Devendra Amatya
Adjunct Professor
Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service

- 843-766-0371
- dmamatya@ncsu.edu
Santee Experimental Forest/Center for Forested Wetlands Research
p: 843-336-5612
f: 843-3365068
3734 Highway 402
Cordesville, SC 29434
Education
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
NC State University
Hydrology
Duke University
Hydrotechnical
Lumumba University, India
Research Description
Hydrology of low-gradient managed forests and naturally drained forests, Hydrology of forested wetlands, Specific research on runoff and evapotranspiration dynamics of coastal forests (freshwater and tidal), Hydrologic and water quality studies on effects of land and water management, prescribed/wild fire, land use change, climate variability and change, sea level rise, and extreme events on low-gradient coastal landscapes from freshwater to tidally affected landscapes using monitoring and modeling approaches, Assessment of long-term trends and variability in hydrology and their potential applications in developing and testing hydrology and water quality models for terrestrial freshwater lands linked to the downstream tidal marshes/estuaries, Application of remote sensing tools and products for watershed hydrologic modeling, Specific modeling tools for research: DRAINMOD, SWAT, MIKESHE, and SWMM
Publications
- Estimates of Precipitation IDF Curves and Design Discharges for Road-Crossing Drainage Structures: Case Study in Four Small Forested Watersheds in the Southeastern US
- Amatya, D. M., Tian, S., Marion, D. A., Caldwell, P., Laseter, S., Youssef, M. A., … Vose, J. M. (2021), JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002052
- Effects of Drainage for Silviculture on Wetland Hydrology
- Skaggs, R. W., Amatya, D. M., & Chescheir, G. M. (2020), WETLANDS, 40(1), 47–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-019-01202-6
- Response of Drainage Water Quality to Fertilizer Applications on a Switchgrass Intercropped Coastal Pine Forest
- Muwamba, A., Amatya, D. M., Chescheir, G. M., Nettles, J. E., Appelboom, T., Tollner, E. W., … Callahan, T. (2020), WATER, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051265
- Response of Nutrients and Sediment to Hydrologic Variables in Switchgrass Intercropped Pine Forest Ecosystems on Poorly Drained Soil
- Muwamba, A., Amatya, D. M., Ssegane, H., Chescheir, G. M., Appelboom, T., Nettles, J. E., … Birgand, F. (2020), WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 231(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04808-3
- COMPARISON OF HYDROLOGY OF TWO ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN FORESTS
- Amatya, D. M., Williams, T. M., Nettles, J. E., Skaggs, R. W., & Trettin, C. C. (2019), TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 62(6), 1509–1529. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13387
- Estimation of evapotranspiration and its parameters for pine, switchgrass, and intercropping with remotely-sensed images based geospatial modeling
- Panda, S. S., Amatya, D. M., Muwamba, A., & Chescheir, G. (2019), ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, 121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.07.012
- Automated Geospatial Models of Varying Complexities for Pine Forest Evapotranspiration Estimation with Advanced Data Mining
- Panda, S., Amatya, D. M., Jackson, R., Sun, G., & Noormets, A. (2018), WATER, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111687
- Modeling water, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics for two drained pine plantations under intensive management practices
- Tian, S., Youssef, M. A., Skaggs, R. W., Amatya, D. M., & Chescheir, G. M. (2012), FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 264, 20–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.041
- Sensitivity analysis of the DRAINWAT model applied to an agricultural watershed in the lower coastal plain, North Carolina, USA
- Kim, H., Amatya, D. M., Broome, S. W., Hesterberg, D. L., & Choi, M. (2012), WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL, 26(1), 130–145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2011.00283.x
- Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA
- Sun, G., Noormets, A., Gavazzi, M. J., McNulty, S. G., Chen, J., Domec, J.-C., … Skaggs, R. W. (2010, March 20), FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, Vol. 259, pp. 1299–1310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.016