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Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi NOAA Chair Profassor of Engineering- Civil Engineering, City College of New York & City University of New York

Steinmann Hall, T-107
The City University of New York
Convent Ave. at 138th St.
New York, NY 10031

E-mail: rk@ce.ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-8009,
Fax: 212-650-8097

Books: 



Technical Papers:


  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., A. S. Rogowski and A. C. Miller, 1982. "Modeling Erosion and Sediment Transport in Rills." Paper No. 82 2610. American Society of Agricultural Engineers Winter Meeting, December 14 17, Chicago, IL.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., A. S. Rogowski and Arthur C. Miller, 1983 "Modeling Upland Erosion." Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 19 35.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., Andrew S.Rogowski and Arthur C. Miller, 1983. "Predicting Erosion and Deposition on a Stripmined and Reclaimed Area." Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 585 593.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and A. S. Rogowski, 1983. "Modeling Erosion and Deposition." Proceedings of the Natural Resources Modeling Symposium, Oct. 17 21, Pingree Park, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 430-433.

  • Rogowski, A. S., R. M. Khanbilvardi and D. B. Jaynes, 1983. "Modeling Productivity, Erosion and Acid Mine Drainage on Reclaimed Stripmine Spoils." Proceedings of West Virginia Acid Mine Drainage Symposium, May 26, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., 1983. "Soil Erosion from Upland Areas." Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

  • Rogowski, A. S., R. M. Khanbilvardi and D. L. Jones, 1984. "Point Estimate of Erosion." Paper No. 84 2035, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Summer Meeting, June 24-27, Knoxville, TN.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and Andrew S. Rogowski, 1984. "Mathematical Model of Erosion and Deposition on a Watershed." Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), 27 (1): 73-79, 83.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and A. S. Rogowski, 1984. "Quantitative Evaluation of Sediment Delivery Ratios." Journal of Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 865 874.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and A. S. Rogowski, 1984. "Planning Erosion Control for a Reclaimed Area." Proceedings of the 1984 National Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, Dec. 2 7, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, pp. 155 162.

  • Rogowski, A. S., R. M. Khanbilvardi and R. J. DeAngelis, 1985. "Estimating Erosion on a Plot, Field and Watershed." ln: Soil Erosion and Conservation, S. A. El-Swaify, W. C. Moldenhauser and A. Lo (Editors), Soil Conservation Society of American, Ankeny, Iowa, USA, pp. 149 166.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and D. A. Long, 1985. "Effect of Soil Depth on Waste Water Renovation." Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 184-188.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., and A. S. Rogowski, 1985. "Effect of Tall Vegetation on Erosion and Sedimentation: A Microcomputer Package." Proceedings of the Specialty Conference, Hydraulic Division, ASCE, Aug. 12-17, Lake Buena Vista, Fl. , pp. 521 526.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M. and A. S. Rogowski, 1985. "Microcomputer Application in Predicting Upland Erosion." Proceedings of the Specialty Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, June 12 16, Buffalo, NY, pp. 1361-1370.

  • Pazwash, H. and R. M. Khanbilvardi, 1985. "An Overview of Methods for the Estimation of Sediment Yield." Proceedings of the 1985 National Symposium on Surface Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, Dec. 9-13, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. pp. 361-368.

  • Fillos, J. and R.M.Khanbilvardi, 1985. "Concerns in Groundwater Technology." Proceedings of the Groundwater Technology Seminar Groundwater Technology: Pollution and Transport, New York, NY, Sept. 18-20, pp. 1-6.

  • Khanbilvardi, R.M., 1986. "An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effect of Wastewater Application in Dry Wells and its Impact on Groundwater." Proceedings of the ASCE Water Forum '86 World Water Issues in Evolution, Long Beach, CA, August 4 6, pp. 498-505.

  • Khanbilvardi, R.M. and A.S.Rogowski, 1986. "Converting a Mainframe Erosion Simulation Model to a Microcomputer Software." Proceedings of the ASCE Water Forum '86 World Water Issues in Evolution, Long Beach, CA, August 4 6, pp. 1775-1782.

  • Karamouz, M. and R. M. Khanbilvardi, 1986. "An Optimization Approach for Locating Sediment Ponds in Stripmined Areas." Proceedings of the ASCE Water Forum '86 World Water Issues in Evolution, Long Beach, CA, August 4 6, pp. 1017-1025.

  • Dharamdial, R., R.M.Khanbilvardi and A.S.Rogowski, 1986. Predicting Sediment Migration from River Bank." Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on River Sedimentation, University of Mississippi, March 31 April 4, pp. 915 924.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., 1986. "Modeling Groundwater Flow", In: "Groundwater Hydrology, Contamination and Remediation", Khanbilvardi and Fillos (Editors), Scientific Publication Co., Washington, D.C., pp.365-382. 22. Khanbilvardi, R.M. and A.S.Rogowski, 1986. "Modeling Soil Erosion, Transport and Deposition." Journal of Ecological Modeling, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Vol. 33, pp. 255 268.

  • Khanbilvardi, R., John Fillos and S.Ahmed, 1987. "Leachate Estimation in Landfill Sites." In: "Pollution, Risk Assessment and Remediation in Groundwater Systems", Khanbilvardi and Fillos (Editors),Scientific Publication Co.,Washington,D.C., pp:321-336. 23. Khanbilvardi, R.M. and A.S.Rogowski, 1987. "Infiltration and Runoff Simulation in an Erosion Model." Proceedings of International Conference on Infiltration Development and Application, January 6 9, Honolulu, HI, pp. 424 443.

  • Khanbilvardi, R.M., M.Dadgarian and R.Dharamdial, 1988. "Erosion Prediction in Watersheds with Tall Vegetation". Proceedings of 1988 National Symposium on Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, December 5 9, pp. 856-862.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. and S.Ahmed, 1988. "Leachate Flow Through Landfills". Proceedings of 1988 Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, Norfolk, VA, pp. 1108-1114. 26. Khanbilvardi, R.M., 1988. "Erosion Control on Surface Mined Watersheds: A Modeling Approach." Journal of Water International, vol. 13, No.4, pp. 212-217.

  • Toussi, S. and R.M.Khanbilvardi, 1988. "Dempster's Rule of Combination in Soil Loss Prediction." Journal of Water Resource Planning and Management, ASCE. Vol. 114, No. 4. pp:432 445.

  • Khanbilvardi, R. M., M.W. Akhtar and A. S. Rogowski, 1988. "Low Flow Local Scour for Cylindrical Objects." Journal of Water International, vol. 24, No.4, pp. 839-846.

  • Dharamdial, R. and R.M.Khanbilvardi, 1988. "A Conceptual Model For River Bank Erosion". Journal of Water International, vol. 13, No.3, pp. 154-160.

  • Rogowski, A.S., B.E.Weinrich and R.M.Khanbilvardi, 1990. "A Nonparametric Approach To Potential Erosion on Mined and Reclaimed Areas". Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 408-411.

  • Ahmed Shabbir and Reza M. Khanbilvardi, 1990. "Development of an Optimization Model for Groundwater Withdrawal", Proceedings of ASCE Specialty Conference, April 17 21, Fort Worth, TX, pp. 778-786.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M. Khanbilvardi, John Fillos and Philip Gleason, 1990. "A Two-Dimensional Model for Estimating Leachate Flow in Landfills", Proceedings of ASCE Specialty Conference, April 17 21, Fort Worth, TX, pp. 792 802.

  • Khanbilvardi, R., A.S.Rogowski and M.W.Akhtar, 1990. "Low Flow Local Scour for Cylindrical Objects". Proceedings of 1990 National Symposium on Mining, Nashville, TN, pp. 386-392.

  • Khanbilvardi, R.M., 1990. "Hydraulic Evaluation of Landfill Performance". Proceedings of 3rd Iranian Congress of Civil Engineers, pp. 450-459.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M.Khanbilvardi, John Fillos and Phillip Gleason, 1991. "Two- Dimensional Leachate Estimation Through Landfill. 1 - Theoretical Considerations", In: "Advances in Groundwater", Scientific Publication, Washington, D.C., pp. 51-82.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., Shabbir Ahmed, John Fillos and Phillip Gleason, 1991. "Two-Dimensional Leachate Estimation Through Landfill. 2 - Numerical Solution.", In: "Advances in Groundwater", Scientific Publication, Washington, D.C., pp. 83-124.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M.Khanbilvardi and Phillip J.Gleason, 1991. "Field Investigation for Leachate Flow in a Landfill." Proceedings of 18th Annual Conference on Waste Resources Planning & Management Div. of ASCE, New Orleans, pp. 420-428.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., Shabbir Ahmed and Phillip J.Gleason, 1991. "Prediction of Runoff-Evapotranspiration to Estimate Leachate Generation in a Landfill." Proceedings of 18th Annual Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management Division of ASCE, New Orleans, pp. 312-319.

  • Ahmed S., R.M.Khanbilvardi and P.J.Gleason, 1991. "Estimating Landfill Leachate : A Modeling Approach." Proceedings of 1991 ASCE National Symposium on Ground

  • Water in the Pacific Rim, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 120-128.

  • Ahmed S., R.M.Khanbilvardi and P.J.Gleason, 1991. "A Mathematical Model for Leachate Flow in A Landfill." Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Applications in Water Resources, Taiwan, pp.201-210.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M. and Shabbir Ahmed, 1991. "A Runoff-Infiltration Model for Predicting Leachate Generation in a Landfill." Proceedings of the International Seminar on Efficient Water Use, Mexico City, Mexico, pp. 342-348.

  • Khanbilvardi, R.M., A.S.Rogowski and D.L.Jones, 1991. "Evaluation of Point Erosion on Plots Receiving Simulated Rainfall." Ir. Jour. of Science and Technology, vol.16, No.2&3, pp. 197-214.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M.Khanbilvardi, John Fillos and Phllip J.Gleason, 1991. "Two-Dimensional Leachate Estimation Through Landfills." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, vol. 118, No. 2, pp: 306-322.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M.Khanbilvardi and Phillip J.Gleason, 1992. "Occurrence and Distribution of Leachate in a Solid Waste Landfill: A Field Scale Study." International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 279-285.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M. and Shabbir Ahmed, 1992. "A Model for Managing Groundwater Withdrawal." Ir. Jour of Science and Technology, Vol.16, No.1, pp.15-28.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., 1993, "Climatic Changes and its Effect on Water Resources in Karst Area." Proceedings of International Symposium on Water Resources in Karst with Special Emphasis on Arid and Semi-Arid Zones, Shiraz, Iran, pp. 230-249.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., Shabbir Ahmed and Ali M.Sadegh, 1992. "Boundary Integral Solutions to Unsaturated Moisture Flow Equation." Water Resources Research, vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 1425-1434.

  • Ahmed Shabbir, Reza M. Khanbilvardi and Ali M.Sadegh, 1992. "Unsteady Unsaturated Moisture Flow in Porous Media: Boundary Integral vs. Finite Difference Solutions." Ir. Journal of Water Resources Engineering, vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 65-86.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., 1994. "A New Mathematical Model for Predicting Leachate in Landfills." Proceedings of the National Conference on Groundwater Management, Kerman, Iran, pp. 110-126.

  • Ahmed, S. and R.M.Khanbilvardi, 1994. "Development of a Model for Contaminant Transport through Multilayered Portous Media." Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Groundwater Ecology. Sponsored jointly by U.S.Environmental Protection Agency and American Water Resources Association .

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M. and Shahriar Afshari, 1995. “ Sludge Ash as a Fine Aggregate for Concrete Mix." Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 9, pp:633-638.

  • Ahmed, S., R.M.Khanbilvardi and P.J. Gleason, 1995. "Flow Investigation For Landfill Leachate (FILL)." Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, vol. 121, No. 1, pp. 45-57.

  • Blake, Reginald A., Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Cynthia Rosenzweig , and David Rind, 1995.”Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Jamaica”, Proceedings of Water Resources Engineering of ASCE, San Antonio, pp:395-399.

  • Ahmed , S., R. M. Khanbilvardi, 1995. “A Boundary Element Model for Predicting Recharge in a Landfill”, Proceedings of Water Management in Urban Area, Published by American Water Resources Association. Pp:212-218.

  • Khanbilvbardi, R.M., 1996.”Watershed Management: New York City’s Approach”, Proceedings of IAA Annual Conference. pp:49-58.

  • Blake, Reginald A., Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Lin Ferrand, Cynthia Rosenzweig, and David Rind, 1996.”Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Jamaica’s Rio Cobre River Basin”, Journal of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, vol. 2, 20.

  • Blake, Reginald A., Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Lin Ferrand, Cynthia Rosenzweig, and David Rind, 1997.” Applying the GISS Land Surface Hydrological Model to a Tropical Watershed”, Proceedings of American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA.

  • Hanan Atual and Reza M. Khanbilvardi, 1997, “A Laboratory Study of Sediment Distribution at River Bifurcation”, Proceedings of American Water Resources Association, Keystone, Colorado, pp: 649-655.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M. and Siamak Esfandiari, 1997, “Transport of Radioactive Contaminants in Surface and Subsurface Environment”, Proceedings of the Second Annual IAA Conference on Science and Technology in Medicine and Engineering, New York, NY, pp: 474-479.

  • Hannan Atual and Reza M. Khanbilvardi, 1998, “Shoreline Erosion Control Structure: Application of Wastewater Sludge Ash”, Proceedings of the ASCE National Conference on Environmental Engineering, June 7-10, Chicago, IL. Edited by Thomas E. Wilson, Pp:712-717.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., Vyacheslav M. Shestopalov, and Siamak Esfandiari,1998, “Erosion-Controlled Radioactive Transport in Agricultural Watersheds”, Proccedings of the 25th ASCE Water Resources and Planning, and Management Division Conference, Edited by Eric D. Loucks, Pp: 734-738. June7-10 Chicago, IL.

  • Stern, David A., Lorraine L. Janus, Reza M. Khanbilvardi, James C. Alair, William R. Richardson, P. Bryce McCann, and Yuri A. Gorokhovich, 1998, “Estimating Flow Velocities Through a Natural Wetland, Proceedings of 1998 International Water Resources Engineering Conference, August 3-7, Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., Reginald Blake, Lin Ferrand, David Rind, and Cynthia Rosenzweig, 1998. “Climate Change and Karstic Hydrology”, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Karst Water Resources, July 4-8, 1998, Tehran. Iran.

  • Tietjen, J. H. Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Y. Gopchenko, and P. Kulakova, 1999.”Bilogical Water Quality Assessment of Macroinvertebrates Inhabiting Small Streams in the Sasyk Reservoir Region of Ukraine”, in Environmental Practice, Journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Vol. 1, No. 2, Pp: 97-101.

  • Reginald Blake, Fred Moshary, and Reza M. Khanbilvardi, 1999, “Remote Sensing as a Tool for Assessing and Monitoring Environmental Impacts: Integration of Research and Education”, Proceedings of IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote sensing Symposium, June 28-July 2, 1999, Hamburg, Germany,

  • Sylvester, Winfield., Reginald A. Blake, Reza M. Khanbilvardi, and Leon Johnson, 1999”Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones as Triggers for Mass Movement: An Example- Hurricane Mitch’s Role in the Central Americal Tradegy og 1998”, Proceedings of IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote sensing Symposium, June 28-July 2, 1999, Hamburg, Germany. vol. 4, 18.

  • Ahmed, S., V. Diyamandoglou, R. Khanbilvardi, L. Roytman, and T. Saadawi, 1999, “Industrial Ventures and Technology Transfer in an Economy in Transit”, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management of Technology, International Association for Management Technology, March 15-17, Cairo, Egypt.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., 1999.” How Innovative, Cost-Effective Technologies Can Help Protect the World’s Supply of Fresh Drinking Water”, Journal of Environmental Law and Practices, Vol.6, No. 4. Pp: 57-60.

  • Blake, Reginald A., Samuel Kirub, and Reza M. Khanbilvardi, “Assessment of Possible Climate Change Impacts on New York City’s Water Supply System-The Esopus Creek Basin” in Proceedings of American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, May 10-12, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Shestopalov, V., Y. Rudenko, A. Makarenko, and R. Khanbilvardi, 1999.”Radio-

  • Hydrogeological Monitoring of Kyiv Urban Aggflomeration”, in Proceedings of WATER 1999 Joint Congress, July 6-8, Quennsland, Australia.

  • Shestopalov, A. Bohuslavsky, V. Bublias, and R. Khanbilvardi, 1999.”Modeling Research of Fast Vertical Migration of 137Cs in Depression Morphosculptures of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone”, Submitted to Vadose Zone Handbook, to be published by U.S. Dept. of Energy.

  • Shestopalov, V.M., Y.F.Rudenko, A.S.Bohuslavsky, A.N.Makarenko, and R.Khanbilvardi, 1999, Water Supply and Monitoring of Groundwater Radiochemical Contamination in Kyiv Urban Agglomeration. // Proc. of XXIX IAH Congress, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 6-10 September, 1999, pp. 497-502.

  • Shestopalov, V.M., R.M.Khanbilvardi, I.P.Onishchenko, V.N.Bublyas, 1999. Correlation between Lateral and Vertical Migration of Radionuclides. // 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology and the Fourth USA/CIS Joint Conference on Environmental Hydrology and Hydrogeology “Hydrologic Issues of the 21st Century: Ecology, Environment and Human Health”, November 1999, San Francisco, USA, p. 94.

  • Shestopalov, V., V.N.Bublyas, A.S.Bohuslavsky, I.P.Onishchenko, R.Khanbilvardi, 2000. Role of Surface Redistribution and Vertical Migration of Radionuclides in Autorehabilitation of Areas Contaminated after Chernobyl. // GROUNDWATER 2000 (International Conference on Groundwater Research, 6-8 June 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark).

  • Shestopalov, V.M., R.M.Khanbilvardi, I.P.Onishchenko, V.N.Bublyas, V.V.Gudzenko, 2000. Ratio of Lateral to Vertical Washout of Radionuclides from the Soils in the Chernobyl Zone. // Dopovidi Akademiyi nauk Ukrayiny [Accepted for publication, Registration No. 319] (in Ukrainian).

  • Shestopalov, V.M., R.M.Khanbilvardi, I.P.Onishchenko, E.Yu.Petrenko, A.G.Topor, 2000. Mathematical Modeling of Migration of Radionuclides within Agricultural Watersheds. // Dopovidi Akademiyi nauk Ukrayiny [Accepted for publication, Registration No. 363] (in Ukrainian).

  • Khanbilvardi, R., V.M. Shestopalov, I.P.Onishchenko, E.Yu.Petrenko, A.G.Topor, 2000. Mathematical Simulation of the Planar Migration of Radionuclides within Agricultural Watersheds. // Dopovidi Akademiyi nauk Ukrayiny [Accepted for publication] (in Ukrainian).

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza M., V. Shestopalov, I. Onishchenko, V. Bublyas, and V. Gudzenko, 1999, “Role of Erosion Processes in Transfer of Radionuclides: Results of Field Experiments”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol.35, No. 4, Pp: 887-898.

  • Khanbilvardi, R., E. Petrenko, A. Topor, 2000. Mathematical Simulation of the Transport of Radionuclides by Water Erosion in Zones of Global Anthropogenic Impact. // Zbirka NIISP Derzhbudu Ukrayiny. [Accepted for Publication] (in Ukrainian).

  • Blake, Reginald, Reza M. Khanbilvardi, and Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2000. “Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on New York Cities Water Supply System”, Journal of American Water Resources Association, 36(2), pp. 279 - 292

  • Gorokhovich, Yuri, Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Lorraine Janus, Victor Goldsmith, and David Stern, 2000. “Spatially Distributed Modeling of Stream Flow During Storm Events”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 36, No. 3. pp:1-17.

  • Blake, Reginald, Reza Khanbilvardi, and Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2001. “Hydrological Modeling of a Karstic Watershed Model vs. The GISS Land-Surface Model”, Journal of Water Resources Association (Vol. 37, No.2).

  • Stern ,David, Reza Khanbilvardi, Lorraine Janus, and Yuri Gorokhovich, 2001. “Description of Flow Through a Natural Wetland Using Tracer Tests”, in Ecological Engineering. Vol. 18, Issue 2, December , pp: 173-184.

  • Shteinman, B., D. Wynne, R. Khanbilvardi, and M. Inbar, 2002. “Studies of Sediment Transport in the Jordan River Mouth using Fluorescent Tracer Methods”, in River Flow 2002, Volume 2, Bousmar & Zech (editors), Swets & Zeillinger, Lisse Publishing house. ISBN 90 5809 509 6, pp: 1159-1164.

  • Ivanov, V., R. Khanbilvardi, T. khimara, A. Novichikhina, D. Wynne, and B. Shteinman, > 2002. “A Study of Wind Disturbance Regime and Water Circulation Near Hydro engineering Constructions”, In Advances in Hydro-Science and –Engineering, Proceedings of 5th International Co nference on Hydroscience and Engineering in Warsaw, Poland. (Sept. 18-21). Pp:256-262.

  • Khanbilvardi, Reza, Vadim Khazin, Vitaly Ivanov, and Boris Shteinman, 2002.”Sediment Transport by Kinematic Waves”. In Flood Defence 2002, Volume II, Proceedings of Second International Symposium on Flood Defence in Beijing, China, Sept. 10-13, 2002. pp: 1559-1564.

  • Ivanov, V., Novichikhina, A., Shteinman, B., Khanbilvardi, D., AND Wynne, D. 2002. Classification of the Types of Anthropogenic of Influence on Sediment Transport.Proc. 2nd International Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Obihiro, Japan, September 10-14, 2002, [753-764].

  • Khanbilvardi, R., Ivanov, V., and Shteinman, B. 2002. Sediment Transport by Kinematical Waves. Proc. 5th International Conference on Hydroscience & Engineering, Warsaw, Poland, September 18-21, 2002 [CD Publ.].

  • Shteinman, B., V. Ivanov, D. Wyane, and R. Khanbilvardi, 2002. “Protection of the Sea- Shore by Management of Drift Transport Processes”, In proceedings of 4th International Ecohydraulics Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa (March 3-8), Environmental Flows for River Systems. pp: 155-163.

  • Gitelson, A., B.Shteinman, R.Khanbilvardi, Y.Yacobi. 2003. Remote estimation of phytoplankton distribution in aquatic ecosystems: Principals, algorithm development and validation. Proc. International Conference of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources (ICGRHWE), September 16-19, 2003, China. Volume 1, Chen et al. (eds), pp:1-13

  • Ozkurt, O. , Khanbilvardi R., B. Shteinman, V. Khazin, 2003. The Influence of Surface Waves on Turbulence Characteristics of the Jet Flow in River Mouths. Proc. 3rd IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Barcelona, 1-5 September 2003, Spain, pp: 946-952.

  • Ozkurt O., R. Khanbilvardi, B. Shteinman, V. Khazin 2003. Some characteristics of the interaction between turbulent flows and movable rippled bottom in the river mouth. Proc. of MULTIPHASE FLOW International Conference, 3 – 5 November 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, pp: 139-148.

  • Khanbilvardi R., B. Shteinman, V. Khazin and O Ozkurt, 2003. “Interaction of flow with Mobile Btton in the River Mouth”. Proc. of the 7th International Conference Moving Boundaries : Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems, 4 – 6 November 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, pp: 189-197.

  • Shteinman B., A.Gitelson, R.Khanbilvardi, Y.Yacobi. Water mass dynamics and Phytoplankton Distribution. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Brisbone, Australia, May 30-June 3, 2004

  • Shteinman B., A.Gitelson, R.Khanbilvardi, Y.Yacobi. Remote Estimation of Phytoplankton in Productive Turbid Water. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Brisbone, Australia, May 30-June 3, 2004

  • A.Karmanchuk, Mandychev A., Khanbilvardi R., V. Khazin.,.Shteinman B. Some Results of a Multi-Disciplinary Study of Distribution of the Suspended Material in Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan), Using Remote Sensing, Fluorescent Tracers and Hydrologic Observations. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Brisbone, Australia, May 30-June 3, 2004, 11p (CD Publ.).

  • Shteinman B., R.Khanbilvard . Mixing processes of the water column and algal development: Lake Kinneret case study. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Cairns, Australia, May 30-June 3, 2004, 7p (CD Pub.)

  • Stanichny S., Kushnir V., Khanbilvardi R., Shteinman B. The Ptential Use of Satellite Remote Sensing for Natural Resources Development in the Shelf Zones .The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Cairns, Australia, May 30- June 3, 2004, 10p (CD Pub.)

  • Gitelson, A., Khanbilvardi, R., Yacobi, Y., Shteinman, B., Khazin V. Remote quantification of chlorophyll in productive turbid waters. Fourth International Conference on Management Information Systems, incorporating GIS and Remote Sensing, 13 - 15 September 2004 , Malaga, Spain 2004, pp:226-237.

  • Gitelson A., Khanbilvardi R., Yacobi Y., Shteinman B., V. Khazin. “Requirements for Satellite Sensors with Limited Spectral Resolution for Monitoring Quality of Productive Aquatic”. Conference on Water Observation and Information System for Decision Support. Ohrid, FY Republic of Macedonia, 25-29 May, 2004, 21p (CD Pub.)

  • Khanbilvardi R., O. Ozkurt, , B. Shteinman, V. Khazin. Some Features of Distribution of Turbulence Parameters of a Jet Flow in the River Mouth. Second International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, June 23-25, 2004, Naples, Italy.

  • Shteinman, B., Khanbilvardi, V.Khazin. Some Characteristic Features of Ecosystems Functioning in the River Mouths. 5th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, 12-17 September 2004, Madrid, Spain, PP:122-129. .

  • Khanbilvardi, R., A.Gitelson, S.Stanichny, A.Mandychev, V.Kushnir, V.Khazin, B.Shteinman. Remote monitoring of Water Dynamics and Estimation of Chlorophyll Concentration. Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference of Engineering, Construction and Operation in Challenging Environments (Earth and Space 2004)/ League City, March 07-10, 2004, pp: 263-268.

  • Gitelson, A., R. Khanbilvardi, B. Shteinman, Y. Yacobi. Remote estimation of phytoplankton distribution in Aquatic Ecosystems. Proc. Of the Ninth Biennial ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference of Engineering, Construction and Operation in Challenging Environments(Earth and Space 2004)/ League City, March 07-10, 2004, pp:255-262. 1

  • Khanbilvardi, R., B. Shteinman, V.Khazin, O. Ozkurt. The structure and Energy of Turbulence of Jet Currents in the River Mouths. Fifth International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics, 22-24 March, Lisbon, Portugal, pp:150-157 .

  • Ghedira, H., J.C. Arevalo, A.E. Azar and R. Khanbilvardi, “Evaluation of SSM/I Filtering Algorithm for Snow Cover Identification in Northern New York State”. In proc. IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS’2004, vol. 6, pp. 3677-3679, Anchorage, Alaska USA, 20 – 24 September, 2004.

  • Lakhankar T., Ghedira, H., and R. Khanbilvardi, “Comparison between Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic system for Soil Moisture Estimation using Microwave Remote Sensing Data”, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(46), Fall Meet. 2004. Suppl., Abstract H13C-0438.

  • Ghedira, H., T. Lakhankar, N. Jahan and R. Khanbilvardi, “Combination of Passive and Active Microwave Data for Soil Moisture Estimates”. In proc. IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS’2004, vol. 4, pp. 2783 - 2786, Anchorage, Alaska USA, 20 – 24 September, 2004.

  • Kushnir, V., R.Khanbilvardi, B.Shteinman 2004.Turbulent Diffusion in Lake Kinneret under Conditions of Pronounced Density Stratification. Proc. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering. May 30-June 2, 2004, Brisbane, Australia, 11p (CD Publ).

  • Shteinman, B., A.Gitelson, R.Khanbilvardi, Y.Yacobi 2004. Remote Assessment of Water Dynamics in Inland Waters 2004. Proc. The Sixth International Conference on Hydro- Science and Engineering. May 30-June 2, 2004, Brisbane, Australia, CD-ROM, 8p (CD Publ).

  • Khanbilvardi, R., B. Shteinman, O. Ozkurt 2005. Special hydrodynamic features of jet currents in river mouths. Proc. Twelfth International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements. 20-22 June 2005 Malta (in press).

  • Khanbilvardi, R., B. Shteinman, V. Kushnir, S. Stanichny, S. Ahmed, A. Gilerson, B. M. Gross, F. Moshary. 2005. Optical inhomogeneities of water in the New York coastal zone determined using multispectral satellite data. Proc. Seventh International Conference on Modelling, Measurements, Engineering and Management of Seas and Coastal Regions – Coastal Engineering 2005. 13 - 15 April 2005 , Algarve, Portugal (in press).

  • Khanbilvardi, R., B. Shteinman, R.Mamedzade, O. Ozkurt. 2005. Geochemical Barrier in River Mouth Areas. Proc. Third International Conference on Water Resources Management, 11-13 April 2005, Algarve, Portugal (in press).
  • GHEDIRA, H., J.C. AREVALO, T. LAKHANKAR and R. KHANBILVARDI (2005). An Adaptive Neural Network System for Improving the Filtration of Non-Snow Pixels from SSM/I Images. In proc. IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium. Seoul, South Korea, 25 – 29 July, . IGARSS’2005, vol. 8, No 167, pp. 5459-5463.


  • 115. Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2005), “Vegetation Effect on Soil Moisture Retrieval from Active Microwave Data”, In proc. The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS) Beijing. China, October 17-19, 2005.


  • 116. Hosni Ghedira, Juan Carlos Arevalo, Tarendra Lakhankar, and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2005), “Capabilities and Limitations of Neural Networks in Snow Cover Mapping from SSM/I Images”, In proc. The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS) Beijing. China, October 17-19, 2005


  • GHEDIRA, H., J.C. AREVALO, T. LAKHANKAR and R. KHANBILVARDI (2005). “Capabilities and Limitations of Neural Networks in Snow Cover Mapping from SSM/I Images”, Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote Sensing Proceedings. Vol. 1. pp. 211-214.


  • LAKHANKAR, T., GHEDIRA, H. and R. KHANBILVARDI (2005). “Vegetation Effect on Soil Moisture Retrieval from Active Microwave Data”, Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote Sensing Proceedings. Vol. 2. pp. 811-814.


  • GHEDIRA, H., J.C. AREVALO, T. LAKHANKAR and R. KHANBILVARDI (2006) “The Effect of Vegetation Cover on Snow Cover Mapping from Passive Microwave Data”, In proc. Microrad 06 (9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 Feb- 03 March 2006.


  • LAKHANKAR, T., GHEDIRA, H., AZAR A. E., and R. KHANBILVARDI (2006), “Effect of Sub-pixel Variability of NDVI and Land-cover on Soil Moisture Retrieval from RADARSAT-1 Data”, In proc. Microrad 06 (9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 Feb-03 March 2006.


  • AZAR, A.E., GHEDIRA H., LAKHANKAR T., and R. KHANBILVARDI (2006) “Improvement in Estimating Snowpack Properties with SSM/I Data and Land-cover Using an Artificial Neural Network”, In proc. Microrad 06 (9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 Feb-03 March 2006.


  • Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2006), “Effect Land-cover parameter on Soil Moisture Retrieval from Active Microwave Data”, In Preparation will be submitted to International journal of remote sensing.


  • Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2006) “Soil Moisture Retrieval from Radarsat Data: A Neuro-Fuzzy Approach”. Submitted to proc. IEEE International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS'2006, Denver, USA, July 31-August 4, 2006.


  • Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira Ami Azar and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2005), “Effect of Sub-pixel Variability of NDVI and Land-cover on Soil Moisture Retrieval from RADARSAT-1 Data”, In proc. Microrad’06 (9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 Feb-03 March 2006.


  • Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2006), “Spatial Mapping of Soil Moisture using RADARSAT-1 Data”, In proc. Prospecting for Geospatial Information Integration, ASPRS Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 1-5, 2006.


  • Tarendra Lakhankar, Hosni Ghedira and Reza Khanbilvardi, (2006), “Combine Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic for an Improved Soil Moisture Estimation”, In proc. Prospecting for Geospatial Information Integration, ASPRS Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 1-5, 2006.


  • Amir E Azar, R. Khanbilvardi, H. Ghedira (May 2006) Using Artificial Neural Networks to evaluate the effect of landcover in estimating snowpack properties with SSM/I data. Proceeding of ASPRS annual conference.


  • Amir E Azar, R. Khanbilvardi, H. Ghedira (May 2006) Using Combination of Active and Passive Microwave to estimate snowpack properties using artificial neural networks in Great Lakes, United States.. Proceeding of ASPRS annual conference.


  • Amir E Azar, R. Khanbilvardi, H. Ghedira, T. Lakhankar (Feb 2006) Improvement in Estimating Snowpack Properties with SSM/I Data and Landcover Using an Artificial Neural Network. ”, Microrad 06 (9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications),San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 Feb-03 March 2006.


  • Mahani, S.E., and R. Khanbilvardi; 2006; “Improving Remotely Sensed Rainfall Estimates, even over Radar Gap Areas, by Merging with Radar Rainfall”, Submitted to the Journal of Remote Sensing Environment; in review.


  • Mahani, S.E., W. Harrouch, N. Nourozi, and R. Khanbilvardi; 2006; “Validation of Satellite-based Hydro Estimator Algorithm”, Submitted to the journal of Hydrometeorology; in review.


  • Sobolowski, S., S.E. Mahani, A. Frei, and R. Khanbilvardi; 2005; “Exploring the Relationship between Snow Pack and Modes of Atmospheric Circulation over the North America”, Submitted to International Journal of Climatology; in review


  • GHEDIRA, H., AREVALO J-C., KHANBILVARDI, R., and N. GRODY. An adaptive network system for improving the filtration of no-snow pixels from SSM/I images. submitted to the Remote Sensing of Environmental Journal.


  • S. R. Gaffin1, C. Rosenzweig1, R. Khanbilvardi, L. Parshall, S.Mahani, H. Glickman, R. Goldberg, R. Blake, R. B. Slosberg and D.Hillel. 2008. "Variations in New York City's Urban Heat Island Strength Over Time and Space" Journal of Theoretical And Applied Climatology.Vol.94, No.1-2, Pp:1-11


  • Reza Khanbilvardi, Vladimir Kushnir, and Sergey Stanichny. 2008. "Optical inhomogeneities of water medium in the New York coastal zone derived from multispectral satellite imageryjournal”, Journal of Research of the Earth from space, Russian Academy of Sciences. No. 3, pp1-13.


  • Gaffin, SR, Rosenzweig C, Khanbilvardi, R, Mahani, S, Glickman H and R Blake, “Mitigating New York City’s Urban Heat Island In the Era of Global Warming,” In Press at: Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geotechnical Practice Publications Book on “Urban Soil and Water in NYC,” Year 2008,


  • E Azar, Amir, Ghedira H., Romavov P., Mahani, S., Tedesco, M., Khanbilvardi, R. (2008) Application of Satellite Microwave Images in Estimating Snow Water Equivalent for Flood Forecasting," Journal of American Water Resource Associations (JAWRA).Vol. 44, No. 6 Pp:1347-1362.


  • E Azar, Amir, Ghedira H., Romavov P., Mahani, S., Tedesco, M., Khanbilvardi, R. (2008) Application of Satellite Microwave Images in Estimating Snow Water Equivalent for Flood Forecasting," Journal of American Water Resource Associations (JAWRA).Vol. 44, No. 6 Pp:1347-1362.


  • Mahani, S., and R. Khanbilvardi. 2009. “Improving Sensed Rainfall Estimates Over Radar Gap Areas by Merging with Radar Rainfall”, International Journal of Terra Science and Technology, Vol.1, No. 1. Pp:9-20.


  • Tang, H.S., T.R. Keen, and R. Khanbilvardi, 2009. “A Model-Coupling Framework for Nearshore Waves, Currents, Sediment Transport, and Seabed Morphology”. Journal of Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Elsevier Publication, Vol. 14, Issue 7, pp: 2935-2947.


  • Azar, A.E., D. Seo, A. Powell, and R. Khanbilvardi. 2008. “Analysis and Estimation of Snowpack Properties Using CLPX Data”, International Journal of Terra Science and Technology,Issue 1, Volume 1, March 2009.


  • Mahani Shayesteh E., Reza Khanbilvardi, 2009. “Generating Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates over Radar Gap Areas”, in the WSEAS Journal of World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society) TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEM. ID number: 28- 768S, Issue 1, Volume 1, March 2009 Issue.


  • Lakhankar, T., H. Ghedira, M. Temimi, M. Senqupta, R. Khanbilvardi, and R. Blake, 2009. “Non-Parametric Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Satellite Remote Sensing Data” in Journal of Remote Sens. March 2009, 1(1), 3-21;


  • Tarendra Lakhankar , Hosni Ghedira , Marouane Temimi , Amir E. Azar and Reza Khanbilvardi, “Effect of Land Cover Heterogeneity on Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Active Microwave Remote Sensing Data”, Journal of Remote Sensing, May 2009, ISSN 2072-4292.


  • Stuart R. Gaffin, Reza Khanbilvardi and Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2009. “Development of a Green Roof Environmental Monitoring and Meteorological Network in New York City”, Journal of Sensors-04-53 (In Press).