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Contributions to Books and Special Issues

  • Georgakakos, K.P., 2008: “Forecasting Flash Floods,” Chapter 44, WMO Guide to Hydrologic Practices, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 pp., in press.
  • Georgakakos, K.P. 2007: “Flash flood forecasting and warning,” Chapter 3, WMO Flood Forecasting and Warning Manual, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 pp.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., N.E. Graham, A.P. Georgakakos, and H. Yao, 2007: “Demonstrating Integrated Forecast and Reservoir Management (INFORM) for Northern California in an Operational Environment.” IAHS Publication 313, IAHS Press, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 1-6.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., 2006, “Issues in the forecast and management of floods and flash floods.” Proceedings 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, September 2006, Nice, France, 11pp.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., National Research Council, 2006: Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 178pp.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and J.A. Sperfslage, 2005: "Operational Rainfall and Flow Forecasting for the Panama Canal Watershed," in The Rio Chagres: A Multidisciplinary Profile of a Tropical Watershed, R.S. Harmon, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, Chapter 16, 323-334.
  • Jeong, Chang Sam, J.H. Heo, D.H. Bae, and K.P. Georgakakos, 2004: "Analysis of ECMWF Simulation Information for Korean Water Resources Management," 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Liong, Phoon & Babovic (eds), World Scientific Publishing Company, ISBN 981-238-787-0.
  • Smith, M.B., Georgakakos, K.P., and X. Liang, (eds.), 2004: "Special Issue, The Distributed Model Intercomparison Project (DMIP)," Journal of Hydrology, 298, 1-334.
  • Tachikawa, Y., Vieux, B.E., Georgakakos, K.P., and E. Nakakita, (eds.), 2003: "Weather Radar Information and Distributed Hydrological Modeling." IAHS Publication No. 282, International Association of the Hydrologic Sciences (IAHS) Press, Wallingford, GB, 323pp.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., 2002: "Hydrometeorological Models for Real Time Rainfall and Flow Forecasting," in Mathematical Models of Small Watershed Hydrology and Applications, V.P. Singh and D.K. Frevert, eds., Water Resources Publications, LLC, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, 593-655.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and A.A. Tsonis, 2002: "Observing Extreme Variability in Nonlinear Systems," in Emergent Nature Š Patterns, Growth and Scaling of the Sciences, M.M. Novak, ed., World Scientific Publishing Co., London, United Kingdom, 209-221.
  • Carpenter, T.M., and K.P. Georgakakos, 2001: "Distributed Hydrological Modeling Using Radar Precipitation." In Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000, M. Owe, K. Brubaker, J. Ritchie and A. Rango, eds., IAHS Publ. No. 267, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 558-562.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., D. Tsintikidis, B. Attia and J. Roskar, 2001: "Estimation of Pixel-Scale Daily Rainfall over the Nile River Catchment Using Multi-Spectral METEOSAT Data." In Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000, M. Owe, K. Brubaker, J. Ritchie and A. Rango, eds., IAHS Publ. No. 267, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 11-15.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and R. Krzysztofowicz, (eds.), 2001: "Probabilistic and Ensemble Forecasting." Special Issue of J. of Hydrology, 249, 1-196.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and W.F. Krajewski, (eds.), 2000: "Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar," Special Issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 105(D2), 2213-2280.
  • Poveda, Germán, N.E. Graham, P.R. Epstein, W. Rojas, "M.L. Quinones and I.D. Vélez, and W.J.M. Martens, 2000: Climate and ENSO Variability Associated with Vector-Borne Diseases in Colombia. In 2000: El Niño and the Southern Oscillation, Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts, Cambridge University Press, Diaz, H.F. and V. Markgraf, eds., 183-204.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., Guetter, A.K., and J.A. Sperfslage, 1997: "Estimation of Flash Flood Potential for Large Areas." Destructive Water: Water-Caused Natural Disasters, their Abatement and Control. G.H. Leavesley, H.F. Lins, F. Nobilis, R.S. Parker, V.R. Schneider, and F.H.M. van de Von (eds.), IAHS Publ. No. 239, IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK, 87-93.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., 1997: "Coupled Rainfall-Flow Forecasting Models, in Weather Radar Technology for Water Resources Management, B. Braga, (ed.), UNESCO Press, Montevideo, Uruguay, 221-237.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., ed., 1996: "Soil Moisture Theories and Observations." Special Issue in Journal of Hydrology, 184, 1-152.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., Sharifi, M.B., and Sturdevant, P.L., 1995: Analysis of Fine Increment Point Rainfall." In New Uncertainty Concepts in Hydrology and Water Resources, Z.W. Kundzewicz, ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, 114-120.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and W.F. Krajewski, 1995: "Worth of Radar Data in Real Time Prediction of Mean Areal Rainfall by Nonadvective Physically-Based Models." In New Uncertainty Concepts in Hydrology and Water Resources, Z.W. Kundzewicz, ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, 168-180.
  • Georgakakos, K.P., Bae, D.-H., Mullusky, M.G., and A.P. Georgakakos, 1995: "Hydrologic Variability in Midwestern Drainage Basins: Diagnosis, Prediction and Control," Chapter II-2 in Preparing for Global Change, A Midwestern Perspective, Carmichael, G.R., Folk, E., and J.L. Schnoor, eds., SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 61-90.

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