Sankar Arumugam
Professor
Forecasting Landscape and Environmental Change, Hydroclimatology and Water Management
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Bio
Sankar uses geospatial information and analytics to develop multi time-scale streamflow forecasts and projections using climate information. He also develops dynamic spatio-temporal models to understand how natural and human systems influence water cycles, particularly moisture and energy transport, at regional and continental scales. His primary research interests lie at the interface of hydroclimatology and water management focusing on how to use probabilistic climate information for improving decision making in water and energy sectors. His research also focuses on large-scale nexus issues such as food-energy-water, climate-water-ecology and climate-water-energy through synthesis and modeling of large-scale geospatial data and socio-economic information.
Publications
- Co-Optimization of Reservoir and Power Systems (COREGS) for seasonal planning and operation , ENERGY REPORTS (2022)
- Dynamic Flow Alteration Index for Complex River Networks With Cascading Reservoir Systems , WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH (2022)
- How Does Flow Alteration Propagate Across a Large, Highly Regulated Basin? Dam Attributes, Network Context, and Implications for Biodiversity , Earth's Future (2022)
- Knowledge graphs to support real-time flood impact evaluation , AI MAGAZINE (2022)
- Assessing inter-annual variability in nitrogen sourcing and retention through hybrid Bayesian watershed modeling , Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2021)
- Climatic and Landscape Controls on Long-term Baseflow , Water Resources Research (2021)
- Dams and Climate Interact to Alter River Flow Regimes Across the United States , Earth’s Future (2021)
- Performance Comparison of Equivalent Reservoir and Multireservoir Models in Forecasting Hydropower Potential for Linking Water and Power Systems , Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2021)
- Quantification of climate-induced interannual variability in residential U.S. electricity demand , Energy (2021)
- Quantifying Dam-Induced Fluctuations in Streamflow Frequencies Across the Colorado River Basin , Water Resources Research (2021)