Devendra Amatya
Bio
Santee Experimental Forest/Center for Forested Wetlands Research
p: 843-336-5612
f: 843-3365068
3734 Highway 402
Cordesville, SC 29434
Education
Ph.D. Biological and Agricultural Engineering NC State University 1993
M.S. Hydrology Duke University 1985
M. Sc. Hydrotechnical Lumumba University, India 1974
Area(s) of Expertise
Hydrology of low-gradient managed forests and naturally drained forests, Hydrology of forested wetlands, Specific research on runoff and evapotranspiration dynamics of coastal forests (freshwater and tidal), Hydrologic and water quality studies on effects of land and water management, prescribed/wild fire, land use change, climate variability and change, sea level rise, and extreme events on low-gradient coastal landscapes from freshwater to tidally affected landscapes using monitoring and modeling approaches, Assessment of long-term trends and variability in hydrology and their potential applications in developing and testing hydrology and water quality models for terrestrial freshwater lands linked to the downstream tidal marshes/estuaries, Application of remote sensing tools and products for watershed hydrologic modeling, Specific modeling tools for research: DRAINMOD, SWAT, MIKESHE, and SWMM
Publications
- Energy availability and leaf area dominate control of ecosystem evapotranspiration in the southeastern U.S (vol 349, 109960, 2024) , AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY (2024)
- Estimates of Precipitation IDF Curves and Design Discharges for Road-Crossing Drainage Structures: Case Study in Four Small Forested Watersheds in the Southeastern US , JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING (2021)
- Response of Drainage Water Quality to Fertilizer Applications on a Switchgrass Intercropped Coastal Pine Forest , WATER (2020)
- Response of Nutrients and Sediment to Hydrologic Variables in Switchgrass Intercropped Pine Forest Ecosystems on Poorly Drained Soil , WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION (2020)
- COMPARISON OF HYDROLOGY OF TWO ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN FORESTS , TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE (2019)
- Effects of Drainage for Silviculture on Wetland Hydrology , WETLANDS (2019)
- Estimation of evapotranspiration and its parameters for pine, switchgrass, and intercropping with remotely-sensed images based geospatial modeling , ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE (2019)
- Automated Geospatial Models of Varying Complexities for Pine Forest Evapotranspiration Estimation with Advanced Data Mining , WATER (2018)
- Modeling water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics for two drained pine plantations under intensive management practices , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2011)
- Sensitivity analysis of the DRAINWAT model applied to an agricultural watershed in the lower coastal plain, North Carolina, USA , WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL (2011)