Garibay, V.M., M.W. Gitau, V. Kongo, J. Kisekka, and D. Moriasi. 2022. Comparative Evaluation of Water Resource Data Policy Inventories Towards the Improvement of East African Climate and Water Data Infrastructure. Water Resources Managment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03231-z.
Torres, C., M.W. Gitau, D. Paredes-Cuervo, and B. Engel. 2022. Evaluation of sampling frequency impact on the accuracy of water quality status as determined considering different water quality monitoring objectives. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10169-7.
Welikhe, P.K., S.M. Brouder, J.J. Volenec,M.W. Gitau, and R.F. Turco. 2022. Dynamics of dissolved reactive phosphorus loss from phosphorus source and sink soils in tile-drained systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00012.
Garibay, V., M.W. Gitau, N.S. Kiggundu, D. Moriasi, and F. Mishili. 2021. Evaluation of reanalysis precipitation data and potential bias correction methods for use in data-scarce areas. Water Resources Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02804-8.
Welikhe, P.K., S.M. Brouder, J.J. Volenec, M.W. Gitau, and R.F. Turco 2021. Using artificial neural networks to improve phosphorus indices. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.00153.
Aboelnour, M.A., B.A. Engel, M.D. Frisbee, M.W. Gitau, and D.C. Flanagan. 2021. Impacts of watershed physical properties and land use on baseflow at regional scales, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100810.
Schull, V.Z., S. Mehan, M.W. Gitau, S. Singh, J.P. Sesmero, and D.C. Flanagan. 2021. Construction of critical periods for water resources management and their application in the FEW nexus. Water. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050718.
Rohith, A.N., M.W. Gitau, I. Chaubey, and K.P. Sudheer. 2020. A multistate first-order Markov model for modeling time distribution of extreme rainfall events. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-020-01939-1.
Torres, C., M.W. Gitau, J. Lara-Borrero, and D. Paredes-Cuervo. 2020. Framework for water management in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus in mixed land-use watersheds in Colombia. Sustainability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410332.
Aboelnour, M., M.W. Gitau, and Engel, B. 2020. A comparison of streamflow and baseflow responses to land-use change and the variation in climate parameters using SWAT. Water. 2020, 12(1), 191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010191.
Welikhe, P.K., S.M. Brouder, J.J. Volenec, M.W. Gitau, and R.F. Turco. 2020. Development of phosphorus sorption capacity-based environmental indices for tile-drained systems. Journal of Environmental Quality. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20044.
Schull, V.Z., B.T. Daher, M.W. Gitau, S. Mehan, and D.C. Flanagan. 2020. Analyzing FEW nexus modeling tools for water resources decision-making and management applications. Food and Bioproducts Processing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2019.10.011.
Aboelnour, M., B.A. Engel, and M.W. Gitau. 2019. Hydrologic response in an urban watershed as affected by climate and land use change. Water. 2019, 11, 1603. DOI: 10.3390/w11081603.
Mehan, S., R. Aggarwal, M.W. Gitau, D.C. Flanagan, C.W. Wallace, and J.R. Frankenberger. 2019. Assessment of hydrology and nutrient losses in a changing climate in a subsurface-drained watershed. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.314.
Mehan, S., M.W. Gitau, and D.C. Flanagan. 2019. Reliable future climatic projections for sustainable hydro-meteorological assessments in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Water. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11030581.
Chen, J., Y. Liu, M.W. Gitau, B.A. Engel, D.C. Flanagan, and J.M. Habor. 2019. Evaluation of the effectiveness of green infrastructure on hydrology and water quality in a combined sewer overflow community. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.416.
Mijares, V., M. Gitau, and D.R. Johnson. 2018. A method for assessing and predicting water quality status for improved decision-making and management. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-018-2113-3.
Gitau, M.W. 2018. Patterns in indices of daily and seasonal rainfall extremes: Southwest Florida Gulf coastal zone. Climate. DOI:10.3390/cli6040083.
Chen, J., M.W. Gitau, B.A. Engel, and D.C. Flanagan. 2018. Suitability of CLIGEN precipitation estimates based on an updated database and their impacts on urban runoff. Hydrological Sciences Journal. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2018.1513655.
Liu, Y, D. Flanagan, M. Gitau, S. McMillan, I. Chaubey, S. Singh, and B. Engel. 2018. Modeling framework for representing long-term effectiveness of best management practices in addressing hydrology and water quality problems: framework development and demonstration using a Bayesian method. Journal of Hydrology, 560 (2018): 530–545. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.03.053.
Gitau, M.W., S. Mehan, and T. Guo. 2018. Weather Generator Effectiveness in Capturing Climate Extremes. Environmental Processes. DOI: 10.1007/s40710-018-0291-x.
Liu, Y, D. Flanagan, M. Gitau, S. McMillan, I. Chaubey, S. Singh, and B. Engel. 2018. Modeling framework for representing long-term effectiveness of best management practices in addressing hydrology and water quality problems: framework development and demonstration using a Bayesian method. Journal of Hydrology, 560 (2018): 530–545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.03.053.
Guo, T., S. Mehan, M. Gitau, Q. Wang, T. Kuczek, and D. Flanagan. 2017. Impact of number of realizations on the suitability of simulated weather data for hydrologic and environmental applications. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s00477-017-1498-5.
Guo, T., M. Gitau, V. Merwade, J. Arnold, R. Srinivasan, M. Hirschi, and B. Engel. 2017. Comparison of performance of tile drainage routines in SWAT 2009 and 2012 in an extensively tile-drained watershed in the Midwest. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-89-2018.
Sekaluvu, L., L. Zhang, and M.W. Gitau. 2017. Evaluation of constraints to water quality improvements in response to conservations measures in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.063.
Gitau, M.W., S. Mehan, and T. Guo. 2017. Weather generator utilization in climate impact studies: implications for water resources modeling. European Water. 59:69-75.
Guo, T., R. Cibin, I. Chaubey, M.W. Gitau, J. Arnold, R. Srinivasan, J. Kiniry, and B.A. Engel. 2017. Evaluation of bioenergy crop growth and the impacts of bioenergy crops on streamflow, tile drain flow and nutrient losses in an extensively tile-drained watershed using SWAT. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.148.
Li, S., M. Gitau, B.A. Engel, L. Zhang, Y. Du, and D. Bosch. 2017. Distributed Hydrologic Model for Watershed Management: soil moisture variation and landscape-water body interaction. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11276.
Liu, Y, D. Flanagan, M. Gitau, S. McMillan, I. Chaubey, and B. Engel. 2017. A review on effectiveness of best management practices in improving hydrology and water quality: needs and opportunities. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.212/.
Mehan, S., T. Guo, M. Gitau, and D. Flanagan. 2017. Comparative study of different stochastic weather generators for long-term climate data simulation. Climate. DOI:10.3390/cli5020026.
Guo, T., M. Gitau, V. Merwade, J. Arnold, R. Srinivasan, M. Hirschi, and B. Engel. 2017. Comparison of performance of tile drainage routines in SWAT 2009 and 2012 in an extensively tile-drained watershed in the Midwest. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion. Discussion Started 02/16/2017. DOI:10.5194/hess-2017-52.
Li, S., M. Gitau, B.A. Engel, L. Zhang, C. Wallace, Y. Du, and D.C. Flanagan. 2017. Development of a distributed hydrologic model to facilitate watershed management. Hydrological Sciences Journal. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2017.1351029.
Chen, J., L. Theller, M.W. Gitau, and B.A. Engel. 2016. Urbanization impact on surface runoff of the contiguous United States. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.017.
Gitau, M.W. 2016. Long-term seasonality of rainfall in the Southwest Florida Gulf coastal zone. Climate Research. DOI: 10.3354/cr01399.
Gitau, M.W., J. Chen, and Z. Ma. 2016. Water quality indices as tools for decision making and management. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1311-0.
Moriasi, D., M.W. Gitau, N. Pai, and P. Daggupati. 2015. Hydrologic and water quality models: Performance measures and criteria. Trans. of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Special Issue, 58(6): 1681-1703.DOI: 10.13031/trans.58.10709.
Malone, R., G. Yagow, C. Baffaut, M.W. Gitau, Z. Qi, D. Amatya, P. Parajuli, J. Bonta, T. Green. 2015. Parameterization of hydrologic models. Trans. of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Special Issue. 58(6): 1763-1785. DOI: 10.13031/trans.58.10715.
Nnaji, G.A., W. Huang, M.W. Gitau, and Clayton Clark II. 2014. Frequency analysis of minimum ecological flow and gage height in Suwannee River, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, 68: 152-159. DOI: 10.2112/SI68-020.1.
Gitau, M.W. and N. Bailey. 2012. Multi-layer assessment of land use and related changes for decision support in a coastal zone watershed. Land 2012, 1, 5-27; DOI:10.3390/land1010005.
Rolle, K. M.W. Gitau, G. Chen, A. Chauhan. 2012. Assessing fecal coliform fate and transport in a coastal watershed using HSPF.Water Science and Technology. 66(5): 1096-1102. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.282.
Hoag, D.L.K., I. Chaubey, J. Popp, M.W. Gitau, L. Chiang, J. Pennington, G. Rodriguez, E. Gbur, M. Nelson, and A.N. Sharpley. 2012. Chapter 9. Lincoln Lake Watershed, Arkansas: National Institute of Food and Agriculture- Conservation Effects Assessment Project. In: D.L. Osmond, D.W. Meals, D.L.K. Hoag, and M. Arabi (Eds). How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs to Protect Water Quality: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture- Conservation Effects Assessment Project Experience. Pages 171-186. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA.
Gitau, M.W., L. Chiang, M. Sayeed, I. Chaubey. 2011. Watershed modeling using large scale distributed computing in Condor and SWAT model. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. DOI: 10.1177/0037549711402524.
Gitau, M.W., I. Chaubey, E. Gbur, J.H. Pennington, and B. Gorham. 2010. Impacts of land use change and BMP implementation in a CEAP watershed: Northwest Arkansas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 65(6):353-368. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.6.353.
Gitau, M.W., Chaubey I. 2010. Regionalization of SWAT model parameters for use in ungauged watersheds. Water. 2(4):849-871. DOI:10.3390/w2040849.
Chiang, L., I. Chaubey, M.W. Gitau, and J.G. Arnold. 2010. Differentiating impacts of land use changes from pasture management in a CEAP watershed using SWAT model. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 53(5): 1569-1584. Special Collection.DOI: 10.13031/2013.34901.
Chaubey, I., L. Chiang, M.W. Gitau, and M. Sayeed. 2010. Effectiveness of best management practices in improving water quality in a pasture-dominated watershed. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 65(6):424-437. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.6.424.
Merriman, K., M.W. Gitau, I. Chaubey. 2009. A tool for estimating best management practice effectiveness in Arkansas. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 25(2): 199-213. DOI: 10.13031/2013.26333 BMP Tool II.
Gitau, M.W., W.J. Gburek, and P.L. Bishop. 2008. Use of the SWAT model to quantify water quality effects of agricultural BMPs at the farm-scale level. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 51(6): 1925-1936. DOI: 10.13031/2013.25398.
Pennington, J.H., M.A. Steele, K.A. Teague, B. Kurz, E. Gbur, J. Popp, G. Rodriguez, I. Chaubey, M.W. Gitau, and M.A. Nelson. 2008. Breaking ground: A cooperative approach to data collection from an initially uncooperative population. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 63(6):208A-211A. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.63.6.208A.
Gitau, M.W., T.L. Veith, and W.J. Gburek. 2006. Watershed-level BMP selection and placement in the Town Brook watershed, NY. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 42(6): 1565-1581. JAWRA Highlight, December 2006 issue. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb06021.x.
Gitau, M.W., and T.L. Veith. 2006. Quantifying the effects of phosphorus control BMPs. Radcliffe, D.E., and M.L. Cabrera (Eds.). Modeling Phosphorus in the Environment. pp 349-379. CRC-Press. Boca Raton, FL. Invited. Publication #176657.
Gitau, M.W., W.J. Gburek, and A.R. Jarrett. 2005. A tool for estimating BMP effectiveness for phosphorus pollution control. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 60(1): 1-10. JSWC Honorable Mention Research Paper Award, 2004-2008.BMP Tool I
Gitau, M.W., T.L. Veith, and W.J. Gburek. 2004. Farm-level optimization of BMP placement for cost-effective pollution reduction. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 47(6): 1923-1931. DOI: 10.13031/2013.17805.
Sharpley, A.N., P.J.A. Kleinman, R.W. McDowell, M.W. Gitau, and R.B. Bryant. 2002. Modeling phosphorus transport in agricultural watersheds: processes and possibilities. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 57(6): 425-439.