Peer-reviewed Publications (2002- present)
 

  1. ►Stiefel, J.  Melesse, A.,  McClain,M.,   Price, R.M.,   Anderson, A.P.,  Chauhan,  N.K.,Effects of rainwater harvesting induced artificial recharge on the groundwater of wells in Rajasthan,India, J. of Hydrology, in review

  2. ► Wang, X., Garza, J.  Whitney, M.  Melesse, A.M., and Yang, W. Prediction of Sediment Source Areas Within Watersheds as  Affected by Soil Data Resolution, NovaPublisher (accepted as Book Chapter)

  3. ►Melesse,A., Weng, Q., Thenkabail, P., Senay,G. 2007.. 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.

  4. ►Melesse, A.M., Ahmad, S., McClain, M., Wang, X., Lim, H., Nangia, V. Sediment Load prediction in Large Rivers: ANN Approach, in review.

  5. ►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.

  6. ►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.

  7. ►Melesse Al Frank ; Vijay Nangia ; Jon Hanson. 2008. Analysis of Energy Fluxes and Land Surface Parameters in Grassland Ecosystem: Remote Sensing Perspective, Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 29(11): 3325 - 3341.

  8. ►Wang, X., Pacchai, S. Melesse. A., Analysis of Depression Storage in a Glaciated Watershed Using Topographic Datasets With Different Resolutions, in review.

  9.  ►Senay, G.B, , J.P. Verdin, R. Lietzow , A.M. Melesse Global Daily Reference Evapotranspiration Modeling and Validation, J. of American Water Resources Association, in press

  10. ►Wang, X., Yang, W., Melesse. A., . 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

  11. ►Melesse, A., and Wang, X., 2007. Impervious Surface Area Dynamics and Storm Runoff Response, Book Chapter in Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces, Ch. 19: 369-384, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.

  12. .►Melesse, A., Jayachandran, K. and Zhang, K.. Modeling Coastal Eutrophication at Florida Bay using neural networks. J. of Coastal Research, 24:190–196.

  13. ►Wang, X., Melesse, A.M., McClain, M.,Yang, W.  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.

  14. ►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[pdf]

  15. ►Wang, X., 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.

  16. ►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.[pdf]

  17. ►Wang, X., 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.[pdf]

  18. ►Wang, X., 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 [pdf]

  19. ►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.

  20.  ►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.

  21. ►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 [pdf]

  22. ►Melesse, A.M., J. Oberg, O. Beeri, Nangia, V., Baumgartner, D.2006. Spatiotemporal  Dynamics of Evapotranspiration  at the Glacial Ridge Prairie Restoration, Hydrological Processes 20(7): 1451-1464

  23. ►Melesse, A. M., Hanley, R.. 2005.Artificial Neural Network Application for  Multi-Ecosystem Carbon Flux Simulation, Ecological Modeling 189, 305–314[pdf]

  24. ►Wang, X., Melesse, A.M. 2005. Evaluations of the SWAT Model's Snowmelt Hydrology in a Northwestern Minnesota Watershed. Trans. of ASAE 48(4): 1359 – 1376 [pdf]

  25.  Melesse, A. M., Nangia, V., 2005. Spatially distributed surface energy flux estimation using remotely-sensed data from agricultural fields. Hydrological Processes 19 (14): 2653-2670 [pdf].

  26. ►Melesse, A. M., Hanley, R., 2005, Energy and Carbon Flux Coupling: Multi-ecosystem Comparisons Using Artificial Neural Network.    American Journal of Applied Sciences 1 (4): 491-495.

  27. ►Melesse, A. M., Graham, W. 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.[pdf]

  28. ►Melesse, A. M. 2004. DEM-RS-GIS based storm runoff response study of Heart River sub-basin, Missouri River Basin. J. of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 12, No. 4 [abstract]

  29. ►Melesse, A. M., 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) [pdf]

  30. ►Melesse, A. M., Jordan, J.D. 2003. Spatially Distributed Watershed Mapping and Modeling: Land Cover and Microclimate Mapping using Landsat Imagery Part 1, J. of Spatial Hydrology, Vol. 3, No. 2 [pdf]

  31. ►Melesse, A. M.,  Graham, W. 2003. Spatially Distributed Watershed Mapping and Modeling: GIS-Based Storm Runoff Response and Hydrograph Analysis Part 2, J. of Spatial Hydrology, Vol. 3, No. 2 [pdf]

  32. ►Melesse, A. M., and Shih, S.F. 2002. Spatially Distributed Storm Runoff Depth Estimation using Landsat Images and GIS. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 37: 173 - 183. (Special Issue) [pdf]

  33. ►Melesse, A. M., and Jordan, J.D. 2002. A Comparison of Fuzzy vs. Augmented- ISODATA Classification Algorithm for Cloud and Cloud- Shadow Discrimination in Landsat Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 68(9): 905-911 [abstract]