lower Part of Red–Thai Binh River Basin of Vietnam." Remote Sensing 10 (10): 1582 [10.3390/rs10101582] [Journal Article/Letter]