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Last published 2026
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Elahe Tajfar

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Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2015–2020); California Institute of Technology (2026); Agricultural Research Service (2023); University of Hawaii System (2019); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2025–2026); Delta Water Management Research Unit (2023)

5 h-index 17 pubs 111 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Models, Theoretical
  • Ecosystem
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Carbon
  • Remote Sensing Technology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Elahe Tajfar's research focuses on the development and application of data assimilation models for understanding terrestrial ecosystem processes and atmospheric boundary layers. Her work involves integrating observational data, such as land surface temperature, air temperature, and specific humidity, into coupled land surface-atmospheric boundary layer models to estimate turbulent heat fluxes and evapotranspiration. Tajfar has investigated the synergistic assimilation of multiple observational datasets to improve model accuracy. Her publications include work on post-processed data and graphical tools for evapotranspiration datasets and the role of biogenic tracers in quantifying photosynthetic uptake in ecosystems. She has also contributed to reviews of frameworks for data-constrained terrestrial ecosystem modeling and investigated the impact of agricultural practices, such as rice irrigation, on carbon exchange.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 111

Positions

  • Postdoctoral Researcher 2023–present
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth Science / Water & Ecosystem Group ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Researcher publications 2021–2026
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Fellow 2020–2023
    University of Arkansas Biological & Agricultural ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Depth-dependent hydrological and substrate dynamics enhance methane modeling and inform water management in rice systems (2026)
    Agricultural and Forest Meteorology DOI OpenAlex
  • Post-processed data and graphical tools for a CONUS-wide eddy flux evapotranspiration dataset (2023)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Post-processed data and graphical tools for a CONUS-wide eddy flux evapotranspiration dataset (2023)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Post-processed data and graphical tools for a CONUS-wide eddy flux evapotranspiration dataset (2023)
    Data in Brief 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Covariation of Airborne Biogenic Tracers (CO 2 , COS, and CO) Supports Stronger Than Expected Growing Season Photosynthetic Uptake in the Southeastern US (2021)
    Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13 citations DOI OpenAlex

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