Indira Pokhrel

Ms. Indira Pokhrel

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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16 May 2019
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NJNeekita Joshi
Neekita Joshi
ABAstha Bista
Astha Bista
IPIndira Pokhrel
Indira Pokhrel
AKAjay Kalra
Ajay Kalra
Sajjad AhmadSajjad Ahmad
Sajjad Ahmad

28 August 2020 in Forecasting
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IPIndira Pokhrel
Indira Pokhrel
Ajay KalraAjay Kalra
Ajay Kalra
MRMafuzur Rahaman
Mafuzur Rahaman
RTRanjeet Thakali
Ranjeet Thakali
Hydrological extremes associated with climate change are becoming an increasing concern all over the world. Frequent flooding, one of the extremes, needs to be analyzed while considering climate change to mitigate flood risk. This study forecast streamflow and evaluate risk of flooding in the Neuse River, North Carolina considering future climatic scenarios, and comparing them with an existing Federal Emergency Management Agency study. The cumulative distribution function transformation method was adopted for bias correction to reduce the uncertainty present in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) streamflow data. To calculate 100-year and 500-year flood discharges, the Generalized Extreme Value (L-Moment) was utilized on bias-corrected multimodel ensemble data with different climate projections. Out of all projections, shared socio-economic pathways (SSP5-8.5) exhibited the maximum design streamflow, which was routed through a hydraulic model, the Hydrological Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC-RAS), to generate flood inundation and risk maps. The result indicates an increase in flood inundation extent compared to the existing study, depicting a higher flood hazard and risk in the future. This study highlights the importance of forecasting future flood risk and utilizing the projected climate data to obtain essential information to determine effective strategic plans for future floodplain management.