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In Preparation

  1. The Amazon basin water budget.

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Refereed papers

  1. Pokhrel, Y. N., Y. Fan, G. Miguez-Macho, P. J.-F. Yeh, and S.-C. Han (2013), The role of groundwater in the Amazon water cycle: 3. Influence on terrestrial water storage computations and comparison with GRACE, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50335. Download Link.
  2. Yamahara, K., T. J. Yamada, and Y. Pokhrel, Sub-seasonal Hydrological Forecast Skills of Extreme Events using land Initialization with influence of human activity in an Atmosphere General Circulation Model, Submitted to Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 2013 (In Japanese).
  3. Pokhrel, Y. N., N. Hanasaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Yamada, S. Kanae, & T Oki. Reply to ‘Overestimated water storage’, Nature Geoscience, 6, 3-4, 2013.
  4. Pokhrel, Y. N., N. Hanasaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Yamada, S. Kanae, and T Oki, Model Estimates of Sea Level Change due to Anthropogenic Impacts on Terrestrial Water Storage, Nature Geoscience, 5, 389-392, 2012, doi:10.1038/ngeo1476. Download PDF.
  5. Pokhrel, Y., N. Hanasaki, S. Koirala, J. Cho, H. Kim, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae and T. Oki, Incorporating anthropogenic water regulation modules into a land surface model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13 (1), 255-269, 2012 (doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-11-013.1). Download Unedited PDF).
  6. Cho, J., H. Komatsu, Y. Pokhrel, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae. The Effects of Annual Precipitation and Mean Air Temperature on Annual Runoff in Global Forest Regions. Climatic Change Letters, 108, 401-410, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0197-3, 2011.
  7. Pokhrel, Y., N. Hanasaki, S. Koirala, S. Kanae, and T. Oki. Extreme River Discharge Under Present and Future Climate Conditions Using High-Resolution Climate Model Data. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 54, pp97-102, 2010. Download PDF
  8. Pokhrel, Y. N., T. Oki, S. Kanae. A grid based assessment of global theoretical hydropower potential. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 52, pp7-12, 2008.

Book Chapters:

  1. Pokhrel Y. N., T. Oki, and S. Kanae. Policy Frameworks for Climate Smart Development: The Case of Hydropower. [Chapter 10 in Srinivasan et al., 2012 Eds., Climate Smart Development in Asia: Transition to Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economies. Routledge, Earthscan Publishers, London] (see Chapter 10).

Others

  1. 萬　和明, 山崎　大, 吉田　龍平, 新田　友子, Yadu Pokhrel, 辻本　久美子, 平林　由希子，田中　賢治, 檜山　哲哉, GEWEX/iLEAPS 合同国際会議参加報告, 水文・水資源学会誌, 23, 83-91, 2010.1.

Conference proceedings:

  1. Pokhrel Y. N., N. Hanasaki, S. Kanae, and T. Oki. Simulating historical and future global river discharge using High-Resolution climate model data. Proceedings of the Sixth International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle and the Second Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2009.
  2. Pokhrel Y. N., T. Oki, and S. Kanae. Hydropower: A Potential Source of Clean Energy for Sustainable Future. Proceedings of the international conference on Environment, Energy and Water in Nepal: Recent Researches and Direction for Future Kathmandu, Nepal, 2009.
  3. Pokhrel Y. N., T. Oki, and S. Kanae. Impact of climate change on global hydropower potential. Proceedings of the 4th Conference of The Asia Pacific Hydrology and Water Resources, Beijing, 2008.
  4. Pokhrel, Y. N., T. Oki, S. Kanae. Global hydropower potential in the 21st century, Proceedings of the Conference of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, Tokyo, 2008.

Conference presentations/posters:

  1. Pokhrel Y., N. Hanasaki, S. Koirala, S. Kanae & T. Oki. Incorporating anthropogenic water flow assessment modules into a Land Surface Model. 2nd International Conference on Hydrology delivers Earth System Science to Society. Tokyo, Japan, June 2010.
  2. Pokhrel, Y., N. Hanasaki, S. Koirala, S. Kanae and T. Oki. Assessing the Influence of Human Activities on Global Water Resources Using an Advanced Land Surface Model. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2010.
  3. Pokhrel, Y. N. Study of global water cycle using a land surface model with the representations of human impacts. Invited speech at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, Sept. 6, 2011.
  4. Pokhrel Y., S. Koirala, T. Yamada, N. Hanasaki, P. Yeh, K. Yoshimura, S. Kanae, T. Oki, Simulating the effects of irrigation pumping on global groundwater depletion, WRCP Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-28, 2011.
  5. Pokhrel, Y. N., Human transformation of the terrestrial water cycle. Hokkaido University Sustainability Week, 2011, Nov. 5, 2011, Sapporo, Japan.
  6. Pokhrel Y. N., Sujan Koirala, Tomohito Yamada, Naota Hanasaki, Pat J. Yeh, Kei Yoshimura, Shinjiro Kanae, Taikan Oki, Modeling Irrigation Pumping and Groundwater Depletion in the High Plains Aquifer, USA, H11D-1086, AGU Fall Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, USA.
  7. Pokhrel, Y. N., S. Koirala, N. Hanasaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, T. Oki, Estimating global groundwater withdrawal and depletion using an integrated hydrological model, GRACE, and in situ observations (Invited), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.
  8. Pokhrel, Y. N., Y. Fan, G. Miguez-Macho, P. Yeh, S. Han, Role of surface water and groundwater on terrestrial water storage variation in the Amazon, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.

Co-authored conference presentations/posters:

  1. Yeh, P. J.-F, M. Yuan, H. Kim, S. Koirala, Y. Pokhrel, T. Oki, 2010, Characterization of Long-term Atmospheric and Terrestrial Hydrological Cycle Change Using Multiple Data Sources. AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec. 2010, San Francisco, USA.
  2. Oki, T., T. Kondo, Y. Pokhrel, and N. Hanasaki, Characterization factors for water footprint considering the scarcity of green and blue water sources (Invited), AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec. 2010, San Francisco, USA.
  3. Oki, T., Y. Pokhrel, P. J. Yeh, S. Koirala, S. Kanae, and N. Hanasaki, Identifying the hotspots of non-renewable water use using HiGW-MAT: A new land surface model coupled with human interventions and ground water reservoir (Invited), AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec. 2010, San Francisco, USA.
  4. Yamazaki, D., Y. Pokhrel, H. Kim, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, Impact of climate change on the flood risks in the Mekong River basin: prediction of future flooding extent using a continental-scale hydrodynamics model, European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2011 Abstract.
  5. Kanae S., N. Hanasaki, Y. Pokhrel et al., Modeling the impact of irrigation area changes and anthropogenic water regulation on terrestrial hydrological cycle (Invited), WRCP Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-28, 2011.
  6. Oki T., Y. N. Pokhrel, and N. Hanasaki, Non sustainable water use: Modeling the coupled Social Ecological Systems and Global Hydrological Cycles. Planet Under Pressure, March 26-29, 2012, London, UK.
  7. Inatsu, M., T. J. Yamada, T. Sato, K. Nakamura, N. Matsuoka, A. Komatsu, Y. N. Pokhrel, A new project on development and application of comprehensive downscaling methods over Hokkaido. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22 – 27 April 2012.
  8. Emori, S., T. Yokohata, A. Ito, N. Hanasaki, Y. N. Pokhrel, Y. Sato, K. Yoshimura, T. Oki, E. Kato, K. Takahashi, Y. Yamagata, Development of a terrestrial integrated model for the sustainable utilization strategy of land-water-ecosystems, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.
  9. Kure, S., T. Yamada, Y. N. Pokhrel, Development and Application of a Hybrid Downscaling Method over Hokkaido Region, Japan, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.
  10. Satoh, Y., K. Yoshimura, Y. N. Pokhrel, S. Koirala, A. Okazaki, H. Kim, T. Oki, Impact of Climate Change on drought with terrestrial hydrologic simulation considering anthropogenic factors, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.
  11. Oki, T., Y. N. Pokhrel, N. Hanasaki, S. Koirala, S. Kanae, Non-renewable water use on the globe and its implication to sea level change (Invited talk), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, 2012.

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