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Konstantine P. Georgakakos

Konstantine P. Georgakakos

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
8565
World Ranking
5778
National Ranking
2102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Konstantine P. Georgakakos is affiliated with the Hydrologic Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on hydrologic and atmospheric sciences, emphasizing flood risk assessment and management.

The main fields of study in their work include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specialized subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research covers topics including:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Konstantine P. Georgakakos include:

  • The Flash Flood Guidance System Implementation Worldwide: A Successful Multidecadal Research-to-Operations Effort, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Effective Transfer of Science to Operations in Hydrometeorology Considering Uncertainty, 2022, Hydrology
  • Global Flash Flood Guidance: Implementation of a Successful Multidecadal Research-to-Operations Effort, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Numerical Modeling of Flash Flood Risk Mitigation and Operational Warning in Urban Areas, 2022, Water
  • Upstream Precursors to High-Resolution Modeled Extreme Precipitation Events in the Mountainous Regions of Southern California, 2023, Journal of Hydrometeorology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Georgakakos are:

  • Zhengyang Cheng
  • Cristopher R. Spencer
  • Randall Banks
  • Theresa M. Modrick
  • Eylon Shamir

Georgakakos has contributed to several publications in notable venues, including:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Water
  • Hydrology
  • Journal of Hydrology

In recognition of their contributions to science, Konstantine P. Georgakakos was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Towards the characterization of streamflow simulation uncertainty through multimodel ensembles

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Dong Jun Seo;Hoshin Gupta;John Schaake

  • Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

    O. Batelaan;D.A. Hughes;P.W. Swarzenski;P. Willems

  • National threshold runoff estimation utilizing GIS in support of operational flash flood warning systems

    T.M. Carpenter;J.A. Sperfslage;K.P. Georgakakos;K.P. Georgakakos;T. Sweeney

  • Chaos in rainfall

    Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe;Beatriz Febres De Power;Mohammad B. Sharifi;Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • A Monte Carlo Study of rainfall sampling effect on a distributed catchment model

    Witold F. Krajewski;Venkataraman Lakshmi;Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Subhash C. Jain

  • Analytical results for operational flash flood guidance

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Impacts of parametric and radar rainfall uncertainty on the ensemble streamflow simulations of a distributed hydrologic model

    Theresa M Carpenter;Konstantine P Georgakakos

  • Intercomparison of lumped versus distributed hydrologic model ensemble simulations on operational forecast scales

    Theresa M. Carpenter;Theresa M. Carpenter;Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Large-Scale Aspects of the United States Hydrologic Cycle

    John O. Roads;Shyh-C. Chen;Alexander K. Guetter;Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Value of adaptive water resources management in Northern California under climatic variability and change: Reservoir management

    A.P. Georgakakos;H. Yao;M. Kistenmacher;K.P. Georgakakos;K.P. Georgakakos

  • On the parametric and NEXRAD-radar sensitivities of a distributed hydrologic model suitable for operational use

    Theresa M Carpenter;Konstantine P Georgakakos;Konstantine P Georgakakos;Jason A Sperfslagea

  • On the design of national, real-time-warning systems with capability for site-specific, flash-flood forecasts

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • A hydrologically useful station precipitation model: 1. Formulation

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Rafael L. Bras

  • A generalized stochastic hydrometeorological model for flood and flash-flood forecasting: 1. Formulation

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Estimating the Dimension of Weather and Climate Attractors: Important Issues about the Procedure and Interpretation

    A. A. Tsonis;J. B. Elsner;K. P. Georgakakos

  • Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Techniques for Use in Hydrologic Forecasting

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Michael D. Hudlow

  • Evidence of Deterministic Chaos in the Pulse of Storm Rainfall.

    M. B. Sharifi;K. P. Georgakakos;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Precipitation structure in the Sierra Nevada of California during winter

    Ganesh R. Pandey;Daniel R. Cayan;Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Assessment of Folsom lake response to historical and potential future climate scenarios: 1. Forecasting

    Theresa M. Carpenter;Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Konstantine P. Georgakakos

  • Measurement and utilization of on-site soil moisture data

    Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Konstantine P. Georgakakos;Otto W. Baumer

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas E. Graham
Nicholas E. Graham Hydrologic Research Center
Witold F. Krajewski
Witold F. Krajewski University of Iowa
Anastasios A. Tsonis
Anastasios A. Tsonis University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Daniel R. Cayan
Daniel R. Cayan University of California, San Diego
Efrat Morin
Efrat Morin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerald L. Schnoor
Jerald L. Schnoor University of Iowa
Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis Technical University of Crete
Laurent Charlet
Laurent Charlet Grenoble Alpes University

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