2025


Mir, F. U. H., & Apurv, T. (2025). Effect of daily rainfall characteristics on surface soil moisture variability. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2025.2519781  


Singh, V., & Apurv, T. (2025). An analytical approach for quantifying the role of vapor pressure deficit in soil moisture depletion during flash droughts. Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR038995. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR038995 


Rashid, O., & Apurv, T. (2025). Understanding the inter-event variability of recession flow characteristics and its drivers. Journal of Hydrology, 133033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133033    



Jee, O., Choudhary, L. K., Katiyar, M., & Apurv, T. (2025). Understanding the linkages between seasonal variability and annual trends in groundwater levels in alluvial aquifers of Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Hydrology, 132858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.132858 

2024

Dar, J. A., & Apurv, T. (2024). Spatiotemporal characteristics and physical drivers of heatwaves in India. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109785. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109785  

Walker, D. W., Vergopolan, N., Cavalcante, L., Smith, K. H., Agoungbome, S. M. D., Almagro, A., Apurv, T., Dahal, N.M., Hoffman, D., Singh, V. & Xiang, Z. (2024). Flash drought typologies and societal impacts: a worldwide review of occurrence, nomenclature, and experiences of local populations. Weather, Climate, and Society, 16(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0015.1 

2021

Apurv, T., & Cai, X. (2021). Regional drought risk in the contiguous United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092200. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092200

2020

Apurv, T., & Cai, X. (2020). Drought propagation in contiguous U.S. watersheds: A process‐based understanding of the role of climate and watershed properties. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027755. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027755   

Apurv, T., & Cai, X. (2020). Impact of droughts on water supply in US watersheds: the role of renewable surface and groundwater resources. Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001648. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001648

2019

Apurv, T., Xu, Y.‐P., Wang, Z., & Cai, X. (2019). Multidecadal changes in meteorological drought severity and their drivers in mainland China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 12937– 12952. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031317

Apurv, T., & Cai, X. (2019). Evaluation of the stationarity assumption for meteorological drought risk estimation at the multidecadal scale in contiguous United States. Water Resources Research, 55, 5074– 5101. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024047  

Apurv, T., X. Cai, and X. Yuan, 2019: Influence of Internal Variability and Global Warming on Multidecadal Changes in Regional Drought Severity over the Continental United States. J. Hydrometeor., 20, 411–429, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0167.1

2017

Cai, X., Shafiee-Jood, M., Apurv, T., Ge, Y., Kokoszka, S. (2017) Key issues in drought preparedness: reflections on experiences and strategies in the United States and selected countries. Water Security, 2, 32-42 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2017.11.001

Apurv, T., Sivapalan, M., & Cai, X. (2017). Understanding the role of climate characteristics in drought propagation. Water Resources Research, 53, 9304– 9329. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021445  

2016

Ge, Y., Apurv, T., and Cai, X. (2016), Spatial and temporal patterns of drought in the Continental U.S. during the past century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 6294– 6303, doi:10.1002/2016GL069660


2015

Apurv, T., R. Mehrotra, A. Sharma, M. K. Goyal, and S. Dutta (2015), Impact of climate change on floods in the Brahmaputra basin using CMIP5 decadal predictions, Journal of Hydrology, 527, 281–291