An overview of flood concepts, challenges, and future directions

A Mishra, S Mukherjee, B Merz, VP Singh… - Journal of hydrologic …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This review provides a broad overview of the current state of flood research, current
challenges, and future directions. Beginning with a discussion of flood-generating …

Drivers, changes, and impacts of hydrological extremes in India: A review

V Mishra, JS Nanditha, S Dangar… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The frequency of hydrological extremes (droughts and floods) has increased in recent years
in India. A dense population, intensive agriculture, and rapidly develo** physical …

Climate change and changes in compound coastal‐riverine flooding hazard along the US coasts

M Ghanbari, M Arabi, SC Kao, J Obeysekera… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cooccurrence of coastal and riverine flooding leads to compound events with
substantial impacts on people and property in low‐lying coastal areas. Climate change …

Contrasting response of rainfall extremes to increase in surface air and dewpoint temperatures at urban locations in India

H Ali, V Mishra - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Rainfall extremes are projected to increase under the warming climate. The Clausius-
Clapeyron (CC) relationship provides a physical basis to understand the sensitivity of rainfall …

Increase in subdaily precipitation extremes in India under 1.5 and 2.0 C warming worlds

H Ali, V Mishra - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An increase in short duration precipitation extremes poses challenges for storm water
design in rapidly urbanizing India. The recent Paris Agreement aims to limit the global mean …

Contributions of dynamic and thermodynamic scaling in subdaily precipitation extremes in India

H Ali, V Mishra - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of subdaily precipitation extremes for urban areas, the role of
dynamic and thermodynamic scaling in changes in precipitation extremes in India remains …

Drivers of widespread floods in Indian river basins

N JS, V Mishra - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Widespread floods affecting multiple subbasins in a river basin have implications for
infrastructure, agriculture, environment, and groundwater recharge. However, the crucial …

Application of the non-stationary peak-over-threshold methods for deriving rainfall extremes from temperature projections

O Lee, I Sim, S Kim - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Concerns about climate change are amplifying interest in future rainfall extremes. However,
there are big differences between the statistics of rainfall extremes obtained using future …

A practice-oriented framework for stationary and nonstationary flood frequency analysis

CT Vidrio-Sahagún, J Ruschkowski, J He… - … Modelling & Software, 2024 - Elsevier
In flood frequency analysis (FFA), choices of distribution and methods can hinder the
reproducibility of results. Besides, changes in climate, land use/cover, and water …

Uncertainty and nonstationarity in streamflow extremes under climate change scenarios over a river basin

J Das, NV Umamahesh - Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The present study analyzes the various uncertainties and nonstationarity in the streamflow
projections over the Wainganga River Basin, India, under representative concentration …