Current/ Former Research Group Members: *Grad. Student, **Post-doc. 
  • Y. Liu*, M. Kumar, G. Katul, X. Feng, and A. Konings, Plant hydraulics accentuates the effect of atmospheric moisture stress on transpiration, Nature Climate Change, 2020.
  • J. Park*, D. Wang*, and M. Kumar, Spatial and temporal variations in the groundwater contributing areas of inland wetlands, Hydrological Processes, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • Y. Liu*, M. Kumar, G. Katul, and A. Porporato, Reduced resilience as an early warning signal of forest mortality, Nature Climate Change, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF + Supplementary PDF 
  • T. Zi* , M. Kumar, and J. Albertson, Intercomparing varied erosion, deposition and transport process representations for simulating sediment yield, Nature Scientific Reports, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • C. Krapu*, M. Borsuk, and M. Kumar, Gradient‐Based Inverse Estimation for a Rainfall‐ Runoff Model, Water Resources Research, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • B. Seyednasrollah* and M. Kumar, How Surface Radiation on Forested Snowpack Changes across a Latitudinal Gradient, Hydrology, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Sohrabi, D. Tonina, R. Benjankar, M. Kumar, P. Kormos, D. Marks, and C. Luce, On the role of spatial resolution on snow estimates using a process-based snow model across a range of climatology and elevation, Hydrological Processes, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • S. Seo, R. Bhowmik, S. Arumugam, G. Mahinthakumar, and M. Kumar, The role of cross-correlation between precipitation and temperature in basin-scale simulations of hydrologic variables, Journal of Hydrology, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • A. Ahmadalipour, H. Moradkhani, and M. Kumar, Mortality risk from heat stress expected to hit poorest nations the hardest, Climate Change, 2019. Full Manuscript in PDF + Supplementary PDF 
  • C. Krapu*, M. Kumar, and M. Borsuk, Identifying Wetland Consolidation Using Remote Sensing in the North Dakota Prairie Pothole Region, Water Resources Research, 2018. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • M. Sohrabi, D. Tonina, R. Benjankar, M. Kumar, P. Kormos and D. Marks, Role of Temporal Resolution of Meteorological Inputs for Process-Based Snow Modeling, Hydrological Processes, 2018. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • S. Seo, G. Mahinthakumar, A. Sankarasubramanian and M. Kumar, Conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater resources under drought conditions using a fully coupled hydrological model, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2018. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • S. Seo, G. Mahinthakumar, A. Sankarasubramanian and M. Kumar, Assessing the restoration time of surface water and groundwater systems under groundwater pumping, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2018. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • D. Wang*, Y. Liu*, and M. Kumar, Using nested discretization for a detailed yet computationally efficient simulation of local hydrology in a distributed hydrologic model, Nature Scientific Reports, 2018. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • J. Zhu, G. Sun, ..... M. Kumar, and X. Wang, Modeling the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrology of Selected Forested Wetlands in the Southeastern United States, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • M. Zhang**, X. Chen*, M. Kumar, M. Marani, and M. Goralczyk*, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, a Necessary Evil to Ensure Water Supply?, Hydrological Processes, 2017. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • Y. Liu*, A. Parolari, M. Kumar, C.W. Huang, G. Katul, and A. Porporato, Increasing atmospheric humidity and CO2 concentration alleviate forest mortality risk, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 2017. Full Manuscript in PDF + Supplementary PDF 
  • L. Li, K. Maher,..... M. Kumar, and E. Sonnenthal, Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes, Earth Science Reviews, 2017. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • Y. Liu* and M. Kumar, Role of meteorological controls on interannual variations in wet-period characteristics of wetlands, Water Resources Research, 2016. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • T. Zi*, M. Kumar, G. Kiely, C. Lewis, and J. Albertson, Simulating the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil erosion, deposition, and yield using a coupled sediment dynamics and 3D distributed hydrologic model, Environmental Modeling and Software, 2016. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • X. Chen*, M. Kumar, R. Wang, A. Winstral, and D.Marks, Assessment of the timing of daily peak streamflow during the melt season in a snow-dominated watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2016. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • R. Wang**, M. Kumar, and T. Link, Potential Trends in Snowmelt Generated Peak Streamflows in a Warming Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, 2016. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • S. Seo, T. Sinha, G. Mahinthakumar, A. Sankarasubramanian, and M. Kumar, Identification of Dominant Source of Errors in Developing Streamflow and Groundwater Projection under Near‐term Climate Change, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2016. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • M. Clark, Y. Fan,...,..,..M. Kumar,...,...and X. Zeng, Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models, Water Resources Research, 2015. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • M. Kumar, and C. Duffy, Exploring the Role of Domain Partitioning on Efficiency of Parallel Distributed Hydrologic Model Simulations, Journal of Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Engineering, 2015. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • X. Chen*, M. Kumar, and B. McGlynn, Variations in streamflow response to large hurricane-season storms in a southeastern US watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2015. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • G. Bhatt, M. Kumar, and C. Duffy, A tightly coupled GIS and distributed hydrologic modeling framework, Environmental Modeling and Software, 2014. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • B. Seyednasrollah* and M. Kumar, Net radiation in a snow-covered discontinuous forest gap for a range of gap sizes and topographic configurations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2014. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • R. Maxwell, M. Putti, ...,..,...M. Kumar,...,... and M. Sulis, Surface-subsurface model intercomparison: A first set of benchmark results to diagnose integrated hydrology and feedbacks, Water Resour. Res., 2014. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • K. Hoenke*, M. Kumar, and L. Batt, A GIS Based Approach for Prioritizing Dams for Potential Removal, Ecological Engineering, 2014. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • B. Seyednasrollah* and M. Kumar, Effects of Tree Morphometry on Net Snowcover Radiation on Forest Floor for Varying Vegetation Densities, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013. Full Manuscript in PDF  
  • B. Seyednasrollah*, M. Kumar, and T.Link, On the role of vegetation density on net snow cover radiation at the forest floor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • T. Banerjee, G. Katul, S. Fontan, D. Poggi, and M. Kumar, Mean Flow Near Edges and Within Cavities Situated Inside Dense Canopies, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2013. Full Manuscript in PDF 
  • M. Kumar, D. Marks, J. Dozier, M. Reba, and A. Winstral, Evaluation of distributed hydrologic impacts of temperature-index and energy-based snow model simulations, Advances in Water Resources, 2013. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • R. Wang**, M. Kumar and D. Marks, Anomalous trend in soil evaporation in semi-arid, snow-dominated watersheds, Advances in Water Resources, 2013. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar, R. Wang**, and T. Link, Effects of more extreme precipitation regimes on maximum seasonal snow water equivalent, Geophysical Research Letters, 2012.  Full Manuscript in PDF
  • D. Marks, A. Winstral, M. Reba, J. Pomeroy, and M. Kumar, An Evaluation of Methods for Determining During-Storm Precipitation Phase and the Rain/Snow Transition Elevation at the Surface in a Mountain Basin, Advances in Water Resources, 2012. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. L. Reba, D. Marks, M. Seyfried, A. Winstral, M. Kumar, and G. Flerchinger, A long-term data set for hydrologic modeling in a snow-dominated mountain catchment, Water Resour. Res., 47, 2011. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. L. Reba, Marks, D., Winstral, A., Link, T. E. and Kumar, M., Sensitivity of the snowcover energetics in a mountain basin to variations in climate. Hydrological Processes, 25: 3312-3321, 2011. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar, G. Bhatt and C. Duffy, An Object Oriented Shared Data Model for GIS and Distributed Hydrologic Models, International Journal of GIS, pp. 1061-1079, v.24-7, 2010. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar, C.J. Duffy and K. Salvage, A Second Order Accurate, Finite Volume Based, Integrated Hydrologic Modeling (FIHM) Framework for Simulation of Surface and Subsurface Flow, Vadose Zone Journal, pp. 873-890, 8, 2009. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar, G. Bhatt and C. Duffy, An efficient domain decomposition framework for accurate representation of geodata in distributed hydrologic models, International Journal of GIS, pp. 1569-1596, v.23-12, 2009. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar and C.J. Duffy, Detecting Hydroclimatic Change in Colorado River Basin, Journal of Hydrology, pp. 1-15, v. 374,1-2, 2009. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar and C.J. Duffy, Shared Data Model to Support Environment Sensor Network Data in Hydrologic Models, iEMSs, 2008. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • G. Bhatt, M. Kumar and C. J. Duffy, Bridging gap between geohydrologic data and Integrated Hydrologic Model: PIHMgis, iEMSs, 2008. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar and D.A. Miller, A Non-Parametric Classification Strategy for Remotely Sensed Images Using Both Spectral and Textural Information, Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition Applications (SPPRA-IASTED), 2005. Full Manuscript in PDF
  • M. Kumar, C.J. Duffy and P.M. Reed, Enhancing the Performance of Feature Selection Algorithms for Classifying Hyperspectral Imagery, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2004. Full Manuscript in PDF