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Sajjad Ahmad is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sajjad Ahmad include:

  • Measurement of Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids in Water Systems: A Review of the Issues, Conventional, and Remote Sensing Techniques (2023), published in Remote Sensing
  • Overview of the Application of Remote Sensing in Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters (2023), published in Remote Sensing
  • Enhancing flood susceptibility modeling using multi-temporal SAR images, CHIRPS data, and hybrid machine learning algorithms (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water -energy -carbon nexus approach for sustainable large-scale drinking water treatment operation (2020), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Cumulative infiltration and infiltration rate prediction using optimized deep learning algorithms: A study in Western Iran (2021), published in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Haroon Stephen, Rubab Saher, Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, and Arman Oliazadeh.

Sajjad Ahmad has published notably in the following venues:

  • Water
  • World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2021
  • Remote Sensing
  • World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has contributed to book publications from Springer Nature and Frontiers Media. These include:

  • Computational Intelligence for Water and Environmental Sciences (2022), published by Springer Nature
  • Sustainable Development on Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance in a Changing World (2023), published by Frontiers Media

Best Publications

  • Remote sensing estimates of glacier mass balances in the Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalaya, India)

    Etienne Berthier;Yves Arnaud;Rajesh Kumar;Sarfaraz Ahmad

  • Estimating soil moisture using remote sensing data: A machine learning approach

    Sajjad Ahmad;Ajay Kalra;Haroon Stephen

  • Synthesis of System Dynamics Tools for Holistic Conceptualization of Water Resources Problems

    Ali Mirchi;Kaveh Madani;David Watkins;Sajjad Ahmad

  • Suspended sediment load prediction of river systems: An artificial neural network approach

    A. M. Melesse;Sajjad Ahmad;M. E. McClain;M. E. McClain;X. Wang

  • SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING OF RESERVOIR OPERATIONS FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT

    Sajjad Ahmad;Slobodan P. Simonovic

  • Computer-based Model for Flood Evacuation Emergency Planning

    Slobodan P. Simonovic;Sajjad Ahmad

  • Spatial System Dynamics: New Approach for Simulation of Water Resources Systems

    Sajjad Ahmad;Slobodan P. Simonovic

  • Evaluating the impact of demand-side management on water resources under changing climatic conditions and increasing population.

    Srijana Dawadi;Sajjad Ahmad

  • An Intelligent Decision Support System for Management of Floods

    Sajjad Ahmad;Slobodan P. Simonovic

  • Measurement of Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids in Water Systems: A Review of the Issues, Conventional, and Remote Sensing Techniques

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  • Overview of the Application of Remote Sensing in Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters

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  • Evaluating the effect of persistence on long-term trends and analyzing step changes in streamflows of the continental United States

    Soumya Sagarika;Ajay Kalra;Sajjad Ahmad

  • Changing Climatic Conditions in the Colorado River Basin: Implications for Water Resources Management

    Srijana Dawadi;Sajjad Ahmad

  • An Artificial Neural Network model for generating hydrograph from hydro-meteorological parameters

    Sajjad Ahmad;Slobodan P. Simonovic

  • Evaluating Municipal Water Conservation Policies Using a Dynamic Simulation Model

    Sajjad Ahmad;Dinesh Prashar

  • An Intelligent Decision Support System for Management of Floods

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  • Climate Change and Eutrophication: A Short Review

    Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian;Sajjad Ahmad;Moses Karakouzian

  • A Dynamic Model for Vulnerability Assessment of Regional Water Resources in Arid Areas: A Case Study of Bayingolin, China

    Guangyang Wu;Lanhai Li;Sajjad Ahmad;Xi Chen

  • Flood hazard assessment of Atrato River in Colombia

    S. Mosquera-Machado;Sajjad Ahmad

  • Using oceanic‐atmospheric oscillations for long lead time streamflow forecasting

    Ajay Kalra;Sajjad Ahmad

  • The carbon footprint of water management policy options

    Eleeja Shrestha;Sajjad Ahmad;Walter Johnson;Jacimaria R. Batista

  • Carbon footprint of water conveyance versus desalination as alternatives to expand water supply.

    Eleeja Shrestha;Sajjad Ahmad;Walter Johnson;Pramen Shrestha

  • Systems dynamic model to forecast salinity load to the Colorado River due to urbanization within the Las Vegas Valley.

    Arjun Krishna Venkatesan;Sajjad Ahmad;Walter Johnson;Jacimaria R Batista

Frequent Co-Authors

Slobodan P. Simonovic
Slobodan P. Simonovic University of Western Ontario
Assefa M. Melesse
Assefa M. Melesse Florida International University
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gale M. Sinatra
Gale M. Sinatra University of Southern California
Muhammad Ashraf
Muhammad Ashraf University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Muhammad Rizwan
Muhammad Rizwan Government College University, Faisalabad
Abdul Jabbar
Abdul Jabbar University of Melbourne
Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Imran Shakir
Imran Shakir University of California, Los Angeles

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