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Emad Habib, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

B.S., Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 1987

M.S., Irrigation Engineering, Mediterranean Institute of Bari and Water Engineering Department, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, 1992

M.S., Civil Engineering (Irrigation and Hydraulics), Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1996

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources),
University of Iowa, USA, 2001

P.O. Box 42291
Lafayette, LA 70504
Madison 254M
Phone: 337-482-6513
Email: habib@louisiana.edu
Webpage: www.louisiana.edu/~exh5102

Short List of Research Interests:

  • Validation and uncertainty analysis of remote sensing rainfall estimates
  • Rainfall measurement and estimation
  • Applications of radar-rainfall data for improved hydrologic prediction
  • Propagation of radar-rainfall errors in hydrologic predictions
  • Hydrologic prediction and uncertainty analysis in estuarine systems
  • Hydrologic applications of advanced statistical methods

Major/Principal Publications:

  1. Habib E., Larson, B., Nuttle, W. K., Nelson, B., Rivera-Monroy, Meselhe, E.A., and Twilley, R. R. (2008) “Effect of Rainfall Spatial Variability and Sampling on Salinity Prediction in an Estuarine System”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 350/1-2, 56-67, DOI:10.1016/j. jhydrol.2007. 11.034.

  2. Habib , E., Aduvala, A., and Meselhe, E. A. (2008) “Analysis of radar-rainfall error characteristics and implications for streamflow simulations uncertainty.” Journal of Hydrologic Sciences, Vol. 53(3), 568-587.

  3. Habib , E., Meselhe, E. A. and A. Aduvala (2008) “Effect of Local Errors of Tipping-Bucket Rain Gauges on Rainfall-Runoff Simulations.” ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 13(6). 411-528.

  4. Habib E., Malakpet C. G., Tokay A., and P. A. Kucera (2008) “Sensitivity of streamflow simulations to temporal variability and estimation of Z-R relationships”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(12), 1177-1186.

  5. Tokay, A., Bashor, P. G., Habib, E., and Kasparis, T. (2008) “Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements in Tropical Cyclones.” Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2122.1, 2008.

  6. Habib E., Nuttle, W. K., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Gautum, S., Meselhe, E.A., and Twilley, R. R. (2007) “Assessing Effects of Data Limitations on Salinity Forecasting in Barataria Basin, Louisiana, Using a Bayesian Analysis.” Journal of Coastal Research, 23(3), 749-763.

  7. Habib E., and Meselhe E.A. (2006) “ Stage-Discharge relations for Low-gradient Tidal Streams Using Data-Driven Models”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 132(5), 482-492.

  8. Nelson, B.R., Krajewski, W.F., Smith, J.A., Habib, E. and G. Hoogenboom, 2005. Archival precipitation data set for the Mississippi River Basin: Evaluation. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L18403, doi:10.1029/2005GL023334, 2005.

  9. Habib , E., Ciach G.J., and W. F. Krajewski, 2004. A Method for Filtering out Raingauge Representativeness Errors from the Verification Distributions of Radar and Raingauge Rainfall, Advances in Water Resources, 27(10), 967-980.

  10. Neary, V., Habib, E., and M. Fleming, 2004: Hydrologic Modeling with NEXRAD Precipitation, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 9(5), 339-349.

  11. Ciach, G. J., Habib, E., and W. F. Krajewski, 2003. Zero-covariance hypothesis in the error variance separation method of radar rainfall verification, Advances in Water Resources, 26, 573-580.

  12. Krajewski, W. F., Ciach, G. J., and E. Habib, E., 2003. An analysis of small-scale rainfall variability in different climatic regimes, Journal of Hydrologic Sciences, 48, 151-162.

  13. Habib , E. and W. F. Krajewski, 2002. Uncertainty Analysis of the TRMM Ground Validation Radar-Rainfall Products: Application to the TEFLUN-B Field Campaign, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41(5), 558–572.

  14. Habib , E., Krajewski, W.F., and A. Kruger, 2001. Sampling errors of tipping-bucket rain gauge measurements, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 6(2), 159-166.

  15. Habib , E., and W.F. Krajewski, 2001. An example of computational approach used for aerodynamic design of a rain disdrometer, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 39(4), 425-428.

  16. Habib , E., Krajewski, W.F., and G.J. Ciach, 2001. Estimation of inter-station correlation coefficient in rainfall data, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2, 621-629.

  17. Habib, E., Krajewski, W.F., Nešpor, V., and A. Kruger, 1999. Numerical simulation studies of raingage data correction due to wind Effect, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(D16), 19723-19734, 1999.

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