Publications

The scientific publications of the Hydro-Climate Monitoring and Prediction Research Laboratory reflect the Laboratory’s research activities in the fields of integrated water resources management, resilient urban infrastructure, the water–energy–environment nexus, and hydroclimatic studies. The results of these research activities are disseminated through peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and other scholarly publications.

The Laboratory’s publications are classified into four main research areas:

Integrated Water Resources Management

​Optimization of Agricultural Patterns Based on Virtual Water Considerations through Integrated Water Resources Management Modeling
Farhad Yazdandoost, Hoda Razavi, and Ardalan Izadi
International Journal of River Basin Management, 20(2), 255–263, 2022
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2021.1879093

Iran’s Water Policy
Farhad Yazdandoost
In: Water Policies in MENA Countries, Global Issues in Water Policy, Vol. 23, Springer, Cham, pp. 63–84, 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29274-4_4

Dams, Drought and Water Shortage in Today’s Iran
Farhad Yazdandoost
Iranian Studies, 49(6), 1017–1028, 2016
DOI: 10.1080/00210862.2016.1241626

Resilient and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

Asset-Based Assessment of Resiliency in Water Distribution Networks
Ardalan Izadi, Farhad Yazdandoost, and Roza Ranjbar
Water Resources Management, 34, 1407–1422, 2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-020-02508-5

An Asset Management Approach to Optimize Water Meter Replacement
Farhad Yazdandoost and Ardalan Izadi
Environmental Modelling & Software, 104, 270–281, 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.03.015

An Integrated Framework to Evaluate Resilient-Sustainable Urban Drainage Management Plans Using a Combined-Adaptive MCDM Technique
Yaser Tahmasebi Birgani and Farhad Yazdandoost
Water Resources Management, 32, 2817–2835, 2018
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-018-1960-2

Resilience in Urban Drainage Risk Management Systems
Yaser Tahmasebi Birgani and Farhad Yazdandoost
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Water Management, 169(1), 3–16, 2016
DOI: 10.1680/wama.14.00043

Water–Energy–Environment Nexus

Sustainability Assessment Approaches Based on Water-Energy Nexus: Fictions and Nonfictions about Non-Conventional Water Resources
Farhad Yazdandoost, Mohammad Masud Noruzi, and Seyyed Ali Yazdani
Science of the Total Environment, 758, 143703, 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143703

A New Integrated Portfolio-Based Water-Energy-Environment Nexus in Wetland Catchments
Farhad Yazdandoost and Seyyed Ali Yazdani
Water Resources Management, 33, 2991–3009, 2019
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-019-02280-1

Hydro-Climate

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Seasonal Meteorological Drought Projections over Iran Using the NMME Data
Sogol Moradian and Farhad Yazdandoost
Natural Hazards, 108, 1089–1107, 2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-021-04721-w

Evaluation of CMIP6 Precipitation Simulations across Different Climatic Zones: Uncertainty and Model Intercomparison
Farhad Yazdandoost, Sogol Moradian, Ardalan Izadi, and Amir AghaKouchak
Atmospheric Research, 250, 105369, 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105369

Evaluation of Water Sustainability under a Changing Climate in Zarrineh River Basin, Iran
Farhad Yazdandoost, Sogol Moradian, and Ardalan Izadi
Water Resources Management, 34, 4831–4846, 2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-020-02693-3

Improving the Precipitation Forecasts of the North-American Multi Model Ensemble (NMME) over Sistan Basin
Farhad Yazdandoost, Sogol Moradian, Mina Zakipour, Ardalan Izadi, and Majid Bavandpour
Journal of Hydrology, 590, 125263, 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125263

A Framework for Developing a Spatial High-Resolution Daily Precipitation Dataset over a Data-Sparse Region
Farhad Yazdandoost, Sogol Moradian, Ardalan Izadi, and Alireza Massah Bavani
Heliyon, 6(9), e05091, 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05091