Helen Greatrix
Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Geo-statistics
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211 Walker
University Park, PA - hlg5155@psu.edu
- 814-865-1625
Most Recent Publications
Preconception and Prenatal Environment and Growth Faltering Among Children in Uganda
Paddy Ssentongo, Claudio Fronterre, Jessica E. Ericson, Ming Wang, Laila Al-Shaar, Helen Greatrex, Philip O. Omadi, Joseph Muvawala, Steven J. Greybush, Pamela K. Mbabazi, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Abraham J.B. Muwanguzi, Steven Schiff, 2025, JAMA network open on p. e251122
Observations of enhanced rainfall variability in Kenya, East Africa
Susan M. Kotikot, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Helen Greatrex, 2024, Scientific Reports
Recommendations for improved tropical cyclone formation and position probabilistic Forecast products
Jason P. Dunion, Chris Davis, Helen Titley, Helen Greatrex, Munehiko Yamaguchi, John Methven, Raghavendra Ashrit, Zhuo Wang, Hui Yu, Anne Claire Fontan, Alan Brammer, Matthew Kucas, Matthew Ford, Philippe Papin, Fernando Prates, Carla Mooney, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Paromita Chakraborty, Andrew Burton, Mark DeMaria, Ryan Torn, Jonathan L. Vigh, 2023, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review on p. 241-258
Causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies of urban pluvial floods in India: A systematic review
Harman Singh, Miriam Nielsen, Helen Greatrex, 2023, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Verification of operational numerical weather prediction model forecasts of precipitation using satellite rainfall estimates over Africa
Yan Wang, Moussa Gueye, Steven Greybush, Helen Greatrex, Andrew Whalen, Paddy Ssentongo, Fuqing Zhang, Gregory Jenkins, Steven Schiff, 2023, Meteorological Applications
An Information-Theoretic Approach to Reconciling Historical Climate Observations and Impacts on Agriculture
Max Mauerman, Emily Black, Victoria L. Boult, Rahel Diro, Dan Osgood, Helen Greatrex, Thabbie Chillongo, 2022, Weather, Climate, and Society on p. 1321-1337
Causal Chains Linking Weather Hazards to Disasters in Somalia
Tatiana Gumucio, Helen Greatrex, Erin Lentz, 2022, Weather, Climate, and Society on p. 849-860
Flood Risk and Monitoring Data for Preparedness and Response: From Availability to Use
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Mélody Braun, Shanna McClain, Helen Greatrex, Lace Padilla, Laura Hoffman-Hernandez, 2021, on p. 289-306
Pan-African evolution of within- And between-country COVID-19 dynamics
P Ssentongo, C Fronterre, Andrew Geronimo, Steven Greybush, P Mbabazi, J Muvawala, S Nahalamba, P Omadi, B Opar, S Sinnar, Y Wang, A Whalen, L Held, C Jewell, Abraham J.B. Muwanguzi, Muwanguzi AJB, Helen Greatrex, M Norton, P Diggle, S Schiff, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The spatial correlation structure of rainfall at the local scale over southern Ghana
Jennifer Israelsson, Emily Black, Cláudia Neves, Francis Feehi Torgbor, Helen Greatrex, Michael Tanu, Patrick Nii Lante Lamptey, 2020, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies on p. 100720
Most-Cited Papers
A new, long-term daily satellite-based rainfall dataset for operational monitoring in Africa
Ross I. Maidment, David Grimes, Emily Black, Elena Tarnavsky, Matthew Young, Helen Greatrex, Richard P. Allan, Thorwald Stein, Edson Nkonde, Samuel Senkunda, Edgar Misael Uribe Alcántara, 2017, Scientific data
Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity
Eleanor Fisher, Jon Hellin, Helen Greatrex, Nathaniel Jensen, 2019, ODI Review on p. 581-602
Impact of progressive global warming on the global-scale yield of maize and soybean
Gillian Rose, Tom Osborne, Helen Greatrex, Tim Wheeler, 2016, Climatic Change on p. 417-428
The use of remotely sensed rainfall for managing drought risk: A case study of weather index insurance in Zambia
Emily Black, Elena Tarnavsky, Ross Maidment, Helen Greatrex, Agrotosh Mookerjee, Tristan Quaife, Matthew Brown, 2016, Remote Sensing on p. 342
Causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies of urban pluvial floods in India: A systematic review
Harman Singh, Miriam Nielsen, Helen Greatrex, 2023, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Pan-African evolution of within- And between-country COVID-19 dynamics
P Ssentongo, C Fronterre, Andrew Geronimo, Steven Greybush, P Mbabazi, J Muvawala, S Nahalamba, P Omadi, B Opar, S Sinnar, Y Wang, A Whalen, L Held, C Jewell, Abraham J.B. Muwanguzi, Muwanguzi AJB, Helen Greatrex, M Norton, P Diggle, S Schiff, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Incorporating satellite data into weather index insurance
Emily Black, Helen Greatrex, Matthew Young, Ross Maidment, 2016, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on p. ES203-ES206
Hydrological modelling using ensemble satellite rainfall estimates in a sparsely gauged river basin: The need for whole-ensemble calibration
J. Christopher Skinner, J. Timothy Bellerby, Helen Greatrex, David F.D. Grimes, 2015, Journal of Hydrology on p. 110-122
The spatial correlation structure of rainfall at the local scale over southern Ghana
Jennifer Israelsson, Emily Black, Cláudia Neves, Francis Feehi Torgbor, Helen Greatrex, Michael Tanu, Patrick Nii Lante Lamptey, 2020, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies on p. 100720
Erratum: A new, long-term daily satellite-based rainfall dataset for operational monitoring in Africa
Ross I. Maidment, David Grimes, Emily Black, Elena Tarnavsky, Matthew Young, Helen Greatrex, Richard P. Allan, Thorwald Stein, Edson Nkonde, Samuel Senkunda, Edgar Misael Uribe Alcántara, 2017, Scientific data on p. 170082