Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan
Assistant Professor
Speciality: Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Modelling
  • BS/BA: Rangeland and Watershed Management Engineering
  • MS: Watershed Management Engineering
  • PhD: Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering
  • Phone: 11 44553101
  • Fax: 11 44553499
  • Email: a.khaledi@modares.ac.ir
  • Address: School of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University
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Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan

Assistant Professor, Department of Watershed Management Engineering

Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University

46417-76489, Noor, Mazandaran, IRAN

Tel: +98 11 44553101 (-3), Fax: +98 11 44553499

 

 

Education

Feb 2009 – Feb 2013

Tarbiat Modares University

PhD, Effects of Initial Soil Moisture Content on Runoff and Soil Erosion Processes

Tehran, Iran

Sep 2003 – Feb 2005

Tarbiat Modares University

MSc, Downstream Changes of River Bed Sediment Morphometry

Tehran, Iran

 

Research Experience

Feb 2013 – present

Assistant Professor

Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Watershed Management Engineering

Tehran, Iran

Apr 2012 – Sep 2012

Sabbatical Researcher

Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS) - SGGW, Department of Water Engineering and Environmental Restoration

Warsaw, Poland

Feb 2009 – Feb 2013

PhD Candidate

Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Watershed Management Engineering

Tehran, Iran

Awards & Grants

Aug 2014

Award: Best PhD Thesis for the period 2013 selected by "Watershed Management Sosciety of Iran (WMSI)"

Feb 2013

Award: Golden Medalist in PhD Degree, GPA 18.99 / 20 (Thesis: 19.79 / 20)

Feb 2013

Award: First Doctoral Graduate at Tarbiat Modares University in the field of Watershed Management Science and Engineering

Sep 2010

Scholarship: PhD Student Scholarship from "Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology"

Dec 2008

Award: First Rank of PhD Entrance Examination

Feb 2005

Award: Golden Medalist in MSc Degree, GPA 18.42 / 20 (Thesis: 19.28 / 20)

Jul 2003

Award: Golden Medalist in BSc Degree, GPA 18.14 / 20

Jul 2003

Award: First Rank of MSc Entrance Examination

 

Skills & Activities

Skills

Environment, Hydrology, Watershed Management, Soil Erosion, Hydrological Modeling, Watershed Hydrology, Sediment Transport, Soil Science, Image Processing, Sediments, Rainfall Runoff Modelling, Sand and Gravel Mining, SDR, Sentiment Analysis, Granulometry, Data Mining, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Moisture, Land Degradation, Rainfall Simulation, Soil Conservation, History of Science, Teaching, Soil, Watershed Modeling, River Engineering, Surface Hydrology, …

Languages

Kurdish
Persian
English
Arabic

Scientific Memberships

IAHS
ICCE
Watershed Management Society of Iran

Interests

main research specialisms and interests are:
* Erosion Models at Watershed Scale
* Measuring Soil Erosion using Image Processing Technique
* River Bed Sediment Morphometry
* River Suspended Sediments
* Sediment Budgets
* Soil Erosion Processes

 

Publication Highlights

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Kazimierz Banasik, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Leszek Hejduk: Effects of Rain Intensity and Initial Soil Moisture on Hydrological Responses in Laboratory Conditions. International Agrophysics 04/2015; 29(2):165-173. DOI:10.1515/intag-2015-0020

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Vafa Homayounfar, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi: The impact of soil preparation on the soil erosion rates under laboratory conditions. Solid Earth Discussions 03/2015; 7(1):885-907. DOI:10.5194/sed-7-885-2015

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Pari Saeidi: A Review of the Application of the MUSLE Model Worldwide. Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques 02/2014; 59(2):365-375. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.866239

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Homaee, Mahmood Arabkhedri: Measuring Sheet Erosion using Synthetic Color-Contrast Aggregates. Hydrological Processes 07/2014; 28(15):4463–4471. DOI:10.1002/hyp.9956

 

Books

 

Book Chapters

 

Journal Publications

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Kazimierz Banasik, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Leszek Hejduk: Effects of Rain Intensity and Initial Soil Moisture on Hydrological Responses in Laboratory Conditions. International Agrophysics 04/2015; 29(2):165-173. DOI:10.1515/intag-2015-0020

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Mehdi Homaee, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Reducing sediment concentration and soil loss using organic and inorganic amendments at plot scale. Solid Earth 04/2015; 6(1):445-455. DOI:10.5194/sed-7-63-2015

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Vafa Homayounfar, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi: The impact of soil preparation on the soil erosion rates under laboratory conditions. Solid Earth Discussions 03/2015; 7(1):885-907. DOI:10.5194/sed-7-885-2015

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila gholami, Ehsan Sharifi Moghadam, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Mehdi Homaee: Scale effect on runoff and soil loss control using rice straw mulch under laboratory conditions. Solid Earth 01/2015; 6:1-8. DOI:10.5194/se-6-1-2015

Ehsan Sharifi Moghadam, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Effectability of Runoff and Sediment Components in Small Plots from Application of Vinasse Organic Residue.

Leila Gholami, Kazimierz Banasik, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Leszek Hejduk: Effectiveness of straw mulch on infiltration, splash erosion, runoff and sediment in laboratory conditions. Journal of Water and Land Development 10/2014; 22:51-60. DOI:10.2478/jwld-2014-0022

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Homaee, Mahmood Arabkhedri: Measuring Sheet Erosion using Synthetic Color-Contrast Aggregates. Hydrological Processes 07/2014; 28(15):4463–4471. DOI:10.1002/hyp.9956

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Pari Saeidi: A Review of the Application of the MUSLE Model Worldwide. Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques 02/2014; 59(2):365-375. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.866239

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Sudabe Gharemahmudli, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Hossein Kheirfam, Mahboobeh Kiani Harchegani, Pari Saeidi: Effect of river sand and gravel mining on monthly changeability of suspended sediment concentration.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Zahra Abdollahi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Experimental Comparison of Some Techniques for Estimating Natural Rain Drop Size Distribution in Southern Coast of Caspian Sea, Iran. Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques 08/2013; 58(6):1374-1382. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.814917

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Suitability of MUSLT for storm sediment yield prediction in Chehelgazi watershed, Iran. Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques 05/2013; 58(4):892-897. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.782406

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Design, Manufacture and Testing of Nozzle in Rainfall Simulator.

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Homaee, Mahmood Arabkhedri: Affectability of Runoff Threshold and Coefficient from Rainfall Intensity and Antecedent Soil Moisture Content in Laboratorial Erosion Plots.

Jabar Hadi Ghorghi, Mahmood Habibnezhad, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Efficiency of Different Data Separation Methods to Increase the Accuracy of Sediment Rating Curve; Case Study A Part of the Sefidrood Watershed.

Jabar Hadi Ghorghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Evaluating the Efficiency of Suspended Sediment Load Estimation Models in North and West of Iran (Case study: Gharasoo and Tajan Rivers).

Ataollah Kavian, Fatemeh Adineh, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Spatial Variation of Bedload Shape Characteristic towards Downstream (Case Study: Ghalesar Watershed, Sari).

Leila Gholami, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Evaluation of the Most Appropriate Time Basis of Rain Intensity in Determination of Storm Suspended Sediment.

Leila Gholami, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Storm-Wise Sediment Rating Loops in Chehelgazi Watershed of Gheshlagh Dam.

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami: Effects of Erosion Sensitivity and Different Land Uses on Morphometric Characteristics of Bed Sediments (Case Study: Vazrood River).

Fatemeh Adineh, Ataollah Kavian, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Effects of Watershed Physical Characteristics on Sedimentological and Morphometrical Characteristics of Bed Sediments in Downstream Direction (Case Study: Ghalesar Watershed, Mazandaran Province, Iran).

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abduvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Simulation Feasibility of Sedimentgraphs, using Time-Area Model.

Somayeh Fazli, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Study on the Event-base Sedimentgraphs in Khamsan Representative Watershed.

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulrasul Telvari: Calibration of USLE Different Versions in Chehelgazi Watershed in Kurdistan.

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami: Efficacy of Time-Area Method in simulating temporal variation of sediment yield in Chehelgazi watershed, Iran. Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Land Reclamation 01/2010; 42(1):51-60. DOI:10.2478/v10060-008-0064-8

Somayeh Fazli, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Rainfall-Runoff-Sediment Modelling.

Leila Gholami, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Modeling Storm-Wise Sediment Delivery Ratio Model in Chehelgazi Watershed by using Climatic and Hydrologic Characteristics.

Leila Gholami, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Abdulrasul Telvari: Storm-Wise Sediment Yield Prediction using Rainfall and Runoff Variables.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Abdulrasul Telvari: Analyzing Sedimentgraph Data in Chehelgazi Watershed of Gheshlagh Dam.

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mahdi Vafakhah, Leila Gholami: Recognition of Effective Physical Characteristics of Watershed on Bed Sediment Morphometry (Case Study: Vaz River).

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Abdulrasul Telvari: Comparison of Efficacy of Some Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Models in Storm-Wise Sediment Estimation.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Leila Gholami: Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Bed Sediment Morphometric Characteristics.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Comparison of Sediment Delivery Ratio Estimation Methods in Chehelgazi Watershed of Gheshlagh Dam.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Mahdi Vafakhah, Leila Gholami: Study on Changes in Morphometric Characteristics of Bed Materials in Downstream Ward of Vaz River.

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Mahdi Vafakhah: Study on Channel Hydraulic Characteristics on Morphometric Variations of Bed Sediment.

 

Patents

 

Conference Proceedings

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamid Reza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Review of some methods for estimating the natural and simulated raindrop size. The First National Conference on Natural Resources Management, Iran; 02/2013

Hussein Roshun, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Karim Solaimani, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Impact of Sand and Gravel Mining on Physical Characteristics of River Bed Sediments. 9th International River Engineering Conference; 01/2013

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Homaee, Mahmood Arabkhedri: Potential Use of Synthetic Color-Contrast Aggregates and a Digital Image Processing Technique in Soil Splash Measurements. ICCE in 2012 International Symposium "Erosion and Sediment Yields in the Changing Environment"; 10/2012

Hussein Roshun, Karim Solaimani, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Employing GIS to River Hydraulic Analysis Using HEC-RAS Model (Case Study: Zaremrood River, Mazandaran Province). 3th Symposium on Climate Change & Dendrochronology; 01/2012

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Evaluation of Flour Method for Estimation of Drop Size Distribution of Natural Rain as one of the Rain Erosivity Factors. 8th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering; 01/2012

Jabar Hadi Ghorghi, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Mahmood Habibnezhad, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Enhance the Relationship between Flow Discharge and Sediment Load in Hydroclimatic Seasons. 3th Symposium on Climate Change & Dendrochronology; 01/2012

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamid Reza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Estimation of raindrop size distribution using stain method. 1th national conferences of Strategies for achieving sustainable agriculture, Iran; 06/2011

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamid Reza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Estimation of natural raindrop size distribution in Mazandaran climate. Iranian Geography student congress, Tehran, Iran; 06/2011

Zahra Abdollahi, Seyed Hamid Reza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Estimation of raindrop size distribution using Stain method. The first National Conference on Sustainable agriculture, Iran; 06/2011

Fatemeh Adineh, Ataollah Kavian, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Investigation of Geology Properties Effect on Bed Load Morphometry Factors in Watershed. 7th Conference of the Iranian Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment; 01/2011

Hussein Roshun, Ghorban Vahabzadeh, Karim Solaimani, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: The Importance of Lithologic Units in Erosion and Sediment Studies (Case Study: Zarem Rood Watershed). 15th Conference of Geological Society of Iran; 01/2011

Jabar Hadi Ghorghi, Mahmood Habibnezhad, Karim Solaimani, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Study on the Methods of Increasing the accuracy of Sediment Rating Curve in Telvar and Chamshoor Rivers of Kurdistan Province. 7th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering; 01/2011

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Pari Saeidi, Mahboobe Kiani Harchegani, Mahboobe Moatamednia, Hiva Yaghmaei, Hamze Noor, Mohamad Bagher Raisi: Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Yield of Suspended Sediment, Heavy Metals and Some other Water Pollutants in One of the Watersheds Drained to Caspian Sea. 1st National-Regional Conference on Ecology of the Caspian Sea (FCECS2010); 01/2010

Bahar Salavati, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Monitoring of Land Use Changes in Kurdistan Province Watersheds by using GIS. 6th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering; 01/2010

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Vahide Sadat Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Leila Gholami: Feasibility Study on Image Processing Usage in Sediment Granulometry. 4th Conference on Watershed, Soil and Water Management; 01/2009

Bahar Salavati, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Variability of Fitted Distributions on Precipitation Data from Sanandadj Synoptic Station in Different Time Scales. 5th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering; 01/2009

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Leila Gholami, Abdulrasul Telvari: Comparison of Efficacy and Calibration of musle-e and musle-s Models in Storm-Wise Sediment Estimation. 5th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering; 01/2009

Vahideh Sadat Sadeghi, Hossein Miar Naeimi, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: River Sediment Segmenation Using Image Processing. 2nd Iranian Data Mining Conference; 01/2008

Leila Gholami, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Comparison Sediment Delivery Ratio Methods in Chehelgazi Watershed of Gheshlagh Dam. 4th National Seminar on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering, Iran; 01/2008

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Leila Gholami, Sedigh Mohamadpoor: Introducing Macro Program “GRADISTAT” for Granulometry Statistics Calculations. 3th Conference on Watershed, Soil and Water Management; 01/2007

Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Namegh Fadaei, Leila Gholami: Study on Occurrence Causes of Dagaga Landslide, Kurdistan Province, Iran. 3th Conference on Watershed, Soil and Water Management; 01/2007

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Study on Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Increasing of Sediment Transportability. 7th International River Engineering Conference; 01/2007

Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mahdi Vafakhah, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan: Important Hydraulic Factors Controlling Morphometric Characteristics of Bed Loads. 5th Iranian Hydraulic Conference; 01/2005

 

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