OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the American Water Resources Association is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States	66
Post‐Processing the National Water Model with Long Short‐Term Memory Networks for Streamflow Predictions and Model Diagnostics	51
Sustainable Flood Risk and Stormwater Management in Blue‐Green Cities; an Interdisciplinary Case Study in Portland, Oregon	23
Thermal Regimes of Perennial Rivers and Streams in the Western United States	20
Quantifying Streamflow Depletion from Groundwater Pumping: A Practical Review of Past and Emerging Approaches for Water Management	20
The Influence of Climate Variability on the Accuracy of NHD Perennial and Nonperennial Stream Classifications	20
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Sources and Delivery from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin: An Update Using 2012 SPARROW Models	20
Methods for Estimating Locations of Housing Units Served by Private Domestic Wells in the United States Applied to 2010	18
Risk Assessment of Water Resources Carrying Capacity in China	17
Streambank Legacy Sediment Contributions to Suspended Sediment‐Bound Nutrient Yields from a Mid‐Atlantic, Piedmont Watershed	16
Nutrients and Heavy Metals in Legacy Sediments: Concentrations, Comparisons with Upland Soils, and Implications for Water Quality	16
Decision Science Can Help Address the Challenges of Long‐Term Planning in the Colorado River Basin	15
Using Boosted Regression Tree Models to Predict Salinity in Mississippi Embayment Aquifers, Central United States	15
An Open‐Source Web Application for Regional Analysis of GRACE Groundwater Data and Engaging Stakeholders in Groundwater Management	15
Direct and Indirect Effects of Forest Harvesting on Sediment Yield in Forested Watersheds of the United States	13
Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought	12
Inter‐Model Comparison of Delft3D‐FM and 2D HEC‐RAS for Total Water Level Prediction in Coastal to Inland Transition Zones	12
Extent and Causes of Chesapeake Bay Warming	12
Assessment of CFSR and CMADS Weather Data for Capturing Extreme Hydrologic Events in the Fuhe River Basin of the Poyang Lake	11
Evaluating Baseflow Simulation in the National Water Model: A Case Study in the Northern High Plains Region, USA	10
Growth Inhibition and Oxidative Stress in Two Green Algal Species Exposed to Erythromycin	9
K in an Urban World: New Contexts for Hydraulic Conductivity	9
Mechanisms Controlling Climate Warming Impact on the Occurrence of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay	9
Wetland Flowpaths Mediate Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations across the Upper Mississippi River Basin	9
Water‐Use Data in the United States: Challenges and Future Directions	9

Conceptual Framework of Connectivity for a National Agroecosystem Model Based on Transport Processes and Management Practices	9
SWMM Sensitivity to LID Siting and Routing Parameters: Implications for Stormwater Regulatory Compliance	9
Adaptation of Climate Model Projections of Streamflow to Account for Upstream Anthropogenic Impairments	8
Machine Learning Assisted Reservoir Operation Model for Long‐Term Water Management Simulation	8
A High‐Resolution Land Data Assimilation System Optimized for the Western United States	8
Evaluation of Water‐Energy‐Food (WEF) Nexus Research: Perspectives, Challenges, and Directions for Future Research	8
Where and When Soil Amendment is Most Effective as a Low Impact Development Practice in Residential Areas	8
Value of InSAR for Monitoring Land Subsidence to Support Water Management in the San Joaquin Valley, California	8
Impacts of Sea‐Level Rise on Hypoxia and Phytoplankton Production in Chesapeake Bay: Model Prediction and Assessment	8
A Numerical Study of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay Using an Unstructured Grid Model: Validation and Sensitivity to Bathymetry Representation	8
Influence of Land Use Land Cover on River Water Quality in Rural North Wales, UK	8
Confronting our Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Policy Problem	8
The Press and Pulse of Climate Change: Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin	8
The Hydrological Urban Heat Island: Determinants of Acute and Chronic Heat Stress in Urban Streams	8
Assessment of Water Availability and Scarcity Based on Hydrologic Components in an Irrigated Agricultural Watershed Using SWAT	8
Assimilation of Ground and Satellite Snow Observations in a Distributed Hydrologic Model for Water Supply Forecasting	8
Evaluate River Water Salinity in a Semi‐Arid Agricultural Watershed by Coupling Ensemble Machine Learning Technique with SWAT Model	7
Using Google Earth Engine to Assess Temporal and Spatial Changes in River Geomorphology and Riparian Vegetation	7
Effect of Model Setup Complexity on Flood Modeling in Low‐Gradient Basins	7
Effects of Groundwater‐Surface Water Exchange Mechanism in the National Water Model over the Northern High Plains Aquifer, USA	7
Comparing Environmental Flow Implementation Options with Structured Decision Making: Case Study from the Willamette River, Oregon	7
A Global Agenda for Household Water Security: Measurement, Monitoring, and Management	7
Enhancing Efficacy of Water Quality Trading with Automation: A Case Study in Virginia’s Nutrient Trading Program	7
An Evaluation of Remotely Sensed and In Situ Data Sufficiency for SGMA‐Scale Groundwater Studies in the Central Valley, California	7
Regionalization of Default Parameters for Urban Stormwater Quality Models	7
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Low Streamflow and Precipitation Changes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed	7
Integrating Land Use Planning and Water Management in U.S. Cities: A Literature Review	7
Climate Change Impacts on Local Flood Risks in the U.S. Northeast: A Case Study on the Connecticut and Merrimack River Basins	7
Assessment of Aquifer Storage and Recovery Feasibility Using Numerical Modeling and Geospatial Analysis: Application in Louisiana	7
Backwater Confluences of the Ohio River: Organic and Inorganic Fingerprints Explain Sediment Dynamics in Wetlands and Marinas	7
The Water‐Year Water Balance of the Colorado River Basin	7
Monitoring Turbidity in San Francisco Estuary and Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Using Satellite Remote Sensing	6
Lake management under severe drought: Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona	6
Evaluating Instream Restoration Effectiveness in Reducing Nitrogen Export from an Urban Catchment with a Data‐Model Approach	6
Changes in Climate and Land Cover Affect Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts in the Rio Grande Headwaters	6
Climate Extremes and Variability Surrounding Chesapeake Bay: Past, Present, and Future	6
Enhancing Ensemble Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts in the Upper Colorado River Basin Using Multi‐Model Climate Forecasts	6
Biomass Production with Conservation Practices for Two Iowa Watersheds	6
Mechanistic Simulations Suggest Riparian Restoration Can Partly Counteract Climate Impacts to Juvenile Salmon	6
Impacts of Variable Climate and Effluent Flows on the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer	6
Incorporating External Green Infrastructure Models into Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) Simulations Using Interface Files	6
Reconceptualizing HRU Threshold Definition in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool	6
DSWEmod — The Production of High‐Frequency Surface Water Map Composites from Daily MODIS Images	6
Exploring the Use of Decision Tree Methodology in Hydrology Using Crowdsourced Data	5
The Role of Realistic Channel Geometry Representation in Hydrological Model Predictions	5
Come hybrid or high water: Making the case for a Green–Gray approach toward resilient urban stormwater management	5
Development of a Field Scale SWAT+ Modeling Framework for the Contiguous U.S.	5
Impact of Wetlands Loss and Migration, Induced by Climate Change, on Chesapeake Bay DO Standards	5
When, Where, and How to Intervene? Tradeoffs Between Time and Costs in Coastal Nutrient Management	5
Modeling Impacts of Nutrient Loading, Warming, and Boundary Exchanges on Hypoxia and Metabolism in a Shallow Estuarine Ecosystem	5

Comparison of Machine Learning Models Performance on Simulating Reservoir Outflow: A Case Study of Two Reservoirs in Illinois, U.S.A.	5
Effect of Restoration on Plant Greenness and Water Use in Relation to Drought in the Riparian Corridor of the Colorado River Delta	5
Sustainable Development Tool Using Meta‐Analysis and DPSIR Framework — Application to Savannah River Basin, U.S.	5
Application of a Large‐Scale Terrain‐Analysis‐Based Flood Mapping System to Hurricane Harvey	5
Inter‐model Comparison of Turbidity‐Discharge Rating Curves and the Implications for Reservoir Operations Management	4
Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management	4
Assessing Fish Habitat and the Effects of an Emergency Drought Barrier on Estuarine Turbidity Using Satellite Remote Sensing	4
Will Evolving Climate Conditions Increase the Risk of Floods of the Large U.S.‐Canada Transboundary Richelieu River Basin?	4
Water quality impacts of climate change, land use, and population growth in the Chesapeake Bay watershed	4
Potential impacts of reduced inflows to the Salton Sea: Forecasting non‐market damages	4
A 21st‐Century perspective on snow drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin	4
Estimating Facility‐Level Monthly Water Consumption of Commercial, Industrial, Municipal, and Thermoelectric Users in Virginia	4
Implications of Distinct Methodological Interpretations and Runoff Coefficient Usage for Rational Method Predictions	4
Evaluating the Impact of Low Impact Development Practices on the Urban Flooding over a Humid Region of China	4
An Assessment of Potential Severe Droughts in the Colorado River Basin	4
Evaluating Global Climate Models for Hydrological Studies of the Upper Colorado River Basin	4
Addressing data challenges in riverine nutrient load modeling of an intensively managed agro‐industrial watershed	4
Use of Multiple Environment Variety Trials Data to Simulate Maize Yields in the Ogallala Aquifer Region: A Two Model Approach	4
Risk Assessment of the Water Resources Carrying Capacity: A Case Study in North China	4
Salt Flushing, Salt Storage, and Controls on Selenium and Uranium: A 31‐Year Mass‐Balance Analysis of an Irrigated, Semiarid Valley	3
elfgen: A New Instream Flow Framework for Rapid Generation and Optimization of Flow–Ecology Relations	3
Atmospheric Wet Deposition of Organic Carbon and Dissolved Nitrogen in City, Countryside and Nature Reserve of Subtropical China	3
Continental Scale Heterogeneous Channel Flow Routing Strategy for Operational Forecasting Models	3
The Impacts of Drought on Southwest Tribal Economies	3
Measuring Trends in Western Water Prices	3
Simulating Hydrological Responses of Integrated Crop‐Livestock Systems under Future Climate Changes in an Agricultural Watershed	3
Monitoring and Evaluating Rainfall–Runoff Control Effects of a Low Impact Development System in Future Science Park of Beijing	3
Evaluating California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The First Five Years of Governance and Planning	3
Near‐term forecasts of stream temperature using deep learning and data assimilation in support of management decisions	3
Ephemeral Stream Network Extraction from Lidar‐Derived Elevation and Topographic Attributes in Urban and Forested Landscapes	3
Individualized and Combined Effects of Future Urban Growth and Climate Change on Irrigation Water Use in Central Arizona	3
Application of a New Species‐Richness Based Flow Ecology Framework for Assessing Flow Reduction Effects on Aquatic Communities	3
Featured Collection Introduction: National Water Model III	3
A remote sensing tool for near real‐time monitoring of harmful algal blooms and turbidity in reservoirs	3
R2Cross: A Web‐Based Decision Support Tool for Instream Flows	3
Evaluation of Select Velocity Measurement Techniques for Estimating Discharge in Small Streams across the United States	3
Quantifying Long‐Term and Event‐Scale Baseflow Effects across the Flood Frequency Curve	3
Predicting Near‐Term Effects of Climate Change on Nitrogen Transport to Chesapeake Bay	3
Determining the Regional Carrying Capacity of the Wuhan City Circle Based on the Improved Ecological Footprint Method	3
Assessing Long‐Term Changes in Regional Groundwater Recharge Using a Water Balance Model for New Mexico	3
Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Water Availability in the Middle Rio Grande Basin	3
Rainfall Interception Based on Indirect Methods: A Case Study in Temperate Forests in Oaxaca, Mexico	3
A Multiyear Assessment of Irrigation Cooling Capacity in Agricultural and Urban Settings of Central Arizona	3
The Colorado River Basin Operational Prediction Testbed: A Framework for Evaluating Streamflow Forecasts and Reservoir Operations	3
Tree‐Ring Perspectives on the Colorado River: Looking Back and Moving Forward	3