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  1. Urban crash vulnerability during rainfall events: a longitudinal case study from Bexar County, Texas

    Article • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, September 2026, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  2. Flash flood mortality in Texas’ flash flood alley: compound hazards, evolving challenges, and the imperative for impact-based risk governance

    Article • Frontiers in Water, July 2026, Frontiers

    Hatim Sharif

  3. Spatiotemporal sensitivity of flood dynamics to desert urbanization in Al Ain, UAE

    Article • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, April 2026, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  4. Long-term spatiotemporal variability of aerosol optical depth and aerosol size characteristics over the United Arab Emirates from MODIS MAIAC observations (2003–2023)

    Article • Atmospheric Environment X, February 2026, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  5. Groundwater Nitrate Contamination and Age-Specific Health Risks in Semi-Urban Northeastern Areas of Saudi Arabia

    Article • Urban Science, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  6. Nitrate Monitoring in Semi-Urban Groundwater of Northeastern Saudi Arabia

    Article • Urban Science, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  7. Relative crash risk and road safety during rainfall in Texas from 2006 to 2021

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  8. Rainfall and Road Safety in Texas: A Detailed Study of Relative Crash Risk from 2006 to 2021

    Article • July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  9. Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed more than 135 people, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

    Article • July 2025, The Conversation

    Hatim Sharif

  10. Uncovering Climate and Human Impacts on Water Storage Dynamics in the Water-Stressed Arabian Basin

    Article • Earth Systems and Environment, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  11. Unprecedented rainfall in the United Arab Emirates: hydrologic and flood impact analysis of the April 2024 event

    Article • Natural Hazards, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  12. Utilizing Vertical Surfaces for Solar Energy: Performance Assessment of Thin-Film Photovoltaics on Walls and Fences

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  13. From sandstorms to deluges: assessing flood risks in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  14. Quantification of Nitrate Level in Shallow and Deep Groundwater Wells for Drinking, Domestic and Agricultural Uses in Northeastern Arid Regions of Saudi Arabia

    Article • Limnological Review, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  15. Development of hydrological based physical model for nutrients transport simulation: case study of Makkah city, Saudi Arabia

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  16. Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Large Truck Crashes in Texas (2017–2021)

    Article • Sustainability, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  17. Development of Intensity–Duration–Frequency (IDF) Curves over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Using CHIRPS Satellite-Based Precipitation Products

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  18. The impact of earth fissures on flood hazard extent for the Northern part of the Qaa’Jahran Basin, Dhamar, Yemen

    Article • Geocarto International, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  19. Bivariate-Logit-Based Severity Analysis for Motorcycle Crashes in Texas, 2017–2021

    Article • Sustainability, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  20. Digital elevation model for flood hazards analysis in complex terrain: Case study from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, May 2023, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  21. Unit Hydrograph Peak Rate Factor Estimation for Texas Watersheds

    Article • Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, November 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  22. Assessment of the performance of satellite rainfall products over Makkah watershed using a physically based hydrologic model

    Article • Applied Water Science, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  23. How Gender Affects Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Case Study from San Antonio, Texas

    Article • Sustainability, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  24. Editorial: Coastal Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Protection Systems

    Article • Frontiers in Climate, January 2022, Frontiers

    Hatim Sharif

  25. Geo-Locating and Identifying Wrong-Way Driving Entrance Points in Bexar County Highways by Implementing Mathematical Modeling and Land-Use Impact Assessment

    Article • Sustainability, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  26. Data- and Model-Based Discharge Hindcasting over a Subtropical River Basin

    Article • Water, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  27. Analysis of Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  28. High-Resolution Spatiotemporal Trend Analysis of Precipitation Using Satellite-Based Products over the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Water, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  29. Development and Assessment of High-Resolution Radar-Based Precipitation Intensity-Duration-Curve (IDF) Curves for the State of Texas

    Article • Remote Sensing, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  30. Analysis of Flood Fatalities in the United States, 1959–2019

    Article • Water, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  31. Spatiotemporal Variability of Chlorophyll-a and Sea Surface Temperature, and Their Relationship with Bathymetry over the Coasts of UAE

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  32. Analysis of Pedestrian–Motor Vehicle Crashes in San Antonio, Texas

    Article • Sustainability, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  33. Unit Hydrograph Peak Rate Factor Estimation for Houston Watersheds

    Article • June 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  34. Performance Evaluation of IMERG GPM Products during Tropical Storm Imelda

    Article • Atmosphere, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  35. Analysis of Intersection Traffic Safety in the City of San Antonio, 2013–2017

    Article • Sustainability, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  36. The Performance of Physically Based and Conceptual Hydrologic Models: A Case Study for Makkah Watershed, Saudi Arabia

    Article • Water, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  37. Towards Improving Transparency of Count Data Regression Models for Health Impacts of Air Pollution

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  38. Time Series Analysis of Monthly and Annual Precipitation in The State of Texas Using High-Resolution Radar Products

    Article • Water, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  39. Physically-based, distributed hydrologic model for Makkah watershed using GPM satellite rainfall and ground rainfall stations

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  40. Vehicle-Related Flood Fatalities in Texas, 1959–2019

    Article • Water, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  41. Effects of social vulnerability and heat index on emergency medical service incidents in San Antonio, Texas, in 2018

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, October 2020, BMJ

    Hatim Sharif

  42. Investigation of the Relationship between Rainfall and Fatal Crashes in Texas, 1994–2018

    Article • Sustainability, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  43. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Precipitation Frequency in Texas Using High-Resolution Radar Products

    Article • Water, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  44. Performance of the CMORPH and GPM IMERG Products over the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  45. Land use/land cover change along the Eastern Coast of the UAE and its impact on flooding risk

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  46. Coastal Runoff in the United Arab Emirates—The Hazard and Opportunity

    Article • Sustainability, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  47. Effects of Spatial and Temporal Data Aggregation on the Performance of the Multi‐Radar Multi‐Sensor System

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, September 2019, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  48. Brief Communication: Analysis of the Fatalities and Socio-Economic Impacts Caused by Hurricane Florence

    Article • Geosciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  49. Analysis of Damage Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas, 1960–2016

    Article • Geosciences, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  50. Exploring rainfall impacts on the crash risk on Texas roadways: A crash-based matched-pairs analysis approach

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, August 2018, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  51. How Well Can Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Capture Hurricanes? Case Study: Hurricane Harvey

    Article • Remote Sensing, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  52. Assessment of the Performance of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products for Flood Events across Diverse Spatial Scales Using GSSHA Modeling System

    Article • Geosciences, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  53. Fatalities Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas

    Article • Geosciences, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  54. Fatalities Caused by Hydrometeorological Disasters in Texas

    Article • April 2018, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  55. Assessment of global precipitation measurement satellite products over Saudi Arabia

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, April 2018, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  56. Hydrometeorology of the catastrophic Blanco river flood in South Texas, May 2015

    Article • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, February 2018, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  57. Evaluation of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Satellite Rainfall Products over the Lower Colorado River Basin, Texas

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, January 2018, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  58. Rainfall observations and assessment using vertically pointing radar and X-band radar

    Article • Journal of Hydroinformatics, March 2017, IWA Publishing

    Hatim Sharif

  59. Physically, Fully-Distributed Hydrologic Simulations Driven by GPM Satellite Rainfall over an Urbanizing Arid Catchment in Saudi Arabia

    Article • Water, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  60. High-Resolution, Fully Distributed Hydrologic Event-Based Simulations Over a Large Watershed in Texas

    Article • Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  61. Estimating urban flooding potential near the outlet of an arid catchment in Saudi Arabia

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  62. An Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition, Self-Organizing Map, and Linear Genetic Programming Approach for Forecasting River Streamflow

    Article • Water, June 2016, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  63. A Methodology for Assessing Extreme Precipitation Trends Applied to Three South Texas Basins, 1898–2011

    Article • Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hatim Sharif

  64. Flood analysis using HEC-RAS model: a case study for Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia

    Article • E3S Web of Conferences, January 2016, EDP Sciences

    Dr Muhammad Al-Zahrani, Hatim Sharif

  65. Hydrometeorological Analysis of Tropical Storm Hermine and Central Texas Flash Flooding, September 2010

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2015, American Meteorological Society

    Hatim Sharif

  66. Analysis and simulation of large erosion events at central Texas unit source watersheds

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  67. Modeling the Projected Changes of River Flow in Central Vietnam under Different Climate Change Scenarios

    Article • Water, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  68. Water quality modelling in the San Antonio River Basin driven by radar rainfall data

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  69. Analysis of Flood Fatalities in Texas

    Article • Natural Hazards Review, February 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  70. A very accurate/precise method to remap radar measurements from polar to Cartesian coordinates.

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Hatim Sharif

  71. Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Satellite Rainfall to Study the Hydroelectric Development Impacts on River Flow

    Article • Water, November 2014, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  72. Rainfall impacts on traffic safety: rain-related fatal crashes in Texas

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  73. Flood hazards in an urbanizing watershed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  74. Sensitivity of Distributed Hydrologic Simulations to Ground and Satellite Based Rainfall Products

    Article • Water, May 2014, MDPI AG

    Hatim Sharif

  75. Hydrologic Trends and Correlations in South Texas River Basins: 1950–2009

    Article • Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, December 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  76. A study to estimate the fate and transport of bacteria in river water from birds nesting under a bridge

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, October 2013, IWA Publishing

    Hatim Sharif

  77. Precipitation Amount and Intensity Trends Across Southwest Saudi Arabia

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2013, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  78. Application of validation data for assessing spatial interpolation methods for 8-h ozone or other sparsely monitored constituents

    Article • Environmental Pollution, July 2013, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  79. Assessment of ice mapping system and moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer snow cover maps over Colorado Plateau

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, July 2013, SPIE

    Hatim Sharif

  80. Evaluation of a near-real time NEXRAD DSP product in evolution of heavy rain events on the Upper Guadalupe River Basin, Texas

    Article • Journal of Hydroinformatics, April 2013, IWA Publishing

    Hatim Sharif

  81. Physically Based Hydrological Modeling of the 2002 Floods in San Antonio, Texas

    Article • Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, February 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  82. Validation of the NEXRAD DSP Product with a Dense Rain Gauge Network

    Article • Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, February 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  83. The Impact of Asynchronicity on Event-Flow Estimation in Basin-Scale Hydrologic Model Calibration1

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, December 2012, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  84. Person-place-time analysis of vehicle fatalities caused by flash floods in Texas

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  85. HydroViz: design and evaluation of a Web-based tool for improving hydrology education

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, October 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Hatim Sharif

  86. Physically Based, Hydrologic Model Results Based on Three Precipitation Products1

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2012, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  87. Performance of a conceptual and physically based model in simulating the response of a semi-urbanized watershed in San Antonio, Texas

    Article • Hydrological Processes, July 2012, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  88. HydroViz: evaluation of a web-based tool for improving hydrology education

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, February 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Hatim Sharif

  89. Effect of Direct Droppings from Bridge Nesting Birds on Bacterial Concentration of Underneath Surface Water

    Article • May 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  90. Performance evaluation of interpolation methods for incorporating rain gauge measurements into NEXRAD precipitation data: a case study in the Upper Guadalupe River Basin

    Article • Hydrological Processes, April 2011, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  91. Motor Vehicle-Related Flood Fatalities in Texas, 1959–2008

    Article • Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Hatim Sharif

  92. Hydrologic Modeling of an Extreme Flood in the Guadalupe River in Texas1

    Article • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2010, Wiley

    Hatim Sharif

  93. Application of a Distributed Hydrologic Model to the November 17, 2004, Flood of Bull Creek Watershed, Austin, Texas

    Article • Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, August 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  94. Effect of Areal Averaging on Gauge-Radar Comparison

    Article • May 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  95. Contribution of soil moisture retrievals to land data assimilation products

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hatim Sharif

  96. Validating NEXRAD MPE and Stage III precipitation products for uniform rainfall on the Upper Guadalupe River Basin of the Texas Hill Country

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif

  97. Multidecadal High-Resolution Hydrologic Modeling of the Arkansas–Red River Basin

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, October 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Hatim Sharif

  98. The Use of an Automated Nowcasting System to Forecast Flash Floods in an Urban Watershed

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Hatim Sharif

  99. Relevance of time-varying and time-invariant retrieval error sources on the utility of spaceborne soil moisture products

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hatim Sharif

  100. Statistical Analysis of Radar Rainfall Error Propagation

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Hatim Sharif

  101. Numerical simulations of radar rainfall error propagation

    Article • Water Resources Research, August 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hatim Sharif

  102. Reply [to “Comment on ‘On the calibration and verification of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous watershed models‘ by Sharika U. S. Senarath et al.”]

    Article • Water Resources Research, December 2001, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hatim Sharif

  103. Comment on “On the calibration and verification of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous watershed models“ by Sharika U. S. Senarath et al.

    Article • Water Resources Research, December 2001, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Jan Seibert, Hatim Sharif

  104. Rainfall Input for Distributed Hydrologic Modeling: The Case for Radar

    Article • May 2001, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Hatim Sharif

  105. On the calibration and verification of two-dimensional, distributed, Hortonian, continuous watershed models

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2000, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Hatim Sharif

  106. Hydrologic analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado, flash flood of 1997

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, February 2000, Elsevier

    Hatim Sharif