Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Environmental Soil Physics Lab
Led by Ebrahim Babaeian · Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
What we study
The lab studies how water and energy move in soil to improve land management and sustainability. They use remote sensing, field observations, and computer models to monitor soil properties and processes.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Field-scale root-zone soil moisture mapping in sandy soils with L-band radiometry and hybrid radiative transfer – machine learning modeling
2026 · Agricultural Water Management
Combines satellite and ground-based tools to measure soil moisture in Florida's sandy fields.
- Deep learning-based downscaling of SMAP data for surface and root-zone soil moisture mapping
2026 · Journal of Hydrology
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- Interpretable deep-learning DRASTIC for statewide nitrate-vulnerability mapping in Florida's surficial aquifer system
2026 · Progress in Disaster Science
Uses deep learning to create maps of nitrate pollution risk in Florida's groundwater.
- Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Corn Yield Prediction Using Vegetation Indices in a Sandy Agroecosystem
2026 · International Journal of Plant Production
- Spatiotemporal controls on soil organic carbon stocks in subtropical grazing lands: An uncertainty-aware digital soil mapping approach
2026 · Geoderma
Develops a method to map soil carbon in Florida's grazing lands using satellite data and soil science.
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