Page ii ABSTRACT The ability to sense humidity and wetness is an important sensory attribute for many species across the animal kingdom, including humans. Although this sensory ability plays an important role in many human physiological and behavioural functions, as humans’ largest sensory organ i.e. the skin seems not to be provided with specific receptors for the sensation of wetness (i.e. hy...

Erosion is the main threat to sustainable water and soil management in Morocco. Located Souss-Massa watershed, rural municipality of El Faid remains an area where gully erosion a major factor involved degradation flooding. The aim this study predict spatial distribution at scale evaluate predictive capacity three prediction methods (frequency ratio (FR), logistic regression (LR), random forest ...

Flash flood are natural disasters that frequently occur in Malaysia especially urban areas. Due to this, the development of flash susceptibility mapping one tools used aid local authority reducing and managing impact. Frequency Ratio (FR) is a popular method predictive modeling because its capabilities determine critical conditioning factor flood. The aim this research was compare standalone FR...

Identifying areas prone to flooding is a key step in flood risk management. The purpose of this study develop and present novel susceptibility model based on Bayesian Additive Regression Tree (BART) methodology. predictive performance the new assessed via comparison with Naïve Bayes (NB) Random Forest (RF) methods that were previously published literature. All models tested real case Kan waters...

In this study, a random subspace-based function tree (RSFT) was developed for landslide susceptibility modeling, and by comparing with bagging-based (BFT), classification regression (CART), Naïve-Bayes (NBTree) Classifier, to judge the performance difference between hybrid model single models. first step, according characteristics of geological environment previous literature, 12 conditioning f...

Plecoptera, an environmentally sensitive order of aquatic insects commonly used in water quality monitoring is experiencing decline across the globe. This study addresses landscape factors that impact species richness stoneflies using US Geological Survey Hierarchical Unit Code 8 drainage scale (HUC8) state Indiana. Over 6300 specimen records from regional museums, literature, and recent effort...

Orchards have a high potential for carbon sequestration. However, little research is available on the spatial variability at catchment scale and difference between tree area lanes. We analyzed theik of soil organic stock, SOCstock 90 cm depth in an 8-ha Southern Spain with olives vertic soil. Results showed higher concentration, SOC, as compared to lane up 60 depth, but its impact was negligibl...

CLASS Spatial Analyst is a GIS tool which can be used for spatial modelling. The tool generates a number of spatial layers that can be used for many practical applications. These include climate zoning, multi-resolution DEMs, Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) / Compound Topographic Index (CTI), lateral multiple flow paths, accumulation and dispersion of water and solutes from hazard areas, estima...

2) Section 1, line 84: “in the study the relationship of the temporal and spatial variation of soil moisture is determined by establishing its controlling factors . . .” The sentence is revised as “in this study the relationship between variation of soil moisture and its controlling factors (e.g. topography and precipitation) is established.” That mean the modified wetness index. Line 110: “. ....