S1089: Advanced Understanding and Prediction of Pollutants in Critical Landscapes in Watersheds

(Multistate Research Project)

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12/02/2021

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:



  1. Budhathoki., S., J. Lamba, P. Srivastava, K. Malhotra, S. Katuwal, and T. R. Way. 2021. Using X-ray Computed Tomography to Quantify Variability in Soil Macropore Characteristics in Pastures. Soil and Tillage Research. Accepted.

  2. Kumar, K., P. Srivastava, B. V. Ortiz, G. Morata, B. S. Takhellambam, J. Lamba, and L. Bondesan. 2021. Field-Scale Spatial and Temporal Soil Water Variability in Irrigated Croplands. Transactions of the ASABE: 64 (4), 1277-1294. doi: 10.13031/trans.14335

  3. Bhatta, A, R. Prasad, D. Chakraborty, J.N. Shaw, J. Lamba, E. Brantley, H.A. Torbert. 2021. Mehlich 3 as a generic soil test extractant for environmental phosphorus risk assessment across Alabama soil regions. Agrosyst Geosci Environ. 2021; 4:e20187. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20187

  4. Duan, Y., Kumar, S., & Kinter, J. L. (2021). Evaluation of long-term temperature trend and variability in CMIP6 multimodel ensemble. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093227. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093227

  5. Sutton, C., Kumar, S., Lee, M.-K., Davis, E. (2021). Human imprint of water withdrawals in the wet environment: a case study of declining groundwater in Georgia, USA. Journal of Hydrology – Regional Studies. In press.

  6. Esit, M., Kumar, S., Pandey, A., Lawrence, D. M., Rangwala, I., and Yeager S.  Seasonal to multi-year soil moisture drought forecasting. npj Clim Atmos Sci 4, 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00172-z

  7. Duan, Y., & Kumar, S. (2020). Predictability of Seasonal Streamflow and Soil Moisture in National Water Model and a Humid Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-19-0206.1

  8. Kumar, S., Newman, M., Lawrence, D. M., Lo, M. H., Akula, S., Lan, C. W., ... & Lombardozzi, D. (2020). The GLACE-Hydrology Experiment: Effects of Land-Atmosphere Coupling on Soil Moisture Variability and Predictability. Journal of Climate, (2020). DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0598.1 

  9. Bhandari, R., Kalra, A., & Kumar, S. (2020). Analyzing the effect of CMIP5 climate projections on streamflow within the Pajaro River Basin. Open Water Journal, 6(1), 5.

  10. Singh, A., Kumar, S., Akula, S., Lawrence, D. M., & Lombardozzi, D. L. (2020). Plant Growth Nullifies the Effect of Increased Water Use Efficiency on Streamflow Under Elevated CO2 in the Southeastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters, e2019GL086940.

  11. He*, J., M. Hantush, L. Kalin, M. Rezaeianzadeh*, S. Isik*, "Two-Layer Vertically-Averaged Soil Moisture Dynamics: Numerical Model", Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126797.

  12. Yao, Y., H. Tian, L. Kalin, S. Pan, M. Friedrichs, J. Wang, Y. Li (2021), "Contrasting stream water temperature responses to global change in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States: A process-based modeling study", Journal of Hydrology, Vol 601, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126633.

  13. Tian, D., X. He, P. Srivastava, L. Kalin (2021), "A hybrid framework for forecasting monthly reservoir inflow based on machine learning techniques with dynamic climate forecasts, satellite-based data, and climate phenomenon information", Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-021-02023-y.

  14. Wang, F., D. Tian, L. Lowe, L. Kalin, J. Lehrter (2021), “Deep Learning for Daily Precipitation and Temperature Downscaling”, Water Resources Research.  doi: 10.1029/2020WR029308.

  15. Karki*, R., P. Srivastava, L. Kalin, S. Mitra, S. Singh (2021), “Assessment of impact in groundwater levels and stream-aquifer interaction due to increased groundwater withdrawal in the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin using MODFLOW”, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Vol 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100802.

  16. Celik*, S., C. Anderson, L. Kalin, M. Rezaeianzadeh* (2021), “Long-term salinity, hydrology, and forested wetlands along a tidal freshwater gradient”, Estuaries and Coast. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-00911-8.

  17. Ramesh*, R. L. Kalin, M. Hantush, A. Chaudhary (2021), “A Secondary Assessment of Sediment Trapping Effectiveness by Vegetated Buffers”, Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106094.

  18. Noori*, N., L. Kalin, S. Isik* (2020), “Water Quality Prediction Using SWAT-ANN Coupled Approach”, Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125220.

  19. Ramesh*, R., C. Anderson, L. Kalin (2020), “Characterizing Nitrogen Attenuation by Headwater Slope Wetlands across Different Land Uses”, Ecological Engineering. Vol 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105833.

  20. Dosdogru*, F., L. Kalin, R. Wang*, H. Yen (2020), "Potential Impacts of Land Use/Cover and Climate Changes on Ecologically Relevant Flows", Journal of Hydrology, Vol 584, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124654​.

  21. Karki*, R., P. Srivastava, D. Bosch, L. Kalin, J. Lamba, T. Strickland (2020), “Multi-variable sensitivity analysis, calibration, and validation of a field-scale SWAT model: Building Stakeholder Trust in Hydrologic/Water Quality Modeling”, Transactions of the ASABE. 63(2): 523-539. DOI: 10.13031/trans.13576.

  22. Ramesh*, R. L. Kalin, M. Hantush, M. Rezaeinzadeh*, C. Anderson (2020), “Challenges in Calibrating Hydrology for Groundwater-Fed Wetlands: A Headwater Wetland Case Study”, Environmental Modeling & Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10666-019-09684-8.

  23. Pickering, C., Ford, W.I. In Press. Effect of watershed disturbance and river-tributary confluences on watershed sedimentation in the Western Allegheny Plateau. Journal of Hydrology. 

  24. Nazari, S., Ford, W.I., King, K. In Press.  Quantifying Field-scale Hydrologic Pathway and Connectivity Dynamics in Tile-Drainage: Implications for P concentrations. Vadose Zone Journal

  25. Hood, R., G. Shenk, R. Dixon, W. Ball, J. Bash, P. Claggett, Z.M. Easton, M. Friedrichs, T. Ihde, L. Linker, A. Miller, G. Noe, K. Rose, J. Testa, R. Tian, T. Veith, L. Wainger, D. Weller, J. Zhang. 2021. The Chesapeake Bay Program management modeling system: progress, challenges, and prospects. Ecological Modeling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109635

  26. Nayeb Yazdi, M., Scott, D., Sample, D. J., and Wang, X., 2021. Efficacy of a retention pond in treating stormwater nutrients and sediment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 290, 125787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125787

  27. Nayeb Yazdi, M., Sample, D., Scott, D., Wang, X., and Ketabchy, M., 2021. The effects of land use characteristics on urban stormwater quality and watershed pollutant loads. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145358

  28. Twombly, C., J. Faulkner, A. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2021. Identification of P Index improvements through model comparisons across topographic regions in a small agricultural watershed in Vermont, USA. Soil Science Society of America Journal.  http://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20254

  29.  Xu, Y., D. Bosch, M. Wagena, A. Collick, and Z.M. Easton. 2020. Reducing costs of mitigating nitrogen loadings by within- and cross-county targeting. J. Environ. Manag.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110333

  30. Modi, P., D.R. Fuka, and Z.M. Easton. 2021. Impacts of climate change on terrestrial hydrological components and crop water use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. J. Hydrol. Regional Studies.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100830

  31. Li, W., Cheng, X., Zheng, Y., Lai, C., Sample, D. J., Zhu, D., and Wang, Z., 2021. Response of non-point source pollution to landscape pattern: case study in mountain-rural region, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12196-8

  32. Ahmadisharaf, E., & Benham, B. L. 2020. Risk-based decision making to evaluate pollutant reduction scenarios. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 702, 10 pages. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135022

  33. Ahmadisharaf, E., Lacher, I. L., Fergus, C., Benham, B. L., Akre, T., & Kline, K. S. 2020. Projecting land use change impacts on nutrients, sediment and runoff in multiple spatial scales: Business-as-usual vs. stakeholder-informed scenarios. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 257, 14 pages. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120466

  34. Bock, E., and Z.M. Easton. 2020. Export of nitrogen and phosphorus from golf courses in the Mid Atlantic, are current export rates accurate? J. Environ. Manag. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109817

  35. Coffey, R., Butcher, J., Benham, B., & Johnson, T. 2020. Modeling the effects of future hydroclimatic conditions on microbial water quality and management practices in two agricultural watersheds. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 63(3), 753-770. doi:10.13031/trans.13630

  36. Dos Reis B., Z.M. Easton, R.R. White and D.R. Fuka. 2021. A LoRa sensor network for monitoring pastured livestock location and activity. Translational Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txab010

  37. Dos Reis B., D.R. Fuka, Z.M. Easton, and R.R. White. 2021. An open-source research tool to study triaxial inertial sensors for monitoring selected behaviors in sheep. Translational Animal Science 4(4):01 Oct 2020. doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaa188

  38. Dos Reis B., D.R. Fuka, Z.M. Easton, and R.R. White. 2020. An open-source microprocessor-based sensor for monitoring grazing animal behaviors. Journal of Dairy Science 103:9, 0022-0302

  39. Easton, Z.M., E.M. Bock, and K. Stephenson. 2020. Feasibility of employing bioreactors to treat legacy nutrients in emergent groundwater. Environ. Sci and Technology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04919

  40. Wagena, M.B., D.G. Goering, A.S. Collick, E.M. Bock, A.R. Buda, D.R. Fuka, and Z.M. Easton. 2020. A comparison of short-term streamflow forecasting using stochastic time series, neural networks, process-based, and Bayesian models. Environ. Model & Software. https://10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104669.

  41.  Almadari, N., D. Sample, A. Ross, and Z.M. Easton. 2020. Evaluating the impact of climate change on water quality and quantity in an urban watershed using an ensemble approach. Estuaries and Coasts. 1-17. 10.1007/s12237-019-00649-4.

  42. Wagena, M.B., G. Bhatt, A.R. Sommerlot, E. Buell, D.R. Fuka, and Z.M. Easton. 2020. Quantifying structural model uncertainty using a Bayesian multi model ensemble. Env. Model Software. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.013

  43. Schmadel N, J Harvey, R Alexander, E Boyer, G Schwarz, J Gomez-Velez, D Scott, and C Konrad (2020).  Low threshold for nitrogen concentration saturation in headwaters increases regional and coastal delivery.  Environmental Research Letters, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab751b 

  44. Redder BW, CD Kennedy, AR Buda, G Folmar, and EW Boyer (2021).  Groundwater contributions of flow and nitrogen in a headwater agricultural watershed. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14179

  45. Lewis, E., S.M. Inamdar, A.J. Gold, K. Addy, T. Trammell, D. Merritts, S., M. Peipoch, P.M. Groffman, J. Hripto, M. Sherman, J. Kan, R. Walter and E.P. Lewis. 2021. Draining the landscape: How do nitrogen concentrations in riparian groundwater and stream water change following milldam removal? Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006444

  46. Suriano, Z. J., C. M. Siegert, D. J. Leathers, A. J. Gold, K. Addy, A. W. Schroth, E. Seybold, S. Inamdar, and D. F. Levia. 2021. Effects of atmospheric circulation on stream chemistry in forested watersheds across the northeastern United States: Part 2. Interannual weather type variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.  e2021JD034546.

  47. Hollister. J. W., Kellogg, D. Q., Kreakie, B. J., Shivers, S., Milstead, W. B., Herron, E., Green, L., Gold, A. 2021. Increasing Chlorophyll, a Amid Stable Nutrient Concentrations in Rhode Island Lakes and Reservoirs. Ecosphere 12, no. 6 (2021): e03555.

  48. Suchy, A., P. Groffman, L. Band, J. Duncan, A.J. Gold, J. M. Grove, D. Locke, L.A.  Templeton, Laura A. 2021.  Landscape approach to nitrogen cycling in urban lawns reveals the interaction between topography and human behaviors. Biogeochemistry.  152:73–92

  49.  Siegert, CM, ZJ Suriano, DJ Leathers, AJ Gold, K Addy, AW Schroth, E Seybold, S Inamdar, DF Levia. 2021. Effects of Atmospheric Circulation on Stream Chemistry in Forested Watersheds across the Northeastern United States: Part 1. Synoptic-scale Forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres.

  50.  Inamdar, S., M. Peipoch, A.J. Gold, E. Lewis, J. Hripto, K. Addy, D. Merritts, J. Kan, P. M. Groffman, R. Walter, and T. Trammell. 2021. Ghosts of landuse past: Legacy effects of milldams for riparian water quality and ecosystem function. Environ. Research Letters. 16: 035016

  51.   Moatar, F., M. Floury, A.J. Gold, M. Meybeck, B. Renard, A. Chandesris, C. Minaudo, K. Addy, J. Piffady and G. Pinay. 2020. Stream solutes and particulates export regimes: A new framework to optimize their monitoring. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7:516.

  52. Panthi, J., Talchabhadel, R., Ghimire, G.R., Sharma, S., Dahal, P., Baniya, R., Boving, T., Pradhanang, S.M. and Parajuli, B., 2021. Hydrologic Regionalization under Data Scarcity: Implications for Streamflow Prediction. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(9), p.05021022.

  53. Tamanna, M., Pradhanang, S.M., Gold, A.J., Addy, K. and Vidon, P.G., 2021. Riparian Zone Nitrogen Management through the Development of the Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM) in a Formerly Glaciated Watershed of the US Northeast. Agriculture, 11(8), p.743.

  54. Jahan, K., Pradhanang, S.M. and Bhuiyan, M.A.E., 2021. Surface Runoff Responses to Suburban Growth: An Integration of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Curve Number. Land, 10(5), p.452.

  55. Young, K.S. and Pradhanang, S.M., 2021. Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUAS)-Deployed Thermal Infrared (TIR) Imaging for Environmental Surveys with Implications in Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD): Methods, Challenges, and Novel Opportunities. Remote Sensing, 13(7), p.1331.

  56. Jahan, K. and Pradhanang, S.M., 2020. Predicting Runoff Chloride Concentrations in Suburban Watersheds Using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Hydrology, 7(4), p.80.

  57. Tamanna, M., Pradhanang, S.M., Gold, A.J., Addy, K., Vidon, P.G. and Bingner, R.L., 2020. Evaluation of AnnAGNPS Model for Runoff Simulation on Watersheds from Glaciated Landscape of USA Midwest and Northeast. Water, 12(12), p.3525.

  58. Clearing up cloudy waters: a review of sediment impacts to unionid freshwater mussels https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0080 (Jaber)

  59. How does increasing impervious surfaces affect urban flooding in response to climate variability? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106774 (Jaber)

  60. Advanced filtration in greywater treatment: a modelling approach with water reuse perspectives https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2020.1828498 (Jaber)

  61. Selecting Reliable Models for TMDL https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002102 (Kumar)

  62. Margin of Safety in TMDLs: Natural Language Processing-Aided Review https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001889 (Kumar)

  63. ASCE-EWRI Manual of Practice for TMDL development (in press) (Kumar)

  64. Koudahe, K., Sheshukov, A.Y., Aguilar, J., Djaman, K. (2021) Irrigation-Water Management and Productivity of Cotton: A Review. Sustainability. 131: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810070

  65. Oker, T.E., A.Y. Sheshukov, J. Aguilar, D.H. Rogers, I. Kisekka. (2021) Evaluating Soil Water Redistribution under Mobile Drip Irrigation, Low-Elevation-Spray-Application, and Low-Energy-Precision-Application using HYDRUS. Irrigation and Drainage Science Engineering. 147 (6), 04021016. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001553 

  66. A.Y. Sheshukov, Gao, J., K.R. Douglas-Mankin, H. Yen. (2021) Observed Data Source used for Bias Correction Introduces Variability and Uncertainty to Downscaled Climate Projections for Hydrologic Modeling. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(2): 203-220. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14061. 

  67. Orozco-Lopez*, E. and R. Muñoz-Carpena, R. 2021. Comparative non-Darcian modelling of subsurface preferential flow experimental observations in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(5). doi:10.13031/trans.14559.

  68. Vazquez*, K.M, R. Muñoz-Carpena, M.D. Danyluk, A.H. Havelaar. 2021. Parsimonious mechanistic modeling of bacterial runoff to inform food safety management of agricultural water quality. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87(15): e00596-21. doi:10.1128/AEM.00596-21.

  69. Luquin*, E., M.A. Campo-Bescós, R. Muñoz-Carpena, R.L. Bingner, R.M. Cruse, H.G. Momm, R.R. Wells, J.Casalí. 2021. Evaluation of model prediction capacity of ephemeral gully temporal evolution in conservation tillage systems. Earth Surf. Process. Landf. 46(10):1909-1925. doi:10.1002/esp.5134

  70. Guertault, L. G.A.Fox, D. Heeren, T. Hallihan and R Muñoz-Carpena. 2021. Quantifying the importance of preferential flow in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(3):937-947. doi:10.13031/trans.14286.

  71. Orozco-López*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao and G.A. Fox. 2021. High resolution pore-scale water content measurement in a translucent soil profile from light transmission. Trans. ASABE64(3):949-962.doi:10.13031/trans.14292.

  72. Medina M.*, R. Huffaker, R. Muñoz-Carpena and G. Kiker. 2021. An empirical nonlinear dynamics approach to analyzing emergent behavior of agent-based models. AIP Advances11:035133. doi:10.1063/5.0023116

  73. Medina*, M., R. Huffaker, J.W. Jawitz, and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2020. Seasonal dynamics of terrestrially sourced nitrogen influenced Karenia brevis blooms off Florida's southern Gulf Coast. Harmful Algae 98:101900. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2020.101900

  74. Mompremier, R.*, Y. Her, G. Hoogenboom, K. Migliaccio, R. Muñoz-Carpena, Z. Brym, R. W. Colbert, and W. Jeune. 2020. Modeling the response of dry bean yield to irrigation water availability controlled by watershed hydrology. Agric. Water Manage. 243:106429. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106429

  75. Nelson, N.G.*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, and E. Phlips. 2020. Parameter uncertainty drives important incongruities between simulated chlorophyll-a and phytoplankton functional group dynamics in a mechanistic management model.  Env. Modeling & Soft. 129:104708. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104708.

  76. Alonso, A.*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, and D. Kaplan. 2020. Coupling high-resolution water level sensors and MODIS for mapping wetland historical hydroperiod at high temporal frequency. Remote Sensing of Environment 247:111807. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111807.

  77. Moreno-Cadena, L.P.*, G. Hoogenboom, M.J. Fisher, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S.D. Prager, L.A. Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, P. Pypers, M.S. Mejia de Tafur, D. Wallach, R. Muñoz-Carpena, S. Asseng. 2020. Importance of genetic parameters and uncertainty of MANIHOT, a new mechanistic model of cassava. Europ. J. Agronomy 115:126031. doi:10.1016/j.eja.2020.126031

  78. Delforge, D.*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, M. Van Camp, M. Vanclooster. 2020. A parsimonious empirical approach to streamflow recession analysis and forecast. Wat. Resour. Res.56(2): e2019WR025771. doi: 10.1029/2019WR025771


 


Thesis/Dissertation:



  1. Radcliff, Cory, "Quantifying the source and pathway of dissolved reactive phosphate in karst drainage of the Inner-Bluegrass" (2021). Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. 81.

  2. Nazari, Saeid, "Impact of preferential flow, source water connectivity, and agricultural management practices on sediment and particulate phosphorus dynamics in midwestern tile-drained landscapes" (2021). Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. 82.

  3. Nayeb Yazdi, M., 2020. Understanding the role of scale in assessing sediment and nutrient loads from Coastal Plain watersheds delivered to the Chesapeake Bay, Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, p. 181, Advisor: D. Sample.

  4. Jahan, K. J., 2021. Effectiveness of Roadside Best Management Practices (BMPs) on Maintaining Stormwater Quality Through Monitoring and Modeling. Doctoral Dissertation submitted to University of Rhode Island (Advisor: S. M. Pradhanang)

  5. Tamanna, M, 2021 Optimization of Riparian Zone Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management through the Development of Riparian Model Doctoral. Dissertation submitted to University of Rhode Island (Advisor: S. M. Pradhanang)


 


Proposals:



  1. Impact of Broiler Litter Application Method on Phosphorus Loss in Leachate. AAES Agriculture Research Enhancement and Seed (ARES) funding program. Grant amount $50,000 (PI: Jasmeet Lamba)

  2. Understanding Preferential Flow Patterns in No-Till Manured Pastures Using Dye Tracer and X-Ray CT Image Analysis. USGS-AWRRI. Grant amount $5,000 (Co-PI Lamba)

  3. Leveraging Machine Learning for Sustainable Water and Nutrient Management Across Agro Climatic Zones. USDA-NIFA. Grant amount $650,000 (Co-PI Lamba)

  4. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Secure the Safety of the Food Supply System While Protecting the Environment. USDA-NIFA. Grant amount $10 million. (Co-PI Lamba)

  5.  “A coupled natural-human framework for risk assessment of coastal communities from land-use and climate change”, National Academy of Science – Restore, 2020-2023, $1,110,000, (Co-PI Kalin and Kumar).

  6.  “Coupling SWAT and WetQual for Improved N, P, and C Processing in Wetland Dominated Agricultural Watersheds”, USDA-NIFA, 2020-2024, $499,932 (PI Kalin).

  7.  “Ecohydrology and Watershed Modeling”, US-EPA, 2020-2021, $25,000 (PI Kalin).

  8. FACT: Interactive Deep Learning Platform and Multi-source Data Integration for Improved Soil Moisture Forecasting (PI Kumar, Co-PIs: W. Lee, and I. Rangwala). Funded by USDA-NIFA. Total support: $500K, Project period: Sept. 2020 to Aug. 2023.

  9. Investigation of soil moisture predictability on sub-seasonal to inter-annual time scales (PI Kumar). Funded by AAES AgrSEED program, Total support $50K; Project period: Oct. 2019 to Sept. 2021.

  10. Fox, J., Ford, W., Malzone, J., Armstead, M. GP-GO: The Appalachian SUCCESS Program: Strengthening students classified as Underrepresented in STEM by inspiring Confidence, Curriculum and Enriching Sensing Skillsets.  NSF GP-GO. $314,807.  Role: Co-Investigator. September 2021-August 2024.

  11. Ford, W.I.  RII Track-4: Elucidating controls of sediment phosphorus delivery to tile-drains.  NSF-EPSCoR, RII-4, $226,757.  Role: Principal Investigator. January 2021 to December 2022.  

  12. Ford, W.I., Fox, J., Sama. M. Impact of regenerative stream design on water and nitrogen budgets at reach to watershed scales. USDA-AFRI, $750,000.  Role: PD. Submitted

  13. Messer, T., Ford, W., Bartlet-Hunt Shannon. Implications of Microplastic Contributions from Biosolid Applications to the Nitrogen Cycle in Agroecosystems.  USDA-AFRI, $750,000. Role: Co-PD, Submitted.

  14. Easton, Z.M., D.R. Fuka, and R.R. White. Developing and evaluating rapidly deployable inexpensive weather, soil moisture, shock, and streamflow sensors to aid the monitoring, inspection, and rehabilitation of aging dams. USDA-Cooperative Agreement.  $75,000. June 2021-Nov 2021.

  15. Easton, Z.M. and D.R. Fuka.  Integrating the SWAT Model into the MINT Framework. DARPA-USC $64,000. June 2021-Nov 2021

  16. Collick, A.S., Z.M. Easton, and R. Bryant. UMES Stormwater Management Research Facility: Investigating nutrient and sediment reduction from poultry house stormwater drainage systems. USDA NIFA $399,000. Sept 2020-Aug 2022.

  17. Easton, Z.M. A Systematic Review of Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Impacts on Tidal and Near Tidal BMPs. NOAA-CBP $73,400. Dec 2020-Sept 2021.

  18. Easton, Z.M. A Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Watershed Assessment Study: A collaboration between the University of Vermont, Virginia Tech, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Agricultural Research Service. USDA CEAP $123,000. Oct 2020-Sept 2022.

  19. Flood Reduction Potential of Urban Forests in Virginia Beach: Development of urban watershed models that improve calculation of evapotranspiration and soil moisture to assess the flood reduction benefits of urban forests in coastal Virginia. Amount: $92,276. PIs: D. Sample, D. McGlauglin, Y. Shao, 1/1/2020-10/31/2022. Sponsor: City of Virginia Beach, The Nature Conservancy.

  20. Bluestone River, Mountain Run, and Lewis Creek PCB TMDLs: Data Analysis and Modeling, and TMDL Development Statement of Work, VA Department of Environmental Quality, $649,950, 06/01/2019 - 01/31/2022, PI: B. Benham.

  21. TMDL Implementation Plan Development for Buffalo River (Amherst and Nelson Counties) Statement of Work, VA Department of Environmental Quality, $27,155, 07/01/2019 - 10/30/2020, PI: B. Benham.

  22. TMDL Implementation Plan Development for McClure River (Dickenson County), VA Department of Environmental Quality, $21,660, 06/01/2019 - 05/31/2020, PI: B. Benham.

  23. White, R., D.R. Fuka, E. Feuerbacher, Z.M. Easton. Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Greener Pastures: A pasture sanitation cyber physical system for environmental enhancement and animal monitoring. NSF CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems). $998,232. June 2021-May 2024.

  24. Designing ESD for Climate Change for Increased Resiliency: Assessing the impact of climate change on hydrology, upland environmental site design (ESD) practices and downstream channel stability. Amount: $107,250. PIs: D. Sample, T.W, Thompson, 7/1/2021-12/31/2022. Sponsor: Chesapeake Bay Trust (thru Tetratech, Inc.)

  25. Savage, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T. Mapping Bedrock and Saltwater Intrusion in Rhode Island, USGS $90,000 (09/2021-08/2022)

  26. Kayastha-Pradhanang, S, Kumar, R, and Rashid T, Floating Treatment Wetland System (FTWS) - Sustainable green technology to remediate polluted surface water bodies in the COVID 19-era, Asia-Pacific Network $78,000 (09/2021-08/2023)

  27. Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T., and Savage, B. The Rhode Island Water Resources Board (RIWRB) and University of Rhode Island (URI) Statewide Water Withdrawal Data Enhancement and Database Development Project. RIWRB-USGS 197,488 (10/20-09/22)

  28. Pradhanang, S. M., and Boving T., Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Treatment Optimization Protocol (TOP) Development, RI Department of Health $34,980 (05/20-08/20)

  29.  J. Aguilar, A. Sheshukov, B. Golden, L. Haag, D. Devlin. Collaborative Research on Cotton Production in Thermo-limited Regions of the High Plains. Ogallala Aquifer program, USDA-ARS. $300,000.  (09/2020 - 08/2025)

  30. T. Moore, A. Sheshukov, L. Shamir, D. Flippo. Integrated data science - mechanistic modeling framework to predict cyanoHABS in contrasting freshwater systems. USGS $249,776 (10/2020-09/2023)

  31. T. Franti, A. Sheshukov, T. Cruse, B. Gelder, J. Lory. NRCS Ephemeral Gully Erosion Planning Grant PHASE 2: A Regional Assessment of High-Risk Areas for Ephemeral Gully Formation. USDA-NRCS $344,538 (09/2021-12/2023)


 


Reports:



  1. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25851 (Boyer, Easton, Pradhanang)

  2. Easton, Z.M., K., Stephenson, A. Collick, P.M. Fleming, E. Kellner, J. Martin, M. Ribaudo, and G. Shenk. 2020. Increasing Effectiveness and Reducing the Cost of Non-Point Source Best Management Practice Implementation: Is Targeting the Answer? STAC Publication Number 20-002.

  3. Sample, D.J., Nayeb Yazdi, M., Wang, X., and Shahed Behrouz, M., 2021. Characterization of Runoff Water Quality, Treatment in Noncomforming Ponds, and Modeling Implications for the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Final Report, p. 170.

  4. Kline, K., Moneymaker, J., & Benham, B. 2020. A Water Quality Improvement Plan to Reduce Bacterial Contamination and Sediment Loads in Buffalo River located in Amherst County, Virginia.: A Water Quality Improvement Plan to Reduce Bacterial Contamination and Sediment Loads in Buffalo River located in Amherst County, Virginia. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

  5. Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T.B, Brown, R and Jahan, K., 2021. Effectiveness of roadside best management practices in managing water quality (submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation).

  6. Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T.B and Panthi, J., Ismail, M., and Shrestha, S., 2020. Assessing Saltwater Intrusion under Extreme Storm Conditions for Coastal Aquifers (submitted to the Rhode Island Housing and Urban Development).


 


Book Chapters:



  1. Pradhanang, S. M. and Jahan*, K., 2021 Urban Water Security for Sustainable Cities in the Context of Climate Change. In Pandey et al. eds Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability, Wiley Publications.

  2. Pradhanang, S.M., and Jahan*, K., 2021 Structural Best Management Practices and Watershed Management. In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development: Clean Water and Sanitation.  Springer Publications

  3. Pradhanang, S. M., and Tamanna*, M. 2020 Water Management: South Asia. In Wang, Y. ed., 2020. Fresh Water and Watersheds. CRC Press


 


Conference presentations:



  1. Workshop for the Association of Clean Water Administrators on Natural Language Processing for TMDL review (Texas A&M- Kumar)

  2. 3-introductory and advanced workshops on watershed/water quality modeling (Texas A&M- Srini

  3. 25 Stream restoration and green stormwater infrastructure workshops (Texas A&M- Jaber)

  4. Kmetz, J., Aiken, R., Young, K., Pradhanang, S.M.  Allen, L.,2021. Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) resolved at high resolutions in Rhode Island Coastal Estuaries, Ninigret and Green Hill Ponds, using small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) deployed Thermal Infrared (TIR) imaging, UCOWR, NWRI June 10, 2021 

  5. Young, K., Pradhanang, S.M.,  Kmetz, J.,  Aiken,R.,  Allen, L., 2021, Analysis of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) temporal dynamics in Northern Ninigret Pond, Coastal Rhode Island using Radon-222 and small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) deployed Thermal Infrared (TIR) imaging, UCOWR, NWRI June 10, 2021 

  6. Young, K., Pradhanang, S.M., 2021.Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUAS) deployed thermal infrared (TIR) imaging for environmental surveys with implications in submarine groundwater discharge (SGD): methods, challenges, and novel opportunities. UCOWR, NWRI June 10, 2021

  7. Pradhanang, S.M., Campbell, A. and Kouhi, S., 2020, December. Streamflow High Spells Analysis to Evaluate Flood Risks and Severity. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. GC084-0005).

  8. Pradhanang, S. M., Meisinger, E., Kirby, K., and Kmetz, J., 2020. Water Treatment Innovation Using Floating Wetland Islands, North American Lake Management Society, November 18, 2020.

11/09/2022

 



  1. Nazari, S., Ford, W.I., King, K. 2022.  Impact of flow pathway and source water connectivity on subsurface sediment and particulate phosphorus dynamics in tile-drained agroecosystems. Agricultural Water Management. 269: 107641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107641. 

  2. Riddle, B., Fox, J., Mahoney, D. T., Ford, W., Wang, Y., Pollock, E., Backus, J. 2022. Investigation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope tracers (non)conservativeness for sediment fingerprinting. Science of the Total Environment. 817: 152640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152640. 

  3. Radcliff, C., Ford, W.I., Nazari, S. Sheppard, C.  2021. Impact of water source dynamics on dissolved reactive phosphorus loadings in heterogeneous karst agroecosystems with phosphatic limestones. Hydrological Processes. 35(11): e14422. 36Thttps://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1442236T. 

  4. Husic, A., Fox, J., Al Aamery, N., Ford, W., Pollock, E., Backus, J. 2021. Seasonality of recharge drives spatial and temporal nitrate removal in a karst conduit as evidenced by nitrogen isotope modeling. JGR Biogeosciences. e2021JG006454. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006454. 

  5. Shahed Behrouz, M.S., Yazdi, M.N., Sample, D.J., 2022. Using Random Forest, a machine learning approach to predict nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment event mean concentrations in urban runoff. J. Environ. Manage. 317, 115412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115412

  6. Shahed Behrouz, M. S., Yazdi, M. N., Sample, D. J., Scott, D., and Owen, J. S., 2022. What are the relevant sources and factors affecting event mean concentrations (EMCs) of nutrients and sediment in stormwater? Science of the Total Environment, 828, 154368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154368

  7. Alamdari, N., Claggett, P., Sample, D., Easton, Z., and Nayeb Yazdi, M., 2022. Evaluating the joint effects of climate and land use change on runoff and pollutant loading. Journal of Cleaner Production, 330, 129953, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129953 

  8. Sangster, S., Gruver, M., Lacerda, L., Perry, C., Washington, B., Vellidis, G. 2021. Evaluation of irrigation and fertilization strategies to improve irrigation and nitrogen water use efficiencies in cotton. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/136430 

  9. Vellidis, G., Butts, C., Gallios, I., Ortiz, B. 2021. CropFIT - an integrated SmartIrrigation mobile app for corn, cotton, peanut, and soybean. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/135167

  10. Gallios, I., Butts, C., Perry, C., Vellidis, G. 2021. Making Irrigator Pro and easier to use irrigation scheduling tool. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/135255 

  11. Shrestha, S.G. and Pradhanang, S.M., 2022. Optimal selection of representative climate models and statistical downscaling for climate change impact studies: a case study of Rhode Island, USA. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

  12. Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Nepal, S., Ghimire, G., Rakhal, B., Panthi, J., Adhikari, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Maskey, S., and Kumar, S., 2022. Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas. Nat Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05462-0

  13. Panthi, J., Pradhanang, S.M., Nolte, A. and Boving, T.B., 2022. Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers in the contiguous United States—A systematic review of investigation approaches and monitoring networks. Science of The Total Environment, p.155641.

  14. Pengfei Liu, Yu Wang, Wei Zhang, "The Influence of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program on Local Water Quality", American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12316

  15. Odeh, T., Mohammad, A.H., Pradhanang, S.M., Ismail, M. and Rödiger, T., 2021. GIS-based Analytical Modeling on Evaluating Impacts of Urbanization in Amman Water Resources, Jordan.

  16. Panthi, J., Talchabhadel, R., Ghimire, G.R., Sharma, S., Dahal, P., Baniya, R., Boving,  T., Pradhanang, S.M. and Parajuli, B., 2021. Hydrologic  Regionalization under Data Scarcity: Implications for Streamflow Prediction. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(9), p.05021022.

  17. Inamdar, S., Peipoch, M., Gold, A.J., Lewis, E., Hripto, J., Sherman, M., Addy, K., Merritts, D., Kan, J., Groffman, P.M. and Walter, R., 2021. Ghosts of landuse past: legacy effects of milldams for riparian nitrogen (N) processing and water quality functions.  Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), p.035016.

  18. Hollister, J.W., Kellogg, D.Q., Lei-Parent, Q., Wilson, E., Chadwick, C., Dickson, D., Gold, A. and Arnold, C., 2022. nsink: An R package for flow path nitrogen removal estimation. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(71), p.4039.

  19. Lewis, E., S.M. Inamdar, A.J. Gold, K. Addy, T. Trammell, D. Merritts, S., M. Peipoch, P.M. Groffman, J. Hripto, M. Sherman,  J. Kan, R. Walter and E.P. Lewis. 2021. Draining the landscape: How do nitrogen concentrations in riparian groundwater and stream water change following milldam removal? Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences

  20. Suriano, Z. J., C. M. Siegert, D. J. Leathers, A. J. Gold, K. Addy, A. W. Schroth, E. Seybold, S. Inamdar, and D. F. Levia. 2021. Effects of atmospheric circulation on stream chemistry in forested watersheds across the northeastern United States: Part 2. Interannual weather type variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.  e2021JD034546.

  21. Hollister. J. W., Kellogg, D. Q., Kreakie, B. J., Shivers, S., Milstead, W. B., Herron, E., Green, L., Gold, A. 2021. Increasing Chlorophyll a Amid Stable Nutrient  Concentrations in Rhode Island Lakes and Reservoirs. Ecosphere 12, no. 6 (2021): e03555.

  22. Muñoz-Carpena, R., Z. Yu, A. Carmona-Cabrero, G. Fox, O. Batelaan, A. Bardossy. 2022. Convergence of mechanistic modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) in hydrologic science and engineering. (under review, J. Hydrology).

  23. Muñoz-Carpena, R., Reichenberger S., Sittig S., Sur R. (2022). Complex effects of leaching, sedimentation, sorption and degradation on runoff remobilization of pesticide residues in vegetative filter strips (under review, ACS Environmental AU).

  24. Reichenberger, R., R. Sur, S. Sittig, S. Multsch, Á. Carmona-Cabrero, J.J. López and R Muñoz-Carpena. 2022. Dynamic prediction of effective runoff sediment particle size for improved assessment of pesticide mitigation efficiency with vegetative filter strips (under review, Sci. Total Env.)

  25. Muñoz-Carpena, R., A. Ritter, R. Sur, S. Reichenberger. 2022. Effect of hydrograph type on the calculation of pesticide mitigation efficiencies of vegetative filter strips with VFSMOD in the regulatory context. (Under review, Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag.). 

  26. Zhang, Y., R. Bhattarai and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2022. Effectiveness of vegetative filter strips for sediment control from steep construction areas. (Under review, Catena)

  27. Orozco-López E., R. Muñoz-Carpena and B. Gao. 2022. Quantification of solute transport in a soil profile with activated macropore networks using light transmission experiments. (Under review, J Hydrology)

  28. Muñoz-Carpena, R., C. Lauvernet, N. Carluer and G.A. Fox. 2021. Comment on “Modeling slope rainfall-infiltration-runoff process with shallow water table during complex rainfall patterns” by Wu et al. 2021. J. Hydrology X 13:100133. doi:10.1016/j.hydroa.2021.100113.

  29. Barchiesi*, S., A. Alonso, M. Pazmiño-Hernandez, J.M. Serrano-Sandí, R. Muñoz-Carpena, C. Angelini. 2021. Wetland hydropattern and vegetation greenness predict avian populations in Palo Verde, Costa Rica. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2493.

  30. Orozco-Lopez*, E. and R. Muñoz-Carpena, R. 2021. Comparative non-Darcian modelling of subsurface preferential flow experimental observations in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(5). doi:10.13031/trans.14559.

  31. Vazquez*, K.M, R. Muñoz-Carpena, M.D. Danyluk, A.H. Havelaar. 2021. Parsimonious mechanistic modeling of bacterial runoff to inform food safety management of agricultural water quality. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87(15):e00596-21. doi:10.1128/AEM.00596-21.

  32. Luquin*, E., M.A. Campo-Bescós, R. Muñoz-Carpena, R.L. Bingner, R.M. Cruse, H.G. Momm, R.R. Wells, J.Casalí. 2021. Evaluation of model prediction capacity of ephemeral gully temporal evolution in conservation tillage systems. Earth Surf. Process. Landf. 46(10):1909-1925. doi:10.1002/esp.5134

  33. Guertault, L. G.A.Fox, D. Heeren, T. Hallihan and R Muñoz-Carpena. 2021. Quantifying the importance of preferential flow in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(3):937-947. doi:10.13031/trans.14286.

  34. Orozco-López*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao and G.A. Fox. 2021. High resolution pore-scale water content measurement in a translucent soil profile from light transmission. Trans. ASABE64(3):949-962.doi:10.13031/trans.14292.

  35. Medina M.*, R. Huffaker, R. Muñoz-Carpena and G. Kiker. 2021. An empirical nonlinear dynamics approach to analyzing emergent behavior of agent-based models. AIP Advances11:035133. doi:10.1063/5.0023116

  36. Song, J.H., Her, Y. and Guo, T., 2022. Quantifying the contribution of direct runoff and baseflow to nitrogen loading in the Western Lake Erie Basins. Scientific Reports, 12(1), pp.1-13.

  37. G. Granco, M. Caldas, J. Bergtold, J.L. Heier Stamm, M. Mather, M. Sanderson, M. Daniels, A.Y. Sheshukov, D. Haukos, S. Ramsey. (2022) Local Environment and Individuals’ Beliefs: The Dynamics Shaping Public Support for Sustainability Policy in an Agricultural Landscape. Journal of Environmental Management. 301, 113776. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113776)

  38. Koudahe, K., Sheshukov, A.Y., Aguilar, J., Djaman, K. (2021) Irrigation-Water Management and Productivity of Cotton: A Review. Sustainability. 131: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810070

  39. Song, J.H., Her, Y. and Guo, T., 2022. Quantifying the contribution of direct runoff and baseflow to nitrogen loading in the Western Lake Erie Basins. Scientific Reports, 12(1), pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12740-1.

  40. Inamdar et al., Saturated, suffocated, and salty: Human legacies produce hotspots of nitrogen in riparian zones. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (In review).

  41. Bhatta, A, R. Prasad, D. Chakraborty, J.N. Shaw, J. Lamba, E. Brantley, H.A. Torbert. 2021. Mehlich 3 as a Generic Soil Test Extractant for Environmental Phosphorus Risk Assessment Across Alabama Soil Regions. Agrosyst Geosci Environ. 2021; 4:e20187. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20187

  42. Kumar, K., P. Srivastava, B. V. Ortiz, G. Morata, B. S. Takhellambam, J. Lamba, and L. Bondesan. 2021. Field-Scale Spatial and Temporal Soil Water Variability in Irrigated Croplands. Transactions of the ASABE: 64 (4), 1277-1294. doi: 10.13031/trans.14335

  43. Singh, R., R. Prasad, B. Guertal, K. Balkcom and J. Lamba. 2021. Effects of Broiler Litter Application Rate and Time on Corn Yield and Environmental Nitrogen Loss. Agronomy Journal. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20944.

  44. Stephenson, K., L. Shabman, J. Shortle, Z.M. Easton. 2022. Confronting our agricultural nonpoint source control policy problem. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13010

  45. Deval, C., E.S. Brooks, M. Dobre, R. Lew, P.R. Robichaud, A. Fowler, J. Boll, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2022. Pi-VAT: A web-based visualization tool for decision support using spatially complex water quality model outputs. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127529

  46. Fleming, P., K.S. Stephenson, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2022. Targeting for Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction: A Synthesis of Lessons Learned, Remaining Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114649

  47. Modi, P., J. Czuba, Z.M. Easton. 2022. Coupling a land surface model with a hydrodynamic model for regional flood risk assessment due to climate change: application to the Susquehanna River. Journal of Flood Risk Management. http://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12763

  48.  Alamdari, N., P. Claggett, D.J. Sample, Z.M. Easton, M. Yazdi. 2022. Evaluating the joint effects of climate and land use change on runoff and pollutant loading in a rapidly developing watershed. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129953

  49.  Ketterings, Q. C. Twombly, A. Collick, J. Faulkner, Z.M. Easton. 2022. An evaluation BMP performance using a regional P Index and process-based watershed models. Journal of Environmental Quality (In Press).

  50.  Ebadi N., D. Bosch, R.R. White, M. Wagena, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2022. costs of reducing emissions from a dairy farm: a constrained optimization approach. Agricultural Systems. (In Press).

  51.  Modi, P., D.R. Fuka, Z.M. Easton. 2021. Impacts of climate change on terrestrial hydrological components and crop water use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100830

  52.  Modi, P., D.R. Fuka, Z.M. Easton. 2021. Data in Short “Impacts of Climate Change on Terrestrial Hydrological Components and Crop Water Requirement in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.14049569

  53. Stephenson, K., W. Ferris, E. Bock, Z.M. Easton. 2021. Treatment of legacy nitrogen as a compliance option to meet Chesapeake Bay TMDL requirements. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04022

  54. Duan, Y., Akula, S., Kumar, S., Lee, W. & Khajehei, S. A Hybrid Physics-AI Model to Improve Hydrological Forecasts. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems accepted, doi:10.1175/AIES-D-22-0023.1 (2022).

  55. Pan, Z., Kumar, S., Zhang, Y., & Shi, C (2022). Central continental boreal summer “warming holes” modulated by Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation via low‐level jets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2021JD035217.

  56. Hripto*, J., Inamdar, S., Sherman, M., Peck, E., Gold, A., Bernasconi, S., Addy, K., & Peipoch, M. Effects of relic low-head dams on stream denitrification potential: seasonality and biogeochemical controls. Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-00894-z (2022) 84:60

  57. Peck*, E., Inamdar, S., Sherman, M., Hripto, J., Peipoch, M., Gold, A., & Addy, K. Nitrogen sinks or sources? Denitrification and nitrogen removal potential in riparian legacy sediment terraces affected by milldams. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-022-00894-z

  58. Sherman*, M., Hripto, J., Peck, E., Gold, A., Peipoch, M., Imhoff, P., & Inamdar, S. Backed-up, Saturated, and Stagnant: Effect of Milldams on Upstream Riparian Groundwater Hydrologic and Mixing Regimes. Water Resources Research https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR03303

  59. Dey, S., Saksena, S., Winter, D., Merwade, V. and McMillan, S., 2022. Incorporating Network Scale River Bathymetry to Improve Characterization of Fluvial Processes in Flood Modeling. Water Resources Research, p.e2020WR029521.

  60. Hanna, K., Paul, M., Negahban-Azar, M., and Shirmohammadi, A. (2021). Developing a Decision Support System for Economic Analysis of Irrigation Applications in Temperate Zones. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13152044

  61. Paul, M., Rajib, A., Negahban-Azar, M., Shirmohammadi, A., Srivastava, P. 2021. Improved Agricultural Water Management in Data-scarce Semi-arid Watersheds: Value of Integrating Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index in Hydrological Modeling. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148177

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  63. Huang, Y., R. Bawa, J. Mullen, N. Hoghooghi, L. Kalin, P. Dwivedi (2022), “A Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Approach for Understanding Expected Land Use Changes to Meet Potential Water Quality Regulations: A Case Study from Georgia, United States”, Agricultural Water Management. 271, 107799.

  64. Bian, Z., S. Pan, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, R. Xu, H. Shi, L. Kalin, C. Anderson, D. Justic, S. Lohrenz, H. Tian (2022), “A century-long trajectory of phosphorus loading and export from Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico: Contributions of multiple environmental changes”, Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36, e2022GB007347. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007347.

  65. Haas, H., L. Kalin, P. Srivastava (2022), “Improved Forest Dynamics Leads to Better Hydrological Predictions in Watershed Modeling”, Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153180.

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  2. Clark KH, DD Iwanowicz, LR Iwanowicz, SJ Mueller, JM Wisor, C Bradshaw-Wilson, WB Schill, JR Stauffer, Jr., and EW Boyer (2022). Freshwater unionid mussels threatened by predation of Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Scientific Reports, 12, 12859, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16385-y (plus supporting dataset at HydroShare public data repository, DOI: 10.4211/hs.e46d4769a8a346fcaed7a27fcceb20ad)

  3. Clark KH, JM Wisor, SJ Mueller, C Bradshaw-Wilson, EW Boyer, and JR Stauffer, Jr. (2021). Status of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the French Creek watershed, USA at the onset of invasion by Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus. Water, 13(21), 3064; DOI: 10.3390/w13213064

  4. Zhang K, J. Shen, L Guo, EW Boyer, CR Mello, P Lan, H Liu, J Gao, and B Fan (2021). Flood drainage rights in watersheds based on the harmonious allocation method. Journal of Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126627

  5. Zhang L, G Qin, P Lan, L Yang, CR Mello, EW Boyer, and L Guo (2021). Evaluation of three gridded precipitation products in a data scarce region in mountainous areas of the west China. Remote Sensing, 13:3795, DOI:10.3390/rs13193795


2) Thesis/Dissertation:



  1. Timothy McGill. Assessing machine learning utility in predicting hydrologic and nitrate dynamics in karst agroecosystems, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Fall 2019-May 2022).

  2. Rosalia Agioutanti. Classifying and mapping aquatic vegetation in heterogenous stream ecosystems using visible and multispectral uav imagery, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Fall 2019-May 2022).

  3. Gina DeGraves. Sediment nitrogen dynamics in backwater wetland confluences of a regulated river, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Summer 2019-Fall 2021).

  4. Lorena Lacerda. 2021. Using remote sensing to develop irrigation scheduling tools for variable rate irrigation, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, pp 183.

  5. Shahed Behrouz, M., 2022. Improving Predictions of Stormwater Quantity and Quality through the Application of Modeling and Data Analysis Techniques from National to Catchment Scales, Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, pp 203.

  6. Umme Fatema Piu. 2022. Evaluating evapotranspiration rates for corn and cotton in thermo-limited climate of southwest Kansas. MS, Kansas State University.

  7. Dey, S., 2021. Enabling large-scale hydrologic and hydraulic modeling through improved topographic representation. PhD dissertation, Purdue University.

  8. Phillippe, A.J. 2022. Determining bacterial and nutrient concentrations and loadings of surface runoff from differing grazer access and vegetative cover in Northcentral Oklahoma. MS Thesis, Oklahoma State University.


3) Proposals Awarded/Submitted:



  1. Fox, J., Ford, W., Mahoney, D., Armstead, M., Dadi, G. BPE-Track 3:  Inclusive Mentoring Hub for Enabling Pathways from Inner-City and Rural Appalachian Households to Engineering in Kentucky and West Virginia. NSF-BPE. $799,445. Role Co-Investigator. July 2022-July 2027

  2. Ford, W. Using edge-of-field data and modeling to inform H2Ohio. Ohio department of agriculture  $150,000 (as sub-award from USDA-ARS). Role: Principal Investigator.

  3. Fox, J., Mahoney, D., Ford, W., Armstead, M. RII-BEC: Undergraduate research as a model of excellence to broaden STEM participation in EPSCoR jurisdictions: What are the mentoring costs? NSF RII-BEC. $1,000,000. Role Co-Investigator.

  4. Improving the Sustainability of Georgia Cotton by Increasing Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiencies, Georgia Cotton Commission, 2021-2022, $58,000, Vellidis PI

  5. Expansion of an Irrigation Scheduling Application to the U.S, Cotton Incorporated, 2021-2022, $50,000, Vellidis PI

  6. Incorporating Volumetric Water Content (Capacitance) Sensors into the Irrigator Pro-Based Irrigation Scheduling Tool, 2021-2022, $18,000, Vellidis PI

  7. Making Irrigator Pro an Easier-to-Use Irrigation Scheduling Tool, 2021-2022, Southern Peanut Research Initiative, $25,000, Vellidis PI.

  8. Sample, D.J. and Scott, D., Vibrant Virginia-Improving the Resilience of Stormwater Treatment in Fredericksburg: Amount: $60,000. Sponsor: VT Center for Economic and Community Engagement, 1/01/2021 - 06/30/2022.

  9. Shahed Behrouz, M., 2021. New Conceptualizations of Catchment-Scale Stormwater Pollution Generation Processes, Virginia Water Resources Research Center Competitive Grant, $7,000, 10/1/21-8/31/22. 

  10. Cardace, D., Pradhanang, S. M., and Moseman-Valtiera, S., Planetary Methane in Ultramafic Contexts: Searching for Cyclicity in Methane Emissions at a Planetary Analog Site in Northern California, NASA-EPSCoR $735,000 (6/2022-6/2025)

  11. Savage, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T. Mapping Bedrock and Saltwater Intrusion in Rhode Island, USGS $90,000 (09/2021-08/2022)

  12. Savage, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T., Mapping Bedrock and Saltwater Intrusion in Rhode Island USGS $117,337 (09/2022-08/2023)

  13. Pradhanang, S., Kumar, R, and Rashid T, Floating Treatment Wetland System (FTWS) - Sustainable green technology to remediate polluted surface water bodies in the COVID 19-era , Asia- Pacific  Network $78,000 (09/2021-08/2023)

  14. Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T., and Savage, B. The Rhode Island Water Resources Board (RIWRB) and University of Rhode Island (URI) Statewide Water Withdrawal Data Enhancement and Database Development Project. RIWRB-USGS $197,488 (10/20-09/22)

  15. T Franti, A. Sheshukov, J. Lory, R. Cruse. Developing and assessing innovative ephemeral gully erosion control practices. (2021-2023). USDA $344,538

  16. R.L. North, A. Ohler, L. McCann, T. Moore, A. Sheshukov. Valuing Water Quality Improvements in Heartland Reservoirs. (2022-2025) EPA $741,285

  17. Pradhanang, S.M., Liu, P. Water Availability through the Integration of Hydrologic Model and Water Management Optimization Tool for Chipuxet River Watershed, Rhode Island. RIWRC-USGS. (2022-2023) USGS $50,000

  18. USDA-Cooperative Agreement. Fuka, D.R., Z.M. Easton, R.R. White. Developing and evaluating rapidly deployable inexpensive weather, soil moisture, shock, and streamflow sensors to aid the monitoring, inspection, and rehabilitation of aging dams. $225,000. Dec 2021-Nov 2022.

  19. USDA-Cooperative Agreement. Easton, Z.M. Modeling the Lake Champlain Basin CEAP watersheds to understand and predict conservation effects on legacy phosphorus. $134,223. Oct 2021-Sept 2023.

  20. Virginia Tech CALS Strategic Plan Advancement. Easton, Z.M., R.R. White, K. Hamed, D.R. Fuka, M. Eick. Eyes in the Sky and Boots on the Ground: Collaborative Technologies for Monitoring and Managing Livestock Pastures. $60,000. Oct 2021-May 2023.

  21. NSF CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems). White, R.R., E. Feuerbacher, Z.M. Easton. Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Greener Pastures: A pasture sanitation cyber physical system for environmental enhancement and animal monitoring. $998,232. Jan 2022-Dec 2024.

  22. Lewis, K., K. Wagner, A. Berthold, P. DeLaune, J. Bell, D. Miller Sustainable. Agricultural Intensification and Enhancement through the Utilization of Regenerative Agricultural Management Practices. Amount: $583,438 (Total Award: $10,000,000). Sponsor: USDA-NIFA Sustainable Ag Systems Program, 9/1/2021-8/31/2026.

  23. Wagner, K. Dam Analysis Modernization of Tools, Applications, Guidance, and Standardization (DAM-TAGS) Project – Year 1. Amount: $478,238. Sponsor: USDA-ARS Cooperative Agreement, 6/10/2021-6/9/2022.

  24. Wagner, K., R. Bonett, A. Sewell, J. Gonzalez Estrella, S. Kim, A. Dzialowski. Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute Program (USGS Base Funds FY21). Amount: $125,000. Sponsor: USGS, 9/1/2021-8/31/2022.

  25. Mirchi, A, K. Wagner, S. Taghvaeian, Sarah Alian, R. Bailey. Conjunctive Freshwater-Saltwater Management for Climate-Resilient Agroecosystems. Amount: $181,568 (Total Award: $749,786). Sponsor: USDA-NIFA Foundational Program, 12/31/2021-12/12/2025.

  26. Wagner, K., S. Sharma, S. Taghvaeian, S. Frazier, J. Warren, A. Mirchi. Oklahoma Master Irrigator Program and Ogallala Aquifer Study. Amount: $150,000. Sponsor: Oklahoma Conservation Commission, 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.

  27. Reuter, R., K. Wagner, L. Goodman, C. Duchardt, B. Murray. Increasing the pace & scale of adoption of prescribed grazing through virtual fence technology. Amount: $93,188 (Total Award: $1,365,774). Sponsor: USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant, 7/1/2022-6/30/2025.

11/09/2022

 



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  2. Riddle, B., Fox, J., Mahoney, D. T., Ford, W., Wang, Y., Pollock, E., Backus, J. 2022. Investigation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope tracers (non)conservativeness for sediment fingerprinting. Science of the Total Environment. 817: 152640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152640. 

  3. Radcliff, C., Ford, W.I., Nazari, S. Sheppard, C.  2021. Impact of water source dynamics on dissolved reactive phosphorus loadings in heterogeneous karst agroecosystems with phosphatic limestones. Hydrological Processes. 35(11): e14422. 36Thttps://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1442236T. 

  4. Husic, A., Fox, J., Al Aamery, N., Ford, W., Pollock, E., Backus, J. 2021. Seasonality of recharge drives spatial and temporal nitrate removal in a karst conduit as evidenced by nitrogen isotope modeling. JGR Biogeosciences. e2021JG006454. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006454. 

  5. Shahed Behrouz, M.S., Yazdi, M.N., Sample, D.J., 2022. Using Random Forest, a machine learning approach to predict nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment event mean concentrations in urban runoff. J. Environ. Manage. 317, 115412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115412

  6. Shahed Behrouz, M. S., Yazdi, M. N., Sample, D. J., Scott, D., and Owen, J. S., 2022. What are the relevant sources and factors affecting event mean concentrations (EMCs) of nutrients and sediment in stormwater? Science of the Total Environment, 828, 154368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154368

  7. Alamdari, N., Claggett, P., Sample, D., Easton, Z., and Nayeb Yazdi, M., 2022. Evaluating the joint effects of climate and land use change on runoff and pollutant loading. Journal of Cleaner Production, 330, 129953, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129953 

  8. Sangster, S., Gruver, M., Lacerda, L., Perry, C., Washington, B., Vellidis, G. 2021. Evaluation of irrigation and fertilization strategies to improve irrigation and nitrogen water use efficiencies in cotton. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/136430 

  9. Vellidis, G., Butts, C., Gallios, I., Ortiz, B. 2021. CropFIT - an integrated SmartIrrigation mobile app for corn, cotton, peanut, and soybean. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/135167

  10. Gallios, I., Butts, C., Perry, C., Vellidis, G. 2021. Making Irrigator Pro and easier to use irrigation scheduling tool. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, 08 November 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2021am/prelim.cgi/Paper/135255 

  11. Shrestha, S.G. and Pradhanang, S.M., 2022. Optimal selection of representative climate models and statistical downscaling for climate change impact studies: a case study of Rhode Island, USA. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

  12. Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Nepal, S., Ghimire, G., Rakhal, B., Panthi, J., Adhikari, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Maskey, S., and Kumar, S., 2022. Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas. Nat Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05462-0

  13. Panthi, J., Pradhanang, S.M., Nolte, A. and Boving, T.B., 2022. Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers in the contiguous United States—A systematic review of investigation approaches and monitoring networks. Science of The Total Environment, p.155641.

  14. Pengfei Liu, Yu Wang, Wei Zhang, "The Influence of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program on Local Water Quality", American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12316

  15. Odeh, T., Mohammad, A.H., Pradhanang, S.M., Ismail, M. and Rödiger, T., 2021. GIS-based Analytical Modeling on Evaluating Impacts of Urbanization in Amman Water Resources, Jordan.

  16. Panthi, J., Talchabhadel, R., Ghimire, G.R., Sharma, S., Dahal, P., Baniya, R., Boving,  T., Pradhanang, S.M. and Parajuli, B., 2021. Hydrologic  Regionalization under Data Scarcity: Implications for Streamflow Prediction. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(9), p.05021022.

  17. Inamdar, S., Peipoch, M., Gold, A.J., Lewis, E., Hripto, J., Sherman, M., Addy, K., Merritts, D., Kan, J., Groffman, P.M. and Walter, R., 2021. Ghosts of landuse past: legacy effects of milldams for riparian nitrogen (N) processing and water quality functions.  Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), p.035016.

  18. Hollister, J.W., Kellogg, D.Q., Lei-Parent, Q., Wilson, E., Chadwick, C., Dickson, D., Gold, A. and Arnold, C., 2022. nsink: An R package for flow path nitrogen removal estimation. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(71), p.4039.

  19. Lewis, E., S.M. Inamdar, A.J. Gold, K. Addy, T. Trammell, D. Merritts, S., M. Peipoch, P.M. Groffman, J. Hripto, M. Sherman,  J. Kan, R. Walter and E.P. Lewis. 2021. Draining the landscape: How do nitrogen concentrations in riparian groundwater and stream water change following milldam removal? Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences

  20. Suriano, Z. J., C. M. Siegert, D. J. Leathers, A. J. Gold, K. Addy, A. W. Schroth, E. Seybold, S. Inamdar, and D. F. Levia. 2021. Effects of atmospheric circulation on stream chemistry in forested watersheds across the northeastern United States: Part 2. Interannual weather type variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.  e2021JD034546.

  21. Hollister. J. W., Kellogg, D. Q., Kreakie, B. J., Shivers, S., Milstead, W. B., Herron, E., Green, L., Gold, A. 2021. Increasing Chlorophyll a Amid Stable Nutrient  Concentrations in Rhode Island Lakes and Reservoirs. Ecosphere 12, no. 6 (2021): e03555.

  22. Muñoz-Carpena, R., Z. Yu, A. Carmona-Cabrero, G. Fox, O. Batelaan, A. Bardossy. 2022. Convergence of mechanistic modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) in hydrologic science and engineering. (under review, J. Hydrology).

  23. Muñoz-Carpena, R., Reichenberger S., Sittig S., Sur R. (2022). Complex effects of leaching, sedimentation, sorption and degradation on runoff remobilization of pesticide residues in vegetative filter strips (under review, ACS Environmental AU).

  24. Reichenberger, R., R. Sur, S. Sittig, S. Multsch, Á. Carmona-Cabrero, J.J. López and R Muñoz-Carpena. 2022. Dynamic prediction of effective runoff sediment particle size for improved assessment of pesticide mitigation efficiency with vegetative filter strips (under review, Sci. Total Env.)

  25. Muñoz-Carpena, R., A. Ritter, R. Sur, S. Reichenberger. 2022. Effect of hydrograph type on the calculation of pesticide mitigation efficiencies of vegetative filter strips with VFSMOD in the regulatory context. (Under review, Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag.). 

  26. Zhang, Y., R. Bhattarai and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2022. Effectiveness of vegetative filter strips for sediment control from steep construction areas. (Under review, Catena)

  27. Orozco-López E., R. Muñoz-Carpena and B. Gao. 2022. Quantification of solute transport in a soil profile with activated macropore networks using light transmission experiments. (Under review, J Hydrology)

  28. Muñoz-Carpena, R., C. Lauvernet, N. Carluer and G.A. Fox. 2021. Comment on “Modeling slope rainfall-infiltration-runoff process with shallow water table during complex rainfall patterns” by Wu et al. 2021. J. Hydrology X 13:100133. doi:10.1016/j.hydroa.2021.100113.

  29. Barchiesi*, S., A. Alonso, M. Pazmiño-Hernandez, J.M. Serrano-Sandí, R. Muñoz-Carpena, C. Angelini. 2021. Wetland hydropattern and vegetation greenness predict avian populations in Palo Verde, Costa Rica. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2493.

  30. Orozco-Lopez*, E. and R. Muñoz-Carpena, R. 2021. Comparative non-Darcian modelling of subsurface preferential flow experimental observations in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(5). doi:10.13031/trans.14559.

  31. Vazquez*, K.M, R. Muñoz-Carpena, M.D. Danyluk, A.H. Havelaar. 2021. Parsimonious mechanistic modeling of bacterial runoff to inform food safety management of agricultural water quality. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87(15):e00596-21. doi:10.1128/AEM.00596-21.

  32. Luquin*, E., M.A. Campo-Bescós, R. Muñoz-Carpena, R.L. Bingner, R.M. Cruse, H.G. Momm, R.R. Wells, J.Casalí. 2021. Evaluation of model prediction capacity of ephemeral gully temporal evolution in conservation tillage systems. Earth Surf. Process. Landf. 46(10):1909-1925. doi:10.1002/esp.5134

  33. Guertault, L. G.A.Fox, D. Heeren, T. Hallihan and R Muñoz-Carpena. 2021. Quantifying the importance of preferential flow in a riparian buffer. Trans. ASABE 64(3):937-947. doi:10.13031/trans.14286.

  34. Orozco-López*, R. Muñoz-Carpena, B. Gao and G.A. Fox. 2021. High resolution pore-scale water content measurement in a translucent soil profile from light transmission. Trans. ASABE64(3):949-962.doi:10.13031/trans.14292.

  35. Medina M.*, R. Huffaker, R. Muñoz-Carpena and G. Kiker. 2021. An empirical nonlinear dynamics approach to analyzing emergent behavior of agent-based models. AIP Advances11:035133. doi:10.1063/5.0023116

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  37. G. Granco, M. Caldas, J. Bergtold, J.L. Heier Stamm, M. Mather, M. Sanderson, M. Daniels, A.Y. Sheshukov, D. Haukos, S. Ramsey. (2022) Local Environment and Individuals’ Beliefs: The Dynamics Shaping Public Support for Sustainability Policy in an Agricultural Landscape. Journal of Environmental Management. 301, 113776. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113776)

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  45. Deval, C., E.S. Brooks, M. Dobre, R. Lew, P.R. Robichaud, A. Fowler, J. Boll, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2022. Pi-VAT: A web-based visualization tool for decision support using spatially complex water quality model outputs. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127529

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  51.  Modi, P., D.R. Fuka, Z.M. Easton. 2021. Impacts of climate change on terrestrial hydrological components and crop water use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100830

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  54. Duan, Y., Akula, S., Kumar, S., Lee, W. & Khajehei, S. A Hybrid Physics-AI Model to Improve Hydrological Forecasts. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems accepted, doi:10.1175/AIES-D-22-0023.1 (2022).

  55. Pan, Z., Kumar, S., Zhang, Y., & Shi, C (2022). Central continental boreal summer “warming holes” modulated by Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation via low‐level jets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2021JD035217.

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  62. Paul, M., M. Negahban-Azar, A. Shirmohammadi, and H. Montas. 2021. Developing a Multicriteria Decision Analysis Framework to Evaluate Reclaimed Wastewater Use for agricultural Irrigation: The Case Study of Maryland. Hydrology 8(4):18p.

  63. Huang, Y., R. Bawa, J. Mullen, N. Hoghooghi, L. Kalin, P. Dwivedi (2022), “A Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Approach for Understanding Expected Land Use Changes to Meet Potential Water Quality Regulations: A Case Study from Georgia, United States”, Agricultural Water Management. 271, 107799.

  64. Bian, Z., S. Pan, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, R. Xu, H. Shi, L. Kalin, C. Anderson, D. Justic, S. Lohrenz, H. Tian (2022), “A century-long trajectory of phosphorus loading and export from Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico: Contributions of multiple environmental changes”, Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36, e2022GB007347. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007347.

  65. Haas, H., L. Kalin, P. Srivastava (2022), “Improved Forest Dynamics Leads to Better Hydrological Predictions in Watershed Modeling”, Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153180.

  66. Haas, H., M. Reaver, R. Karki, L. Kalin, P. Srivastava, D. Kaplan, C.A. Gonzalez-Benecke (2021), “Improving the representation of forests in hydrological models”, Science of Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151425.

  67. Haas, H, F. Dosdogru, L. Kalin, H. Yen (2021), “Land use and land cover input data affects the prediction of ecologically relevant flows in hydrologic modeling Corresponding Author”, Water. 13(21), 2947. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13212947.

  68. Karki, R., P. Srivastava, L. Kalin, S. Mitra, S. Singh (2021), “Assessment of impact in groundwater levels and stream-aquifer interaction due to increased groundwater withdrawal in the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin using MODFLOW”, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Vol 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100802.

  69. Ramesh, R. L. Kalin, M. Hantush, A. Chaudhary (2021), “A Secondary Assessment of Sediment Trapping Effectiveness by Vegetated Buffers”, Ecological Engineering. Vol 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.106094.

  70. Wagner, K.L., T.J. Gentry, R.D. Harmel, E.C. Pope, L.A. Redmon. 2021. Grazing effects on bovine-associated and background fecal indicator bacteria levels in edge-of-field runoff. Water 2021, 13, 928. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070928.



  1. Boyer EW, MA Moritz, and MG Brown (2022). Smoke deposition to water surfaces drives hydrochemical changes. Hydrological Processes, 36(6), e14626, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14626

  2. Clark KH, DD Iwanowicz, LR Iwanowicz, SJ Mueller, JM Wisor, C Bradshaw-Wilson, WB Schill, JR Stauffer, Jr., and EW Boyer (2022). Freshwater unionid mussels threatened by predation of Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Scientific Reports, 12, 12859, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16385-y (plus supporting dataset at HydroShare public data repository, DOI: 10.4211/hs.e46d4769a8a346fcaed7a27fcceb20ad)

  3. Clark KH, JM Wisor, SJ Mueller, C Bradshaw-Wilson, EW Boyer, and JR Stauffer, Jr. (2021). Status of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in the French Creek watershed, USA at the onset of invasion by Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus. Water, 13(21), 3064; DOI: 10.3390/w13213064

  4. Zhang K, J. Shen, L Guo, EW Boyer, CR Mello, P Lan, H Liu, J Gao, and B Fan (2021). Flood drainage rights in watersheds based on the harmonious allocation method. Journal of Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126627

  5. Zhang L, G Qin, P Lan, L Yang, CR Mello, EW Boyer, and L Guo (2021). Evaluation of three gridded precipitation products in a data scarce region in mountainous areas of the west China. Remote Sensing, 13:3795, DOI:10.3390/rs13193795


2) Thesis/Dissertation:



  1. Timothy McGill. Assessing machine learning utility in predicting hydrologic and nitrate dynamics in karst agroecosystems, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Fall 2019-May 2022).

  2. Rosalia Agioutanti. Classifying and mapping aquatic vegetation in heterogenous stream ecosystems using visible and multispectral uav imagery, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Fall 2019-May 2022).

  3. Gina DeGraves. Sediment nitrogen dynamics in backwater wetland confluences of a regulated river, MS Student (Primary Advisor, Summer 2019-Fall 2021).

  4. Lorena Lacerda. 2021. Using remote sensing to develop irrigation scheduling tools for variable rate irrigation, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, pp 183.

  5. Shahed Behrouz, M., 2022. Improving Predictions of Stormwater Quantity and Quality through the Application of Modeling and Data Analysis Techniques from National to Catchment Scales, Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, pp 203.

  6. Umme Fatema Piu. 2022. Evaluating evapotranspiration rates for corn and cotton in thermo-limited climate of southwest Kansas. MS, Kansas State University.

  7. Dey, S., 2021. Enabling large-scale hydrologic and hydraulic modeling through improved topographic representation. PhD dissertation, Purdue University.

  8. Phillippe, A.J. 2022. Determining bacterial and nutrient concentrations and loadings of surface runoff from differing grazer access and vegetative cover in Northcentral Oklahoma. MS Thesis, Oklahoma State University.


3) Proposals Awarded/Submitted:



  1. Fox, J., Ford, W., Mahoney, D., Armstead, M., Dadi, G. BPE-Track 3:  Inclusive Mentoring Hub for Enabling Pathways from Inner-City and Rural Appalachian Households to Engineering in Kentucky and West Virginia. NSF-BPE. $799,445. Role Co-Investigator. July 2022-July 2027

  2. Ford, W. Using edge-of-field data and modeling to inform H2Ohio. Ohio department of agriculture $150,000 (as sub-award from USDA-ARS). Role: Principal Investigator.

  3. Fox, J., Mahoney, D., Ford, W., Armstead, M. RII-BEC: Undergraduate research as a model of excellence to broaden STEM participation in EPSCoR jurisdictions: What are the mentoring costs? NSF RII-BEC. $1,000,000. Role Co-Investigator.

  4. Improving the Sustainability of Georgia Cotton by Increasing Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiencies, Georgia Cotton Commission, 2021-2022, $58,000, Vellidis PI

  5. Expansion of an Irrigation Scheduling Application to the U.S, Cotton Incorporated, 2021-2022, $50,000, Vellidis PI

  6. Incorporating Volumetric Water Content (Capacitance) Sensors into the Irrigator Pro-Based Irrigation Scheduling Tool, 2021-2022, $18,000, Vellidis PI

  7. Making Irrigator Pro an Easier-to-Use Irrigation Scheduling Tool, 2021-2022, Southern Peanut Research Initiative, $25,000, Vellidis PI.

  8. Sample, D.J. and Scott, D., Vibrant Virginia-Improving the Resilience of Stormwater Treatment in Fredericksburg: Amount: $60,000. Sponsor: VT Center for Economic and Community Engagement, 1/01/2021 - 06/30/2022.

  9. Shahed Behrouz, M., 2021. New Conceptualizations of Catchment-Scale Stormwater Pollution Generation Processes, Virginia Water Resources Research Center Competitive Grant, $7,000, 10/1/21-8/31/22. 

  10. Cardace, D., Pradhanang, S. M., and Moseman-Valtiera, S., Planetary Methane in Ultramafic Contexts: Searching for Cyclicity in Methane Emissions at a Planetary Analog Site in Northern California, NASA-EPSCoR $735,000 (6/2022-6/2025)

  11. Savage, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T. Mapping Bedrock and Saltwater Intrusion in Rhode Island, USGS $90,000 (09/2021-08/2022)

  12. Savage, B., Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T., Mapping Bedrock and Saltwater Intrusion in Rhode Island USGS $117,337 (09/2022-08/2023)

  13. Pradhanang, S., Kumar, R, and Rashid T, Floating Treatment Wetland System (FTWS) - Sustainable green technology to remediate polluted surface water bodies in the COVID 19-era , Asia- Pacific  Network $78,000 (09/2021-08/2023)

  14. Pradhanang, S. M., Boving, T., and Savage, B. The Rhode Island Water Resources Board (RIWRB) and University of Rhode Island (URI) Statewide Water Withdrawal Data Enhancement and Database Development Project. RIWRB-USGS $197,488 (10/20-09/22)

  15. T Franti, A. Sheshukov, J. Lory, R. Cruse. Developing and assessing innovative ephemeral gully erosion control practices. (2021-2023). USDA $344,538

  16. R.L. North, A. Ohler, L. McCann, T. Moore, A. Sheshukov. Valuing Water Quality Improvements in Heartland Reservoirs. (2022-2025) EPA $741,285

  17. Pradhanang, S.M., Liu, P. Water Availability through the Integration of Hydrologic Model and Water Management Optimization Tool for Chipuxet River Watershed, Rhode Island. RIWRC-USGS. (2022-2023) USGS $50,000

  18. USDA-Cooperative Agreement. Fuka, D.R., Z.M. Easton, R.R. White. Developing and evaluating rapidly deployable inexpensive weather, soil moisture, shock, and streamflow sensors to aid the monitoring, inspection, and rehabilitation of aging dams. $225,000. Dec 2021-Nov 2022.

  19. USDA-Cooperative Agreement. Easton, Z.M. Modeling the Lake Champlain Basin CEAP watersheds to understand and predict conservation effects on legacy phosphorus. $134,223. Oct 2021-Sept 2023.

  20. Virginia Tech CALS Strategic Plan Advancement. Easton, Z.M., R.R. White, K. Hamed, D.R. Fuka, M. Eick. Eyes in the Sky and Boots on the Ground: Collaborative Technologies for Monitoring and Managing Livestock Pastures. $60,000. Oct 2021-May 2023.

  21. NSF CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems). White, R.R., E. Feuerbacher, Z.M. Easton. Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Greener Pastures: A pasture sanitation cyber physical system for environmental enhancement and animal monitoring. $998,232. Jan 2022-Dec 2024.

  22. Lewis, K., K. Wagner, A. Berthold, P. DeLaune, J. Bell, D. Miller Sustainable. Agricultural Intensification and Enhancement through the Utilization of Regenerative Agricultural Management Practices. Amount: $583,438 (Total Award: $10,000,000). Sponsor: USDA-NIFA Sustainable Ag Systems Program, 9/1/2021-8/31/2026.

  23. Wagner, K. Dam Analysis Modernization of Tools, Applications, Guidance, and Standardization (DAM-TAGS) Project – Year 1. Amount: $478,238. Sponsor: USDA-ARS Cooperative Agreement, 6/10/2021-6/9/2022.

  24. Wagner, K., R. Bonett, A. Sewell, J. Gonzalez Estrella, S. Kim, A. Dzialowski. Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute Program (USGS Base Funds FY21). Amount: $125,000. Sponsor: USGS, 9/1/2021-8/31/2022.

  25. Mirchi, A, K. Wagner, S. Taghvaeian, Sarah Alian, R. Bailey. Conjunctive Freshwater-Saltwater Management for Climate-Resilient Agroecosystems. Amount: $181,568 (Total Award: $749,786). Sponsor: USDA-NIFA Foundational Program, 12/31/2021-12/12/2025.

  26. Wagner, K., S. Sharma, S. Taghvaeian, S. Frazier, J. Warren, A. Mirchi. Oklahoma Master Irrigator Program and Ogallala Aquifer Study. Amount: $150,000. Sponsor: Oklahoma Conservation Commission, 7/1/2021-6/30/2022.

  27. Reuter, R., K. Wagner, L. Goodman, C. Duchardt, B. Murray. Increasing the pace & scale of adoption of prescribed grazing through virtual fence technology. Amount: $93,188 (Total Award: $1,365,774). Sponsor: USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant, 7/1/2022-6/30/2025.

11/07/2023

1). Publications:



  1. Larios, K., S. Gerber, R. Muñoz-Carpena, P. Inglett, K.R. Reddy, M. Chimney. 2023. Effects of increasing complexity in biogeochemistry and hydrology on variability of total phosphorus concentration in models of a low flow subtropical wetland. Ecological Engineering xxx (xxxx) 107131. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107131.

  2. Chen. H., D.S. Carley, R. Muñoz-Carpena, G. Ferruzzi, Y. Yuan, A. Blankinship, T.L. Veith, R. Breckels, G. Fox, Y. Luo, D. Osmond, H.E. Preisendanz, Z. Tang, K. Armbrust, K. Costello, L.L. McConnell, P. Rice, J. Westgate, M. Whiteside. 2023. Incorporating the benefits of vegetative filter strips into risk assessment and risk management of pesticides. Integr Environ Assess Manag (IEAM). doi:10.1002/ieam.4824.

  3. Muñoz-Carpena, R., A. Carmona-Cabrero, Z. Yu, G.A. Fox, O. Batelaan. 2023. Convergence of mechanistic modeling and artificial intelligence in hydrologic science and engineering. PLOS Water. doi:10.1371/journal.pwat.0000059

  4. Shin*, S., Y. Her, R. Muñoz-Carpena, X. Yu, C. Martinez and A. Singh. 2023. Climate change impacts on water quantity and quality of a watershed-lake system using a spatially integrated modeling framework in the Kissimmee River-Lake Okeechobee system. J. of Hydrology: Regional Studies 47:101408.  doi:j.ejrh.2023.101408

  5. Shin*, S, Y. Her, R. Muñoz-Carpena and Y. Xiao. 2023. Quantifying the contribution of external loadings and internal hydrodynamic processes to the water quality of Lake Okeechobee. Sci. Total Env. 883:163713 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163713

  6. Shin*, S., Y. Her, R. Muñoz-Carpena, and Y.P. Khare. 2023. Multi-parameter approaches for improved ensemble prediction accuracy in hydrology and water quality modeling. J. Hydrology622(Part A):129458.  doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129458

  7. Zhang*, Y., R. Bhattarai and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2023. Effectiveness of vegetative filter strips for sediment control from steep construction landscapes. Catena 226:10705. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2023.107057

  8. Morgan*, S., R. Huffaker, R. Giménez, M.A. Campo-Bescos, R. Muñoz-Carpena, and G. Govers. 2023. Experimental evidence that rill-bed morphology is governed by emergent nonlinear spatial dynamics. Scientific Reports-Nature 12:21500. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-26114-0.

  9. Reichenberger S., R. Sur, S. Sittig, S. Multsch, Á. Carmona-Cabrero, J.J. López and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2023. Dynamic prediction of effective runoff sediment particle size for improved assessment of erosion mitigation efficiency with vegetative filter strips. Sci. Total Env. 857(3):159572. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159572

  10. Oh*, W.S., A. Carmona-Cabrero, R. Muñoz-Carpena, R. Muneepeerakul. 2022. On the interplay among multiple factors: effects of factor configuration in a proof-of-concept migration agent-based model. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS) 25(2):7. doi:10.18564/jasss.4793.

  11. Kim, J., Y. Her, R, Bhattarai, and H. Jeong (2023), Improving nitrate load simulation of the SWAT model in an extensively tile-drained watershed, Science of the Total Environment, 904, p166331, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166331

  12. Dubey, S. K., J. Kim, Y. Her, D. Sharma, and H. Jeong (2023), Hydroclimatic Impact Assessment using the SWAT Model in India - State of the Art Review, Sustainability, 15(22), 15779. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215779 

  13. Dubey, S. K., J. Kim, S. Hwang, Y. Her, and H. Jeong (2023), Variability of precipitation and temperature extreme events in coastal and inland areas of South Korea during 1961-2020, Sustainability, 15(16), 12537. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612537

  14. Shin, S.*, Y. Her, and Y. Khare, Evaluation of impacts of climate change on natural and managed wetland basins (2023), Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13140

  15. Glick, R., J. Jeong, R. Srinivasan, J. G. Arnold, and Y. Her (2023), Adaptation of SWAT watershed model for stormwater management in urban catchments, Water, 15(9), 1770. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091770

  16. Rose, P.K., V. Poonia, R. Kumar, N. Kataria, P. Sharma, J. Lamba, and P. Bhattacharya. 2023. Congo red dye removal using modified banana leaves: Adsorption equilibrium, kinetics, and reusability analysis. Groundwater for Sustainable Development: 101005. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101005.

  17. Kaur, P*., J. Lamba, T.R. Way, V. Sandhu, K. Balkcom, A. Sanz-Saez, and Dexter Watts. 2023 Cover crop effects on X-ray computed tomography derived soil pore characteristics. Journal of Soils and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-023-03596-7

  18. Kumar, H*., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba,, B. Lena, E. Diamantopoulos, B. Ortiz, G. Morata, B. Takhellambam*, and L Bondesan. 2023. A methodology to optimize site-specific field capacity and

  19. irrigation thresholds. Agricultural Water Management, 286, 108385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108385

  20. Malhotra, K*., Zheng, J., A. Abebe, and J. Lamba. 2023. Application of Sediment Fingerprinting to Apportion Sediment Sources: Using Machine Learning Models. Journal of the ASABE. doi: 10.13031/ja.14906

  21. Singh, R., R. Prasad, K. Balkcom, K., J. Lamba., and D. B Watts. 2023. Broiler Litter Application Rate and Time Impacts on Corn Ear Mineral Composition. Agranomy Scicne, 00, 00– 00. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21292

  22. Takhellambam, B.S*., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba, R.P. McGehee, H. Kumar* and D. Tian. 2023. Projected mid-century rainfall erosivity under climate change over the southeastern United States. Science of The Total Environment 865: 161119. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161119.

  23. Anandhi, A., P. Srivastava, R.H. Mohtar, R.G. Lawford, S. Sen and J. Lamba. 2023. Methodologies and principles for developing nexus definitions and conceptualizations: Lessons from FEW nexus studies. Journal of the ASABE 0: 0. doi:https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14539.

  24. Kumar, H*., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba, B.V. Ortiz, T.R. Way, L. Sangha*, B. Takhellambam*, G. Morata, and R. Molinari. 2022. Within-field variability in nutrients for site-specific agricultural management in irrigated cornfield. Journal of the ASABE. 65(4):865-880. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.15042.

  25. Kumar, H*., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba, E. Diamantopoulos, B. Ortiz, G. Morata. B. Takhellambam, and L Bondesan. 2022. Site-Specific Irrigation Scheduling Using One-Layer Soil Hydraulic Properties and Inverse Modeling. Agricultural Water Management. 273: 107877. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107877.

  26. Takhellambam, B.S*., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba, R.P. McGehee, H. Kumar* and D. Tian. 2022. Temporal disaggregation of hourly precipitation under changing climate over the Southeast United States. Scientific Data 9: 211. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01304-7.

  27. Huang, Y.K., R. Karki*, L, Kalin, P. Dwivedi (2023), “Potential Impacts of Land Use Change on Streamflow and Groundwater Resources Under Changing Climate in the Flint River Basin, Georgia, United States”, Environmental Research Communications, 5(9):095010.

  28. Dai, Q., J. Zhu, G. Lv, L. Kalin, Y. Yao, S. Zhang, J. Zhang, Z. Wang, D. Han (2023), “Radar remote sensing reveals potential underestimation of rainfall erosivity at the global scale”, Science Advances. 9.32 (2023): eadg5551.

  29. Isik*, S., H. Haas*, L. Kalin, M.M. Hantush, C. Nietch (2023), “Nutrient Removal Potential of Headwater Wetlands in Coastal Plains of Alabama, USA”, Water, 15, 2687. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152687.

  30. Jiang, M., H. Peng, S. Liang, S. Wanga, L. Kalin, E. Baltaci*, Y. Liu (2023), “Impact of extreme rainfall on non-point source nitrogen loss in coastal basins of Laizhou Bay, China”, Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163427.

  31. Bawa, R., N. Hoghooghi, L. Kalin, P. Dwivedi, Y. Huang (2023), “Designing Watersheds for Integrated Development (DWID): Combining hydrological and economic modeling for optimizing land use change to meet water quality regulations”, Water Resources and Economics. 41, 100209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2022.100209.

  32. He, J., M. Hantush, L. Kalin, S. Isik* (2022), “A Two-Layer Numerical Model of Soil Moisture Dynamics: Model Assessment and Bayesian Uncertainty Estimation”, Journal of Hydrology. 613, 128327.

  33. Lombardozzi, D. L., Wieder, W. R., Sobhani, N., Bonan, G. B., Durden, D., Lenz, D., SanClements, M., Weintraub-Leff, S., Ayres, E., Florian, C. R., Dahlin, K., Kumar, S., Swann, A. L. S., Zarakas, C., Vardeman, C., and Pascucci, V. (2023, expected): Overcoming barriers to enable convergence research by integrating ecological and climate sciences: The NCAR-NEON system Version 1, Geoscientific Model Development, EGUsphere  https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-271, 2023.

  34. Lee R, Boll J and Kumar S. (2023) Editorial: Limits and permanence of modern interventions in the water cycle. Front. Water 5:1179819. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2023.1179819.

  35. Kumar, S., Dewes, C. F., Newman, M., & Duan*, Y. (2023). Robust changes in North America's hydroclimate variability and predictability. Earth's Future, 11(4), e2022EF003239.

  36. Duan, Y., Akula, S., Kumar, S., Lee, W., & Khajehei, S. (2023). A Hybrid Physics-AI Model to Improve Hydrological Forecasts. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2(1), e220023.

  37. Pan, Z., Kumar, S., Zhang, Y., & Shi, C. Central continental boreal summer "warming holes" modulated by Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation via low level jets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2021JD035217.

  38. Phillippe, Austin J., Kevin L. Wagner, Rodney E. Will, Chris B. Zou. Accepted. Escherichia coli efflux from rangeland ecosystems in the southcentral Great Plains, USA. Journal of Environmental Quality.

  39. Wagner, K.L.; Gregory, L.; Gerlich, J.A.; Rhodes, E.C.; deVilleneuve, S. 2023. Edge-of-Field Runoff Analysis following Grazing and Silvicultural Best Management Practices in Northeast Texas. Water 2023, 15, 3537. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15203537

  40. Yang, J., C. Zou, R. Will, K. Wagner, Y. Ouyang, C. King, H. Tian. 2023. River flow decline across the entire Arkansas River Basin in the 21st Century. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 618 (2023) 129253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129253

  41. Schipanski, M.E., M. Sanderson, L. Estelí Méndez Barrientos, A. Kremen, P. Gowda, D. Porter, K. Wagner, C. West, C. Rice, M. Marsalis, B. Guerrero, E. Haacker, J. Dobrowolski, C. Ray, B. Auvermann. 2023. Shared groundwater resources: Moving from measurement to governance. Nature Water 1, pages 30–36 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-022-00008-x.

  42. Mirchi, A., M. Samimi, D. Moriasi, Z. Sheng, D. Gutzler, S. Taghvaeian, S. Alian, K. Wagner, W. Hargrove. 2023. Adapting irrigated agriculture in the Middle Rio Grande to a warm-dry future. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 45 (2023) 101307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101307.

  43. Qiao, L., R. Will, K. Wagner, T. Zhang, C. Zou. 2022. Using SWAT to improve evapotranspiration estimates for grasslands of the Southern Great Plains. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 44 (2022) 101275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101275.

  44. Mansaray, A.S., P. Kayastha, A.R. Dzialowski, S.H. Stoodley, K.L. Wagner. 2022. Effect of Time Window on Satellite and Ground-Based Data for Estimating Chlorophyll-a in Reservoirs. Remote Sensing 2022, 14, 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14040846.

  45. Conoscenti, C., Sheshukov, A. Y. (2023). Regional variability of terrain index and machine learning model applications for prediction of ephemeral gullies. Geomorphology, 442, 108915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108915 

  46. G. Granco, M. Caldas, J. Bergtold, J.L. Heier Stamm, M. Mather, M. Sanderson, M. Daniels, A.Y. Sheshukov, D. Haukos, S. Ramsey. (2022) Local Environment and Individuals’ Beliefs: The Dynamics Shaping Public Support for Sustainability Policy in an Agricultural Landscape. Journal of Environmental Management. 301, 113776. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113776)

  47. Zhang, Z., H. Montas, A. Shirmohammadi, P.T. Leisnham, and A. Rockler. 2023. Modeling Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of BMPs Adoption for Stormwater Management in Urban Areas. Water (2023) 15, 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15142549

  48. Zhang, Z., H. Montas, A. Shirmohammadi, P.T. Leisnham, and M. Negahban-Azar. 2023. Effectiveness of BMP plans in different land covers, with random, targeted, and optimized allocation. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 892, 20 September 2023, 164428.

  49. Shoushtarian, F., Negahban-Azar, M., and Crooks, A. Investigating the Microscale Dynamics of Water Reuse Adoption by Farmers, and the Impacts on Local Water Resources Using an Agent Based Model. (2022). Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4, 18148. https://doi.org/10.18174/sesmo.18148

  50. Levia D, S Bischoff, M-C Gruselle, K Näthe, DR Legates, AN Lutgen, EW Boyer, and B Michalzik (2023). Geometric configurations of particulate matter in terrestrial solutions of a temperate beech forest. Journal of Aerosol Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106196

  51. Boyer EW, JW Wagenbrenner, and Lu Zhang (2022). Wildfire and Hydrological Processes. Hydrological Processes, 36(7), e14640, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14640

  52. Boyer EW, MA Moritz, and MG Brown (2022). Smoke deposition to water surfaces drives hydrochemical changes. Hydrological Processes, 36(6), e14626, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14626 (plus supporting dataset at HydroShare public data repository, DOI: 10.4211/hs.33c36d2fc1c94d96ba9e40f0460f665e)

  53. Sena, M. et al. Seasonal variation and drivers of elevated riparian groundwater ammonium concentrations upstream of milldams. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (In Preparation – to be submitted Oct 2023).

  54. Kan, J. et al. 2023. Mill dams impact microbiome structure and depth distribution in riparian sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 2023.

  55. Peck, E. et al. 2023. Influence of relict milldams on riparian sediment biogeochemistry. Journal of Soils and Sediments 23 (6), 2584-2599.

  56. Grande, E., E. C. Seybold, C. Tatariw, A. Visser, A. Braswell, B. Arora, F. Birgand, J. Haskins, and M. Zimmer (2023). “Seasonal and tidal variations in hydrologic inputs drive salt marsh porewater nitrate dynamics”. En. In: Hydrol. Process. 37.8. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14951.

  57. Hammond, N. W., F. Birgand, C. C. Carey, B. Bookout, A. Breef-Pilz, and M. E. Schreiber (2023). “High-frequency sensor data capture short-term variability in Fe and Mn concentrations due to hypolimnetic oxygenation and seasonal dynamics in a drinking water reservoir”. In: Water Research, p. 120084. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120084.

  58. Harmel, R. D., H. E. Preisendanz, K. W. King, D. Busch, F. Birgand, and D. Sahoo (2023). “A Review of Data Quality and Cost Considerations for Water Quality Monitoring at the Field Scale and in Small Watersheds”. In: Water 15, p. 3110. DOI: 10.3390/w15173110.

  59. Emine Fidan, Natalie G. Nelson, Josh Gray, Barbara Doll (2023), Machine Learning Approach for Modeling Daily Pluvial Flood Dynamics in Agricultural Landscapes, Environmental Modelling & Software, 167: 105758

  60. Mahmoud Shehata, Pierre Gentine, Natalie Nelson, Chadi Sayde (2023), Optimization of the number and locations of the calibration stations needed to monitor soil moisture using distributed temperature sensing systems: A proof-of-concept study, Journal of Hydrology, 620, part A, 129449

  61. Natalie Reynolds, Blake A. Schaeffer, Lucie Guertault, Natalie G. Nelson (2023), Satellite and in situ cyanobacteria monitoring: Understanding the impact of monitoring frequency on management decisions, Journal of Hydrology, 619: 129278

  62. Lise R. Montefiore, Natalie G. Nelson, Michelle D. Staudinger, Adam Terando (2023), Vulnerability of Estuarine Systems in the Contiguous United States to Water Quality Change Under Future Climate and Land-Use, Earth's Future, 11(3): e2022EF002884.

  63. Panthi, J., Johnson, C.D., Pradhanang, S.M., Savage, B., Ismail, M.Y. and Boving, T.B., 2023. Delineating bedrock topography with geophysical techniques: An implication for groundwater mapping. Catena, 230, p.107258.

  64. Larson, A., Hendawi, A., Boving, T., Pradhanang, S.M. and Akanda, A.S., 2023. Discerning Watershed Response to Hydroclimatic Extremes with a Deep Convolutional Residual Regressive Neural Network. Hydrology, 10(6), p.116.

  65. Adhikari, T.R., Talchabhadel, R., Shrestha, S., Sharma, S., Aryal, D. and Pradhanang, S.M., 2022. The evaluation of climate change impact on hydrologic processes of a mountain river basin. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150(1-2), pp.749-762.

  66. Fidan, E. N., N. G. Nelson, J. Gray, B. Doll (2023) Machine learning approach for modeling daily pluvial flood dynamics in agricultural landscapes. Environmental Modelling & Software, 167. 105758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105758

  67. Singh, S., S. Jagadamma, D. Yoder, and Xinhua Yin.  2023.  A weighted soil health index approach for refined assessment of soil health in cropping systems. Frontiers of Soil Science 11 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1118526 

  68. Bailey, G., Y. Liu, N. McKinney, D. Yoder, W. Wright, and H. Herrero.  2022.  Comparison of ground point filtering algorithms for high-density point clouds collected by terrestrial LIDAR. Remote Sensing 14(19) 4776. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194776.

  69. Bailey, G., Y. Liu, N. McKinney, D. Yoder, W. Wright, R. Washington-Allen.  2022.  Las2DoD: Change detection based on digital Elevation models derived from dense point clouds with spatially varied uncertainty. Remote Sensing 14(7):1537.  https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071537.

  70. Singh, S., S. Jagadamma, D. Yoder, X. Yin, and F. Walker.  2021. Cropping system management responses to Cornell and Alabama soil health assessment methods in the Southeastern United States. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(1):106-117. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.20357.

  71. Yoder, D.C., S. Jagadamma, S. Singh, A. Nouri, S. Xu, D. Saha, S.M. Schaeffer, N. Adotey, F.R. Walker, J. Lee, and M. Budipradigdo.  2021.  Soil health: meaning, measurement, and value through a critical zone lens. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00042.

  72. Nouri, A., D.C. Yoder, M. Raji, S, Ceylan, S. Jagadamma, J. Lee, F.R. Walker, X. Yin, J. Fitzpatrick, B. Trexler, P. Arelli, and A.M. Saxton.  2021.  Conservation agriculture increases the soil resilience and cotton yield stability in climate extremes of the southeast US. Communications: earth and environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00223-6.

  73. Bawa, A., Mendoza, K., Srinivasan, R., Parmar, R., Smith, D., Wolfe, K., Johnston, J.M., and Corona, J. National SWAT Hydrological Calibration at HUC12 subbasin scale: Case Study- the Mid-Atlantic Region (HUC2- 02). Journal of hydrology. [In review]

  74. Bawa, A., Mendoza, K., Srinivasan, R., Parmar, R., Smith, D., Wolfe, K., Johnston, J.M., and Corona, J. Enhancing Hydrological Modeling of Ungaged Watersheds through Machine Learning and Physical Similarity-based Regionalization of Calibration Parameters: A Case Study of the HUC2- Mid-Atlantic Region. Water Resource Research. [In review]

  75. Yared Bayissa, Yihun Dile, Raghavan Srinivasan, Claudia Ringler, Nicole Lefore, and A. W. Worqlul. 2023. "Evaluating the impacts of watershed rehabilitation and irrigation interventions on vegetation greenness and soil erosion using remote sensing and biophysical modeling in Feresmay watershed in Ethiopia."  All Earth. https://doi.org/10.1080/27669645.2023.2202968

  76. Abdu Y.Yimam, Feleke K. Sishu, Tewodros T. Assefa, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Manuel R. Reyes, Raghavan Srinivasan, and Seifu A. Tilahun. 2023. "Modifying the water table fluctuation method for calculating recharge in sloping aquifers."  Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 46:101325.

  77. Baogui Li, Gary W. Marek, Thomas H. Marek, Dana O. Porter, Srinivasulu Ale, Jerry E. Moorhead, David K. Brauer, Raghavan Srinivasan, Yong Chen. 2023. "Impacts of Ongoing Land-Use Change on Watershed Hydrology and Crop  Production Using an Improved Swat Model" Land 12, no. 3: 591.

  78. Heidari B., Prideaux V., Jack K. and Jaber F. H. 2023. A planning framework to mitigate localized urban stormwater inlet flooding using distributed Green Stormwater Infrastructure at an urban scale: Case study of Dallas, Texas. Journal of Hydrology. Volume 621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129538.

  79. Heidari, B., Randle, S., Minchillo, D., & Jaber, F. H. (2022). Green stormwater infrastructure: A critical review of the barriers and solutions to widespread implementation. WIREs Water, e1625. https://doi-org.srv-proxy1.library.tamu.edu/10.1002/wat2.1625

  80. Goldsmith A M, F. H. Jaber, H. Ahmari, and C R. Randklev. 2022. “Clearing up cloudy waters: A review of sedimentation impacts to unionid freshwater mussels” Environmental Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2020-0080

10/21/2024

Publications (58 Publications)


South Dakota State University



  1. Mankin, K. R., Mehan, S., Green, T. R., and Barnard, D. M.: Review of Gridded Climate Products and Their Use in Hydrological Analyses Reveals Overlaps, Gaps, and Need for More Objective Approach to Model Forcings, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-58, accepted, 2024.

  2. Lamichhane, Manoj, Abin Raj Chapagain, Sushant Mehan, Daniel P. Ames, and Sagar Kafle. "Integrating Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence with Traditional Remote Sensing and Environmental Variables for Enhanced Rice Yield Prediction in Nepal Using Machine Learning." Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, vol. 32, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101371.

  3. Amatya, D. M., Williams, T. M., Skaggs, R., Wayne; N., Jami E., and Mehan, S. (2024). Silvicultural Practices and Water Table Dynamics of Coastal Forested Wetlands in a Changing Climate. Accepted for publication in Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems (ASABE Journals).

  4. Sharma, A., Mehan, S., McDaniel, R., Arnold, J. Trooien, T., Sammons, N., and Amegbletor, L. (2024). Assessing SWAT+ Performance in Simulating Drainage Water Management and Parameter Transferability for Watershed-Scale Applications. Journal of Hydrology. (Accepted for Publication)

  5. Lamichhane, M.*, Phuyal, S., Mahato, R., Shrestha, A., Pudasaini, U., Lama, S.D., Chapagain, A.R., Mehan, S. and Neupane, D. (2024). Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Streamflow and Baseflow in the Karnali River Basin, Nepal: A CMIP6 Multi-Model Ensemble Approach Using SWAT and Web-Based Hydrograph Analysis Tool. Sustainability, 16(8), p.3262. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083262


Auburn University



  1. Kumar, R., Kundu, D., Kormoker, T., Joshi, S., Rose, P. K., Kumar, S., Sahoo, P. K., Sharma, P., & Lamba, J. 2024. Phycoremediation of potentially toxic elements for agricultural and industrial wastewater treatment: Recent advances, challenges, and future prospects. Desalination and Water Treatment, 100505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100505

  2. Biswas, S. Adhikari, H. Jahromi, M. Ammar, J. Baltrusaitis, A. Torbert, J. Linhoss and J. Lamba. 2024. Magnesium doped biochar for simultaneous adsorption of phosphate and nitrogen ions from aqueous solution. Chemosphere. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142130.

  3. Malhotra, K., J. Lamba, T. R. Way, C. Williams, K. G. Karthikeyan, S. Budhathoki*, R. Prasad, P. Srivastava, and J. Zheng, J. 2024. Preferential flow of phosphorus and nitrogen under steady-state saturated conditions. Vadose Zone Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20331

  4. Eva, E., L. Marzen and J. Lamba. 2024. Modeling the Effect of LULC change on Water Quantity and Quality in Big Creek Lake Watershed, South Alabama USA. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing.

  5. Kaur, P., J. Lamba, T.R. Way, K. Balkcom, A. Sanz-Saez, and D. Watts. 2024 Characterization of soil pores in strip-tilled and conventionally-tilled soil using X-ray computed tomography. Soil and Tillage Research. 239, 106035.

  6. Takhellambam, B.S., P. Srivastava, J. Lamba, W. Zhao, H. Kumar, D. Tian, and R. Molinari. 2024. Artificial Neural Network-Empowered Projected Future Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves under Changing Climate. Atmospheric Research. Volume 297, 107122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107122.

  7. Kaur, P., J. Lamba, T.R. Way, V. Sandhu, K. Balkcom, A. Sanz-Saez, and D. Watts. 2024. Cover crop effects on X-ray computed tomography derived soil pore characteristics. Journal of Soils and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-023-03596-7

  8. Bickley, S., S. Isik, C. Anderson, L. Kalin (2024), “Land Use and Runoff Effects on Tidal Creek Ecosystem Metabolism”, Marine Ecology Progress Series. Accepted.

  9. Baltaci, E., L. Kalin (2024), “A Low-Impact Development-based Modeling Framework for Flood Mitigation in a Coastal Community”, Water. 16(19), 2772; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16192772.

  10. Haas, H., L. Kalin, S. Kumar, G. Sun (2024). “Understanding the effects of afforestation on water quantity and quality at watershed scale by considering the influences of tree species and local moisture recycling”. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131739.

  11. Wang, Z., H. Tian, S. Pan, H. Shi, J. Yang, N. Liang, L. Kalin, C. Anderson (2024), “Phosphorus Limitation on CO2 Fertilization Effect in Tropical Forests Informed by A Coupled Biogeochemical Model”, Forest Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100210.

  12. Yin, Z., Y. Liu, C. Li, Z. Si, L. Kalin, E. Baltaci, H. Peng, S. Saitoh, Q. Li (2024), “Marine aquaculture spatial planning on market orientation for Pacific oyster in Shandong, China”, Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741144.

  13. Haas, H., L. Kalin, H. Yen (2024), “Improved forest canopy evaporation leads to better predictions of ecohydrological processes”, Ecological Modeling. Vol 489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110620.

  14. Haas, H., L. Kalin, E. Baltaci (2024), “How wide is the problem? Scrutinizing the importance of channel geometry representation in watershed modeling”, Environmental Modeling and Software. Vol 172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105935.

  15. Tassi, R. E.J. Seidel, D.M. da Motta-Marques, A.O.N. Villanueva, L. Kalin (2023), “Wildlife roadkill driven by hydrological regime in a subtropical wetland”, Water. 15(24), pg. 4307. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15244307.

  16. Karki, R., P. Srivastava, L. Kalin (2023), “Evaluating climate change impacts in a heavily irrigated karst watershed using a coupled surface and groundwater model”, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101565.

  17. Zihao, B., H. Tian, S. Pan, H. Shi, C. Lu, C. Anderson, W-J Cai, C. Hopkinson, D. Justic, L. Kalin, S. Lohrenz, S. McNulty, N. Pan, G. Sun, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, Y. You (2023), “Soil legacy nutrients contribute to the decreasing stoichiometric ratio of N and P loading from the Mississippi River Basin”, Global Change Biology. http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16976.

  18. Singh, A., Kumar, S., Chen, L., Maruf, M., Lawrence, P., & Lo, M. H. (2024). Land Use Feedback under Global Warming–A Transition from Radiative to Hydrological Feedback Regime. Journal of Climate. 37 (14), 3847-3866. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0426.1

  19. Duan, Y., & Kumar, S. (2024). A revised interpretation of signal-to-noise ratio paradox and its application to constrain regional climate projections. Environmental Research: Climate. DOI 10.1088/2752-5295/ad3a0c

  20. Richter, J. H., Glanville, A. A., King, T., Kumar, S., Yeager, S. G., Davis, N. A., Duan, Y.,... & Oleson, K. (2024). Quantifying sources of subseasonal prediction skill in CESM2. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1), 59.


 


University of Tennessee



  1. Singh, S., S. Jagadamma, D. Yoder, and Xinhua Yin.  2023.  A weighted soil health index approach for refined assessment of soil health in cropping systems. Frontiers of Soil Science 11 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1118526. Role:  assisted in project design & data analysis

  2. Fidan, E., J. Gray, B. Doll, N. G. Nelson (2023). Machine learning approach for modeling daily pluvial flood dynamics in agricultural landscapes. Environmental Modeling and Software, 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105758


Kansas State University



  1. Koudahe, K., Aguilar, J., Djaman, K., Sheshukov, A. (2024) Evapotranspiration, fiber yield and quality, and water productivity of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under different irrigation technologies in a semiarid climate. Irrigation Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-024-00922-w

  2. Akin, A., Nguyen, G.T., A.Y. Sheshukov. (2024) Infiltration-Caused Variability of Soil Erodibility Parameters Using the Jet Erosion Test. Water, 16(7), 981; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16070981

  3. Zhou, W., Zhang, L., Sheshukov, A., Wang, J., Zhu, M., Sargsyan, K., Xu, D., Liu, D., Zhang, T., Mazepa, V., Sokolov, A., Valdayskikh, V., Ivanov, V. (2024). Ground heat flux reconstruction using Bayesian uncertainty quantification machinery and surrogate modeling. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA003435. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003435

  4. Conoscenti, C., Sheshukov, A. Y. (2023). Regional variability of terrain index and machine learning model applications for prediction of ephemeral gullies. Geomorphology, 442, 108915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108915

  5. Mather, M., Granco, G., Bergtold, J., Caldas, M., Heier Stamm, J., Sheshukov, A., Sanderson, M., Daniels, M. (2023) Achieving success with RISE: A widely implementable, iterative, structured process for mastering interdisciplinary team science collaborations, BioScience, 73(12), 891–905, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad097

  6. Bigham, K.A., Keane, T.D., Moore, T.L. 2023 Can deciduous tree revetments reduce streambank erosion rates on a sand-bed stream? River Research and Applications 39(9): 1696-1708. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4190

  7. Bigham, K.A., Keane, T.D., Moore, T.L. (2024). Effect of flow regulation on streambank erosion: a perspective downstream of a flood control dam, Kansas, USA. River Research and Applications 40(1): 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4212

  8. Kyle Kohman, Lior Shamir, Aleksey Sheshukov (2023) Automatic Gully Mapping Using Generative Adversarial Network. Governor’s conference of the future of water in Kansas. Manhattan, KS


Iowa State University



  1. Frankenberger, J., S.K. McMillan, M.R. Williams, K. Mazer, J. Ross, B. Sohngen. 2023. Drainage water management: A review of nutrient load reductions and cost effectiveness. Journal of the ASABE. doi: 10.13031/ja.15549.

  2. Rudko, N., S.K. McMillan, J. Frankenberger, D. Winter Lay, A. Limiac. 2024. Water quality sampling provides insight into nutrient sources and pathways in an agricultural watershed in the Midwestern USA. Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. Accepted 6/20/2024.


Virginia Tech



  1. Towsif Khan, S. Wynn‐Thompson, T.M., Sample, D., Al‐Smadi, M., Shahed Behrouz, M., 2024. Effectiveness of stormwater control measures in protecting stream channel stability, Hydrological Processes 38 (6), e151784.

  2. Shahed Behrouz, M., Sample, D.J., Kisila, O.B., Harrison, M., Nayeb Yazdi, M., Garna, R.K., 2024. Parameterization of nutrients and sediment build-up/wash-off processes for simulating stormwater quality from specific land uses, Journal of Environmental Management 358, 12076

  3. Garna, R., D.R. Fuka, R.R. White, J.W. Faulkner, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2023. Development of a dairy model for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to direct water quality management of livestock. (In Review).

  4. Garna, R., Z.M. Easton, J.W. Faulkner, A.S. Collick, D.R. Fuka. 2023. Employing higher density lower reliability weather data from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) monitors to generate serially complete weather data for watershed modeling. Hydrological Processes 37(11), e15013. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15013

  5. Garna, R., D.R. Fuka, J.W. Faulkner, A.S. Collick, Z.M. Easton. 2023. Watershed model parameter estimation in low data environments. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 45 (2023) 101306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101306


Oklahoma State University



  1. Khodkar, K., A. Mirchi, V. Nourani; A. Kaghazchi; J.M. Sadler; A. Mansaray; K. Wagner; P.D. Alderman; S. Taghvaeian; R.T. Bailey. 2024. Stream Salinity Prediction in Data-Scarce Regions: Application of Transfer Learning and Uncertainty Quantification. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology Sep;266:104418. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104418.

  2. Murray, B., K. Wagner, R. Reuter, L. Goodman. 2024. Use of virtual fencing to implement critical conservation practices. Rangelands (Accepted).

  3. Qiao, L., D. Livsey, J. Wise, K. Kadavy, S. Hunt, K. Wagner. 2024. Predicting Flood Stages in Watersheds with Different Scales Using Hourly Rainfall Dataset: A High-Volume Rainfall Features Empowered Machine Learning Approach. Science of the Total Environment Volume 950, 2024, 175231, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175231.

  4. Eck, C., K. Wagner. 2024. Flowing Perceptions: Exploring Secondary Students’ Perceptions of Water. Advancements in Agricultural Development. https://doi.org/10.37433/aad.v5i1.405

  5. Phillippe, Austin J., Kevin L. Wagner, Rodney E. Will, Chris B. Zou. 2023. Escherichia coli efflux from rangeland ecosystems in the southcentral Great Plains, USA. Journal of Environmental Quality, 00, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20527


NCSU



  1. Sauers N, Rok A., Birgand F, Evidence of Nitrate Removal ‘hot Moments’ During Flow and Nitrate Pulses in a Denitrification ‘hot Spot’. J. ASABE. In revision.

  2. Julia Harrison, Christopher Osburn, Angela Harris, Natalie G. Nelson, Tryptophan-like fluorescence in brackish waters for applications in bacterial water quality monitoring, In revision with ACS ES&T Water

  3. Natalie Chazal, Megan Carr, A.K. Leight, Sheila Saia, Natalie G. Nelson (2024), Short-Term Forecasting of Fecal Coliforms in Shellfish Growing Waters, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200: 116053

  4. Qicheng Tang, Owen W. Duckworth, Daniel R. Obenour, Stephanie B. Kulesza, Nathan A. Slaton, Andrew H. Whitaker, Natalie G. Nelson (2024), Relationship between soil-test-phosphorus and agricultural surplus phosphorus, Journal of Environmental Quality, In press


University of Kentucky



  1. Agioutanti, R., Ford, W., Sama, M., McGill, T.  (2024). Impacts of aquatic vegetation dynamics on nitrate removal in karst agricultural streams: Insights from unmanned aircraft systems and in situ sensing. Journal of the ASABE, 67(2) 89-104, doi: 10.13031/ja.15747.

  2. Ford, W., Williams, M.R. Mumbi, R.C. (In Review). Subsurface sediment transport in the shallow vadose zone of fine-textured soils with heterogenous preferential flows. Hydrological Processes, Revised Resubmission.

  3. McGill, T., Ford, W. (2024). Extreme learning machine predicts high-frequency stream flow and nitrate concentrations in a karst agricultural watershed. Journal of the ASABE, 67(2) 73-87, doi: 10.13031/ja.15747.

  4. Mumbi, R., Williams, M., Ford, W., Penn, C. (In Review). Dissolved phosphorus leaching reflects the dynamic interaction between hydrology and soil phosphorus kinetics.  Vadose Zone Journal, Under Review.

  5. Williams, M. R., Ford, W. I., & Mumbi, R. C. (2023). Preferential flow in the shallow vadose zone: Effect of rainfall intensity, soil moisture, connectivity, and agricultural management. Hydrological Processes, 37(12), e15057.


 


University of Maryland



  1. Rahman, A., M. Negahban-Azar, A. Shirmohammadi, and R. Karki. 2024. Evaluating the potential of recycled water use for irrigation in southern Maryland: impact on groundwater conservation and crop yield. Water Supply 24(7):2451-2472, https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2024.137.

  2. Shirmohammadi, A., L. Olson, E. Davidson, N. Dixit, R. Epanchin-Niell, P. Goeringer, A. Leslie, M. Negahban-Azar, N. Rawat, E. Rico, A. Ruiz-Barradas, and J. Timmons. 2024. Science and Technology Based Approach (STBA) to Minimize Climate Vulnerability and Achieve Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems (SRFP) in Maryland. Final Project Report submitted to the Hughese Center for Agroecology, Wye Reserch and Education Center, University of Maryland, June 15, 2024. 198p.


 


Proposals Awarded ($8,615,382)


The total award amounts for each institution are as follows:



  • South Dakota State University: $401,326

  • University of Tennessee: $634,343

  • Iowa State University: $1,233,162

  • Virginia Tech: $4,981,428

  • Oklahoma State University: $964,592

  • North Carolina State University (NCSU): $400,531


The overall total amount awarded to all institutions combined is $8,615,382


South Dakota State University



  1. Bridging Community insights and solutions in Water Resources Management: A Pathway to Water Resources Program in South Dakota. $99, 514 Awarded 2024

  2. United States Geological Survey (USGS) 104 (b). Integrated Remote Sensing and Water Quality Analysis for Spatiotemporal Assessment of Surface Water Quality in Eastern South Dakota. $15,000 Awarded 2024

  3. United States Geological Survey (USGS) 104 (b). Development of a non-contact, AI-driven method for rapid assessment of surface water quality based on imagery and smells. $12,372 Awarded             2024

  4. East Dakota Water Development District. Assessing the Environmental and Economic Efficacy of the SRAM Program in the Big Sioux River Watershed. $120,553 Awarded. 2024

  5. 2024 South Dakota Nutrient Research and Education Council. Utilization of Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Sensor for Soil NPK Measurements and Development of Nutrients Maps - $63,412 Awarded. 2024

  6. PD – USDA ARS (Agricultural Research Service) Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement - $60,475. Awarded (Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Agrohydrological Variability in the Water-limited Great Plains.). #58-3012-3-019/Amendment01. $30,000 (Awarded). 2023


University of Tennessee



  1. RUSLE2 Maintenance. D. Yoder. USDA-NRCS through CESU agreement with Clemson University. $159,305 from 2022-2027

  2. RUSLE2 Development. D. Yoder. USDA-NRCS through CESU agreement with Clemson University. $125,740 from 2022-2025

  3. Fidan (Co-PI). Deep learning empowered real-time high-fidelity flood hazard forecast system. The University of Tennessee– AI TENNessee. $50,000. 07/01/2024 – 6/30/2025

  4. Fidan (Lead PI). Environmental Justice in the City: Socio-Economic Dimensions of Urban Stream Health. The University of Tennessee– Institute for a Secure & Sustainable Environment. $50,000. 07/01/2024 – 6/30/2025

  5. Fidan (Co-PI). Institute for Climate and Community Resilience. The University of Tennessee Track II. $249,298. 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2027


Kansas State University



  1. Developing and assessing innovative ephemeral gully erosion control practices. T Franti, A. Sheshukov, J. Lory, R. Cruse. (2021-2024) USDA-NRCS 

  2. Valuing Water Quality Improvements in Heartland Reservoirs. R.L. North, A. Ohler, L. McCann, T. Moore, A. Sheshukov. (2022-2025) EPA-STAR

  3. Early Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms in Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs Using Satellite Remote Sensing. J. Panthi, T. Moore, A. Sheshukov. USGS 104b. (2024-2026)

  4. Effectiveness of agricultural BMPs at the regional scale under current and future climatic trends with a KanDEP model. A. Sheshukov, B. Gelder, R. Cruse. Kansas Water Office.  (2024-2027)

  5. Assessment of water quality improvement and sediment reduction outcomes from land use improvements in Red Hills watershed associated with grassland management. A. Sheshukov. The Nature Conservancy. (2024-2025)

  6. Offsite BMP Program to bring urban and rural stakeholders for water-quality benefits. A. Sheshukov, T. Moore. USDA-NIFA. (2023-2024)

  7. Development of an alternative stormwater compliance program for the City of Manhattan. T. Moore. City of Manhattan. (2023-2024). 

  8. Evaluation of reach-scale effects of streambank stabilization on the Cottonwood River, Kansas. K. Bigham, T. Layzell, and T. Moore. Kansas Water Office (2023-2024). 


Iowa State University



  1. Two-stage agricultural channels in Iowa’s drained landscape to improve water quality and long-term resilience. $149,036. 8/1/2024 – 7/31/2026. PI: S.W. McMillan. CoPIs: A. Arenas, P. Moore, K. Schilling, J. Swanson, A. Brown.

  2. Fourmile Creek: Assessment of restoration effectiveness. $379,751. 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2028. PI: P. Moore. CoPIs: T. Isenhart, S.W. McMillan.

  3. Iowa Mayors Design Workshop. Funded by Iowa State University. $70,000. 6/1/2024 – 5/31/2025. PI: E. Olson-Douglas. CoPIs: A. Dunn, S.W. McMillan, J. Robison, C. Rogers.

  4. Scott County, Iowa - Working lands for resilient communities. Funded by NRCS-RCPP. Lead institution is Ducks Unlimited (total grant $8,000,000); subaward to ISU ($268,095). 5/1/2024 – 4/30/2029. PI: S.W. McMillan, CoPI: R. McGehee.

  5. Sensor integration to demonstrate benefits of regenerative agriculture on soil health. Funded by NSF-IUCRC (Industry University Cooperative Research Centers). $50,000. 2/1/2024 – 1/31/2025. PI: S.W. McMillan, CoPIs: D. Anderson, C. Gomes, N. Hoover, M. Soupir.

  6. Nutrient Reduction Research Program: Sources and mitigation of sediment and phosphorus in agricultural streams. Funded by State of Iowa Department of Agricultural and Land Stewardship. $316,280. 1/1/2024 – 12/31/2027. PI: S.W. McMillan, CoPI: P. Moore.


Virginia Tech



  1. Bell, N., Xia, K., Sample, D. Investigation of traditional and innovative stormwater management practices to reduce contaminants of emerging concern in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Award: $199,973.May 2024-April 2026.

  2. USDA-Cooperative Agreement. Easton, Z.M. Modeling the Lake Champlain Basin CEAP watersheds to understand and predict conservation effects on legacy phosphorus $134,223. Oct 2021-Sept 2025.

  3. Collick, A.S., Z.M. Easton, and R. Bryant. UMES Stormwater Management Research Facility: Investigating nutrient and sediment reduction from poultry house stormwater drainage systems. $399,000. Sept 2020-Aug 2024

  4. NSF CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems). White, R.R., E. Feuerbacher, Z.M. Easton. Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Greener Pastures: A pasture sanitation cyber physical system for environmental enhancement and animal monitoring. $998,232. June 2022-May 2025.

  5. Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality.Easton, Z,M & K.S. Stepheson. Bioreactors to Remove Legacy Nitrogen to meet VA TMDL goals. $250,000. Dec 2023-Dec 2025.

  6. USDA-NRCS CIG- On-Farm Trials. Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District, Z.M. Easton, Q. Kettering. $3,000,000. Jan 2024-Dec 2028.


Oklahoma State University



  1. Title: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of an Advanced Low-altitude Earth Observing System (ALEOS) with Hyperspectral and LiDAR Capabilities to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Training. Funding Agency: NSF MRI. Principal Investigator: H. Gholizadeh (OSU). Co-Investigators: G. Wilson, K. Baum, J. Jacob, S. Fuhlendorf, R. Will, C. Zou, K. Wagner, B. Bachelot, E. Schnitzler, L. Zhai (OSU). Status: Funded 9/1/2023-8/31/2026 ($467,796)

  2. Title: Building Water Quality and Rural Health Education Capacity through Private Well Screenings and Training. Funding Agency: USDA Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program. Principal Investigator: Nicole Colston (OSU). Co-Investigators: K. Wagner, Abu Mansaray, J. Sadler (OSU). Status: Funded 9/1/2023-8/31/2026 ($349,956)

  3. Title: FY23 104b State Water Resources Research Institute Program. Funding Agency: USGS. Principal Investigator: K. Wagner. Co-Investigators: M. Foltz, M. Krzmarzick, K. Mangalgiri, N. Materer, A. Mirchi, K. Sallam (OSU). Status: Funded 9/1/2023-8/31/2024 ($146,840)


NCSU



  1. AI-driven, Web-deployed, Low-Cost Visual Sensing of Stormwater Outlet Flow. F Birgand, L Wiang. NC DOT $400,531


Students Mentored (59 Students)


South Dakota State University


Serving as a primary adviser



  1. Manoj Lamichhane, PhD Student in Ag and Biosystems Engineering – May 2026

  2. Kayode B. Adebayo, PhD Student in Ag and Biosystems Engineering – December 2026

  3. Azar Movaghatian, PhD Student in Biological Sciences – May 2026


Serving as a committee member



  1. Maryam Sahraei, PhD Candidate in Ag and Biosystems Engineering – May 2025

  2. Umar Javed, PhD Candidate in Ag and Biosystems Engineering – May 2025

  3. Faisal Almitairi, Civil and Environmental Engineering


MS Students



  1. Tulsi Ram Pokhrel, MS Student in Ag and Biosystems Engineering – January 2026


Undergraduate Students



  1. Kyle Maher, BS, SDSU Data Science

  2. Sara Abbasi Benhangi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


University of Tennessee



  1. Ryan Ackett, PhD Student working with Dr. Fidan as part of their committee

  2. Conlan Burbrink, PhD Student working with Dr. Fidan as part of their committee

  3. Henley Sartin, Master’s Student working with Dr. Fidan as part of their committee

  4. Savannah Jobkar, Master’s Student working with Dr. Fidan

  5. Abby Worth, Undergraduate Student with Dr. Fidan

  6. Evelyn Hedrick, Undergraduate Student with Dr. Fidan

  7. Hannah Thomas, Undergraduate Student with Dr. Fidan


 


Kansas State University



  1. Jeeban Panthi, Postdoctoral Associate, BAE

  2. Laura Krueger, PhD student, BAE

  3. Corben Monzon, MS Student, BAE – graduated 2024

  4. Averi Baker, MS Student, BAE – graduated 2024

  5. Srijana Mahat, MS Student, BAE

  6. Sean Hackenberg, REU student, Computer Science

  7. Kyle Kohman, REU student, Computer Science

  8. Josiah Quinlan, Undergraduate student - BAE

  9. Sophia Steffenmiester, Undergraduate student - Environmental science


Iowa State University



  1. Noah Rudko (2024): Ross Graduate Fellow; currently Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Arkansas.

  2. Danielle Winter (2023) NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Purdue Doctoral Fellow; currently Extension Specialist at Purdue University.

  3. Ian Chesla (2022-) Purdue University (co-advised by Dr. Jacob Hosen)

  4. Wendy Yarborley Abbey (2023-), Iowa State University, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

  5. Joseph Bergeron (2024-), Iowa State University, Environmental Science

  6. Sage Coffman (2024-), Iowa State University, Environmental Science


Virginia Tech



  1. Maliha Mushtari1 PhD Student (anticipated graduation Spring, 2026).

  2. Sami Towsif Khan1, PhD Student ((graduated Spring, 2024).)

  3. Hossein Ahmadi2 PhD Student (anticipated graduation Spring, 2025).

  4. Michael Harrison, MS Student (Graduated Spring, 2024).

  5. Savanna Blackburn, MS Student, Student (graduated Spring, 2024).

  6. Sabrina Mehzabin, PhD Student (Graduation Spring, 2025).

  7. Binyam Asfaw, PhD Student (Graduation, Spring, 2025).

  8. Siam Maksud, PhD Student (Graduation, Spring, 2025).

  9. Ella Lewis, Undergraduate (Junior).

  10. Stella Bryant, Undergraduate (Junior).


1Coadvised with T. Thompson


2Coadviseds with D. Scott


Oklahoma State University.



  1. Lindsey Berube, MS, Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University

  2. Cole Davis, MS, Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University

  3. Jack Edwards, MS, Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University

  4. Austin Phillippe, PhD, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University


NCSU



  1. Qianyu Hang, Ph.D. student

  2. Mohammad Nooshzadi, M.S. student 

  3. Nora Sauers, undergraduate student

  4. Julia Harrison, PhD student

  5. Hector Fajardo, PhD student

  6. Christopher Oates, PhD student

  7. Taj Hewitt, undergraduate student

  8. Abby Studnek, undergraduate student


University of Kentucky



  1. Nabil Al Aamery, Postdoctoral Fellow

  2. Tiffany Coogle, MS Student (Anticipated Graduation Spring 2026)

  3. Tyler Botts, MS Student (Anticipated Graduation Spring 2026)

  4. Abby Berry, MS Student (Anticipated Graduation Spring 2025)

  5. Quinn Rison, Undergraduate Researcher (Graduates Spring 2025)

  6. Hunter Walters, Undergraduate Researcher (Graduated Spring 2024)


 


Thesis/Dissertation (7)


Kansas State University



  1. Monzon, C. 2024. Evaluation of streambank stabilization structures on upstream and downstream bank erosion, MS, Kansas State University.

  2. Baker, A. (2024) Effects of wind on reservoir mixing and stratification: a case study from Kansas. MS, Kansas State University


Iowa State University



  1. Ciupak, Meghan. 2023. Biogeochemical factors influencing dissolved greenhouse gasses within two Indiana wetlands. MS Thesis. Purdue University.

  2. Winter Lay, Danielle. 2023. Optimizing design and management of restored wetlands and floodplains in agricultural watersheds. PhD Dissertation. Purdue University.

  3. Rudko, Noah. 2024. The impact of agricultural conservation practices on water quality in tile-drained watersheds. PhD Dissertation. Purdue University.


Virginia Tech



  1. Towif Kahn, S., 2024. Impacts of Stormwater Management Practices and Climate Change on Flow Regime and Channel Stability, Ph.D. dissertation, 167 p.


NCSU



  1. Nooshzadi, M. Low-Cost Visual Sensing of Stormwater Outflow. M.S. thesis. NC State University, Raleigh, NC.


Presentations (43 Presentations)


Virginia Tech



  1. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Stephenson, K., Towsif Khan, S., & Macdonald, K., 2024. Cost-effective methods for reducing sediment loads in Lick Run. In Watershed Science in Action:  A Roanoke Stormwater Symposium.

  2. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Al-Smadi, M., Towsif Khan, S., Shahed Behrouz, M., & Miller, A., 2023. Effectiveness of Stormwater Management Practices in Protecting Stream Channel Stability. In Stepping Up Our Efforts:  Now is the Time.  29th Annual Conference of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council. Baltimore, MD.

  3. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Al-Smadi, M., Towsif Khan, S., Shahed Behrouz, M., Miller, A., & Butcher, J., 2023. Effectiveness of stormwater management practices in protecting stream channel stability. In Pooled Monitoring Forum: Restoration Research to make Science and Regulatory Connections. Baltimore, MD.

  4. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Al-Smadi, M., Towsif Khan, S., Shahed Behrouz, M., Miller, A., & Butcher, J., 2024. Do Maryland's Stormwater Management Regulations Protect Channel Stability? Presentation (not at a conference)/Webinar for the Maryland Stream Restoration Association. 84 participants, 20 Jun 2024.

  5. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Al-Smadi, M., Towsif Khan, S., Shahed Behrouz, M., & Miller, A., 2024. Effectiveness of stormwater management practices in protecting stream channel stability. Online Presentation (not at a conference) Graduate seminar for Department of Geography & Environmental Systems at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
     Presentation date: 06 Mar 2024.

  6. Towsif Khan, S., Thompson, T., & Sample, D., 2024. Assessing the Efficacy of Stream Restoration and SCM Retrofitting for Channel Stability in Urbanized Catchments. I presented at the meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society 24th Annual Conference. Blacksburg, VA.

  7. Maliha, M., Al-Smadi, M., Sample, D., Thompson, T., Miller, A., & Shahed Behrouz, M., 2024. Traditional Stormwater Management vs Environmental Site Design (ESD): Modeling impacts of stormwater management practices on surface runoff in an urban watershed. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society 24th Annual Conference. Blacksburg, VA.

  8. Thompson, T., Sample, D., Alsmadi, M., Towsif Khan, S., Shahed Behrouz, M., Miller, A., & Butcher, J., 2024. Effectiveness of stormwater management practices in protecting stream channel stability. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

  9. Mehzabin, S., K. Stephenson, D.R Fuka, and Z.M. Easton. 2024. Environmental and management impacts of legacy nitrogen remediation with bioreactors. American Ecological Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Blacksburg VA, May 2024.

  10. Mehzabin, S., K. Stephenson, D.R Fuka, and Z.M. Easton. 2024. Environmental and Management Impacts of Legacy Nitrogen Remediation Using Bioreactors. Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland. June 2024.

  11. Foster, M., Z.M. Easton, and N. Bell. 2024. Denitrifying bioreactors for legacy nitrate removal from springs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. American Ecological Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Blacksburg VA, May 2024.

  12. Asfaw B. W., D. Fuka, A. Collick, R. White, Z.M. Easton. (2024, July 29). Enhanced identification of spatiotemporal dynamics of critical source areas [Poster Abstract]. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, California. https://asabemeetings.org/

  13. Asfaw B. W., D. Fuka, A. Collick, R. White, Z.M. Easton. (2024, March 29). Investigating terrain properties for improved identification of soil wetness patterns [Poster Abstract]. CAIA Big Event, Blacksburg, Virginia.

  14. Asfaw B. W., D. Fuka, A. Collick, Z.M. Easton. (2024, May 30). Characterizing topographic indices for model parametrization [Poster Abstract]. AEES, Blacksburg, Virginia. https://www.ecoeng.org/2024-annual-meeting.

  15. Asfaw B. W., D. Fuka, A. Collick,  R. White, Z.M. Easton. (2024, June 11). Characterizing topographic indices for model parametrization. Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland. https://ccmp2024.chesapeake.org/

  16. Easton, Z.M., and K.S. Stephenson. 2023. The nonpoint source challenge-is the watershed responding to management as expected. In USGS Factors Team Group Meeting. Oct. 2023 

  17. Easton, Z.M., B. Benham, and K.S. Stepheson. 2023. The nonpoint source challenge. Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts-Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting. Nov. 2023. Extension Presentation.

  18. Easton, Z.M., and K.S. Stephenson. 2023. The nonpoint source challenge-is the watershed responding to management as expected. In Delmarva Land and Litter Collaborative Annual Meeting. Aug. 2023. Extension Presentation.


Oklahoma State University



  1. Edwards, J. 2023. Evaluating the Impact of Regenerative Agricultural Practices on Soil Health and Water Quality in Altus, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium in Norman, OK on November 29-30, 2023.

  2. Kaghazchi, Afsaneh. 2023. Evaluation of the hydrologic effects of grazing practices in small watersheds. Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium in Norman, OK on November 29-30.

  3. Abubakarr Mansaray, Kevin Wagner, Ryan Reuter, Ali Mirchi, and Alayna Gerhardt. Ephemeral Stream Health Assessment in Virtually Fenced Grazinglands. Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Association Conference, April 10-11, 2024.

  4. Afsaneh Kaghazchi, Ali Mirchi, et al. Assessing the Effectiveness of Rotational Grazing and Riparian Buffers for Reducing Nutrient Loads in Small Watersheds. Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Association Conference, April 10-11, 2024.

  5. Goodman, L.E., K. Wagner, R. Reuter, B. Murray, A. Michi. 2024. Virtual Fencing for Improved Grazing and Pasture Management. Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, April 17-20, 2024.

  6. Reuter, R., K. Wagner, L. Goodman, B. Murray, C. Duchardt, A. Gerhardt, F. La Manna, T. Olsen, and K. Pfaffenberger. 2024. Virtual fencing to control cattle for improved ecosystem services. 79th SWCS International Annual Conference, July 21-24, 2024, Myrtle Beach, SC.

  7. Wagner, K. 2024. Managing Grazing For Improved Water Quality. U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef – Water Workgroup (August 5).

  8. Wagner, K. 2024. Watershed monitoring to inform watershed scale modeling at Oklahoma State University. S1089 Multi-State Hatch Project Annual Meeting (August 27).


South Dakota State University


Conference presentations (* Grad Students)



  1. Adebayo, K.*, and Mehan, S. (2024, October 15). Climate dynamics of the Great Plains of the United States (1924-2023) [Abstract submitted]. In South Dakota Student Water Conference, Brookings, SD, United States.

  2. Lamichhane, M.*, Mehan, S., and Mankin, K. (2024, July 28 - August 1). Comparison of hybrid machine learning models with classical machine learning models to predict actual evapotranspiration in semi-arid region. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States.

  3. Mehan, S., Sharma, A., McDaniel, R., Arnold, J. G., Trooien, T., Sammons, N., and Amegbletor, L. (2024, July 28-31). Evaluating the performance of SWAT+ for simulating drainage water management (DWM) and model parameter transferability spatially in Eastern SD [Abstract ID: 2401216]. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States.

  4. Sahraei, M., Hentegs, M., McMaine, J., Trooien, T., Mehan, S., Osterloh, K., and Moradi, H. (2024, July 28-31). Management practices and field characteristics that drive nutrient loss in tile drainage in eastern South Dakota [Abstract ID: 2400904]. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States

  5. Adebayo, K.*, Mehan, S. , and Mankin, K.(2024, July 28-August 1). Analyzing climate change trends in the Great Plains of the United States (1900-2022) [Conference presentation]. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States.

  6. Lamichhane, M.*, Mehan, S., Mankin, K., and Maitinyazi, M. (2024, April 18). Machine learning models to predict actual evapotranspiration in semi-arid region. In 2024 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference, Rapid City, SD, United States.

  7. Adebayo, K.*, and Mehan, S. (2024, April 18). Comprehensive analysis of drought dynamics in South Dakota using the aridity index and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index. In 2024 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference, Rapid City, SD, United States.

  8. Lamichhane, M.*, Mehan, S., and Mankin, K. (2024, April 11-12). Actual evapotranspiration prediction based on harmonized Landsat sentinel indices with a few weather variables using machine learning algorithms in semi-arid regions. In 2024 ASABE North Central Regional Meeting, Brookings, SD, United States.

  9. Adebayo, K.*, Mehan, S., and Mankin, K. (2024, April 11-12). A comparative analysis of change point detection methods for hydrologic data. In 2024 ASABE North Central Regional Meeting, Brookings, SD, United States.

  10. Lamichhane, M.*, Mehan, S., and Maimaitijian, M. (2024, April 4). Soil moisture prediction using multimodal remote sensing data fusion and machine learning algorithms in diverse crop fields. Poster session presented at the 55th Geography Conference, Brookings, SD, United States.

  11. Mehan, S. (2024, April 3-5). Effectiveness of SWAT simulating drainage water management using edge-of-field data in OH. In Annual Meeting for the Conservation Drainage Network and NCERA-217: Drainage Design and Management Practices to Improve Water Quality, Westerville, OH, United States.

  12. Muehlman, J., Prasad, L., Thompson, A., Mehan, S., Osterholz, W., King, K., Arriaga, F., and Kalcic, M. (2024, April 25-26). Improving the representation of cold season hydrology in SWAT. In WI AWRA 2024 Annual Meeting, Appleton, WI, United States.

  13. Lamichhane, M.*, and Mehan, S. (2023, October 10). Enhancing evapotranspiration (ETa) estimation through machine learning driven satellite image fusion. In 2023 South Dakota Student Water Conference, Brookings, SD, United States.

  14. Lamichhane, M.*, Mehan, S., and Maimaitijian, M. (2023, November 15). Machine learning models to predict actual evapotranspiration (ETa) based on harmonized Landsat Sentinel (HLS) and climate variables in semi-arid regions. Poster session presented at EROS Center Fall Poster Session, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

  15. Mehan, S., and Amatya, D. (2023, December 11-15). Development of an open-source forest fire prediction tool using machine learning algorithms. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.

  16. Mehan, S., Mankin, K., Barnard, D., and Green, T. (2023, July 9-12). GeoSpatial hydrometeorological data in the contiguous U.S.: Sources, characteristics, accessibility, and applicability – A review and synthesis. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Omaha, NE, United States.

  17. Mankin, K., Wells, R., Edmunds, D., McMaster, G., Green, T., Kipka, H., Mehan, S., Fox, F., Wagner, L., and Barnard, D. (2023, July 9-12). Crop phenology modeling and calibration using UPGM for corn, sorghum, wheat, sunflower, and dry bean. In ASABE Annual International Meeting, Omaha, NE, United States.


Popular articles  (7 Popular Articles)


South Dakota State University


Popular/Extension articles



  1. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Educating about flooding and associated activities. South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/educating-about-flooding-and-associated-activities

  2. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Understanding Flood Hazards in the United States. South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/understanding-flood-hazards-united-states

  3. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Flood Preparedness. South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/flood-preparedness

  4. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Global and U.S. Perspectives on Flooding. South Dakota State University Extension https://extension.sdstate.edu/global-and-us-perspectives-flooding

  5. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Restoring and Sampling Private Wells in South Dakota. South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/restoring-and-sampling-private-wells-south-dakota

  6. Mehan, S., & Buterbaugh, R. (2024). Where do floodwaters go and what do they leave behind? South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/where-do-floodwaters-go-and-what-do-they-leave-behind

  7. Klopp, H., Bly, A., Nunes, V.L.N., Mehan. S. (2024). Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio of Healthy Soils. South Dakota State University Extension. https://extension.sdstate.edu/carbon-nitrogen-ratio-healthy-soils


 

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