NIH Digital Repository: Recent submissions

  • Trend analysis of Hydrological variables in Western Himalayan region -Phase I (JAMMU & KASHMIR) 
    Kumar, Pradeep; Nema, M. K.; Thayyen, Renoj J.; Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sharad K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2013)
    Western Himalayan region is the main stay of the Himalayan water tower holding more than 90% of glacier and cryospheric resources in India and abundant monsoon rainfall along its foothills. Major rivers of the region; ...
  • Hydrological Evaluation of an Artificial Lake 
    Goel, M. K.; Kumar, Sudhir; Thayyen, Renoj J.; Kumar, Naresh; Kotwal, Suraj P.; Srivastava, R. L.; Chauhan, Charanjit (National Institute of Hydrology, 2009)
    The Irrigation and Flood Control (I & FC) Department of J & K State planned to construct a barrage across the Tawi River at Jammu for creating a lake for recreation purpose. The aim of the present study is to evaluate ...
  • Estimation of aerial and volumetric changes of selected glaciers in Jammu & Kashmir 
    Thayyen, Renoj J.; Kumar, Naresh; Goel, M. K.; Kotwal, Suraj P. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2010)
    Himalayan glaciers numbered around 9575 influence the hydrology of the headwater regions of the river Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. These glaciers are under the overall recessional regime since 1850’s with ...
  • Development of Flood Forecasting Model for Chenab River Basin 
    Singh, R. D.; Ghosh, N. C.; Goel, M. K.; Thayyen, Renoj J.; Kumar, Naresh; Kotwal, Suraj P. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2011)
    River Chenab experiences significant floods during the monsoon season. There are some major projects on the river, such as Salal dam, Baglihar, and Dulhasti. On the directions of the Governing Body of NIH, this study ...
  • Application of a Distributed Hydrological Model for River Basin Planning and Management 
    Singh, R. D.; Goel, M. K.; Chalisgaonkar, Deepa; Kumar, Vijay; Rathore, D. S.; Mehta, Rama D.; Ahmad, Tanvear; Agarwal, P. K.; Singh, Yatveer (National Institute of Hydrology, 2014)
    Any plan related to inter-basin transfer of water from a water-surplus basin to a water-deficit basin has to take into account the water availability and demands under the present and future scenarios of water use. Any ...
  • Simulation of Conjunctive Operation in a Command Area 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sharad K.; Agarwal, P. K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2003)
    Success of an irrigation system depends on efficient water management. Efforts to improve agricultural practice by making more efficient use of available water resources require mathematical models to simulate the dynamics ...
  • Mathematical Representation of Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves for Indian Reservoirs 
    Singh, R. D.; Jain, Sharad K.; Goel, M. K.; Singh, Sushil K.; Agarwal, P. K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2013)
    Elevation-Area-Capacity (EAC) curves of a storage reservoir are among the primary requirements for various kind of reservoir analysis such as reservoir flood routing, reservoir operation analysis, reservoir classification, ...
  • A GIS based model for integrated water resources Management in an irrigation system 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, S. K.; Chaube, U. C. (2005)
    Irrigation accounts for around 83% of the total freshwater demands in India. With limited availability of water as compared to demands, considerable improvement in efficiency of water use by different sectors, especially ...
  • Optimization of energy requirement for operation of an irrigation system 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sharad K.; Chaube, U. C. (NIH, Ministry of Water Resources, 2009)
    Agriculture sector in India accounts for nearly 80% of fresh water and 30% of energy consumption. In another developing countries also available water and energy resources are already under considerable stress and there ...
  • Groundwater flow modelling in a canal command of Haryana State, India 
    Kumar, Vijay; Anandhakumar, K. J.; Goel, M. K. (IAHS, 2009)
    Groundwater flow in part of the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) command area in the Haryana state (India) has been simulated. An area of 7508 km2 of the total 13 543 km2 area of WYC command was selected for modelling. The ...
  • Simulation of surface runoff for upper Tapi subcatchment area (Burhanpur Watershed) using SWAT 
    Shivhare, Vikash; Goel, M. K.; Singh, C. K. (ISPRS, 2014)
    Water related activity that takes place in one part of a river basin may have consequence in the other part. Any plan related to inter basin transfer of water from a water surplus basin to a deficit basin has to take into ...
  • Spatio-temporal analysis of snow cover and effect of terrain attributes in the Upper Ganga River Basin, central Himalaya 
    Meetei, Prikash N.; Ahluwalia, Rajeev Saran; Rai, S. P.; Khobragade, S. D.; Sarangi, Shushanta; Goel, M. K.; Kumar, Sushil (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
    Continuous monitoring of snow cover area (SCA) in space and time is a vital input to estimate the snow/glacier melt runoff, glacial mass balance and other hydrological studies. The present study aims to find out the ...
  • Evaluation of reservoir sdimentation using multi temporal IRS-1A LISS II data 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sanjay K. (United Nations Economic, 1996)
    Sedimentation is a major problem in the operation and maintenance of reservoirs. Sediments restrict water movement, occupy space and adversely affect the quality of water acquatic organisms and the recreational potential ...
  • Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Methods: A Critical Review 
    Bhunya, P. K.; Panda, S. N.; Goel, M. K. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License,, 2011)
    The present study critically reviews the synthetic unit hydrograph (SUH) methods available in hydrologic literature. The study reveals that the traditional methods of SUH derivation, e.g., Snyder, SCS, traditional methods ...
  • Models for water resources assessment and reservoir operation simulation in a multi-basin system 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, S. K.; Kumar, Vijay; Sharma, Anupama (National Institute of Hydrology, 2004)
    Any plan related to inter-basin transfer of water from a water-surplus basin to a water-deficit basin has to take into account the water availability and demands under the present and future scenarios of water use. A ...
  • Water health of Indian Himalayan region : Issues and concerns 
    Goel, M. K.; Arora, Manohar; Rathore, D. S.; Mishra, P. K. (IWRS, 2018)
    Climate change and socio-economic and demographic changes have put unprecedented pressure on water resources, leading to uncertain supplies, increased demands and higher risks of extreme events like floods and droughts. ...
  • Operation Analysis of Pandoh Reservoir under Different Climate Change Scenarios 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sanjay K. (MDPI, 2010)
    Reservoir management involves allocating available water among multiple uses and users, minimizing the risks of water shortages and flooding, and optimizing the beneficial use of water. However, a number of climate ...
  • Methodology to deal with computed negative inflows in Indian reservoirs 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sharad K.; Rani, Deepti; Chalisgaonkar, Deepa (NIT, Patna, 2018)
    For developing the operation policies for a reservoir for conservation or flood control purpose, historical inflows into the reservoir forms an important input. In most of the Indian reservoirs, the inflows into the ...
  • Assessing the vulnerability to soil erosion of the Ukai Dam catchments using remote sensing and GIS 
    Jain, Sanjay K.; Goel, M. K. (Taylor & Francis, 2002)
    The investigation of basins for planning soil conservation requires a selective approach to identify smaller hydrological units, which would be suitable for more efficient and targeted conservation management programmes. ...
  • Assessment of sediment deposition rate in Bargi Reservoir using digital image processing 
    Goel, M. K.; Jain, Sharad K.; Agarwal, P. K. (Taylor & Francis, 2002)
    A reservoir is an integral component of a water resources system. Periodic evaluation of the sediment deposition pattern and assessment of available storage capacity of reservoirs is an important aspect of water resources ...