Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Billah, K., H. O. Sharif, and S. Dessouky, 2024: Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Large Truck Crashes in Texas (2017–2021). Sustainability 2024, 16, 2780. DOI: 10.3390/su16072780.
  2. Alsumaiti, T., S., K. Hussein, D. Ghebreyesus, H. O. Sharif, and Waleed Abdalati, 2024: Development of Intensity–Duration–Frequency (IDF) Curves over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Using CHIRPS Satellite-Based Precipitation Products. Remote Sensing. 2024, 16, 27; DOI: 3390/rs16010027.
  3. AL-Areeq, A. M., Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, H. O. Sharif, Shakhawat Chowdhury, Nabil M. Al-Areeq, Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman, and Mohammed S. Al-Suwaiyan, 2023: The impact of earth fissures on flood hazard extent for the Northern part of the Qaa’Jahran Basin, Dhamar, Yemen. Geocarto International, 38, 1, 2280608, DOI: 0.1080/10106049.2023.2280608.
  4. Billah, K., H. O. Sharif, and S. Dessouky, 2023: Bivariate-Logit-Based Severity Analysis for Motorcycle Crashes in Texas, 2017–2021. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10377. DOI: 10.3390/su151310377.
  5. AL-Areeq, A. M., H. O. Sharif, S. I. Abba, S. Chowdhury, M. Al-Suwaiyan, M. Benaafi, M. A. Yassin, I. H. Aljundi, 2023: Digital elevation model for flood hazards analysis in complex terrain: Case study from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 119, 103330, ISSN 1569-8432. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103330. 
  6. Al-Areeq, A. M, M. A. Al-Zahrani, M., and H. O. Sharif, 2022:  Assessment of the performance of satellite rainfall products over Makkah watershed using a physically based hydrologic model. Applied Water Science. 12(246), 1234-1257. DOI: 10.1007/s13201-022-01768-3.
  7. Lasco, J. D., Olivera, F., and Sharif, H. O., 2022: Unit Hydrograph Peak Rate Factor Estimation for Texas Watersheds. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 27(11). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002212.
  8. Billah, K., H. O. Sharif, and S. Dessouky, 2022: How Gender Affects Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Case Study from San Antonio, Texas. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7023. doi.org/10.3390/su14127023.
  9. Prigiobbe V., C. Dawson, Y. Hu, H. O. Sharif, and N. Tahvildari, 2022: Editorial: Coastal Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Protection Systems. Front. Clim. 3:830946. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2021.830946.
  10. Mia, Md Farman, S. Dessouky, J. Weissmann, H. O. Sharif, and K. Billah, 2021: Geo-Locating and Identifying Wrong-Way Driving Entrance Points in Bexar County Highways by Implementing  Mathematical Modeling and Land-Use Impact Assessment. Sustainability. 2021, 13, 2560. DOI: 10.3390/su14010033.
  11. Billah, K., T.B. Le, and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Data- and Model-Based Discharge Hindcasting over a Subtropical River Basin. Water 2021, 13, 2560. DOI:10.3390/w13182560.
  12. Billah, K., H. O. Sharif, and S. Dessouky, 2021: Analysis of Bicycle–Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021, 18, 9220; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179220.
  13. Hussein, K. A., T. S. Alsumaiti, D. Ghebreyesus, H. O. Sharif, and Waleed Abdalati, 2021: High-resolution spatiotemporal trend analysis of precipitation using satellite-based products over United Arab Emirates. Water. 2021, 13, 2376; DOI:10.3390/w13172376.
  14. Ghebreyesus, D. and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Development and Assessment of High-Resolution Radar-Based Precipitation Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves for the State of Texas. Remote Sensing, 13, 2447. DOI: 10.3390/rs13152890.
  15. Han, Z. and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Analysis of Flood Fatalities in the United States, 1959–2019. Water. 2021, 13, 1871; DOI:10.3390/w13131871.
  16. Hussein, K. A., K. Al Abdouli, D. Ghebreyesus, Pakorn Petchprayoon,  N. Al Hosani, and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Spatiotemporal Variability of Chlorophyll-a and Sea Surface Temperature, and Their Relationship with Bathymetry over the Coasts of UAE. Remote Sensing, 13, 2447. DOI: 10.3390/rs13132447.
  17. Billah, K., H. O. Sharif, and S. Dessouky, 2021: Analysis of Pedestrian–Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas. Sustainability. 2021, 13, 6610; DOI: 10.3390/su13126610.
  18. Sakib, S., D. Ghebreyesus, and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Performance Evaluation of IMERG GPM Products during Tropical Storm Imelda. Atmosphere, 12, 687. DOI: 10.3390/atmos12060687.
  19. Al-Areeq, A. M, M. A. Al-Zahrani, M., and H. O. Sharif, 2021:  Physically-Based, Distributed Hydrologic Model for Makkah Watershed Using GPM Satellite Rainfall and Ground Rainfall Stations. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 12(1), 1234-1257. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2021.1924873.
  20. Billah, K., Qasim Adegbite, H. O. Sharif, S. Dessouky, and Lauren Simcic, 2021: Analysis of Intersection Traffic Safety in the City of San Antonio, 2013–2017. Sustainability. 2021, 13, 5296; doi:10.3390/su13095296.
  21. Al-Areeq, A. M, M. A. Al-Zahrani, M., and H. O. Sharif, 2021: The Performance of Physically Based and Conceptual Hydrologic Models: A Case Study for Makkah Watershed, Saudi Arabia. Water. 13, 1098. DOI: `10.3390/w13081098.
  22. Joseph, J.F., Chad Furl, H. O. Sharif, Thankam Sunil, and Charles G. Macias, 2021:  Towards Improving Transparency of Count Data Regression Models for Health Impacts of Air Pollution, Applied Sciences. 11, 3375. DOI: 10.3390/app11083375.
  23. Ghebreyesus, D. and H. O. Sharif, 2021: Time Series Analysis of Monthly and Annual Precipitation in The State of Texas Using High-Resolution Radar Products. Water. 13, 982. DOI: 10.3390/w13070982.
  24. Zottarelli, L., S., H. O. Sharif, X. Xu, and T. S. Sunil, 2021: The Effects of Social Vulnerability and Heat Index on Emergency Medical Service Incidents in San Antonio, Texas, in 2018. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75:271–276; doi:10.1136/jech-2019-213256
  25. Han, Z. and H. O. Sharif, 2020: Vehicle-Related Flood Fatalities in Texas, 1959–2019. Water. 2020, 12, 2884; doi:10.3390/w12102884.
  26. Han, Z. and H. O. Sharif, 2020: Investigation of the Relationship between Rainfall and Fatal Crashes in Texas, 1994–2018. Sustainability. 2020, 12, 7976; doi:10.3390/su12197976.
  27. Ghebreyesus, D. and H. O. Sharif, 2020: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Precipitation Frequency in Texas Using High-Resolution Radar Products. Water. 12, 1378; DOI: 10.3390/w12051378.
  28. Alsumaiti, T., S., K. Hussein, D. Ghebreyesus, and H. O. Sharif, 2020: Performance of the CMORPH and GPM IMERG Products over the United Arab Emirates. Remote Sensing. 12, 1426; DOI: 10.3390/rs12091426.
  29. Hussein, K., K. Alkaabi, D. Ghebreyesus, M. U. Liaqat, and H. O. Sharif, 2020: Land Use/Land Cover Change along the Eastern Coast of the UAE and its Impact on Flooding Risk. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 11(1), 112-130. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2019.1707718.
  30. Bayabil, H. K., A. Fares, H. O. Sharif, D. T. Ghebreyesus, and H. A. Moreno, 2019: Effects of Spatial and Temporal Data Aggregation on the Performance of the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 55(6), 1492-1504. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12799.
  31. Al Abdouli, K., K. Hussein, D. Ghebreyesus, and H. O. Sharif, 2019: Coastal Runoff in the United Arab Emirates: The Hazard and Opportunity. Sustainability. 11(19), 5406. DOI: 10.3390/su11195406.
  32. Paul, S. H., D. Ghebreyesus, and H. O. Sharif, 2019: Brief communication: Analysis of the Fatalities and Socio-Economic Impacts Caused by Hurricane Florence. Geosciences. 8(10), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9020058.
  33. Paul, S. H. and H. O. Sharif, 2018: Analysis of Damage Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas, 1960-2016. Geosciences. 8(10), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8100384.
  34. Omranian, S. E., H. O. Sharif, and Ahmad A. Tavakoly, 2018: How Well Can Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Capture Hurricanes? Case Study: Hurricane Harvey. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs10071150.
  35. Furl, Chad, Dawit Ghebreyesus, and H. O. Sharif, 2018: Assessment of the Performance of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products for Flood Events across Diverse Spatial Scales Using GSSHA Modeling System. Geosciences. 8(5), 186. DOI: 3390/geosciences8060191.
  36. Paul, S. H., H. O. Sharif, and A. M. Crawford, 2018: Fatalities Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas. Geosciences. 8, 186. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8050186.
  37. Omranian, S. E., H. O. Sharif, S. Dessouky, and J. Weissmann, 2018: Exploring Rainfall Impacts on the Crash Risk on Texas Roadways: A Crash-Based Matched-Pairs Analysis Approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 117(2018), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.03.030.
  38. Mahmoud, M., M. Al-Zahrani, and H. O. Sharif, 2018: Assessment of Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite Products over Saudi Arabia. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.015.
  39. Omranian, S. E. and H. O. Sharif, 2018: Evaluation of the GPM-based Integrated Multi-Satellite IMERG Precipitation Product Over Lower Colorado River Basin, Texas. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 54(4), 882-898. DOI:10.1111/1752-1688.12610.
  40. Furl, Chad, H. O. Sharif, Jon Zeitler, Almoutaz El Hassan, and John Joseph, 2017: Hydrometeorology of the Catastrophic Blanco River Flood in South Texas, May 2015. Journal of Hydrology. 15, 90-104. DOI: 1016/j.ejrh.2017.12.001.
  41. Sharif, H. O., M. Al-Zahrani, and Almoutaz El Hassan, 2017: Physically, Fully-distributed Hydrologic Simulations Driven by GPM Satellite Rainfall over an Urbanizing Arid Catchment in Saudi Arabia. 9, 163; DOI: 10.3390/w9030163.
  42. Mazari, N., H. O. Sharif, H. Xie, A. Tekeli, E. Habib, and J. Zeitler, 2017: Rainfall observations and assessment using vertically pointing radar and X-band radar. of Hydroinformatics. 19 (4), 538-757. DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2017.151.
  43. Chintalapudi, S., H. O. Sharif, and Chad Furl, 2017: High-resolution, Fully-distributed Event-based Hydrologic Simulations over a Large Watershed in Texas. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 42(3), 1341-1357. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-017-2446-x.
  44. Al-Zahrani, M., A. Al-Areeq, and H. O. Sharif, 2017: Estimating Urban Flooding Potential near The Outlet of an Arid Catchment in Saudi Arabia. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 8(2), 672-688. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2016.1255668.
  45. Joseph, J. F., and H. O. Sharif, 2016:  A Methodology for Assessing Extreme Precipitation Trends Applied to Three South Texas Basins, 1898-2011.  Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 41(12), 4945-4951. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2191-6.
  46. Barge, J. and H. O. Sharif, 2016: An Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, Self-Organizing Map, and Linear Genetic Programming Approach for Forecasting River Streamflow. DOI: 10.3390/w8060247.
  47. Elhassan, A., H. Xie, A. A. Al-Othman, J. McClelland, and H. O. Sharif, 2016: Water Quality Modeling in the San Antonio River Basin Driven by Radar Rainfall Data. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2015.1009500.
  48. Al-Zahrani, M., A. Al-Areeq, and H. O. Sharif, 2016: Flood Analysis Using HEC-RAS Model: a Case Study for Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia. 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management (FLOODRISK 2016. Book Series: E3S Web of Conferences. Edited by:Lang, M; Klijn, F; Samuels, P. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20160704024.
  49. Sharif, H. O., F. H. Al-Juaidi, A. Al-Othman, I. Al-Dousary, E. Fadda, S. Jamal-Uddeen, and A. Elhassan, 2016: Flood Hazards in an Urbanizing Watershed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 7(2), 702-720. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2014.945101.
  50. Jackson, T. and H. O. Sharif, 2016: Rainfall impacts on traffic safety: rain-related fatal crashes in Texas. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 7(2), 843-860. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2014.984246.
  51. Dessouky, Samer, H. O. Sharif, and Jose Weissmann, 2015: Quantifying safety and economic impacts of Texas travel information centers. Journal of Transportation of ITE. 7(1), 17-33.
  52. Furl, Chad, H. O. Sharif, Almoutaz El Hassan, Newfel Mazari, Daniel Burtch, and Gretchen Mullendore, 2015: Hydrometeorological Analysis of Tropical Storm Hermine and Central Texas Flash Flooding, September 2010. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(6), 2311-2327. DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0146.
  53. Le, Tuan B. and H. O. Sharif, 2015: Modeling the Projected Changes of River Flow in Central Vietnam under Different Climate Change Scenarios. 7, 3579-3598; doi: 10.3390/w7073579.
  54. Furl, Chad, H. O. Sharif, and Jaehak Jeongh, 2015: Analysis and Simulation of Large Erosion Events at Central Texas Unit Source Watersheds. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 494-504. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.014.
  55. Sharif, H. O., T. Jackson, M. Hossain, and David Zane, 2015: Analysis of flood fatalities in Texas. Natural Hazard Review. 16(1). DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000145.
  56. Le, Tuan B., Farhan H. Al-Juaidi, and H. O. Sharif, 2014: Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Satellite Rainfall to Study the Hydroelectric Development Impacts on River Flow. 6, 3631-3651; doi:10.3390/w6123631.
  57. Sharif, H. O. and F. L. Ogden, 2014: Mass conserving remapping of radar data onto two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates for hydrologic applications. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(6), 2190-2202. doi: 1175/JHM-D-14-0058.1.
  58. Chintalapudi, S., H. O. Sharif, H. Xie, 2014: Sensitivity of Distributed Hydrologic Simulations to Ground and Satellite Based Rainfall. Water. 6, 1221-1245; doi:10.3390/w6051221.
  59. Nayamatullah, M. M. M., S. Bin-Shafique, and H. O. Sharif, 2014: A study to estimate the fate and transport of bacteria in river water from birds nesting under bridge. Water Science & Technology. 68(12): 2568-2575. DOI:10.2166/wst.2013.521.
  60. Furl, Chad, H. O. Sharif, M. Alzahrani. A. Elhassan, and N. Mazari, 2014: Precipitation Amount and Intensity Trends Across Southwest Saudi Arabia. of American Water Resources Association. 50(1): 74-82. (JAWRA) 1-9. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12118.
  61. Mazari, N., A. Tekeli, H. Xie, A. Elhassan, and H. O. Sharif, 2013: Assessment of ice mapping system and moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer snow cover maps over Colorado Plateau. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 7 (1), 073540 (July 01, 2013); doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073540.
  62. Joseph, J.F., Sharif, H.O., Thankam, S., and Alamgir, A.H., 2013:  Application of Validation Data for Assessing Spatial Interpolation Methods for 8-hour Ozone or Other Sparsely Monitored Constituents, Environmental Pollution 178: 411-418. DOI: 1016/j.envpol.2013.03.035.
  63. Joseph, J. F., H. E. Falcon, and H. O. Sharif, 2013: Hydrologic Trends and Correlations in South Texas River Basins. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000709.
  64. Elhassan, A., H. O. Sharif, T. Jackson, and S. Chintalapudi, 2013: Performance of a Conceptual and a Physically-Based Model in Simulating the Response of a Semi-Urbanized Watershed in San Antonio, Texas. Hydrological Processes. 27: 3394-3408. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9443.
  65. Wang, X., H. Xie, N. Mazari, J. Zeitler, and H. O. Sharif, 2013: Evaluation of the near-real time NEXRAD MPE Product in the evolution of heavy rain events on the Upper Guadalupe River Basin, Texas. of Hydroinformatics 15(2):464-486. doi:10.2166/hydro.2012.016.
  66. Mazari, N., H. Xie, J. Zeitler, and H. O. Sharif, 2013: Validation of the NEXRAD DSP product with a high accuracy rain gauge network. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 18(2), 156-167. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000676.
  67. Joseph, J. F., H. O. Sharif, J. G. Arnold, and D. D. Bosch, 2013: The Impact of Asynchronicity on Event Flow Estimation in Basin Scale Hydrologic Model Calibration. of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 49(2):300-318. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ jawr.12011.
  68. Sharif, H. O., S. Chintalapudi, A. Elhassan, H. Xie, and J. Zeitler, 2013: Physically-Based Hydrological Modeling of the 2002 Floods in San Antonio, Texas. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 18(2), 228-236. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000475.
  69. Habib, E., M. Yuxin, D. Williams. H. O. Sharif, and F. Hossain, 2012: HydroViz: Evaluation of a Web-Based Tool for Improving Hydrology Education. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.16(10), 3767-3781, DOI:10.5194/hess-16-3767-2012
  70. Chintalapudi, S., H. O. Sharif, S. Yeggina, A. A. Hassan, 2012: Physically-based, Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Three Precipitation Products. of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). 48 (6). 1191-1203. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2012.00679.x.
  71. Sharif, H. O., M. Hossain, T. Jackson, and Sazzad Bin-Shafique, 2012: Person-Place-Time Analysis of Motor Vehicle Fatalities Caused by Flash Floods in Texas. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 3(4), 311-323. DOI:10.1080/19475705.2011.615343.
  72. Xie, H., X. Zhang, B. Yu, and H. O. Sharif, 2011: Performance evaluation of interpolation methods for incorporating rain gauge measurements into NEXRAD precipitation data: A case study in the Upper Guadalupe River Basin. Hydrological Processes. 25(24), 3711–3720. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8096.
  73. Sharif, H. O., T. Jackson, M. Hossain, Sazzad Bin-Shafique, and D. Zane, 2010: Motor Vehicle-related Flood Fatalities in Texas, 1959-2008. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. 2(4), 325 – 335. DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2010.506596.
  74. Sharif, H. O., A. A. Hassan, Sazzad Bin-Shafique, Hongjie Xie, and Jon Zeitler, 2010: Hydrologic Modeling of an Extreme Flood in the Guadalupe River in Texas. of American Water Resources Association. 46(5):881-891. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00459.x.
  75. Sharif, H. O., L. Sparks, A. A. Hassan, X. Wang. J. Zeitler, and H. Xie, 2010: Application of a Distributed Hydrologic Model to the November 17, 2004 Flood of Bull Creek Watershed, Austin, Texas. of Hydrologic Engineering. 15(8), 651-657. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000228.
  76. Reichle, R. H., W. T. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. O. Sharif, and S. P. P. Mahanama, 2008: Contribution of soil moisture retrievals to land data assimilation products, Geophysical. Research Letters, 35, L01404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031986.
  77. Wang, X., H. Xie, H. O. Sharif, and J. Zeitler, 2008: Comparison of NEXRAD MPE and Stage III precipitation products at the Upper Guadalupe River basin, Texas Hill Country. of Hydrology, Vol. 348/1-2 pp 73-86 DOI information: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.057.
  78. Sharif, H. O., W. T. Crow, N. L. Miller, and E. F. Wood, 2007: Multi-decadal high-resolution hydrological modeling of the Arkansas/Red River basin. of Hydrometeorology, doi: 10.1175/JHM622.1.
  79. Sharif, H. O., D. Yates, R. Roberts, and C. Mueller, 2006: The use of an automated now-casting system to forecast flash floods in an urban watershed. of Hydrometeorology,7, 190-202, doi: 10.1175/JHM482.1.
  80. Crow, W. T., R. D. Koster, R. H. Reichle, and H. O. Sharif, 2005: Relevance of time-varying and time-invariant retrieval error sources for the Spaceborne detection of soil moisture anomalies. Res. Lett., 32, L24405, doi:10.1029/2005GL024889.
  81. Sharif, H. O., F. L. Ogden, W. F. Krajewski, and M. Xue, 2004: Statistical analysis of radar‑rainfall error propagation. of Hydrometeorology, 5 (1), 199-212.
  82. Sharif, H. O., F. L. Ogden, W. F. Krajewski, and M. Xue, 2002: Numerical simulations of radar‑rainfall error propagation. Water Resources Research, 38(8), doi: 10.1029/2001WR000525.
  83. Ogden, F., S. Senarath, C. Downer, and H. O. Sharif, 2001: Comment on “On the calibration and validation of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous catchment models” by Sharika U. S. Senarath et al. – Reply. Water Resources Research, 37 (12), 3397-3400.
  84. Senarath, S., F. Ogden, C. Downer, and H. O. Sharif, 2000: On the calibration and validation of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous catchment models. Water Resources Research, 36(6), 1495-1510.
  85. Ogden, F. L., H. O. Sharif, S. Senarath, J. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and J. Richardson, 2000: Hydrologic analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado, flash flood of 1997. of Hydrology, 228, 82-100.

 

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“A Distributed Model Example” at the COMET Advanced Hydrologic Sciences Course 06-1 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, June 2006

“Flash Flood Forecasting in an Urban Watershed” at the Austin/San Antonio National Weather Service Office, New Braunfels, TX, January 2006

“Simulation of Radar-Rainfall Estimation Error Propagation Through Runoff Predictions”, H. O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, W. F. Krajewski, E. N. Anagnostou, and M. Xue, an invited seminar presented by Dr. Ogden at National Weather Service Headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland, April 2001

“Evaluation of Range‑dependent Radar‑rainfall Error Propagation through Runoff Predictions” at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, January 2000

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Nayamatullah, M., Bashar, R., Bin-Shafique, S., and Sharif, H., 2011: Effect of Direct Droppings from Bridge Nesting Birds on Bacterial Concentration of Underneath Surface Water. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: pp. 1850-1857. doi: 10.1061/41173(414)192.
  2. H. O. Sharif, T. Jackson, M. Hossain, and Sazzad Bin-Shafique, “Weather Impacts on Road Safety in Texas: Motor Vehicle Fatalities Caused by Flash Floods”, Proceedings of the Transportation Research 90th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2011.
  3. J. Joseph and H. O. Sharif, “Preliminaries to Assessing the Quality of SWAT Parameter Confidence Intervals”, Proceedings of the 5th International SWAT Conference, Boulder, CO, August 2009.
  4. H. O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, and E. A. Brandes, “Effect of Areal Averaging on Gauge-Radar Comparison”, Proceedings of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, HI, May 2008. pp. 1-10, (doi10.1061/40976(316)392).
  5. H. O. Sharif and N. L. Miller, “Hydroclimatological Predictions Based on Basin’s Humidity Index”, Combined preprints of the 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2006.
  6. H. O. Sharif and E. A. Brandes, “Radar-Rain Gauge Adjustment and its Sensitivity to the Method of Comparison”, preprints of the American Meteorological Society 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, August 2003.
  7.  H. O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, K. E. Bashford, E. F. Wood, “An Evaluation of a 30-year Land Surface Model Simulation using Observational Forcing”, Combined preprints of the 83rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003.
  8.  H. O. Sharif, E. A. Brandes, and W. F. Krajewski, “Comparison of Reflectivity and Precipitation Fields Estimated by Two Radar Systems”, Combined preprints of the 83rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003.
  9. K. E. Bashford, W. T. Crow, H. O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, E. F. Wood, “An investigation of scale and spatial variability using fully- and semi-distributed TOPLATS at the Whitewater Watershed, Kansas”, Combined preprints of the 83rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003.
  10. H. O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, Witold F. Krajewski, and M. Xue. “Using Radar-Rainfall Estimates at Ground Level: Beam, Storm, and Watershed Geometric Interactions”, Preprints of the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, Kyoto, Japan, 2001.
  11. H. O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, Witold F. Krajewski, and M. Xue, “Impact of Radar-Rainfall Estimation Errors on Distributed Hydrologic Model Predictions: A Simulation Framework”, Preprints of the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, Kyoto, Japan, 2001.
  12. F. Ogden, and H. O. Sharif, “Rainfall Input for Distributed Hydrologic Modeling‑ The Case for Radar”, Proceedings of the ASCE Watershed Management Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 2000
  13. F. Ogden, S. Senarath, H. O. Sharif, J. Smith, M. Steiner, M. L. Baeck, and J. Richardson, “Multi-Parameter Rainfall Estimation Coupled with Distributed Hydrologic Modeling of the Fort Collins Flash Flood of 28-29 July 1997 – Part II: Hydrologic Modeling to Identify Uncertainty”, Preprints of t the Fourth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, San Diego, CA, April, 1998.

 RESEARCH REPORTS – PEER-REVIEWED/REFEREED

  1. Sharif, H. O. and S. Dessouky, 2021: Urban Transportation Infrastructure and Cyclist and Pedestrian Safety. (pp. 58). Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET), Baton Rouge, LA.
  2. Sharif, H. O. and others, 2019: Comprehensive Analysis of Coastal Floodplain Resiliency Data: An Investigation of Nine Counties in the Upper Texas Coast. (pp. 248). Presented to Texas General Land Office, Austin, TX
  3. Sharif, H. O. and S. Dessouky, 2019: Portable Roadway High Water Detection System for Driver Safety and Infrastructure Assessment. (pp. 40). Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET), Baton Rouge, LA.
  4. Sharif, H. O. and S. Dessouky, 2018: Relationship between Road Network Characteristics and Traffic Safety. (pp. 63). Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET), Baton Rouge, LA.
  5. Sharif, H. O., J. Weissmann, and S. Dessouky, 2018: Assessing the Safety Issues Associated with Isolated Rural Intersections, TxDOT Research Report 0-6931, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  6. Sharif, H. O., J. Weissmann, and S. Dessouky, 2017: Traffic Safety Challenges and Strategies in the Eagle Ford Shale Area, TxDOT Research Report 0-6899, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  7. Jie Huang, J., T. Cleveland, H. O. Sharif, S. Dessouky, E. A. Hernandez, and C. Zheng, 2017: Evaluating Use of Sub-Grade Drains with PFC for Stormwater Drainage, TxDOT Project 0-6843, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  8. Sharif, H. O., J. Weissmann, and S. Dessouky, 2016: Safety and Economic Impact of Texas Travel Information Centers: An Update, TxDOT Research Report 0-6821, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  9. Sharif, H. O., J. Weissmann, and S. Dessouky, 2015: Safety and Economic Impact of Texas Travel Information Centers, TxDOT Research Report 0-6821, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  10. Liu, X., F. Ashraf, K. B. Strom, K. Wang, J.-L. Briaud, H. O. Sharif, and S.Bin-Shafique, 2013: Assessment of the Effects of Regional Channel Stability and Sediment Transport on Roadway Hydraulic Structures, TxDOT Project 0-6724, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  11. Cleveland, T. G., K. B. Strom, H. O. Sharif, and X. Liu, 2013: Empirical Flow Parameters – A Tool for Hydraulic Model Validity Assessment, TxDOT Project 0-6654, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  12. Joseph, J. and H. O. Sharif, 2011: Synthesis of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Impacts, TxDOT Project 0-6771, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  13. Bin-Shafique, S. and H. O. Sharif, 2010: Bacteria Levels in Discharges from Road Right-of-Ways, TxDOT Project 0-6147, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.
  14. Bin-Shafique, S. and H. O. Sharif, 2010: Mitigation Methods for Temporary Concrete Traffic Barrier Effects on Flood Water Flows, TxDOT Project 0-6094, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX.

CONFERENCE & MEETING PRESENTATIONS

H. O. Sharif, Khondoker Billah, and Samer Dessouky “Analysis of Large Truck Crashes in Texas”, presented at the 2022 Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) conference, Austin, TX, August-September, 2022

Jonathan Lasco, F. Olivera, and H. O. Sharif, “Unit Hydrograph Peak Rate Factor Estimation for Houston Watersheds”, presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2021 Virtual Conference, June 2021

Dawit Ghebreyesus and Hatim Sharif, “Spatio-temporal Analysis of Precipitation Events in Texas using High-resolution Radar products”, presented at the 2020 AMS annual meeting, Boston, MA, January, 2020

H. O. Sharif, Dawit Ghebreyesus, Chuck Downer, Sheeba Thomas “Performance of a Conceptual and a Physically-Based, Distributed Model in Simulating Extreme Events over a Semi-Urbanized Watershed in San Antonio, Texas”, presented at the 2019 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019

Qasim Adegbite, Khondoker Billah, H. O. Sharif, and Samer Dessouky “Urban Intersections and Traffic Safety in the City of San Antonio”, presented at the 2019 Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) conference, San Antonio, TX, August, 2019

H. O. Sharif, Mohammed Mahmoud, and Muhammad Al-Zahrani “Performance of Different Global Precipitation Measurement IMERG Satellite Products over Saudi Arabia”, presented at the 2018 AGU fall meeting, Washington, DC, December, 2018

Zaid Subhi, Hatim Sharif, and S. Ehsan Omranian, “Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall over the State of Texas in 2015”, presented at the 2018 AMS annual meeting, Austin, TX, January, 2018

Almoutaz A. El Hassan, H. K. Bayabil, A. Fares, E. Risch, and Hatim Sharif, “Application of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Precipitation Product in Flash Flood Modeling”, presented at the 2018 AMS annual meeting, Austin, TX, January, 2018

Ehsan Omranian, Hatim Sharif, Samer Dessouky, and Jose Weissmann, “A BIGDATA Approach to Investigate the Effects of Adverse Weather Conditions on Crash Risk in Texas”, presented at the 2018 TRB annual meeting, Washington, DC, January, 2018

Khondoker Billah, Tuan B. Le, and Hatim Sharif, “A Data-driven Approach for Forecasting Next-day River Discharge”, presented at the 2017 AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017

Ehsan Omranian, Hatim Sharif, and Samer Dessouky, “Large-scale Effect of Inclement Weather Conditions on Crash Risk over Texas”, presented at the 2017 AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017

Haimanote K Bayabil, Hatim Sharif, Ali Fares, Ripendra Awal, and Eric Risch, “Performance of the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System over the Lower Colorado River, Texas”, presented at the 2017 AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017

H. O. Sharif and M. Alzahrani, “Urban Flood Modeling Driven by IMERG Satellite Products”, presented at the 2017 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2017

Chad Furl and Hatim Sharif, “Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation and Hydrological Model Predictions for Flood Events Over the Guadalupe River Basin, Texas”, presented at the 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016

Ehsan Omranian and Hatim Sharif, “Evaluation of GPM-based Multi-Satellite IMERG Precipitation Products Over the Lower Colorado River Basin, Texas”, presented at the 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016

Chad Furl, Sharif H., El Hassan A., and Zeitler, “Forensic Hydrological Analysis of the Blanco River Flood, May 2015”, presented at the 2015 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015

O. Sharif and Smita Chaturvedi, “Long-term trends in flood fatalities in the United State”, presented at the 2015 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2015

Chad Furl, Hatim O Sharif, Almoutaz El Hassan, Newfel Mazari, Daniel Burtch, and Gretchen Mullendore, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of Tropical Storm Hermine and Central Texas Flash Flooding, September 2010”, presented at the 2015 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2015

H.O Sharif, “Development of a New Undergraduate Course on Global Change”, presented at the 2015 AMS meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January, 2015

H.O Sharif, J. Joseph, and G. Mullendore, “Undergraduate Students as Effective Climate Change Communicators”, presented at the 2014 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014

H.O Sharif and Fred Ogden, “Errors of Remapping of Radar Estimates onto Cartesian Coordinates”, presented at the 2014 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014

H.O Sharif, J. Joseph, and G. Mullendore, “Climate Change Communicators: The C3E3 Project”, presented at the 2013 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013

Furl and H.O Sharif, “Impact of extreme hydrometeorological events on watershed soil loss in agricultural watersheds”, presented at the 2013 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013

O. Sharif and T. Jackson, “Rain-related Fatal Crashes in Texas”, presented at the 2013 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2013

Mazari, H.O Sharif, H. Xie, A. Tekeli, E. Habib, and J. Zeitler, “Vertical and Temporal Variability of Rainfall Using a K-band Radar”, presented at the 2012 AGU fall  meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012

B. Le and H.O Sharif, “The impact of hydroelectricity development on natural flow discharge and total suspended sediment in the Huong River basin, Vietnam”, presented at the 2012 AGU fall  meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012

Furl and H.O Sharif, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of Tropical Storm Hermine and Central Texas Flash Flooding, September 2010”, presented at the 2012 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012

H.O Sharif, J. Joseph, and G. Mullendore, “Undergraduate Students as Climate Communicators”, presented at the 2012 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012

O. Sharif, Chad Furl, and M. Al-Zahrani, “Rainfall Climatology over Asir Region, Saudi Arabia”, presented at the 2012 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2012

Mazari, H.O Sharif, and  H. Xie, “Vertical Variability of Radar Reflectivity and its Impact on Radar Rainfall Estimation”, presented at the 2011 AGU fall  meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011

EL Hassan, H. Xie, J. McClelland and H.O Sharif, “Modeling Water Quality in San Antonio River Basin using Radar Rainfall Data”, presented at the 2011 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011

Chintalapudi, H. O. Sharif, S. Yeggina, and A. Elhassan, “Physically-based, Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Three Precipitation Products”, presented at the 2011 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.

O. Sharif, S.Chintalapudi, and A. Elhassan, “Physically-based, Flood Modeling in Upper Guadalupe River Basin, Texas using GSSHA”, presented at the 2011 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.

Chintalapudi, H. O. Sharif, S. Yeggina, and A. Elhassan, “Using Ground and Remotely Sensed Precipitation Estimates to Study the Effects of Land Cover Changes on Runoff and Stream Discharge”, presented at the 2011 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2011.

O. Sharif, “Water and Health: Flood Fatalities in the US South”, presented at the 2011 Geological Society of America meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2011

O. Sharif, F. Melton, and R. Nemani, “The Relationship between Climate and Influenza at Monthly Timescale”, presented at the 2011 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2011

O. Sharif, T. Jackson, M. Hossain, and Sazzad Bin-Shafique, “Weather Impacts on Road Safety in Texas: Motor Vehicle Fatalities Caused by Flash Floods”, presented at the Transportation Research 90th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2011

O. Sharif, F. Melton, and R. Nemani, “The Relationship between Humidity and Influenza”, presented at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2010

Singaiah Chintalapudi, Hongjie Xie, and Hatim Sharif “Spatiotemporal Distribution of Chl a in the Gulf of Mexico Based on MODIS Geophysical Products”, presented at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2010

O. Sharif, T. Jackson, and T. Sunil, “Flood Fatalities and Injuries in Texas”, presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 2010

Elhassan and H. O. Sharif, “Hydrologic Modeling of an Extreme Flood in the Guadalupe River in Texas”, presented at the 4th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June-July 2010

Chintalapudi, H. O. Sharif, and A. Elhassan, “Physically-based Hydrologic Modeling of recent Floods in San Antonio, TX”, presented at the 4th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June-July 2010

“Health Impacts of Climate and Weather: Influenza and Floods as Examples”, Invited presentation at the 2010 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May, 2010

O. Sharif, “Using Health Education to Reduce Flood Fatalities”, presented at the 2010 “Water Resources in Ethiopia” Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

O. Sharif, T. Jackson, and S. Bin-Shafique, “Hazards of Extreme Weather: Flood Fatalities in Texas”, presented at the 2009 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2009

Joseph and H. O. Sharif, “Preliminaries to Assessing the Quality of SWAT Parameter Confidence Intervals”, presented at the 5th International SWAT Conference, Boulder, CO, August 2009

Joseph and H. O. Sharif, “A Bayesian Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis for Improving the Quality of Parameter Confidence Intervals”, presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Providence, RI, May 2009

O. Sharif, A. Elhassan, and S. Chintalapudi, “Simulation of Urban Flooding in South-Central Texas”, presented at the 2008 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2008

Elhassan and H. O. Sharif, “Analysis of San Antonio River Floods Caused by Tropical Storm Erin”, presented at the 2008 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2008

Chintalapudi, H. O. Sharif, and A. Elhassan, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of Flooding Events in San Antonio, TX”, presented at the 2008 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2008

H. Reichle, W. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama, “An Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) framework for the SMAP Level 4 soil moisture data assimilation products”, presented at the Microwave Land Hydrology workshop in Oxnard, CA, October 2008

O. Sharif, “Comparison of Different Approaches for Remapping of Radar Data on Cartesian Grids”, presented at the Inaugural CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Boulder, CO, July 2008

O. Sharif, A. Elhassan, and S. Chintalapudi, “Distributed Hydrologic Modeling over South-Central Texas”, presented at the Inaugural CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Boulder, CO, July 2008

O. Sharif, A. Hassan, X. Wang, J. Zeitler, and H. Xie, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2004 Guadalupe River Flood, TX”, presented at the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2008

O. Sharif, S. Chintalapudi, X. Wang. J. Zeitler, and H. Xie, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of Flooding Events in San Antonio, TX”, presented at the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2008

O. Sharif and F. L. Ogden, “On the Remapping of Radar Estimates onto Cartesian Coordinates”, presented at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2007

Mezari, H. Xie, H. O. Sharif, and J. Zeitler, “NEXRAD reflectivity derived rainfall estimates comparison with measurement from collocated rain gauges”, presented at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2007

H. Reichle, W. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama, “The contribution of soil moisture retrievals to land data assimilation products”, presented at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2007

H. Reichle, W. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama, “A Data Assimilation OSSE for Assessing Uncertainty and Utility of Soil Moisture Retrievals”, presented at the 2007 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Acapulco,, Mexico, May 2007

O. Sharif and N. L. Miller, “Simulation-based Hydroclimatic Trends in the Arkansas/Red River Basin”, presented at the 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 2007

H. Reichle, W. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama, “Assessment of Uncertainty and Utility of Soil Moisture Retrievals in a Data Assimilation Experiment”, presented at the 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 2007

O. Sharif and E. A. Brandes, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2002 Flood in San Antonio”, presented at the 2006 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2006

O. Sharif, D. Gochis, and D. Yates, “Summer 2006 Precipitation over the Colorado Rockies Front Range Area”, presented at the 2006 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, and December 2006

H. Reichle, W. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama, “Assessing the Impact of Errors in Soil Moisture Retrievals on Their Utility in a Data Assimilation System”, presented at the 2006 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2006

O. Sharif, “Uncertainty of Urban Flood Forecasting”, presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and hydrology, Boulder, CO, June 2006

O. Sharif, “Uncertainty of Urban Flood Forecasting”, presented at the 2006 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 2006

O. Sharif and N. L. Miller, “Hydroclimatological Predictions Based on Basin’s Humidity Index”, presented at the 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2006

O. Sharif and N. L. Miller, “Scale-dependency of Sub-grid Parameterization”, presented at the 2005 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2005

O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, and E. F. Wood, “Scale- and Model-dependency of Sub-grid Parameterization”, presented at the 5th International Scientific Meeting of Global and Energy Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), Orange County, CA, June 2005

O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, and E. F. Wood, “Multi-decadal High-resolution Land Surface Modeling”, presented at the 5th International Scientific Meeting of Global and Energy Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), Orange County, CA, June 2005

O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, and E. F. Wood, “Simulations-based Land Surface Sub-grid Parameterization”, presented at the 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005

O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, and E. F. Wood, “High-resolution Land Surface Modeling and Data Assimilation”, presented at the 2004 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2004

O. Sharif, W. T. Crow, N. L. Miller, and E. F. Wood, “An Evaluation of a 52-year Land Surface Model Simulation using Observational Forcing”, presented at the International Workshop on Catchment-Scale Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation, Princeton, NJ

O. Sharif, D. Gochis, and E. A. Brandes, “Effect of Rainfall Aggregation on Hydrologic Predictions”, presented at the 2003 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2003

Yates and H. O. Sharif , “Discriminant Flash-Flood Forecasting in an Urban Environment”, presented at the 2003 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2003

Gochis and H. O. Sharif , “Assessment of Scale-Dependent Runoff Generation Mechanisms in TOPLATS and Noah-router”, presented at the 2003 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2003

O. Sharif and E. A. Brandes, “Radar-Rain Gauge Adjustment and its Sensitivity to the Method of Comparison”, presented at the American Meteorological Society 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, August 2003

O. Sharif, D. Yates, R. Roberts, and Ed Brandes, “Flash Flood Nowcasting in an Urban Watershed “, presented at the 2003 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Nice, France, April 2003

O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, W. T. Crow, K. E. Bashford, and E. F. Wood, “An Evaluation of a 30-year Land Surface Model Simulation using Observational Forcing”, presented at the 83rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003

 O. Sharif, E. A. Brandes, and W. F. Krajewski, “Comparison of Reflectivity and Precipitation Fields Estimated by Two Radar Systems”, presented at the 83rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003

E. Bashford, W. T. Crow, H. O. Sharif, N. L. Miller, E. F. Wood, “An investigation of scale and spatial variability using fully- and semi-distributed TOPLATS at the Whitewater Watershed, Kansas”, presented at the 2003 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, February 2003

O. Sharif, D. Yates, F. L. Ogden, and Ed Brandes, “Two-Dimensional Modeling of Flood Events in Denver, Colorado “, presented at the 2002 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2002

O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, “Using Radar-Rainfall Estimates at Ground Level: Beam, Storm, and Watershed Geometric Interactions”, presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, Kyoto, Japan, 2001

O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, “Impact of Radar-Rainfall Estimation Errors on Distributed Hydrologic Model Predictions: A Simulation Framework”, presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, Kyoto, Japan, 2001

O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, W. F. Krajewski, E. N. Anagnostou, and M. Xue, “Numerical Studies of Radar‑rainfall Error Propagation”, presented at the 2000 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., May 2000

O. Sharif, F. L. Ogden, E. N. Anagnostou, W. F. Krajewski, and M. Xue, “Evaluation of Range‑dependent Radar‑rainfall Error Propagation Through Runoff Predictions”, presented at the 1999 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 1999

O. Sharif, B. O. Boulanger, N. P. Nikolaidis, and F. Ogden, “Modeling Runoff in Urban Storm Water Systems”, presented at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May, 1999

O. Sharif, and F. Ogden, M. Grecu, and W. Krajewski, “Radar-Rainfall Estimation Error Propagation through Hortonian Runoff Predictions”, presented at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May 1999

O. Sharif, and F. Ogden, “Propagation of Radar-Rainfall Estimation Errors Through Runoff Predictions for Extreme Event in an Urban Environment”, presented at the 1998 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December, 1998

O. Sharif, “Hydrometeorological Analysis of the Fort Collins Flash Flood”, presented at the Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium Research Conference, Hartford, CT, November, 1998

O. Sharif, and F. Ogden, “Two-Dimensional Modeling of Extreme Events in Urban Watersheds”, presented at the 1998 Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May, 1998

Ogden, S. Senarath, H. O. Sharif, J. Smith, M. Steiner, M. L. Baeck, and J. Richardson, “Multi-Parameter Rainfall Estimation Coupled with Distributed Hydrologic Modeling of the Fort Collins Flash Flood of 28-29 July 1997 – Part II: Hydrologic Modeling to Identify Uncertainty”, presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, San Diego, CA, April, 1998