Full Name:- Yilkal Gebeyehu Mekonnen
Specialization: Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor(PHD)
Department: Natural Resource Management
Phone number: +251-920-770-073
Institutional email and alternative email: yilkal_gebeyehu@dmu.edu.et Or Yilkalg3@gmail.com
Research interests:
- Hydrological Modelling, Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Resource Management, Ecosystem Services
List of Publications: –
- Abate, S.G., Mekonnen, Y.G., Ambaye, B.A., Belay, A.M., Habtie, D.G., Tadesse, K.B., Ayalew, M.G., Alamirew, T., 2025. Ecological insights of dryland wetlands for climate resilience and its challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. Discov Environ 3, 175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-025-00379-4
- Kidane, T. A., Melaku, A., Mekonnen, Y. G., & Alemayehu, B. (2025). Spatial soil nutrient enrichment under Croton macrostachyus-based parkland agroforestry: Implications for sustainable soil fertility management. Agroforestry Systems, 99(5), 134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01229-1
- Molla, A., Ren, Y., Mekonnen, Y.G., Zuo, S., Zhu, P., 2025. Spatial-temporal trends and driving mechanisms of land degradation sensitivity in the southern region of China. Ecological Indicators 175, 113532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113532
- Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Chukalla, A. D., Hunegnaw, A. T., & Malede, D. A. (2024). Comparison of Google Earth Engine Machine Learning Algorithms for Mapping Smallholder Irrigated Areas in a Mountainous Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 52(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-024-01846-w
- Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Tadesse, K. B., & Chukalla, A. D. (2024). Monitoring small-scale irrigation performance using remote sensing in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management, 300(1 July 2024), 108928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108928
- Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Malede, D. A., Pareeth, S., Bantider, A., & Chukalla, A. D. (2024). Tailoring the surface energy balance algorithm for land-improved (SEBALI) model using high-resolution land/use land cover for monitoring actual evapotranspiration. Agricultural Water Management, 303, 109058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109058
- Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Chukalla, A. D., Malede, D. A., Yalew, S. G., & Mengistu, A. F. (2024). Remote sensing in hydrology: A systematic review of its applications in the upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. HydroResearch, 8(2025), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydres.2024.09.002
- Malede, D. A., Andualem, T. G., Yibeltal, M., Alamirew, T., Demeke, G. G., & Mekonnen, Y. G. (2024). Climate change impacts on hydroclimatic variables over Awash basin, Ethiopia: A systematic review. Discover Applied Sciences, 6(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-024-05640-8
- Malede, D.A., Elumalai, V., Andualem, T.G., Mekonnen, Y.G., Yibeltal, M., Demeke, G.G., Alamirew, T., Kassaye, S.M., Hagos, Y.G., Kassie, A.E., Kassa, M., Berihun, G.S., Ray, R.L., 2025. Understanding Flood and Drought Extremes Under a Changing Climate in the Blue Nile Basin: A review. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 100638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100638
- Wakejo, W. K., Meshesha, B. T., Habtu, N. G., & Mekonnen, Y. G. (2022). Anthropogenic nitrate contamination of water resources in Ethiopia: An overview. Water Supply, 22(11), 8157–8172. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2022.377
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