Balaji Rajagopalan
Ph.D. Utah State University, 1995
Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
E-mail: rajagopalan.balaji@colorado.edu
Office: ECOT 541
Phone: 303-492-5968
Web: Prof. Rajagopalan
(Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering)
Research Interests
- Stochastic Hydrology and Hydroclimatology
- Nonparametric functional estimation techniques (probability density Functions, regression, scenarios generation, forecasting)
- Understanding low frequency climate variability and its signatures on regional hydrology
- Incorporating climate information in water resources/hydrologic decision making
- Understanding spatio-temporal variability in Indian summer monsoon
- Nonlinear Dynamics - recovering dynamics from data
- Bayesian techniques for optimal combination of information from multiple sources and decision making
Statistical climate modeling and its application to hydrology, water resources eng. related issues; Stochastic modeling of rainfall and other weather variables; scaling issues in rainfall; Spatial estimation of hydro-climate variables; nonparametric estimation of density and regression functions for Multivariate Time series analysis of climate data; Identifying inter-annual variability in hydro climate variables and nonlinear dynamical modeling and forecasting; Inferring long range climate variability through statistical analysis of paleo proxy data.
Selected Publications
- Rajagopalan, B., U. Lall, and S. Zebiak, Optimal Categorical Climate Forecasts through Multiple GCM Ensemble Combination and Regularization , Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1792-1811, 2002.
- Yates, D., S. Gangopadhyay, B. Rajagopalan, and K. Strzepek, A nearest neighbor bootstrap technique for generating regional climate scenarios for integrated assessments, (submitted) Water Resources Research, 2002.
- Saouma, V., E. Hansen, B. Rajagopalan, Statistical and 3D Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Schlegeis Dam, Proceedings of the Sixth ICOLD Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams, Salzburg, Austria, Oct 17 - 19, 2001.
- Neumann,D., B. Rajagopalan, E. Zagona, A regression model for daily maximum stream temperature (accepted) ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2002.
- Neumann, D., B. Rajagopalan and E. Zagona, A decision support system to manage summer stream temperatures for water quality improvement in the Truckee river near Reno, NV (submitted) to ASCE Journal of Water Resources and Planning, 2002.
- Prairie, J., B. Rajagopalan, T. Fulp and E. Zagona, Statistical nonparametric model for natural salt estimation (submitted) ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2002.
- Prairie, J., B. Rajagopalan, T. Fulp and E. Zagona Long-term salinity prediction with uncertainity analysis (to be submitted to) ASCE Journal of Water Resources and Planning, 2002.
- Prairie, J., B. Rajagopalan, T. Fulp and E. Zagona, A modified K-NN Model for Generating Stochastic Natural Streamflows (in preparation for submission to) ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2002.
- B. Rajagopalan, Y. Kushnir, J. Miller, and U. Lall, Relationships between climate and named storm frequency in the Atlantic basin, (in preparation for submission to), Journal of Climate, 2002.
- Jain, S., U. Lall, M.Mann, and B. Rajagopalan, Changes in the Midwestern US Precipitation: Observations and Modeled Greenshouse Warming Scenarios (under revision) Journal of Climate, 2002.
- Luce, C., U. Lall, A. Sharma, B. Rajagopalan, D. Hall and W. Elliot, A Comparison of Parameteric and Non-Parametric Stochastic Climate Simulations for Use in Erosion Modeling, (in preparation for submission to) Water Resources Research, 2002.
Rajagopalan is a member of the Teaching Faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
