Publications

  1. Ngui Y.D., Najafi M.R., de Souza C., Sills D., Probabilistic Assessment of Concurrent Tornado and Storm-Related Flash Flood (TORFF) Events, International Journal of Climatology, in press, 2023.

  2. Rezvani R., Na W., Najafi M.R., Lagged Compound Dry and Wet Spells in Northwest North America Under 1.5 °C - 4 °C Global Warming Levels, Atmospheric Research, Jul 15;290:106799, 2023.

  3. Jalili Pirani F., Najafi M.R., Nonstationary frequency analysis of compound flooding in Canada's coastal zones, Coastal Engineering, Jun 1;182:104292, 2023.

  4. Jalili Pirani F., Najafi M.R., Characterizing compound flooding potential and the corresponding driving mechanisms across coastal environments, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Jan 3:1-9, 2023.

  5. Jalili Pirani F., Najafi M.R., Multivariate Analysis of Compound Flood Hazard Across Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes Coastal Areas, Earth's Future, Aug;10(8):e2022EF002655, 2022.

  6. Moazami S., Na W., Najafi M.R., de Souza C., Spatiotemporal bias adjustment of IMERG satellite precipitation data across Canada, Advances in Water Resources, Aug 21:104300, 2022.

  7. Mahmoudi M.H., Najafi M.R., Abbasian M.S., Influence of low frequency variability modes on spatiotemporal patterns of temperature and precipitation in Northwestern North America, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 3;67(13):2002-13, 2022.

  8. Singh H., Najafi M.R., Cannon A., Evaluation and joint projection of temperature and precipitation extremes across Canada based on hierarchical Bayesian modelling and large ensembles of regional climate simulations, Weather and Climate Extremes, Jun 1;36:100443, 2022.

  9. Sorboni N.G., Wang J., Najafi M.R., Urban flood mapping using Sentinel-1 and RADARSAT Constellation Mission image and Convolutional Siamese Network, Geomatica, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1984196/v1, 2022.

  10. Shrestha R.R., Najafi M.R., Hydrological Extremes in a Warming Climate: Nonstationarity, Uncertainties and Impacts, Water, May 23;14(10):1658, 2022.

  11. Cannon A.J., Alford H., Shrestha RR., Kirchmeier‐Young M.C., Najafi M.R., Canadian Large Ensembles Adjusted Dataset version 1 (CanLEADv1): Multivariate bias‐corrected climate model outputs for terrestrial modelling and attribution studies in North America, Geoscience Data Journal, 00:1–16, 2021.

  12. Wang S., Najafi M.R., Cannon A., Khan AA., Uncertainties in Riverine and Coastal Flood Impacts under Climate Change, Water, 13(13):1774, 2021.

  13. Mahmoudi M., Najafi M.R., Singh H., Schnorbus M., Spatial and temporal changes in climate extremes over northwestern North America: the influence of internal climate variability and external forcing, Climatic Change, 165(1):1-9, 2021.

  14. Moazami S., Najafi M.R., A Comprehensive Evaluation of GPM-IMERG V06 and MRMS with Hourly Ground-Based Precipitation Observations across Canada, Journal of Hydrology, 594: 125929, 2021.

  15. Singh H., Najafi M.R., Cannon A., Characterizing Non‑Stationary Compound Extreme Events in a Changing Climate Based on Large‑Ensemble Climate Simulations, Climate Dynamics, 56(5), 1389-1405, 2021.

  16. Abbasian M.S., Najafi M.R., Abrishamchi A., Increasing risk of meteorological drought in the Lake Urmia basin under climate change: Introducing the precipitation–temperature deciles index, Journal of Hydrology, 592: 125586, 2021.

  17. Shrestha R., Bonnyman M., Bonsal B., Cannon A., Najafi M.R., Heterogeneous Snowpack Response and Snow Drought Occurrence across River Basins of Northwestern North America under 1.0°C to 4.0°C Global Warming, Climatic Change, 164(3):1-21, 2021.

  18. Najafi M.R., Zhang Y., Martyn N., A flood risk assessment framework for interdependent infrastructure systems in coastal environments, Sustainable Cities and Society, 64:102516, 2021.

  19. Merrikhpour M.H., Rahimzadegan M., Najafi M.R., Mahjouri N., Probable maximum precipitation estimation over western Iran based on remote sensing observations: comparing deterministic and probabilistic approaches, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 66(1):165-78, 2021.

  20. Abbasian M.S., Abrishamchi A., Najafi M.R., Moghim S., Multi-Site Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation Using Generalized Hierarchical Linear Models: A Case Study of The Imperiled Lake Urmia Basin, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65(14):2466-81, 2020.

  21. Jalili F., Najafi M.R., Recent Trends in Individual and Multivariate Compound Flood Drivers in Canada's Coasts, Water Resources Research,56(8):e2020WR027785, 2020.

  22. Zhang Y., Najafi M.R., Probabilistic Numerical Modeling of Compound Flooding Caused by Tropical Storm Matthew Over a Data‐Scarce Coastal Environment, Water Resources Research, 56(10): e2020WR028565, 2020.

  23. Singh H., Najafi M.R., Evaluation of gridded climate datasets over Canada using univariate and bivariate approaches: Implications for hydrological modelling, Journal of Hydrology, 584: 124673, 2020.

  24. Ashrafi S.M., Gholami H., Najafi M.R., Uncertainties in runoff projection and hydrological drought assessment over Gharesu basin under CMIP5 RCP scenarios, Journal of Water and Climate Change, 11(S1):145-63, 2020.

  25. Singh H., Jalili F., Najafi M.R., Characterizing the Temperature and Precipitation Covariability over Canada, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 139.3, 1543-155, 2019. 

  26. Najafi M.R., Zwiers F., Gillett N., Attribution of observed streamflow changes in key British Columbia drainage basins, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 11,012–11,020, 2017.

  27. Najafi M.R., Zwiers F., Gillett N., Attribution of the Observed Spring Snowpack Decline in British Columbia to Anthropogenic Climate Change, Journal of Climate, vol. 30, no. 11, 2017.

  28. Dars G.H., Najafi M.R., Qureshi A.L., Assessing the impacts of climate change on future precipitation trends based on downscaled CMIP5 simulations data, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 36(2):385-94, 2017.

  29. Fernández A., Najafi M.R., Durand M., Mark B., Moritz M., Neal J, Shastry A., Laborde S., Phang S., Hamilton I., Xiao N., Testing the skill of numerical hydraulic modeling to simulate spatiotemporal flooding patterns in the Logone floodplain, Cameroon, Journal of Hydrology, 539, 265-280, 2016.

  30. Najafi M.R., Zwiers F., Gillett N., Attribution of the Spring Snow Cover Extent Decline in the Northern Hemisphere, Eurasia and North America to Anthropogenic Influence, Climatic Change, 136, 571-586, 2016.

  31. Najafi M.R., Moazami S., Trends in Total Precipitation and Magnitude-Frequency of Extreme Precipitation in Iran, 1969-2009, International Journal of Climatology, 36, 1863-1872, 2016.

  32. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani, H., Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis of the Runoff Extremes for Climate Change Impact Assessments, Journal of Hydrology, 525, 352-361, 2015.

  33. Najafi M.R., Zwiers F., Gillett N., Attribution of Arctic Temperature Change to Greenhouse Gas and Aerosol Influences, Nature Climate Change, 5, 246-249, 2015.
    (Featured as a Research Highlight in Nature 518, 140–141, 2015).

  34. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani H., Ensemble Combination of Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001250, 2015.

  35. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani, H., A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for the Analysis of Climate Change Impact on Runoff Extremes, Hydrological Processes, 28(26), 6292–6308, 2014.

  36. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani, H., Analysis of Runoff Extremes using Spatial Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling, Water Resources Research, 49(10), 6656-6670, 2013.

  37. Halmstad A., Najafi M.R., Moradkhani H., Analysis of Precipitation Extremes with the Assessment of Regional Climate Models over the Willamette River Basin-US, Hydrological Processes, 27(18), 2579-2590, 2013.

  38. Najafi M.R., Roshan, R., Kavianpour, M.R., Zarrati, A.R., Controlling Rooster Tail Development in Gated Tunnels, International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, Volume 20, Issue 1, 60-65, 2013.

  39. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani, H., Piechota, T., Ensemble Streamflow Prediction: Climate Signal Weighting Methods vs. Climate Forecast System Reanalysis, Journal of Hydrology, 442-443, 105-116, 2012.

  40. Najafi M.R., Kavianpour Z., Najafi B., Kavianpour M.R., Moradkhani H., Air Demand in Gated Tunnels, a Bayesian Approach to Merge Various Predictions, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 14(1), 152–166, 2012.

  41. Najafi M.R., Nabipour, M., The Effects of Steps on the Hydraulic Characteristics of the Subcritical Free Surface Flow in Long-Distance Conveyance Tunnels, Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, 28, 212-217, March 2012.

  42. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani H., Jung, I.W., Assessing the Uncertainties of Hydrologic Model Selection in Climate Change Impact Studies, Hydrological Processes, 25(18), 2814-2826, 2011.

  43. Najafi M.R., Moradkhani H., Wherry S., Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation using Machine Learning with Optimal Predictor Selection, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 16(8), 650-664, 2011.

  44. Najafi M.R., Zarrati A.R., Numerical Simulation of Air-Water Flow in Gated Tunnels, Journal of Water Management, 163(6), 289 –295, 2010.