dr. Dominik RainsDominik Rains is specialized in retrieval of geophysical variables, data assimilation, high-performance computing and machine-learning.https://www.ugent.be/bw/environment/en/research/h-cel/staff/dominik-rains.htmhttps://www.ugent.be/logo.png
dr. Dominik Rains
Dominik Rains is specialized in retrieval of geophysical variables, data assimilation, high-performance computing and machine-learning.
Bio
My expertise lies in extracting geophysical variables from Level 1 ‘raw’ satellite data, e.g. SMOS, SMAP or Sentinel-1. I work on data assimilation, combining the advantages of the spatio-temporally sparse observations with those of estimates from land surface models, linking the model estimates to the observations either through traditional radiative transfer modelling or machine-learning.
Besides working in academia, I have experience in working at and collaborating with private Earth Observation companies delivering operational products to clients (VISTA / VanderSat). Before joining Ghent University I worked at the European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN) for two years as a trainee funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
I have carried out research visits at FZ Jülich, Monash University and University College London and I am a collaborator at the Earth Observation Science group of the University of Leicester.
My current project ET-SENSE is on assimilating observations from the Sentinel satellites into the GLEAM land surface model. It is funded by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO).