Publications

Ali, Y. S. A., Crosato, A., Mohamed, Y. A., Abdalla, S. H., & Wright, N. G. (2014). Sediment balances in the Blue Nile river basin. International Journal of Sediment Research, 29(3), 316-328. doi:10.1016/S1001-6279(14)60047-0

Ali, Y. S. A., Crosato, A., Mohamed, Y. A., Wright, N. G., & Roelvink, J. A. (2014). Water resource assessment along the Blue Nile river, North Africa with a one-dimensional model. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management, 167(7), 394-413. doi:10.1680/wama.13.00020

Ali, Y. S. A., Paron, P., Crosato, A., & Mohamed, Y. A. (2018). Transboundary sediment transfer from source to sink using a mineralogical analysis. case study: Roseires reservoir, Blue Nile, Sudan. International Journal of River Basin Management, 16 (4), 477-491. doi:10.1080/15715124.2017.1411919

Brouwer, R., Tesfaye, A., & Pauw, P. (2011). Meta-analysis of institutional-economic factors explaining the environmental performance of payments for watershed services. Environmental Conservation, 38(4), 380-392. doi:10.1017/S0376892911000543

Digna, R.F.M.O., Y. Mohamed, P. van der Zaag, S. Uhlenbrook, 2017. Nile River Basin modelling for water resources management – a literature review. International Journal of River Basin Management 15(1), 39-52 [doi:10.1080/15715124.2016.1228656]

Digna, R.F.M.O., Y. Mohamed, P. van der Zaag, S. Uhlenbrook, G. Corzo, W. van der Krogt, 2018. The impact of water resources development on water availability for hydropower production and irrigated agriculture of the Eastern Nile Basin. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 144(5): 05018007 [doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000912]

Digna, Reem F., Mario E. Castro-Gama, Pieter van der Zaag, Yasir A. Mohamed, Gerald Corzo, Stefan Uhlenbrook, 2018. Optimal operation of the Eastern Nile system using Genetic Algorithm and Benefits distribution of water resources development. Water 10(7), 921 [doi:10.3390/w10070921]

Gebremicael, T. G., Mohamed, Y. A., Betrie, G. D., van der Zaag, P., & Teferi, E. (2013). Trend analysis of runoff and sediment fluxes in the Upper Blue Nile basin: A combined analysis of statistical tests, physically-based models and landuse maps. Journal of Hydrology, 482, 57-68. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.023

Kahsay, T. N., Kuik, O., Brouwer, R., & van der Zaag, P. (2015). Estimation of the transboundary economic impacts of the grand ethiopia renaissance dam: A computable general equilibrium analysis. Water Resources and Economics, 10, 14-30. doi:10.1016/j.wre.2015.02.003

Kahsay, T., O. Kuik, R. Brouwer and P. van der Zaag, 2017. The economy-wide impacts of climate change and irrigation development in the Nile basin: a Computable General Equilibrium approach. Climate Change Economics 8(1) 1750004 [doi:10.1142/S201000781750004X]

Kahsay, T.N., O. Kuik, R. Brouwer and P. van der Zaag, 2018. The transboundary implications of trade liberalization and climate change on water resource availability and the economies of the Nile Basin countries. Water Resources Management 32(3), 935–947 [doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1847-7]

Kahsay, T.N., D. Arjoon, P. van der Zaag, R. Brouwer, A. Tilmant and O. Kuik, 2019. A hybrid partial and general equilibrium modeling approach to assess the hydro-economic impacts of large dams – the case of the Eastern Nile River basin. Environmental Modelling and Software 117, 76-88 [doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.007]

Muala, E., Mohamed, Y. A., Duan, Z., & van der Zaag, P. (2014). Estimation of reservoir discharges from Lake Nasser and Roseires reservoir in the Nile basin using satellite altimetry and imagery data. Remote Sensing, 6(8), 7522-7545. doi:10.3390/rs6087522

Omer, A. Y. A., Ali, Y. S. A., Roelvink, J. A., Dastgheib, A., Paron, P., & Crosato, A. (2015). Modelling of sedimentation processes inside Roseires reservoir (Sudan). Earth Surface Dynamics, 3(2), 223-238. doi:10.5194/esurf-3-223-2015

Osman, I. S., Schultz, B., Osman, A., & Suryadi, F. X. (2017). Effects of different operation scenarios on sedimentation in irrigation canals of the Gezira scheme, Sudan. Irrigation and Drainage, 66(1), 82-89. doi:10.1002/ird.2023

Osman, I. S., Schultz, B., Osman, A., & Suryadi, F. X. (2016). Simulation of fine sediment transport in irrigation canals of the Gezira scheme with the numerical model FSEDT. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 142(11) doi:10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001031

Smit, H., R.M. Kassa, R. Ahlers and P. van der Zaag, 2017. The political morphology of drainage — How gully formation links to State formation in the Choke Mountains of Ethiopia. World Development 98, 231-244 [doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.031] [OPEN ACCESS]

Teferi, E., Bewket, W., & Simane, B. (2016). Effects of land use and land cover on selected soil quality indicators in the headwater area of the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(2), 83. doi:10.1007/s10661-015-5086-1

Teferi, E., Bewket, W., Uhlenbrook, S., & Wenninger, J. (2013). Understanding recent land use and land cover dynamics in the source region of the Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia: Spatially explicit statistical modeling of systematic transitions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 165, 98-117. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2012.11.007

Teferi, E., Uhlenbrook, S., & Bewket, W. (2015). Inter-annual and seasonal trends of vegetation condition in the Upper Blue Nile (Abay) basin: Dual-scale time series analysis. Earth System Dynamics, 6(2), 617-636. doi:10.5194/esd-6-617-2015

Teferi, E., Uhlenbrook, S., Bewket, W., Wenninger, J., & Simane, B. (2010). The use of remote sensing to quantify wetland loss in the Choke Mountain Range, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14(12), 2415-2428. doi:10.5194/hess-14-2415-2010

Tekleab, S., Mohamed, Y., & Uhlenbrook, S. (2013). Hydro-climatic trends in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, ethiopia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 61-62, 32-42. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2013.04.017

Tekleab, S., Mohamed, Y., Uhlenbrook, S., & Wenninger, J. (2014). Hydrologic responses to land cover change: The case of Jedeb mesoscale catchment, Abay/Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrological Processes, 28(20), 5149-5161. doi:10.1002/hyp.9998

Tekleab, S., Uhlenbrook, S., Mohamed, Y., Savenije, H. H. G., Temesgen, M., & Wenninger, J. (2011). Water balance modeling of Upper Blue Nile catchments using a top-down approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15(7), 2179-2193. doi:10.5194/hess-15-2179-2011

Tekleab, S., Uhlenbrook, S., Savenije, H. H. G., Mohamed, Y., & Wenninger, J. (2015). Modelling rainfall–runoff processes of the Chemoga and Jedeb meso-scale catchments in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. [Modélisation des processus pluie-débit sur les bassins versants méso-échelle de la Chemoga et de la Jedeb dans le bassin de l’Abay / Nil Bleu supérieur, en Ethiopie] Hydrological Sciences Journal, 60(11), 2029-2046. doi:10.1080/02626667.2015.1032292

Tekleab, S., Wenninger, J., & Uhlenbrook, S. (2014). Characterisation of stable isotopes to identify residence times and runoff components in two meso-scale catchments in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(6), 2415-2431. doi:10.5194/hess-18-2415-2014

Temesgen, M., Hoogmoed, W. B., Rockstrom, J., & Savenije, H. H. G. (2009). Conservation tillage implements and systems for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ethiopia. Soil and Tillage Research, 104(1), 185-191. doi:10.1016/j.still.2008.10.026

Temesgen, M., Savenije, H. H. G., Rockström, J., & Hoogmoed, W. B. (2012). Assessment of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia: Effects on grain yield, water balance and water productivity. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 156-165. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.046

Temesgen, M., Uhlenbrook, S., Simane, B., Van Der Zaag, P., Mohamed, Y., Wenninger, J., & Savenije, H. H. G. (2012). Impacts of conservation tillage on the hydrological and agronomic performance of fanya juus in the Upper Blue Nile (Abbay) river basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16(12), 4725-4735. doi:10.5194/hess-16-4725-2012

Tesfaye, A., & Brouwer, R. (2012). Testing participation constraints in contract design for sustainable soil conservation in Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 73, 168-178. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.10.017

Tesfaye, A., & Brouwer, R. (2016). Exploring the scope for transboundary collaboration in the Blue Nile river basin: Downstream willingness to pay for upstream land use changes to improve irrigation water supply. Environment and Development Economics, 21(2), 180-204. doi:10.1017/S1355770X15000182

Tesfaye, A., Negatu, W., Brouwer, R., & van der Zaag, P. (2014). Understanding soil conservation decision of farmers in the Gedeb watershed, Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development, 25(1), 71-79. doi:10.1002/ldr.2187

Tesfaye, A., R. Brouwer, P. van der Zaag and W. Negatu, 2016. Assessing the costs and benefits of improved land management practices in three watershed areas in Ethiopia. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 4, 20–29 [doi:10.1016/j.iswcr.2016.01.003]

Tesfaye, A., Wolanios, N., & Brouwer, R. (2016). Estimation of the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by the Blue Nile basin in Ethiopia. Ecosystem Services, 17, 268-277. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.008

Van Griensven, A., Ndomba, P., Yalew, S., & Kilonzo, F. (2012). Critical review of SWAT applications in the Upper Nile basin countries. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16(9), 3371-3381. doi:10.5194/hess-16-3371-2012

Yalew, S., van Griensven, A., Ray, N., Kokoszkiewicz, L., & Betrie, G. D. (2013). Distributed computation of large scale SWAT models on the grid. Environmental Modelling and Software, 41, 223-230. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.08.002

Yalew, S.G., A van Griensven, M.L. Mul, P. van der Zaag, 2016. Land suitability analysis for agriculture in the Abbay basin using remote sensing, GIS and AHP techniques. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 2(2), 1-4 [doi:10.1007/s40808-016-0167-x]

Yalew, S.G., A. van Griensven and P. van der Zaag, 2016. AgriSuit: a web-based GIS-MCDA framework for agricultural land suitability assessment. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 128: 1-8 [doi:10.1016/j.compag.2016.08.008]

Yalew, S.G., M.L. Mul, A. van Griensven, E. Teferi, J. Priess, C. Schweitzer and P. van der Zaag, 2016. Land-use change modelling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin. Environments 3(3), 21 [doi:10.3390/environments3030021]