Sediment Transport

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT & MODELING

  1. Lukas, P., Melesse, AM., Kenea, TT. (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.
  2. Admas M, Melesse AM, Abate B, Tegegne G. (2023). “Soil Erosion, Sediment Yield, and Runoff Modeling of the Megech Watershed Using the GeoWEPP Model”, Hydrology 9(12), 208.
  3. Aga, A.O., Melesse, A.M. (2024). “An alternative soil erodibility estimation approach for data-scarce regions: a case study in Ethiopian Rift Valley Lake Basin”, J. Sediment. Environ.
  4. Khosravi, K., Golkarian, A., Melesse, A.M., Deo, R. (2022). “Suspended sediment load modeling using advanced hybrid Rotation Forest based Elastic Network approach”, Journal of Hydrology 610, 127963.

SOIL EROSION ASSESSMENT

  1. Aga, A.O., Chane, B., Melesse, A.M. (2018). “Soil Erosion Modelling and Risk Assessment in Data Scarce Rift Valley Lake Region, Ethiopia”, Water 10, 1684.
  2. Defersha, M., Melesse, A.M. (2012). “Field-scale investigation of the effect of land use on sediment yield and surface runoff using runoff plot data and models in the Mara River basin, Kenya”, CATENA 89: 54-64.
  3. Defersha, M., Melesse, A.M. (2012). “Effect of rainfall intensity, slope and antecedent moisture content on sediment concentration and sediment enrichment ratio”, CATENA 90: 47-52.
  4. Hajigholizadeh, M., Melesse, A.M. and Fuentes, HR (2018). “Raindrop-Induced Erosion and Sediment Transport Modelling in Shallow Waters: A Review”, J Soil Water Sci 2018, 1(1):15-25.

WATERSHED SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

  1. Mekonnen, M., Melesse, A.M. (2015). “Evaluating sediment storage dams: structural off-site sediment trapping measures in northwest Ethiopia”, Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 41: 7-22.
  2. Defersha, M., Melesse, A.M., McClain, M. (2012). “Watershed scale application of WEPP and EROSION 3D models for assessment of potential sediment source areas and runoff flux in the Mara River Basin, Kenya”, CATENA 95: 63-72.
  3. Osore, A, Melesse, AM., Chane, B. (2019). “Modeling Sediment Flux and Budget of a Data Limited Rift Valley Lake in Ethiopia”, Hydrology 6(1).

METHODS & REVIEWS

  1. Hajigholizadeh, M., Melesse, AM and Fuentes, HR (2018). “Erosion and Sediment Transport Modelling in Shallow Waters: A Review on Approaches, Models and Applications”, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15, 518.
  2. Ehsan Olyaiea, Hossein Banejad, Melesse, A.M., K.W.Chau. (2015). “A comparison of various soft computing approaches performance for estimating suspended sediment load of river systems”, Environmental Monitoring Assessment 187:189.3
  3. Aga, AO, B Chane, AM Melesse, 2018. Soil Erosion Modelling and Risk Assessment in Data  Scarce Rift Valley Lake Regions, Ethiopia, Water 10, 1684, doi:10.3390/w10111684
  4. Aga, AO, AM Melesse, B Chane 2019. Estimating the Sediment Flux and Budget for a Data   Limited Rift Valley Lake in Ethiopia, Hydrology 6 (1), doi:10.3390/hydrology6010001
  5. Defersha M.B and Melesse A.M., 2011(2012b). Field-scale investigation of the effect of land use on   sediment yield and surface runoff using runoff plot data and models in the Mara River basin,   Kenya, CATENA 89, 54-64.
  6. Defersha M.B, Quraishi S. and Melesse AM., 2011(2010).Interrill erosion, runoff and sediment size distribution as affected by slope steepness and antecedent moisture content, Earth  Syst. Sci. Discuss., 7, 6447-6489, 2010
  7. Defersha, M. B., Quraishi, S., and Melesse, A.M. 2011.: The effect of slope steepness and antecedent moisture content on interrill erosion, runoff and sediment size distribution in the highlands of Ethiopia, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2367-2375, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2367-2011,
  8. Maalim F. K. and Melesse A.M., 2013a Modeling the impacts of subsurface drainage systems on Runoff and Sediment Yield in the Le Sueur Watershed, Minnesota, Hydrological Sciences Journal,           58 (3), 1–17.
  9. Maalim F. K., Melesse A.M., Belmont P.and Gran K., 2013b Modeling the impact of land use changes  on runoff and sediment yield in the Le Sueur Watershed, Minnesota using GeoWEPP, Catena107, 35–45.
  10. Melesse, A.M., Ahmad, S., McClain, M., Wang, X., Lim, H., 2011 Sediment Load prediction in Large Rivers: ANN Approach, Agricultural Water Management 98: 855–866.
  11. Mekonnen, M., Melesse, A., 2011.Soil Erosion Mapping and Hotspot Area Identification using GIS and Remote Sensing in northwest Ethiopian highlands, near Lake Tana, In: Nile    River Basin: Hydrology, Climate and Water Use, (Editor Melesse, A.), Springer Science Publisher Chapter 10, 207-  224,        DOI:  1007/978-94-007-0689-7_10
  1. Mohammed, H., Alamirew, T., Assen, M., Melesse, A.M 2015. Modeling of sediment yield in Maybar gauged watershed using SWAT, northeast Ethiopia, CATENA, 127, 191–
  2. Msagahaa, J., Ndomba, Melesse, A.M., 2014. Modeling Sediment dynamics: Effect of land use, topography and land management, In: Nile           River Basin: Ecohydrological Challenges,  Climate Change and Hydropolitics, (editors: Melesse, A.M., Abtew, W., Setegn, S), 165-
  3. Setegn, S.G., Srinivasan, R., Dargahi1 ,B., Melesse, A.M, 2009. Spatial Delineation of Soil Erosion Prone Areas: Application of SWAT and MCE Approaches in the Lake Tana  Basin, Ethiopia, Hydrological Processes, Special Issue: Nile Hydrology 23(26): 3738-
  4. Setegn, S.G., Bijan Dargahi, B., Srinivasan, R., Melesse, A. M. Modelling of Sediment Yield from Anjeni Gauged Watershed, Ethiopia Using SWAT, JAWRA, 46(3): 514-526
  5. Wang, X., Garza, J. Whitney, M.  Melesse, A.M., and Yang, W. 2008. Prediction of Sediment Source Areas within Watersheds as Affected by Soil Data Resolution, In:  Environmental     Modelling: New Research (ed. Paul N. Findley; ISBN: 978-1-60692-034-3), Ch. 7, p151-  185, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY 11788.