240+ : journal articles, books, book chapters, edited special issues, proceedings, conference abstracts and research reports
* Post-doctoral; ** G raduate student advised; *** Undergraduate student advised
2012
1) **Berhanu, B., Melesse, A.M. Silesh, Y. 2012. GIS-based hydrological zones and soil geo-database of Ethiopia, CATENA, in press .
2) **Chebud, Y., Melesse, A.M. 2012. Spatiotemporal surface-groundwater interaction simulation in South Florida, Water Resour Manage., DOI 10.1007/s11269-012-0156-4
3) **Dessu, S, B., Melesse, A.M., 2012. Impact and Uncertainties of Climate change on the Hydrology of the Mara River Basin, (Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9434)
4) ** Maalim, Fukhrudin K., Melesse, A.M., 2012. Modeling the impact of subsurface drainage systems on Runoff and Sediment Yield in the Le Sueur Watershed, Minnesota ( Hydrological Sciences Journal, in press )
5) **Berhe, F., Fanta, A., Alamirew, T., Melesse, A.M. 2012, The effect of tillage practices on and water use efficiency and grain yield, Catena 100: 128–138.
6) **Behulu, F., Melesse A.M , Romano, E., Fiori A. 2012. Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation and Temperature for the Upper Tiber Basin (Central Italy) , DOI: 10.5772/52890: Int J Water Sciences, 2012, Vol. 1, 3:1-14.
7) **Mohammed, H., Alamirew, A., Assen, M., Melesse, A,M. 2012. Generation of Lake Hardibo Bathymetry Using Sonar, Northeast Ethiopia , International Journal of Water Science, DOI: 10.5772/52886: Int J Water Sciences, 2012, Vol. 1, 1:1-9.
8) **Haile E. Getachew, Melesse, A.M, 2012. Impact of Land Use /Land Cover Change on the Hydrology of Angereb Watershed, Ethiopia, ( International Journal of Water Science, in press )
9) **Chebud, Y., G.M. Naja, R. Rivero, Melesse, A .M 2012. Water quality monitoring using a remote sensing and artificial neural network, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 223(8): 4875-4887 . DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1243-0
10) ** Defersha, M, Melesse, A . M . 2012. Field-scale investigation of the effect of land use on sediment yield and surface runoff using runoff p lot data and models in the Mara River basin, Kenya , CATENA 89: 54-64, doi:10.1016/j. CATENA .2011.07.010
11) **Defersha, M., Melesse, A.M. 2012. Effect of rainfall intensity, slope and antecedent moisture content on sediment concentration and sediment enrichment ratio, CATENA, 90 (2012) 47–52.
12) **Dessu. S.B, Melesse, A. M. 2012. Modeling the Rainfall-Runoff process of the Mara River Basin using SWAT (Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9205)
13) **Behulu, F., Setegn, G., Melesse, A.M., and Fiori A. 2012. Hydrological analysis of the Upper Tiber Basin: A Watershed Modeling Approach, (Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9234).
14) **Chebud, Y., Melesse, A.M. 2012. Stage Level, Volume, and Time-frequency change information content of Lake Tana using Stochastic Approaches, (Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9291)
15) Gala.T.S., Melesse, A.M., 2012. Monitoring Prairie Wet Area with an integrated LANDSAT ETM+, RADARSAT 1 SAR and Ancillary data from LIDAR, CATENA 95 (2012) 12–23.
16) ** Defersha, M., Melesse, A.M, McClain, M . 2012. Watershed scale application of WEPP and EROSION 3D models for assessment of potential sediment source areas and runoff flux in the Mara River Basin, Kenya, CATENA 95: 63–72.
17) Wondie, M., Schneider, W., Melesse, A.M., and Teketay, D. 2012. Relationship among Environmental Variables and Land Cover in the Simen Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Site in Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications (IJRSA) Vol.2 Iss. 2, pp36-43.
2011
18) ** Defersha, M. B., Quraishi, S., and Melesse, A. M. 2011. The effect of slope steepness and antecedent moisture content on interrill erosion, runoff and sediment size distribution in the highlands of Ethiopia, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2367- 2375, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2367-2011.
19) **Mango, L., Melesse, A.M, M. E. McClain, D. Gann, and S. G. Setegn , 2011 . Land use and climate change impacts on the hydrology of the upper Mara River Basin, Kenya: Results of a modeling study to support better resource management, Special Issue: Climate, weather and hydrology of East African Highlands, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2245-2258, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2245-2011.
20) **Chebud, Y., Melesse, A.M 2011 Operational Prediction of Groundwater Fluctuation in South Florida using Sequence based Markovian Stochastic Model, Water Resources Management, 25(9): 2279-2294, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9808-z
21) * Setegn, S., David Rayner, Melesse, A.M., Bijan Dargahi, Ragahavan Srinivasan, 2011 Impact of climate change on the hydro-climatology of Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia Water Resour. Res., VOL. 47, W04511, 13 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2010WR009248 .
22) Melesse, A.M., Ahmad, S., McClain, M., Wang, X., Lim, H., 2011 Sediment Load prediction in Large Rivers: ANN Approach, Agricultural Water Management 98: 855–86.
23) Wondie, M., Schneider, W., Melesse, A.M., and Teketay, D. 2011. Spatial and Temporal Land Cover Changes in the Simen Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Site in Northwestern Ethiopia, Remote Sens. 2011, 3, 752- 766; doi:10.3390/rs3040752.
2010
24) Wang, X., Shiyou Shang, Zhongyi Qu, Tingxi Liu, Melesse, A. 2010 Simulated Wetland Conservation-Restoration Effects on Water Quantity and Quality at Watershed Scale, J. of Environmental Management, 91(7): 1511-1525.
25) Wang, X., Tingxi Liu, Shiyou Shang, Dawen Yang, and Melesse, A. 2010 Estimation of Design Discharge for an Ungauged Overflow Receiving Watershed Using One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model, International Journal of River Basin Management (JRBM), 8(1):79-92.
26) *Setegn, S.G., Bijan Dargahi, B., Srinivasan,R., 2010. Melesse, A. M . Modelling of Sediment Yield from Anjeni Gauged Watershed, Ethiopia Using SWAT ,JAWRA, 46(3): 514-526.
2009
27) Melesse, A., Abtew, W., Desalegn, T. 2009. Evaporation estimation of Rift Valley Lakes in Ethiopia: Comparison of Models, Sensors 9(12) , 9603-9615; doi:10.3390/s91209603.
28) Melesse, A., Athanasios G. Loukas, Gabriel Senay, Muluneh Yitayew, 2009. Climate change, land-cover dynamics and ecohydrology of the Nile River Basin, Hydrological Processes , Special Issue: Nile Hydrology 23(26): 3651- 3652.
29) Melesse, A., Abtew, W., Desalegn, T. and Wang, X. 2009. Low and High Flow Analysis and Wavelet Application for Characterization of the Blue Nile River System, Hydrological Processes, 24(3): 241 – 252.
30) **Chebud, Y.A., Melesse, A., 2009. Numerical Modeling of the Groundwater Flow System of the Gumera Sub-Basin in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia , Hydrological Processes, Special Issue: Nile Hydrology 23(26): 3694-3704.
31) *Setegn, S.G., Srinivasan, R., Dargahi1 ,B., Melesse, A., 2009. Spatial Delineation of Soil Erosion Prone Areas: Application of SWAT and MCE Approaches in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia , Hydrological Processes, Special Issue: Nile Hydrology 23(26 ): 3738-3750.
32) Abtew, W., Melesse, A., Desalegn, T. 2009. El Niño Southern Oscillation link to the Blue Nile River Basin hydrology , Hydrological Processes, Special Issue: Nile Hydrology, 23(26): 3653-3660.
33) *Setegn, S.G., Srinivasan, R., Melesse, A., Dargahi1 ,B., 2009. SWAT model application and prediction uncertainty analysis in the Lake Tana Basin, EthiopiaHydrological Processes, 24(3): 357 – 367.
34) ** Stiefel, J., Melesse, A., McClain, M., Price, R.M., Anderson, A.P., Chauhan , N.K. 2009. Effects of rainwater harvesting induced artificial recharge on the groundwater of wells in Rajasthan, India, Hydrogeology Journal 17(8): 2061-2073.
35) **Chebud, Y.A., Melesse, A., 2009. Modeling Lake Stage and Water Balance of Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Hydrological Processes, 23(25): 3534-3544.
36) Abtew, W., Melesse, A., Desalegn, T 2009. Spatial, inter and intra-annual variability of the Blue Nile River Basin Rainfall , Hydrological Processes , 23(21): 3075-3082.
2008
37) Wang, X., Shang, S. Yang,W., and Melesse, A., 2008. Simulation of an Agricultural Watershed Using an Improved Curve Number Method in SWAT , Tans. of American Society of Agri. and Bio. Engineers, 51(4): 1323-1339.
38) Wang, X., Yang, W., Melesse. A ., 2008. Using hydrologic equivalent wetland concept within SWAT to estimate streamflow in watersheds with numerous wetlands Tans. of American Society of Agri. and Bio. Engineers, Vol. 51(1): 55- 72.
39) Melesse, A., Weng, Q., Thenkabail, P., Senay, G. 2008.. Remote Sensing Sensors and Applications in Environmental Resources Mapping and Modeling, Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment, Sensors, 7, 3209-3241.
40) Senay, G.B., J. P. Verdin, R. Lietzow, A.M. Melesse2008. Global Daily Reference Evapotranspiration Modeling and Validation, J. of the Amer. Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 44(4):969-979.
41) Melesse, Jayachandran, K., Zhang, K. 2008. ModelingCoastal Eutrophication at Florida Bay using neural networks. Journal of Coastal Research, 24:190–196
42) Melesse, A., Frank, A, Nangia, V., Liebig, M and Hanson, J. 2008. Analysis of Energy Fluxes and Land Surface Parameters in Grassland Ecosystem: Remote Sensing Perspective Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(11): 3325 – 3341.
2007
43) Melesse, A, Nangia, V. Wang, X., McClain, M. 2007. Wetland Restoration Response Analysis using MODIS and Groundwater Data Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment, SENSORS, 7: 1916-1933
44) Senay, G.B, , M. Budde, J.P. Verdin, A.M. Melesse 2007. A Coupled Remote Sensing and Simplified Energy Balance Approach to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration from Irrigated Fields, Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment, SENSORS 7, 979-1000
45) Wang, X., Melesse, A.M . McClain, M. 2007. Water quality changes as result of coalbed methane development in a Rocky Mountain watershed, J. of American Water Resources Association 43 (6): 1383-1399
2006
46) Wang, X., Melesse, A.M and Yang, W. 2006. Influences of Potential Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods on SWAT’s Hydrologic Simulation in a Northwestern Minnesota Watershed. Transactions of the ASAE. 49(6): 1755-1771.
47) Wang, Xixi, Melesse, A.M . Kelsch, S.W., and Yang, W 2006. DISCUSSION: “Adapting Existing Models to Examine Effects of Agricultural Conservation Programs on Stream Habitat Quality,” by F. Douglas Shields, Jr., Eddy J. Langendoen, and Martin W. Doyle. J. of American Water Resources Association 42(6):1711-1713.
48) Wang, Xixi, Melesse, A.M., Yang, W., 2006. Development of a Multivariate Regression Model for Soil Nitrate-Nitrogen Content Prediction J. of Spatial Hydrology 6 (2): 38-56.
49) Melesse, A.M., Wang X. 2006. Multi-temporal scale hydrograph prediction using Artificial Neural Networks, J. of American Water Resources Association 42(6) : 1647-1657.
50) Melesse, A.M., Nangia, V., Wang, X. 2006, Hydrology and Water Balance of Devils Lake Basin: Part 1. Hydrometeorological Analysis and Lake Surface Area Mapping, J. of Spatial Hydrology, 6(1): 120-132.
51) Melesse, A. M., Nangia, V., Wang, X,.2006., Hydrology and Water Balance of Devils Lake Basin: Part 2. Grid-Based Spatial Surface Water Balance Modeling J. of Spatial Hydrology, 6(1): 133-144.
52) **Oberg, J., Melesse, A. M. 2006. Evapotranspiration Dynamics at an Ecohydrological Restoration Site: An Energy Balance and Remote Sensing Approach , J. of American Water Resources Association 42(3): 565-582.
53) Wang, Xixi, Melesse, A.M 2006. Effects of STATSGO and SSURGO as Inputs on SWAT Model's Snowmelt Simulation, J. of American Water Resources Association Vol. 42 (5): 1217-1236.
54) Melesse, A.M., J. Oberg, O. Beeri, Nangia, V., Baumgartner, D.2006, Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Evapotranspiration and Vegetation at the Glacial Ridge Prairie Restoration, Hydrological Processes, 20(7): 1451-1464.
2005
55) Wang, Xixi, Melesse, A.M. 2005 Evaluations of the SWAT Model's Snowmelt Hydrology in a Northwestern Minnesota Watershed . Trans. of ASAE 48(4): 1359 –1376.
56) Melesse, A. M., Hanley, R. 2005. Artificial Neural Network Application for Multi- Ecosystem Carbon Flux Simulation, Ecological Modeling 189 : 305–314.
57) Melesse, A., Nangia, V., 2005. Spatially distributed surface energy flux estimation using remotely-sensed data from agricultural fields . Hydrological Processes 19 (14): 2653-2670.
58) Melesse, A. M., Hanley, R., 2005, Energy and Carbon Flux Coupling: Multi- ecosystem Comparisons Using Artificial Neural Network American Journal of Applied Sciences 2 (2): 491-495.
2004
59) Melesse, A. M., W. D. Graham 2004. Storm runoff prediction using spatially distributed travel time concept utilizing remote sensing and GIS . J. of American Water Resources Association 40(4): 863-879.
60) Melesse, A. 2004. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of land surface parameters in the Red River of the North Basin . Physics and Chemistry of Earth, 29: 795-810. (Special Issue: Anthropogenic impacts on catchment processes)
61) Melesse, A. 2004. DEM-RS-GIS based storm runoff response study of Heart River sub-basin, Missouri River Basin . J. of Environmental Hydrology, No. 4, Vol. 12.
2003
62) Melesse, A. M., J. D. Jordan 2003. Spatially Distributed Watershed Mapping and Modeling: Land Cover and Microclimate Mapping using Landsat Imagery Part 1, J. of Spatial Hydrology (e-journal), Vol. 3, No. 2.
63) Melesse, A. M., W. D. Graham 2003. Spatially Distributed Watershed Mapping and Modeling: GIS-Based Storm Runoff Response and Hydrograph Analysis Part 2 , J. of Spatial Hydrology (e-journal), Vol. 3, No. 2.
2002
64) Melesse, A. M., S. F. Shih, 2002. Spatially Distributed Storm Runoff Depth Estimation using Landsat Images and GIS. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 37: 173 – 183.
65) Melesse, A. M., J. D. Jordan, 2002. A Comparison of Fuzzy vs. Augmented- ISODATA Classification Algorithm for Cloud and Cloud-Shadow Discrimination in Landsat Imagery, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68(9): 905-911.
2000
66) Melesse, A. M., S. F. Shih, 2000. Remote Sensing and GIS Database for Runoff Curve Number Change Assessment . Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida Proceedings, Vol. 59: 141-146.
67) *Setegn, S., Melesse, A.M., Grey, Haiduk. A., O.,Webber, D, Wang, X., McClain, M. Spatiotemporal distribution of fresh water availability in the Rio Cobre Watershed, Jamaic a , CATENA, in review
68) *Setegn, S., Melesse, A.M., D. Rayner. Climate Change and hydrologic response in the Caribbean Islands: A Case Study in the Great River Basin, Jamaica, J. of Hydrology, in review
69) **Enku, T, Melesse, A., 2012. A simple temperature method for the estimation of evapotranspiration , Hydrological Processes, in review
70) McClain, M.E., A. L. Subalusky, J. Ayieko, A. Melesse, F. M.Mngube, J. Muthike, R.J. Naiman, P. M. Ndomba, J. O’Keeffe, D.O. Okundi, L. Onyango, R. A. Tamatamah, D. Wasonga, 2012. Integrating science, expert knowledge, and stakeholder participation to conserve environmental flows in the Mara River Basin of East Africa , Hydrological Sciences Journal, in review
71) ** Maalim, F. K., Melesse, A.M., Belmont, P., , Gran, K., Modeling the impact of land use changes on runoff and sediment yield in the Le Sueur Watershed, Minnesota using GeoWEPP, CATENA, in review
72) **Mohammed, H., Alamirew, A., Assen, M., Melesse, A. 2011. Bathymetery Study of Lake Haik, Ethiopia, Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, in review
73) **Berhe, F., Fanta, A., Alamirew, T., Melesse, A.M. The effect of tillage practices on f urrow irrigation hydraulics and soil water storage, CATENA, in review.
74) Essayas K. Ayana, William D. Philpot, Melesse, A.M. and Tammo S. Steenhuis, 2012 Can MODIS Images Simplify Lake Area Monitoring? IJRS, in review.
75) Ehsan Olyaiea, Hossein Banejad,*, Melesse, A.M . , K.W.Chau. 2012. A comparison of various softcomputing approaches performance for estimating suspended sediment load of river systems, in review.
76) **Behulu, F., Setegn, S., Melesse A.M , Romano, E., Fiori A. Impact of Climate change on the Hydrology of Upper Tiber River Basin Using Bias Corrected Regional Climate Model, Water Resources Management, in review
77) **Matilde Duque, Melesse, A.M . Runoff and Soil Loss Estimation Using N- SPECT in the Rio Grande de Anasco Watershed, Puerto Rico, in review
78) **Berhe, F., Hailu, D., Melesse, A.M. Water use allocation modeling using MODISM in the Awash River basin , CATENA, in review
79) ** Dessu, S. B., Melesse, A.M., Bhat, M. Assessment of Water Resources Availability and Demand in the Mara River Basin, Water Resources Management, in review