Publications

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Journal Articles

  1. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2025). Critical evaluation of viability of mini disc infiltrometer for determining unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering, ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10461
  2. Naik, A. P., Norbu, T., & Pekkat, S. (2024) “Comparison of Flux-based and head-based methods for determination of near-surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ”. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2305745
  3. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2023). “An appraisal on the soil wetting water retention characteristic curve determined from mini disk infiltrometer and sensor measurements”. Acta Geophysica, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-00932-2
  4. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2022). “Time dependence of hydraulic parameters estimation from transient analysis of mini disc infiltrometer measurements”. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(2), e13228. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13228
  5. Ghosh, B., Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2022). “Rectangular Hyperbola Method for the Estimation of Soil Near Surface Hydraulic Conductivity Based on Short Term Infiltration Measurements”. Eurasian Soil Science, 55(12), 1761-1769. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229322601202
  6. Naik, A. P., Ghosh, B., & Pekkat, S. (2019). “Estimating soil hydraulic properties using mini disk infiltrometer”. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 25(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2018.1471363

Book Chapters

  1. Naik, A.P., Pekkat, S. (2022). “Discrepancy in Infiltration Equation Parameters While Using Ponded and Tension Boundary Pressure Head Conditions”. In: Jha, R., Singh, V.P., Singh, V., Roy, L.B., Thendiyath, R. (eds) Hydrological Modeling. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 109. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81358-1_22

Conferences

  1. Naik, A. P.,, & Pekkat, S. (2025) “Evaluating a rapid approach for estimating soil hydraulic conductivity function from near-surface infiltration measurements” European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, Copernicus Meetings, 27 April - 2 May 2025; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15178, 2025 (Accepted)
  2. Illangaskare, T., Naik, A. P., Fries, E. M., Higgins, C. P., & Singha, K. (2025) “Study of PFAS transport and retention in heterogeneous and disturbed vadose zone soils”, 4th InterPore Australian Chapter Meeting & 16th International Symposium on Wettability and Porous Media, 2025
  3. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2023) “Determination of wetting soil water characteristics curve from disk infiltrometer measurements”, Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT 2023); 2nd-5th May 2023, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338225006 (Poster Presentation)
  4. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2022) “Analysing unsaturated flow using retention curves from field and laboratory infiltration measurements”, AGU Fall Meeting, 12-16 December 2022. (Poster Presentation)
  5. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2021) “Assessing soil water retention parameters obtained from two different databases using inverse modeling”, AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2021. (Oral Presentation)
  6. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2021) “A Comparative assessment of estimated soil hydraulic conductivity from rainfall simulator and infiltrometer using laboratory repacked soil samples”, EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 April 2021; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7099 (Oral Presentation)
  7. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2020) “Influence of time on hydraulic conductivity estimation using Mini Disc Infiltrometer”, ASCE India Conference, Kolkata, India. 2-4 March 2020. (Oral Presentation)
  8. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2019) “A comparative assessment of infiltration characteristics obtained using two disc infiltrometers”, 16th Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 2019, Suntec, Singapore, 28 July – 2 Aug 2019. (Oral Presentation)
  9. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2019) “Soil Hydraulic Characterization using mini disc infiltrometer”, Research Conclave, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India. 14-17 March 2019. (Poster Presentation)
  10. Naik, A. P., & Pekkat, S. (2018) “Discrepancy in infiltration equation parameters while using ponded and tension boundary pressure head conditions”, ISH - HYDRO 2018 INTERNATIONAL, NIT Patna, Bihar, India. 19-21 Dec 2018. (Oral Presentation)
  11. Naik, A. P., Ghosh, B., & Pekkat, S. (2016) “Estimating soil hydraulic properties using mini disc infiltrometer”, ISH - HYDRO 2016 INTERNATIONAL, CWPRS, Pune, India. 8-10 Dec 2016. (Oral Presentation)