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Peer Reviewed Journals

​Self, Student/Post-doctoral Scholar


Yaduvanshi, A., Singh, R. and Kumar, R., 2022. Population changes and sustainability of energy drive cooling demand related risks in urbanized India. Energy and Buildings, p.111891.
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Singh, R., and Kumar, R. (2021). The suitability of water scarcity indicators to the Indian context. Water Security, 14, doi: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100097

Elangovan, L., Singh, R. and Kambhammettu, B.V.N.P. (2021). REGSim: An open-source framework to estimate recharge and simulate groundwater heads. Computers & Geosciences, p.104921, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104921 

Vora, A., and Singh, R. (2021). Satellite based Budyko framework reveals the human imprint on long-term surface water partitioning across India. Journal of Hydrology, In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126770

Veena, S., Singh, R., Gold, D., Reed, P. and Bhave, A. (2021). Improving Information-Based Coordinated Operations in Interbasin Water Transfer Megaprojects: Case Study in Southern India. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(11), p.04021075, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001456

Singh, R., Mishra, V., Narasimhan, B., Ghosh, S., Sharma, A., Dutta, S., and Mujumdar, P. P. (2020). Hydrological Modeling in India - Status Report 2016-2019. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 86(1), 479-494, doi: 10.16943/ptinsa/2020/49802 
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Deshmukh, A., and Singh, R. (2019). ​A Whittaker‐Biome based framework to account for the impact of climate change on catchment behavior. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1029/2018WR023113. 

​Singh, R., and Kumar, R. (2019). Climate versus demographic controls on water availability across India at 1.5° C, 2.0° C and 3.0° C global warming levels. Global and Planetary Change, 177, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.006

Singh, R., Quinn, J.D., Reed, P.M., and Keller, K. (2018). Skill (or lack thereof) of data-model fusion techniques to provide an early warning signal for an approaching tipping point. PLoS ONE, 13(2): e0191768, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191768

Biswal, B., and Singh, R. (2017). Incorporating channel network information in hydrologic response modeling: development of a model and inter-model comparison. Advances in Water Resources, 100, 168-182, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.12.015 
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Deshmukh, A., and Singh, R. (2016). Physio-climatic controls on vulnerability of watersheds to climate and land use change across the United States. Water Resources Research, 52, 8775-8793, doi: 10.1002/2016WR019189

Singh, R., and Kumar, R. (2015).  Vulnerability of water availability in India due to climate change: a bottom-up probabilistic Budyko analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 22(42), doi: 10.1002/2015GL066363

​Ward, V. L.,  Singh, R., Reed, P. M., and Keller, K. (2015). Confronting Tipping Points: How Well Can Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms Support the Management of Environmental Thresholds? Environmental Modelling & Software, 73, 27-43, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.020

Singh, R., Reed, P. M., and Keller, K. (2015). Many-objective robust decision making for managing an ecosystem with a deeply uncertain threshold response. Ecology and Society, 20(3): 12 [open source article, link]

Singh
, R., Wagener, T., Crane, R., Mann, M.E., and Ning, L. (2014). A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land use change combinations for critical hydrologic indicator thresholds: Application to a watershed in Pennsylvania, USA, Water Resources Research, 50(4), 3409-3427, doi: 10.1002/2013WR014988


Singh, R., Archfield, S.A., and Wagener, T. (2014). Identifying dominant controls on hydrologic parameter transfer from gauged to ungauged catchments - a comparative hydrology approach, Journal of Hydrology, 517, 985-996, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.030

Singh, R., van Werkhoven, K., and Wagener, T. (2014). Hydrologic impacts of climate change in gaugaed and ungauged watersheds of the Olifants Basin - A trading space-for-time approach, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59(1), 29-55, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2013.819431

Ning, L., Mann, M.E., Crane, R., Wagener, T., Najjar, R.G., and Singh. R. (2012). Probabilistic projections of anthropogenic climate change impacts on precipitation for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, Journal of Climate, 25, 5273-5291, doi: 10.1175/JCLI- D-11-00565.1


Singh
, R., Wagener, T., van Werkhoven, K., Mann, M. E., and Crane, R. (2011). A trading-space-for-time approach to probabilistic continuous streamflow predictions in a changing climate - accounting for changing watershed behavior, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), 15, 3591-3601, doi: 10.5194/hess-15-3591-2011



Book Chapters

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Singh, R. and Biswal, B., 2019. Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources: The Challenge Posed by a Multitude of Options. In: Singh S., Dhanya C. (eds) Hydrology in a Changing World (pp. 185-204). Springer Water, Cham., ISBN: 10.1007/978-3-030-02197-9_9 

Singh, R., Biswal, B., and Kumar, R., 2019. Water Availability Across India Under Observed and Projected Climate. In: Mishra V., Bhatt, J.R. (eds) Climate change and water resources in India, New Delhi: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dec. 2018, ISBN: 9788193313169

Singh, R., Veena, S., and Deshmukh, A., 2017. Assessing the vulnerability of water avialabilty across India to climate change and interlinking of rivers. In, Sustainable Holistic Water Resources Management, Raju, S., and Vasan, A. (eds)., 2017, M/S Jain Brothers, New Delhi

Technical Reports

Widmann, M., Blake, R., Sooraj, K.P., Orr, A., Sanjay, J., Karumuri, A., Mitra, A.K., Rajagopal, E.N., Van Loon, A.F., Hannah, D.M., Barrand, N., Singh, R., Mishra, V., Sugden, F., and Arya, D. S., 2019. Current Opportunities and Challenges in Developing Hydro-Climatic Services in the Himalayas: Report of Pump Priming Project 2017. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.
PRESENTATIONS
At International Conferences/Meetings


Self, Student Author, †invited, **presented by

Vora**, A., and Singh, R.. Using the Budyko framework to evaluate anthropogenic impacts on long-term surface water partitioning in India. AGU Fall Meeting, December 2020. Virtual poster presentation.

Molakala**, M., Singh, R., and Veena, S. Can groundwater development reduce reliance on large scale water transfers? AGU Fall Meeting, December 2020. Virtual oral presentation.

Veena**, S., Singh, R., and Bhave, A. A Stakeholder Elicitation-based Socio-hydrological Model of an Inter-basin Water Transfer Mega Project in Southern India. AGU Fall Meeting, December 2020. Virtual oral presentation.

Lakshmi**, E., Singh, R., and Phanindra, K.B.V.N. A data-driven model to simulate groundwater levels – Application to an urban agglomeration in India. MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, December 2019.

Deshmukh**, A., Singh, R., and Samal, A., Discovering linkages between catchment characteristics and water quality using catchment
classification. Water Future International Conference, Bengaluru, 24-27 September 2019. PDF

Veena**, S., and Singh, R. Socio-hydrology model of inter-basin water transfers with stakeholder elicitation. Water Future International Conference, Bengaluru, 24-27 September 2019. PDF

Lakshmi**, E., Singh, R., and Phanindra, K.B.V.N. A conceptual understanding of groundwater levels using data driven model: a case study in Hyderabad, India. HYDRO-2018 International Conference, National Institute of Technology Patna, 19-21 December 2018.

Deshmukh, D., Singh**, R., and Samal, A. Catchment classification: a tool to understand hydrology in data scarce regions. 15th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 03-08 June 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.
 
Veena, S., and Singh**, R. Identifying strategies to share water under changing climates and demands: a case study in southern India. 15th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 03-08 June 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  
Singh†**, R., and Veena, S. Impact of river interlinking on vulnerability of catchments to climate change. Presented by: R. Singh at Workshop on “Integrating precipitation forecasts and climate predictions with basin scale hydrological modelling in the Himalayas” Organized by the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC), 2-4 May 2018.
 
Singh†**, R., and Kumar, R. Relative impacts of socio-economic and climate drivers on water availability over India. Presented by: R. Singh at Workshop on “Integrating precipitation forecasts and climate predictions with basin scale hydrological modelling in the Himalayas” Organized by the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC), 2-4 May 2018.

Deshmukh**, A., and Singh, R., 2018. Identifying physio-climatic controls on watershed vulnerability to climate and land use change. International Soil and Water Assessment Tool Conference, 10-12 January 2018, Chennai, India 

Singh**, R., and Biswal, B., 2018. How well does a model reproduce hydrologic response? Lessons from an inter-model comparison. International Soil and Water Assessment Tool Conference, 10-12 January 2018, Chennai, India 

Dagani**, K. R., 2018. Quantifying the water footprint of an urban agglomeration in developing economy. International Soil and Water Assessment Tool Conference, 10-12 January 2018, Chennai, India 

Singh, R., Deshmukh**, A., and Kumar, R., 2017. Relative controls of natural and socio-economic drivers on water availability over India: an exploratory modeling analysis. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December 2017, New Orleans, USA. 

Deshmukh**, A., Samal, S., and Singh, R., 2017. Towards a robust framework for catchment classification. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December 2017, New Orleans, USA.  

Veena**, S., and Singh, R., 2017. A decision support framework for managing inter-basin water transfers under changing climate and demands. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Virtual Poster Presentation, 2017.    

Veena, S., and Singh**, R., 2017. Trade-off discovery for inter-basin water transfer in India: are donor basins always water surplus? Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry, Gordon Research Conference, June 25-30, 2017, Maine, USA.

Singh**, R., Veena, Sai, and Deshmukh, A., 2016.  Quantifying the vulnerability of watersheds to climate change using the bottom-up modelling framework: A case study in the Krishna river basin.  International Conference on Climate Change, Water, Agriculture, and Food Security (ICCCWAFS), 2-3 November 2016, ICRISAT Campus, Hyderabad, India

Singh**†, R. 2016.  Water resources in a changing environment: quantifying the impact of climate and land use change on water availability.  8th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering (INDOGFOE) Symposium, 19-22 May 2016, Potsdam, Germany

Singh, R., and Kumar**, R., 2016.  Estimating water availability over India using a bottom-up probabilistic Budyko approach.  Spring Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria

Singh**, R., and Kumar, R., 2015.  Estimating the spatio-temporal distribution of surface water availability across India.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, USA

Biswal**, B., and Singh, R., 2015.  Incorporating channel network information in hydrologic response modelling: model development and validation using ecologically relevant indicators.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, USA

Singh**, R., and Deshmukh, A., 2015, December.  What controls vulnerability of watersheds to climate and land use change across the United States?  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, USA

Ward**, V.L., Singh, R., Reed, P.M. and Keller, K., 2014.  Confronting Decision Cliffs: Diagnostic Assessment of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms' Performance for Addressing Uncertain Environmental Thresholds.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, USA

Singh**, R., van Werkhoven, K., Wagener, T., Mann, M.E., Crane, R., and Ning, L., 2013.  A robust decision making framework for identifying dominant controls on indicators of hydrologic alteration under environmental change.  Spring Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 7-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria

Singh**, R., van Werkhoven, K., Wagener, T., Mann, M.E., Crane, R., and Ning, L., 2012. When does model parameter non-stationarity matter?  Insights from the applications of a novel trading space-for-time framework across the US and South Africa.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, USA

Wagener**, T., Singh, R. and Kelleher, C., 2012.  An uncertainty framework for predicting hydrologic ecosystem services everywhere and under nonstationary conditions.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, USA

Singh, R., Archfield, S.A., Wagener**, T., and Vogel, R.M., 2012.  Transferring rainfall runoff model parameters to ungauged catchments: Does the metric by which hydrologic similarity is defined actually matter?  Spring Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

Wagener**, T., Laaha, G., Koffler, D. and Singh, R., 2012. Hydrologic similarity, comparative hydrology and hydrologic extremes. Spring Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

Singh**, R., Kelleher, C., Edmundson, C., Wagener, T., van Werkhoven, K., Mann, M.E., Crane, R., and Shortle, J.S., 2011.  Probabilistic predictions of hydrologic services in ungauged basins and under global change.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 5-9 December 2011, San Francisco, USA

Singh**†, R., van Werkhoven, K., and Wagener, T., 2011.  Hydrologic modeling in a changing climate: Expecting the unexpected.  Invited webinar for AECOM Technology Corporation

Singh
**, R., Wagener, T., van Werkhoven, K., Mann, M.E., Crane, R., and Ning, L., 2010.  Trading space for time: an approach to probabilistic flow predictions in a changing climate.  Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December 2010, San Francisco, USA

Archfield**, S., Vogel, R., Wagener, T. and Singh, R., 2010.  Rainfall-runoff model calibration at an ungauged catchment using the map-correlation method.  Spring Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria

Wagener**, T., van Werkhoven, K., and Singh, R., 2010.  Credibility of hydrologic models in the context of climate change impact studies - a case study in the Olifants Basin, South Africa.  Spring ​Meeting of the European Geosciences Union, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria

At National Conferences/Meetings/Workshops

Singh**†, R, 2020. On the use of hydrological models to estimate future surface water availability. 86th Annual meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020, online link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipmxR3-kF04

Singh**, R, 2020. Decision making under uncertainties related to climate change. 7th e-School on Climate Science & Policy, Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, IIT Bombay, 17-28 August 2020, online lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kMnq4ans3s&t=3576s. 

Singh**†, R., 2018. Estimating the spatio-temporal variations of surface water availability in India: challenges and opportunities. Workshop on Advances in Earth System Science, organized by Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), held 31 October - 1 November at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. 

November 2018: Riddhi Singh presented her work on estimation of surface water availability at regional scales, and their challenges in the workshop on 'Advances in Earth System Science' held at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi.

Singh**†, R., 2017. Rainfall Runoff Modelling and Uncertainty Analysis. Workshop on Best Practices in Water Resources Sector, Andhra Pradesh Human Resources Development Institute, Bapatala, Andhra Pradesh.

Deshmukh**, A., Singh, R., and Veena, S., 2016.  How does a watershed's physio-climatic characteristics control its vulnerability to climate and land use change?  National Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Change and Adaptation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors, 16-17 November, 2016, Hyderabad, India

​Singh**†, R, 2016.  Hydrology in the Anthropocene: Towards modelling frameworks that incorporate the impact of humans on hydrologic processes.  For Meeting of Project Appraisal and Monitoring Committee for Hydrology and Cryosphere, Ministry of Earth Sciences at I.I.T Kanpur on 11th April 2016

Singh**†, R, 2016.  Dealing with large uncertainties in future climate and land use change: towards bottom-up hydrologic modelling approaches.  For Institute Seminar Series on Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies at I.I.T Bombay on 23rd March 2016

Singh**†, R, 2015.  Sharing a scarce resource: Identifying strategies for water use across multiple stakeholders in a changing environment.  In 1st Indo-Chinese Young Engineering Leaders Conclave, 7th-9th October 2015 held at I.I.T Gandhinagar

Singh**†, R., 2015.  Dealing with large uncertainties in hydrologic modelling through bottom-up approaches.  In Workshop on Integrated Urban Flood Management at the Centre for Excellence in Water Resources Management at BITS Hyderabad on 30th October 2015
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