For more information about the “primary” and “applied” science at the Watershed Science and Modelling Laboratory please refer to our selected publications:<\/p>\n
2025 \u2014 Huang, Y., Qi, J., Mezbahuddin, S., Dyck, M., MacKenzie, M. D., Faramarzi, M. (2025). Effects of soil moisture and winter hydrologic processes on soil phosphorus accumulation and loss in canola croplands of cold-region watersheds. Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, 1010(November 2025), 181051. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2025.181051<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2025 \u2014 Tiwari, U., B.G. Bush, A., Faramarzi, M., Comparing the performance of convection-permitting WRF output with reanalysis datasets for glacier energy balance and hydrological modelling in the Central Himalaya. Journal of Hydrology, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2025.134258<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2025 \u2014 Rufino, P. R., G\u00fccker, B., Volk, M., Strauch, M., Cardozo, F. da S., Bo\u00ebchat, I. G., Faramarzi, M., Pereira, G., Modeling the Nexus of Climate Change and Deforestation: Implications for the Blue Water Resources of the Jari River, Amazonia. Water (Switzerland), 17(5), 1\u201323. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w17050660<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2025 \u2014 Serrano Diaz, L.C, Smerdon, B., Alessi, D., Faramarzi, M., Assessment of the impacts of climate change on groundwater evapotranspiration in mid-to-high latitude regions., Journal of Hydrology, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2025.133294<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2024 \u2014 Khalili, P., Konar, M., Faramarzi., M., Modelling the impacts of future droughts and post-droughts on hydrology, crop yields, and their linkages through assessing virtual water trade in agricultural watersheds of high-latitude regions., Journal of Hydrology, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2024.131530<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2024 \u2014 Huang, Y., Jiang, Y., Jiang, B., Bailey, R.T., Masud, B., Smerdon, B., Faramarzi, M., Modelling impacts of climate change on snow drought, groundwater drought, and their feedback mechanism in a snow-dominated watershed in western Canada., Journal of Hydrology, DOI:\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2024.131342<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2023 \u2014 Khalili, P., Razavi, S., Davies, E.G.R., Alessi, D., Faramarzi, M., Assessment of blue water-green water interchange under extreme warm and dry events across different ecohydrological regions of western Canada, Faramarzi, M., Journal of Hydrology, DOI:\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.130105<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2023 — Wampler, K.A., Bladon, K.D., Faramarzi, M., Modeling wildfire effects on streamflow in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA., Journal of Hydrology, DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.129585<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 2023 — Du, X., Faramarzi, M., Qi, J., Lei, Q., Liu, H., Investigating hydrological transport pathways of dissolved organic carbon in cold region watershed based on a watershed biogeochemical model, Environmental Pollution. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envpol.2023.121390<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2023 — Silwal, G., Ammar, M.E., Thapa, A., Bonsal, B., Faramarzi, M., Response of glacier modelling parameters to time, space, and model complexity: Examples from eastern slopes of Canadian Rocky Mountains, Science of the Total Environment. DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2023.162156<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2023 — Chen, Y., Faramarzi, M., Gan, T.H., She, Y., Evaluation and uncertainty assessment of weather data and model calibration on daily streamflow simulation in a large-scale regulated and snow-dominated river basin, Journal of Hydrology. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.129103<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2023 — Rufino, P.R., G\u00fccker, B., Faramarzi, M., Bo\u00ebchat, I.G., Cardozo, F.d.S., Santos, P.R., Zanin, G.D., Mataveli, G., Pereira, G. Evaluation of the SWAT Model for the Simulation of Flow and Water Balance Based on Orbital Data in a Poorly Monitored Basin in the Brazilian Amazon. Geographies. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/geographies3010001<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2022 — Han, Y., Du, X., Farjad, B., Goss, G., Gupta, A., Faramarzi, M. A numerical modeling framework for simulating the key in-stream fate processes of PAH decay in Muskeg River Watershed, Alberta, Canada. Science of the Total Environment<\/em>. DOI: https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0048969722043443?dgcid=coauthor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2022 — Zarehmehrjardy, M., Victor, J., Park, S., Smerdon, B., Alessi, D., Faramarzi, M. Assessment of snowmelt and groundwater-surface water dynamics in mountains, foothills, and plains regions in northern latitudes. Journal of Hydrology<\/i>. DOI: https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0022169422000245<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 — Cordeiro, M.R.C., Mengistu, G.F., Pogue, S.J., Legesse, G., Gunte, K.E., Taylor, A.M., Ominski, K.H., Beauchemin, K.A., McGeough, E.J., Faramarzi, M., McAllister, T.A. Assessing feed security for beef production within livestock-intensive regions. Agricultural Systems.<\/em> DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agsy.2021.103348<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 — Du, X., Silwal, G., Faramarzi, M. Investigating the impacts of glacier melt on stream temperature in a cold-region watershed: Coupling a glacier melt model with a hydrological model. Journal of Hydrology.\u00a0<\/em>DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2021.127303<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 — Masud, B., Cui, Q., Ammar, M.E., Bonsal, B.R., Islam, Z., Faramarzi, M. Means and Extremes: Evaluation of a CMIP6 Multi-Model Ensemble in Reproducing Historical Climate Characteristics across Alberta, Canada. Water.<\/em> DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w13050737<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 — Khalili, P., Masud, B., Qian, B., Mezbahuddin, S., Dyck, M., Faramarzi, M. Non-stationary response of rain-fed spring wheat yield to future climate change in northern latitudes. Science of the Total Environment<\/em>. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2021.145474<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 — Zaremehrjardy, M., Razavi, S., Faramarzi, M. Assessment of the cascade of uncertainty in future snow depth projections across watersheds of mountainous, foothill, and plain areas in northern latitudes. Journal of Hydrology. <\/em>PDF: ZaremehrjardyEtAl2021<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2020 — Cui, Q., Ammar, M.E., Iravani, M., Kariyeva, J., Faramarzi, M. Regional wetland water storage changes: The influence of future climate on geographically isolated wetlands. Ecological Indicators<\/em>. DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2020.106941<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2020 — Loiselle, D., Du, X., Alessi, D.S., Bladon, K.D., Faramarzi, M. Projecting impacts of wildfire and climate change on streamflow, sediment, and organic carbon yields in a forested watershed. Journal of Hydrology.\u00a0<\/em>DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2020.125403<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2020 —\u00a0Du, X., Goss, G., Faramarzi, M. Impacts of Hydrological Processes on Stream Temperature in a Cold Region Watershed Based on the SWAT Equilibrium Temperature Model.\u00a0Water. <\/em>DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w12041112<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2020 — Du, X., Loiselle, D., Alessi, D.S., Faramarzi, M.,\u00a0Hydro-climate and biogeochemical processes control watershed organic carbon inflows: Development of an in-stream organic carbon module coupled with a process-based hydrologic model, Science of The Total Environment<\/em>. DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2020.137281<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2020 — Ammar, M.E., Gharib, A., Islam, Z., Davies, E.G.R., Seneka, M., Faramarzi, M., Future floods using hydroclimatic simulations and peaks over threshold: An alternative to nonstationary analysis inferred from trend tests, Advances in Water Resources<\/em>. DOI:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.advwatres.2019.103463<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2019 — Masud, B., Qian, B., Faramarzi, M.,\u00a0Performance of multivariate and multiscalar drought indices in identifying impacts on crop production, International Journal of Climatology<\/em>. DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/joc.6210<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2019 — Iravani, M., White, S.R., Farr, D.R., Habib, T.J., Kariyeva, J., Faramarzi, M., Assessing the provision of carbon-related ecosystem services across a range of temperate grassland systems in western Canada, Science of the Total Environment<\/em>. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.scitotenv.2019.05.083<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2019 —\u00a0Vaghefi, S.A.,\u00a0 Iravani, M., Sauchyn, D., Andreichuk, Y., Goss, G., Faramarzi, M., Regionalization and parameterization of a hydrologic model\u00a0significantly affect the cascade of uncertainty in climate-impact\u00a0projections, Climate Dynamics<\/em>. DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00382-019-04664-w<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2019 — Chunn, D., Faramarzi, M., Smerdon, B., Alessi, D.S., Application of an<\/span> intergrated SWAT-MODFLOW<\/span> model to evaluate potential impacts of climate change and water withdrawals on groundwater-surface water interactions in west-central Alberta<\/span><\/a>, Water<\/em> 11(1): 110. DOI:\u00a010.3390\/w11010110<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2019 — Masud, M.B., Wada, Y., Goss, G., Faramarzi, M.,\u00a0Global implications of regional grain production through virtual water trade, Science of the total environment<\/em> 659: 807-820. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.scitotenv.2018.12.392<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2018 — Masud, M.B., Ferdous, J., Faramarzi, M.,\u00a0 Projected changes in hydrological variables in the agricultural region of\u00a0Alberta,<\/span>\u00a0Canada<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Water\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>1\u201320. DOI: 10.3390\/w10121810<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2018 — Cordeiro, M.R.C., Lelyk, G.,\u00a0Kr\u00f6bel, R., Legesse, G., Faramarzi, M., Masud, B.M., McAllister, T., Deriving a dataset for agriculturally relevant soils from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) database for use in Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) simulations<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Earth System Science Data:\u00a0<\/em>10(3)\u00a01673-1686. DOI:\u00a010.5194\/essd-10-1673-2018<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2018 — Farsani, I.F., Farzanah, M.R., Besalatpour, A.A., Faramarzi, M., Assessment of the impact of climate change on spatiotemporal variability of blue and green water resources under CMIP3 and CMIP5 models in a highly mountainous watershed<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Theoretical and Applied Climatology<\/em>. DOI:\u00a010.1007\/s00704-018-2474-9<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2018 — Masud, M.B., McAllister, T., Cordeiro, M.R.C., Faramarzi, M., Modeling future water footprint of barley production in Alberta, Canada: Implications for water use and yields to 2064,\u00a0Science of the Total Environment<\/em>\u00a0616-617: 208-222. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.scitotenv.2017.11.004<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n 2017 — Farjad, B., Gupta, A., Razavi, S., Faramarzi, M., Marceau, D.J., An integrated modelling system to predict hydrological processes under climate and land-use\/cover change scenarios<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Water 9: 767. <\/em>DOI:\u00a010.3390\/w9100767.<\/p>\n 2017 — Saiedi, N., Besalatpour, A.A., Shirani, H., Abbaszadeh Dehaji, P., Esfandiarpour, I., Faramarzi, M., Aggregation and fractal dimension of aggregates formed in sand dunes stabilized by PistachioPAM and PistachioPVAc mulches,\u00a0European Journal of Soil Science<\/em>\u00a068: 783-791.<\/p>\n 2017 — Gharib, A., Davies, E.G.R., Goss, G.G., Faramarzi, M., Assessment of the combined effects of threshold selection and parameter estimation of generalized pareto distribution with applications to flood frequency analysis<\/a><\/span>, Water\u00a0<\/i>9, 692. DOI: 10.3390\/w9090692.<\/p>\n 2017 \u00a0—\u00a0 Azari, M., Saghafian B., Moradi, M.R., Faramarzi,M., Effectiveness of soil and water conservation practices under climate change in Gorganroud basin, Iran<\/span><\/a>, CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water<\/em>: 45, 1700288, 12pp. DOI: