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Hello all,
Please see the dynamic link of IMD
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/today.htm
It gives daily weather observations of 08 30 hours IST at some 60 important
stations in India every morning.
Vijayakumar
Dear colleagues,
I am Nanang Fitriana. from Indonesia. I did my post graduation in
Water Resources Engineering and have nearly two years experience in
hydrological projects and studies.
I was mainly concentrated in research projects dealing with Design and
management of water resources.
I am looking forward for a suitable position, where I can improve my
professional skill and career.
Detailed curriculum vitae will be sent on request.
Advise/Suggestions from experts in this field are also requested.
Hoping to hear a favorable response.
Regards
Nanang Fitriana
Nanang Fitriana.
Hydrologist,
PT. Indra Karya (Persero) Consulting Engineering,
Jakarta
Ph:+6221-8192636,Mobile +6281324037732
eN_Fitriane@...
Dear Anil,
I hope you are in India. With that connection, I am suggesting you to try CSIR,
UGC, DST new delhi for financial support to attend the conference.
I am sure if you are the first time applicant for them, you will get the TA from
them.
But reg. cost you have to ask with the conf. authority to releave it.
Sometimes your univ. also have some scheme to provide financial assitance for
such int. conference to attend.
With best wishes,
Suresh babu.
"Defeat the Defeat, Before the Defeat defeats You".
P. SURESH BABU
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING
ANNA UNIVERSITY,CHENNAI-600025.
PH: 22351723 EXTN: 3121
RES:
5/157-A, "CP.GEETHA ILLAM",
1st MAIN ROAD, SARASWATHY NAGAR,
VALLALAR STREET,
OTTERI EXTENSION,
VANDALUR,
CHENNAI-48.
PH:91-44-22751433
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> To: hydrologymodel@...
> From: kothari_anil23@...
> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:06:46 +0100
> Subject: [hydrologymodel] to seek financial assistance for attending a
conference
>
> Sir ,
>
> I am working in a university as soil and water engineer for dryland research
and my paper had been accepted in 3rd APHW international conference scheduled to
be held at Bangkok from oct16-18,2006. I am looking for financial help to attend
the same, kindly guide me about the sources to be tapped.
>
> anil kothari
Victor,
Thank you for your inquiry. To find the links to free publications as
well as links to free software, you first must be a member of the
AQTESOLV group. To join, go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AQTESOLV/
After joining the group and signing in, proceed to the Links section
of the group to find all of the links that I've collected. Enjoy!
Kind regards,
Glenn
AQTESOLV v4.0 now available!
AQTESOLV: http://www.aqtesolv.com/
Aquifer Test Forum: http://www.aquifertest.com/forum/
Bookstore: http://www.aquifertest.com/forum/bookstore.htm
--- In hydrologymodel@..., Zong Woo Geem <zwgeem@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Where can I find the publications in the website? The web site looks
> like software-related.
>
> Victor
>
> --- hydrosolve <hydrosolve@y...>
> > You are invited to visit the AQTESOLV Users Group at
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AQTESOLV/
> >
> > to find over 40 links to free hydrological publications including
> > topics such as aquifer testing and groundwater modeling.
> >
> > Please send a message to AQTESOLV-owner@yahoogroups.com if you
> > would
> > like to contribute a link to this list.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Glenn
> >
> > AQTESOLV v4.0 now available!
> > AQTESOLV: http://www.aqtesolv.com/
> > Aquifer Test Forum: http://www.aquifertest.com/forum/
> > Bookstore: http://www.aquifertest.com/forum/bookstore.htm
>
Sir ,
I am working in a university as soil and water engineer for dryland research
and my paper had been accepted in 3rd APHW international conference scheduled to
be held at Bangkok from oct16-18,2006. I am looking for financial help to attend
the same, kindly guide me about the sources to be tapped.
anil kothari
Dear Rakesh,
There are lot of opportunities available at UK, USA especially for Hydrologist
post.
You can try ASCE webpage, in which there is "career centre" available. You can
search in that for required post up to date.
http://careers.asce.org/careerdev/
Likewise in UK also you can try with some consultant, like Allen and York, etc.
http://www.allen-york.com/home.asp
And also try to find with Newscientist, job.co.uk, etc.
With best wishes,
Suresh babu
"Defeat the Defeat, Before the Defeat defeats You".
P. SURESH BABU
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING
ANNA UNIVERSITY,CHENNAI-600025.
PH: 22351723 EXTN: 3121
RES:
5/157-A, "CP.GEETHA ILLAM",
1st MAIN ROAD, SARASWATHY NAGAR,
VALLALAR STREET,
OTTERI EXTENSION,
VANDALUR,
CHENNAI-48.
PH:91-44-22751433
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> To: hydrologymodel@...
> From: rakeshedappal@...
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:45:22 -0700
> Subject: [hydrologymodel] Hydrologist seeking suitable position
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am Rakesh.K.N. from India. I did my post graduation in Soil and Water
Engineering and have nearly four years experience in hydrological research and
studies.
>
> I was mainly concentrated in research projects dealing with surface water
hydrology.
>
> I am looking forward for a suitable position, where I can improve my
professional skill and career.
>
> Detailed curriculum vitae will be sent on request.
>
> Advise/Suggestions from experts in this field are also requested.
>
> Hoping to hear a favorable response.
>
> Regards
> Rakesh.K.N.
>
>
> Rakesh.K.N.
> Assistant Field Hydrologist,
> Asoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Enviornment,
> Bangalore-24
> India
>
> Ph:+91-9448904921, +91-80-23530069
> rakesh@...
Dear colleagues,
I am Rakesh.K.N. from India. I did my post graduation in Soil and Water
Engineering and have nearly four years experience in hydrological research and
studies.
I was mainly concentrated in research projects dealing with surface water
hydrology.
I am looking forward for a suitable position, where I can improve my
professional skill and career.
Detailed curriculum vitae will be sent on request.
Advise/Suggestions from experts in this field are also requested.
Hoping to hear a favorable response.
Regards
Rakesh.K.N.
Rakesh.K.N.
Assistant Field Hydrologist,
Asoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Enviornment,
Bangalore-24
India
Ph:+91-9448904921, +91-80-23530069
rakesh@...
Greetings !!!
This is just to inform that I have recently updated Hydrology links on my web
site. You are invited to visit:
Kumar Links to Hydrology Resources
http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/hydrology.html
I hope this compilation will continue to be useful for the Hydrology community.
Regards
Kumar
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C. P. KUMAR
Scientist 'E1'
National Institute of Hydrology
Jal Vigyan Bhawan
Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal)
INDIA
Web Page : http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/
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Dear SUJANA DHAR,
All unpublished papers on ecologic, hydrologic and environmental aspects of
rivers including statistical analysis, economical assessment , mathematical
modeling, GIS and RS, case studies and reviews welcome.
Regards
Eslamian
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Visiting Professor of Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
E-322 Engineering Quadrangular
Princeton University, Princeton
New Jersey 08544-5264
USA
Ph:(609)258-8308(Office),(609)258-6383(Lab)
(609)258-2799 (Fax), (646)512-4692 (Cell)
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From: SUJANA DHAR <sujana_dhar007@...>
Date: Saturday, July 1, 2006 8:30 am
Subject: [hydrologymodel] Papers: Special Issue of IJEES on "Stream Ecology and
Low Flow"
To: hydrologymodel@...
>
> Sir
>
> I would like to submit a hydrological analysis case study on
> Ajay river basin in India
>
> It is a future / present water availability scenario with emphasis
> on soil moisture accounting parameters using HEC HMS Modeling software
>
> would it be apt for your special issue? if so kindly inform
>
>
>
> SUJANA DHAR M.E ( GEO TECH )
>
>
>
> SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
>
>
>
> SCHOOL OF WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
>
> JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
>
> KOLKATA 700 032
>
> INDIA
>
>
>
> MOBILE PHONE +91 98300 39646
>
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> FAX 033 2 414 6886
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Sir
I would like to submit a hydrological analysis case study on Ajay river basin
in India
It is a future / present water availability scenario with emphasis on soil
moisture accounting parameters using HEC HMS Modeling software
would it be apt for your special issue? if so kindly inform
SUJANA DHAR M.E ( GEO TECH )
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
SCHOOL OF WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
KOLKATA 700 032
INDIA
MOBILE PHONE +91 98300 39646
FAX 033 2 414 6886
PHONE (R) +91 2 464 9013
EMAIL sujana_dhar007@...
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Special issue of "International Journal of Ecological
Economics and Statistics" (IJEES) will be on "Stream
Ecology and Low Flow". Original research papers or
reviews are invited in the following and related
areas:
-River Economic
-River Quality Modeling
-Pollution Minimization
-Ecological Education
-Sustainable Development Modeling
-Case Studies
-Arid Zone River Ecology
-Human & Stream Ecology
-Ecological Management Modeling
-Stream Physical, Chemical & Biological Treatment
Processes
-River Statistics and Classification
-Water Reuse
-Ecological Problems and Health Risk Assessment
-Hydrological Analysis of Low Flows
Important Dates:
Deadline for paper submission: 30 September 2006
Paper review: 30 November 2006
Final papers submission: 15 January 2007
For more information:
http://ceser.res.in/ijees/cont/self.html
Regards
Saeid Eslamian
Guest Editor-in-Chief of IJEES
Visiting Professor
Princeton University
New Jersey
USA
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Dear All,
Please find attached the brochure of the International Conference on
Water & Flood Management (ICWFM) to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during
12-14 March 2007. You are kindly requested to contribute papers and
attend the conference. May I also request you to please circulate the
announcement to those who might be interested to attend the conference.
For further information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.buet.ac.bd/icwfm/.
I apologize for cross posting if any.
Sincerely,
__________________________________________________
Tarekul Islam, Organizing Secretary, ICWFM-2007
and
Associate Professor
Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
t 880-2-9665650-80 / 7376, f 880-2-8613046
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Dear Sirs,
I wish to join the group from today. Myself S D Shukla
(M.Tech- Water Resources) presently working with
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd.
Faridabad. I m involved with Hydrologological Analysis
using USACE softwares HEC-1, HEC-RAS, HEC-5 and
Rainfall-Runoff Model SMAR (Soil Moister Accounting
and Routing ). Dealing with Rivers Indus, Siang
(Brahmputra), Ravi an Teesta.My work consist of Water
availability Studies, Design Flood Studies, Reservoir
and Channel Routing, Reservoir Sedimentation studis,
Lean period inflow Forecasting etc.
Regards,
S D Shukla
S D Shukla
Engineer (Civil)
NHPC Ltd., Faridabad
Mob. 9818206570
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Samuel
If you are running models such as MT3D, RT3D, SEAM3D and the like
from WITHIN the GMS environment, these solutions will generally be
read in automatically upon successful completion of the model run.
You can also read in these solution files using the "Read Solution"
menu command. GMS dataset files can also be read in via the File|Open
command.
If you have any additional questions, I would invite you to contact
our support staff (support@...) and they will be happy to help
you.
Warm regards
Jeff
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Samuel
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:50 PM
To: hydrologymodel@...; hydforum@yahoogroups.com;
gwmodel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [gwmodel] Reg: Loading Concentration Files
Hi all,
Will anyone kindly let me know, how to load the concentration files
into the model in GMS 5.1.
Earlier, I was able to load the concentration files in GMS 3.1 using the
option "Data Browser". Thanking you in anticipation of an early responce.
regards.
Hi all,
Will anyone kindly let me know, how to load the concentration files into
the model in GMS 5.1.
Earlier, I was able to load the concentration files in GMS 3.1 using the
option "Data Browser". Thanking you in anticipation of an early responce.
regards.
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Mohamed,
A lot of general information and references related to ANNs are available
at URL: ftp://ftp.sas.com/pub/neural/FAQ.html
As you probably have seen in the hydrologic literature, ANNs seem to have
been more commonly applied to surface water or climatic phenomena.
However, below are some references where they have been applied to ground
water. There probably are more, but these are some I have happened to
come across:
Journal articles with ground water applications:
Bhatt, Alpana, and Helle, H.B., 2002, Committee neural networks for
porosity and permeability prediction from well logs: Geophysical
Prospecting, v. 50, p. 645-660.
Coppola, E.A., Rana, A.J., Poulton, M.M., Szidarovszky, Ferenc, and Uhl,
V.W., 2005, A neural network model for predicting aquifer water level
elevations: Ground Water, v. 43, no. 2, p. 231-241.
Coppola, E.A., Szidarovszky, Ferenc, Poulton, M.M., and Charles, Emmanuel,
2003, Artificial neural network approach for predicting transient water
levels in a multilayered groundwater system under variable state, pumping,
and climate conditions: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, v. 8, no. 6, p.
348-360.
Gautam, M.R., Watanabe, Kunio, and Saegusa, Hiromitsu, 2003, Analysis of
hydraulic pressure fluctuation in deep geologic formations in Tono area,
Japan using artificial neural networks: Journal of Hydrology, v. 284, p.
174-192.
Jain, S.K., Singh, V.P., and van Genuchten, M.Th., 2004, Analysis of soil
water retention data using artificial neural networks: Journal of
Hydrologic Engineering, v. 9, no. 5, p. 415-420.
Mishra, Arabinda, Ray, Chittaranjan, and Kolpin, D.W., 2004, Use of
qualitative and quantitative information in neural networks for assessing
agricultural chemical contamination of domestic wells: Journal of
Hydrologic Engineering, v. 9, no. 6, p. 502-511.
Ranjithan, S., Eheart, J.W., and Garrett, Jr., J.H., 1993, Neural
network-based screening for groundwater reclamation under uncertainty:
Water Resources Research, v. 29, no. 3, p. 565-574.
Schmitz, G.H., Puhlmann, H., Droge, W., and Lennartz, F., 2005, Artificial
neural networks for estimating soil hydraulic parameters from dynamic flow
experiments: European Journal of Soil Science, v. 56, no. 1, p. 19-30.
Also, here's a couple general ANN and data mining books:
Dowla, F.U., and Rogers, L.L., 1995, Solving problems in environmental
engineering and geosciences with artificial neural networks: Cambridge,
Mass., MIT Press, 239 p.
Weiss, S.H., and Indurkhya, Nitin, 1998, Predictive data mining: A
practical guide: San Francisco, Calif., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.,
225 p.
Best of luck with your research....
Andy
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U.S. Geological Survey
Florida Integrated Science Center
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Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
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[hydrologymodel] Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Genetic Algorithms
(GAs)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope you've all been keeping well. I am Ph.D student in Egypt. I am
working in groundwater Hydraulic. I need any references, papers, articles,
documents, ...etc in using evolutionary computational techniques such as
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Genetic Algorithms (GAs) with
groundwater modeling system (quality and quantity) to develop the
computational framework and the optimization approach. Also, any simple
reference about principles of ANNs and GAs.
Looking forward to hearing from all.
Thanks in advance
Mohamed Kamal Nassar, Assistant Lecturer
Evaluation of Natural Resources Department
32897 Environmental Studies & Researches Institute
Minufiya University
Sadat City, Egypt
hi roshni,
take time seires of groundwater level ,take probably last 20 years data, the
well or any other site frm which the groundwater level has been measured , does
it gives the correct indication of waterlevel for that rigion, do u check it or
do u have any reference for it,if its correct then divide groundwater level time
seried into 3 subsets on the basis of marked fluctuation, then used first subset
for training second for calibration and third for forecasting.
roshni_balan <roshni_balan@...> wrote:
Sir,
I am doing my M.Tech at IIT Kharagpur. M.Tech project is forecasting
watertable fluctuation using ANN.
I am taking monthly rainfall, previous month water table depth,
monthly river stage and monthly average temperature as inputs. I
tried with trainbr algorithm. I am not changing the parameters, only
I am changing the number of epochs, since they are taking the
default as 100. I am scaling the data in to 0-1 domain. Can I use
the same algorithm for 1-, 2-, 3- ....month ahead up to 1 year ahead
forecasting. According to Daliakopoulos et al., (2005), feedforward
NN with LM algorithm provides best results up to 18months forecast
for an area in which groundwater has been steadily decreasing due to
over exploitation. Same situation is in my study area (Konan aquifer
in Japan) also. I have seven years of data (1998-2004). I considered
1998-2001 for training and 2002-2003 for validation. Sir, I thought
that, If I have the data up to 2004, I can forecast for 2005 Jan,
Feb, etc. So for training the data from 1998-2001, for 1 year ahead
forecasting, what i have to give the target values for training? Is
it the same groundwater values from 1998-2001 or from 1999-2002.
Expecting a reply
Thanking you
Roshni T.
Final Declaration Holds Diluted View of Water as
a "Right"
Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY, Mar 22 (IPS) - The assertion that
access to water is a
human right was not included in the ministerial
declaration adopted at
the Fourth World Water Forum, which ended in
Mexico on Wednesday, World
Water Day.
Although all of the delegates said they agreed
with the principle, some
argued that it was not feasible to include it in
the final declaration,
because it could generate legal problems at the
national and
international level.
That stance was criticised by activists, who said
the refusal to include
the assertion was "a clear indication" that
transnational corporations
and rich countries do not want to budge an inch
in their aim to
"commodify" water, to which 1.1 billion people in
the world do not have
access.
Water is a "guarantee of life for all of the
world's people" was the
compromise formula agreed by the government
delegates taking part in the
Mar. 16-22 Forum.
The delegates of the 148 participating countries
agreed to sign the
(non-binding) document, in which the governments
pledged to work towards
the goal of universal access to sanitation and
safe water, after
negotiating the inclusion of an annex that
expresses a dissenting view
held by several governments.
In the appendix, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela
expressed a stance in line
with the positions set forth by the activists
taking part in a parallel
civil society forum, stating unequivocally that
access to water is a
fundamental human right.
The three Latin American countries, which are
governed by leftist
leaders, also expressed "deep concern" over the
possible negative
impacts that international instruments like free
trade and investment
agreements could have on water resources.
By contrast to the final declaration, the United
Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
also declared Wednesday in
Mexico that access to water is a fundamental
human right.
UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura said
nations that are
signatories to U.N. treaties have a "moral
obligation" to consider water
a human right.
According to the activists who took part in the
Mar. 17-19 International
Forum in Defence of Water, a civil society
gathering that produced an
alternative declaration, the dissent expressed at
the Forum showed that
the organisers were only interested in turning
water management into a
business opportunity.
"We didn't expect anything different or better to
emerge from the Water
Forum, we knew this would happen," Claudia
Campero, spokeswoman for the
Coalition of Mexican Organisations for the Right
to Water (COMDA) -
which organised the alternative events held
parallel to the World Water
Forum - told IPS.
The Forum itself was convened by the World Water
Council, an
international think tank founded in 1996 that
deals with water policy
and is made up of 300 representatives of
business, government
ministries, academic centres, multilateral
financial institutions, U.N.
agencies and local governments.
Because the founders of the Council included
executives from
multinational water companies like Suez in
France, activists argue that
the World Water Forums only represent and express
the interests of
transnational corporations and industrialised
countries..
According to the "Joint Declaration of Movements
in Defence of Water",
which was adopted by last week's civil society
meeting and signed by
around 300 non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
from 40 countries,
water is a "common good" and access to water is
an essential and
inalienable right.
The "Joint Declaration" states that water is not
merchandise, which is
why the NGOs reject all forms of privatisation,
even public-private
partnerships, which "have proven to be a complete
failure around the
world."
Argentine Environment Secretary Atilio Armando
Sabino argued that the
exclusion from the final declaration of the
assertion that the right to
water is a human right did not tarnish the
consensus achieved by the
governments that sent delegates to the World
Water Forum.
Underscoring that water is a "guarantee of life"
for humanity
demonstrated sincere concern over the issue on
the part of all
governments, he maintained.
It was "a bit difficult" to include the right to
water in the
ministerial declaration because it would have
committed many countries
to modifying their legislation and would have
forced international
bodies to create new legal instruments, explained
the official.
The document declares that water and sanitation
services must be
considered top priority in development policies,
and that continued
efforts and follow-up are necessary to meet the
goal of reducing the
proportion of people worldwide without access to
these crucial services.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by
the U.N. member
countries in 2000 include a target of halving the
proportion of people
without safe drinking water, by 2015.
Eugenio Barrios, an activist with the global
environmental conservation
organisation WWF (formerly known as the World
Wildlife Fund), described
the Fourth World Water Forum as "disappointing."
"We were hoping for advances and for the
ministerial declaration to be
much more forceful, and to propose practical
measures in favour of
access to water. We are sorry that did not
happen," Barrios told IPS.
WWF took part in the Forum through several
conferences as well as
meetings with delegates.
The privatisation of water supplies, which
according to some activists
was the ultimate goal of the Forum, was not a
central issue in the
debates, and the stance that water is a public
good was also advocated,
said Barrios.
David Boys, with the France-based Public Services
International, a
global trade union federation made up of more
than 600 public sector
unions from 140 countries, agreed with that view.
"Even the World Bank
acknowledged here that the privatisation of water
has been a failure,
which was something new that was not heard at the
previous forums," he
told IPS.
But the final declaration was "very weak," said
Boys, whose organisation
has urged the World Water Council not to invite
government ministers in
the future, since the Forum is neither organised
by the United Nations
nor by governments.
"It is the United Nations that should organise
international conferences
on water, not a private body," said the trade
unionist.
More than 13,000 delegates of private companies,
governments and U.N.
agencies, as well as a limited number of
activists, took part in the
Forum, paying registration fees that ranged from
240 to 600 dollars.
Although the World Water Forum is not an official
intergovernmental
meeting, it is considered the main platform for
the global debate on
water resources. The Fifth World Water Forum will
be held in Istanbul in
2009.
The last day of the Fourth World Water Forum
coincided with World Water
Day, which is commemorated every year on Mar. 22.
In a statement released in New York, U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
declared that despite its importance, water
continues to be "wasted and
degraded all over the world." He also pointed out
that 6,000 people,
mainly children, die every day from water-related
causes. (END/2006)
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Sir,
I am doing my M.Tech at IIT Kharagpur. M.Tech project is forecasting
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I am taking monthly rainfall, previous month water table depth,
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I am changing the number of epochs, since they are taking the
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over exploitation. Same situation is in my study area (Konan aquifer
in Japan) also. I have seven years of data (1998-2004). I considered
1998-2001 for training and 2002-2003 for validation. Sir, I thought
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Feb, etc. So for training the data from 1998-2001, for 1 year ahead
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Nomination of Engineers/Scientists to the 35th International Post Graduate
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Dear all,
Greetings from India.
I am happy to inform you that w.e.f. Jan 1, 2006, the undersigned has been given
the responsibility of leading the Department. Through this mail, I wish to bring
to the kind notice of all concerned that the 35th International P.G. Hydrology
course will be commencing w.e.f. July 17, 2006.
The course is primarily for in service engineers and scientists. Limited seats
are available for GATE qualified candidates also. For the course few fellowships
are available through UNESCO and WMO channels. Government of India fellowships
under ITEC, SCAAP and TCS of Colombo plan are also available. More details of
the course can be downloaded from the IITR website:
(http://www.iitr.ernet.in/acads/depts/hydrology/index.htm).
Kindly give wide publicity to the course announcement amongst the aspiring
candidates in your organization as well as in other organizations, as deemed
appropriate to you.
With best regards,
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Department of Hydrology
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P. RajaSekhar
There are a number of ways to bring in datasets for meshes
and grids. My suggestion would be to write out the scalar
and vector datasets in the native GMS format or the standard
HD5F format. These formats are documented online. For further
information, please contact me directly.
Warm regards
Jeff
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Hi all,
I am P.RajaSekhar,Research Scholar,IIT-Bombay,INDIA, working in the
area of Pollutant Movement in Porous Media. I request you all to
provide give me with suggestions on how to load the Head,
Concentration and vector
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Hi all,
I am P.RajaSekhar,Research Scholar,IIT-Bombay,INDIA, working in the
area of Pollutant Movement in Porous Media. I request you all to
provide give me with suggestions on how to load the Head,
Concentration and vector
files in to GMS user interface for post processing. I did the simulations
using FRAC3DVS.
I will be very thankful to you for your kind help.
Sincerely Yours
P.RajaSekhar
Research Scholar
IIT-Bombay
INDIA-400076
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Espero que le sea de Utilidad el adjunto lo deduje
Estela Polegritti
1 watt= 1 kg.m2seg-3
1watt / m2 = ( 1 kg m2 seg –3 ) m-2
1 watt / m2 = 1 kg seg-3
Para que se produzca la evaporación por unidad de área y por unidad de
fuerza durante un mes, se necesita un Newton por el área total en metros
cuadrados por los segundos del mes, 2592000.
1 N = 1 Kg. m s-2
área(m2) 2592000 seg/ mes
Dear all,
>
> I have estimated monthly PET using Mintz-Thornthwaite method. The output
> is in W/sq.m (watts per sq.m). I want it to convert from W/sq.m to
> mm/month or m/month. I went through a lot of literature but I am unable to
> find the conversion factor for it. Can u tell me the conversion factor or
> how to convert it.
Shruthi,
Find from any physical hydrology text book, what is the energy required for
evapoarting 0.001 cum of water. (So, that much energy in watts is required to
evaporate 1mm of water over a sq. m). Then, you can find what you want.
Try it.
Vijayakumar
Shruthi BV <shruthi_iirs@...> wrote:
Dear all,
I have estimated monthly PET using Mintz-Thornthwaite method. The output is in
W/sq.m (watts per sq.m). I want it to convert from W/sq.m to mm/month or
m/month. I went through a lot of literature but I am unable to find the
conversion factor for it. Can u tell me the conversion factor or how to convert
it.
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