Dr. Venkataramana Sridhar joined the Civil Engineering faculty at Boise State University in 2007. His Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering (Hydrology) is from Oklahoma State University, his M.Eng. from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand, and his B.E. from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in India. Before coming to Boise State he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington in Seattle, and a Research Professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He is a Registered Civil Engineer in Nebraska and Idaho. Dr. Sridhar's primary research interest is in understanding the effects of land surface heterogeneity at the sub-GCM grid level and their effect on the land-atmosphere exchange phenomena. His group studies eco-hydrological modeling of complex mountainous terrain, irrigated agricultural regions, and natural grasslands/sagebrush ecosystems, and the impacts of climate change on the regional hydrology and water resources in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest region.
Articles
Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources in the Boise and Spokane River Basins (with Xin Jin), Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2012)
In the Pacific Northwest, warming climate has resulted in a lengthened growing season, declining snowpack,...
Relating Climatic Attributes and Water Resources Allocation: A Study Using Surface Water Supply and Soil Moisture Indices in the Snake River Basin, Idaho (with David J. Hoekema), Water Resources Research (2011)
Climate change forced by anthropogenic activities has been ongoing since at least the beginning of...
Effects of Coupling in Understanding the Surface Energy Balance in the Snake River Basin, Idaho (with Thilinl Jaksa and Kevin Nuss), Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (2011)
An accurate estimation of surface fluxes and evapotranspiration is critical in understanding the hydrological and...
The Adaptability and Sustainability of Surface Water Diversions Along the Main Stem of the Snake River in Southern Idaho (with David J. Hoekema and Xin Jin), Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (2011)
Agriculture in southern Idaho depends heavily on the conversion of snowpack into spring runoff. The...
Closure to "Estimation of the Water Balance Using Observed Soil Water in the Nebraska Sandhills" (with K. G. Hubbard), Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2010)
We are thankful to Szilagyi [2010] for providing us an opportunity to discuss the important...
Contributions to Books
Climate Change Impacts: An Assessment for Water Resources Planning and Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S (with Xin Jin), Climate Change / Book 1 (2011)
Assessing the hydrological impacts of climate change in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region of the...
In the News
Presentations
An Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Modeling in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho (with X. Jin), American Geophysical Union Meeting (2010)
The Upper Snake River Basin area has a strong interaction between the river and the...
The Impact of Accurate Parameterization of Snow Storage in Operational Hydrology Models (with A. C. Burnop, J. P. McNamara, and A. N. Flores), American Geophysical Union Meeting (2010)
Ensuring that model inputs and parameters are correct and accurate is one of the largest...