Publications

A Watershed Year, Cornelia Mutel (ed.)

Books

Mutel, C.F. (ed.), A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008, The University of Iowa Press, 2010.

Refereed Journal Publications – Iowa Flood Center

2013

Rowe, S.T., and G. Villarini, Flooding associated with predecessor rain events over the Midwest United States, Environmental Research Letters, 8, 1-5, 2013.

Seo, B.-C., L.K. Cunha, and W.F. Krajewski, Uncertainty in radar-rainfall composite and its impact on hydrologic prediction for the eastern Iowa flood of 2008, Water Resources Research, 2013 (in press).

Seo, B.-C., W.F. Krajewski, and J.A. Smith, Four-dimensional reflectivity data comparison between two ground-based radars: Methodology and statistical analysis, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2013 (in press).

Villarini, G., and J.A. Smith, Spatial and temporal variability of cloud-to-ground lightning over the continental U.S. during the period 1995-2010, Atmospheric Research, 2013 (in press).

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, and G.A. Vecchi, Changing frequency of heavy rainfall over the central United States, Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00043.1, 26(1), 343-350, 2013.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, R. Vitolo, and D.B. Stephenson, On the temporal clustering of US floods and its relationship to climate teleconnection patterns, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.3458, 33(3), 629-640, 2013.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, B.K. Smith, and P. Sturdevant Rees, Hydrologic analyses of the 17-18 July 1996 flood in Chicago and the role of urbanization, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000462, 18(2), 250-259, 2013.

Villarini, G., and G.A. Vecchi, Projected increases in North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensity from CMIP5 models, Journal of Climate, 26(10), 3231-3240, 2013.

2012

Ayalew, T.B., W.F. Krajewski, and R. Mantilla, Effect of reservoir storage on peak discharge frequency, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2012 (to appear).

Cunha, L.K., P.V. Mandapaka, W.F. Krajewski, R. Mantilla, and A.A. Bradley, Impact of radar rainfall error structure on estimated flood magnitude across scales: An investigation based on a parsimonious distributed hydrological model, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2012WR012138, 48(10), W10515, 2012.

Ferguson, C.R., and G. Villarini, Detecting inhomogeneities in the Twentieth Century Reanalysis over the central United States, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D05123, doi:10.1029/2011JD016988, 2012.

Krajewski, W.F., A. Kruger, S. Singh, B.-C. Seo, and J.A. Smith, Hydro-NEXRAD-2: Real-time access to customized radar-rainfall for hydrologic applications, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 15(2), 580-590, 2013.

Small, S.J., J.O. Laurent, R. Mantilla, R. Curtu, L.K. Cunha, M. Fonley, and W.F. Krajewski, An asynchronous solver for systems of ODEs linked by a directed tree structure, Advances in Water Resources, 2012 (to appear).

Varmaghani, A., An analytical formula for potential water vapor in an atmosphere of constant lapse rate, Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences, doi:10.3319/TAO.2011.06.28.01(A), 23(1), 17-24, 2012.

Ferguson, C.R., and G. Villarini, Detecting inhomogeneities in the Twentieth Century Reanalysis over the central United States, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D05123, doi:10.1029/2011JD016988, 2012.

2011

Cunha, L.K., W.F. Krajewski and R. Mantilla, A framework for flood risk assessment in ungauged basins, Journal of Flood Risk Management, 4(1), 3-22, doi:10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01085.x, 2011.

Gilles, D.G., N.C. Young, J.A. Piotrowski, H.S. Schroeder, and Y.J. Chang, Inundation mapping initiatives of the Iowa Flood Center: Statewide coverage and detailed urban flooding analysis, Water, doi:10.3390/w4010085,4(1), 85-106, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck and W.F. Krajewski, Examining regional flood frequency in the U.S. Midwest, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 47(3), 447-463, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00540.x, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, R. Vitolo, B. Stephenson and W.F. Krajewski, On the frequency of heavy rainfall for the Upper Midwest of the United States, Journal of Hydrology, 400(1-2), doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.027, 103-120, 2011.

2010

Gupta, V.K., R. Mantilla, B.M. Troutman, D. Dawdy and W.F. Krajewski, Generalizing a nonlinear geophysical flood theory to medium size river basins, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L11402, doi:10.1029/2009GL041540, 2010.

Additional Professional Publications – Iowa Flood Center

Moore, M., D. Gilles, J. Piotrowski, and N. Young, Community-based tools for communicating flood risk and improving public preparedness, Proceedings of the 34th IAHR World Congress, 34th IAHR World Congress, 33rd Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium, 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, Brisbane, Australia, 286-291, 2011.

Peiffer, B., and A. Kruger, Physical layer architecture for 1-wire sensor communication bus: binary channel code division multiple access, Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), doi:10.1109/SAS.2011.5739794, IEEE, 10, 2011.

Rezaei, H.F., N. Sitter, and A. Kruger, Next generation system for real-time monitoring of rainfall, soil moisture, and soil temperature, Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), doi:10.1109/SAS.2011.5739796, IEEE, 70-75, 2011.

Rezaei, H.F.; P.R. Haugen, A. Kruger, J.J. Niemeier, Environmental sensor network data packaging and transmission via cellular networks, Electro/Information Technology (EIT), doi:10.1109/EIT.2011.5978580, IEEE, 1-4, 2011.