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Professional Activities

Fellow of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (FCIWEM)
Chartered Engineer ( Engineering Council)
Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (CIWEM)
Visiting Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
NERC College Member (NERC)
Member of Water management group (web link)
Member of Cabot Institute (web link)
Member of Bristol Environmental Risk Research Centre (BRISK)
Member of British Hydrological Society (BHS)
Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member of International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR)
Member of International Water Association (IWA)
Editor, International Journal of Ecology & Development (IJED)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Management (IJWREM)
Editor, Special Issue of Journal of Water Management: Weather Radar for Water Management  (2007- 2009)
Editorial Board Member of ICE Journal of Water Management (2004- 2007)
Member of South Western Committee of British Hydrological Society (BHS SW) (2001 - 2008)
Chairman of South Western Committee of British Hydrological Society (BHS SW) (2006 - 2008)
EPSRC Peer Review College Member (EPSRC) (2002- 2005)

Admin Duties

Postgraduate tutor
Queen's Building Library Liaison Committee
Member of University Library Systems Project Board

Past duties
Director of Research
Research Seminar Organiser
Faculty Staff Student Liaison Committee
2^nd year tutor
4^th year tutor

Teaching

Hydrology
Open Channel Hydraulics
Water Resources Project
Major Research Projects
Flood Risk Management
Design Projects

Research Interests

Hydroinformatics (Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Hybrid systems)
Real-time Flood Forecasting (System design, real-time updating, ungauged catchment, uncertainty, lumped hydrological modelling)
Flood Risk Assessment and Management (Flood risk assessment, flood statistics, frequency analysis, PMP/PMF, geostatistics, hydrological design)
Climate Change (Climate policy, weather modelling, climate trend, impact, mitigation and adaptation)
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (Weather radar, satellite, digital terrain model, distributed hydrological modeling, GIS)
Water Resources Management (Water resources assessment, hydroecology, catchment soil moisture modelling)
Natural Hazards (Debris flow, drought, flood)
Systems (Nonlinear system, complex adaptive system, systems engineering)

 

Research group

Mrs Deleen Al-Shrafany (PhD, with Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez)
Mr Joe Clarke (EngD, with Prof John Davis)
Mr Asnor Muizan b. Ishak (PhD)
Mrs Wan Wan Jaafar (PhD)
Mr Qiang Dai (PhD, with Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez)
Mr Tanvir Islam (PhD, with Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez)
Mr Prashant Srivastava (PhD, with  Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez)
Mr Matin Baymani-Nezhad (PhD, with  Dr Nicholas Howden)
Dr Michaela Bray  (Visiting Fellow)

Publications

Books/Book Chapters

Books
6. “Flood Risk Assessment and Management”, 2011, by D. Han, eISBN: 978-1-60805-047-5, Bentham Science Publishers
5. “Concise Hydrology ”, 2010, by D. Han, ISBN: 978-87-7681-536-3, Ventus Publishing Aps
4. “Concise Hydraulics”, 2008, by D. Han, ISBN: 978-87-7681-396-3, Ventus Publishing Aps
3. “Sustainable Hydrology for the 21st Century”, 2008, edited by S.T. Khu, M. Dale, P. Dempsey, D. Han, Z. Kapelan, O. Pollard, T. Quine, British Hydrological Society, CD Book, ISBN 1 903741 16 5
2. “Hydroinformatics 2002”, edited by I.D. Cluckie, D. Han, J. Davis and S. Heslop, ISBN 1-843390-21-3, IWA Publishing, London, UK
1. “Radar Hydrology for real time flood forecasting”, edited by R.G. Griffith, I.D. Cluckie, G.L. Austin and D. Han, 2001, ISBN 92-894-1640-8, European Community

Book Chapters
11. Raingauge siting using the gamma test. Hydroinformatics in Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources, Bray M, Remesan R., & Han D. 2009.  IAHS Red Book Series, pp 324-332. IAHS Publ. 331 ISBN 978-1-907161-02-5
10. Rainfall–runoff modelling using wavelet-based hybrid svm scheme. Hydroinformatics in hydrology, hydrogeology and water resources, Remesan R., Bray M., Shamim M. A. & Han D. 2009, IAHS Red Book Series, pp 41-50  IAHS Publ. 331 ISBN 978-1-907161-02-5
9. 'Using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System in the Development of a Real-time Expert System for Flood Forecasting', Cluckie, ID, Moghaddamnia, A & Han, D., 2008, in ‘Practical Hydroinformatics: Computational intelligence and technological developments in water applications Series: Water Science and Technology Library’, Vol. 68  pp 201-214,  Abrahart, Robert J.; See, Linda M.; Solomatine, Dimitri P. (Eds.) ISBN: 978-3-540-79880-4
8. Seasonal rainfall and flow trends in South-West England , D. Han, Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Vol. 25, Begum, S.; Stive, Marcel J.F.; Hall, James W. (Eds.) 2007, Approx. 600 p.14 in colour., Hardcover, ISBN: 1-4020-4199-3
7. "Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting", Cluckie, ID & Han, D. , in Donald W Knight and Asaad Y. Shamseldin (Eds.), River Basin Modelling for Flood Risk Mitigation, (pp. 127-156), Taylor & Francis/Balkema, 2006. ISBN: 0415383447
6. An overview of radar based rainfall forecasting techniques, 2001, D. Han, R.J. Griffith and I.D. Cluckie, Radar Hydrology for real time flood forecasting, pp125-142, Edited by R.G. Griffith, I.D. Cluckie, G.L. Austin and D. Han, 2001, ISBN 92-894-1640-8, European Community
5. WRIP flood forecasting system, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, 2001, pp207-224, Radar Hydrology for real time flood forecasting, pp125-142, Edited by R.G. Griffith, I.D. Cluckie, G.L. Austin and D. Han, 2001, ISBN 92-894-1640-8, European Community
4. Developing applications of weather radar in the Wessex flood forecasting system, Aucott, L.M., Grigg, WL, Han, D and Cluckie, ID, Advances in Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, ed. By Shepherd, G and Vervon H-R, SUG-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1998. 365-374, ISBN3-00-003012-3
3. Operational Utilisation of High Resolution Hydrological C Band Radar, I.D Cluckie, D. Han, G.L. Austin, A. Zawadski, Weather Technology for Water Resources Management (Chapter III Operational Systems), Braga and Massambani, 1997 pp455-467, ISBN 92-9089-055-1
2. The use of life cycle models of convective systems in forecasting heavy rainfall,  C. G. Collier, PJ Hardaker, CE Pierce, J. Rippon, I.D Cluckie, D. Han, Weather Technology for Water Resources Management (Chapter II Rainfall and streamflow Forecasting), Braga and Massambani, 1997 pp321-333, ISBN 92-9089-055-1
1. Vertically Pointing and Urban Weather Radars, Tilford, K, Han, D and Cluckie, I.D., Hydrological Use of Weather Radar, (Ed Tilford K.A.), 1995, ISBN 0 948 540 680

Journal Papers

60. Integrated framework for monitoring groundwater pollution using GIS and multivariate analysis, 2012 (accepted) Prashant K. Srivastava, Dawei Han, Manika Gupta, Saumitra Mukherjee, Hydrological Sciences Journal, ISSN: 0262-6667

59. Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Clutter Identification with Polarimetric Radar Signatures, 2012 (accepted) Tanvir Islam, Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez, Dawei Han and Prashant K. Srivastava, , Atmospheric Research, ISSN: 0169-8095

58. Characteristics of Raindrop Spectra as Normalized Gamma Distribution from a Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer, 2012 (accepted), Tanvir Islam, Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez, Merhala Thurai and Dawei Han, Atmospheric Research, ISSN: 0169-8095

57. Performance Evaluation of the TRMM Precipitation Estimation Using Ground-Based Radars from the GPM Validation Network, 2012 (accepted) ,Tanvir Islam, Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez, Dawei Han, Prashant K. Srivastava, Asnor M. Ishak,  Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, ISSN: 1364-6826

56. Calibration catchment selection for flood regionalisation modelling, 2012 (accepted) , W. Z. Wan Jaafar and D. Han, Journal of the American Water Resources Association,  ISSN: 1752-1688

55.  Integrated Planning of Land Use and Water Allocation on a Watershed Scale Considering Social and Water Quality Issues, 2012 (accepted), Azadeh Ahmadi, Mohammad Karamouz,  Ali Moridi, Dawei Han,  ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ISSN: 0733-9496

54.  Making calibration objectives relevant for operational flood forecasting, O. Pollard and D. Han, 2012, ICE Water Management, Vol 165 No 2, pp121-136, doi:10.1680/wama.2012.165.2.121, ISSN: 1741-7589

53. Calibration of Roughness Parameters using Rainfall Runoff Water Balance for Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval, Deleen Al-shrafany, Miguel Rico-Ramirez and Dawei Han, 2012 (accepted), ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ISSN:1084-0699

52. Sensitivity of the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model to downscaling ratios and storm types in rainfall simulation, doi: 10.1002/hyp.8247, Hydrological Processes, Jia Liu, Michaela Bray and Dawei Han, 2012, ISSN 0885-6087

51. Uncertainty in Index Flood Modelling due to Calibration Data Sizes , doi: 10.1002/hyp.8135, Hydrological Processes, W. Z. Wan Jaafar and D. Han, 2012, ISSN 0885-6087 

50. Seasonal Evaluation of Rainfall Estimation by Four Cumulus Parameterization Schemes and their Sensitivity Analysis doi: 10.1002/hyp.8194, Hydrological Processes, Asnor Muizan Ishak, Michaela Bray, Renji Remesan and Dawei Han, 2011, ISSN 0885-6087

49. Impact of earthquake on debris flows- a case study on the Wenchuan Earthquake, Chen, NS, Hu, GS, Deng, MF,  Zhou, Yang, CL, Han, D, Deng, JH, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, Vol 5 No 5, December 2011, pp493-508,  doi: 10.1142/S1793431111001212, ISSN: 1793-4311  

48. Input Variable Selection for Median Flood Regionalisation , W. Z. Wan Jaafar, J. Liu and D. Han, Water Resources Research, 47, W07503, doi:10.1029/2011WR010436,  2011, ISSN 0043-1397

47. Catchment Characteristics Derivation for Index Flood Estimation (in press),ICE Water Management, W. Z. Wan Jaafar and D. Han, 2011, ISSN: 1741-7589

46. Variable selection using the Gamma Test forward and backward selections (in press), W. Z. W. Jaafar and D. Han, ASCE Journal of Hydrological Engineering, 2011,ISSN:1084-0699

45. Assessment of input variable determination on the SVM model using PCA, Gamma Test, and forward selection techniques for monthly stream flow prediction, Journal of Hydrology, R. Noori , A. R. Karbassi, A. Moghaddamnia, D. Han,  A. Farokhnia,f,  A. Khakpour,  M. Ghafari Gousheh,  Mohammad Hassan,  Zokaei Ashtianig, DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.02.021,  2011 , ISSN: 0022-1694

44. Rainfall uncertainty from NWP downscaling model, Hydrological Processes, M. Bray, D. Han ,Y. Xuan, P. Bates and M. William, DOI:10.1002/hyp.7905, 2011, ISSN 0885-6087 
43. Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration Using Numerical Weather Modelling, Asnor Muizan Ishak, Michaela Bray, Renji Remesan and Dawei Han, Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.7770 ,  2010, ISSN 0885-6087 
42. The processes and mechanism of failure and debris flow initiation for gravel soil with different clay content, N.S. Chen, W. Zhou, C.L. Yang, Y.C. Gao,  P. Cui, L.L Shi, D. Han , Geomorphology , doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.017, 2010, ISSN: 0169-555X
41. A New Total Volume Model of Debris Flows with Intermittent Surges - Based on the observations at Jiangjia Valley, South-west China, N.Sh.Chen, Ch.L.Yang, W.Zhou, F.Q.Wei, Z.L.Li, D. Han,G. Sh.Hu, Natural Hazards , doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9548-z, 2010, ISSN 1573-030X
40. Solar radiation estimation in un-gauged catchments, M. A. Shamim, R. Remesan, D. Han, A. R. Ghumman,Water Management,   doi: 10.1680/wama.2010.163.7.349  2010, ISSN: 1741-7589
39. Indices for calibration data selection of the rainfall-runoff model, J. Liu and D. Han, Water Resources Research,   doi:10.1029/2009WR008668, 2010, ISSN 0043-1397
38. Effect of Data Time Interval on Real-time Flood Forecasting, Renji Remesan, Azadeh Ahmadi, Muhammad Ali Shamim, Dawei Han, Journal of Hydroinformatics, doi:10.2166/hydro.2010.063 , 2010, ISSN 1464-7141
37. Closure to "Daily Pan Evaporation Modeling in a Hot and Dry Climate", Moghaddamnia A, Piri J, Amin S, Han DW, ASCE Journal of Hydrological Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000056  Vol 15 No 8, 2010,  pp668-669, ISSN:1084-0699
36. The critical rainfall characteristics for torrents and debris flows in the Wenchuan earthquake stricken area, N. Chen, C. Yang, W. Zhou, G. Hu, H. Li and D. Han, Journal of Mountain Science, DOI:10.1007/s11629-009-1064-9, Vol. 6 No 4 December 2009 pp362-372, ISSN: 1993-0321
35. Input Data Selection for Solar Radiation Estimation, Azadeh AHMADI, Dawei HAN, Mohammad KARAMOUZ, Renji REMESAN, Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.7372, Vol. 23 No. 19, 2754-2764, 2009, ISSN 0885-6087
34. Runoff Prediction Using an Integrated Hybrid Modelling Scheme, R. Remesan, M.A. Shamim, D. Han and J. Mathew, Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.034  2009, Vol 372 No 15, 48-60, ISSN 0022-1694
33. Comparison of LLR, MLP, Elman, NNARX and ANFIS Models  -with a case study in solar radiation estimation, A. Moghaddamnia , R. Remesan ,M. Hassanpour Kashani, M. Mohammadi, D. Han,  Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2009, Vol 71, No 8-9, 975-982 doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.04.009, ISSN 1364-6826
32. Weather radar for water management (editorial), D. Han, Water Management, Vol 162 No 2,2009, 63-64, doi: 10.1680/wama.2009.162.2.63, April 2009, ISSN: 1741-7589
31. Reply to comments on ”Evaporation estimation using artificial neural networks and adaptive neurofuzzy inference system techniques by A. Moghaddamnia, M.Ghafari Gousheh, J. Piri, S. Amin and D. Han” , D. Han and A. Moghaddamnia, Advances in Water Resources, pp1-3, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.02.012, ISSN: 0309-1708, 2009 
30. Daily pan evaporation modelling in a hot and dry climate, Piri, J., Amin, S., Moghaddamnia, A., Keshavarz, A., Han, D. and Remesan, R., ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ISSN:1084-0699, Vol 14 No 8, 803-811, 2009, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000056 
29. Real-time Monitoring of Weather Radar Antenna Pointing using digital terrain elevation and a Bayes clutter classifier, Rico-Ramirez1, M.A., Gonzalez-Ramirez,E., Cluckie, I.D. and Han, D., Meteorological Applications, doi: 10.1002/met.112 , ISSN: 1350-4827, 2009
28. Evaporation Estimation Using Support Vector Machines Technique, A. Moghaddamnia, M. Ghafari, J. Piri, and D. Han, International Journal of Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 3:3 pp134-142,  2009, ISSN: 2070-3880, http://www.waset.org/journals/ijmpes/v3/v3-3-21.pdf
27. Evaporation Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Techniques, A. Moghaddamnia, M. Ghafari Gousheh, J. Piri, S. Amin and D. Han, Advances in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.10.005 , Vol. 32 No 1, pp88-97, ISSN: 0309-1708, 2009  
26. Model Data Selection using Gamma Test for Daily Solar Radiation Estimation, R. Remesan, M.A. Shamim and D. Han, Hydrological Processes, Vol. 22 No. 21, 4301-4309, 2008, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7044, ISSN 0885-6087
25. Quantization analysis of weather radar data with synthetic rainfall, M. Hammond and D. Han, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment,  DOI 10.1007/s00477-007-0124-3,  2008, Vol. 22 No 3, 1436-3259,  ISSN 1436-3259
24. Flood forecasting using Support Vector Machines, D. Han, Chan, L. and Zhu, N, Journal of Hydroinformatics, DOI:10.2166/hydro.2007.027, Vol. 9 No. 4, 267-276, 2007, ISSN 1464-7141
23. Uncertainties in real-time flood forecasting with neural networks, D. Han, T. Kwong, and S. Li, Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6184, 21, 223–228, 2007, ISSN 0885-6087
22. Knowledge updating (editorial), D. Han, Proceedings of ICE, Water Management, Vol. 160, No. 3 pp 133-134 , DOI: 10.1680/wama.2007.160.3.133  (2007), ISSN: 1741-7589
21. Comparative modeling of two catchments in Taiwan and England, Yu-Chi Wang, Dawei Han, Pao-Shan Yu, I.D. Cluckie, Hydrological Processes, DOI:10.1002/hyp.6512, 20, 4335–4349 (2006), ISSN 0022-1694
20. Automated Thiessen Polygon Generation”, D. Han and M. Bray, Water Resources Research, Vol 42, W11502, DOI:10.1029/2005WR004365,  2006, ISSN 0043-1397
19. Recession curve estimation for storm event separation, M. Hammond and D. Han, Journal of Hydrology, DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.027 330, 573– 585 (2006), ISSN 0022-1694
18. Issues of using digital maps for catchment delineation, M. Hammond and D. Han, Water Management, Vol. 159, No. 1 pp 45-51 , DOI: 10.1680/wama.2006.159.1.45 (2006), ISSN: 1741-7589
17. Derivation of unit hydrograph using a transfer function approach, Yang, Z., and D. Han, Water Resources Research, 42, W01501, DOI:10.1029/2005WR004227, (2006), ISSN 0043-1397
16. Correction of the bright band using dual-polarisation radar, M. A. Rico-Ramirez, I. D. Cluckie, D. Han , Atmospheric Science Letter, Atmos. Sci. Let. 6: 40-46 DOI:10.1002/asl.89 , (2005) ISSN 1530-261X
15. Optimum quantisation of remotely sensed data, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment, IAHS Publication 289, (2004), 371-377, ISSN 0144-7815
14. Identification of Support Vector Machines for Runoff Modelling , M. Bray and D. Han, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 6 (2004) Issue 4, 265-280, ISSN 1464-7141,  http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/006/jh0060265.htm
13. Fuzzy rule generation in hydrological modelling, Lawry, J., Han, D.W. and Cluckie, I.D.  'Soft methodology and random information systems ', Advances in Soft Computing, 741-748, 2004, ISSN: 1615-3871
12. Authors' response to discussion of The relevance of Open Source to Hydroinformatics, H. Harvey and D. Han, Journal of Hydroinformatics 5 (2003), Issue 3,  209-213, ISSN 1464-7141, http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/005/jh0050209.htm
11. The relevance of Open Source to Hydroinformatics, H. Harvey and D. Han, Journal of Hydroinformatics 4 (2002), Issue 4,  219-234, ISSN 1464-7141, http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/004/jh0040219.htm
10. River Flow Modelling Using Fuzzy Decision Trees, D. Han, I.D. Cluckie and D. Karbassioun, J. Lawry and B. Krauskopf, Water Resources Management, Vol 16 No 6, 431-445, December DOI: 10.1023/A:1022251422280, 2002, pp431-445, ISSN 0920-4741
9. Fluvial Flood Forecasting I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, Water and Environmental Management, Vol 14 No 4 August, 2000, pp270-276, ISSN 0951-7359
8. Using Weather Radars to Measure Rainfall in Urban Catchments, D.Han, I.D. Cluckie, R.J. Griffith and G. Austin, Journal of Urban Technology, Volume 7 Number 1 pp85-102, DOI: 10.1080/713684102 , 2000, ISSN 1063-0732
7. Microcomputer used in sprinkle system design. D. Han, Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1987 Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power (in Chinese)
6. Impact of frequency-variable sprinkle irrigation on operation cost.  D. Han, Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol.7, No. 3, 1987, Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power (in Chinese)
5. Synchronization of music and artificial spring by microcomputer. W. Kang and D. Han, Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 1, Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power , 1986 (in Chinese)
4. Economic Design for channel cross section by nonlinear program, D. Han, J. of Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power No.1, 1986 (in Chinese)
3. Sprinkle uniformity and its impact on crop production J. of Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power, D. Han, No.1, 1985 (in Chinese)
2. Optimum Diameter of irrigation pipe considering variation in flow and use frequency, D. Han,   Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1985, Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power (in Chinese)
1. Calculation of inlet pressure in sprinkle lateral pipe at different topographic situations.  D. Han.  Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol.5, No.3, 1985, Beijing Institute of Economic Management of Water Resources and Electric Power (in Chinese)

Conference papers

61. Assessment of radar data assimilation in numerical rainfall forecasting with different storm types using the WRF model, Jia Liu, Michaela Bray and Dawei Han. The International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, April, 2011UK http://www.wrah2011.org/
60. Long-term analysis of polarimetric radar rainfall algorithms for operational weather radars, Tanvir Islam, Miguel Rico-Ramirez and Dawei Han. The International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, April, 2011UK http://www.wrah2011.org/
59. Near-Surface Soil Moisture Estimating using AMSR-E Brightness Temperature, Dleen Al-Shrafany, Dawei Han and Miguel Rico-Ramirez, Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2010 Symposium, 27-30 Sept 2010, Wyoming, http://www.remotesensinghydrology.org/
58. Uncertainty with the Gamma Test for Model Input Data Selection, D. Han, W. Yan and A. Moghaddamnia, 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 18-23 July 2010, Barcelona, Spain, http://www.wcci2010.org/
57. A HYBRID WAVELET BASED SVM SCHEME FOR FORECASTING PRECIPITATION, M. A. SHAMIM, R. REMESAN; D. HAN, R. ALI; A. R. GHUMMAN, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics 2010, Tianjin, CHINA, pp 1101-1109 ISBN 978-7-89472-324-6 Chemical Industry Press, http://www.hic2010.org/,
56. INFORMATION COST FUNCTION USED FOR CALIBRATION DATA SELECTION OF RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELLING, JIA LIU AND, DAWEI HAN, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics 2010, Tianjin, CHINA, pp809-817, ISBN 978-7-89472-324-6 Chemical Industry Press, http://www.hic2010.org/,
55. Assessment of Meteorological Variables from MM5 for Reference Evapotranspiration Estimation, Asnor Muizan Ishak, Michaela Bray and Dawei Han, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics 2010, Tianjin, CHINA, pp308-315, ISBN 978-7-89472-324-6 Chemical Industry Press, http://www.hic2010.org/,
54. A NEW APPROACH FOR FLOOD ESTIMATON AT UNGAUGED CATCHMENTS, WAN ZURINA WAN JAAFAR, JIA LIU, DAWEI HAN, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics 2010, Tianjin, CHINA, pp1188-1195, ISBN 978-7-89472-324-6 Chemical Industry Press, http://www.hic2010.org/,
53. Index Flood Estimation at Ungauged Catchments through Cross Validation, W. Z. B. Wan Jaafar, J. Liu and D. Han, British Hydrological Society Third International Symposium, 19-23 July 2010, Newcastle, UK, http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/bhs2010/
52. Impact of data time interval for on real-time hydrological forecasting, Jia Liu and Dawei Han, British Hydrological Society Third International Symposium, 19-23 July 2010, Newcastle, UK, http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/bhs2010/
51. Downscaling cumulative rainfall for comparison by four cumulus parameterization schemes in the Brue Catchment, Asnor Ishak, Michaela Bray and Dawei Han, British Hydrological Society Third International Symposium, 19-23 July 2010, Newcastle, UK, http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/bhs2010/
50. Validation of the Gamma Test for Model Input Data Selection - with a case study in evaporation estimation, D. Han and W. Yan,  5th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'09), Tianjin, China, August 14-16, 2009   http://www.icnc09-fskd09.tjut.edu.cn/, ISBN 978-0-7695-3736-8 BMS Number CFP09CNC-PRT, DOI: 10.1109/ICNC.2009.796
49. Comparison of Newly Proposed “Copais Approach” And Traditional Reference Evapotranspiration Equations In A Small Catchment, R. Remesan, M. A. Shamim, D. Han, International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society,  January 12-16, 2009, New Delhi, http://wees2009.com/about.delhi.htm
48. ‘Evaporation Estimation Using Support Vector Machines Technique’, Moghaddamnia, A., Ghafari, M., Piri, J.,and Han, D.  SWRM 2008 : "International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management", Heidelberg, Germany, September 24-24, 2008, http://www.waset.org/swrm08/
47.  ‘ANFIS and NNARX based Rainfall-Runoff Modeling’, R. Remesan, M. A. Shamim, D. Han, J. Mathew,  2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cyberntics, 12-15 October 2008, Singapore,  http://www.smc2008.org/
46. ‘Analysis of weather radar and rain gauges for flood forecasting’, M.T.J. Bray, D. Han, I. Cluckie & M. Rico-Ramirez, FLOODrisk 2008, 30/09-02/10/2008, Oxford, UK, http://www.floodrisk2008.net/
45. 'Ensemble Prediction of Inundation Risk and Uncertainty arising from Scour (EPIRUS): An Overview', Zou, Q, Reeve, D, Cluckie, ID, Pan, S, Rico-Ramirez, MA, Han, D, Lv X, Pedrozo-Acuna, A & Chen, Y. , FLOODrisk 2008, 30/09-02/10/2008, Oxford, UK, http://www.floodrisk2008.net/
44. ‘Nonlinear Modelling of Daily Solar Radiation Using Gamma Test’ , Renji Remesan, Muhammad Ali Shamim and Dawei Han, 10^th British Hydrological Symposium  15-17 September 2008, Exeter, UK, http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/bhs2008, ISBN 1 903741 16 5
43. ‘Solar Radiation Distribution Conditioned on Rainfall Measurement’, Muhammad Ali Shamim, Renji Remesan  and Dawei Han, 10^th British Hydrological Symposium  15-17 September 2008, Exeter, UK, http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/bhs2008, ISBN 1 903741 16 5
42. ‘Water resources assessment based on dualistic water cycles in China’, H. Wang, J. Wang, D. Qin, Y. Jia, Y. Qiu1 and D. Han, 10^th British Hydrological Symposium  15-17 September 2008, Exeter, UK, http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/bhs2008, ISBN 1 903741 16 5
41. ‘Integrated modelling of water release and of vegetation ecosystem in the Black River of China’, Li Y., Qin D., Wang, M. , Li H. , Yan D. , Lv J. and Han D., 10^th British Hydrological Symposium  15-17 September 2008, Exeter, UK http://www.events.ex.ac.uk/bhs2008, ISBN 1 903741 16 5
40.‘Exploration of neuro-fuzzy models in real time flood forecasting’, D. Han and H.X., Lee, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, 264-268, ISBN: 978-1-60651-000-1, Published by ISRST, 7-10 of July 2008 in Orlando, FL, USA, http://www.promoteresearch.org/2008/aipr/index.html
39. Neuro-fuzzy models in real-time flood forecasting, D. Han, Proceedings of the 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, ISBN: 1-60132-060-4, CSREA Press, pp217-222, 14-17 July 2008, Las Vegas, USA, http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp08/ws,
38. Uncertainty features of weather radar rainfall, D. Han & I. Cluckie, The Fourth International Conference on Debris-Flow hazards Mitigation, September 10-13, 2007, Chengdu, China
37. Real time flood modelling based on stable adjustment of TF unit pulse response,  D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, 2nd International Conference on Flood Forecasting and management with GIS and Remote Sensing, September 7-9, 2007, Guangzhu, China.
36. Quantisation Analysis of Synthetic Rainfall, Hammond, MJ, Han, D & Cluckie, ID. , 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Nice, France, HIC 2006, 2006.
35. A Neuro-Fuzzy Expert System for Flood Forecasting in Real-Time, Moghaddamnia, A, Cluckie, ID & Han, D. , 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Nice, France, HIC 2006, 2006.
34. Uncertainties in application of NWP-based QPF in real-time flood forecasting. Proc. International Conference: Innovation, advances and implementation of flood forecasting technology, Xuan, Y., I.D. Cluckie, D. Han., 17-19 October 2005, Tromsø, Norway.
33. Influence of weather factors on the precipitation measurement by weather radar, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, International Conference on Reservoir Operation and River Management, Guangzhou, China, 17-23, September, 2005, CD ROM, 8 pages
32. Catchment Wetness Assessment  by River Flow Measurement, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, IAHR Congress 2005, September 11-16, Seoul, South Korea, 8 pages, ISBN 89-87898-23-7 93530
31. An improved operational rainfall-runoff model using a coupled deterministic-based model and data-driven technique, S.T. Khu, D. Han, E. Keedwell, O. Pollard, IAHR Congress 2005, September 11-16, Seoul, South Korea, 8 pages, ISBN 89-87898-23-7 93530
30. Using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System in the Development of a Real-Time Expert System for Flood Forecasting. Cluckie, I.D., Moghaddamnia, A., Han, D., Kraft, R., 2nd EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 24-29 May 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, ISSN 1607-7962.
29. An approach on evaluating the pre-procesing of rainfall and runoff data in an artificial neural network model for real-time forecasting, G Cerda-Villafana, ID Cluckie and D Han, pp1345-1352, ISBN 981-238-787-0, edited by SY Liong, KK Phoon and V Babovic, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 2004, Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
28. Support vector machines identification for runoff modelling, D Han and ID Cluckie, pp1597-1604, ISBN 981-238-787-0, edited by SY Liong, KK Phoon and V Babovic, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 2004, Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
27. River Flow Modelling Based on Fuzzy Labels , N. J. Randon1, J. Lawry1, D. Han and I.D Cluckie, IPMU (Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge based systems) 2004,  July 4-9, Perugia, Italy
26. Correction for the bright band enhancement using dual-polarization scanning weather radar measurements for real-time operation.Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Cluckie, I. and Han, D. (2004) In Sixth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar. Success Stories in Radar Hydrology.  Melbourne, Australia.
25. Xuan, Y., Cluckie, I., Han, D. (2004) Rainfall Forecasts from a Local Area Mesoscale Model (MM5) and a Quantitative Weather Radar System, International Symposium on Flood Forecasting and Management with GIS and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou, China
24. Optimum quantisation of remote sensed rainfall data, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, International Conference of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment,  Yi Chang city, China, 16-19 September 2003, pp353-354 plus CD
23. Seasonal Trends of Rainfall and Flow in South-West England, D. Han, I.D. Cluckie, and W. Kang, Proceedings of the SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FLOOD DEFENCE, Beijing, 10-14, September, 2002, pp485-491
22. River flow modelling using Reference Vector Machines, Han, D., Cluckie, I., Kang, W. and Xiong, Y. 2002 Hydroinformatics Proceedings, Cardiff , Volume B, ISBN 1-843390-21-3, pp1429-1434
21. A blueprint for next-generation modelling software, Harvey, H, Han, D., Cluckie, I., 2002 Hydroinformatics Proceedings, Cardiff , Volume B, ISBN 1-843390-21-3,  pp1276-1281
20. River flow modelling using Support Vector Machines, D.Han and Z. Yang, XXIX  IAHR Congress Proceedings, Beijing, China, September 17-21,  2001 Volume C pp494-499 ISBN 7-302-04676-x 
19. Integrated mesoscale-hydrometeorological modelling for rainfall and flood forecasting, K. M. Kozyniak, I. D. Cluckie and D. Han, Fifth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, November 19 - 22, 2001, Heian-Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan
18. Dendritic river modelling system in WRIP, I. D. Cluckie, D. Han, Fifth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, November 19 - 22, 2001, Heian-Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan 
17. A Fuzzy Logic Approach to River Flow Modelling  D. Han, I.D. Cluckie, D. Karbassioun and J. Lowry,  Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics, Beijing, July 25-28, 2000, ISBN 90 5809 166X pp853-860
16. A Modular, Object Oriented Toolbox Architecture for the Construction of Hydrological Models,  D. Harvey and D.Han,  4^th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, 23-27 July 2000, Iowa, USA
15. HYDROMET Integrated Radar Experiment (HIRE): Experimental Setup and First Results, Uijlenhoet, R et al, Cluckie, ID, Griffith, RJ, Han, D, Proceedings 29th Radar Conference, Montreal, 1999, pp926-930
14. HYDROMET Integrated Radar Experiment (HIRE): Experimental Setup and First Results, Uijlenhoet, R et al, Cluckie, ID, Griffith, RJ, Han, D, Proceedings 29th Radar Conference, Montreal, 1999, pp926-930
13. Rainfall Measurements for urban catchments using MARS,  D.Han, I.D. Cluckie, R. Griffith, H. Jiang and G. Austin, Fourth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, San Diego, USA, 5-9 April 1998
12. On the errors in radar estimates of rainfall over small areas as a function of space/time sampling,  A. Seed, G. Austin, I. Cluckie and D. Han, Fourth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, San Diego, USA, 5-9 April 1998
11. The North West Flood Forecasting System (WRIP North West),  D.Han, I.D. Cluckie, O. Wedgewood and I. Pearse, Proceedings of BHS Sixth National Hydrological Symposium, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, 1997 ISBN:1-1 0948540826
10.  Operational  Utilisation of High Resolution Hydrological C Band Radar I.D Cluckie, D. Han, K.A. Tilford, K. Lin and J. Tyson, 7th  International conference on urban drainage 9-13  September, 1996, Hanover, Germany
9. Operational  Utilisation of High Resolution Hydrological C Band Radar I.D Cluckie, D. Han, G.L. Austin, A. Zuwaski,  3rd International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radars, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1995
8. The use of life cycle models of convective systems in forecasting heavy rainfall C.G. Collier, PJ Hardaker, CE Pierce, J. Rippon, I.D Cluckie, D. Han,  3rd International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radars, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1995
7. Transfer Function Model Identiication and Estimation in Real-Time Radar Based Flood Forecasting,  Workshop on Integrating Radar Estimates of Rainfall in Real Time Flood Forecasting, July 25-26, 1994, Dino Tonini, International Centre of Hydrology, Monselice, Padova, Italy by D.Han, J. Yuan and I.D. Cluckie
6. Weather Radar Information Processing in Real-Time for Flood Forecasting, Belgirate, Italy, International Conference on Natural Risk and Civil Protection,   I.D. Cluckie. and D. Han, 26-29 Oct. 1993
5. A Regional Real-time Forecasting System  for Fast Response Catchments Utilising Weather Radar, Internaltion  Symposium on realtime flow forecasting,   I.D. Cluckie and D. Han , Italy, 1993
4. Developing Applications of Weather Radar in the Wessex Flood Forecasting System:  2nd International Symposium on Hydrological Application of Weather Radar, University of Hannnover,  L.M. Aucott, W. Grigg, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, Sep. 7-10, 1992
3. Maximum Entropy for Weather Radar Quantisation and its Stochastic Influence on the Kinematic Wave Model , Sixth IAHR International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics, National Taiwan University, Taipei,  I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, May 18-20, 1992
2. The influence of radar rainfall quantisation on flood forecasting.  International Workshop on Precipitation Measurement, St Moritz, Switzerland.,  I.D Cluckie, K.A. Tilford and D. Han, December 1989
1. Wessex flood forecasting system.  International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar.,  Salford, U.K.  C. Birks, A Bootman, I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, 1989

Abstracts

6. Global Sunshine Duration Estimation on a daily basis using Geostationary Satellite Imagery, M. A. Shamim, R. Remesan, and D. Han, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-4325-1, 2009, ISSN 1029-7006
5. Model Input Data Selection by the Gamma Test, D. Han, W. Yan and A. Moghaddamnia, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-9711-2, 2009, ISSN 1029-7006
4. Hydroinformatics Forecasting Contest I: motivation, catchment description and performance benchmarking, R.J. Abrahart, C.W. Dawson, D. Han, P. Coulibaly, A. Jain and, A.Y. Shamseldin 2007, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 07353, 2007, ISSN 1029-7006
3. Support Vector Machines for flood forecasting, Geophysical Research Abstracts, M. Bray, D. Han, Vol. 9, 08117, 2007, ISSN 1029-7006
2. Analysis of weather radar and raingauges for flood forecasting, M. Bray, D. Han, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 08066, 2007 , ISSN 1029-7006
1. HYDROMET Integrated Radar Experiment (HIRE): experimental setup and first results., Uijlenhoet, R et al, Cluckie, ID, Griffith, RJ & Han, D. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1(2), (pp. 486-486), 1999. ISSN: 1029-7006

Technical reports

23. Climate Change Research and Policy in the EU, 1 Nov 2010, Michaela Bray and Dawei Han, University of Bristol, pp 22, EU FP7 SPRING Project report
22. Numerical Weather Model Application, Technical report, 30 July 2009, Michaela Bray, Dawei Han and Paul Bates, University of Bristol, pp 85
21. Numerical Weather Model Application, User guide, 7 August 2009, Michaela Bray, Dawei Han and Paul Bates, University of Bristol, pp 23
20. “Integrated QPF with combined data from weather radar and numerical weather model”, Cluckie, I., D. Han, Xuan, Y. (2004a), Deliverable 4.1 (FLOODRELIEF Project)
19. “Preliminary Analysis on NWP-Based QPF over UK domain”, Cluckie, I., D. Han, Xuan, Y. (2004b).Deliverable 4.2 (FLOODRELIEF Project)
18. “Design studies on a Flood Proof House”, November 2002, Report for ICE R&D Enabling fund, D. Han, J. Davis, Z.  Hu, G. Lan, E. Maren, C. Twyman, pp37
17. "WRIP Modification”,  EA (Environment Agency) Research Report, D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Mar.,1997
16. "Hameldon Hill Radar Calibration Information”,  EA (Environment Agency) Research Report,  D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Feb.,1995
15. "Software Profile: A User Manual for NW STORM”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Feb., 1994
14. "Software Profile: A User Manual for NW RADARCOM”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Feb., 1994
13. "Davyhulme Rainfall Analysis”,  NWW (Northwest Water Plc) Research Report,  D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Feb.,1994
12. "Software Profile: A User Manual for NW WRIP”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Jan. 1994
11. "Assessment of the use of FRONTIERS forecast rainfall in flow forecasting in the North West”,  Report for NRA Northwest Region by D. Han and I.D. Cluckie, Feb. 1993
10. “Combined River/Tidal Flooding”: Final Report for EEC research council, I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, Jan.  1993
9. "Combined River/Tidal Flooding”: Interim Report for EEC research council, I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, Feb., 1992
8. "Software Profile: A User Manual for MATH”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Jan. 1992
7. "Software Profile: A User Manual for RADAR”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, Jan. 1992
6. "Software Profile: A User Manual for STORM”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, 1991
5. "Software Profile: A User Manual for WRIP”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, 1991
4. "Software Profile: A User Manual for RADARCOM”, Technical Report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, 1991
3. "Radar data sampling, quantisation and preliminary model assessment using Upavon data”.  WRIP report, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salford, U.K., I.D. Cluckie and D. Han, 1989
2. "Optimization for irrigation pipe networks", Research Report funded by Dept. of Science and Technology,   Ministry of Water Resource and Electricity, Nov. 1986
1. "Analysis of sprinkle irrigation evaporation and losses by wind"   Research Report Funded by China Planning Commission, 1984, J. L Shi and D. Han, 1984

 

My favourite quotes

 

“All models are wrong” - George Box (1987, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces)

“All data are wrong” - Dawei Han (2011, Flood Risk Assessment and Management)

“The reason for ‘all models are wrong’ is because ‘all data are wrong’” -  Jennie Han (2011, personal communication)