Dr Prasanth Valayamkunnath
Assistant Professor Grade I (Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences)
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Article Published

  1. He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Chen, F., Gochis, D., Cabell, R., Schneider, T., Rasmussen, R., Niu, G.Y., Yang, Z.L. and Niyogi, D., (2023). Modernizing the open-source community Noah-MP land surface model (version 5.0) with enhanced modularity, interoperability, and applicability. EGUsphere, 2023, pp.1-31. - Impact factor- 6.892
  2. Zhang, Z., Li, Y., Chen, F., Harder, P., Helgason, W., Famiglietti, J., Valayamkunnath, P., He, C. and Li, Z., (2023). Developing spring wheat in the Noah-MP land surface model (v4. 4) for growing season dynamics and responses to temperature stress. Geoscientific Model Development, 16(13), pp.3809-3825. - Impact factor- 6.892
  3. Valayamkunnath, P., Gochis, D. J., Chen, F., Barlage, M., & Franz, K. J. (2022). Modeling the hydrologic influence of subsurface tile drainage using the National Water Model. Water Resources Research, e2021WR031242. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031242 - Impact factor- 5.240
  4. Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Chen, F., Gochis, D.J. and Franz, K.J., (2020). Mapping of 30-meter resolution tile-drained croplands using a geospatial modeling approach. Scientific data, 7(1), p.257. Impact factor- 5.541
  5. Sridhar, V., Billah, M. M., & Valayamkunnath, P. (2019). Field-scale intercomparison analysis of ecosystems in partitioning surface energy balance components in a semi-arid environment. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 19(1), 24-37.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2018.06.005)- Impact factor-1.661
  6. Sridhar, V., Modi, P., Billah, M. M., Valayamkunnath, P., & Goodall, J. L. (2019). Precipitation extremes and flood frequency in a changing climate in southeastern Virginia. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 55(4), 780-799. (https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12752)- Impact factor- 2.472
  7. Valayamkunnath, P., Sridhar, V., Zhao, W., & Allen, R. G. (2019). A comprehensive analysis of interseasonal and interannual energy and water balance dynamics in semiarid shrubland and forest ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment651, 381-398. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.130)- Impact factor- 6.551
  8. Valayamkunnath, P., Sridhar, V., Zhao, W. and Allen, R.G., (2018). Intercomparison of surface energy fluxes, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration from eddy covariance, large-aperture scintillometer, and modeling across three ecosystems in a semiarid climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology248, pp.22-47.( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.025)- Impact factor - 4.651

Technotes

  1. He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Chen, F., Gochis, D., Cabell, R., Schneider, T., Rasmussen, R., Niu, G.Y., Yang, Z.L. and Niyogi, D., (2023). The Community Noah-MP Land Surface Modeling System Technical Description Version 5.0 (p. 5). NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN-575+ STR, doi: 10.5065/ew8g-yr95.
  2. Murray-Tuite, P., Hannoun, G.J., Fuentes, A., Heaslip, K., Sridhar, V., Valayamkunnath, P., Goodall, J.L. and Sadler, J., (2017). Transportation infrastructure flooding: Sensing water levels and clearing and rerouting traffic out of danger. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36613
  3. Goodall, J.L., Sridhar, V., Sadler, J., Valayamkunnath, P., Billah, M., Haselden, N., Mellon, K., Hackel, A., Son, V., Mayfield, J. and Morsy, M.M., (2016). Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on Stormwater Design and Reoccurring Flooding Problems in the Hampton Roads Region. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34774

Book Chapter

  1. Sridhar, V., Valayamkunnath, P. (2018) Land–Atmosphere Interactions in South Asia: A Regional Earth Systems Perspective. In: Vadrevu K., Ohara T., Justice C. (eds) Land-Atmospheric Research Applications in South and Southeast Asia. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham- (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67474-2_30)

Selected International Conference Presentations

  1. Valayamkunnath, P., Chen, F., Gochis, D.J., Franz, K.J., Barlage, M.J., Cosgrove, B.A., and He C., (2023). Agriculture water managements in Noah-MP. First international Noah-MP workshop, NCAR, Boulder - Colorado, USA, May 23-24.
  2. He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M.J., Chen, F., Gochis, D.J., Cabell, R., Schneider, T.L., Niu, G.Y., Yang, Z.L. and Niyogi, D., (2023), January. Modernizing the Community Open-Source Noah-MP Land Surface Model with Enhanced Modularity, Interoperability, and Applicability. In 103rd AMS Annual Meeting. AMS.
  3. Dai, D., Chen, F., Zhang, Z., Li, Z., Valayamkunnath, P., He, C., Chen, L. and Li, Y., (2022), December. The impacts of anthropogenic activities on terrestrial water cycle, Part Ⅰ: census data based estimation of irrigation amount in North China Plain. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. H15Q-0998).
  4. Zhang, Z., Li, Y., Chen, F., He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Famiglietti, J. and Li, Z., (2022), December. Agricultural practices help mitigate climate change challenges on food production and water use in the North American Breadbasket. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. GC35L-0833).
  5. Mazrooei, A.H., Dugger, A.L., Casali, M., Rafieeinasab, A., Valayamkunnath, P. and Gochis, D., (2022), June. Assessing POLARIS Soil Properties in the NOAA National Water Model. In Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting 2022. AGU.
  6. Valayamkunnath, P., Chen, F., Gochis, D.J., Franz, K.J., Barlage, M.J. and Cosgrove, B.A., (2022), January. Impact of Irrigation and Subsurface Tile Drainage on the National Water Model Simulated Streamflow. In 102nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. AMS.
  7. Dai, D., Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Chen, F., He, C., Valayamkunnath, P., Li, Z. and Li, Y., (2021), December. Estimating Groundwater Demand for Agriculture to Explain Groundwater Depletion in North China Plain. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. H55R-0939).
  8. He C., Chen F., Barlage M., Valayamkunnath P., (2021). Impact of vegetation canopy-wind treatment on mountain snowpack modeling in the western US. In101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2021 Jan 11. AMS.
  9. Mazrooei, A. H., Rafieeinasab, A., Dugger, A. L., Valayamkunnath, P., Gochis, D., Feng, X., & Cosgrove, B. A. (2020). Evaluation of National Water Model in simulating Evapotranspiration fluxes across multiple spatio-temporal scales. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. H111-0001).
  10. McDaniel, R., Liu, Y., Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Gochis, D., Cosgrove, B. A., & Flowers, T. (2020). Moisture condition impact and seasonality of National Water Model performance under different runoff-infiltration partitioning schemes. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. H111-0028), December 2020.
  11. Valayamkunnath, P., Barlage, M., Chen, F., Gochis, D. J., Franz, K., and Cosgrove, B. A., (2020). Modeling Hydrologic Influence of Agricultural Management Using the National Water Model, Earth Observations and Environmental Modeling for Agriculture and Food Security-34th Conference on Hydrology, 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, USA,12-16 January, 2020.
  12. Valayamkunnath, P., Hession, W. C., and Chen F., (2020). Understanding the Role of Vegetation Dynamics and Anthropogenic Induced Changes on the Terrestrial Water Cycle, Land-Atmosphere and Land-Ocean Interactions – Posters, 34th Conference on Hydrology, 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, USA,12-16 January, 2020.
  13. Valayamkunnath, P., Sridhar, V, (2018). Role of precipitation and irrigation in a changing climate to assess the nexus between water and food systems, 2018 CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium. July 29-August 1, 2018. Shepherdstown, WV.
  14. Valayamkunnath, P., Sridhar, V., (2017). Insights into Hydrologic Cycle Intensification from Land-Atmospheric Interaction Modeling Framework – AWRA conference –June 25-28, 2017, Tysons, VA. –Oral presentation.
  15. Valayamkunnath, P., Sridhar, V., Billah, M., (2016). Precipitation characteristics in a changing climate over Southeastern Virginia for urban flooding- ASABE conference: Jul 17-20, 2016, Orlando, Florida
  16. Billah, M., Valayamkunnath, P., and Sridhar, V., (2016). Impacts of extreme precipitation on flood frequency in southeastern Virginia. National Capital Region Water Resources Symposium: April 08, 2016 - University of the District of Columbia. Washington DC.

Model Source Codes

  1. Valayamkunnath, P., Liu, Y., McDaniel, R., Barlage, M. (2020). RNWMStat: A community-contributed R package for evaluating the National Water Model performance in simulating streamflow. Release V.0.1 (Version V.0.1). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3903720 - R Package.
  2. He, C., P. Valayamkunnath, M. Barlage, F. Chen, D. Gochis, R. Cabell, T. Schneider, R. Rasmussen, G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, D. Niyogi, and M. Ek (2023): The Community Noah-MP Land Surface Modeling System Technical Description Version 5.0, (No. NCAR/TN-575+STR). doi:10.5065/ew8g-yr95. https://github.com/NCAR/noahmp