Publications
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Journal Publications
· Kumar P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou,
Fourier Domain Shape Analysis Methods: A Brief Review and an Illustrative
Application to Rainfall Area Evolution, Water Resources Res., 26(9),
2219-2227, 1990.
· Kumar
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A New Look at Rainfall Fluctuations and Scaling
Properties of Spatial Rainfall, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 32(2),
209-222, 1993.
· Kumar P.,
and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A Multicomponent
Decomposition of Spatial Rainfall Fields: 1. Segregation of Large and Small
Scale Features Using Wavelet Transforms, Water Resources Res.,
29(8), 2515-2532, 1993.
· Kumar
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A
Multicomponent Decomposition of Spatial Rainfall Fields: 2. Self-Similarity in
Fluctuations, Water Resources Res., 29(8), 2533-2544, 1993.
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Helmlinger, K., P. Kumar and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, On the Use of DEM Data for Hortonian and
Fractal Analyses of Channel Networks, Water Resources Res., 29(8),
2599-2613, 1993.
· Kumar,
P., P. Guttorp and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A Probability Weighted Moment Test to
Assess Scaling in Rainfall, Jnl. of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics,
8(3), 173-183. 1994.
· Kumar,
P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Characterizing Multiscale Variability of Zero
Intermittency in Spatial Rainfall, Journal of Applied Meteorology,
33(12), 1516-1525, 1994.
· Kumar,
P., Wavelet Based Methodology for Scale-Space Anisotropic Analysis, Geophysical
Research Letters, 22(20), 2777 – 2780, 1995.
· Tsonis,
A. A., P. Kumar, J. B. Elsener, and P. A. Tsonis, Wavelet Analysis of DNA
Sequences, Physical Review E, 53(2), 1828–1833, 1996.
· Kumar,
P., Role of Coherent Structures in the Stochastic-Dynamic Variability of
Precipitation, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 101(D21),
26393–26404,1996.
· Kumar,
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Wavelet
Applications in Geophysics: A Review, Reviews of Geophysics, 
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35(4), 385–412, 1997.
· Kumar,
P., A Multiple Scale State-Space Model for
Characterizing Subgrid Scale Variability of Near-Surface Soil Moisture, IEEE
Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(1), 182–197, 1999.
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Ducharne, A., R. D. Koster, M. J. Suarez, P. Kumar, A Catchment-based land-surface model for GCMs
and the Framework for its Evaluation, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,
24(7), pp. 769 - 773, 1999.
· Mehnert,
E., M. Heidari, S.G. Kapoor, P. Kumar and A.J. Valocchi, Estimating
transmissivity from the water-level fluctuations of a sinusoidally forced well,
Ground Water, 37(6), pp. 855-860, 1999.
· Kumar,
P., K. Verdin and S. Greenlee, Basin Level
Statistical Properties of Topographic Index for North America, Journal
of Advances in Water Resources, 23, 571-578, 2000.
· Saco, P.
and P. Kumar, Coherent Modes in
Multiscale Variability of Streamflow Over the United States, Water
Resources Research, 36(4), 1049-1068, 2000.
· Kaleita,
A. L. and P. Kumar, AVHRR Estimates
of Surface Temperature During SGP97, J. Geophys. Res. 105(D16) , p.
20791-20802, 2000.
· Koster,
R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, M. Stieglitz, and P. Kumar, A catchment based approach for modeling
land-surface processes in a GCM, part 1 - model Structure, J. Geophys.
Res. 105(D20) , 24809-24822, 2000.
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Ducharne, A., R. D. Koster, M. J. Suarez, M. Stieglitz and P. Kumar, A catchment based approach for modeling
land-surface processes in a GCM, part 2 - parameter estimation and model
demonstration, 105(D20) , 24823-24838, 2000.
· Joseph,
R., M. Ting, and P. Kumar, Multiple
Scale Spatio-Temporal Variability of Precipitation Over the United States, Journal
of Hydrometeorology, 1(5), pages 373-392, 2001.
· Chen,
J., and P. Kumar, Topographic
Influence of the Seasonal and Inter-annual Variation of Water and Energy
Balance of Basins in North America, J. of Climate, 14(5), 1989-2014,
2001.
· Chen,
J., and P. Kumar, Role of Terrestrial
Hydrologic Memory in Modulating ENSO Impacts in North America, J. of
Climate, 15(24), 3569-3585, 2002.
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· Kumar,
P. and A. Kaleita, Assimilation
of Near-Surface Temperature Using Extended Kalman Filter, Advances in
Water Resources, 26, pp. 79 – 93, 2003.
· White,
A. B., P. Kumar, Saco, P. M., Rhoads, B. L., Yen, B. C., Assessing Flow Alterations in the Mackinaw
River Basin Due to Land Drainage Activities, Journal of the American Water
Resources Association, 39(6), 1547 -- 1561, 2003.
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· White,
A. B., P. Kumar, Saco, P. M., Rhoads, B. L., Yen, B. C., Hydrodynamic and Geomorphologic
Dispersion: Scale Effects in the Illinois River Basin, Journal of
Hydrology, 288, 237-257, 2004.
· Paik, K.
and P. Kumar, Hydraulic Geometry and
non-linearity of network IRF, Water Resources Research, 40, W03602,
doi:10.1029/2003WR002821, 2004.
· Chen,
J., and P. Kumar, A modeling study of
the ENSO influence on the terrestrial energy profile over North America, Journal of Climate, 17(8), 1657-1670,
2004.
· Kumar,
P., Layer Averaged Richards
Equation with Lateral Flow, Journal of Advances in Water Resources,
27(5), 521-531, 2004.
Kumar, P., Reply to comment by Talbot et al. on
“Layer Averaged Richards Equation with Lateral Flow,” Advances
in Water Resources, 27(10), pp. 1043‑1044, 2004.
· Paik, K. and P. Kumar, “Hydraulic Geometry and
non‑linearity of network IRF,” Water Resources, 40, W03602,
doi:10.1029/2003WR002821, 2004.
· Wagener, T., M. Sivapalan, J. McDonnell, R. Hooper, V.
Lakshmi, X. Liang and P. Kumar, “Predictions in Ungauged Basins As a
Catalyst for Multidisciplinary Hydrology,” Eos 5(44), pp.
451-457, 2004.
· Amenu, G.G. and P. Kumar, “NVaP and REANALYSIS‑2
Water Vapor Products: Intercomparison and Variability Studies,” Bulletin
of American Meteorological Society, 86(2), pp. 245-256,
doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-2-245, 2005.
· Dominguez, F. and P. Kumar, “Dominant Modes of
Moisture Flux Anomalies over
· White, A.B., and P. Kumar, “Topographic Control
on Climate Induced Vegetation Variability,” Remote Sensing of
Environment, 98(1), 1‑20, 2005.
· Liang, X‑Z., H. Choi, K. Kunkel, Y. Dai, E.
Joseph, J. X. L. Wang and P. Kumar, “Surface Boundary Conditions for
Mesoscale Regional Climate Models,” Earth Interactions, 9(18),1-28, 2005.
· Amenu, G.G., and P. Kumar, “Deep‑Layer
Terrestrial Memory and Mechanisms of Its Influence on Land‑Atmosphere
Interaction,” Journal of Climate, 18, 5024 – 5045, 2005.
· Dominguez, F. and P. Kumar, “Impact of
Atmospheric Moisture Storage on Precipitation Recycling,” Journal of
Climate, 19 (8), pages
1513–1530,
2006.
Books
· E.
Foufoula-Georgiou and P. Kumar, (editors), Wavelets in Geophysics,
Academic Press, 373 pp., 1994.
· P. Kumar, J. Alameda,
P. Bajscy, M. Folk and M. Markus, Hydroinformatics: Data Integrative Methods
in Computation, Analysis and Modeling, Authored Handbook, CRC Press,
Manuscript Submitted to the publisher, November 2005.
Book Chapters
· Kumar,
P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Wavelet Analysis in Geophysics: An Introduction,
in Wavelets in Geophysics, E. Foufoula-Georgiou and P. Kumar (editors),
1--43, 1994.
· Kumar,
P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A Multicomponent Self-Similar Characterization of
Rainfall Fluctuations, in Environmental Studies, Mary Wheeler
· Kumar,
P., Multiple Scale Conditional Simulation, Scaling Methods in Soil Physics,
edited by Radcliffe, Selim and Pachepsky, to appear, 2003. (editor),
Conference Publications
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Foufoula-Georgiou E., and P. Kumar, Monitoring and Short Term
Forecasting of Precipitation Fields Using Fourier Domain Shape Analysis
Methods, in Proc. of Conference on Operational Precipitation, Estimation and
Prediction, 54-59, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
· Kumar
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Analyzing Radar Depicted Rainfall Fields Using
Wavelet Transforms, in Proceedings of Eighth Conference on Hydrometeorology,
175-178, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Alberta, Canada, Oct. 1990.
· Kumar
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Identifying Self-Similarity in Rainfall Through
Multiresolution Wavelet Analysis, in Proceedings of III Conference on
Modeling of Rainfall Fields: Hydrologic and Meteorological Aspects, 41-52,
Texas A \& M Univ., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Feb. 1991.
· Kumar
P., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Time-Scale Analysis of Non-Stationary Hydrologic
Processes Via Orthogonal Wavelets, Proceedings of the IX Int. Conf. in
Computational Methods in Water Resources; Vol. 2: Mathematical Modeling in
Water Resources, edited by T. F. Russell, R. E. Ewing, C. A. Brebbia, W. G.
Gray, G. F. Pinder, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, 99-106, 1992.
· Kumar,
P., M. F. Jasinski, P. Wetzel and E. T. Engman, Feasibility of Improving MM5
Evapotranspiration Flux Using Dynamic Land Surface Hydrology, Proceedings of
the American Meteorological Society Conference on Hydrology, Dallas, Texas,
January 15--20, 46--47, 1995.
· P.
Kumar, M. Jasinski, P. Wetzel, M. Karyampudi, A. Boone, and E. Engman, Implementation of PLACE Land Surface Hydrology in
MM5, MM5 Mesoscale Modeling System Users' Workshop, NCAR, Boulder,
Colorado, August, 1995.
· P.
Kumar, Application of Multiscale Modeling for
Characterizing Variability in Hydrologic Processes, Proc. of the
Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental
Sciences, May 21--23, 1996.
· Saco,
P., and P. Kumar, Non-Linear Influence of Geomorphological Organization on
Streamflow, to be published in the Proceedings
of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Water Resources
Engineering Conference, Seattle, USA, August 8 - 11, 1999.
· Kumar,
P. and P. Saco, Coherence in spatio-temporal variability of streamflow over the
Continental US, to be published in the Proceedings
of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) International Water Resources
Engineering Conference, Seattle, USA, August 8 - 11, 1999.
· Kumar,
P. and J. Sampson, Seasonal Modes of Variation of Moisture Flux Over the US: A
Study Using Reanalysis Data, to be published in the Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Reanalyses,
Wokefield Park, Mortimer, Reading, UK, 23 - 27 August 1999.
· Joseph,
R., M. Ting and P. Kumar, Evaluation of Multiple Scale Variability of
Precipitation over the United States in the Reanalysis Data, to be published in
the Proceedings of the Second International
Conference on Reanalyses, Wokefield Park, Mortimer, Reading, UK, 23
- 27 August 1999.
· Kumar,
P. and A. L. Kaleita, Assimilation of Surface Temperature in a Land-Surface
Model, to appear in the Proceedings of Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000
Symposium, 2001.
· Kumar, P. and J. Chen, “Influence of Hydrologic
Memory on the Terrestrial Impacts of ENSO,” Proceedings of the American
Meteorological Society Conference on Hyrdrology,
· Dominguez, F. and P. Kumar, “Modes of Inter‑Annual
Variability of Atmospheric Moisture Flux Transport,” Proceedings of the
American Meteorological Society Conference on Hydrology, Long Beach,
California, pp. P1.8‑1.11, 2003.
· Kumar, P., “Hydrologic Variability ‑
Nuisance or Necessity, Advances in Hydrology,” Proceedings of the Int.
Conf. on Water and Environment, V. P. Singh and R. N. Yadava (Eds.), Allied
Publisher Pvt. Limited. pp. 3‑14,
· Kumar, P., “Roles of Recycling and Memory in the
Variability of the Hydrologic Cycle,” International Conference on
Hydrology: Science & Practice for the 21st Century,
· White, A.B., and P. Kumar, “Using KDD Techniques
to Examine Areas with Significant Vegetation Variability and their Link to
Topography and Climate,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Hydroinformatics, Liong, Phoon & Babovic (eds), pp. 1711-1718,
2004.
· Maidment, D. R., J. Helly, M. Piasecki, P. Kumar and J. Duncan, “Development of a Hydrologic Information System for CUAHSI,” Proceedings of the ASCE EWRI Conference, 2005.