Research Interests


  • Hydrological Forecasting
  • Post-processing hydro-meteorological data
  • Modeling sediment transport in open channels
  • Multiple point Geostatistics

Education


  • Ph.D. (Civil and Environmental Engineering), University of California Davis, May 2009
  • M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and TU Darmstadt, Germany, July 2005
  • B.Tech. (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, May 2003

Experience


  • Since October 2023 - Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal India.
  • July 2017 to October 2023 - Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal India.
  • Dec 2015 to July 2017 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada.
  • May to Dec 2015 – Hydrologist, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia.
  • Oct 2011 to May 2015 – Senior Research Associate, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
  • Oct 2009 to 2011 – Research Associate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, USA.
  • May to Oct 2009 – Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources, USA.
  • Sept 2005 to May 2009 – Graduate Research Assistant, University of California Davis, USA.
  • Sept 2004 to May 2005 – DAAD Indo-German exchange student, TU Darmstadt, Germany.

Recognition and scholarships


  • A paper on geostatistical approach to downscaling cited as emerging and dominant thematic areas in “Water Resources Research in 2013.” Water Resources Research, 50, 2787-2794.
  • Demonstration of a geostatistical approach to physically-consistent downscaling of climate modeling simulations," selected as an “American Geophysical Union Research Spotlight.”
  • UC Davis and Humanities Graduate Research Fellowship for the academic year 2008-09.
  • DAAD Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Program) from Sept 2004 to May 2005.
  • Proficiency prize for the best Bachelor of Technology Project in Civil Engineering, 2003, India.

Teaching


  • IISER Bhopal, India.
    • Introduction to Environmental Sciences
    Data Analyses and Statistics for Geosciences
    Surface Water Hydrology
    Contemporary Environmental Issues
  • U of Manitoba, Canada: Sessional Instructor for the course 'Statistical analysis of hydrologic data'.
  • U of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Occasional lectures in Surface Water Hydrology, and Water Resources Engr.
  • U of California Davis, USA: TA in Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Surveying, and Engineering Hydraulics.

Student Supervision


    1. Mr. Apoorva Sharad - Ph.D student (since Aug 2023)
    2. Mr. Ripunjay Pandey - Ph.D student (since Jan 2023)
    3. Ms. Ravi Kumar Tiwari - Ph.D student (since Jan 2023)
    4. Ms. Pragati Prajapati - Ph.D student (since Aug 2022)
    5. Ms. Kavya M - Ph.D student (since Aug 2021)
    6. Mr. Akshay Singhal - Ph.D student (since July 2019)
    7. Mr. Naman Kumar Rajouria - Project Associate - I(Since October 2023)
    8. Mr. Rohit Verma - Project Research Associate (Since March 2023)
    9. Dr. Nibedita Samal - Ph.D student (Graduated in August 2023)
    10. Dr. Ankit Singh - Ph.D student (Graduated in March 2023)
    11. Mr. Gaurav Meena - MS student (Graduated, May 2023)
    12. Mr. Ashish Kumar Meena - MS student (Graduated, May 2023)
    13. Mr. Hemant Kumar Dhaka - MS student (Graduated, May 2023)
    14. Ms. Meenakshi K V - MS student (Graduated, May 2023)
    15. Ms. Divya - MS student (May 2021-June 2022)
    16. Mr. Muhammed Jaseem P A - MS student (May 2021-June 2022)
    17. Mr. Ashwin R - MS student (May 2021-June 2022)
    18. Mr. Athul Cheriyamparambil - Project Research Associate (Aug 2021-June 2022)
    19. Mr. Soubhik Mondal - Project Research Associate (Aug 2021-Sept 2022, Masters: May 2020-21)
    20. Mr. Sanyam Singla - Project Research Associate (Aug 2021-Jan 2022, Masters: May 2020-21)
    21. Mr. Shubham Waje - Project Research Associate (Feb 2021-July 2021)
    22. Mr. Jitendra Kumar - Project Research Associate (Sept 2020 - July, 2021)
    23. Mr. Rajnish Kumar - MS student (May 2020-21)
    24. Mr. Shubham Tiwari - Project Research Associate (July 2019-May 2020, Masters: May 2018-19)
    25. Dr. M. Mathiazhagan - Project Postdoctoal Fellow (July 2018 -June 2019)
    26. Ms. Shivani Badodiya - Project Research Associate (April 2018-Jan2019)
    27. Dr. Nor Haji Abdul Hamid, Ph.D. student (Main supervisor: Dr. Samsung Lim), UNSW, Australia
    28. Mr. Florian Wawra, Masters exchange student, Technical University Hamburg, Germany
    29. Mr. Dhanoshan Arjun, Honours students, UNSW, Australia
    30. Mr. Honghan Zhao, Honours students, UNSW, Australia

Other Services and Membership


  • Head-in-charge, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal, March 2019 to December, 2021
  • Member, Department Postgraduate Committee, January 2022 onwards
  • Member, Department Faculty Affairs Committee, January 2022 onwards
  • Coordinator, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal, July 2018 to March, 2019
  • Associate Editor of a Research topic: 'Extreme Precipitation Events: Spatio-Temporal Connections, Forecasting, Generation, Impact Analysis, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment', Frontiers in Earth Sciences
  • Workshops and Symposia Conducted:
    1. Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) conference, 2023, HS 13: Hydrology of Data-scarce Mountainous Basins, Organizers: Jha, S. K., Lee, H. S., Marahatta, S.
    2. AOGS 2023, HS 30: Hydro-meteorological Forecasting: Methods and Applications, Organizers: Shrestha, D. L., Cattoen-Gilbert, C., Jha, S. K., Robertson, D.
    3. AOGS 2022, HS 38: Towards Impact-based Forecasting System: Connecting Weather Forecasts, Socio-economic Data, Vulnerability Assessment, Effective Communication and Adaptation for Impact Reduction, Organizers: Jha, S. K., Mueller, H., Yang, Q.
    4. AOGS 2021, HS 22: Hydro-meteorological Forecasting: Methods and Applications, Organizers: Shrestha, D., Jha, S. K., Kim, H., Robertson, D.
    5. AOGS 2019, HS23: Approaches for Post-processing Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasts for Improved Predictions of High-impact Weather Conditions, Organizers: Jha, S. K., Sikder, S., Tian, F.
  • Reviewer for Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology - Regional Studies, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Advances in Water Resources, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Hydrogeology, Sedimentary Geology, Environmental Modelling and Software, Royal Society Open Science, AIMS Geosciences, Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, MDPI Geosciences, The International Journal of River Basin Management, MDPI Water, Meteorological Applications, Water Resources Management, All Earth, MDPI Sustainability, Geoderma, Ecological Indicators
  • Membership:
      • American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, Indian Meteorological Society, Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society

Publications


Sediment transport in open channels
  1. Carlo, G., Angeloudis, A., Bombardelli, F., Jha, S. K., Stoesser, T. (2017). "On the values for the turbulent Schmidt number in environmental flows." MDPI Fluids, 2, 17.
  2. Jha, S. K. (2017). “Effect of particle inertia on the transport of particle-laden open channel flow.” European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids, 62, 32-41.
  3. Pal, D., Jha, S. K., Ghoshal, K. (2016). “Velocity lag between particle and liquid in sediment-laden open-channel turbulent flow.” European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids, 56, 130-142.
  4. Jha, S. K., and Bombardelli, F. A. (2011). “Theoretical/Numerical model for the transport of non-uniform suspended sediment in open channels.” Advances in Water Resources. 34, 577-591.
  5. Jha, S. K., and Bombardelli, F. A. (2010). “Toward two-phase flow modeling of non-dilute sediment transport in open channels.” Journal of Geophysical Research. 115, F03015.
  6. Bombardelli, F. A., and Jha, S. K. (2009). “Hierarchical modeling of the dilute transport of suspended sediment in open channels.” Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 9, 207-235.
  7. Jha, S. K., and Bombardelli, F. A. (2009). “Two-phase modeling of turbulence in dilute sediment-laden, open-channel flows.” Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 9, 237-266.
Application of Geostatistics in Hydrology
  1. Singhal, A., Cheriyamparambil, A., Samal, N., Jha, S. K. (2023). "Relating forecast and satellite precipitation to generate future skillful ensemble forecasts over the northwest Himalayas at major avalanche and glacier sites." Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128795
  2. Singhal, A., Cheriyamparambil, A., Jha, S. K. (2022). "Spatial extrapolation of statistically downscaled weather data over the Northwest Himalayas at major glacier sites." Environmental Modelling and Software, 149, 105317.
  3. Singhal, A., Jha, S. K. (2021). "An application of Multiple-point statistics downscaling approach over North-West Himalayas in avalanche-prone areas." International Journal of Climatology, 1-20.
  4. Malone, B., Jha, S. K., Minasny, B., McBratney, A. (2016). “Comparing regression-based digital soil mapping and multiple-point geostatistics for the spatial extrapolation of soil data.” Geoderma, 262, 243-253.
  5. Jha, S. K., Mariethoz, G., Evans, J., McCabe, M., Sharma, A. (2015). “A space-time scale dependent non-linear geostatistical approach for downscaling daily precipitation and temperature.” Water Resources Research, 51(8)-6244-6261.
  6. Jha S. K., Mariethoz, G., Evans, J., McCabe, M. (2013). “Demonstration of a geostatistical approach to physically-consistent downscaling of climate modeling simulations.” Water Resources Research. 49, 1-15. WRR featured article.
  7. Jha, S. K., Mariethoz, G., Kelly, B. F. J. (2013). “Bathymetry fusion using multiple-point geostatistics: representing complex sediment dynamics.” Environmental Modelling and Software. 50, 66-76.
Complex Networks
  1. Singhal, A., Jaseem, M., Divya, Sarker, S., Prajapati, P., Singh, A., Jha, S. K. (2024). "Identifying potential locations of hydrologic monitoring stations based on topographic and hydrological information." Water Resources Management, (accepted)
  2. Singhal, A., Jaseem, M., Jha, S. K. (2023). "Spatial connections in extreme precipitation events obtained from NWP forecasts: A complex network approach." Atmospheric Research, 282, 106538.
  3. Tiwari, S., Jha, S. K., Singh, A. (2020). "Quantification of node importance in rain gauge network: influence of temporal resolution and rain gauge density." Scientific Reports, 10 (1). p. 9761.
  4. Tiwari, S., Jha, S. K., Sivakumar, B. (2019). "Reconstruction of daily rainfall data using the concepts of networks: accounting for spatial connections in neighborhood selection." Journal of Hydrology, 579, 124185.
  5. Jha, S. K., and Sivakumar, B. (2017). “Complex Networks for Rainfall Modeling: Spatial Connections, Temporal Scale, and Network Size.” Journal of Hydrology, 554, 482-489.
  6. Jha, S. K., Woldemeskel, F., Zhao, H., Sivakumar, B. (2015). “Network theory and spatial rainfall connections: An interpretation.” Journal of Hydrolog, 527, 13-19.
Hydrological modeling and applications
  1. Singh A., Mondal, S., Pandey, R., Jha, S. K. (2024) "Assessing Fourier and Latin hypercube sampling methods as new multi-model methods for hydrological simulations" Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (accepted)
  2. Singh, A. Singhal, A., Ashwin, R., Pandey, R., Jha, S. K. (2024). "Towards the selection of a longer record of quantitative precipitation forecast dataset from TIGGE ensembles for India during the monsoon season", International Journal of River Basin Management, (https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2023.2270971)
  3. Samal, N., Ashwin, R., Yang, Q, Singh, A., Jha, S. K., Wang, Q. J. (2023). "Post-processing quantitative precipitation forecasts using the seasonally coherent calibration model", International Journal of River Basin Management, (https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2023.2218094)
  4. Samal, N., Ashwin, R., Singhal, A., Jha, S. K., Robertson, D. (2023). "Using a Bayesian joint probability approach to improve the skill of medium-range forecasts of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall", Journal of Hydrology, Regional Studies, 45, 101284
  5. Singh, A., Mondal, S., Samal, N., Jha, S. K. (2023). “Evaluation of precipitation forecasts for five-day streamflow forecasting in Narmada River basin.” Hydrological Sciences Journal (https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2151913).
  6. Singhal, A., Raman, A., Jha, S. K. (2022). "Potential Use of Extreme Rainfall Forecast and Socio-Economic Data for Impact-Based Forecasting at the District Level in Northern India", Frontiers in Earth Sciences - Hydrosphere (doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.846113)
  7. Samal, N., Jha, S. K. (2022). "Bias correction of WRF output for operational avalanche forecasting in the Indian Himalayan region", Journal of Earth System Science (doi: 10.1007/s12040-022-01899-w).
  8. Singh, A., Tiwari, S., Jha, S. K. (2021). "Evaluation of quantitative precipitation forecast in five Indian River basins", Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2216-2231.
  9. Singh, A., Jha, S. K. (2021). “Identification of sensitive parameters in daily to monthly hydrological simulations in small to large catchments in Central India.” Journal of Hydrology, 601, 126632.
  10. Zahmatkesh, Z., Jha, S. K., Coulibaly, P., Stadnyk, T. (2019). "An overview of river flood forecasting procedures in Canadian watersheds." Canadian Water Resources Journal, 44(3), 213-229
  11. Muhammad, A., Evenson, R. G., Stadnyk, T., Boluwade, A., Jha, S. K., Coulibaly, P. (2019). "Impact of model structure on the accuracy of hydrological modeling of a Canadian prairie watershed." Journal of Hydrology - Regional Studies, 50, 40-56
  12. Muhammad, A., Evenson, R. G., Stadnyk, T., Boluwade, A., Jha, S. K., Coulibaly, P. (2018). "Assessing the importance of potholes in the Canadian Prairie region under future climate change scenarios." MDPI Water, 10(11), 1657, doi:10.3390/w10111657
  13. Jha, S. K., Shrestha, D. L., Stadnyk, T., Coulibaly, P. (2018). "Evaluation of ensemble precipitation forecasts generated through postprocessing in a Canadian catchment." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 1957-1969.
Hydrogeological modeling
  1. Mathiazhagan, M. Jha, S. K., Biswas, A. (2021). “Assessment of groundwater mass balance and zone budget in the semi-arid region: A case study of Palar sub-basin, Tamil Nadu, India.” Journal of Earth System Science, 130, 187, 1-18.
  2. Jha, S. K., Mariethoz, G., Matthews, G., Vial, J., Kelly, B. F. J. (2015). “Influence of Alluvial Morphology on Upscaled Hydraulic Conductivity.” Groundwater, DOI: 10.1111/gwat. 12378.
  3. Jha, S. K., Comunian, A., Mariethoz, G., Kelly, B. (2014). “Parameterization of training images for aquifer 3D facies modeling integrating geological interpretations and statistical inference.” Water Resources Research. 50, doi:10.1002/2013WR014949.
  4. Comunian, A., Jha, S. K., Kelly, B. F. J., Mariethoz, G. (2014). “Training images from process-based simulations – An application to the lower Namoi Aquifer, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia.” Mathematical Geosciences. 46, 241-260.
Others
  1. Kumar, P., Javed, A., Kolli, R. K., Sachan, D., Dinesh, A. S., Murukesh, M., Sharma, J., Giri, R. K., Pattanaik, D. R., Jha, S. K., Ramamurthy, B, Mishra, G. (2023). “National Colloquium for advances in weather and climate prediction and climate change projection over south Asia.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
  2. Jha, S. K., Müller-Thomy, H., and Cho, J. (2022). "Editorial on the Research Topic: “Extreme Precipitation Events: Spatio-Temporal Connections, Forecasting, Generation, Impact Analysis, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessment", Frontiers in Earth Sciences - Hydrosphere, doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.1050027.
  3. Mishra, A. K., Kumar, P., Dubey, A. K., Jha, S. K., Sein, D. V., Cabos, W. (2022). "Demonstrating the asymmetry of the Indian Ocean Dipole response in regional earth system model of CORDEX-SA", Atmospheric Research, 273, 106182.
  4. Singhal, A., and Jha, S. K. (2021). “Can the approach of vulnerability assessment facilitate identification of suitable adaptation model for risk reduction?”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 63, 102469.
  5. Muhammad, A., Jha, S. K., Rasmussen, P. (2017). “Drought characterization for a snow dominated region of Afghanistan.” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 22 (8).
  6. Hamid, N., Lim, S., Jha, S. K. (2016). “An improved parcel-based approach to Bruneian Geocoded Address Database.” Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructure Research.
  7. Sharma, A., Mehrotra, R., Jingwan, L., Jha, S. K. (2016). "A programming tool for nonparametric system prediction using Partial Informational Correlation and Partial Weights." Environmental Modeling and Software, 83, 271-275.
  8. Hamid, N., Lim, S., Jha, S. K. (2015). “Quality control for the development of the Bruneian geocoded address database.” URISA Journal, 27(1).
  9. Bombardelli, F. A., and Jha, S. K. (2011). “Discussion of Closure problems to jet scour by G. J. C. M. Hoffmans.” Journal of Hydraulic Research. 49(2), 277-279.
  10. Jain, A., Jha, S. K., and Misra, S. (2007). “Modeling and analysis of concrete slump using artificial neural networks.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE. 20(9), 628-633.
  11. Jain, A., Jha, S. K., and Misra, S. (2006). “Modeling compressive strength of concrete using artificial neural networks.” Indian Concrete Journal. October, 17-22.
  12. Jain, A., Misra, S., and Jha, S. K. (2005). “Discussion of application of neural networks for estimation of concrete strength by Jong-In Kim, Doo Kie Kim, Maria Q. Feng, and Frank Yazdani.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE. 17(6), 736-8).
Book Chapter
  • Jha, S.K., Bombardelli, F.A. (2014). “Modeling the diffusion and transport of suspended sediment in open channels using two-phase flow theory.” Chapter 3, 51-68, In: Basu, S.K., Singh, N.K. (Eds.), Modeling and Simulation Methods and Applications. Springer.

    • Technical Reports


    • Mathews, et. al.. (2014). “Data-centric groundwater modeling for coal seam gas and large scale coal mining.” New South Wales, Office of Water, Sydney, Australia.
    • Minsker et al. (2011). “Geospatial approach to updating bathymetry of Mississippi river in real-time.” Archer-Daniels-Midland Company.
    • Gangadhariah, et. al. (2003). “Hydraulic model studies for river training works on the Ghaghra River near Kamariaghat.” DHV consultants, BV, Lucknow, UP, India.
    • Gangadhariah, et. al. (2003). “Model studies for the selection of a bridge site on the Ghaghra river near Chehlarighat.” DHV consultants, BV, Lucknow, UP, India.