Shalini Balaram

Publications

Publications

Stochastic streamflow simulation, reservoir-drought recovery, and GeoAI for drought propagation — peer-reviewed and under review.

Journal articles

  1. J1 Published

    A novel multi-step methodology for stochastic simulation of streamflow time series using PcStream clustering.

    Balaram, S., Srivastav, R., & Srinivasan, K. (2025). Environmental Research Communications, 7(2), 021011.

    DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/adb544. IOP Publishing; Scopus & Web of Science indexed.

    Ensemble versus observed water-year hydrograph on a log scale
    Plate J1 Representative ensemble vs observed water-year hydrograph (log scale); PcStream–Markov simulation. PBIAS ±0.41%, d 0.93–1.00. Figure of record in the publication.

Manuscripts under review

  1. U1 Under Review

    Reservoir Storage Anomalies Often Recover More Slowly Than They Develop Across Global Records.

    Balaram, S. (2025). Environmental Research Letters

    Sole / corresponding author. Under review.

    Hexbin density of reservoir return interval versus decline interval
    Plate U1 Representative return-vs-decline hexbin density; 66.7% of 6,631 reservoirs recover more slowly than they decline. Figure of record in the manuscript.
  2. U2 Under Review

    Hysteresis in Hydroclimatic Drought Under CO₂ Removal: Atmosphere–Land Recovery Decoupling in the Indian Monsoon Region.

    Balaram, S., & Shilpa, L. S. (2025). Climate Dynamics (Springer)

    First author. Under review.

    Drought-extent versus CO₂-forcing hysteresis loops
    Plate U2 Representative drought-extent vs CO₂-forcing hysteresis loops; ~17-yr atmosphere–land recovery lag, Hₛ ≈ −0.88. Figure of record in the manuscript.

Conference papers

  1. C1 Conference

    Season-Adaptive GeoAI Framework for Drought Propagation Prediction in Monsoon Climates.

    Balaram, S. (2025). ISG-ISRS National Symposium 2025, Kolkata, India.

    Mixture-of-Experts across 242 Indian catchments and 6,690 drought events (CAMELS-IND).

  2. C2 Conference

    HydroAlert: AI-Powered Water Disaster Detection — Automated Bilingual News Monitoring for Kerala’s Water Safety.

    Balaram, S., & Shilpa, L. S. (2025). Kerala Science Congress 2025, Kerala, India.

  3. C3 Conference

    A synthetic streamflow generator method: coupling the clustering technique with the Markov chain for daily streamflow generation.

    Balaram, S., & Srinivasan, K. (2022). STAHY 2022, Chia, Italy. IAHS.