Publications & Awards

Coupling the ParFlow Integrated Hydrology Model within the NASA Land Information System: A case study over the Upper Colorado River Basin

Abbaszadeh, P., Maina, F., Yang, C., Rosen, D., Kumar, S., Rodell, M., and Maxwell, R. · Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. (Accepted)

Quantifying the Impacts of Dynamic Lapse Regimes on Snow Simulations over Complex Terrains

Whitney, K. M., Kumar, S. V., Mocko, D. M., Pflug, J. M., Bolten, J. D., Maina F. Z., Wrzesien, M. L., and Hain, C. R. · J. Hydrometeor. (in press)

Comparative analysis of gridded precipitation products and the development of a blended product in the Andes and surrounding regions

Maina, F.Z., Kumar S.V. · J. Hydrometeor. (in press)

Accelerating river discharge in High Mountain Asia

Flores, J. A., Gleason, C. J., Brown, C., Vergopolan, N., Lummus, M. M., Stearns, L. A., Maina, F.Z., et al. · AGU Advances 6, e2024AV001586

Integrating the interconnections between groundwater and land surface processes through the coupled NASA land information system and ParFlow environment

Maina, F.Z., Rosen D., Abbaszadeh P., Yang C., Kumar S.V., Rodell M., Maxwell R. · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17, e2024MS004415

Investigating mountain watershed headwater-to-groundwater connections, water sources, and storage selection behavior with dynamic-flux particle tracking

Dennedy-Frank, P. J., Visser, A., Maina, F. Z., & Siirila-Woodburn, E. R. · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16, e2023MS003976

Development of a multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia

Maina, F.Z., Xue Y., Kumar S.V., Getirana A., McLarty S., Appana R., Forman B., Zaitchik B., Loomis B., Maggioni V., Zhou Y. · Scientific Data 11, 827 (2024)

Irrigation-driven groundwater depletion in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin decreases the streamflow in the Bay of Bengal

Maina, F.Z., Getirana, A., Kumar, S.V., Saharia M., Kumar B. N., McLarty S., Appana R. · Communications Earth & Environment 5, 169

An assessment of gridded precipitation products over High Mountain Asia

Dollan I. J., Maina F. Z., Kumar S. V., Nikolopoulos E. I., Maggioni V. · Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Anthropogenic Influences Alter the Response and Seasonality of Evapotranspiration: A Case Study Over Two High Mountain Asia Basins

Maina, F. Z. and Kumar, S. V. · Geophysical Research Letters 51, e2023GL107182

The role of atmospheric rivers on groundwater: Lessons learned from an extreme wet year

Siirila-Woodburn, E. R., Dennedy-Frank, P. J., Rhoades, A., Vahmani, P., Maina, F. Z., Hatchett, B., et al. · Water Resources Research 59, e2022WR033061

Diverging trends in rain-on-snow over High Mountain Asia

Maina, F. Z., Kumar S.V. · Earth's Future

Irrigation and warming drive the decreases in surface albedo over High Mountain Asia

Maina, F. Z., Kumar, S. V., & Gangodagamage, C. · Scientific Reports 12(1), 16163

Development and evaluation of ensemble consensus precipitation estimates over High Mountain Asia

Maina, F. Z., Kumar, S. V., Dollan, I. J., & Maggioni, V. · Journal of Hydrometeorology 1(aop)

Projecting end-of-century climate extremes and their impacts on the hydrology of a representative California watershed

Maina, F. Z., Rhoades, A., Siirila-Woodburn, E. R., & Dennedy-Frank, P.-J. · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 26(13), 3589–3609

On the similarity of hillslope hydrologic function: a clustering approach based on groundwater changes

Maina, F. Z., Wainwright, H. M., Dennedy-Frank, P. J., & Siirila-Woodburn, E. R. · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 26(14), 3805–3823

Assessing the interconnectivity between evapotranspiration and subsurface hydrology in mountainous watersheds

Maina, F. Z., Siirila-Woodburn E., Dennedy-Frank P.J. · Journal of Hydrology 608, 127620

Warming, increase in precipitation, and irrigation enhance greening in High Mountain Asia

Maina, F.Z., Kumar, S.V., Albergel, C., Mahanama S. P. · Communications Earth & Environment 3, 43

Impact of multiple-uncertainties on gravimetric variations within heterogeneous aquifers during pumping tests

Maina, F. Z., Riva. M, Guadagnini, A. · Advances in Water Resources 103978

Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

Maavara, T., Siirila-Woodburn, E.R., Maina F. Z., Maxwell, R.M., et al. · PLOS ONE

Aquifer Depletion in the Arlit Mining Area (Tim Mersoï Basin, North Niger)

Dobi, F.B.; Kouakou, E.K.; Nazoumou, Y.; Abdou Boko, B.; Edimo, S.N.; Maina, F.Z.; Konaté, M. · Water 13, 1685

A mass-conservative predictor-corrector solution to the 1D Richards equation with adaptive time control

Li Z, Özgen-Xian I., Maina F. Z. · Journal of Hydrology 125809

The Role of Subsurface Flow on Evapotranspiration: A Global Sensitivity Analysis

Maina, F. Z. and Siirila-Woodburn, E. R. · Water Resources Research 56(7), e2019WR026612

Sensitivity of meteorological-forcing resolution on hydrologic variables

Maina, F. Z., Siirila-Woodburn, E. R. and Vahmani, P. · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24(7), 3451–3474

Determining the impact of a severe dry to wet transition on watershed hydrodynamics in California, USA with an integrated hydrologic model

Maina, F. Z, Siirila-Woodburn E., Newcomer M., Xu Z., Steefel C. · Journal of Hydrology 580, 124358

Avert catastrophe now in Africa's Sahel

Graves, A., Rosa, L., Nouhou, A.M., Maina, F., Adoum, D. · Nature 575, 282–286

Watersheds dynamics following wildfires: nonlinear feedbacks and implications on hydrologic responses

Maina, F. Z, Siirila-Woodburn E. · Hydrological Processes hyp.13568

Uncertainty quantification and global sensitivity analysis of subsurface flow parameters to gravimetric variations during pumping tests in unconfined aquifers

Maina, F. Z., Guadagnini, A. · Water Resources Research 54, 501–518

Groundwater flow parameter estimation using refinement and coarsening indicators for adaptive downscaling parameterization

Maina F. Z., Ackerer P. · Advances in Water Resources 100, 139–152

Ross scheme, Newton–Raphson iterative methods and time-stepping strategies for solving the mixed form of Richards' equation

Maina F. Z., Ackerer P. · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21, 2667–2683

Benchmarking numerical codes for tracer transport with the aid of laboratory-scale experiments in 2D heterogeneous porous media

Maina F. Z., Ackerer, P., Younes, A., Guadagnini, A., Berkowitz, B. · Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Estimating initial conditions for groundwater flow modeling using an adaptive inverse method

Maina F. Z., Delay F., Ackerer P. · Journal of Hydrology 552, 52–61