Publications

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

-Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M. L., & Runkle, B. R. K., “Magnitude, drivers, and patterns of gross primary productivity of rice in Arkansas using a calibrated vegetation photosynthesis model.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 369, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110583 (IF: 5.6) (ELSEVIER)

-Ahmed, N., Mahbub, R. B., & Rahman, R. M., Learning to extract buildings from ultra-high-resolution drone images and noisy labels. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(21), pp. 8216–8237, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1763496 (IF: 3.151) (Taylor & Francis)

-Mahbub, R. B., Ahmed, N., & Yeasmin, F., Towards reducing the data gap in the conservation efforts for sea turtles in Bangladesh. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Vol. 35, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101151 (IF: 2.166) (ELSEVIER)

-Ahmed, N., Mahbub, R. B., Hossain, M. M., & Sujauddin, M., Modelling spatio-temporal changes of forest cover in the northeastern region of Bangladesh: context of traditional and co-management paradigms. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 32(1), 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26525/jtfs32.1.42 (IF: 0.77) (JSTOR)

-Mahbub, R. B., Ahmed, N., Rahman, S., Hossain, M. M., & Sujauddin, M., Human appropriation of net primary production in Bangladesh, 1700–2100. Land Use Policy, Vol. 87, 104067, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104067 (IF: 6.189) (ELSEVIER)

Manuscripts Under Review

-Carroll, S. R., Moreno-Garcia, B., Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M., & Runkle, B. R. (2026). Fish cultivation in fallow season rice fields: effects on CH₄ emissions. Submitted to Agriculture and Forest Meteorology.

-Ranniku, R., Moreno-Garcia, B., Osoko, T. O., Richardson, W. P., Mahbub, R. B., Gomez Prats, M., Pimentel, J. P., Adviento-Borbe, M. A., Reba, M., & Runkle, B. R. K. (2026). Comparative analysis of methane flux measurement techniques in rice fields under contrasting water management. Submitted to Agriculture and Forest Meteorology.

-Mahbub, R. B., Tang, R., Moreno-Garcia, B., Gomez Prats, M., Reba, M., Peter, B. G., & Runkle, B. R. K. (2026). Evaluating phenological and machine learning approaches for estimating field-scale rice planting and harvest dates in Arkansas. Submitted to Science of Remote Sensing.

Manuscripts Under Preparation

Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M., & Runkle, B. R., Evaluating the potential of vegetation indices and in-situ data in parameterizing the LUE to improve the prediction of GPP. Planned submission: Environmental Research Letters, 2026.

Richardson, W. P., Koparan, C., Mahbub, R., Carroll, S., Guan, K., & Runkle, B. R. K., Preliminary evaluation of an open-source wide-range multispectral sensor for precision agriculture. Planned submission: [Journal TBD], 2026.

Mahbub, R. B., M., Peter, B. G., & Runkle, B. R. K. (2026). Spatial mapping of rice photosynthesis and growing season length in Arkansas using remote sensing and ecosystem modeling. Manuscript in preparation, intended for submission to Science of Remote Sensing.

Conferences and Talks

Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M. L., Tang, R., & Runkle, B. R. K. (2024). Inferring spatial information of rice growing season length and gross primary productivity from space and site-scale instruments. ASABE State Section Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Richardson, W. P.; Koparan, C.; Mahbub, R.; Carroll, S.; Guan, K.; Runkle, B. R. K. (2024). Preliminary Evaluation of an Open-Source Wide-Range Multispectral Sensor for Precision Agriculture, Poster Presentation at ASABE Annual, AIM, CA, United States.

Carroll, S. R., Mahbub, R. B., Moreno-Garcia, B., Reba, M. L., Runkle, B. R. (2024, January). Fish Cultivation in Fallow Season Rice Fields: Effects on CH4 Emissions. Arkansas Soil and Water Conference and Irrigation EXPO. Jonesboro, AR.

Mahbub, R. B., Moreno-Garcia, B., Peter, B. G., Reba, M., & Runkle, B. (January 2024). Predicting planting and harvesting date of rice in Arkansas using satellite images and machine learning algorithms. American Geophysical Union, United States. [Conference presentation, attended online].

Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M., Runkle, B. R., (December 2022). The potential of in-situ phenology data to estimate satellite driven gross primary productivity of rice in Arkansas, American Geophysical Union, Chicago Convention Center, Chicago, IL, United States.

Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M., Runkle, B. R., (September 2022). “ Evaluating the potential of in-situ phenology data on improving the estimation of satellite driven gross primary productivity of rice in Arkansas,” AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, virtual poster session.

Magdaleno Hernandez, G., Mahbub, R. B., Runkle, B. R., (July 13, 2022) “Furrow-Irrigated Rice from Space: A Case Study from Arkansas,” AWRC Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, United States.

Mahbub, R. B., Reba, M., Runkle, B. R., (January 2022) Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference, “Estimating the gross primary productivity of rice in Arkansas using satellite-driven biogeochemical model.” Fayetteville, AR, United States.

Invited Speaker to share TA experience: Big TA Training Workshop (2024, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States)