MOHAMMAD KIFAYATH CHOWDHURY


Publications
Peer Reviewed
(4) Chowdhury, M. K., Blom, A., Ylla Arbos, C., & Schielen, R. M. J., (2026). Climate-ChangeProjections of Flow Distribution Across the Rhine Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 131(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JF008705
(3) Blom, A., Ylla Arbos, C., Chowdhury, M. K., Doelman , A., Rietkerk , M., & Schielen, R. M.J., (2024). Indications of Ongoing Noise-Tipping of a Bifurcating River System. Geophysical ResearchLetters, 51(22). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111846
(2) Chowdhury, M. K.*, Blom, A., Arbós, C. Y., Verbeek, M. C., Schropp, M. H., & Schielen, R. M. (2023). Semicentennial Response of a Bifurcation Region in an Engineered River to Peak Flows and Human Interventions. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032741. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032741
(1) Chowdhury, M.K.*, K.M Konsoer, and M. Hiatt (2022), Effect of lateral outflow on three-dimensional flow structure in a river delta, Water Resources Research, e2021WR031346. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031346
Conference Abstract and Presentations
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(16) Chowdhury, M.K., Blom, A.′, Ylla Arb´os, C., & Schielen, R. M. J., Climate Change Impact on a
River Bifurcation Region, 14th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Meeting
(RCEM), Barcelona, September 2025.
(15) Chowdhury, M.K., Blom, A., Ylla Arb´os, C., & Schielen, R. M. J.′, Projected climate-change impacts
on the flow partitioning in the bifurcation region in the upper Rhine delta, NCR Days 2025, Deltares,
Delft, The Netherlands, May 2025.
(14) Chowdhury, M.K., Blom, A., & Schielen, R. M. J.,Response of a river bifurcation region to climate-
induced hydrograph changes, River Flow 2024, Liverpool, September 2024.
(13) Chowdhury, M.K.′, Blom, A., Ylla Arb´os, C., & Schielen, R. M. J., Developing a Model to Study
the Climate Change Impact on River Bifurcations in Engineered Rivers, NCR Days 2024, Wageningen
University & Research campus, Wageningen, Netherlands, February 2024.
(12) Blom, A.′, Schielen, R. M. J., Ylla Arbos, C., Doelman , A., Rietkerk , M., & Chowdhury, M. K.,
A Possible Sign of Fluvial System Tipping, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 2023.
(11) Chowdhury, M.K.′, Blom, A., & Schielen, R. M. J., How do Bifurcations in Engineered Rivers Respond
to Sea level Rise, 13th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Meeting (RCEM),
Urbana, IL, September 2023.
(10) Chowdhury, M.K.′, Blom, A., Ylla Arb´os, C., Verbeek, M. C., Schropp, M. H. I., & Schielen, R. M.
J., Response of the Upper Dutch Rhine Bifurcation Region to Peak flows, NCR Days 2023, Nijmegen,
Netherlands, April 2023.
(9) Chowdhury, M.K.′, Blom, A., Ylla Arb´os, C., Verbeek, M. C., Schropp, M. H. I., & Schielen, R. M. J.,
How Does a River Bifurcation System Respond to Peak Flows? A Case Study of the Upper Dutch Rhine
Bifurcation Region, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, December 2022.
(8) Blom, A., Schielen, R. M. J., Ylla Arbos, C., Doelman , A., Rietkerk , M., & Chowdhury, M. K.′,
Evidence of tipping of a fluvial system?, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL,
December 2022.
(7) Chowdhury, M.K.′, Blom, A., & Schielen, R. M. J., Flow partitioning at a bifurcation in the Upper
Dutch Rhine, 11th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow 2022, Canada, November
2022.
(6) Chowdhury, M.K.′, A. Blom, C. Ylla Arbos, Merel C. Verbeek, Max H. I. Schropp, & R.M.J. Schielen,
Channel Bed Erosion Characteristics in the Upper Dutch Rhine Bifurcation Region, NCR DAYS 2022:
Anthropogenic Rivers, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, April 2022.
(5) Chowdhury, M.K.′, A. Blom, & R. Schielen, (2021). Bifurcation Morphodynamics in an Engineered
River, River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Meeting (RCEM), November 2021.
(4) Chowdhury, M.K.′, A. Blom, & R.M.J. Schielen, (2021). Flow Structure at the Pannerdense Kop
Bifurcation, NCR DAYS 2021: Rivers in an uncertain future, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
(3) Chowdhury, M.K.′, K.M. Konsoer, and M. Hiatt, Effects of backwater and lateral outflow on three-
dimensional flow structure in a river-dominated delta, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 2019.
(2) Chowdhury, M.K.′, N. Zaman, A study on the ocean current pattern in the Bay of Bengal and feasibility
of ocean current energy extraction in the Bay of Bengal, International Conference on Marine Technology
(MARTEC), Dhaka, December 2016.
(1) Fuad, N.′, Chowdhury, M.K., M. S. Yasin, & M. M. Karim, (2017). Development of a Novel Device for
Harnessing Wasted Energy Behind a Marine Propeller, International Conference on Marine Technology
(MARTEC), Dhaka, December 2016.