Jameel, Y., Stahl, M., Ahmad, S.K., Kumar, A., Perrier, G. (2020). India needs an effective flood policy. Science 369(6511), pp. 1575.
Beveridge, C., Hossain, F., Biswas, R.K., Haque, A.A., Ahmad, S.K., Biswas, N.K., Hossain, M.A. and Bhuyan, M.A., 2020. Stakeholder-driven development of a cloud-based, satellite remote sensing tool to monitor suspended sediment concentrations in major Bangladesh rivers. Environmental Modelling and Software, p.104843. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104843
Ahmad, S.K., and Hossain, F., 2020. Realizing ecosystem-safe hydropower from dams. Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar, 7(1), pp.1-23.
DOI: 10.1186/ s40807-020-00060-9
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F. (2020). Forecast-Informed Hydropower Optimization at Long and Short-time scales for a Multiple Dam Network. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 12. DOI: 10.1063/1.5124097
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F. (2020). Maximizing Energy Production from Hydropower Dams using Short-Term Weather Forecasts. Renewable Energy 146, pp.1560-1577. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.126
Daly, K., Hossain, F., Ahmad, S.K., Bonnema, M., Beveridge, C. Nijssen, B., Holtgrieve, G. (2020). Recent Warming of the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Implications for one of the World’s Most Productive Inland Fisheries. Lakes and Reservoirs.
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F. (2019). A generic data-driven technique for forecasting of reservoir inflow: Application for hydropower maximization. Environ. Model. Softw 119, pp.145-167. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.06.008
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F. (2019). A Web-Based Decision Support System for Smart Dam Operations Using Weather Forecasts. Journal of Hydroinformatics 21(5), pp.687-707. DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2019.116
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F., Eldardiry, H., Pavelsky, T. (2019). A Fusion Approach for Water Area Classification using Visible, Near Infrared and Synthetic Aperture Radar for South Asian Conditions, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, pp.1-10. DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2019.2950705
Ahmad, S.K., Bonnema, M., Hossain, F. (2020). Generating more hydropower with less dams and better ecosystem outcomes: is it possible? International Water Power and Dam Construction Magazine, January 2020 issue, pp. 38-40.
Hossain, F., Bonnema, M., Biswas, N., Ahmad, S.K., Duong, B., Luong, N. (2018). When Floods Cross Borders, Satellite Data Can Help. EOS (AGU) Feb 16, 2019.
Sikder, S., Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F., Gebregiorgis, A., Lee, H. (2019). Case Study: A Rapid Urban Inundation Forecasting Technique Based on Quantitative Precipitation Forecast for Houston and Harris County Flood Control District. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 24(8), p.05019017.
Eythorsson, D., Gardarsson, S.M., Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F., Nijssen, B. (2019). Arctic Climate and Snow Cover Trends – Comparing Global Circulation Models with Remote Sensing Observations. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 80, pp.71-81.
Hossain, F., Harsha, K.S., Goyal, S., Ahmad, S.K., Lohani, B., Balaji, N., Tripathi, S. (2020). Towards Affordable and Sustainable Water-Smart Irrigation Services. AWRA Impact Jan 2020 issue
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F. (2018). Generating More Hydropower Using Weather Forecasts. AWRA Impact May 2018 issue.
Eythorsson, D., Gardarsson, S.M., Ahmad, S.K., Sveinsson, O.G. (2019). Climate change and snow cover trends in Iceland, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.. DOI: 10.5194/hess-2019-564
Knudby, A., Ahmad, S.K., Ilori C. (2016). The potential for Landsat-based bathymetry in Canada. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(4), pp.367-378.
In-review
Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F., Holt, G., Galleli, S., Pavelsky, T. (2020) How will Future Dams Modify Temperature of Rivers around the World? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Bose, I, Hossain, F., Eldardiry, H., Ahmad, S.K., Biswas, N.K., Lee, H., Aziz, M., and Kamal, M.S. (2020) Integrating Gravimetry Data with Thermal Infra-red Data from Satellites to Improve Efficiency of Operational Irrigation Advisory in South Asia, Water Resources Research
Ahmad, S.K., F. Hossain, T. Pavelsky, G. Parkins, S. Yelton, M. Rodgers, S. Basile, S. Ghafoor, D. Haldar, R. Khan, N. Shawn, A. Haque and R. Biswas (2020). Estimating Volumetric Water Storage in Seasonal and Transboundary Runoff-Dominated Wetlands Using Citizen Science and Satellite Remote Sensing Data, Water Resources Research
Conferences
Ahmad, S.K., F. Hossain. (Dec 2019). Maximizing hydropower production with smart multi-dam operations using long and short-term forecasts. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Dec 2019.
Eythorsson, D., Gardarsson, S.M., Ahmad, S.K., Hossain, F., Nijssen, B. (Dec 2019). Arctic Climate and Snow Cover Trends – Comparing Global Circulation Models with Remote Sensing Observations. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Dec 2019.
Ahmad, S.K., F. Hossain. (Dec 2018). Computationally Efficient Daily Streamflow Forecasting for Hydropower Maximization Using Artificial Neural Networks. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Dec 2018.
Knudby A., Roy D., Ahmad, S.K., Bird S., Ilori C., 2016. Satellite-derived bathymetry for Canada, Canadian Hydrographic Conference, May 16-19, 2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ahmad, S.K., Srinivasan V., Ghosh P., 2014a. Analysis of annular footings and anchors lying on elastic soil medium using finite difference technique.5th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS) 2014, India.
Ahmad, S.K., Srinivasan V., Ghosh P., 2014b. Analysis of axisymmetric foundations subjected to axial compressive or tensile static loads on Gibson soil model. Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2014, India.
Invited Talks
Remote Sensing of River Temperatures
Speaker at Sensing Rivers Workshop, University of Washington (Sep 2020)
Energy from AI: Ushering in a New Frontier in Smart Hydropower Generation through Artificial Intelligence
Lightning Talk at Second AI and Data Science Workshop to be hosted by JPL (Feb 2021)
Reservoir Operations for Maximizing Hydropower Benefits
Guest Lecture for Quantitative Water Resources Management class, University of Washington (Winter 2018)
Using Weather Forecasts to Inform Hydropower Operations
Lightning Talk at Freshwater Initiative Mixer, University of Washington (Winter 2017)
“The important thing is to never stop questioning [or learning].”