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7006
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2500

Overview

Daene C. McKinney is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, with an emphasis on computational mechanics and environmental processes.

Their recent scientific contributions include the following papers:

  • An improved finite-difference scheme for the conservation equations of matter (2023) published in E3S Web of Conferences
  • Assessing Water Security in the Jordan River Basin: Temporal Changes for Precipitation, Evapotranspiration and Land Cover (2023) published in Water
  • CALCULATION SCHEME FOR THE MATTER CONSERVATION EQUATION (2023) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Estimating Scheme Viscosity for Small-Scale Circulation with Implicit Finite-Difference Schemes (2023) published in E3S Web of Conferences
  • Improving finite-difference schemes in the context of Nero-hydrodynamic calculations: A conservative approach to solving transfer equations (2025) published in Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology

The main fields covered in McKinney's research are engineering and environmental science, with specific subfields including computational mechanics, earth-surface processes, numerical analysis, water science and technology, and global and planetary change.

McKinney's work focuses mainly on the following research topics:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Aquatic and Environmental Studies
  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

Frequent coauthors contributing to research collaboration include:

  • Abdulkhakim Salokhiddinov
  • Olga Ashirova
  • Andrey Savitsky
  • Georges Comair
  • Gonzalo Espinoza-Dávalos

Publications by McKinney appear most often in these venues:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Water
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Genetic algorithm solution of groundwater management models

    Daene C. McKinney;Min‐Der ‐D Lin

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Integrated economic-hydrologic water modeling at the basin scale: the Maipo river basin

    Mark Rosegrant;Claudia Ringler;Daene C. McKinney;Ximing Cai

  • Partitioning Tracer Test for Detection, Estimation, and Remediation Performance Assessment of Subsurface Nonaqueous Phase Liquids

    Minquan Jin;Mojdeh Delshad;Varadarajan Dwarakanath;Daene C. McKinney

  • Sustainability Index for Water Resources Planning and Management

    S. Sandoval-Solis;S. Sandoval-Solis;Daene C McKinney;D. P. Loucks

  • Integrated Hydrologic-Agronomic-Economic Model for River Basin Management

    Ximing Cai;Daene C. McKinney;Leon S. Lasdon

  • Solving nonlinear water management models using a combined genetic algorithm and linear programming approach

    Ximing Cai;Daene C McKinney;Leon S Lasdon

  • Sustainability analysis for irrigation water management in the Aral Sea region

    Ximing Cai;Daene C McKinney;Mark W Rosegrant

  • Modeling water resources management at the basin level: review and future directions

    D.C. McKinney;Xueliang Cai;Mark W. Rosegrant;Claudia Ringler

  • A framework for sustainability analysis in water resources management and application to the Syr Darya Basin

    Ximing Cai;Daene C. McKinney;Leon S. Lasdon

  • Linking GIS and water resources management models: an object-oriented method

    Daene C. McKinney;Ximing Cai

  • Finding Robust Solutions to Water Resources Problems

    David W. Watkins;Daene C. McKinney

  • Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation And Cooperation

    Ariel Dinar;Shlomi Dinar;Stephen McCaffrey;Daene McKinney

  • Identification of Hazard and Risk for Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya Using Satellite Imagery from 2000–2015

    David R. Rounce;C. Scott Watson;Daene C. McKinney

  • A new remote hazard and risk assessment framework for glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalaya

    David R. Rounce;Daene C. McKinney;Jonathan M. Lala;Alton C. Byers

  • Optimizing long-term water allocation in the Amudarya River delta: a water management model for ecological impact assessment

    Maja Schlüter;Andre G. Savitsky;Daene C. McKinney;Helmut Lieth

  • A scenario-based stochastic programming model for water supplies from the highland lakes

    David W. Watkins;Daene C. McKinney;Leon S. Lasdon;Soren S. Nielsen

  • Approximate Mixed‐Integer Nonlinear Programming Methods for Optimal Aquifer Remediation Design

    Daene C McKinney;Min‐Der ‐D Lin

  • Pump-and-treat ground-water remediation system optimization

    Daene C. McKinney;Min Der Lin

  • Network design for predicting groundwater contamination

    Daene C. McKinney;Daniel P. Loucks

  • A New Remote Hazard and Risk Assessment Framework for Glacial

    David R. Rounce;Daene C. McKinney;Jonathan M. Lala;Alton C. Byers

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Maidment
David R. Maidment The University of Texas at Austin
Ximing Cai
Ximing Cai University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gary A. Pope
Gary A. Pope The University of Texas at Austin
Leon S. Lasdon
Leon S. Lasdon The University of Texas at Austin
Mark W. Rosegrant
Mark W. Rosegrant International Food Policy Research Institute
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute
Ariel Dinar
Ariel Dinar University of California, Riverside
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Jeffrey S. Kargel Planetary Science Institute
Gerald E. Speitel
Gerald E. Speitel The University of Texas at Austin
Umesh K. Haritashya
Umesh K. Haritashya University of Dayton

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