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Michael Durand

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1978
Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesCryospheric studies and observationsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesClimate change and permafrost

Publications

420

Citations

9,866

Est. group size

~7

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
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Michael Durand's research focuses on using satellite remote sensing to measure water on Earth's surface, particularly river discharge (flow rates) and snow water content in mountains and polar regions. Much of the recent work centers on NASA's SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite mission, developing methods to estimate river flow and storage changes from space, as well as techniques for retrieving snow water equivalent using radar instruments. This work combines statistical modeling (e.g., Bayesian and Kalman filter methods) with remote sensing data to improve global monitoring of freshwater resources.

Satellite remote sensing of rivers and dischargeSnow water equivalent and radar retrieval methodsHydrology and watershed monitoringSWOT mission data products and toolsStatistical/Bayesian methods for environmental estimation

Publication output has declined markedly over the past decade, from around 25-45 papers per year in 2017-2020 to roughly 8-14 per year in recent years (2023-2026).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.8/year recently
2017: 29 publications172018: 25 publications182019: 45 publications45192020: 31 publications202021: 24 publications212022: 16 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 14 publications252026: 8 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×37
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×22
  • Water Resources Research×21
  • AGUFM×19
  • Geophysical Research Letters×11
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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