Publications
My Publications
2024
Longitudinal recovery of suspended sediment downstream of large dams in the US
Prajapati, R., Gardner, J., Pavelsky, T., and Talchabhadel, R., 2024
Water Resources Research
2024
Citizen Scientists’ Engagement in Flood Risk-Related Data Collection: A case study in the Bui River Basin, Vietnam
Tran, H., Rutten, M., Prajapati, R.,Tran., H, Duwal, S., Nguyen, D., and Davids, J.C., 2024.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2024
Hydrologic applicability of satellite-based precipitation estimates for irrigation water management in the data-scarce region
Bista, S., Baniya, R., Prajapati, R.,Sharma, S., Ghimire, G., Thapa, B., and Talchabhadel, R., 2024.
Environmental Journal of Hydrology, 636, 131310.
2023
Nepal Himalaya Offers Considerable Potential for Pumped Storage Hydropower
Baniya, R., Talchabhadel, R., Panthi, J., Ghimire, G., Sharma, Prajapati, R.,..., Maskey, R., 2023.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2022
Evaluating magnitude agreement and occurrence consistency of CHIRPS product with ground-based observations over medium-sized river basins in Nepal
Upadhyay, S., Silwal, P., Prajapati, R., Shrestha, S., Duwal, S., Lakhe, H., and Talchabhadel, R., 2022.
Hydrology
2022
Detectability of rainfall characteristics over a mountain river basin in the Himalayan region from 2000 to 2015 using ground- and satellite-based products
Prajapati, R., Silwal, P., Duwal, S., Shrestha, S., Kafle, A.S., Talchabhadel, R., and Kumar, S., 2022.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
2022
Leveraging Citizen Science for Sustainable Development Education and Water Security in Northern Ghana
de Vries, S., Estébanez-Camarena, M., van de Giesen, N., ten Veldhuis, M.C., Duah, K., Davids, J.C., Silwal, P., Prajapati, R.., and Annor, F., 2022.
Youth and Water Security in Africa United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
2020
Less rain and rainy days - lessons from 45 years rainfall data (1971 to 2015) in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Prajapati, R., Talchabhadel, R., Silwal, P., Upadhyay, S., Ertis, B., Thapa, B.R., and Davids, J.C., 2020.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
2021
Investigating the nexus of groundwater levels, rainfall and land-use in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Prajapati, R., Upadhyay, S., Talchabhadel, R., Thapa, B.R., Ertis, B., Silwal, P., and Davids, J.C., 2021.
Groundwater For Sustainable Development
2021
Measuring the unseen: Mobilizing citizen scientists to monitor groundwater in Nepal
Prajapati, R.,, Talchabhadel, R., Thapa, B.R., Upadhyay, S., Thapa, A.B., Ertis, B., and Davids, J.C., 2021.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2021
Appraising the potential of using satellite-based rainfall estimates for evaluating extreme precipitation
Talchabhadel, R., Nakagawa, H., Kawaike, K., Yamanoi, K., Musumari, H., Adhikari, T., and Prajapati, R., 2021.
Earth and Space Science
2021
Streams, Sewage, and Shallow Groundwater: Stream-Aquifer Interactions in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Prajapati, R., Overkamp, N.N., Moesker, N., Happe, K., Bentem, R., Danegulu, A., Manandhar, B., Devkota, N., Thapa, A., Upadhyay, S., Talchabhadel, R., Thapa, B.R., Malla, R., Pandey, V., and Davids, J.C., 2021.
Sustainable Water Resources Management
2021
Citizen science water projects in Nepal: Participant motivations and the impacts of involvement
Walker, D.W., Tani, M., Gyawali, N., Chapagain, P.S., Davids, J.C., Ghimire, A., Maharjan, M., Parajuli, B.P., Prajapati, R., Regmi, S., Shah, R.K., Shakya, P., and Upadhyay, S., 2021.
Water Alternatives
Water Alternatives
2021
Assessment of groundwater quality by using Water Quality Index (WQI): A case study of Bhaktapur Municipality
Silwal, P., Prajapati, R., Thapa, B.R., Davids, J.C., Talchabhadel, R., and Kafle, A.S., 2021.
Bulletin of Nepal Hydrogeological Association
2020
Citizen science-based urban flood monitoring in Hanumante River, Nepal
Prajapati, R., Upadhyay, S., Silwal, P., Talchabhadel, R., Davids, J.C., and Khanal A., 2020.
River Flow 2020, CRC Press
2020
Numerical simulation of inundation process of a heavy precipitation event: A case study of August 2014 in West Rapti River basin, Nepal
Talchabhadel, R., Nakagawa, H., Kawaike, K., Yamanoi, K., and Prajapati, R., 2020.
River Flow 2020, CRC Press
2020
Return Level Analysis of the Hanumante River using Structured Expert Judgment: A reconstruction of historical water level
Kindermann, P., Brouwer, W., Hamel, A., Haren, M., Verboeket, R., Nane, G., Lakhe, H., Prajapati, R., and Davids, J.C., 2020.
Water
2020
Evaluating the rainfall erosivity (R-factor) from daily rainfall data: an application for assessing climate change impact on soil loss in West Rapti River basin, Nepal
Talchabhadel, R., Nakagawa, H., Kawaike, K., and Prajapati, R., 2020.
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
2020
Assessment of rainfall erosivity (R-factor) during 1986–2015 across Nepal: a step towards soil loss estimation
Talchabhadel, R., Prajapati, R., Aryal, A., and Maharjan, M., 2020.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2020
Rainfall-runoff modelling of the West Rapti basin, Nepal
Thapa, B., Danegulu, A., Suwal, N., Upadhyay, S., Manandhar, S., and Prajapati, R., 2020.
Technical Journal, Nepal Engineers’ Association, Gandaki Province
2020
Status of traditional stone spouts and dug wells in Bhaktapur Municipality (Report No. 20-001)
Prajapati, R., Upadhyay, S., and Silwal, P., 2020.
Smartphones For Water Nepal (S4W-Nepal)
2019
Soda bottle science-citizen science monsoon precipitation monitoring in Nepal
Davids, J.C., Devkota, N., Pandey, A., Prajapati, R., Ertis, B.A., Rutten, M.M., Lyon, S.W., Bogaard, T.A., and van de Giesen, N., 2019.
Frontiers in Earth Science
2019
Citizen science flow-an assessment of simple streamflow measurement methods
Davids, J.C., Rutten, M.M., Pandey, A., Devkota, N., Oyen, W.D.V., Prajapati, R., and Giesen, N.V.D., 2019.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
2019
Stone spouts and ponds of Kathmandu Valley; Status mapping
Rana, S., Khanal, A., Tiwari, N., Khatiwada, B., and Prajapati, R., 2019.
Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board (KVWSMB), Nepal
2018
Assessment of groundwater quality and water table mapping of Bhaktapur municipality
Ganesh, R., Koju, R., and Prajapati, R., 2018.
Journal of Science and Environment