Dimitri P. Solomatine (corresponding author) UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015, 2601 DA, Delft, The Netherlands E-mail: d.solomatine@unesco-ihe.org Avi Ostfeld Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel Physically based (process) models based on mathematical descriptions of water motion are widely used in riv...

The temporal and spatial characteristics of droughts are investigated to provide a framework for sustainable water resources management in a semi-arid region. Using the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) as an indicator of drought severity, the characteristics of droughts are examined in the Conchos River Basin in Mexico. This basin is important to both the United States and Mexico, because t...

[1] In this opinion paper we contend that high-resolution characterization, monitoring, and prediction are the key elements to advancing and reducing uncertainty in our understanding and prediction of subsurface processes at basin scales. First, we advocate that recently developed tomographic surveying is an effective and high-resolution approach for characterizing the field-scale subsurface. F...

Mapping soil texture in a river basin is critically important for eco-hydrological studies and water resource management at the watershed scale. However, due to the scarcity of in situ observation of soil texture, it is very difficult to map the soil texture in high resolution using traditional methods. Here, we used an integrated method based on fuzzy logic theory and data fusion to map the so...

The arapaima, Arapaima gigas, is a fish whose populations are threatened by both overfishing and the ongoing destruction of its natural habitats. In the Amazon basin, varying levels of population structure have been found in A. gigas, although no data are available on the genetic diversity or structure of the populations found in the Araguaia-Tocantins basin, which has a topographic profile, hy...

Desertification of the arid and semi-arid lands of the world has been proceeding for more than a thousand years.Human-induced degradation in these areas is regularly cited as one of the principal causes of desertification.Euphrates and Tigris Basin as the case study of this research in some aspects is almost unique in the world. But thisbasin has been confronted to progressive desertification. ...

the purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to investigate effective factors on rural people participation in watershed management projects in dorod faraman & lalabad basin, kermanshah province. both qualitative and quantitative paradigms were considered in the study. the target population in quantitative section consisted all rural peoples in the dorod faraman & lalabad basin village...

Simulation and decision support tools facilitate a process of reasoning about potential future development paths of a system, e.g. a river system, under alternative management strategies. Joint scenario development and analysis with river basin authorities and stakeholders can inform and structure discussions on management goals and major uncertainties affecting river basin management in future...

A. J . KING*, K. A. WARD , P. O’CONNOR , D. GREEN , Z. TONKIN* AND J. MAHONEY* *Freshwater Ecology, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Heidelberg, Vic., Australia Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, Shepparton, Vic., Australia Forest Management, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Tatura, Vic., Australia Murray-...

We investigate terrestrial water storage (TWS) changes over the Sichuan Basin and the related impacts of water variations in the adjacent basins from GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), in situ river level, and precipitation data. Although GRACE shows water increased over the Sichuan Basin from January 2003 to February 2015, two heavy droughts in 2006 and 2011 have resulted in sign...