Journal and Conference Papers | Center of Excellence for Risk Management and Natural Hazards

Flood: Prediction and Control - Journal of Soil and Water Sciences (By Prof. Jahangir Abedi Koupai).
Building Socio-Hydrological Resilience, Special Issue, Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, Netherlands (By Prof. Saeid Eslamian).

Simulation-optimization modeling of conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater (HR Safavi, F Darzi, MA Mariño, Water resources management 24 (10), 1965-1988, 2010).

Expert knowledge based modeling for integrated water resources planning and management in the Zayandehrud River Basin (HR Safavi, MH Golmohammadi, S Sandoval-Solis Journal of Hydrology 528, 773-789, 2015).
Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater: application of support vector machines (SVMs) and genetic algorithms (HR Safavi, M Esmikhani, Water resources management 27 (7), 2623-2644, 2013).
Groundwater vulnerability assessment using fuzzy logic: a case study in the Zayandehrood aquifers, Iran (F Rezaei, HR Safavi, A Ahmadi, Environmental management 51 (1), 267-277, 2013).
Integrated index for assessment of vulnerability to drought, case study: Zayandehrood River Basin, Iran (HR Safavi, MK Esfahani, AR Zamani, Water resources management 28 (6), 1671-1688, 2013).
Optimal crop planning and conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources using fuzzy dynamic programming (HR Safavi, MA Alijanian, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 137 (6), 383-397, 2010).
A modified regionalization weighting approach for climate change impact assessment at watershed scale (MJ Zareian, S Eslamian, HR Safavi, Theoretical and Applied Climatology 122 (3-4), 497-516, 2015).
Conjunctive simulation of surface water and ground water resources under uncertainty (HR Safavi, GR Bahreini, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology 33 (B1), 79, 2009).
F-MOPSO: An alternative multi-objective PSO algorithm for conjunctive water use management (F Rezaei, HR Safavi, A Mirchi, K Madani, Journal of hydro-environment research 14, 1-18, 2017).
Optimal reservoir operation based on conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater using neuro-fuzzy systems (HR Safavi, I Chakraei, A Kabiri-Samani, MH Golmohammadi, Water resources management 27 (12), 4259-4275, 2013).
Rainfall trends in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran (R Modarres, VPR da Silva, Journal of arid environments 70 (2), 344-355, 2007).
Stream flow drought time series forecasting (R Modarres, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 21 (3), 223-233, 2007).
Rainfall trends analysis of Iran in the last half of the twentieth century (R Modarres, A Sarhadi, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 114 (D3), 2009).
Probabilistic flood inundation mapping of ungauged rivers: Linking GIS techniques and frequency analysis (A Sarhadi, S Soltani, R Modarres, Journal of Hydrology 458, 68-86, 2012).
The use of time series modeling for the determination of rainfall climates of Iran (S Soltani, R Modarres, SS Eslamian, International Journal of Climatology 27 (6), 819-829, 2007).
Data‐based analysis of bivariate copula tail dependence for drought duration and severity (T Lee, R Modarres, TBMJ Ouarda, Hydrological Processes 27 (10), 1454-1463, 2013).
Regional frequency distribution type of low flow in north of Iran by L-moments (R Modarres, Water Resources Management 22 (7), 823-841, 2008).
Statistically-based regionalization of rainfall climates of Iran (R Modarres, A Sarhadi, Global and Planetary Change 75 (1-2), 67-75, 2011).
Regional precipitation climates of Iran (R Modarres, Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 13-27, 2006).
Daily air pollution time series analysis of Isfahan City (R Modarres, AK Dehkordi, International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology 2 (3), 259-267, 2005).
Extraction of decision alternatives in construction management projects: Application and adaptation of NSGA-II and MOPSO (E Fallah-Mehdipour, OB Haddad, MMR Tabari, MA Mariño, Expert Systems with Applications 39 (3), 2794-2803, 2012).
Groundwater model calibration by meta-heuristic algorithms (OB Haddad, MMR Tabari, E Fallah-Mehdipour, MA Mariño, Water resources management 27 (7), 2515-2529, 2013).
Application of genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks in conjunctive use of surface and groundwater resources (M Karamouz, MMR Tabari, R Kerachian, Water International 32 (1), 163-176, 2007).
Multi-objective optimal model for conjunctive use management using SGAs and NSGA-II models (MMR Tabari, J Soltani, Water resources management 27 (1), 37-53, 2013).
Multi-objective Optimal Model for Surface and Ground-water Conjunctive Use Management Using SGAs and NSGA-II (MMR Tabari, R Maknoon, T Ebadi, Journal of Water & Wastewater 20 (69), 2-12, 2009).
Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater with inter-basin transfer approach: case study Piranshahr (MMR Tabari, A Yazdi, Water resources management 28 (7), 1887-1906, 2014).
Multi-objective optimal model for conjunctive use management using SGAs and NSGA-II models (MM Rezapour Tabari, J Soltani, Water Resour Manag 27 (1), 37-53, 2013).
Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater resources with emphasis on water quality (M Karamouz, MM Rezapour Tabari, R Kerachian, B Zahraie, Impacts of Global Climate Change, 1-12, 2005).
Prediction of River Runoff Using Fuzzy Theory and Direct Search Optimization Algorithm Coupled Model (MMR Tabari, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 41 (10), 4039–4051, 2016).
Effects of Stepped Spillway Geometry on Flow Pattern and Energy Dissipation (MMR Tabari, S Tavakoli, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 41 (4), 1215-1224, 2016).
Rainfall and rainy days trend in Iran (S Soltani, R Saboohi, L Yaghmaei, Climatic Change 110 (1-2), 187-213, 2012).
Trend analysis of temperature parameters in Iran (R Saboohi, S Soltani, M Khodagholi, Theoretical and Applied Climatology 109 (3-4), 529-547, 2012).
Identification of hydrogeochemical processes and pollution sources of groundwater resources in the Marand plain, northwest of Iran (R Barzegar, AA Moghaddam, E Tziritis, MS Fakhri, S Soltani, Environmental Earth Sciences 76 (7), 297, 2017).
Monthly runoff estimation using artificial neural networks (MR Yazdani, B Saghafian, MH Mahdian, S Soltani, Agr. Sci. Tech 11 (3), 355-362, 2009).
Application of L‐moments and Bayesian inference for low‐flow regionalization in Sefidroud basin, Iran (E Dodangeh, S Soltani, A Sarhadi, JT Shiau, Hydrological Processes 28 (4), 1663-1676, 2014).
Determination of water requirements of the Gavkhuni wetland, Iran: A hydrological approach (A Sarhadi, S Soltani, Journal of arid environments 98, 27-40, 2013).
Assessment of the climate change impacts on flood frequency (case study: Bazoft Basin, Iran) (P Almasi, S Soltani, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 31 (5), 1171-1182, 2017).
Trend analysis of climatic factors in great cities of Iran (R Sabohi, S Soltani, JWSS-Isfahan University of Technology 12 (46), 303-321, 2009).
Hydrogeochemistry and water quality of the Kordkandi-Duzduzan plain, NW Iran: application of multivariate statistical analysis and PoS index (S Soltani, AA Moghaddam, R Barzegar, N Kazemian, E Tziritis Environmental monitoring and assessment 189 (9), 455, 2017).
Influence of southern oscillation on autumn rainfall in Iran (1951–2011) (R Roghani, S Soltani, H Bashari, Theoretical and applied climatology 124 (1-2), 411-423, 2016).
Surface irrigation simulation models: a review (M Valipour, MAG Sefidkouhi, S Eslamian, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology 5 (1), 51-70, 2015).
Water transfer as a solution to water shortage: a fix that can backfire (A Gohari, S Eslamian, A Mirchi, J Abedi-Koupaei, AM Bavani, K Madani, Journal of Hydrology 491, 23-39, 2013).
Climate change impacts on crop production in Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin (A Gohari, S Eslamian, J Abedi-Koupaei, AM Bavani, D Wang, K Madani, Science of the Total Environment 442, 405-419, 2013).
Analysis of potential evapotranspiration using 11 modified temperature-based models (M Valipour, S Eslamian, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology 4 (3), 192-207, 2014).
Investigation of climate change in Iran (MJ Amiri, SS Eslamian, Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 3 (4), 208-216, 2010).
Influences of clinoptilolite and surfactant-modified clinoptilolite zeolite on nitrate leaching and plant growth (R Malekian, J Abedi-Koupai, SS Eslamian, Journal of Hazardous Materials 185 (2-3), 970-976, 2011).
Analysis of meteorological drought in northwest Iran using the Joint Deficit Index (R Mirabbasi, EN Anagnostou, A Fakheri-Fard, Y Dinpashoh, S Eslamian, Journal of Hydrology 492, 35-48, 2013).
Maximum monthly rainfall analysis using L-moments for an arid region in Isfahan province, Iran (SS Eslamian, H Feizi, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46 (4), 494-503, 2007).
Enhancing the available water content in unsaturated soil zone using hydrogel, to improve plant growth indices (JA Koupai, SS Eslamian, JA Kazemi, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 8 (1), 67-75, 2008).
A principal component regression method for estimating low flow index (S Eslamian, M Ghasemizadeh, M Biabanaki, M Talebizadeh, Water resources management 24 (11), 2553-2566, 2010).
The effects of treated wastewater on soil chemical properties using subsurface and surface irrigation methods (M Heidarpour, B Mostafazadeh-Fard, JA Koupai, R Malekian, Agricultural Water Management 90 (1-2), 87-94, 2007).
Evaluation of hydrogel application on soil water retention characteristics (J Abedi-Koupai, F Sohrab, G Swarbrick, Journal of Plant Nutrition 31 (2), 317-331, 2008).
Effects of a hydrophilic polymer on the field performance of an ornamental plant (Cupressus arizonica) under reduced irrigation regimes (J Abedi-Koupai, J Asadkazemi, Iranian Polymer Journal 15 (9), 715, 2006).
Effect of treated wastewater on soil chemical and physical properties in an arid region (J Abedi-Koupai, B Mostafazadeh-Fard, M Afyuni, MR Bagheri, Plant Soil and Environment 52 (8), 335, 2006).

Conditioning DRASTIC model to simulate nitrate pollution case study: Hamadan–Bahar plain (S Akhavan, SF Mousavi, J Abedi-Koupai, KC Abbaspour, Environmental Earth Sciences 63 (6), 1155-1167, 2011).

Effect of municipal wastewater irrigation on yield and quality of wheat and some soil properties in sistan zone (A Ghanbari, JA Koupai, JT Semiromi, JWSS-Isfahan University of Technology 10 (4), 59-75, 2007).
Projection of climate change impacts on precipitation using soft-computing techniques: A case study in Zayandeh-rud Basin, Iran (S Kouhestani, SS Eslamian, J Abedi-Koupai, AA Besalatpour, Global and Planetary Change 144, 158-170, 2016).
Modeling Pb (II) adsorption from aqueous solution by ostrich bone ash using adaptive neural-based fuzzy inference system (MJ Amiri, J Abedi-Koupai, SS Eslamian, SF Mousavi, H Hasheminejad, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A 48 (5), 543-558, 2013).
Application of L-moments for regional frequency analysis of monthly drought indexes (S Eslamian, H Hassanzadeh, J Abedi-Koupai, M Gheysari, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 17 (1), 32-42, 2011).
Effects of variations in climatic parameters on evapotranspiration in the arid and semi-arid regions (S Eslamian, MJ Khordadi, J Abedi-Koupai, Global and Planetary Change 78 (3-4), 188-194, 2011).
Honey-bees mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm: a new heuristic approach for water resources optimization (OB Haddad, A Afshar, MA Mariño, water resources management 20 (5), 661-680, 2006).
Honey-bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm for optimal reservoir operation (A Afshar, OB Haddad, MA Mariño, BJ Adams, Journal of the Franklin Institute 344 (5), 452-462, 2007).
Real-time operation of reservoir system by genetic programming (E Fallah-Mehdipour, OB Haddad, MA Mariño, Water resources management 26 (14), 4091-4103, 2012).
MOPSO algorithm and its application in multipurpose multireservoir operations (E Fallah-Mehdipour, OB Haddad, MA Mariño, Journal of Hydroinformatics 13 (4), 794-811, 2011).
Climate change impact on reservoir performance indexes in agricultural water supply (PS Ashofteh, OB Haddad, M A. Mariño, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 139 (2), 85-97, 2012).
Optimizing irrigation water allocation and multicrop planning using discrete PSO algorithm (H Noory, AM Liaghat, M Parsinejad, OB Haddad, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 138 (5), 437-444, 2011).
Prediction and simulation of monthly groundwater levels by genetic programming (E Fallah-Mehdipour, OB Haddad, MA Mariño, Journal of Hydro-Environment Research 7 (4), 253-260, 2013).
Reservoir operation in assigning optimal multi-crop irrigation areas (M Moradi-Jalal, OB Haddad, BW Karney, MA Marino, Agricultural water management 90 (1-2), 149-159, 2007).
Evaluation of real-time operation rules in reservoir systems operation (Y Bolouri-Yazdeli, OB Haddad, E Fallah-Mehdipour, MA Mariño, Water resources management 28 (3), 715-729, 2014).
Evaluation of climatic-change impacts on multiobjective reservoir operation with multiobjective genetic programming (PS Ashofteh, OB Haddad, HA Loáiciga, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 141 (11), 04015030, 2015).