Publications

Improving streamflow predictions in the arid Southwestern United States through understanding of baseflow generation mechanisms.
M. A. Farmani, A. Tavakoly, A. Behrangi, et al.
Water Resources Research, 2025 (Advance online publication)
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Do land models miss key soil hydrological processes controlling soil moisture memory?
M. A. Farmani, A. Behrangi, A. Gupta, A. Tavakoly, M. Geheran, & G.-Y. Niu
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 29, 547–566, 2025
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The strong impact of precipitation intensity on groundwater recharge and terrestrial water storage change in Arizona, a typical dryland
Y. Qiu, J. S. Famiglietti, A. Behrangi, M. A. Farmani, et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 52(14), e2025GL114747, 2025
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How do IMERG V07, IMERG V06, and ERA5 precipitation products perform over snow–ice-free and snow–ice-covered surfaces at a range of near-surface temperatures?
H. Yousefi Sohi, M. A. Farmani, & A. Behrangi
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 26(7), 837–855, 2025
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Improved evapotranspiration estimation using the Penman-Monteith equation with a deep learning (DNN) model over the dry southwestern US: Comparison with ECOSTRESS, MODIS, and OpenET
M. Jawad, A. Behrangi, M. A. Farmani, Y. Qiu, H. Yousefi Sohi, A. Gupta, & G.-Y. Niu
Journal of Hydrology, 133460, 2025
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Representing Preferential Flow through Variably-Saturated Soils with Surface Ponding in a Large-Scale Land Surface Model over the Conterminous US
G.-Y. Niu, Y. Fang, A. Alves Meira Neto, et al. (incl. M. A. Farmani)
ESS Open Archive, 2024
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Higher frozen soil permeability represented in a hydrological model improves spring streamflow prediction from river basin to continental scales
J. Agnihotri, A. Behrangi, A. Tavakoly, M. Geheran, M. A. Farmani, & G.-Y. Niu
Water Resources Research, 59(4), e2022WR033075, 2023
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