Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1364: Hybrid Methodology for the Estimation of Crop Coefficients Based on Satellite Imagery and Ground-Based Measurements Water doi: 10.3390/w11071364 Authors: Spiliotopoulos Loukas The objective of the current study was the investigation of specific relationships between crop coefficients and vegetation indices (VI) computed at the water-limited environment of Lake Karla Watershed, Thessaly, in central Greece. A Mapping ET (evapotranspiration) at high Resolution...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1363: Study on Pipe Burst Detection Frame Based on Water Distribution Model and Monitoring System Water doi: 10.3390/w11071363 Authors: Weiping Cheng Gang Xu Hongji Fang Dandan Zhao This paper describes an infrastructure to detect burst events in a water distribution network, which we illustrate using the Guangzhou water distribution system (WDS). We consider three issues: The feasibility and capability of accurate detection, the layout and design of the...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1365: Flood Risk Analysis for Cascade Dam Systems: A Case Study in the Dadu River Basin in China Water doi: 10.3390/w11071365 Authors: Cai Zhu Peng Wang Fan To quantify the flood risks in cascade dam systems, it is critical to analyze the risk factors and potential breaking failure paths. In this study, Bayesian networks (BNs) were applied to create a flood risk analysis model for a cascade dam system. Expert experiment, historical data, and computational...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1360: The Analysis of Short-Term Dataset of Water Stable Isotopes Provides Information on Hydrological Processes Occurring in Large Catchments from the Northern Italian Apennines Water doi: 10.3390/w11071360 Authors: Cervi Dadomo Martinelli This study discusses a dataset of water stable isotopes from precipitation (4 rain gauges) and surficial water (9 rivers) from the northern Italian Apennines, an area in which clay-rich bedrocks widely outcrop and the...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1358: Study on the Mathematical Model of Vacuum Breaker Valve for Large Air Mass Conditions Water doi: 10.3390/w11071358 Authors: Zhang Fan Yu Zhang Lv Xu The mathematical model of vacuum breaker valve is significant to the protection scheme. The more accurate the vacuum breaker valve model, the more reliable the calculation results. In this study, the application conditions of the air valve model are analyzed according to the assumptions used...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1361: Analysis of the Effect of Uncertainty in Rainfall-Runoff Models on Simulation Results Using a Simple Uncertainty-Screening Method Water doi: 10.3390/w11071361 Authors: Shin Kim Various uncertainty analysis methods have been used in various studies to analyze the uncertainty of rainfall-runoff models; however, these methods are difficult to apply immediately as they require a long learning time. In this study, we propose a simple uncertainty-screening...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1359: Risk Evaluation Model of Life Loss Caused by Dam-break Flood and Its Application Water doi: 10.3390/w11071359 Authors: Wei Li Zongkun Li Wei Ge Sai Wu The internal mechanism affecting life loss caused by a dam-break flood is complicated. On the basis of analyzing the risk formation path, a risk evaluation indicator system was established which included the hazards, exposure and vulnerability factors. Variable Fuzzy Sets theory was introduced into...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1357: Comparison and Analysis of Different Discrete Methods and Entropy-Based Methods in Rain Gauge Network Design Water doi: 10.3390/w11071357 Authors: Yanyan Huang Hongli Zhao Yunzhong Jiang Xin Lu Zheng Hao Hao Duan A reasonable rain gauge network layout can provide accurate regional rainfall data and effectively support the monitoring, development and utilization of water resources. Currently, an increasing number of network design methods based...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1362: Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probes in Validating Satellite Soil Moisture Products and Land Surface Models Water doi: 10.3390/w11071362 Authors: Mustafa Berk Duygu Zuhal Akyürek Soil moisture content is one of the most important parameters of hydrological studies. Cosmic-ray neutron sensing is a promising proximal soil moisture sensing technique at intermediate scale and high temporal resolution. In this study, we validate satellite soil moisture products for...
Sun Jun 30, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1355: New Insights of the Sicily Channel and Southern Tyrrhenian Sea Variability Water doi: 10.3390/w11071355 Authors: Milena Menna Pierre-Marie Poulain Daniele Ciani Andrea Doglioli Giulio Notarstefano Riccardo Gerin Marie-Helene Rio Rosalia Santoleri Adam Gauci Aldo Drago The dynamics of the Sicily Channel and the southern Tyrrhenian Sea are highly influenced by the seasonal variability of the Mediterranean basin-wide circulation, by...
Sat Jun 29, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1356: Effect of Frequency of Multi-Source Water Supply on Regional Guarantee Rate of Water Use Water doi: 10.3390/w11071356 Authors: Shanghong Zhang Jiasheng Yang Zan Xu Cheng Zhang Multi-source, combined water supply models play an increasingly important role in solving regional water supply problems. At present, in the area of regional water supply, models are mainly used to study the problem of overall water guarantee rate, and do not take into account...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1350: Hydrological Cycle and Lake Water Source Indicated by Microrelief-Evaporite-Vegetation-Runoff Assemblage of Badain Jaran Desert Water doi: 10.3390/w11071350 Authors: Yandong Ma Jingbo Zhao Tianjie Shao Zhifeng Jia Zhiqiang Zhao Zilong Guan The hydrologic process of the sandy desert remains a focus in research in arid areas. Three major natural phenomena that can indicate the hydrological cycle in the extremely dry Badain Jaran Desert were found,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1353: Estimation of Reservoir Sediment Flux through Bottom Outlet with Combination of Numerical and Empirical Methods Water doi: 10.3390/w11071353 Authors: Huang Lin Ho Tan Sediment deposition issues for reservoirs are important in Taiwan because the severe deposition could excessively decrease the reservoir lifecycle. Extreme storm events usually can carry a massive amount of sediment into reservoirs, and deposition will happen unless the incoming...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1352: Simultaneous Sensor Placement and Pressure Reducing Valve Localization for Pressure Control of Water Distribution Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w11071352 Authors: Cao Hopfgarten Ostfeld Salomons Li Many studies on pressure sensor (PS) placement and pressure reducing valve (PRV) localization in water distribution systems (WDSs) have been made with the objective of improving water leakage detection and pressure reduction, respectively. However,...
Sat Jun 29, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1354: Expected Shifts in Nekton Community Following Salinity Reduction: Insights into Restoration and Management of Transitional Water Habitats Water doi: 10.3390/w11071354 Authors: Luca Scapin Matteo Zucchetta Andrea Bonometto Alessandra Feola Rossella Boscolo Brusà Adriano Sfriso Piero Franzoi A restoration project is planned to take place in the northern Venice lagoon (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy), aiming at introducing freshwater into a confined...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1349: MR-WC-MPS: A Multi-Resolution WC-MPS Method for Simulation of Free-Surface Flows Water doi: 10.3390/w11071349 Authors: Mohammad Amin Nabian Leila Farhadi A Multi-Resolution Weakly Compressible Moving-Particle Semi-Implicit (MR-WC-MPS) method is presented in this paper for simulation of free-surface flows. To reduce the computational costs, as with the multi-grid schemes used in mesh-based methods, there is also a need in particle methods to efficiently...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1348: Integrated Coagulation-Membrane Processes with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Configuration for the Treatment of Oil Sands Produced Water Water doi: 10.3390/w11071348 Authors: Farshad Mohammadtabar Behnam Khorshidi Armin Hayatbakhsh Mohtada Sadrzadeh This study explores the feasibility of implementing five hybrid coagulation-membrane processes for the treatment of the boiler blow-down (BBD) water from an oil sands steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1347: Assessing the Functional Response to Streamside Fencing of Pastoral Waikato Streams, New Zealand Water doi: 10.3390/w11071347 Authors: Katharina Doehring Joanne E. Clapcott Roger G. Young In New Zealand, streamside fencing is a well-recognised restoration technique for pastoral waterways. However, the response of stream ecosystem function to fencing is not well quantified. We measured the response to fencing of eight variables describing ecosystem function...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1351: Efficiency of Combined Processes Coagulation/Solar Photo Fenton in the Treatment of Landfill Leachate Water doi: 10.3390/w11071351 Authors: Liceth P. Rebolledo Victoria A. Arana Jorge Trilleras Gustavo E. Barros Arturo J. González-Solano Henry Maury-Ardila The combined coagulation-solar photo Fenton treatment of leachate from the sanitary landfill located in Atlantico-Colombia was investigated. Firstly, the efficiency of two alternative combined...
Sat Jun 29, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1345: Development of Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces on the Eastern Frontal Sector of the Southern Apennines Chain, Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w11071345 Authors: Giannandrea Giano Sulpizio The investigation of Pleistocene fluvial terraces in the small river valley of the Pescogrosso Stream and surrounding areas has shown a complex and positive location for the study of a fluvial catchment development. The Pescogrosso Stream is a left tributary of the Sinni River...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1344: Energy Sorghum Production under Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of Texas
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1344: Energy Sorghum Production under Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of Texas Water doi: 10.3390/w11071344 Authors: Juan Enciso Jose C. Chavez Girisha Ganjegunte Samuel D. Zapata Water availability and supply are critical factors in the production of bioenergy. Dry biomass productivity and water use efficiency (WUE) of two biomass sorghum cultivars (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) were studied in two different climatic locations during 2014 and 2015. The...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1346: Assessment of Field Water Uniformity Distribution in a Microirrigation System using a SCADA System Water doi: 10.3390/w11071346 Authors: Solé-Torres Duran-Ros Arbat Pujol Ramírez de Cartagena Puig-Bargués Microirrigation is an efficient irrigation technique, although when wastewater is used the probability of operation problems such as emitter clogging increases. In most of microirrigation systems, control of irrigation performance is...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1342: Field Investigation on River Hydrochemical Characteristics and Larval and Juvenile Fish in the Source Region of the Yangtze River Water doi: 10.3390/w11071342 Authors: Zhao Li Lin Guo Zhao Tang Gong Li Xu The source region of the Yangtze River (SRYR) is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the climatic conditions and alpine-cold natural conditions are harsh. Field investigations of the hydrochemical characteristics and...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1341: Effects of Ca2+ Concentration on Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Reactor Microbial Community Structure Water doi: 10.3390/w11071341 Authors: Ma Jin Zhang The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) reaction removes nitrogen from wastewater, the performance of which is influenced by Ca2+; however, the effect of Ca2+ on microbial community structure is unclear. Therefore, the effects of Ca2+ concentration on the treatment performance of an anammox reactor...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1340: Precipitation Estimation Methods in Continuous, Distributed Urban Hydrologic Modeling Water doi: 10.3390/w11071340 Authors: Woodson Adams Dymond Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) remains a key area of uncertainty in hydrological modeling and prediction, particularly in small, urban watersheds, which respond rapidly to precipitation and can experience significant spatial variability in rainfall fields. Few studies have compared QPE methods...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1339: Release of Heavy Metals and Metalloids from Two Contaminated Soils to Surface Runoff in Southern China: A Simulated-Rainfall Experiment Water doi: 10.3390/w11071339 Authors: Wei Liu Routh Tang Liu Liu Luo Li Zhang The release of heavy metals and metalloids (HMs), including Pb, Zn, Cd, As, and Cu, from two typical contaminated soils with different properties, namely red soil and limestone-dominated soil, was characterized through...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1343: Riparian Land-Use Impacts on Stream Bank and Gully Erosion in Agricultural Watersheds: What We Have Learned Water doi: 10.3390/w11071343 Authors: George N. Zaimes Mustafa Tufekcioglu Richard C. Schultz Stream bank and gully erosion are major sources of nonpoint source pollutants, especially in landscapes dominated by agriculture. Implementation of upland conservation practices in landscapes dominated by agriculture reduces upland sediment transport more...
Fri Jun 28, 2019 03:00
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