Eshrat Fatima

Eshrat Fatima is a PhD student at the University of Potsdam since October 2020, affiliated with the Department of Computational Hydrosystems at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). Her research focuses on improving soil moisture representation in the mesoscale Hydrological Model (mHM) through calibration with Cosmic-ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) data.

• Research Interests: Comparative soil moisture analysis, hydrological model calibration, climate change impact on water resources, remote sensing integration
• Projects: 4DHydro (ESA-funded Earth Observation integration), GRIP-E (Great Lakes runoff intercomparison)
• Key Publications: 2021 GRIP-E paper with 30+ co-authors, 2021 EGU abstract on high-altitude watershed resilience, 2020 Karakoram water availability projections