CREW Staff

Roshan K. Shrestha
Research Scientist Center for Research on Environment and Water
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705-3106 USA
240/247-1447 Phone
301/595-9790 Fax
Email: Roshan K. Shrestha

My career goal is to continually improve the understanding of the Earth’s water cycle that are of direct relevance to society, including local to global land surface-atmospheric process observation and numerical simulation, and development and application of models and methods. I have broad interest in exploring the physical, spatial, and temporal interconnections between all the earth system components as they relate to the global water and energy cycles. My particular focus is in applying cutting-edge research to develop practical solutions to water problems faced by society.

Education:

Ph.D., Urban and Environmental Engineering, 2005, Kyoto University, Japan
M. Sc., Civil Engineering, 2003, Kyoto University, Japan
M. Sc., Water Resources Engineering, 2001, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
B. E., Civil Engineering, 1998, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Diploma, Electrical Engineering, 1994, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Experience:

2006 – Present Research Associate (Center for Research on Environment and Water, IGES)
2005 – 2006 Postdoc Associate (SAFL, NCED University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
2003 – 2004 Research Assistant (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
2000 – 2000 GIS Expert (Water and Energy Commission Secretariat, Nepal)

Selected Publications::

Shrestha R., Kojima Toshiharu, Tachikawa Yasuto and Takara Kaoru: Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indices in Asian Mountainous Region to Analyze Dynamics of Vegetation Activities, Biogeography and Biodiversity, (Ed.) R.B. Singh, Rawat Publication, Jaipur, India, ISBN 81-316-0284-6, pp. 22-32, 2009
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2007. Selection of scale for distributed hydrological modelling in ungauged basins, Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Kick-off meeting. IAHS Publication no. 309.
Shrestha, R., Sayama, T., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2005. Use of Disaggregated Rainfall Data for Distributed Hydrological Modeling in Yodo River Basin, Annual Bulletin of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto Univ., 48B, 43-51.
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2005. Multiplicative random cascade HSA method for high resolution rainfall field modelling, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 49(1), 253-258.
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2005. A hybrid approach of space-time disaggregation of precipitation field from GCM scale to radar observation scale, VIIth IAHS Scientific Assembly, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil (April 3 – 9, 2005).
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2004. Performance analysis of different meteorological data and resolutions using MaScOD hydrological model, Hydrological Processes, 18, 3169-3187.
Shrestha, R., Takara. K., Tachikawa, Y. & Jha, RN. : Water Resources Assessment in Poorly Gauged Mountainous Catchment using GIS and remote Sensing, Hydrological Processes, vol. 18, pp. 3061-3079, 2004.
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K: DEM Based Multi-Directional Flow Path Mapping Using the Raft Method, Proc. of Monitoring, Prediction and Mitigation of Water-Related Disasters (MPMD2005), pp. 85-90, 2005
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2004. Spectral analysis of spatial rainfall field to investigate uncertainty in hydrological modeling, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, 48, 121-126.
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K., 2004. Downscaling spatial rainfall field from global scale to local scale using improved multiplicative random cascade method, Annual Bulletin of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto Univ., 47B, 235-251.
Shrestha, R., P.R. Houser, and M. Bosilovich; Land surface model uncertainty due to forcing heterogeneity, AGU Spring Meeting, Fort Lauderdate, Florida, May 27-30, 2008.
Shrestha, R., Kojima, T. Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K: Performance assessment of multi temporal MODIS/TERRA vegetation indices with field vegetation condition in Asian Mountainous regions, Proc. of 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Hydrological Processes & Applications, Gifu, Japan Dec. 17, 2004, pp, 21-26.
Shrestha, R., Tachikawa, Y. & Takara. K: A new method to define flow direction using grid digital elevation models, Annual of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, vol. 47, pp. 241-246, 2003.

Professional Memberships:

Member American Geophysics Union, 2004-
American Meterologicial Society, 2007-
International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2003-
Asia Pacific Society of Hydrology and Water Resource, 2002-

Last Updated: 9 November 2009