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Devendra M. Amatya

Devendra M. Amatya

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
5964
World Ranking
9263
National Ranking
3325

Overview

Devendra M. Amatya is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a range of subfields, including Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main topics of study include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Devendra M. Amatya are Carl Trettin, Andrzej Wałęga, Ge Sun, Sudhanshu Panda, and Johnny M. Grace.

Amatya's publications have appeared predominantly in a few key venues. These include the Forest Service Research Data Archive, Journal of Hydrology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Environmental Modelling & Software, and Water.

Notable recent papers authored by Devendra M. Amatya are:

  • Storm event analysis of four forested catchments on the Atlantic coastal plain using a modified SCS-CN rainfall-runoff model, 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • Estimates of Precipitation IDF Curves and Design Discharges for Road-Crossing Drainage Structures: Case Study in Four Small Forested Watersheds in the Southeastern US, 2021, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
  • Evaluation of Paired Watershed Runoff Relationships since Recovery from a Major Hurricane on a Coastal Forest-A Basis for Examining Effects of Pinus palustris Restoration on Water Yield, 2021, Water

Best Publications

  • A Comparison of Six Potential Evapotranspiration Methods for Regional Use in the Southeastern United States

    Jianbiao Lu;Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Comparison of methods for estimating REF-ET

    D. M. Amatya;R. W. Skaggs;J. D. Gregory

  • Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA

    G. Sun;A. Noormets;M.J. Gavazzi;S.G. McNulty

  • Hydrological Processes and Model Representation: Impact of Soft Data on Calibration

    J.G. Arnold;Youssef;H. Yen;M.J. White

  • Regional annual water yield from forest lands and its response to potential deforestation across the southeastern United States

    Ge Sun;Steve G. McNulty;J. Lu;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Review: Hydrologic connectivity between geographically isolated wetlands and surface water systems: A review of select modeling methods

    Heather E. Golden;Charles R. Lane;Devendra M. Amatya;Karl W. Bandilla

  • A comparison of the watershed hydrology of coastal forested wetlands and the mountainous uplands in the Southern US

    G. Sun;S.G. McNulty;D.M. Amatya;R.W. Skaggs

  • Effects of timber management on the hydrology of wetland forests in the southern United States

    Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;James P. Shepard;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Effects of controlled drainage on the hydrology of drained pine plantations in the North Carolina coastal plain

    Devendra M. Amatya;R.W. Skaggs;J.D. Gregory

  • Modeling Actual Evapotranspiration From Forested Watersheds Across the Southeastern United States

    Jianbiao Lu;Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Effects of Controlled Drainage on Forest Water Quality

    D. M. Amatya;J. W. Gilliam;R. W. Skaggs;M. E. Lebo

  • Seasonal rainfall-runoff relationships in a lowland forested watershed in the southeastern USA

    Ileana B. La Torre Torres;Devendra M. Amatya;Ge Sun;Timothy J. Callahan

  • Assessment of storm direct runoff and peak flow rates using improved SCS-CN models for selected forested watersheds in the Southeastern United States

    Andrzej Walega;Devendra M. Amatya;Peter Caldwell;Dan Marion

  • Bi-criteria evaluation of the MIKE SHE model for a forested watershed on the South Carolina coastal plain

    Z. Dai;C. Li;C. Trettin;G. Sun

  • Hydrology and water budget for a forested atlantic coastal plain watershed, South Carolina

    Scott V. Harder;Devendra M. Amatya;Timothy J. Callahan;Carl C. Trettin

  • Effect of Assessment Scale on Spatial and Temporal Variations in CH4, CO2, and N2O Fluxes in a Forested Wetland

    Zhaohua Dai;Zhaohua Dai;Carl C. Trettin;Changsheng Li;Harbin Li

  • Evaluating the SWAT Model for a Low-Gradient Forested Watershed in Coastal South Carolina

    D.M. Amatya;M.K. Jha.

  • DRAINMOD-FOREST: Integrated Modeling of Hydrology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Plant Growth for Drained Forests.

    Shiying Tian;Mohamed A. Youssef;R. Wayne Skaggs;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Hydrologic Modeling of a Drained Pine Plantation on Poorly Drained Soils

    Devendra Man Amatya;Richard Wayne Skaggs

  • Evaluation of a watershed scale forest hydrologic model

    D.M. Amatya;R.W. Skaggs;J.D. Gregory

Frequent Co-Authors

R. W. Skaggs
R. W. Skaggs North Carolina State University
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Carl C. Trettin
Carl C. Trettin US Forest Service
Steven G. McNulty
Steven G. McNulty US Forest Service
Asko Noormets
Asko Noormets Texas A&M University
James M. Vose
James M. Vose North Carolina State University
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Prasanna H. Gowda
Prasanna H. Gowda United States Department of Agriculture
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro

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