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Richard M. Vogel
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Publications in Progress
Working Papers

Tsai, Y., Cohen, S., and R.M. Vogel, The impacts of water conservation strategies on water use, Proceedings of the International Water Efficiency Conference, WaterEC, Newport Beach CA, March 30- April 2, 2009.

Hanson, L.S., R.M. Vogel, P. Kirshen and P. Shanahan, Generalized Storage-Reliability-Yield Relationships for Rainwater Harvesting Systems, ASCE-EWRI, Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Kansas City, 2009.

Zoltay, V.I., P.H. Kirshen, R.M. Vogel and K.S. Westphal, Integrated watershed management modeling: Optimal decision making for natural and human components, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, submitted May 2008.

Hewlett, J.B., R.M. Vogel, L.G. Baise, and E.M. Thompson, A global Gumbel hypothesis test for censored earthquake magnitudes, Journal of Geophysical Research, resubmitted, September 17, 2008.

Hanson, L., and R.M. Vogel, The Probability Distribution of Daily Rainfall in the United States, ASCE-EWRI, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2008, Hawaii, 2008.

Klonsky, L., and R.M. Vogel, Effective Measures of "Effective Discharge"? The Journal of Geology, submitted, June 2009.

Brandt, S., R.M. Vogel and S. A. Archfield, Indicators of hydrologic stress in Massachusetts, ASCE-EWRI, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2008, Hawaii, 2008.

Archfield, S.A. and R.M. Vogel, A decision-support system to assess surface water resources in Massachusetts, ASCE-EWRI, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.

Vogel, R.M., P.K. Weiskel, P.A. Steeves and D. Wolock, (2007) A watershed-based methodology for regional assessment of water availability and use, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-XXXX, in preparation.

Limbrunner, J., R.M. Vogel, P. Kirshen and S. Chapra, Comparison of linear and non-linear optimization models for storm water and non-point source pollution best management practice decision support, ASCE-EWRI, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2007, Tampa, FL.

Vogel, R.M., M.C. Allaire and C.N. Kroll, The hydromorphology of an urbanizing watershed using multivariate elasticity, Advances in Water Resources, manuscript submitted, October 27, 2006.

Homa, E., R.M. Vogel, M.P. Smith, C. D. Apse, and A. Huber-Lee, An Optimization Approach for Balancing Human and Ecological Flow Needs, EWRI 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005.

Archfield, S.A. and R.M. Vogel, Reliability of reservoir firm yield determined from the historical drought of record, EWRI 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005.

Limbrunner, J., S. Chapra, R.M. Vogel and P. Kirshen, Tufts Watershed Loading Function: Best Management Model for Decision Support, ASCE Watershed Conference, Williamsburg, VA, 2005.

Publications
Published Datasets

Vogel, R. M., and A.Sankarasubramanian. 2005. USGS Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN): Monthly Climate Database, 1951-1990. Data set. Available on-line from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Books and Book Chapters

Vogel, R.M., Regional Calibration of Watershed Models, Chapter 3 in Watershed Models, V.P. Singh and D.F. Frevert editors, CRC Press, pp.47-71, 2005.

Limbrunner, J.R., R.M. Vogel, and S.Chapra, A Parsimonious Watershed Model, Chapter 22 in Watershed Models, V.P. Singh and D.K Frevert editors, CRC Press, pp. 549-567, 2005.

Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program, Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 252 pages, 2002.

Vogel, R.M., C.J. Bell, R.R. Suresh, and N.M. Fennessey, Chapter 12 - Regional Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on the Yield of Water Supply Systems, in Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty and Robustness of Water Resources Systems, Editors: J.J. Bogardi and Z.W. Kundzewicz, Cambridge University Press, pp. 101-110, 2001.

Vogel, R.M., editor, U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 - Part 2 - Contributions in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 933-1147, 1995.

Stedinger, J.R., R.M. Vogel and E. Foufoula-Georgiou, Frequency Analysis of Extreme Events, Chapter 18, Handbook of Hydrology, McGraw-Hill Book Company, David R. Maidment, Editor-in-Chief, 1993.

Vogel, R.M., Resource Allocation, Chapter 7, Environmental Decision-Making, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Richard Chechile, editor-in-chief, pp 156-175, 1991.

Referred Journal Articles (1984 - present)

Gao, Y., R.M. Vogel, C.N. Kroll, N.L. Poff, J.D. Olden, Development of Representative Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration, Journal of Hydrology, in press, May 2009.

Ray, P., P.H. Kirshen and R.M. Vogel, Integrated optimization of a dual quality water and wastewater system: A case study of greater Beirut, Lebanon, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, in press, 2009.

Vogel, R.M., J.R.M. Hosking, C.S. Elphick, D.L. Roberts, and J.M. Reed, Goodness-of-fit of Probability Distributions for Sightings as Species Approach Extinction, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, DPO 10.1007/s11538-008-9377-3, 2009.

Stedinger, J.R., R.M. Vogel, S.U. Lee and R. Batchelder, Appraisal of Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE) Methodology, Water Resources Research, 44, WOOB06, doi:10.1029/2008WR006822, 2008.

Fernandes, A.M., P. Kirshen and R.M. Vogel, Optimal Siting of Regional of Faecal Sludge Treatment Facilities: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 134, No. 1, pp. 55-63, 2008.

McMahon, T.A., Vogel, R.M., Peel, M.C. and Pegram, G.G.S, Global streamflows – Part 1 Characteristics of annual streamflows, Jour. of Hydrology, Vol. 347, No. 3-4, pp 243-259, 30 December 2007.

McMahon, T.A., Vogel, R.M., Pegram, G.G.S., Peel, M.C. and D. Etkin, Global streamflows – Part 2 Reservoir storage-yield performance, Jour. of Hydrology, Vol. 347, No. 3-4, pp. 260-271, 30 December 2007.

McMahon, T.A., Peel, M.C., Vogel, R.M., and Pegram, G.G.S., Global streamflows – Part 3 Country and climate zone characteristics, Jour. of Hydrology, Vol. 347, No. 3-4, pp. 272-291, 30 December 2007.

Vogel, R.M., J. Sieber, S.A. Archfield, M.P. Smith, C.D. Apse, and A. Huber-Lee, Relations among storage, yield and instream flow, Water Resources Research, 43, doi:10.1029/2006WR005226, 2007.

Vogel, R.M., N. C. Matalas, J.F. England and A. Castellarin (2007), An assessment of exceedance probabilities of envelope curves, Water Resour. Res., 43, W07403, doi:10.1029/2006WR005586.

Thompson, E. M., L. G. Baise, and R. M. Vogel (2007), A global index earthquake approach to probabilistic assessment of extremes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B06314, doi:10.1029/2006JB004543.

McMahon, T.A., Pegram, G.G.S., Vogel, R.M. and Peel, M.C., 2007. Revisiting reservoir storage-yield relationships using a global streamflow database. Advances in Water Resources. 30: 1858-1872.

McMahon, T.A., R.M. Vogel, G.G.S. Pegram, G.G.S., and M.C. Peel, Review of Gould-Dincer reservoir storage-yield-reliability estimates, Advances in Water Resources, 30, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.02.004, pp. 1873-1882, 2007.

Castellarin, A., R.M. Vogel and N.C. Matalas, Multivariate probabilistic regional envelopes of extreme floods, Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.007, 2007.

Weiskel, P.K., R.M. Vogel, P.A. Steeves, P.J. Zarriello, L.A. DeSimone and K.G. Ries, III, Water-use regimes: Characterizing direct human interaction with hydrologic systems, Water Resources Research, 43, W04402, doi:10.1029/2006WR005062, 2007.

Douglas, E.M., and R.M. Vogel, The probabilistic behavior of the flood of record in the United States, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 5, 482-488, 2006.

Small, D., Islam, S., and R.M. Vogel, Trends in Precipitation and Streamflow in the Eastern U.S.: Paradox or Perception, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, doi:10.1029/2005GL024995, 2006.

Perez-Pedini, C., J. Limbrunner, and R.M. Vogel, The Optimal Location of Infiltration-Based BMP's for Stormwater Management, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 131(6), 2005.

Kirshen, P., McCluskey, M., Vogel, R , and Strzepek, K., Global Analysis of Changes in Water Supply Yields and Costs under Climate Change: A Case Study in China, Climatic Change, 68: 303-330, 2005.

Castellarin A., R.M. Vogel, and N.C. Matalas, Probabilistic behavior of a regional envelope curve Water Resources Research, 41 (6): Art. No. W0618, June 29 2005.

Gardner, K.K. and R.M. Vogel, Predicting Groundwater Nitrate Concentration from Land Use in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Groundwater, 43(3), 343-352, May-June, 2005.

Vogel, R.M., Rudolph, B., and R.P. Hooper, The Probabilistic Behavior of Water Quality Loads, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 131 (7): 1081-1089, July 2005.

Eleria, A., and R.M. Vogel, Predicting Fecal Coliform Bacteria in the Charles River, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(5): 1195-1209, October 2005.

Kirshen, P.H., R.M. Vogel and B.L. Rogers, Challenges in Graduate Education in Integrated Water Resources Management, Editorial, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 130(3), 185-186, 2004.

Castellarin, A.R., R.M. Vogel and A. Brath, A stochastic index flow model of flow duration curves, Water Resources Research, 40, doi:10.1029/2003WR002524, 2004.

Kroll, C.N., J. Luz, B. Allen and R.M. Vogel, Developing a Watershed Characteristic Database to Improve Low Streamflow Prediction, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, 116-125, 2004.

Kirshen, P., A.L. Larsen, A., R.M. Vogel and W. Moomaw, Lack of influence of climate change on water supply costs, Water Policy, 6, 269-279, 2004.

Vogel, R.M., J.R. Stedinger and R.P. Hooper, Discharge Indices for Water Quality Loads, Water Resources Research, 39(10), 1273, doi:10.1029/2002WR001872, 2003.

Vogel, R.M. and A. Sankarasubramanian, The Validation of a Watershed Model Without Calibration, Water Resources Research, 39(10), 1292, doi:10.1029/2002WR001940, 2003.

Sankarasubramanian, A., and R.M. Vogel, Hydroclimatology of the Continental United States, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(7), 1363, 2003.

Westphal, K., R.M. Vogel, S.C. Chapra, and P. Kirshen, A Decision Support Model for Adaptive Water Supply Management, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 129(3), 165-177, 2003.

Sankarasubramanian, A., and R.M. Vogel, Comment on: "Basin Hydrologic response relations distributed physiographic descriptors and climate" by K. P. Berger and D. Entekhabi, Vol. 247,169-182, 2001; Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 263, pp. 257-261, 2002

Sankarasubramanian, A., and R.M. Vogel, Annual Hydroclimatology of the United States, Water Resources Research, 38(6), 1083, 10.1029, 2002WR000619, 2002.

Kroll, C.N. and R.M. Vogel, The Probability Distribution of Low Streamflow Series in the United States, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 7(2): 137-146, 2002. (see closure to this article in Volume 8, No. 5, pg. 297, 2003)

Douglas, E.M., R.M. Vogel, and C.N. Kroll, Impact of streamflow persistence on hydrologic design, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 7(3), 2002.

Vogel, R.M., Zafirakou-Koulouris, A., and N.C. Matalas, The Frequency of Record Breaking Floods in the United States, Water Resources Research, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1723-1731, 2001.

A. Sankarasubramanian, R.M. Vogel and J.F. Limbrunner, Climate Elasticity of Streamflow in the United States, Water Resources Research, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1771-1781, 2001.

Peel, M.C., Q.J. Wang, R.M. Vogel, and T.A. McMahon, The Utility of L-moment ratio Diagrams for selecting a regional probability distribution, Hydrologic Sciences Journal, 46(1): 147-156, 2001

Douglas, E.M., R.M. Vogel, and C.N. Kroll, Trends in Flood and Low Flows in the United States, Journal of Hydrology, (240)1-2, pp. 90-105, 2000.

Fernandez, W., R.M. Vogel, and A. Sankarasubramanian, Regional Calibration of a Watershed Model, Hydrologic Sciences Journal, Vol. 25, No. 5, 2000.

Vogel, R.M., and A. Sankarasubramanian Spatial Scaling Properties of Annual Streamflow in the United States, Hydrologic Sciences Journal, 45(3), 465-476, 2000.

Goel, N.K., R.S. Kurothe, B.S. Mathur and R.M. Vogel, A Derived Flood Frequency Distribution for Correlated Rainfall Intensity and Duration, Journal of Hydrology, 228, 56-67, 2000.

Jacobs, J.M., and R. M. Vogel, Closure to: The Optimal Allocation of Water Withdrawals in a River Basin, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 126 (1), pg. 38, January/February, 2000.

Limbrunner, J.F., R.M. Vogel, and L.C. Brown, Estimation of the Harmonic Mean of a Lognormal Variable, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 5(1), 59-66, January 2000.

Vogel, R.M., Stochastic and Deterministic World Views, Editorial, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 125(6), 311-313, Nov/Dec, 1999.

Vogel, R.M., M. Lane, R.S. Ravindiran and P. Kirshen, Storage Reservoir Behavior in the United States, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 125(5), Sep/Oct, 1999.

Vogel, R.M., I. Wilson and C. Daly, Regional Regression Models of Annual Streamflow for the United States, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, 125(3), 148-157, May/June, 1999.

Lane, M.E., P.H. Kirshen, and R.M. Vogel, Indicators of the Impacts of Global Climate Change on U.S. Water Resources, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 125(4), 194-204, July/Aug, 1999.

Jacobs, J.M., and R. M. Vogel, The Optimal Allocation of Water Withdrawals in a River Basin, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 124(6), pp. 357-363, 1998.

Zafirakou-Koulouris, A., R.M. Vogel, S.M. Craig, and J. Habermeier, L-Moment Diagrams for Censored Observations, Water Resources Research, Vol. 34, no. 5, pp 1241-1249, 1998.

Vogel, R.M., Y. Tsai, and J.F. Limbrunner, The Regional Persistence and Variability of Annual Streamflow in the United States, Water Resources Research, Vol. 34, No. 12, 3445-3459, 1998.

Vogel, R.M., C. Bell, and N.M. Fennessey, Climate, Streamflow and Water Supply in Northeastern United States, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 198/1-4, pp. 42-68, 1997.

Pretto, P.B., F.H.S. Chiew, T.A. McMahon, R.M. Vogel and J.R. Stedinger, The (Mis)behavior of Behavior Analysis for Storage Estimates, Water Resources Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 703-709, 1997.

Fennessey, N.M., and R. M. Vogel, Regional Models of Potential Evaporation and Reference Evapotranspiration for the Northeast USA, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 184, pp. 337-354, 1996.

Vogel, R.M. and A.L. Shallcross, The Moving Blocks Bootstrap Versus Parametric Time Series Models, Water Resources Research, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 1875-1882, 1996.

Vogel, R.M. and I. Wilson, The Probability Distribution of Annual Maximum, Minimum and Average Streamflow in the United States, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 69-76, 1996.

Vogel, R.M. and T.A. McMahon, Approximate Reliability and Resilience Indices of Over-year Reservoirs Fed by AR(1) Gamma and Normal Flows, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 75-96, 1996.

Vogel, R.M. and C.N. Kroll, Estimation of Baseflow Recession Constants, Water Resources Management, Vol. 10, pp. 303-320, 1996.

Loaiciga, H.A., J.B. Valdes, R.M. Vogel, J. Garvey, and H. Schwarz, Global Warming and the Hydrologic Cycle, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 174, pp. 83-127, 1996.

Vogel, R.M., Recent Advances and Themes in Hydrology, U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 - Part 2 - Contributions in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., pp. 933-936, 1995.

Vogel, R.M. and N.M. Fennessey, Flow Duration Curves II: A Review of Applications in Water Resources Planning, Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 1029-1039, December 1995.

Vogel, R.M., N.M. Fennessey and R.A. Bolognese, Storage-Reliability-Resilience-Yield Relations for Northeastern United States, ASCE, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, Vol. 121, No. 5, Sep/Oct, pp. 365-374, 1995.

Vogel, R.M. and R.A. Bolognese, Storage-Reliability-Resilience-Yield Relations for Overyear Water Supply Systems, Water Resources Research, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 645-654, March 1995.

Vogel, R.M. and R.A. Bolognese, The Reliability, Resilience and Vulnerability of Overyear Water Supply Systems, in Effective Environmental Management for Sustainable Development, editor Keith W. Hipel, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 361-374, 1994.

Vogel, R.M. and N. M. Fennessey, Flow Duration Curves I: A New Interpretation and Confidence Intervals, ASCE, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 120, No. 4, 1994.

Vogel, R.M. and N.M. Fennessey, L-Moment Diagrams Should Replace Product-Moment Diagrams, Water Resources Research, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp 1745-1752, 1993.

Vogel, R.M., W.O. Thomas and T.A. McMahon, Floodflow Frequency Model Selection in the Southwestern U.S.A., Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 353-366, 1993.

Vogel, R.M., T.A. McMahon and F.H.S. Chiew, Floodflow Frequency Model Selection in Australia, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 146, pp 421-449, 1993.

Vogel, R.M. and C.N. Kroll, Regional Geohydrologic-Geomorphic Relationships for the Estimation of Low-Flow Statistics, Water Resources Research, Vol. 38, No.9. pp 2451-2458, 1992.

Vogel, R.M. and D.E. McMartin, Probability Plot Goodness-of-Fit and Skewness Estimation Procedures for the Pearson Type III Distribution, Water Resources Research, Vol. 27, No. 12, pp 3149-3158, 1991.

Vogel, R.M. and C.N. Kroll, The Value of Streamflow Record Augmentation Procedures in Low Flow and Flood-Flow Frequency Analysis, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 125, pp 259-276, 1991.

Vogel, R.M. and C.N. Kroll, Generalized Low-Flow Frequency Relations for Ungaged Sites in Massachusetts, Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 241-253, 1990.

Fennessey, N. and R.M. Vogel, Regional Flow Duration Curves for Ungaged Sites in Massachusetts, ASCE, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 116, No. 4, pp. 530-549, 1990.

Reuss, M. and R.M. Vogel, Attracting Today's Youth to Civil Engineering, Journal of Professional Issues, ASCE, 115(4), pp. 363-368, 1989.

Vogel, R.M. and C.N. Kroll, Low-Flow Frequency Analysis Using Probability Plot Correlation Coefficients, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 3, pp. 338-357, May 1989.

Vogel, R.M. and J.R. Stedinger, The Value of Stochastic Streamflow Models in Overyear Reservoir Design Applications, Water Resources Research, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp 1483-1490, 1988.

Vogel, R.M. and D.I. Hellstrom, Long-Range Water Supply Planning, Civil Engineering Practice, BSCES, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 7-26, Spring 1988.

Vogel, R.M., The Return Period of a Reservoir System Failure, In: Engineering Reliability and Risk in Water Resources, L. Duckstein and E. Plate, eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers BV, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 273-282, 1987.

Vogel, R.M., Reliability Indices for Water Supply Systems, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 113, No. 4, pp. 563-579, July 1987.

Vogel, R.M. and J.R. Stedinger, Generalized Reservoir Storage-Reliability-Yield Relationships, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 89, pp. 303-327, 1987

Vogel, R.M. and J.R. Stedinger, Closure to: "Floodplain Delineation in Ice Jam Prone Regions", Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 112, No. 4, pp. 566-657, October 1986.

Vogel, R.M., The Probability Plot Correlation Coefficient Test for the Normal, Log Normal and Gumbel Distributional Hypotheses, Water Resources Research, Vol 22, No. 4, pp. 587-590, April 1986.

Vogel, R.M. and J.R. Stedinger, Minimum Variance Streamflow Record Augmentation Procedures, Water Resources Research, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 715-723, May 1985.

Stedinger, J.R. and D.P. Lettenmaier and R.M. Vogel, Multisite ARMA(1,1) and Disaggregation Models for Annual Streamflow Generation, Water Resources Research, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 497-509, April 1985.

Stedinger, J.R. and R.M. Vogel, Disaggregation Procedures for Serially Correlated Flow Vectors, Water Resources Research, Vol. 20, No. l, pp. 47-56, January 1984.

Vogel, R.M. and J.R. Stedinger, Floodplain Delineation in Ice Jam Prone Regions, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp. 206-219, April 1984.

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