Nile River Basin and Abay (Blue Nile) Research [Selected]
Hydrological Modeling and Analysis
- Zeleke et al. (2025): “Spatial variability and relative influence of seasonal rainfall drivers in Ethiopia.” Theoretical and Applied Climatology 156(131).
- Haile et al. (2024): “Evaluation and comparison of the performances of the CMIP5 and CMIP6 models in reproducing extreme rainfall in the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia.” Theoretical Applied Climatology.
- Nigatu et al. (2024): “Drought Dynamics in the Nile River Basin: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Drought Propagation.” Remote Sensing 16(5):919.
- Admas et al. (2023): “Impacts of Best Management Practices on Runoff, Soil Loss, and Sediment Yield in the Megech Watershed, Ethiopia.” Water 15:788.
- Gonfa et al. (2022): “Hydro-Climate Variability and Trend Analysis in the Jemma Sub-Basin, Upper Blue Nile River, Ethiopia.” Hydrology 9(12):209.
- Bayissa et al. (2021): “Multi-Dimensional Drought Assessment in Abbay/Upper Blue Nile Basin: The Importance of Shared Management and Regional Coordination Efforts for Mitigation.” Remote Sensing 13(9):1835.
- Melesse et al. (2009): “Low and High Flow Analysis and Wavelet Application for Characterization of the Blue Nile River System.” Hydrological Processes 24(3):241-252.
Land Use/Land Cover Change Impacts
- Belay et al. (2025): “Identifying Flood Source Areas and Analyzing High-Flow Extremes Under Changing Land Use, Land Cover, and Climate in the Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.” Climate 13(7).
- Admas et al. (2024): “Predicting the Impacts of Land Use/Cover and Climate Changes on Water and Sediment Flows in the Megech Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin.” Remote Sensing 16(13):2385.
- Haile et al. (2024): “Scenario-Based Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction Using the Cellular Automata–Markov Model in the Gumara Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.” Land 13(3):396.
- Ayele et al. (2022): “Relationship of Attributes of Soil and Topography with Land Cover Change in the Rift Valley Basin of Ethiopia.” Remote Sensing 14:3257.
- Gessesse et al. (2021): “Land use dynamics and base and peak flow responses in the Choke mountain range, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.” International Journal of River Basin Management 19(1):109-121.
- Bekele et al. (2018): “Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics in the Keleta Watershed, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia.” Environmental Hazards.
Sediment Transport and Soil Erosion
- Aga & Melesse (2024): “An alternative soil erodibility estimation approach for data-scarce regions: a case study in Ethiopian Rift Valley Lake Basin.” Journal of Sediment Environment.
- Lukas et al. (2024): “Predicting reservoir sedimentation using multilayer perceptron – Artificial neural network model with measured and forecasted hydrometeorological data in Gibe-III reservoir, Omo-Gibe River basin, Ethiopia.” Journal of Environmental Management 359:121018.
- Ayele et al. (2021): “Sediment Yield and Reservoir Sedimentation in Highly Dynamic Watersheds: The Case of Koga Reservoir, Ethiopia.” Water 13:3374.
- Mesfin et al. (2021): “Rainfall-Runoff and Sediment Yield Modeling in Headwater Catchments of Lake Tana Sub-Basin, Ethiopia.” In: Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
- Gebreslassie et al. (2020): “Linear spectral unmixing algorithm for modeling suspended sediment concentration of flash floods, upper Tekeze River, Ethiopia.” International Journal of Sediment Research 35(1):79-90.
Lake Tana Basin Studies
- Dersseh et al. (2022): “Water Quality Characteristics of a Water Hyacinth Infested Tropical Highland Lake: Lake Tana, Ethiopia.” Frontiers in Water 4:774710.
- Dersseh et al. (2020): “Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Water Hyacinth and Its Linkage with Lake-Level Fluctuation: Lake Tana, a Sub-Humid Region of the Ethiopian Highlands.” Water 12(1435).
- Dersseh et al. (2019): “Potential of Water Hyacinth Infestation on Lake Tana, Ethiopia: A Prediction Using a GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Technique.” Water 11:1921.
- Alemu et al. (2017): “Spatial and Temporal Trends of Recent Dissolved Phosphorus Concentrations in Lake Tana and its Four Main Tributaries.” Land Degradation & Development 28:1742-1751.
- Enku et al. (2016): “Surface-groundwater interactions in sub-humid monsoon climate: The Lake Tana floodplain, Ethiopia.” Land Degradation and Development.
- Chebud & Melesse (2012): “Stage Level, Volume, and Time-frequency change information content of Lake Tana using Stochastic Approaches.” Hydrological Processes 27(10):1475-1483.
- Chebud & Melesse (2009): “Modeling Lake Stage and Water Balance of Lake Tana, Ethiopia.” Hydrological Processes 23(25):3534-3544.
Remote Sensing Applications
- Tadesse et al. (2022): “Evaluation of Merging Method for CHIRP Satellite Rainfall Estimate Over Wabi Shebelle River Basin, Ethiopia.” Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing.
- Ayehu et al. (2020): “Combined Use of Sentinel-1 SAR and Landsat Sensors Products for Residual Soil Moisture Retrieval over Agricultural Fields in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.” Sensors 20:3282.
- Ayana et al. (2015): “Assessing Potential of MODIS Images Generated Data in Modeling Total Suspended Solid Emission to Lake Tana, Ethiopia.” International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 36:13-21.
Transboundary Water Management and GERD
- Deribe et al. (2024): “Assessing International Transboundary Water Management Practices to Extract Contextual Lessons for the Nile River Basin.” Water 16(14):1960.
- Moges et al. (2021): “Introduction.” In: Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
- Abera et al. (2021): “Scientific Misconduct and Partisan Research on the Stability of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Critical Review of a Contribution to Environmental Remote Sensing in Egypt.” In: Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
- Abtew & Melesse (2014): “Water treaties in the Nile.” In: Nile River Basin: Ecohydrological Challenges, Climate Change and Hydropolitics.
- Yitayew & Melesse (2011): “Critical Water Resources Management Issues in Nile River Basin.” In: Nile River Basin: Hydrology, Climate and Water Use.
Climate Change Impacts
- Bayissa et al. (2025): “Evaluating the potential of Nature-based solutions to mitigate land use and climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Gefersa and Legedadi watersheds in Ethiopia.” Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 57:102130.
- Zeleke et al. (2022): “Assessment of Climate and Catchment Control on Drought Propagation in the Tekeze River Basin, Ethiopia.” Water 14(1564).
- Tegegne & Melesse (2021): “Comparison of Trend Preserving Statistical Downscaling Algorithms Toward an Improved Precipitation Extremes Projection in the Headwaters of Blue Nile River in Ethiopia.” Environmental Processes 8(1):59-75.
- Setegn & Melesse (2014): “Climate Change Impact on Water Resources and Adaptation Strategies in the Blue Nile River Basin.” In: Nile River Basin: Ecohydrological Challenges, Climate Change and Hydropolitics.
- Setegn et al. (2011): “Impact of climate change on the hydro-climatology of Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia.” Water Resources Research 47:W04511.
Water Resources Management and Planning
- Fentaw et al. (2018): “Climate Change Impact on the Hydrology of Tekeze Basin, Ethiopia: Projection of Rainfall-Runoff for Future Water Resources Planning.” Water Conservation Science and Engineering.
- Bekele et al. (2016): “Analysis of rainfall trend and variability for agricultural water management in Awash River Basin, Ethiopia.” Journal of Water and Climate Change 8(1):127-141.
- Berhe et al. (2013): “Water use allocation modeling using MODISM in the Awash River basin.” Catena 109:118-128.
- Ambachew et al. (2014): “Performance of Mungbean to Deficit Irrigation Application under Semiarid Highlands of Ethiopia.” Agricultural Water Management 136:68-74.
Books and Major Edited Volumes
You have edited several major books and special issues focusing on the Nile Basin:
- Melesse, Deribe & Zeleke (eds.) (2024): Land and Water Degradation in Ethiopia. Springer Geography.
- Melesse, Abtew & Moges (eds.) (2021): Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Springer Geography.
- Melesse, Abtew & Senay (eds.) (2019): Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability: Monitoring, Modelling, Adaptation and Mitigation. Elsevier.
- Melesse & Abtew (eds.) (2016): Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates. Springer Geography.
- Melesse (ed.) (2011): Nile River Basin: Hydrology, Climate and Water Use. Springer Science Publisher.