Amirhossein Ahrari

I have received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Remote Sensing from the University of Tehran (Iran) between 2011 and 2018. As a remote sensing researcher, I worked at the Remote Sensing Research Center (RSRC) at Sharif University of Technology and FAO (Iran) between 2018 and 2020. Since then, I moved to Finland and started a PhD in Environmental Engineering at University of Oulu, and received a PhD degree in 2025. My PhD thesis is entitled “Environmental Monitoring using Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning”. I am skilled in remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and environmental engineering, and share my skills through my YouTube channel “Google Earth Engine with Amirhossein Ahrari”. Recently, I have received the Google Developer Expert title from the Google Earth Engine team at Google, which officially approved my skills. Currently working as a Researcher at the University of Oulu and collaborating on peer-reviewed papers that are already highlighted on my Google Scholar account.

Featured EO Tutorials

I am continuously learning, creating and sharing tutorials about remote sensing of environment via my YouTube Channel.

• GEE for beginners
• GEE for machine learning
• GEE for climate data analysis
• GEE for natural hazards
• GEE for snow monitoring
• GEE for agricultural studies
• GEE for landcover
• GEE for air quality
• GEE for drought monitoring
• GEE for urban studies
• GEE for soil moisture
• GEE for forestry

Featured Publications

• Ahrari, A., Panchanathan, A., & Haghighi, A. T. (2024). Dust over water: Analyzing the impact of lake desiccation on dust storms on the Iranian Plateau. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, 136377.
• Ahrari, A., Sharifi, A., & Haghighi, A. T. (2024). Anthropogenic vs. climatic drivers: Dissecting Lake desiccation on the Iranian plateau. Journal of Environmental Management, 368, 122103.
• Ahrari, A. (2025). Environmental monitoring using remote sensing data and machine learning techniques (PhD Thesis).
• Ahrari, A., Ghag, K., Mustafa, S., Panchanathan, A., Gemitzi, A., Oussalah, M., ... & Haghighi, A. T. (2024). Assess the impact of Climate Variability on potato yield using remote sensing data in Northern Finland. Smart Agricultural Technology, 8, 100485.
• Elmi, O., & Ahrari, A. (2025). An automatic google earth engine tool for generating lake water area time series from satellite imagery. IEEE geoscience and remote sensing letters.
• Mohseni, F., Ahrari, A., Haunert, J. H., & Montzka, C. (2024). The synergies of SMAP enhanced and MODIS products in a random forest regression for estimating 1 km soil moisture over Africa using Google Earth Engine. Big Earth Data, 8(1), 33-57.
• Pentayev, A., Ahrari, A., Baubekova, A., Faizuldanov, M., Nurtayev, N., Sharifi, A., ... & Fazli, S. (2025). Towards multi-modal oil spill detection and coverage in the Caspian Sea: a comprehensive approach. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 41(1), 176-203.
• Shahrood, A. J., Ahrari, A., Karjalainen, N., Klöve, B., & Haghighi, A. T. (2024). Application of RiTiCE in understanding hydro-meteorological controls on ice break-up patterns in River Tornionjoki. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(8), 764.
• Baubekova, A., Ahrari, A., Etemadi, H., Klöve, B., & Haghighi, A. T. (2024). Environmental flow assessment for intermittent rivers supporting the most poleward mangroves. Science of the Total Environment, 907, 167981.