Dr. Nadir A. A. Elagib

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsHydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management,Climatology
KeywordsCrop yield modelling, Food security, Climate variability, agrometeorological indices, Sahel zone of Sudan
Honours and awards

2021: DFG funded project for PI

2011: Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

2011: German Language Course Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Goethe-Institute, Bonn, Germany.

2000: Faculty of Engineering Prize, Research Poster Exhibition 2000, University of Paisley (now University of the West of Scotland), Scotland, U.K.

1999: Commended Prize, Research Poster Exhibition 1999, University of Paisley (now University of the West of Scotland), Scotland, U.K.

1998: ORS Award, Overseas Research Student Award Scheme (ORSAS), Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP), The Voice of UK Universities.

1998: Studentship, University of Paisley (now University of the West of Scotland), Scotland, U.K.

1995: Certificate and Medal, Science Day, Ministry of Education of Bahrain, under the auspices of the Late Sheikh of Bahrain, H.H. Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, for outstanding achievement during the M.Sc. course.

1988: Included in the Dean of College of Engineering Honours List for outstanding achievement, University of Bahrain.

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityKöln
InstitutionUniversität zu Köln
InstituteGeographisches Institut
Homepagehttps://geographie.uni-koeln.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/hydrogeographie-und-klimatologie/mitarbeiterinnen/elagib-nadir

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lars RibbeInstitut für Technologie in den Tropen (ITT), Technische Hochschule Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2011

Programme(s)

2011Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2017TA Woldesenbet, NA Elagib, L Ribbe, J Heinrich: Gap filling and homogenization of climatological datasets in the headwater region of the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia . In: International Journal of Climatology, 2017, 2122-2140
2016A Bussmann, NA Elagib, M Fayyad, L Ribbe : Sowing date determinants for Sahelian rainfed agriculture in the context of agricultural policies and water management . In: Land Use Policy, 2016, 316-328
2015NA Elagib: Drought risk during the early growing season in Sahelian Sudan . In: Natural Hazards , 2015, 1549-1566
2015IS Al Zayed, NA Elagib, L Ribbe, J Heinrich: Spatio-temporal performance of large-scale Gezira Irrigation Scheme, Sudan . In: Agricultural Systems , 2015, 133-142
2014NA Elagib : Development and application of a drought risk index for food crop yield in Eastern Sahel . In: Ecological indicators, 2014, 114-125
2014WH Mahmoud, NA Elagib, H Gaese, J Heinrich: Rainfall conditions and rainwater harvesting potential in the urban area of Khartoum . In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2014, 89-99
2013NA Elagib: Meteorological drought and crop yield in sub-Saharan Sudan . In: International Journal of Water Resources and Arid Environments, 2013, 164-171
2013NA Elagib, SH Alvi: Moderate solar dimming in an accelerating warming climate of Bahrain . In: International Journal of Global Warming , 2013, 96-107
2012HM Sulieman, NA Elagib: Implications of climate, land-use and land-cover changes for pastoralism in eastern Sudan . In: Journal of Arid Environments, 2012, 132-141