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Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research predominantly addresses water resources management, climate change impacts on agriculture, and hydrology, with an emphasis on sustainable irrigation and reservoir sedimentation challenges.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on water balance and sedimentation impacts in agricultural and irrigation systems, particularly within Pakistan. Notable papers include:

  • Water balance trends in irrigated canal commands and its implications for sustainable water management in Pakistan: Evidence from 1981 to 2012 (2020, Agricultural Water Management)
  • Climate change and reservoir sedimentation implications for irrigated agriculture in the Indus Basin Irrigation System in Pakistan (2021, Journal of Hydrology)
  • Development of the Indus River System Model to Evaluate Reservoir Sedimentation Impacts on Water Security in Pakistan (2021, Water)

The research topics covered extend to agricultural labor dynamics and crop management, adding interdisciplinary dimensions to their work. These include studies on female agricultural labor in Pakistan and optimizing rice-wheat management to reduce nitrate leaching.

Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Jorge L. Peña-Arancibia
  • Joel Stewart
  • Yingying Yu
  • Tasneem Khaliq
  • J. M. Kirby

Publication venues for their work highlight the range of disciplines they engage with, featuring journals such as:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Field Crops Research
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their fields of study bridge health professions and arts and humanities, with subfields including general health professions, philosophy, ocean engineering, global and planetary change, and water science and technology.

Focused main topics in their research encompass:

  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Best Publications

  • Reviewing SEBAL input parameters for assessing evapotranspiration and water productivity for the Low - Middle Sao Francisco River basin, Brazil : part A : calibration and validation

    A. H. de. C. Teixeira;Wim Bastiaanssen;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;M. G. Bos

  • Satellite surveillance of evaporative depletion across the Indus Basin

    Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Yann H. Chemin

  • Diagnosing irrigation performance and water productivity through satellite remote sensing and secondary data in a large irrigation system of Pakistan

    M.D. Ahmad;M.D. Ahmad;Hugh Turral;A. Nazeer

  • Mapping root zone soil moisture using remotely sensed optical imagery

    Christopher A. Scott;Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;Mobin ud Din Ahmad

  • Analysis of energy fluxes and vegetation-atmosphere parameters in irrigated and natural ecosystems of semi-arid Brazil

    A. H. de. C. Teixeira;A. H. de. C. Teixeira;Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;M. S. B. Moura

  • Measuring and enhancing the value of agricultural water in irrigated river basins

    Intizar Hussain;Hugh Turral;David Molden;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad

  • Agricultural production, water use and food availability in Pakistan: Historical trends, and projections to 2050

    Mac Kirby;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mohammed Mainuddin;Tasneem Khaliq

  • Reviewing SEBAL input parameters for assessing evapotranspiration and water productivity for the Low-Middle São Francisco River basin, Brazil: Part B: Application to the regional scale

    A. H. de. C. Teixeira;Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;M.G. Bos

  • The impact of climate change on regional water balances in Bangladesh

    J. M. Kirby;M. Mainuddin;F. Mpelasoka;M. D. Ahmad

  • Regionalization of a conceptual rainfall–runoff model based on similarity of the flow duration curve: A case study from the semi-arid Karkheh basin, Iran

    I. Masih;I. Masih;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Maskey;M.D. Ahmad

  • A new technique to estimate net groundwater use across large irrigated areas by combining remote sensing and water balance approaches, Rechna Doab, Pakistan

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen;Reinder A. Feddes

  • Energy and water balance measurements for water productivity analysis in irrigated mango trees, Northeast Brazil

    A.H. de C. Teixeira;W.G.M. Bastiaanssen;M.S.B. Moura;J.M. Soares

  • Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins

    Xueliang Cai;David Molden;Mohammed Mainuddin;Bharat Sharma

  • Sustainable use of groundwater for irrigation: a numerical analysis of the subsoil water fluxes

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen;R. A. Feddes

  • Assessment of Water Availability and Consumption in the Karkheh River Basin, Iran—Using Remote Sensing and Geo-statistics

    Lal P. Muthuwatta;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;M.G. Bos;T.H.M. Rientjes

  • Water saving technologies: myths and realities revealed in Pakistan's rice-wheat systems.

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Hugh Turral;Ilyas Masih;Mark Giordano

  • Diagnostic analysis of spatial and temporal variations in crop water productivity: A field scale analysis of the rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, Pakistan

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Ilyas Masih;Hugh Turral

  • Application of SEBAL approach and MODIS time-series to map vegetation water use patterns in the data scarce Krishna river basin of India

    M.-D. Ahmad;T. Biggs;H. Turral;C.A. Scott

  • Analysing streamflow variability and water allocation for sustainable management of water resources in the semi-arid Karkheh river basin, Iran

    Ilyas Masih;Ilyas Masih;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Hugh Turral

  • Constraints and opportunities for water savings and increasing productivity through Resource Conservation Technologies in Pakistan

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Ilyas Masih;Mark Giordano

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Turral
Hugh Turral International Water Management Institute
Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen
Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen Delft University of Technology
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Stefan Uhlenbrook International Water Management Institute
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Donald S. Gaydon
Donald S. Gaydon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Trent W. Biggs
Trent W. Biggs San Diego State University
Quan J. Wang
Quan J. Wang University of Melbourne
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Brett A. Bryan
Brett A. Bryan Deakin University
David Molden
David Molden World Bank

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