Prof. Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Chair in Environmental Engineering
Director, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED)

St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2 Third Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
P +1 612.626.0369 | F +1 612.624.4398
efi@umn.edu
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Education

May 1985University of Florida
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
Dec 1982University of Florida
Master of Engineering
July 1979National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Diploma in Civil Engineering

Work Experience

2008-presentDIRECTOR, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
2002-2008CO-DIRECTOR, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1999-2003DIRECTOR, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1996-presentPROFESSOR, Department of Civil Engineering
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1989-1996ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Department of Civil Engineering
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1986 - 1989ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Civil & Construction Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames
1985 - 1986RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering
St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1984 - 1985GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Department of Civil Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle
1980 - 1983GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Dept. of Environmental Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville
1979 - 1980ENGINEER, River Management and Urban Planning Division
Ministry of Public Works, Athens, Greece

Teaching Experience

Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics (senior level)
Surface Water Hydrology (graduate level)
Stochastic Hydrology (graduate level)
Water Resources Systems (graduate level)
Hydrology and Hydrologic Design (senior level)
Advanced Topics in Hydrology (graduate level)

Honors & Awards

2008Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Chair in Environmental Engineering
2007Honorary Professor, Sichuan University, China
2007Hydrologic Sciences Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2006Elected Member, Board of Trustees, UCAR
2005Fellow, American Meteorological Society
2003Member, European Academy of Sciences
2002Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota
2002John Dalton Medal, European Geophysical Society
1999Fellow, American Geophysical Union
1998Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputer Institute
1995Bush Sabbatical Fellow, University of Minnesota
1989-1994Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation
1989Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Water Resources Research
1989Certificate of Commendation for Contributions in Water Resources National Association of Water Institute Directors and National Association of State Universities
1988Travel award from NATO (to present two lectures at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Recent Advances in the Modelling of Hydrological Systems, Sintra, Portugal)
1986National Science Foundation Engineering Initiation Award
1974-1976Outstanding Student Fellowship, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
1973Second Honor, Nationwide Competition in Mathematics, Hellenic Mathematical Society

Professional Activities

National/International Advisory Boards
  • AGU, Chair, Horton Medal Committee (2008-2010)
  • European Union, Member, Proposal Advisory Panel, Brussels (2008)
  • European Geophysical Union, Member, Scientific Committee, Plinius Conference (2007)
  • National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Elected member, Board on Oceans and Atmosphere (2007-present)
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Board of Trustees, Elected member (2007-present)
  • Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), Chair-elect, Board of Directors (2007-present)
  • AGU, Horton Medal Committee (2007-present)
  • CUAHSI, Elected member, Board of Directors (2005-present)
  • Precipitation Research Team, NASA/PMM (2007-present)
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Hydrologic Synthesis Activities, University of Illinois, Urbana (2007-present)
  • NSF, Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories, Proposal Evaluation Panel (2006)
  • NCAR, Research Applications Laboratory, Science Advisory Board (2005-present)
  • Water Planet Program, NSF-funded science-education initiative to the Science Museum of Minnesota, Advisory Board (2005-present)
  • AGU Fellows Nomination Committee, Hydrology Section (2005-present)
  • CUAHSI, Executive Committee (2003-present)
  • Committee on "Assessment of the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System", National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2003-present)
  • UCAR/URC Liaison with the Research Applications Division of NCAR (2003-present)
  • Search Committee for Executive Director of CUAHSI (2003)
  • Water Science and Technology Board, National Academy of Sciences (2000-2004)
  • UCAR/NCAR, University Relations Committee (URC) (2000-present)
  • U.S. Weather Research Program Science Steering Committee (1999-2003)
  • AGU Fellow Nomination Committee (1999-2002)
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program Water Cycle Initiative Study Group (1999-2000)
  • Review Committee of Center for Water Research (CWR), University of Western Australia (1999)
  • NASA, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Science Team (1998-present)
  • Committee on "Risk-based Analysis Methods for Flood Damage Reduction Studies," National Academy of Sciences, NRC (1998-2000)
  • Proposal Evaluation Panel, European Commission, Water and Climate Programme (1997)
  • Proposal Evaluation Panel, NOAA, GCIP (1995, 1997)
  • Chair, Precipitation Principal Research Area, Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (1994)
  • Proposal Review Panel, NSF, Hydrologic Sciences (1993-1996)
  • Chair, Precipitation Committee, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union (1992-1996)
Editorial Duties
  • Editorial Board, Geography Compass (2006-present)
  • Guest Editor, Water Resources Research (2005)
  • Editorial Board, Nordic Hydrology (2003-present)
  • Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources (2000-present)
  • Editor, Journal of Hydrometeorology, AMS (1999-2001)
  • Associate Editor, Hydrologic and Earth Systems Science, European Geophysical Society (1997-present)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, AGU (1997-2005)
  • Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (1992-1995)
Meeting/Conference Organization
  • Organizer, Special session on "Extreme events: System Predictability and Model Predictive Ability", EGU meeting, Vienna, April, 2009
  • Organizer, Special session on "Rainfall Downscaling", EGU Plinius Conference, Cyprus, July 2008
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. Rina Schumer), Working group on "Stochastic Transport and Emergent Scaling in Earth-surface Processes, Lake Tahoe, Nov 5-7 (2007)
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. Deidda), Special session on "Precipitation Downscaling: Recent advances and hydro-geomoprhologic impacts", EGU Plinius Conference, Lake Como, Italy (2007)
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. P. Wilcock), Special session on "Stochastic Geomorphology: The role of variability and uncertainty in prediction", American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore (2006)
  • Organizer (jointly with Profs. C. Paola and I. Rodriguez-Iturbe), Special session on Geomorphological organization and its physical basis," American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2003)
  • Organizer, 5th International Conference on Precipitation, Elounda, Crete, Greece (1995)
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. P. Kumar), Special session on "Applications of Wavelet Transforms in Geophysics," American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore (1993)
  • Organizer, Special session on "Self-Similarity in Hydrologic Processes: Identification, Estimation, and Use in Modeling/Measurement/Prediction" American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (1991)
  • Organizer (jointly with Profs. K. P. Georgakakos, W. Krajewski, and J. A. Smith), Conference on "Operational Precipitation Estimation and Prediction", American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim (1990).
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. W. Krajewski), Special session on "Multisensor observations and space-time rainfall modeling," American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore (1989)
  • Organizer (jointly with Prof. K.W. Potter), Special session on "Extreme rainfall and hydrologic design," American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (1989)
University of Minnesota Committees
  • VP of Research, Science Advisory Committee, University of Minnesota (2007- present)
  • Distinguished McKnight University Professors, Selection Committee (2007)
  • Provost's Advisory Committee on the creation of a new Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota (2006)
  • Science and Scholarly Advisory Board, University of Minnesota (2006)
  • Search Committee for Department Chair, Department of Geology and Geophysics (2005)
  • Environmental Sciences and Engineering Initiative, Strategic Planning Committee, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota (2005)
  • Search Committee for one faculty hire, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Behavior, University of Minnesota (2003)
  • Promotion and Tenure Committee, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota (2002-present)
  • Chair, Search committee for 3 new faculty hires, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota (1999)
  • Chair, Research Fellow Selection Committee, Minnesota Supercomputer Institute (MSI) (1998- 2001)
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota (1997- 1998)
Journal Reviewer: Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Applied Meteorology, International Journal of Mathematical Geology, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Management and Planning, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographical Society Journal, Journal of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Climate, Nordic Hydrology, Hydrologic Processes
Proposal Reviewer: National Science Foundation, U. S. Geological Survey, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Professional Society Membership

American Geophysical Union
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Water Resources Association
American Meteorological Society
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Society of Women Engineers

Collaborators

K. Droegemeier (Meteorology, U of Oklahoma), T. Georgiou (EE, U of Minnesota), P. Guttorp (Statistics, U of Washington), D. Koutsoyiannis (Hydrology, NTUA, Greece), G. Parker (Sediment transport, U of Minnesota), C. Paola (Geomorphology, U of Minnesota), J. Stedinger (Statistical Hydrology, Cornell), E. Todini and M. Franchini (Hydrology, U of Bologna), F. Porté-Agel (Atmospheric Boundary Layer, U of Minnesota), C. Kummerow (Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University), S. Yuter (Meteorology, U of Washington), I. Zaliapin (Mathematics, U of Nevada, Reno), W. Dietrich (Geomorphology, U of California, Berkeley), A. Arneodo (Turbulence, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France), S. Roux (Turbulence, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France), C. Stark (Mathematical Geomorphology, University of Columbia), M. Power (Ecology, U of California, Berkeley), M. Ghil (Atmospheric Dynamics, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France), M. Meerschaert (Mathematics, Michigan State University), G. Sapiro (EE, Univ. of Minnesota)

Graduate and Post-Graduate Advisees

Former Advisees
Ph.D.P. Kumar (1993), S. Perica (1995), A. Cârsteanu (1997), V. Venugopal (1999), D. Nykanen (2000), B. Dodov (2003), S. Basu (2004)
MSL. Wilson (1989), P. Kumar (1989), G. Griffin (1991), K. Helmlinger (1992), I. Jankovic (1992), T. Rasmussen (1992), V. Venugopal (1995), D. Nykanen (1997), J. Zepeda-Arce (2000), B. Tustison (2001), J. Smedsmo (2004), R. Gupta (2004), L. Tilman (2005), P. Passalacqua (2005), N. Theodoratos (2006)
Research AssociatesD. Harris, V. Sapozhnikov, S. Zhang, V. Venugopal, B. Dodov, S. Basu, R. Shreshtha, B. Lashermes, I. Iorgulescu
Current Advisees
Ph.D.C. Gangodagamage, P. Passalacqua, A. Singh, V. Ganti, M. Ebtehaj, B. Birdoha, and D. Bellugi (co-advised with B. Dietrich, Berkeley)
Research AssociatesNoah Finnegan (co-advised with B. Dietrich, Berkeley), Fares Qeadan (co-advised with I. Zaliapin, University of Nevada, Reno)

Graduate Advisors

Dennis P. Lettenmaier (University of Washington)
Wayne C. Huber (University of Florida)

Sponsored Research

NSF-Presidential Young Investigator1990-1995 $400,000.00
NSF-Critical Systems and Engineering Program1988-1989 $60,000.00
NSF-Hydrology1992-1994 $150,000.00
NASA-TRMM Program1992-1995 $230,000.00
NASA-Global Change Fellowship1992-1999 $24,000/year (3 students)
NOAA-Office of Global Programs1994-1997 $220,000.00
NSF-Hydrology Program1996-1999 $200,000.00
NASA-Hydrology Program1996-1999 $90,000.00
NOAA/NASA-Joint Program on GCIP1997-2000 $330,000.00
NSF-U.S. Weather Research Program1997-2000 $330,000.00
NASA-Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission1998-2001 $300,000.00
NASA-Land Surface Hydrology2001-2003 $360,000.00
NASA-Land Surface Hydrology (with F. Porté-Agel)2001-2005$350,000.00
NSF-Mesoscale Meteorology Program2001-2004 $286,000.00
NSF-Hydrology Program2002-2005 $262,000.00
NASA-Land Surface Hydrology2002-2005$232,700.00
NASA-Global Precipitation Mission2003-2006 $300,000.00
NSF-Science and Technology Center2002-2012 $37 million (20 PIs) for 10 years
NSF-Hydrology Program (With F. Porté-Agel)2002-2007 $300,000.00
NASA-Land Surface Hydrology (with F. Porté-Agel)2002-2007 $320,000.00
NASA-Global Precipitation Mission2006-2009$340,000.00
NSF-Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation2008-2011$300,000.00
NSF-Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics2008-2011$230,000.00

Refereed Publications

PDF Parodi, A., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and K. Emanuel, Signature of microphysics on spatial rainfall statistics, J. Geophys. Res., under review, 2009.
Pielke, R. Sr., K. Beven, G. Brasseur, J. Calvert, M. Chahine, R. Dickerson, D. Entekhabi. E. Foufoula-Georgiou, H. Gupta, V. Gupta, W. Krajewski, E. P. Krider, W. K. M. Lau, J. McDonnell, W. Rossow, J. Schaake, J. Smith, S. Sorooshian, and E. Wood, Climate change: the need to consider human forcings other than greenhouse gases, EOS, 2009.
Gangodagamage, C., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Tributary clustering and the incremental area function, Water Resour. Res., under review, 2009.
Gangodagamage, C., P. Belmont, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Statistical signature of deep-seated landslides, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, under review, 2009.
Singh, A., F. Porté-Agel, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, On the influence of gravel bed dynamics on velocity power spectra, Water Resour. Res., under review, 2009.
PDF Zaliapin, I., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and M. Ghil, Transport on river networks: a dynamical approach, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, under review, 2009.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E., V. Ganti, and W. E., Dietrich, A non-local theory for sediment transport on hillslopes, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, under review, 2009.
PDF Ganti, V., M. Meerschaert, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, E. Viparelli, and G. Parker, Normal and anomalous dispersion of gravel tracer particles in rivers, J. Geophys. Res. - Earth Surface, under review, 2009.
PDF Passalacqua, P., T. Do Trung, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, G. Sapiro, and W. E. Dietrich, A geometric framework for channel network extraction from LiDAR: nonlinear diffusion and geodesic paths, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2009.
PDF Ganti, V. A. Singh, P. Passalacqua, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A subordinated Brownian motion model for sediment transport, Phys. Rev. E, 80, 011111, 2009.
PDF Roux, S.G., V. Venugopal, K. Fienberg, A. Arneodo, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Evidence for inherent nonlinearity in temporal rainfall, Advances in Water Resources, 32, 41-48, 2009.
PDFSingh, A., K. Fienberg, D. J. Jerolmack, J. Marr, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Experimental evidence for statistical scaling and intermittency in sediment transport rates, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, F01025, doi:10.1029/2007JF000963, 2009.
PDF Singh, A., S. Lanzoni, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Nonlinearity and complexity in gravel bed dynamics, in Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Springer Velrag, N.Y, doi: 10.1007/S00477-008-0269-8, 2008
PDF Stark, C.P., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Ganti, A nonlocal theory of sediment buffering and bedrock channel evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press, doi:10.1029/2008JF000981, 2008.
PDF Fienberg, K., A. Singh, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, D. Jerolmack, and J. Marr, A theoretical framework for interpreting and quantifying the sampling time dependence of gravel bedload transport rates, under review, 2008.
PDFBarnes E. A., M. E. Power, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, M. Hondzo, W. E. Dietrich, Upscaling river biomass using dimensional analysis and hydrogeomorphic scaling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24S26, doi:10.1029/2007GL031931, 2007.
PDF Basu, S., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, B. Lashermes, and A. Arneodo, Estimating Intermittency Exponent in Neutrally Stratified Atmospheric Surface Layer Flows: A Robust Framework based on Magnitude Cumulant and Surrogate Analyses, Phys. Fluids 19, 115102, doi:10.1063/1.2786001, 2007
PDF Lashermes, B., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and W. E. Dietrich, Channel network extraction from high resolution topography using wavelets, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23S04, doi:10.1029/2007GL031140, 2007
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, An exponential Langevin-type model for rainfall exhibiting spatial and temporal scaling, in 20 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences, A. Tsonis and J.B. Elsner, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York, 2007.
PDF Lashermes, B. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Area and width functions of river networks: New results on multifractal properties, Water Resour. Res., 43, W09405, doi:10.1029/2006WR005329, 2007
PDF Gangodagamage, C., E. Barnes, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Scaling in river corridor widths depicts organization in valley morphology, Geomorphology, 91(3-4), 198-215, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.014, 2007
PDF Passalacqua P., F. Porté-Agel, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, C. Paola, Application of dynamic subgrid-scale concepts from large-eddy simulation to modeling landscape evolution, Water Resources Research, 42, W06D11, doi:10.1029/2006WR004879, 2006.
PDF Sklar L. S., W. E. Dietrich, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, B. Lashermes, D. Bellugi, Do gravel bed river size distributions record channel network structure?, Water Resources Research, 42, W06D18, doi:10.1029/2006WR005035, 2006.
PDF Venugopal V., S. G. Roux, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A. Arneodo, Revisiting multifractality of high-resolution temporal rainfall using a wavelet-based formalism, Water Resources Research, 42, W06D14, doi:10.1029/2005WR004489, 2006.
PDF Basu, S., F. Porté-Agel, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, J.-F Vinuesa, and M. Pahlow, M. Revisiting the local scaling hypothesis in stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer turbulence: an integration of field and laboratory measurements with large-eddy simulations, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, in press, 2006.
PDF Dodov, B., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Floodplain morphometry extraction from a high resolution digital elevation model: a simple algorithm for regional analysis studies, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol 3, No 3, 410-413, 2006.
PDF Gupta R., V. Venugopal, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A methodology for merging multisensor precipitation estimates based on expectation-maximization and scale-recursive estimation, J. Geophysical Research, 111, D02102, doi:10.1029/2004JD005568, 2006.
PDF Paola C., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, W. E. Dietrich, M. Hondzo, D. Mohrig, G. Parker, M. E. Power, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, V. Voller, P. Wilcock, Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology, Water Resources Research, 42, W03S10, doi:10.1029/2005WR004336, 2006.
PDF Venugopal, V., S. G. Roux, E. Foufoula-Georgiou and A. Arneodo, Scaling behavior of high resolution temporal rainfall: New insights from a wavelet-based cumulant analysis, Phys. Let. A, 348,335-345, 2006
PDF Dodov, B., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Fluvial processes and streamflow variability: interplay in the scale-frequency continuum and implications for scaling, in press, Water Resources Research, 2005.
PDF Smedsmo, J., V. Venugopal, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, K. Droegemeier and F. Kong, On the Vertical Structure of Modeled and Observed Deep Convective Storms: Insights for Precipitation Retrieval and Microphysical Parameterization. J. Applied Meteorology, 44(12), 1866-1884, 2005
PDF Dodov, B., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Incorporating the spatio-temporal distribution of rainfall and basin geomorphology into nonlinear analyses of streamflow dynamics: Methodology development and a predictability study, Advances in Water Resources, 28, 711-728, 2005.
PDF Venugopal, V., S. Basu, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A new metric for comparing precipitation patterns with application to ensemble forecasts, J. Geophysical Research, 110 (D08111), doi:10.1029/2004JD005395, 2005
PDF Stefan, H. G., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and R. E. A. Arndt, The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory: A rich history and a bright future, EWRI History and Heritage Book Proceedings, Environmental & Water Resources History Symposium 2004, ASCE, June 2004.
PDF Dodov, B., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Generalized hydraulic geometry: Insights based on fluvial instability analysis and a physical model, Water Resources Research, 40,W12201, doi:10.1029/2004WR003196, 2004.
PDF Basu, S., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and F. Porté-Agel, Synthetic turbulence, fractal interpolation and large-eddy simulation, Physical Review E, 70, 026310, 2004.
PDF Dodov, B., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Generalized hydraulic geometry: Derivation based on a multiscaling formalism, Water Resources Research, 40, W06302, doi:10.1029/2003WR002082, 2004.
PDF Silberman, E., R. E. A. Arndt, G. Parker, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and C. Paola, The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in History in Henry P G Darcy, and Other Pioneers in Hydraulics: Contributions in Celebration of the 200th Birthday of Henry Darcy, Brown et al. (ed.), ASCE, 2003.
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Correction

 Venugopal V., F. Porté-Agel, E. Foufoula-Georgiou and M. Carper, Multiscale interactions between surface shear stress and velocity in turbulent boundary layers, J. Geophysical Research, 108(D19), doi:10.1029/2002JD003025 (2003JD004285), 2003.
PDF Harris, D., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and C. Kummerow, Effects of under-represented precipitation variability and partial beamfilling on microwave rainfall retrievals, J. Geophysical Research, 108(D8), 10.1029/2001JD001144, 2003.
PDF Tustison, B., D. Harris, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Scale-Recursive estimation for multi-sensor QPF verification: A preliminary assessment, J. Geophysical Research, 108(D8), 8377-8390, 2003.
PDF Basu, S., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and F. Porté-Agel, Predictability of atmospheric boundary-layer flows as a function of scale, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029 / 2002GL015497, 2002.
PDF Basu, S., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Detection of nonlinearity and chaoticity in time series using the transportation distance function, Physics Letters A, 301(5-6), 413-423, 2002.
PDF Paola, C. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Statistical geometry and dynamics of braided rivers, in Gravel-Bed Rivers, M. P. Mosely (ed.), New Zealand Hydrological Society, Wellington, NZ, 2001.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and V. Vuruputur, Patterns and organization in precipitation, in Spatial Patterns in Catchment Hydrology-Observations and Modelling, R. Grayson and G. Blöschl (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2001.
PDF Harris, D., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, K. Droegemeier, and T. Levit, Multi-scale statistical properties of a high-resolution precipitation forecast, J. Hydrometeorology, 2(4), 406-418, 2001.
PDF Nykanen, D. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Soil moisture variability and its effect on scale-dependency of nonlinear parameterizations in coupled land-atmosphere models, Advances in Water Resources, 24(9-10), 1143-1157, 2001.
PDF Tustison, B., D. Harris, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Scale issues in verification of precipitation forecasts, J. Geophysical Research, 106(D11), 11,775-11,784, 2001.
PDF Harris, D. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Subgrid variability and stochastic downscaling of modeled precipitation and its effects on radiative transfer computations, J. Geophysical Research, 106(D10), 10349-10362, 2001.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and V. Sapozhnikov, Scale invariances in the morphology and evolution of braided rivers, Mathematical Geology, 33(3), 2001.
PDF Nykanen, D., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and W. Lapenta, Impact of small-scale rainfall variability on larger-scale spatial organization of land-atmosphere fluxes, J. Hydrometeorology, 2(2), 105-121, 2001.
HTML Hornberger, G.M., J.D. Aber, J. Bahr, R.C. Bales, K. Beven, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, G. Katul, J.L. Kinter III, R.D. Koster, D. Lettenmaier, D. McKnight, K. Miller, J.O. Roads, B.R. Scanlon, and E. Smith, A plan for a new science initiative on the Global Water Cycle, US Global Change Research Program, Washington DC, May 2001.
PDF Droegemeier, K. K., J. D. Smith, S. Businger, C. Doswell III, J. Doyle, C. Duffy, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, T. Graziano, L.D. James, W. Krajewski, M. LeMone, D. Lettenmaier, C. Mass, R. Pielke Sr., P. Ray, S. Rutledge, J. Schaake, and E. Zipser, Hydrological aspects of weather prediction and flood warnings: Report of the Ninth Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81(11), 2665-2680, 2000.
PDF Zepeda-Arce, J, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and K. Droegemeier, Space-time rainfall organization and its role in validating quantitative precipitation forecasts, J. Geophysical Research, 105(D8), 10,129-10,146, 2000.
PDF Cârsteanu, A., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Venugopal, Event-specific multiplicative cascades for temporal rainfall, J. Geophysical Research, 104(D24), 31611-622, 1999.
PDF Venugopal, V., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Sapozhnikov, Evidence of dynamic scaling in space-time rainfall, J. Geophysical Research, 104(D24), 31599-610, 1999.
PDF Venugopal, V., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Sapozhnikov, A space-time downscaling model for rainfall, J. Geophysical Research, 104(D16), 19,705-721, 1999.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Horizontal and vertical self-organization of braided rivers towards a critical state, Water Resources Research, 35(3), 843-851, 1999.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V., B. Murray, C. Paola, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Validation of braided-stream models: Spatial state-space plots, self-affine scaling and island shapes, Water Resources Research, 34(9), 2353-2364, 1998.
PDF Nykanen, D., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Sapozhnikov, Study of spatial scaling in braided river patterns using synthetic aperture radar imagery, Water Resources Research, 34(7), 1795-1807, 1998.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and V. Sapozhnikov, Anisotropic scaling in braided rivers: An integrated theoretical framework and results from application to an experimental river, Water Resources Research, 34(4), 863-867, 1998.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E., On scaling theories of space-time rainfall: Some recent results and open problems, in Stochastic Methods in Hydrology: Rain, Landforms and Floods, Gupta et al. (eds.), Vol. 7 in the Advanced Series on Statistical Sciences and Applied Probability, Word Scientific, 1997.
PDF Cârsteanu, A., V. Sapozhnikov, V. Venugopal, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Absolute optimal time-frequency basis-a research tool, J. Phys. A: Math. and Gen., 30, 7133-7146, 1997.
PDF Zhang, S. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Subgrid scale rainfall variability and effects on atmospheric and surface variable prediction, J. Geophysical Research 102 (D6), 19,559-573, 1997.
PDF Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Wavelet analysis for geophysical applications, Reviews in Geophysics, 35(4), 385-412, 1997.
PDF Cârsteanu, A. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Non-trivial scaling in the loss of prediction information with aggregation in hourly precipitation, J. Geophysical Research, 102(D6), 6631-6636, 1997.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Experimental evidence of dynamic scaling and self-organized criticality in braided rivers, Water Resources Research, 33(8), 1983-1991, 1997.
PDF Cârsteanu, A. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Assessing dependence among weights in a multiplicative cascade model of temporal rainfall, J. Geophysical Research, 101(D21), 26,363-26,370, 1996.
PDF Perica, S. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A Model for multiscale disaggregation of spatial rainfall based on coupling meteorological and scaling descriptions, J. Geophysical Research, 101(D21), 26,347-26,361, 1996.
PDF Perica, S. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Linkage of scaling and thermodynamic parameters of rainfall: results from midlatitude mesoscale convective systems, J. Geophysical Research, 101(D3), 7431-7448, 1996.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Self-affinity in braided rivers, Water Resources Research, 32(5), 1429-1439, 1996.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Do the current landscape evolution model show self-organized criticality?, Water Resources Research, 32(4), 1109-1112, 1996.
PDF Venugopal, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Energy decomposition of rainfall in the time-frequency-scale domain using wavelet packets, J. Hydrology, 187, 3-27, 1996.
PDF Franchini, M., K. R. Helmlinger, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and E. Todini, Stochastic storm transposition coupled with rainfall/runoff modeling for estimation of exceedance probabilities of design floods, J. Hydrology, 175, 511-532, 1996.
PDF Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A multicomponent self-similar characterization of rainfall fluctuations, in Environmental Studies, M. Wheeler et al. (eds.), Springer-Verlag, N.Y., 1995.
PDF Sapozhnikov, V. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Study of self-similar and self-affine objects using logarithmic correlation integral, J. Phys. A: Math. and Gen., 28, 559-571, 1995.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and W. Krajewski, Recent advances in rainfall modeling, estimation, and forecasting, U.S. National Rep. to Int. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1991-1994), Reviews in Geophysics, 1125-1137, July 1995.
  Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Introduction to wavelet transforms, in Wavelets in Geophysics, E. Foufoula-Georgiou and P. Kumar (editors), Academic Press, 1994.
PDF Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Characterizing multiscale variability of zero intermittency in spatial rainfall, J. Applied Meteorology, 33(12), 1516-1525, 1994.
PDF Kumar, P., P. Guttorp, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A probability-weighted moment test to assess simple scaling, J. Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, 8, 173-183, 1994.
Stedinger, J., R. Vogel and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Frequency analysis of extreme events, Chapter 18, in Handbook of Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 1993.
PDF Montgomery, D. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Channel network source representation for Digital Elevation Models, Water Resources Research, 29(12), 3925-3934, 1993.
PDF Koutsoyiannis, D. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A scaling model of storm hyetograph, Water Resources Research, 29(7), 2345-2361, 1993.
PDF Helmlinger, K., P. Kumar and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, On the use of DEM data for Hortonian and fractal analyses of channel networks, Water Resources Research, 29(8), 2599-2613, 1993.
PDF Kumar P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A multicomponent decomposition of spatial rainfall fields: 2. self-similarity in fluctuations, Water Resources Research, 29(8), 2533-2544, 1993.
PDF Kumar P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A multicomponent decomposition of spatial rainfall fields: 1. segregation of large and small scale features using wavelet transforms, Water Resources Research, 29(8), 2515-2532, 1993.
PDF Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A new look at rainfall fluctuations and scaling properties of spatial rainfall, J. Applied Meteorology, 32(2), 209-222, 1993.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Self-similarity: theory and applications in hydrology, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 73(49), p. 532, 1992.
PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and K. P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic advances in space-time precipitation modeling and forecasting, Chapter 3, in Recent Advances in the Modelling of Hydrological Systems, D. Bowles and E. O'Connell (eds.), Reidel Publ. Co., 1991.
PDF Andricevic, R. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A transfer function approach to sampling network design for groundwater contamination, Water Resources Research, 27(10), 2759-2769, 1991.
 PDF Andricevic, R. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Modeling kinetic non-equilibrium using the first two moments of the residence time distribution, J. Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, 5, 155-171, 1991.
 PDF Foufoula-Georgiou, E., interpolation for gradient dynamic programming, Water Resources Research, 27(1), 31-36, 1991.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Review of the book Floods: Hydrological, Sedimentological, and Geomorphological Implications, by K. Beven and P. Carling (eds.), 290 pp., John Wiley and Sons, 1989, Bulletin American Meteorological Society, 71(7), 1031-1934, 1990.
PDF Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Fourier domain shape analysis methods: A brief review and an illustrative application to rainfall area evolution, Water Resources Research, 26(9), 2219-2227, 1990.
  Wilson, L. L. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Regional rainfall frequency analysis via stochastic storm transposition, J. Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 116(7), 859-880, 1990.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and L. L. Wilson, In search of similarities in extreme rainstorms, J. Geophysical Research, 95(D3), 2061-2072, 1990.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E., A probabilistic storm transposition approach for estimating exceedance probabilities of extreme precipitation depths, Water Resources Research, 25(5), 799-816, 1989.
  Kitanidis, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Reply to Comment on Error analysis of conventional discrete and gradient dynamic programming, by K. Ponnambalam and B. J. Adams, Water Resources Research, 24(12), 2105-2106, 1988.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P. K. Kitanidis, Gradient dynamic programming for stochastic optimal control of multidimensional water resources systems, Water Resources Research, 24(8), 1345-1359, 1988.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P. Guttorp, Assessment of a class of Neyman-Scott models for temporal rainfall, J. Geophysical Research, 92(D8), 9679-9682, 1987.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and D. P. Lettenmaier, A Markov renewal model for rainfall occurrences, Water Resources Research, 23(5), 875-884, 1987.
  Kitanidis, P. K. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Error analysis of conventional discrete and gradient dynamic programming, Water Resources Research, 23(5), 845-858, 1987.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and T. T. Georgiou, Interpolation of binary series based on discrete-time Markov chain models, Water Resources Research, 23(3), 515-518, 1987.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P. Guttorp, Compatibility of continuous rainfall occurrence models with discrete rainfall observations, Water Resources Research, 22(8), 1316-1322, 1986.
  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and D. P. Lettenmaier, Continuous-time versus discrete-time point process models for rainfall occurrence series, Water Resources Research, 22(4), 531-542, 1986.

Books and Edited Volumes

  Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and A. Tsonis (editors), Space-time Variability and Dynamics of Rainfall, A Collection of Papers from Fifth International Conference on Precipitation, Crete, Reprinted from J. Geophysical Research, 1997.
Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P. Kumar, (editors), Wavelets in Geophysics, Academic Press, 373 pages, 1994.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Kumar P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Time-Scale Analysis of Non-Stationary Hydrologic Processes Via Orthogonal Wavelets, in Proceedings of the IX Int. Conf. in Computational Methods in Water Resources; Vol. 2: Mathematical Modeling in Water Resources, edited by T. F. Russell, R. E. Ewing, C. A. Brebbia, W. G. Gray, G. F. Pinder, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, 99-106, 1992.
Kumar P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Identifying self-similarity in rainfall through multi-resolution wavelet analysis, invited paper, in Proceedings of III Int. Conf. on Modeling Rainfall Fields: Hydrologic and Meteorological Aspects, pp. 41-52, Texas A&M University, 1991.
Kumar, P. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Analyzing radar depicted rainfall fields using wavelet transforms, in Proc. of the 8th Hydrometeorology Conference, American Meteorological Society, pp. 175-178, 1990.
Wetzel, J. M., R. L. Voigt, J. S. Gulliver, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, H. S. Stefan and R. E. A. Arndt, The benefits of applied research to hydropower development, in Proceedings of the American Power Conference, 1990.
Andricevic, R. and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A particle tracking method of kinetically adsorbing solutes in heterogeneous porous media, in Proc. of the VIII Intern. Conf. on Computational Methods in Water Resources, pp. 429-435, Venice, Italy, 1990.
Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P. Kumar, Monitoring and short-term forecasting of precipitation fields using Fourier domain shape analysis methods, in Proc. of the Conf. on Operational Precipitation, Estimation, and Prediction, pp. 54-59, American Meteorological Society, 1990.
Foufoula-Georgiou, E., On the accuracy of the maximum recorded depth in extreme rainstorms, in New Directions for Surface Water Modeling, IAHS Publ. No. 181, Kavvas, M.L (ed.), pp. 41-49, 1989.
Li, Z. R. S. Kanwar and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Geostatistical analysis of nitrate-nitrogen data, Paper No. MCR-89-111, American Society of Agricultural Engineering, 1989.
Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and P.K. Kitanidis, Stochastic optimization of water resources systems, in Proc. of the Sixth IWRA World Congress on Water Resources, pp. 103-111, Ottawa, Canada, 1988.
Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Estimating missing values in monthly rainfall series, in Proc. of Storm water and Water Quality Users Group Meeting, University of Florida, EPA Report No. 600/9-83-015, pp. 177-191, 1983.