Papers

Morales-Marín, L. A., Rodríguez, E. A., & Jaramillo, F. (2026). Water resources challenges in Colombia: hydrological science solutions for a sustainable future. Hydrol. Sci. J., 1–20. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2026.2631143. ISSN: 2150-3435. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Chun, K.P., Octavianti, T., Bradford, L., Reeves, M., Nagheeby, M., Olusola, A., Howard, B.C., Ceperley, N., Castelli, G., Nkwasa, A., Budiyono, Y., Strickert, G., Morales-Marin, L.A., Sutanto, S.J., Nóbrega, R.L.B., Diele-Viegas, L.M. & Gopinath, D. (2026). Decolonising hydrology: Reflecting on positionalities for sustainable and just futures. Environ. Sci. & Policy, 178, 104340. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104340. ISSN: 1873-6416. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Zamora, D., Leal, J., Aedo-Quililongo, S., Figueroa-Ortiz, A., Sanabria-Morera, C., García-Echeverri, C., Santos, T. F., Donado, L. D., & Garay-Bohórquez, C. Groundwater Use as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Six Prioritized Regions of Colombia: An Integrated Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Hydrogeological Characterization. Sustain., 18(5), 2359. DOI: 10.3390/su18052359, ISSN: 2071-1050, Publindex Minciencias A1.

Lora-Ariza, B., Vargas, L. S., Pescador, J., Vaca, M., Landinez, J., Piña, A., & Donado, L. D. (2025). Numerical Groundwater Flow Modeling in a Tropical Aquifer Under Anthropogenic Pressures: A Case Study in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Wat, 17(24). DOI: 10.3390/w17243579. ISSN: 2073-4441. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Alvarado, H., Pescador, J., Landinez, J., Piña, A., & Donado, L. D. (2025). Quantitative Integration of Audio-Magnetotelluric Sounding and Resistivity Well Logs for Groundwater Studies. Wat, 17(23), 3389. DOI: 10.3390/w17233389-  ISSN: 2073-4441. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Romero, P., & Piña, A. (2025). GRACE-based analysis of groundwater sustainability in the tropics. J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud, 62, 102756. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102756. ISSN: 2214-5818. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Lora-Ariza, B., Silva Vargas, L., & Donado, L. D. (2025). Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivity from Well Logs for the Parameterization of Heterogeneous Multilayer Aquifer Systems. Wat, 17(16), 2439. DOI: 10.3390/w17162439. ISSN: 2073-4441. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Lucas, C., Gamazo, P., Crossa, M., Brum, E., Badagian, J., & Morales-Marin, L. A. (2025) Water Thermal Regime of River-Floodplain Systems in the Uruguay River Basin and Influence of Hydroclimatic Factors. River Res Applic. 0:1-19. DOI: 10.1002/rra.4440.  ISSN:1535-1467. Publindex Minciencias A2.

Arenas-Bautista, M., García-Echeverri, C., Donado, L.D. (2024). Comparing global sensitivity analysis approaches of a semi-distributed hydrological model in tropical regions. Study case: Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Acta Hydrol. Slovaca, 25(2), 220-232. 2644-4690. DOI: 10.31577/ahs-2024-0025.02.0024. ISSN: 2644-4690 Publindex Minciencias B.

Donado, L. D. & Mercado, O. A.: Generation of spatial grids for hydrometeorological data in hydrogeological investigations for Colombia, Adv. Geosci., 64, 33–36, DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-64-33-2024, 2024. ISSN: 1680-7359. Publindex Minciencias A2.

Lora-Ariza, B., Piña, A. & Donado, L.D. (2024) Assessment of groundwater quality for human consumption and its health risks in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Sci. Rep. 14, 11346. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61259-0. ISSN: 2045-2322. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Piña, A.P., Cortés, D., Donado, L.D. & Blessent, D. (2022) Embedded Discrete Fracture Networks to Analyze Groundwater Inflows during Tunnel Drilling. Ing. e Investig. 42(1). DOI: 10.15446/ing.investig.v42n1.89889. ISSN: 0120-5609. Publindex Minciencias A2.

PIña, A., Donado, L. D., Silva, L., & Pescador, J. (2022). Seasonal and deep groundwater-surface water interactions in the tropical Middle Magdalena River basin of Colombia. Hydrol. Process., 36(11), e14764. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14764. ISSN: 0885-6087. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Morales-Marin, L. A., Carr, M., Sadeghian, A., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2021). Climate change effects on the thermal stratification of Lake Diefenbaker, a large multi-purpose reservoir. Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 46(1-2), 1-16.

Morales-Marín, L. A., French, J. R., Burningham, H., Evans, C., & Burden, A. (2021). Simulating seasonal to multi-decadal variation in lake thermal response to meteorological forcing using theUCLAKE 1-dimensional model code. Limnologica, 88, 125874. 

Akomeah, E., Morales-Marın, L. A., Carr, M., Sadeghian, A., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2021). The impacts of changing climate and streamflow on nutrient speciation in a large Prairie reservoir. Journal of Environmental Management, 288, 112262.

Malagon, J.P., Piña, A.P. Argüello, S. & Donado L.D. (2021) Análisis hidrogeoquímico-multivariado del agua subterránea del sistema acuífero del Valle Medio del Magdalena – Colombia: Estudio a escala regional. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex., 73(3), A070421. DOI: 10.18268/BSGM2021v73n3a070421. ISSN: 1405-3322. Publindex Minciencias A2.

Carr, M. K., Sadeghian, A., Lindenschmidt, K. E., Rinke, K., & Morales-Marin, L. (2020). Impacts of Varying Dam Outflow Elevations on Water Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and Nutrient Distributions in a Large Prairie Reservoir. Environmental engineering science, 37(1), 78-97.

Rokaya, P., Morales-Marin, L., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2020). A physically-based modelling framework for operational forecasting of river ice breakup. Advances in Water Resources, 139, 103554.

Preziosi-Ribero, A., Packman, A.I., Escobar-Vargas, J.A., Philips, C.B., Donado, L.D. & Arnon, S. (2020) Fine Sediment Deposition and Filtration Under Losing and Gaining Flow Conditions: A Particle-Tracking Model Approach. Wat. Resour. Res. 56(2), First published: 16 January 2020.  DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026057.  ISSN:  0043–1397. Publindex Minciencias A1.

Arenas, M. C., Pescador, J. P., Donado, L. D., Saavedra, E. Y., & Arboleda Obando, P. F. (2020) Hydrogeological Modeling in Tropical Regions via FeFlow. Earth Sciences Research Journal, 24(3), 285-295. DOI:10.15446/esrj.v24n3.80116. ISSN: 1794-6190. Publindex Minciencias B.

Hassanzadeh, E., Strickert, G., Morales-Marin, L., Noble, B., Baulch, H., Shupena-Soulodre, E., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2019). A framework for engaging stakeholders in water quality modeling and management: Application to the Qu'Appelle River Basin, Canada. Journal of environmental management, 231, 1117-1126.

Morales-Marin, L. A., Sanyal, P. R., Kadowaki, H., Li, Z., Rokaya, P., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2019). A hydrological and water temperature modelling framework to simulate the timing of river freeze-up and ice-cover breakup in large-scale catchments. Environmental Modelling & Software, 114, 49-63.

Rokaya, P., Morales-Marín, L., Bonsal, B., Wheater, H., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2019). Climatic effects on ice phenology and ice-jam flooding of the Athabasca River in western Canada. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64(11), 1265-1278.

Morales-Marín, L. A., Rokaya, P., Sanyal, P. R., Sereda, J., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2019). Changes in streamflow and water temperature affect fish habitat in the Athabasca River basin in the context of climate change. Ecological Modelling, 407, 108718. 

Lindenschmidt, K. E., Carr, M. K., Sadeghian, A., & Morales-Marin, L. (2019). CE-QUAL-W2 model of dam outflow elevation impact on temperature, dissolved oxygen and nutrients in a reservoir. Scientific data, 6(1), 1-7.

Piña. A.P., Donado L.D., & Blessent, D. (2019) Analysis of the scale-dependence of the hydraulic conductivity in complex fractured media. J. Hydrol. 569, 556-572, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.006, ISSN: 0022-1694. Publindex Colciencias A1.

Vesga-Rodríguez, C.P., Donado, L.D.  & Weber-Shirk, M. (2019) Evaluation of high rate sedimentation lab-scale tank performance in drinking water treatment.  Rev. Fac. Ing-Univ. Ant. 90, 9-15, DOI: 10.17533/udea.redin.n90a02, ISSN: 2422-2844. Publindex Colciencias C.

Morales-Marín, L. A., Wheater, H. S., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2018). Estimating sediment loadings in the South Saskatchewan River catchment. Water resources management, 32(2), 769-783.

Morales‐Marin, L. A., French, J. R., Burningham, H., & Battarbee, R. W. (2018). Three‐dimensional hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling to test the sediment focusing hypothesis in upland lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(S1), S156-S176

Boyer, L., Davies, J. M., Hassanzadeh, E., Marin, L. M., Strickert, G., & Wauchope, M. (2018). Interfacing Stakeholder Involvement into a Surface Water-Quality Modelling System for Water Management and Policy Development. New Trends in Urban Drainage Modelling: Upholstery Des. Manuf.(UDM), 2018, 312. 

Morales-Marín, L., Wheater, H., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2018). Potential changes of annual-averaged nutrient export in the south saskatchewan river basin under climate and land-use change scenarios. Water, 10(10), 1438.

Piña, A.P., Donado L.D., Blake, S. & Cramer, T. (2018) Compositional multivariate statistical analysis of hydrogeochemical processes in a fractured massif: La Línea Tunnel project, Colombia. Appl. Geochem. 95,1-18, DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.05.012, ISSN: 0883–2927. Publindex Colciencias A1.

Morales-Marín, L. A., Chun, K. P., Wheater, H. S., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2017). Trend analysis of nutrient loadings in a large prairie catchment. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(4), 657-679.

Morales-Marín, L. A., Wheater, H. S., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2017). Assessment of nutrient loadings of a large multipurpose prairie reservoir. Journal of hydrology, 550, 166-185.

Morales-Marín, L. A., French, J. R., & Burningham, H. (2017). Implementation of a 3D ocean model to understand upland lake wind-driven circulation. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 17(6), 1255-1278.

Piña, A.P., Donado L.D., & Cramer, T. (2017) Hydrogeochemical processes and isotopes analysis. Study case: “La Línea Tunnel”, Colombia. Geophys. Res. Abstr., 19, EGU2017-2675, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27906.12487. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C.  

Bayuelo, A., B. Lora Ariza, B. Lora Castro, L. D. Donado y E. Castro (2017). Análisis del transporte de solutos en medios porosos utilizando procesamiento de imágenes de un modelo físico 2D (sand box). Rev. Hidrolatinoamericana de Jóvenes Investigadores y Profesionales.,  1, 16-19. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19576.24327. ISSN: 2520-2960

Lora Ariza, B., A. Bayuelo, B. Lora Castro y L. D. Donado (2017). Implementación de un modelo de autómata celular para simular transporte de solutos a través de un medio poroso. Rev. Hidrolatinoamericana de Jóvenes Investigadores y Profesionales., 1, 27-30. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12865.35682. ISSN: 2520-2960

Arenas, M.C., Riva, M., Donado, L.D. y Guadagnini, A. (2017). Hydrogeological Characterization of the Middle Magdalena Valley–Colombia. Geophys. Res. Abstr.,  19, EGU2017-17303-1, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3426.1362. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C.  

Preziosi, A., J. Peñaloza, J. Escobar-Vargas y L. D. Donado (2016). A High Order Element Based Method for the Simulation of Velocity Damping in the Hyporheic Zone of a High Mountain River. Geophys. Res. Abstr., 18, EGU2016-11172-2, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3426.1362. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Lora, B., L. D. Donado, E. Castro y A. Bayuelo (2016). A cellular automaton model adapted to sandboxes to simulate the transport of solutes. Geophys. Res. Abstr., 18, EGU2016-10673, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4806.6968. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Morales‐Marín, L., Wheater, H., & Lindenschmidt, K. E. (2015). Assessing the transport of total phosphorus from a prairie river basin using SPARROW. Hydrological Processes, 29(18), 4144-4160.

Botero-Acosta, A., y L. D. Donado (2015). Laboratory Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Barriers to Seawater Intrusion in Confined Coastal Aquifers Considering the Effects of Stratification, Procedia Environ Sci, 25(0), 36-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.04.006. ISSN: 1878-0296.  

Peñaloza-Giraldo, J. A., J. A. Escobar-Vargas, y L. D. Donado (2015). A Spectral Multidomain Penalty Method Solver for the Simulation of the Velocity Attenuation in Hyporheic Flows, Procedia Environ Sci, 25(0), 206-213. DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.04.028. ISSN: 1878-029. 

Donado L.D. y A.J. Gómez (2012). Hydraulic characterization of the heterogeneity of the "Valle del Cauca" Aquifer (Colombia). Geophys. Res. Abstr., 14, EGU2012-6869, DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1051.6806. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Donado L.D., E. Bravo y R.O. Ortiz (2012). A proposal for mitigation of floods in main colombian rivers. Geophys. Res. Abstr., 14, EGU2012-991, DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4235.2966. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Donado L.D., N.B Yaver-Orjuela y X. Sanchez-Vila (2011). Global optimization as an alternative in the solution of the inverse problem of hydraulic tests in fractured media. Geophys. Res. Abstr., 13, EGU2011-9592, DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3711.0087. ISSN: 1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Donado, L.D. y E.F. Espitia (2010) Analysis of multi-specie reactive transport in heterogeneous media under kinetic reactions, EOS Trans. AGU, 91(51), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51C-0917. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2400.2883. ISSN: 0096-3941. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Blanco, C.A., L.D. Donado y D.A. Barajas (2010), Modelo de transporte reactivo bajo condiciones simultáneas de cinética y equilibrio químico. Revista Latinoamericana de Hidrogeología. 7 (1) 63-70. Junio. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1876.0005. ISSN: 1676-0999. 

Sanchez-Vila, X., L.D. Donado A. Guadagnini y J. Carrera (2010). A solution for multicomponent reactive transport under equilibrium and kinetic reactions. Wat. Resour. Res. 46(7), W07539 DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008439, ISSN: 0043–1397. Publindex Colciencias A1.

Blanco, C.A., L.D. Donado y D.A. Barajas (2009), Estudio del comportamiento de solutos reactivos en acuíferos confinados bajo diferentes condiciones de cinética química, Rev. UIS Ing. 8(1), 77-91.  DOI: 10.13140/2.1.5021.7282. ISSN: 1657-4583. Publindex Colciencias C.

Donado, L.D., X. Sanchez-Vila, M. Dentz, J. Carrera y D. Bolster (2009), Multi-component reactive transport in multi–continuum media.  Wat. Resour. Res. 45(11), W11402, DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006823. ISSN:  0043–1397. Publindex Colciencias A1. 

Blanco, C.A., L.D. Donado y D.A. Barajas (2008), Multicomponent Reactive Transport Modeling in Aquifers, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H13B-0835.  DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3317.7925. ISSN: 0096-3941. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Ortiz, V.M. y L.D. Donado (2007) Análisis de la tasa de reacción en sistemas multicomponentes reactivos en cinética química. Rev. ION, 20(1): 31-36, DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4366.3681. Junio.  ISSN 0120-100X. 

Sanchez-Vila, X., M. Dentz, y L.D. Donado (2007), Transport-controlled reaction rates under local non-equilibrium conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(10), L10404, DOI:10.1029/2007GL029410. ISSN:  0094-8276. Publindex Colciencias A1.

Donado, L.D. X. Sánchez-Vila y M. Dentz. (2006) Multi-component reactive transport in a physically heterogeneous porous media.  EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H13F-06. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2531.3607. ISSN: 0096-3941. Publindex Colciencias C. 

Donado, L.D. E. Ruiz, X. Sanchez-Vila, F.J. Elorza, C. Bajos y A. Vela-Guzman.  (2006) Calibration of hydraulic and tracer tests in fractured media represented by a DFN Model.  Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: From Uncertainty to Decision Making (Proceedings of ModelCARE’2005, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 2005). IAHS Publ. 304. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1482.7843. ISBN 978-1-901502-58-9 | ISSN 0144-7815. Publindex Colciencias C.