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GEORGAKAKOS, KONSTANTINE

Adjunct Professor

Degrees:

• B.S., National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• D.Sc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests:

• Hydrology
• Hydroclimatology
• Hydrometeorology
• Water Resources Planning and Management

Honors and Awards:

• Fellow of American Meteorological Society (AMS), 2006
• WMO Commission on Hydrology, Expert in Hydrologic Modeling WMO), 1991
• University Faculty Scholar (The University of Iowa), 1988
• Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF), 1987
• National Research Council research Associateship Award (NRC), 1982

Mentoring:

• O' Hara, Jeffrey (Graduate; 2005-2007)
• Carpenter, Theresa (Graduate; 2004-2008)
• Taylor, Stephen (Graduate; 2001-2007)

1997. Parallel computation for streamflow prediction with distributed hydrologic models. Journal of Hydrology: 197:1-24.

1998. Impacts of climate variability on the operational forecast and management of the upper Des Moines River basin. Water Resources Research: 34:799-821.

1999. Microphysical and large scale dependencies of temporal rainfall variability over a tropical ocean. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: 56:724-748.

1999. National threshold runoff estimation utilizing GIS in support of operational flash flood warning systems. Journal of Hydrology: 224:21-24.

2001. Assessment of Folsom Lake response to historical and potential future climate scenarios, 1. Forecasting. Journal of Hydrology: 249:148-175.

2001. Soil moisture tendencies into the next century for the conterminous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres: 106(D21):27,367-27,382.

2002. U.S. corporate transfer in hydrometeorology. Journal of Hydroinformatics: 4(1):3-13.

2003. Probabilistic Climate Model Diagnostics for Hydrologic and Water Resources Impacts Studies. Journal of Hydrometeorology: 4: 92-105.

2004. Towards the Characterization of Streamflow Simulation Uncertainty in DMIP through Multimodel Ensembles, J. Hydrology: 298:222-241.

2005. Integrating Climate-Hydrology Forecasts and Multi-Objective Reservoir Management for Northern California, EOS: 86(12): 122-127.

2006. Potential Value of Operationally Available and Spatially Distributed Ensemble Soil Water Estimates for Agriculture, J. Hydrology: 328: 177-191.

2006. Carpenter, T.M, and K.P. Georgakakos, “Discretization Scale Dependencies of the Ensemble Flow Range versus Catchment Area Relationship in Distributed Hydrologic Modeling,” J. Hydrology: 328:242-257. 2006. Carpenter, T.M., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Intercomparison of Lumped versus Distributed Hydrologic Model Ensemble Simulations on Operational Forecast Scales,” J. Hydrology: 329: 174-185. 2006. Georgakakos, K.P., “Analytical Results for Operational Flash Flood Guidance,” J. Hydrology 317, 81-103. 2006. Georgakakos, K.P., and T.M. Carpenter, “Potential Value of Operationally Available and Spatially Distributed Ensemble Soil Water Estimates for Agriculture,” J. Hydrology: 328: 177-191. 2006. Shamir, E., T.M. Carpenter, P. Fickenscher, and K.P. Georgakakos, “Evaluation of the NWS Operational Hydrologic Model for the American River Basin,” ASCE J. Hydrol. Eng.: 11(5): 392-407. 2006. Shamir, E., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Distributed snow accumulation and ablation modeling in the American River Basin,” Adv. in Wat. Resour.: 29(4): 558-570. 2006. Wang, J., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Effects of cold microphysical processes on the surface precipitation variability of nonsquall tropical oceanic convection,” J. Geophys. Res.: 110: D22203, doi:10.1029/2005JD005787. 2006. Ntelekos, A.A., Georgakakos, K.P., and W.F. Krajewski, “On the Uncertainties of Flash Flood Guidance: Towards Probabilistic Forecasting of Flash Floods,” J. Hydrometeorology: 7(5): 896-915. 2006. Graham, N.E., K.P. Georgakakos, C. Vargas, and M. Echevers, “Simulating the Value of El Nino Forecasts for the Panama Canal,” Adv. in Wat. Resources: 29(11): 1667-1677. 2007. Shamir, E., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Estimating Snow Depletion Curves for American River basins using from distributed snow modeling,” J. Hydrology: 334(1): 162-173. 2007. Carpenter, T.M., Wang, J., Taylor, S.V., Shamir, E., Sperfslage, J.A., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Surveying Flash Flood Prone Response in Mountain Streams,” Eos: 88(6): 69-80.

2007. Bae, D.H., Georgakakos, K.P., and S. Kim, “Screening the Utility of Climate Information for Watershed Applications in Korea,” J. Hydrology: 336(1): 38-47.

2007. Wang, J., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Estimation of Potential Evapotranspiration in the Mountainous Panama Canal Watershed,” Hydrological Processes: 24(14): 1901-1917. 2007. Koutsoyiannis, D., Efstratiadis, A., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Uncertainty assessment of future hydroclimatic predictions: A comparison of probabilistic and scenario based approaches,” Journal of Hydrometeorology: 8(3): 261-281. 2007. Bae, D.H., Georgakakos, K.P., and W.-T. Kwon, “Climatological Screening of Climate Output with Observations for Korean Water Resources Applications,” International Journal of Climatology, (DOI: 10.1002/joc.1497). 2007. Georgakakos, K.P., “Issues in the Forecast and Management of Natural Floods and Flash Floods,” La Houille Blanche, 03-2007: 1-6. 2007. Shamir, E., Wang, J., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Probabilistic Streamflow Generation Model for Data Sparse Arid Watersheds,” J. American Water Resources Association: 43(5): 1143-1154.

2007. Shamir, E., Meko, D.M., Graham, N.E., and K.P. Georgakakos, “Hydrologic Model Framework for Water Resources Planning in the Santa-Cruz River, Southern Arizona,” J. American Water Resources Association: 43(5): 1155-1170.

2008. O'Hara and K.P. Georgakakos, "Quantifying the Urban Water Supply Impacts of Climate Change," Water Resources Management: 22(10): 1477-1497.