Summary: 57 peer-reviewed journal publications (journal impact factor average = 6.13); 2 book chapter; 11 op-eds/proceedings; 2 databases
J57. Ruhi, A., Hwang, J*., Devineni, N., Sudarshana, M., Kumar, H*., Comte, L., Worland, S., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2022). How does flow alteration propagate across a large, highly regulated basin? Dam attributes, network context, and implications for biodiversity. Earth’s Future, 10, e2021EF002490. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002490
J56. Devineni, N., Perveen, S., & Lall, U. (2022). Solving groundwater depletion in India while achieving food security. Nature Communications, 13, 3374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31122-9
J55. Dyreson, A., Devineni, N., Turner, S. W. D., De Silva M, T., Miara, A., Voisin, N., S. Cohen, S., & Macknick, J. (2022). The role of regional connections in planning for future power system operations under climate extremes. Earth’s Future, 10, e2021EF002554. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002554
J54. Nouri, N*., & Devineni, N. (2022). Examining the changes in the spatial manifestation and the rate of arrival of large tornado outbreaks. Environmental Research Communications, 4(2022), 021001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac50c1
J53. Hwang, J*., & Devineni, N. (2022). An improved Zhang’s dynamic water balance model using Budyko-based snow representation for better streamflow predictions. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030203. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030203
J52. Kumar, H*., Hwang, J*., Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2022). Dynamic flow alteration index for complex river networks with cascading reservoir systems. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030491. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030491
J51. Agonafir, C*., Pabon, A. R*., Lakhankar, T., Khanbilvardi, R., & Devineni, N. (2021). Understanding New York City Street Flooding through 311 Complaints. Journal of Hydrology, 605, 127300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127300
J50. Hwang, J*., Kumar, H*., Ruhi, A., Sankarasubramanian, A., & Devineni, N. (2021). Quantifying dam-induced fluctuations in streamflow frequencies across the Colorado River Basin. Water Resources Research, 57, e2021WR029753. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029753
J49. Herrera Estrella, E*., Stoeth, A., Krakauer, N. Y., & Devineni, N. (2021). Quantifying vegetation response to environmental changes on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Environmental Research Communications, 3(6), 065003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac0bd1
J48. Nouri, N*., Devineni, N., Were, V., & Khanbilvardi, R. (2021). Explaining the trends and variability in the United States tornado records using climate teleconnections and shifts in observational practices. Nature Scientific Reports, 11, 1741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81143-5
J47. Najibi, N*., Mazor, A*., Devineni, N., Mossel, C*., & Booth, J. (2020). Understanding the spatial organization of simultaneous heavy precipitation events over the conterminous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033036. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033036
J46. Rising. J., & Devineni, N. (2020). Crop switching reduces agricultural losses from climate change in the United States by half under RCP 8.5. Nature Communications, 11, 4991. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18725-w
J45. Armal, S*., Devineni, N., Krakauer, N.Y., & Khanbilvardi, R. (2020). Simulating precipitation in the Northeast United States using a climate-informed K-nearest neighbour algorithm. Hydrological Processes, 1 - 15. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13853
J44. Su, Z*., Sun, X., Devineni, N., Lall, U., Hao, Z., & Chen, X. (2020). The effects of pre-season high flows, climate, and the Three Gorges Dam on low flow at the Three Gorges Region, China. Hydrological Processes, 1 - 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13714
J43. Ravindranath, A*., & Devineni, N. (2020). Quantifying streamflow regime behavior and its sensitivity to demand. Journal of Hydrology, 582, 124423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124423
J42. Zhu, W., Jia, S., Devineni, N., Lv, A., & Lall, U. (2019). Evaluating China’s water security for food production: The role of rainfall and irrigation. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (20), 11155 - 11166. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083226
J41. Ravindranath, A*., Devineni, N., Lall, U., Cook, E. R., Pederson, G., Martin, J., & Woodhouse, C. (2019). Streamflow reconstruction in the upper Missouri River basin using a novel Bayesian network model. Water Resources Research, 55 (9), 7694 - 7716. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR024901
J40. Najibi, N*., Devineni, N., Lu, M., & Perdigao, R. A. (2019). Coupled flow accumulation and atmospheric blocking govern flood duration. Nature partner journal (npj) Climate and Atmosphere, 2, 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-019-0076-6
J39. Zhu, X*., Troy, T., & Devineni, N. (2019). Stochastically modeling the projected impacts of climate change on rainfed and irrigated US crop yields. Environmental Research Letters, 14 (7), 074021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab25a1
J38. Gonzalez, J. E., Ortiz, L., Smith, B. K., Devineni, N., Colle, B., Booth, J. F., Ravindranath, A*., Rivera, L*., Horton, R., Towey, K., Kushnir, Y., Manley, D., Bader, D., & Rosenzweig, C. (2019), New York City panel on climate change 2019 report Chapter 2: New methods for assessing extreme temperatures, heavy downpours, and drought. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1446(1), 172 - 172. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14007
J37. Najafabadi, S*., Hamidi, A*., Allahviranloo, M., & Devineni, N. (2019). Does demand for subway ridership in Manhattan depend on the rainfall events? Transportation Policy, 74, 201 - 213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.11.019
J36. Kim, S., Devineni, N., Lall, U., & Kim, H. S. (2018). Sustainable development of water resources: Spatio-temporal analysis of water stress in South Korea. Sustainability, 10, 3795, 1 - 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103795
J35. Ravindranath, A*., Devineni, N., Lall, U., & Larrauri, P. C. (2018). Season-ahead forecasting of water storage and irrigation requirements–an application to the southwest monsoon in India. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 5125 - 5141. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5125-2018
J34. Rao, M. P*., Cook, E. R., Cook, B. I., Palmer, J. G., Uriarte, M., Devineni, N., Lall, U., D’Arrigo, R. D., Woodhouse, C, A., Ahmed, M., Zafar, M. U., Khan, N., Khan, A., & Wahab, M. (2018). Six centuries of Upper Indus Basin streamflow variability and its climatic drivers. Water Resources Research, 54, 5687 - 5701. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023080
J33. Najibi, N*., & Devineni, N. (2018). Recent trends in the frequency and duration of global floods. Earth System Dynamics, 9, 757 - 783. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-757-2018
J32. Najafi, E*., Devineni, N., Khanbilvardi, R. M., & Kogan, F. (2018). Understanding the changes in global crop yields through changes in climate and technology. Earth’s Future, 6, 410 - 427. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000690
J31. Peterson, T*., Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2018). Monthly hydroclimatology of the continental United States. Advances in Water Resources, 114, 180 - 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.02.010
J30. Vollmer, D., Shaad, K., Souter, N. J., Farrell, T., Dudgeon, D., Sullivan, C. A., Fauconnier, I., Mac-Donald, G. M., McCartney, M. P., Power, A. G., McNally, A., Andelman, S. J., Capon, T., Devineni, N., Apirumanekul, C., Ng, C. N., Shaw, M. R., Wang, R. Y., Lai, C., Wang, Z., & Regan, H. M. (2018). Integrating the social, hydrological and ecological dimensions of freshwater health: The Freshwater Health Index. Science of The Total Environment, 627, 304 - 313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.040
J29. Vatta, K., Sidhu, R. S., Lall, U., Birthal, P. S., Taneja, G., Kaur, B., Devineni, N., & MacAlister, C. (2018). Assessing the economic impact of a lowcost water-saving irrigation technology in Indian Punjab: the tensiometer. Water International, 43(2), 305 - 321. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1416443
J28. Armal, S*., Devineni, N., & Khanbilvardi, R. (2018). Trends in extreme rainfall frequency in the contiguous United States: Attribution to climate change and climate variability modes. Journal of Climate, 31, 369 - 385. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0106.1
J27. Afshari, S*., Fekete, B. M., Dingman, L. S., Devineni, N., Bjerklie, D. M., & Khanbilvardi, R. (2017). Statistical filtering of river survey and streamflow data for improving at-a-station hydraulic geometry relations. Journal of Hydrology, 547, 443 - 454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.01.038
J26. Hamidi, A*., Devineni, N., Booth, J., Hosten, A., Ferraro, R., & Khanbilvardi, R. (2017). Classifying urban rainfall extremes using weather radar data: An application to the Greater New York Area. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 611 - 623. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0193.1
J25. Ho, M., Lall, U., Allaire, M., Devineni, N., Kwon, H. H., Pal, I., Raff, D., & Wegner, D. (2017). The future role of dams in the United States of America. Water Resources Research, 53, 982 - 998. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019905
J24. Najibi, N*., Devineni, N., & Lu, M. (2017). Hydroclimate drivers and atmospheric teleconnections of long duration floods: An application to large reservoirs in the Missouri River Basin. Advances in Water Resources, 100, 153 - 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.12.004
J23. Ravindranath, A*., Devineni, N., & Kolesar, P. (2016). An environmental perspective on the water management policies of the Upper Delaware River Basin. Water Policy, 18(6), 1399 - 1419. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2016.166
J22. Lima, C. H. R., Lall, U., Troy, T., & Devineni, N. (2016). A hierarchical Bayesian GEV model for improving local and regional flood quantile estimates. Journal of Hydrology, 541, 816 - 823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.042
J21. Ho, M., Parthasarathy, V*., Etienne, E*., Russo, T. A., Devineni, N., & Lall, U. (2016). America’s water: Agricultural water demands and the response of groundwater. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(14), 7546 - 7555. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL06979
J20. Etienne, E*., Devineni, N., Khanbilvardi, R., & Lall, U. (2016). Development of a demand sensitive drought index and its application for agriculture over the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrology, 534, 219 - 229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.060
J19. Fishman, R., Devineni, N., & Raman, S. (2015). Can improved agricultural water use efficiency save India’s groundwater? Environmental Research Letters, 10(8), 084022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084022
J18. Lall, U., Devineni, N., & Kaheil, Y. (2015). An empirical, nonparametric simulator for multivariate random variables with differing marginal densities and nonlinear dependence with hydroclimatic applications. Risk Analysis, 36, 57 - 73. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12432
J17. Devineni, N., Lall, U., Xi, C*., & Ward, P. (2015). Scaling of extreme rainfall areas at a planetary scale. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 25(7), 075407. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921719
J16. Devineni, N., Lall, U., Etienne, E*., Shi, D*., & Xi, C*. (2015). America’s water risk: Current demand and climate variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 2285 - 2293. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063487
J15. Lima, C. H. R., Lall, U., Troy, T. J., & Devineni, N. (2015). A climate informed model for nonstationary flood risk prediction: Application to Negro River at Manaus, Amazonia. Journal of Hydrology, 522, 594 - 602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.009
J14. Krakauer, N. Y., & Devineni, N. (2015). Up-to-date probabilistic temperature climatologies. Environmental Research Letters, 10(2), 024014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024014
J13. Chen, X*., Devineni, N., Lall, U., Hao, Z., Dong, L., Ju, Q., Wang, J., Wang, S. (2014). China’s water sustainability in the 21st century: A climate-informed water risk assessment covering multi-sector water demands. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(5), 1653 - 1662. http://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1653-2014
J12. Chen, X*., Hao, Z., Devineni, N., & Lall, U. (2014). Climate information based streamflow and rainfall forecasts for Huai River basin using hierarchical Bayesian modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(4), 1539 - 1548. http://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1539-2014
J11. Oludhe, C., Sankarasubramanian, A., Sinha, T., Devineni, N., & Lall, U. (2013). The role of multimodel climate forecasts in improving water and energy management over the Tana River Basin, Kenya. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52(11), 2460 - 2475. http://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0300.1
J10. Devineni, N., Lall, U., Pederson, N., & Cook, E. (2013). A tree-ring-based reconstruction of Delaware River Basin streamflow using hierarchical Bayesian regression. Journal of Climate, 26(12), 4357 - 4374. http://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00675.1
J9. Devineni, N., Perveen, S., & Lall, U. (2013). Assessing chronic and climate-induced water risk through spatially distributed cumulative deficit measures: A new picture of water sustainability in India. Water Resources Research, 49(4), 2135 - 2145. http://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20184
J8. Pederson, N., Bell, A. R., Cook, E. R., Lall, U., Devineni, N., Seager, R., & Vranes, K. P. (2013). Is an epic pluvial masking the water insecurity of the Greater New York City Region? Journal of Climate, 26(4), 1339 - 1354. http://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00723.1
J7. Petersen, T*., Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2012). Seasonality of monthly runoff over the continental United States: Causality and relations to mean annual and mean monthly distributions of moisture and energy. Journal of Hydrology, 468-469, 139 - 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.028
J6. Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2010). Improving U.S. winter forecasts using multimodel combinations and ENSO. Nowcast, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 91, 1343 - 1356. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-91.10.1343
J5. Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2010). Improved categorical winter precipitation forecasts through multimodel combinations of coupled GCMs. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(24). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL044989
J4. Devineni, N., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2010). Improving the prediction of winter precipitation and temperature over the continental United States: Role of the ENSO state in developing multimodel combinations. Monthly Weather Review, 138(6), 2447 - 2468. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009MWR3112.1
J3. Golembesky, K., Sankarasubramanian, A., & Devineni, N. (2009). Improved drought management of Falls Lake reservoir: Role of multimodel streamflow forecasts in setting up restrictions. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 135(3), 188 - 197. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2009)135:3(188)
J2. Sankarasubramanian, A., Lall, U., Devineni, N., & Espinueva, S. (2009). The role of monthly updated climate forecasts in improving intraseasonal water allocation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 48(7), 1464 - 1482. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JAMC2122.1
J1. Devineni, N., Sankarasubramanian, A, & Ghosh, S. (2008). Multimodel ensembles of streamflow forecasts: Role of predictor state in developing optimal combinations. Water Resources Research, 44(9), W09404. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006WR005855
Books and Book Chapters
BC2. Devineni, N., & Lall, U. (2021). Storage-Deficit Ratios and Risk Analysis. Chapter 5 of the Technical Memorandum No. ENV-2021-001 on West-Wide Climate and Hydrology Assessment: Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of Interior. https://www.usbr.gov/climate/secure/docs/2021secure/westwidesecurereport.pdf
BC1. Russo, T. A., Devineni, N., & Lall, U. (2015). Assessment of agricultural water management in Punjab, India, using Bayesian methods. Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management: Water Governance, Climate and Ecohydrology: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12194-9_9
Published Datasets and Software
Contribution to water stress index as part of the sustainable development metrics of the US sustainable development goals project that reports on how states in the US do on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, 2018. https://www.sustainabledevelopment.report/reports/sustainable-development-report-of-theunited-states-2018/
Contribution to water stress indices (Normalized Deficit Index (NDI) and Normalized Deficit Cumulated (NDC)) for India Water Tool Version 2 (IWT 2.0) developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) for companies and users to understand their water risks and prioritize actions toward sustainable water management, 2015. http://www.indiawatertool.in
Op-eds, Proceedings and White Papers
Design of novel courses to bridge knowledge gaps in engineering and reduce attrition and graduation delays. Proceedings in ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, November 2021. https://strategy.asee.org/design-of-novel-courses-to-bridge-knowledge-gaps-in-engineeringand-reduce-attrition-and-graduation-delays
Climate informed global flood risk assessment. White Paper with Columbia Water Center, December 2013, updated March 2021. https://water.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/publications/Columbia_Global_Flood_White_Paper.pdf
Nary a drop to drink? Article with Rosemarie Wesson in Discovery magazine, American Society for Engineering Education, March 2017. http://www.asee-prism.org/discovery-mar-apr-2/
India’s water: A reflection of a nation’s soul? Op-ed with Upmanu Lall in Center for International Projects Trust (CIPT) Sandesh, Issue 3, September 2014. http://www.water.columbia.edu/files/2014/12/CIPT-Sandesh-3.pdf
Delaware reservoir’s drought risk assessment, a paleo view, Proceedings in 11th International Hydroinformatics Conference, August 2014. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_conf_hic/340/
Towards hedging climate risk in corporate value chains. White Paper with Columbia Water Center and PepsiCo, April 2013. https://water.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/publications/Toward-Hedging-Climate-Risk-in-Corporate-Value-Chains.pdf
Americas water risk: water stress and climate variability, White Paper with Columbia Water Center and Growing Blue, February 2013. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358397711_Columbia_Water_Center_White_Paper_America’s_Water_Risk_Water_Stress_and_Climate_Variability
Securing the future of India’s "water, energy and food." Global Water Forum Discussion Series 1240, Global Water Forum, UNESCO, October 2012. http://www.globalwaterforum.org/2012/10/08/securing-the-future-of-indias-water-energy-and-food/
Climate variability and water stress in India. How much storage in needed and where? White Paper with Columbia Water Center, December 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358397790_Columbia_Water_Center_White_Paper_-_Climate_Variability_and_Water_Stress_in_India_How_Much_Storage_is_Needed_and_Where
Shifting crops, saving water. White Paper with Columbia Water Center, December 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358398116_Columbia_Water_Center_White_Paper_-_Shifting_Crops_Saving_Water
Climatology of monthly runoff: Causality and relations to seasonality in precipitation and temperature. Proceedings in ASCE’s World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 2010. https://doi.org/10.1061/41114(371)457