M. LEVENT KAVVASDistinguished Professor at University of California, Davis, USA
Director, UCD Hydrologic Research Laboratory, and J. Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory, Dept. of Civil & Envr.
Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
Distinguished Member and Fellow of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Registered Professional Hydrologist
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Room 3165 Ghausi Hall, University of California, Davis
Education:
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering, in the Hydraulics and Systems area; Purdue University, W.
Lafayette, Indiana (as Fulbright Scholar and Purdue University Victor
O’Schaunessy Fellow)
M.S.
Civil Engineering, in the Hydrology and Water Resources Program, Colorado
State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado (as Fulbright Scholar)Awards and Honors:
2019 ASCE Distinguished Member Medal2016 Croess Medal from ASCE
2016 Best Paper award from ASCE JHE
2015 International Award from The Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
The Advisory Committee Climate Services Award from CA DWR, November, 2014
Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis, July 2014 Gerald and Lillian Orlob Endowed Chair Professor of Water Resources Engineering, 2010-2016
ASCE Ven Te Chow Award, 20092009 Ven Te Chow Award Lecturer, ASCE
ASCE Fellow, 2008
ASCE/EWRI JHE 2006 Best paper award,
ASCE Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award, 2001
ASCE Richard Torrens Award, 1999
Listed in American Men and Women of Science
Fulbright Scholar; Purdue University Victor O’Schaunessy Fellow
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Founding Editor-in-Chief of ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 1995-2004
Professional Activities:
Member of California Climate Change Advisory Board, 2012- 2015
Member of the Steering Group on Water and Climate Change, Asia-Pacific Water Forum,
June 2010- 2014
Member of the UNESCO Expert Group on Climate Change and Water, 2008- 2012
Founding Editor-in-Chief of ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, October
1995- June 2004
Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of:a) Water Journal, 2018 - ongoingb) ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (Indian Journal of Hydraulic Engineering), 2012 - ongoingc) International Journal of Water Quality Exposure and Health, 2008- ongoingd) UNESCO International Hydrology Series, 2006 – 2012; e) Korean Water Resources Journal, 20042012; f) Open Hydrology Journal, (A Russian-Chinese- Indian international journal in hydrology),
2010- 2015;
Associate Editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1994-1999
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hydrology, 1991-1997
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Advances in Water Resources, 19891994
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics,

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1987-1998
Member of the Scientific Committee, 10th International Precipitation Conference, Coimbre,
Portugal, June 23-25, 2010
Member of the Scientific Committee, 9th International Precipitation Conference, Paris,
France, November 12 –14, 2007
Member of IAHS Working Group on Experimental and Theoretical Hydrology
at All Scales, August, 1999 – 2003
Co-convener of the Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large Scale
Hydrological Models Symposium during Sixth Scientific Assembly of IAHS, July
18-27, 2001
Chair of Macroscale Hydrologic Modeling Working Group of IAHS, 1995-1999
Co-director of Center for the Study of Hydro-climatology in the Pacific Rim (Jointly with UCLA), July
1996 - 1999
Convener of the Surface Water Modeling Symp., Third Scientific Assembly of IAHS,
May 10-19, 1989
Chair of ASCE/EWRI Hydroclimate Committee, 2008- ongoing
Chair of ASCE J. Hydrologic Engineering Publications Committee, 1995-2004
Member of ASCE Hydrology Technical Oversight Committee, ASCE Surface Water
Hydrology Committee, ASCE Groundwater Hydrology Committee, 1996- 2004
Member of ASCE EWRI Publications Committee 1996-2004
Member of AGU, ASCE, AIH, IAHS, EGS
External Examiner for Ph.D. theses for various Departments of Civil Engineering at Indian
Institute of Technologies
Invited Expert Reviewer for the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
Fourth Assessment Report of Working Group II
Professional Activities within ASCE:
Founding Editor-in-Chief of ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, October
1995- June 2004;
Chair of ASCE/EWRI Hydroclimate Committee, 2008- ongoing
Chair of ASCE J. Hydrologic Engineering Publications Committee, 1995-2004
Member of ASCE Hydrology Technical Oversight Committee, ASCE Surface Water
Hydrology Committee, ASCE Groundwater Hydrology Committee, 1996- 2004
Member of ASCE EWRI Publications Committee 1996-2004
Research:
Dr. Kavvas' areas of specialization include mathematical modeling of the integrated hydrologicatmospheric processes at global, continental, country and watershed scales for the simulation andprediction of hydrologic water balances and hydrologic extremes toward quantifying phenomena such as
floods and droughts; mathematical modeling of hydrologic processes at regional, watershed and hillslope
scales; investigations on the mathematical modeling of contaminant transport by inland surface waters,
unsaturated flow and groundwater flow, and physical hydraulic modeling and mathematical modeling ofenvironmental fluid flows.
Publications:
Author of 281 papers in surface and subsurface hydrology and hydrometeorology;
Representative papers related to modeling hydro-climate processes and surface and subsurfacehydrologic processes are as follows:
K. Toride, D. Cawthorne, K. Ishida, M. L. Kavvas, M.L. Anderson.

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" Long-term trend analysis on total and extreme precipitation over Shasta Dam watershed",
Science of the Total Environment 626, 244-254, 2018
A. Dib and M.L. Kavvas" Ensemble modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space
evolutionary probability distribution: theoretical development"
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. - https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2017-393, 2017
A. Dib and M.L. Kavvas" Ensemble modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space
evolutionary probability distribution: numerical application"
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. - https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2017-394, 2017
M. L. Kavvas, Tongbi Tu, Ali Ercan, and James Polsinelli"Fractional Governing Equations of Transient Groundwater Flow in Confined Aquifers with
MultiFractional Dimensions in Fractional Time"
Earth Syst. Dynam. In-Press- at https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2017-47
T. Tu, A. Ercan, M.L. Kavvas"Fractal scaling analysis of groundwater dynamics in confined aquifers"
Earth Syst. Dynam., 8, 931-949, 2017
T. Trinh, M.L. Kavvas, K. Ishida, K. Carr, N. Ohara, K. Carr
"Projected 21st Century Climate Change on Snow Conditions over Shasta Dam Watershed by meansof Dynamical Downscaling"
Hydrological Processes, D01:10.1002/hyp.11231, 2017
A. Ercan and M.L. Kavvas"Time-Space Fractional Governing Equations of One-Dimensional Unsteady OpenChannel Flow
Process: Numerical Solution and Exploration"
Hydrological Processes, HYP11240; DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11240, 2017
Tongbi Tu, Ali Ercan, Kara Carr, T. Trinh, M.L. Kavvas, J. Nosacka"Assessment of the Effects of Multiple Extreme Floods on Flow and Transport Processes underCompeting Flood Protection and Environmental Management Strategies"
Science of the Total Environment; Ms. Ref. No.: STOTEN-D-17-03402R1, 2017
A. Ercan and M.L. Kavvas"Scaling Relations and Self-Similarity of 3-Dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations",
Nature-Scientific Reports, Manuscript id: SREP-17-14831A, 2017
M. L. Kavvas, Tongbi Tu, Ali Ercan, and James Polsinelli"Fractional Governing Equations of Transient Groundwater Flow in Confined Aquifers with MultiFractional Dimensions in Fractional Time"
Earth Syst. Dynam. In-Press- at https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2017-47
M.L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, K. Ishida and A. Ercan"Time-Space Modeling of Precipitation"
Chp. 41 in Handbook of Applied Hydrology, ed. by V.P. Singh, Second Edition, pp.41-141-10,
2017
M.L. Kavvas, A. Ercan, J. Polsinelli"Governing equations of transient soil water flow and soil water flux in multi-dimensional
fractional anisotropic media and fractional time"
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. , Special Issue: Modeling hydrological processes and changes
21, 1547-1557, doi:10.5194/hess-21-1547-2017, 2017
T.Trinh, K.Ishida, M. L. Kavvas, A. Ercan, K. Carr
"Assessment of 21st century drought conditions at Shasta Dam based on dynamically projected watersupply conditions by a regional climate model coupled with a physically-based hydrology model"
Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.202; 586, 197-205, 2017
K. Ishida, M. Gorguner, A. Ercan, T. Trinh, M.L. Kavvas"Trend Analysis of Watershed-scale Precipitation over Northern California by Means of DynamicallyDownscaled CMIP5 Future Climate Projections"
Science of the Total Environment; 592:12-24. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.086, 20173

K. Ishida and M. L. Kavvas"Climate change analysis on historical watershed-scale precipitation by means of long-term dynamical
downscaling"
Hydrol. Process. 31, 35-50; DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10932, 2017
A. Ercan, M. L. Kavvas, K. Carr, Z. Hockett, H. Bandeh, T. D. Mussen, D.
Cocherell, J. B. Poletto, J. J. Cech, Jr., and N. A. Fangue"Hydraulics near unscreened diversion pipes in open channels: Large flume experiments"
J. of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) D01:10.1111/1752-1688.12503, Vol. 53,
No.2, 431-441, 2017
M.L. Kavvas and A. Ercan"Time-space fractional governing equations of unsteady open channel flow"
J. of Hydrologic Engineering.22 (2) 04016052-1-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.19435584.0001460 . 2017
N. Ohara, M.L. Kavvas, M.L. Anderson, Z.Q. Chen, K. Ishida"Characterization of Extreme Storm Events Using a Numerical Model Based Precipitation Maximization
Procedure in Feather, Yuba, and American River Watersheds in California"
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1413-1423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0232.s1. April, 2017
S. Jang, M.L. Kavvas, K. Ishida, T. Trinh, N. Ohara, S. Kure, Z.Q.
Chen, M.L. Anderson, G. Matanga, K.J. Carr
" A Performance Evaluation of Dynamical Downscaling of Precipitation
over Northern California"
Sustainability journal Special Issue "Special Issue "Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Natural
Resources", Sustainability 2017, 9, 1457; doi:10.3390/su9081457
S. Jang, S. Kure, N. Ohara, Levent Kavvas, Z.Q. Chen, K.J. Carr, M.L. Anderson"Application of WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed
Scale to a Sparsely Gauged Watershed", Sustainability, 2017, 9, 1554, doi: 10.3390/su9091554
T.Trinh, S. Jang, K.Ishida, N. Ohara , Z. Chen, M.L. Anderson, Y. Darama, J. Chen and M. L. Kavvas"Reconstruction of Historical Inflows into and Water Supply from Shasta Dam by Coupling a
Physically-Based Hydro-Climate Model with a Reservoir Operation Model"
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 21(9):04016029, 2016
M.L. Kavvas"Some issues and emerging methods in the modeling of hydrologic processes"(Invited paper on the occasion of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources InternationalAward).
Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, Vol. 29, No.1, pp.4-13, 2016
Toan Quang Trinh; Kei Ishida; Ida Fischer; Su-hyung Jang; John Nosacka; Kevin Brown; Yakup Darama;
M. Levent Kavvas.
"New Methodology to Develop Future Flood Frequencies under Changing Climate by Means ofPhysically-based Numerical Atmospheric-Hydrologic Modeling", Accepted for publication in ASCE J. of
Hydrologic Engineering. 2016
Chen, J., M. L. Kavvas, K. Ishida, T. Trinh, N. Ohara, M. L. Anderson, Z.Q. Chen
"Does the maximum precipitation always result in the maximum flood: Role of snowmelt"
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2016
K.J. Carr, T. Tu, A. Ercan, M.L. Kavvas, J. Nosacka"Two-dimensional unsteady flow modeling of flood inundation in a leveed basin"
Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, andEcosystems, pp. 1597-1606, May 2015
A. Dib, K. Ishida, M.L. Kavvas, S. Jang, Z.Q. Chen
"Analysis of precipitation using fine-scale dynamical downscaling over a sparsely-gauged small
watershed"
Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, andEcosystems, pp. 928-936, May 2015
K. Ishida, M.L. Kavvas, S. Jang, Z.Q. Chen, N. Ohara, M.L. Anderson

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Relative humidity maximization method"
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE. 1943-5584.0001175, 2015
K. Ishida, M.L. Kavvas, S. Jang, Z.Q. Chen, N. Ohara, M.L. Anderson"Physically based estimation of maximum precipitation over three watersheds in Northern California:
atmospheric boundary condition shifting"
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE. 1943-5584.0001026, 2014
S. Jang, M.L. Kavvas"Downscaling global climate simulations to regional scales: Statistical downscaling versus dynamical
downscaling"
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE. 1943-5584.0000939, 2014
S.Jang, M.L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, S. Kure, K. Ishida"Assessment of change in precipitation frequency under future climate change conditions"
Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Portland, OR, pp. 596-600, June
2014
M.L.Kavvas, S. Kure, Z.Q. Chen, N. Ohara, S. Jang
“WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale: I. Model
Description”,
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18(10), 1262-1271, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE. 1943-5584. 0000724,
2013
S. Kure, S. Jang, N. Ohara, M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q. Chen
“WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale: I.
Model Application to Ungauged and Sparsely-gauged Watersheds”,
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18(10), 1272-1281, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE. 1943-5584. 0000701,
2013
W. Sharffenberg and M.L.Kavvas“Uncertainty in Flood Wave Routing in a Lateral Inflow-Dominated Stream”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 16, No.2, pp. 165-175, 2011
N. Ohara, M.L.Kavvas, S.Kure, Z.Q.Chen, S.Jang, E.Tan“Physically Based Estimation of Maximum Precipitation over American River Watershed, California”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 16, No.4, 351-361, 2011
Ohara, N., Kavvas, M.L., Easton, D., Dogrul, C.E., Yoon, J., and Chen, Z.Q.,“Role of snow in runoff processes in a sub-alpine hillslope: Field study in the Ward Creek watershed,
Lake Tahoe, California during 2000 and 2001 water years”,
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 521-533, 2011
H. Mann, M.L.Kavvas, S. Jang, N.Ohara, S.Kure“Validation of extreme precipitation reconstructed by dynamical downscaling for the Upper Feather,Yuba, and American watersheds”
Proceedings of 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, New Mexico,
May 20-25. Pp. 2030-2035, 2012
A. Ercan, M.F.Mohammad, M.L.Kavvas“The impact of climate change on sea level rise at Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak”
Hydrological Processes, Volume 27, Issue 3, pp. 367–377, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9232, 2013
S. Jang, M.L.Kavvas, N.Ohara, S.Kure, K.Ishida, G.B.Matanga, K.E.Nelson“How Realistic are the GCM Climate Projections in Simulating the Recent Past over
Northern California?”
Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Cincinnati; Ed. by C.L. Patterson,
S.D. Struck, D.J. Murray, pp. 1164-1167, May 2013
K.Ishida, S.Jang, N.Ohara, S.Kure, M.L.Kavvas“Physically Based Maximization of Precipitation over American River Watershed
in California”
Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Cincinnati, Ed. By C.L. Patterson,
S.D. Struck, D.J. Murray, pp.1198-1201, May 2013

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S. Kure, S. Jang, N. Ohara, M.L.Kavvas and Z.Q.Chen“Hydrologic Impact of regional climate change for the snow-fed and glacier-fed river basins in the
Hydrological Processes, 27 (26), 4071-4090, DOI: 10.1002/hyp. 9536, 2013
A.Ercan, M.F.Mohammad, M.L.Kavvas“The impact of climate change on sea level rise at Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah-Sarawak”,
Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9232, 2012
M.L.Kavvas, Guest Editor
Special Issue on “Modeling Hydro-Climate and Climate Change”, Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering, Vol.16, No.12, 969, 2011
Z.Q. Richard Chen, M.L. Kavvas, N. Ohara, M.L. Anderson, and J. Yoon,“Impact of Water Resources Utilization on the Hydrology of Mesopotamian Marshlands”,
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.16, No.12, 1083-1092, 2011
Yoshitani,J., M.L. Kavvas, Z.Q. Chen
“Application of a coupled regional-scale hydrological-atmospheric model to Japan for climatechange study”, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.16, No.12, 1050-1058, 2011
N.Ohara , Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, K.Fukami and H.Inomata“Reconstruction of historical atmospheric data by a hydroclimate model for Mekong river
basin”, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.16, No.12, 1030-1039, 2011
M.Cayar and M.L.Kavvas“Symmetry in Nonlinear Hydrologic Dynamics under Uncertainty: Ensemble Modeling of
2D
Boussinesq Equation for Unsteady Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 14, No.10, pp. 1173-1184, 2009
M. Cayar and M.L. Kavvas"Ensemble average and ensemble variance behavior of unsteady, one-dimensional groundwater flowin unconfined, heterogeneous aquifers: an exact second-order model"
Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess, DOI 10.1007/s00477-008-0263-1, 23(7), 2009
Yoshitani, J., Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, and K.Fukami“Atmospheric model-based streamflow forecasting at small, mountainous watersheds by a
distributed hydrologic model: Application to a watershed in Japan”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 14, No.10, 1107-1118, 2009
M.L.Anderson, Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, J.Y.Yoon“Reconstructed historical atmospheric data by dynamical downscaling”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.12, No.2, 156-162, 2007
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen, N.Ohara, K.Fukami, H.Inomata“Reconstruction of historical precipitation data at the Mekong River Basin by means of ahydroclimate model”
Invited Paper. In Proceedings of V. National Hydrology Congress, ODTU, Ankara, Turkey,
September 5-7, 2007
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen, N.Ohara, A.J. Bin Shaaban, M.Z.M.Amin“Impact of climate change on the hydrology and water resources of Peninsular Malaysia”
In Proceedings of International Congress on River Basin Management, Antalya, Turkey,
March 22-24, 2007
M.L.Kavvas, J. Yoon, Z.Q.Chen, L.Liang, E.C.Dogrul, N.Ohara, H.Aksoy, M.L.Anderson, J.Reuter,
S.Hackley“Watershed environmental hydrology model: Environmental module and its application to a
California watershed”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.11, No.3, 261-272, 2006
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen, C.Dogrul, J.Y.Yoon, N.Ohara, L.Liang, H.Aksoy, M.L.Anderson, J.Yoshitani,
K.Fukami, T.Matsuura“Watershed environmental hydrology (WEHY) model, based on upscaled conservation
equations: Hydrologic module”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.9, No.6, 450-464, 2004
Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, J.Y.Yoon, C.Dogrul, K.Fukami, J.Yoshitani, T.Matsuura

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“Geomorphologic and soil hydraulic parameters for watershed environmental hydrology(WEHY) model”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.9, No.6, 465-489, 2004
Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, K.Fukami, J.Yoshitani, T.Matsuura“Watershed environmental hydrology (WEHY) model: Model Application”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.9, No.6, 480-490, 2004
M.L.Kavvas“Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources at Various Scales”
Invited. In Lecture Notes of The First International Advanced Course on Water Resources
Data Analysis, ed. by M.E.Birpinar, Water Engineering Research and Development Center,
Istanbul, 145-167, 2003
M.L.Anderson, M.L.Kavvas, and M.Mierzwa“Developing probabilistic representations of climatic influences on hydrological responseusing a coupled hydrological-atmospheric model”
Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol.48, No.5, 693-708, 2003
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen and M.L.Anderson“Downscaling of continental-scale atmospheric forecasts to the scale of a watershed`for hydrologic forecasting”
In Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production, ed. by N.B.Harmancioglu
et al., Proceedings of NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 271-288, 2003
Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Anderson, J. Yoon and M.L.Kavvas"Regional Atmospheric-Hydrologic Modeling Study for Tokyo Area 1994-2000: World Water
Assessment Program (WWAP) Hydrometeorological Models for Tokyo Area"
Report to Japan Ministry of Construction, PWRI, April 2002
J. Yoshitani, M.L.Kavvas, and Z.Q.Chen“Regional-scale Hydroclimate Model”
Chapter 7 in Mathematical Models of Large Watershed Hydrology, ed. by V.P.Singh and
D.K.Frevert, Water Resources Publications LLC, 237-282, 2002
M.L.Anderson, Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, and A.Feldman“Coupling HEC-HMS with atmospheric models for prediction of watershed runoff”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 7, No.4, 312-318, 2002
Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, J.Yoshitani, K.Masukura, M.L.Anderson“Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Regional Water Resources”
Proceedings of ASCE Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Ed.by
D.F.Kibler, Roanoke, VA, May 19-22, 2002, 11pp., 2002
A.J.Dolman, A.J.Hall, M.L.Kavvas, T.Oki, and J.W.Pomeroy (co-editors)

Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models

International Association of Hydrological Sciences Pub. No. 270, 372pp., 2001
J.Yoshitani, M.L.Kavvas and Z.Q. Chen
“Coupled regional-scale hydrological-atmospheric model for the study of climate impact on
Japan”In Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models,
Proceedings of International Symposium on S3: Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer
Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models, during Sixth Scientific Assembly of theInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), 191-198, 2001
M.L. Kavvas, Z.-Q. Chen, L. Tan, S.-T. Soong, J. Yoshitani, K. Masukura, M. Kaneki,
K. Fukami“A Coupled Regional Hydrologic-Atmospheric Model for the Study of Hydroclimate over
California”
Invited keynote paper, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hydro-Scienceand Engineering, Vol. IV, Ed. By Yoon, Y.N., Jun, B.H., Seoh, B.H., Choi, G.W., Sept. 26-29,
2000, Seoul, Korea
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“Coupling HEC-HMS with Atmospheric Models for the Prediction of Runoff”
Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, 54 pages,
September, 1999
E.C. Dogrul, M.L. Kavvas and Z.-Q. Chen
“Prediction of Subsurface Stormflow in Heterogeneous Sloping Aquifers”
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 258-267, 1998.
E.C. Dogrul, M.L. Kavvas and Z.-Q. Chen
“Calculation of Subsurface Stormflow in Heterogeneous Sloping Aquifers”
Proceedings of the Ground Water Management Symposium, ed. By J.W. Smith, held in conjunction with the1998 Int. Water Resour. Eng. Conf. In Memphis, Tennessee, pp. 21-26, 1998.
M.L. Kavvas, Z.Q. Chen, L. Tan, S.-T. Soong, A. Terakawa, J. Yoshitani, K. Fukami“A Regional-Scale Land Surface Parameterization Based on Areally-Averaged Hydrologic
Conservation Equations”
Hydrological Sciences Journal, 43(4), 611-631, 1998
M.L.Kavvas and Z.Q.Chen"Meteorologic Model Interface for HEC-HMS: NCEP Eta Atmospheric Model and HEC
Hydrologic Modeling System"
Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, 60 pages, January,
1998
F.E.Horne and M.L.Kavvas"Physics of the Spatially Averaged Snowmelt Process"
Journal of Hydrology, Vol.191, pp.179-207, 1997
M.L.Anderson and M.L.Kavvas"Analyzing Drought with a Simplified Climate Model"
Proceedings of ASCE North American Water and Environment Congress,
June, 1996
Z.Q.Chen, M.L.Kavvas, L.Tan and S-T.Soong"Development of a Regional Atmospheric-Hydrologic Model for the Study of
Climate Change in California"
Proceedings of ASCE North American Water and Environment Congress,
June, 1996
M.L.Kavvas and M.L.Anderson"Extreme Droughts"
Chapter 6 in Hydrology of Disasters, ed.by V.P.Singh, Water Science and Technical Library,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 127-160, 1996
M.Nakatsugawa, M.Anderson and M.L.Kavvas"A Simplified Climate Model with Combined Atmospheric-hydrological Processes"
Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol.41, No.6, December, 1996
M.L.Kavvas, Z.-Q.Chen, L.Tan, S.-T.Soong, A.Terakawa, J.Yoshitani,
M.Fujikane and A.Watanabe"A Coupled Mesoscale Hydrologic-Atmospheric Model for the Study of Climate
Over Eastern Asia and Japan"
Proceedings of The Second International Study Conference on GEWEX in Asia and GAME,
Pattaya, Thailand, pp. 191-194, March, 1995
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen and L.Tan"Development of a Mesoscale Atmopheric Model for the Scale of Japan: Phase 3 - Climate Change
Study with Large Domain Atmospheric Model of Japan and Development of Land Surface Hydrology
Model"
Report to Japan Ministry of Construction, P.W.R.I. Grant, 65 pages, 1994
Z.-Q. Chen, R.S. Govindaraju, and M.L. Kavvas"Spatial Averaging of Unsaturated Flow Equations Under Infiltration Conditions over
Areally Heterogeneous Fields: 1. Development of Models"
Water Resources Research, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 523-533, February, 1994

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Z.-Q. Chen, R.S. Govindaraju, and M.L. Kavvas"Spatial Averaging of Unsaturated Flow Equations Under Infiltration Conditions over
Areally Heterogeneous Fields: 2. Numerical Simulations"
Water Resources Research, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 535-548, February, 1994
M.L.Kavvas, Z.Q.Chen and L.Tan"Development of a Mesoscale Atmopheric Model for the Scale of Japan; Phase 2 - Modification and
Improvement of the Model and its Application to December 1988 - February 1989 Historical Season
over Japan"
Report to Japan Ministry of Construction, P.W.R.I. Grant, 38 pages, 1993
Z. Chen, M.L. Kavvas, and R.S. Govindaraju"Upscaling of Richards Equation for Soil Moisture Dynamics to be Utilized in Mesoscale
Atmospheric Models"In Exchange Processes at the Land Surface for a Range of Space and Time Scales, Proceedings of
the Yokohama Symposium held at Yokohama, Japan, edited by H.J. Bolle, R.A. Feddes, and J.D.
Kalma, IAHS Publishers, No. 212, pp. 125-132, 1993
J. Yoshitani, K. Masukura, N. Koreeda, M.L. Kavvas, S-T. Soong, M. Chen, Z. Chen,
and L. Tan"Application of a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model for the Prediction of Regional Climate Change"
Proceedings of Japan-U.S. Workshop on the Effects of Global Climate Change on Hydrology andWater Resources at Catchment Scale, Paper No. 2-5, 12 pages, February, 1992
M. Nakatsugawa and M.L. Kavvas"Simplified Climate Model with Combined Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes"
Proceedings of Japan-U.S. Workshop on the Effects of Global Climate Change on Hydrology andWater Resources at Catchment Scale, Tsukuba, Japan, Paper No. 3-4, 10 pages, February, 1992
M.L. Kavvas, S.T.Soong, M. Chen, Z. Chen, and L. Tan"Development of a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model for the Scale of Japan: Phase 1 Development of the Model and Its Application to December 1988 - January 1989 Historical Season
Over Japan" Report to Japan Ministry of Construction P.W.R.I. Grant, 37 pages, U.C. Davis,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, December 1991
K. Masukura, J. Yoshitani, F. Yoshino, and M.L. Kavvas"Possible Changes of Hydrological Cycle by Greenhouse Effect in Japanese Rivers"
Proceedings of the International Conference on Climatic Impacts on the Environment andSociety, pp. B-15-B-20, January 27 - February l, 1991
M.L. Kavvas, S.T. Soong, M.N. Saquib, Z. Chen, K. Ishizaki, F. Yoshino, S. Aoki, K.
Masukura and J. Yoshitani"Integrated Modeling of Hydrologic and Atmospheric Processes at Regional Scale"
In Hydrological Interactions Between Atmosphere, Soil and Vegetation ed. by G. Kienitz etal., IASH Pub. No 204, pp. 21-29, August, 1991
L. Bravar and M.L. Kavvas"On the Physics of Droughts. I. A Conceptual Framework"
Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 129, pp. 281-297, December, 1991
L. Bravar and M.L. Kavvas"On the Physics of Droughts. II. Analysis and Simulation of the Interaction of Atmosphericand Hydrologic Processes during Droughts"
Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 129, pp. 299-330, December, 1991
M.L. Kavvas, S.T. Soong and Z. Chen
"Development of a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model for the Scale of Japan - A Review of the
Climatic and Hydrologic Model Studies of Global Warming"
Report to Japan Ministry of Construction, P.W.R.I. Grant, 73 pages, March 1990

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