Workshop GEOINFORMATICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
MANAGEMENT 1st June 6th  June 2009

Details are available at:

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in
http://cistup.iisc.ernet.in
http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy

Background:

Geoinformatics is increasingly being used to solve complex environmental
problems in domains such as management of natural resources, land use
planning and management, nature conservation, and environmental
monitoring, require reliable spatial information and methodologies.
Geoinformatics combines expertise from the fields of: - information and
communication technology (ICT); - geographical information systems (GIS),
remote sensing, GPS and mapping; - environmental and social sciences such
as land use planning, geography, and communication. This workshop provides
an overview of the key concepts and principles in Geoinformatics and its
applications in environmental management, areas of global and national
environmental concern. Various tools, which can be used to address
environmental problems and the role that the professionals can play in
managing environment in their respective areas would be discussed.

The workshop is meant for faculty (recognized engineering colleges in
India) and CiSTUP stakeholders. TA  would be provided to the select
teachers. Faculty desiring for Travel allowance need to send a brief
write-up  on  Relevance of Geoinformatics in India and  how Geoinformatics
workshop would  benefit their career. Application and write-up is to be
routed through their institution. Selected outstation candidates would be
paid TA three-tier train / bus fare by the shortest route from the place
of work to IISc, Bangalore and back. The lodging charges at campus guest
house is Rs.150 per day (for teachers - sponsored by an education
institution)
___________________________________________________________________________
Workshop Registration Fee:

1. Fee waiver for young teaching faculty (< 30 years)
2. TA would be paid to the outstation participants whose write-up is
accepted by the committee
3. Fee waiver for women unemployed engineering graduates
4. Fee of Rs 1500 for officials from the State Government agencies (CiSTUP
stakeholders) and teaching faculty (>30 years and members of ISTE)
4. Rs.12000 for practicing engineers and scientists from R & D
organisations, industries, and others interested in this workshop. The
registration fee entitles the candidates to participate in the workshop
and receive the workshop materials.
_____________________________________________________________________________

Deadlines: Completed Application form (with DD and other enclosures): 20th
May 2009
Intimation of Selection: 25th May 2009.

Application copy is available at

http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/Geoinfoworkshop.pdf

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4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09) will
be held during December 16-18 2009 in Tumkur (near Bangalore), India. IICAI is a
series of high quality technical events in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is
also one of the major AI events in the world.

The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental
activities in AI and related fields in India and the rest of the world. Another
goal is to promote scientific information interchange between AI researchers,
developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working in India and abroad.
The conference will be held every two years to make it an ideal platform for
people to share views and experiences in AI and related areas.

A Special Session on Artificial Intelligence Applications in Water Resources
Management will be held during the 4th Indian International Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09).

Papers on topics related to various soft computing techniques and their
applications in water resources management are of interest and invited for this
special session. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Soft Computing Methods -

Genetic Algorithms
Differential Evolution
Particle Swarm Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization
Genetic Programming
Neural Network based Learning Methods
Support Vector Machines
Model Trees
Fuzzy Logic
Data Mining
Knowledge based Decision Support Systems
Multi-criterion Decision Making

Applications related to -

Reservoir Operation
River Basin Management
Water Distribution Systems
Ground Water Management
Watershed Management
Irrigation Water Management
Rainfall Runoff Modeling
Urban Hydrology
Modelling Hydrologic Extremes
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
Environmental Hydraulics

Paper Submission and Publication:

Authors are encouraged to submit the papers for this session as an email
attachment to the Session Chairs (please send to both the Chairs) given below.
The papers should be in MSWORD, PDF, or PS format and should be formatted
according to the Springer Lecture Notes instructions. The length of a paper
should not exceed 20 pages. Shorter papers or papers on the work currently in
progress are also welcome. The first page of the paper should contain the title,
name(s) of the authors, affiliations, the postal and email addresses, and at
least 3 keywords appropriate to the content of the paper. Further information
regarding the paper submission can be obtained from the conference website too.

Each paper will be peer reviewed by at least two experts in the topical area.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under the
title of the session.

You may contact the conference chairs at iicai.conference[at]gmail.com for any
additional information.

Deadlines:

Draft paper submission deadline is May 1 2009 (will not be extended further)
May 25 2009: Notification of acceptance.
July 6 2009: Camera ready papers and Pre-registration due.
December 16-18, 2009: Special Session and the IICAI-09 Conference.

Session Chairs:

Dr. M. Janga Reddy
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA
E-mail: mjreddy[at]iitb.ac.in

and

Prof. D. Nagesh Kumar
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA
E-mail: nagesh[at]civil.iisc.ernet.in

Dear Members,
 
Can any one inform me the following;
 
1) How to calculate Saturation Indices for Calcite and Fluorite using WATEQ4F?
2) How to calculate Log AP/KT ratios for Calcite and Fluorite using WATEQ4F?
 
Kindly infrom me the detailed procedure.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
With rgs.,
Tejaswi K Lakkundi
Research Scholar
Dept. of Geology
Karnatak University
Dharwad

Dear All,

A very good topic on effects of climate change on groundwater systems is brought
before the group for discussion and updation by moderator of this group Dr CP
Kumar. The following is my opinion on the topic.

Whether climate change happens or not such research and preparedness will be
useful for expected high population growth and rich life styles of future.

It is known that not only changes in input and output components but also
changes to the boundary conditions are crucial while dealing with groundwater
systems. Apart from changes in input (Rainfall recharge etc.) and output
(Incresed pumping etc), the changes in levels of recharge boundaries ( like
rivers, ponds, lakes etc.) and discharge boundaries like (Water bodies, sea
levels etc.) is also important especially as a sea rise of 50 to 100 cm is
expected due to climate change. Especially, while dealing with effects on
coastal and deltaic areas this condition is critical.

Coming to modelling at basin scale GSFLOW model of USGS can be very helpful as
it is a tested hybrid version of PRS model for surface water and MODFLOW for
groundwater processes. Using FESWMS for surface water modelling at river mouths
is also possible. All of these are freely available software. Also the
possibility of coupling GCMs via any syntheic daily data engine as put fouth by
moderator to GSFLOW model  is to be researched upon.

With thanks!
 
S.V.Vijaya Kumar
National Institute of Hydrology,
Deltaic Regional Centre, Siddartha Nagar, Kakinada 533003
Andhra Pradesh, India

Email: vkumarsv@..., vkumarsv@..., vkumarsv@...




________________________________
From: C. P. Kumar <cpkumar@...>
To: hydrologymodel@...
Sent: Thursday, 9 April, 2009 6:00:21
Subject: [hydrologymodel] Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge

Dear Friend,

While climate change affects surface water resources directly through changes in
the major long-term climate variables such as air temperature, precipitation,
and evapotranspiration, the relationship between the changing climate variables
and groundwater is more complicated and poorly understood. The greater
variability in rainfall could mean more frequent and prolonged periods of high
or low groundwater levels, and saline intrusion in coastal aquifers due to sea
level rise.

Groundwater resources are related to climate change through the direct
interaction with surface water resources, such as lakes and rivers, and
indirectly through the recharge process. The direct effect of climate change on
groundwater resources depends upon the change in the volume and distribution of
groundwater recharge. Therefore, quantifying the impact of climate change on
groundwater resources requires not only reliable forecasting of changes in the
major climatic variables, but also accurate estimation of groundwater recharge.
Quantification of the groundwater recharge will help in taking appropriate
adaptation strategies due to the impact of climate change.

There have been many studies relating the effect of climate changes on surface
water bodies. However, very little research exists on the potential effects of
climate change on groundwater. The scientific understanding of an aquifer's
response to climate change has been studied in several locations within the past
decade. These studies link atmospheric models to unsaturated soil models (such
as Visual HELP), which were further linked into a groundwater model (Modflow).
The groundwater models used were calibrated to current groundwater conditions
and stressed under different predicted climate change scenarios. The
HELP-MODFLOW approach proceeds in the following manner -

1. Synthetic generation of daily values of precipitation, mean temperature, and
solar radiation (using a weather generator) for projected climate change.

2. Estimation of groundwater recharge based on available precipitation and
temperature records and anticipated changes to these parameters (using Visual
HELP).

3. Quantification of the spatially distributed recharge rates using the climate
data and spatial soil survey data.

4. Simulation of groundwater flow using each recharge data set and evaluation of
the changes in groundwater flow and levels through time.

Regarding the above approach, I would like to know the views of learned members
on the following aspects -

(a) Which is the most appropriate method to downscale GCM outputs for a basin?

(b) If there are any flaws associated with HELP-MODFLOW methodology (described
above) mostly used by various researchers during last few years?

(c) If the runoff generation process (rainfall-runoff modelling) needs to be
essentially incorporated in the study?

(d) Whether instead of HELP, distributed unsaturated modelling (Richards
equation) should be done for climatic impact studies? What are the relative
advantages of using HELP (e.g. simplistic approach and ease of use) and
disadvantages of distributed modelling (e.g. extensive data requirement and
large computation resources) and vice versa?

(e) Whether any comprehensive overland-unsaturate d-saturated model such as
MIKE-SHE can be used for studying the impact of climate change on groundwater
recharge? And relative advantages and disadvantages?

I look forward for the comments on above.

Regards
Kumar
============ ========= ========= ========= =========
C. P. KUMAR
Scientist 'E1'
National Institute of Hydrology
Jal Vigyan Bhawan
Roorkee - 247667 (Uttarakhand)
INDIA

Web Page : http://www.angelfir e.com/nh/ cpkumar/
============ ========= ========= ========= =========

Dear Friend,

While climate change affects surface water resources directly through changes in
the major long-term climate variables such as air temperature, precipitation,
and evapotranspiration, the relationship between the changing climate variables
and groundwater is more complicated and poorly understood. The greater
variability in rainfall could mean more frequent and prolonged periods of high
or low groundwater levels, and saline intrusion in coastal aquifers due to sea
level rise.

Groundwater resources are related to climate change through the direct
interaction with surface water resources, such as lakes and rivers, and
indirectly through the recharge process. The direct effect of climate change on
groundwater resources depends upon the change in the volume and distribution of
groundwater recharge. Therefore, quantifying the impact of climate change on
groundwater resources requires not only reliable forecasting of changes in the
major climatic variables, but also accurate estimation of groundwater recharge.
Quantification of the groundwater recharge will help in taking appropriate
adaptation strategies due to the impact of climate change.

There have been many studies relating the effect of climate changes on surface
water bodies. However, very little research exists on the potential effects of
climate change on groundwater.  The scientific understanding of an aquifer's
response to climate change has been studied in several locations within the past
decade. These studies link atmospheric models to unsaturated soil models (such
as Visual HELP), which were further linked into a groundwater model (Modflow).
The groundwater models used were calibrated to current groundwater conditions
and stressed under different predicted climate change scenarios. The
HELP-MODFLOW approach proceeds in the following manner -

1. Synthetic generation of daily values of precipitation, mean temperature, and
solar radiation (using a weather generator) for projected climate change.

2. Estimation of groundwater recharge based on available precipitation and
temperature records and anticipated changes to these parameters (using Visual
HELP).

3. Quantification of the spatially distributed recharge rates using the climate
data and spatial soil survey data.

4. Simulation of groundwater flow using each recharge data set and evaluation of
the changes in groundwater flow and levels through time.

Regarding the above approach, I would like to know the views of learned members
on the following aspects -

(a) Which is the most appropriate method to downscale GCM outputs for a basin?

(b) If there are any flaws associated with HELP-MODFLOW methodology (described
above) mostly used by various researchers during last few years?

(c) If the runoff generation process (rainfall-runoff modelling) needs to be
essentially incorporated in the study?

(d) Whether instead of HELP, distributed unsaturated modelling (Richards
equation) should be done for climatic impact studies? What are the relative
advantages of using HELP (e.g. simplistic approach and ease of use) and
disadvantages of distributed modelling (e.g. extensive data requirement and
large computation resources) and vice versa?

(e) Whether any comprehensive overland-unsaturated-saturated model such as
MIKE-SHE can be used for studying the impact of climate change on groundwater
recharge? And relative advantages and disadvantages?

I look forward for the comments on above.

Regards
Kumar
================================================
C. P. KUMAR
Scientist 'E1'
National Institute of Hydrology
Jal Vigyan Bhawan
Roorkee - 247667 (Uttarakhand)
INDIA

Web Page : http://www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/
================================================

What's Florida's premiere weather pattern?

Yes it's from the north, but it's not a cold front,
because it's also spining in from the east.

We call it the Carolina High!
http://sfwj.blogspot.com/search/label/It's%20Not%20the%20Heat


What's the best weather pattern in your area ????

Hello,

Try the USGS Program HYSEP http://water.usgs.gov/software/HYSEP/.

Washington State used the program to analyze ground water flow to
streams across the state,  http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/99327.html.

Have fun!


Laurie Morgan
Hydrogeologist
Water Quality Program
Dept. of Ecology
(360) 407-6483
LMOR461@...



-----Original Message-----
From: hydrologymodel@...
[mailto:hydrologymodel@...] On Behalf Of Filho das Pedras
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:18 PM
To: hydrologymodel@...
Subject: [hydrologymodel] Presentation and Question

Hello to everyone!

   My name is Vitor, and I'm a researcher in CETEC, a scientific research
center in Brazil.
   I'm seeking for a software that is able to separate a streamflow
hydrograph into its base-flow and surface-runoff components. Someone
know?

    Thanks,
       Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos

Thanks, Glen!
         I've spent all the weekend reading the references on USGS
about base flow separation methods. Amazing!
        WHAT software seems to be very easy to use
(http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/). But I think I will have to try
a lot of methods.

     Vitor


2009/3/21 hydrosolve <hydrosolve@...>:
> Hi Vitor,
>
> The U.S. Geological Survey has a program called HYSEP that performs
> hydrograph separation to estimate the baseflow component of streamflow.
>
> http://water.usgs.gov/software/HYSEP/
>
> I have not used this program so perhaps others can comment on their
> experience(s) with it or suggest other software to use.
>
> Best regards,
> Glenn
> HydroSOLVE, Inc.
> AQTESOLV v4.5 (Aquifer Test Analysis Software)
> AQTESOLV: http://www.aqtesolv.com/
>
> --- In hydrologymodel@..., "Filho das Pedras" <vitor.v.v@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello to everyone!
>>
>> My name is Vitor, and I'm a researcher in CETEC, a scientific research
>> center in Brazil.
>> I'm seeking for a software that is able to separate a streamflow
>> hydrograph into its base-flow and surface-runoff components. Someone know?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
>>
>
>

We have been using:

BFI  http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/twahl/bfi/

WHAT (web site based on HYSEP) http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/

   - David Ward
     Loudoun County, Virginia



--- In hydrologymodel@..., "hydrosolve" <hydrosolve@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Vitor,
>
> The U.S. Geological Survey has a program called HYSEP that performs hydrograph
separation to estimate the baseflow component of streamflow.
>
> http://water.usgs.gov/software/HYSEP/
>
> I have not used this program so perhaps others can comment on their
experience(s) with it or suggest other software to use.
>
> Best regards,
> Glenn
> HydroSOLVE, Inc.
> AQTESOLV v4.5 (Aquifer Test Analysis Software)
> AQTESOLV: http://www.aqtesolv.com/
>
> --- In hydrologymodel@..., "Filho das Pedras" <vitor.v.v@>
wrote:
> >
> > Hello to everyone!
> >
> >   My name is Vitor, and I'm a researcher in CETEC, a scientific research
center in Brazil.
> >   I'm seeking for a software that is able to separate a streamflow
hydrograph into its base-flow and surface-runoff components. Someone know?
> >
> >    Thanks,
> >       Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
> >
>

please check the meteorology component again. If there is no output ( Flow,
Hydrograph,, etc) then there is something wrong with your input (eg. rainfall
etc)..

Rogelio M. Espinosa MEngSc 89-11  182nd Street
Hollis 11423
New York


   
--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@...> wrote:

From: Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@...>
Subject: Re: [hydrologymodel] HEC-HMS model tutorial
To: hydrologymodel@...
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 2:01 PM

Dear All,

I am interested in HEC-HMS. I am trying to model my basin by using HEC-HMS.

I am building basin component, meteorology component and control specifications

correctly. I am running the model and it is not giving any error, it is running
successfully.

But when i check the results, i see that my model is not producing flow. There

is no hyetograph and outflow. I didnt understand the problem.  I m doing all
required parts(Loss, Transform,Baseflow,

required parameters). It is not producing flow even only one subbasin. I think I
am

doing a small mistake somewhere but where?

Any idea?

Cheers,
Gokhan

Dear All,

I am interested in HEC-HMS. I am trying to model my basin by using HEC-HMS.

I am building basin component, meteorology component and control specifications
correctly. I am running the model and it is not giving any error, it is running
successfully.

But when i check the results, i see that my model is not producing flow. There
is no hyetograph and outflow. I didnt understand the problem.  I m doing all
required parts(Loss, Transform,Baseflow,
required parameters). It is not producing flow even only one subbasin. I think I
am
doing a small mistake somewhere but where?

Any idea?

Cheers,
Gokhan




________________________________
From: cp h <hiicp6588@...>
To: hydrologymodel@...
Sent: Friday, 20 March, 2009 4:42:51 PM
Subject: Re: [hydrologymodel] HEC-HMS model tutorial


You may try to check the website of University austin, texas at Dr. Maidment's
webpage.

--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@yahoo. com.au> wrote:

From: Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@yahoo. com.au>
Subject: [hydrologymodel] HEC-HMS model tutorial
To: hydrologymodel@ yahoogroups. co.in
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 8:58 PM

Dear All,

I am PhD student in Australia and studying on Hydrology models. I am
experiencing HEC-HMS model now. I will build daily surface runoff model
by considering snow melt option. I am looking for step by step tutorial
on HEC-HMS and tutorial data.

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
Gokhan

Hi Vitor,

The U.S. Geological Survey has a program called HYSEP that performs hydrograph
separation to estimate the baseflow component of streamflow.

http://water.usgs.gov/software/HYSEP/

I have not used this program so perhaps others can comment on their
experience(s) with it or suggest other software to use.

Best regards,
Glenn
HydroSOLVE, Inc.
AQTESOLV v4.5 (Aquifer Test Analysis Software)
AQTESOLV: http://www.aqtesolv.com/

--- In hydrologymodel@..., "Filho das Pedras" <vitor.v.v@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello to everyone!
>
>   My name is Vitor, and I'm a researcher in CETEC, a scientific research
center in Brazil.
>   I'm seeking for a software that is able to separate a streamflow hydrograph
into its base-flow and surface-runoff components. Someone know?
>
>    Thanks,
>       Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
>

Hello to everyone!

   My name is Vitor, and I'm a researcher in CETEC, a scientific research center
in Brazil.
   I'm seeking for a software that is able to separate a streamflow hydrograph
into its base-flow and surface-runoff components. Someone know?

    Thanks,
       Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos

You may try to check the website of University austin, texas at Dr. Maidment's
webpage.


--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@...> wrote:

From: Gokhan Yilmaz <ygokhana@...>
Subject: [hydrologymodel] HEC-HMS model tutorial
To: hydrologymodel@...
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 8:58 PM

Dear All,

I am PhD student in Australia and studying on Hydrology models. I am
experiencing HEC-HMS model now. I will build daily surface runoff model
by considering snow melt option. I am looking for step by step tutorial
on HEC-HMS and tutorial data.

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
Gokhan

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Dear All,

I am PhD student in Australia and studying on Hydrology models. I am
experiencing HEC-HMS model now. I will build daily surface runoff model by
considering snow melt option. I am looking for step by step tutorial on HEC-HMS
and tutorial data.

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
Gokhan

http://dropbox.unl.edu/uploads/

Doesn't work,,, at least on Firefox browser.



On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:31 PM, moh sol <mochsholichin@...> wrote:

>   Faridah,
>
> You can use of AVSWAT model if your research about Point source pollutant.
> This model is is open source, please see web site
> http://www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/
>
> sholichin
>
> --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Maribeth Milner <mmilner1@... <mmilner1%40unl.edu>>
> wrote:
> From: Maribeth Milner <mmilner1@... <mmilner1%40unl.edu>>
> Subject: Re: [hydrologymodel] Model options
> To: hydrologymodel@... <hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
> Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3:27 AM
>
> Faridah,
>
> Our group has developed a processed base index model that identifies
>
> the vulnerability of pesticide leaching and runoff (solution and
>
> particle adsorbed) on a county scale.We haven't published yet, but a
>
> .jpg of a poster focusing on some model input constraints and a
>
> validation framework can be downloaded here for the next week
>
> http://dropbox. unl.edu/uploads/ 20090214/ af0e0640b52dffe8
> /NIWQP%20Poster% 20(Shea%202-3- 09).jpg
>
> Maribeth
>
> Maribeth Milner
>
> 377 Plant Science
>
> Lincoln, NE 68583-0915 ph: 402-472-0503 fax: 402-472-7904
>
> At 06:42 AM 2/7/2009, you wrote:
>
> >Hallo
>
> >
>
> >Am carrying out an assessment on Nonpoint sources of pollution in
>
> >lake victoria, am interested in showing landuse change in the
>
> >catchment and how water quality in the rivers draiining into the
>
> >lake is changing in time. I need to comeup with managment strategies
>
> >to reduce pollution from the catchment. I will delineate my
>
> >catchment and select my rivers of interest, then match with the most
>
> >dorminate landuse around the river to comeup with the most
>
> >polluting landuse. Do you have any model options? I saw one
>
> >called RiverLife GIS, do u have any knowlegde about this? if not
>
> >which other option should i use?
>
> >
>
> >Faridah

dear hydrologists..
I am very newbie in hydrology model , i want to make a rainfall runoff
model to prediction continuous river flow simulation , i have a hourly
rainfall data (near realtime) .

I need your advice, what kind a model i must use and learn, cause i
find a lot of kind model like pitman model, simple linear model,
Artificial neutral network model ,and etc,

thanks,,


-learning by doing

Faridah,

You can use of AVSWAT model if your research about Point source pollutant. This
model is is open source, please see web site http://www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/

sholichin


--- On Sun, 2/8/09, Maribeth Milner <mmilner1@...> wrote:
From: Maribeth Milner <mmilner1@...>
Subject: Re: [hydrologymodel] Model options
To: hydrologymodel@...
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3:27 AM

Faridah,

Our group has developed a processed base index model that identifies

the vulnerability of pesticide leaching and runoff (solution and

particle adsorbed) on a county scale.We haven't published yet, but a

.jpg of a poster focusing on some model input constraints and a

validation framework can be downloaded here for the next week

http://dropbox. unl.edu/uploads/ 20090214/ af0e0640b52dffe8 /NIWQP%20Poster%
20(Shea%202-3- 09).jpg



Maribeth



Maribeth Milner

377 Plant Science

Lincoln, NE     68583-0915      ph: 402-472-0503        fax: 402-472-7904



At 06:42 AM 2/7/2009, you wrote:



>Hallo

>

>Am carrying out an assessment on Nonpoint sources of pollution in

>lake victoria, am interested in showing landuse change in the

>catchment and how water quality in the rivers draiining into the

>lake is changing in time. I need to comeup with managment strategies

>to reduce pollution from the catchment. I will delineate my

>catchment and select my rivers of interest, then match with the most

>dorminate landuse around the river to comeup with  the most

>polluting landuse. Do you have any model options?     I saw  one

>called RiverLife GIS, do u have any knowlegde about this? if not

>which other option should i use?

>

>Faridah

Faridah,

Our group has developed a processed base index model that identifies
the vulnerability of pesticide leaching and runoff (solution and
particle adsorbed) on a county scale.We haven't published yet, but a
.jpg of a poster focusing on some model input constraints and a
validation framework can be downloaded here for the next week
http://dropbox.unl.edu/uploads/20090214/af0e0640b52dffe8/NIWQP%20Poster%20(Shea%\
202-3-09).jpg

Maribeth

Maribeth Milner
377 Plant Science
Lincoln, NE     68583-0915      ph: 402-472-0503        fax: 402-472-7904


At 06:42 AM 2/7/2009, you wrote:

>Hallo
>
>Am carrying out an assessment on Nonpoint sources of pollution in
>lake victoria, am interested in showing landuse change in the
>catchment and how water quality in the rivers draiining into the
>lake is changing in time. I need to comeup with managment strategies
>to reduce pollution from the catchment. I will delineate my
>catchment and select my rivers of interest, then match with the most
>dorminate landuse around the river to comeup with  the most
>polluting landuse. Do you have any model options?     I saw  one
>called RiverLife GIS, do u have any knowlegde about this? if not
>which other option should i use?
>
>Faridah

Hallo

Am carrying out an assessment on Nonpoint sources of pollution in lake victoria,
am interested in showing landuse change in the catchment and how water quality
in the rivers draiining into the lake is changing in time. I need to comeup with
managment strategies to reduce pollution from the catchment. I will delineate my
catchment and select my rivers of interest, then match with the most dorminate
landuse around the river to comeup with  the most polluting landuse. Do you have
any model options?     I saw  one called RiverLife GIS, do u have any knowlegde
about this? if not which other option should i use?

Faridah

i am very sure that you will not be able to create a high resolution
dem from contour maps, neither do i think that satellite imagery will
work. the common way would be laser scanning from a plane. notice that
creating a dem will be pretty expensive .
required resolution depends on the tasks you need to perform. we have
made the experience that 1 m resolution might not even be sufficient
if you want to perform detailled modelling of surface pathways as
structures that influence flow tend to be even smaller (e.g. kurbs).
in this case your data will need to be imroved by field surveys. you
may want to use a tin in this case rather than a dem.
for estimation of catchments a 1m dem will work perfectly fine even in
urban areas. however some manual adjustment from map data and field
surveys is required in this case, too. other problems may be pathways
crossing houses (in case of the dem), pathways blocked by vegetation
(in case of a surface modell) or pathways blocked by railway tracks or
streets.
the amount of work required for data preparation very much depends on
the results you are trying to achieve.
best,
roland

I am working on urban runoff modeling using a grid based distributed
model, I want to select a study site for my research, new residential
area, I can do simulation on DEM from 1m and higher. I want urban area
(small- 5-10 ha), I need very detail DEM, the topography of urban areas
is very complex, I need also to consider the shape of the roof ,
probably I will end up working on a grid size of less than 2.5 m, to
incorporate all the detail of pervious and impervious surface,
including the roof. I am not sure the best way to get a DEM (less than
2.5 m), digitize from contour map? Or from fine-scale multispectral
satellite imagery? Field survey ? Also how to incorporate the details
of the roofs and other BMPs structures? Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

You might also consider employing HEC GeoRAS and HEC GeoHMS for model setup. See
link below for links to these programs, tutorials, etc.

http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/GradHydro2007/docs/HydroModels.htm

Peter Cada | Environmental Scientist/Planner
Direct: 919.485.8278 x115 | Fax: 919.485.8280
peter.cada@...<mailto:peter.cada@...>

Tetra Tech | Complex World, Clear Solutions
P.O. Box 14409 | Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 | www.ttwater.com


________________________________
From: hydrologymodel@... [mailto:hydrologymodel@...]
On Behalf Of Fernando Vegas
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:41 AM
To: hydrologymodel@...
Subject: RE: [hydrologymodel] Model searching


HEC_HMS, pour un PhD....I don't think so....Have many problems

De : hydrologymodel@...<mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
[mailto:hydrologymodel@...<mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.\
in>] De la part de geopapaioa
Envoyé : mercredi 28 janvier 2009 11:00
À : hydrologymodel@...<mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
Objet : [hydrologymodel] Model searching

Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
advance.

HEC_HMS, pour un PhD….I don’t think so….Have many problems



De : hydrologymodel@...
[mailto:hydrologymodel@...] De la part de geopapaioa
Envoyé : mercredi 28 janvier 2009 11:00
À : hydrologymodel@...
Objet : [hydrologymodel] Model searching

Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
advance.

Dear Student,

You can useGrass a free GIS s/w for Midelling.

Ganesh Khadanga
SSA, LRISD NIC HQRS
5th Floor, CGO COMPLEX, LODI ROAD
New Delhi-110003
email: ganesh@...



----- Original Message -----
From: "Halaseh, Ayman" <halaseha@...>
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:01 pm
Subject: RE: [hydrologymodel] Model searching
To: hydrologymodel@...


> Try HEC-HMS
>
> Ayman Halaseh
> Civil Engineer / GIS Analyst
> CDM International Inc.
>
> Tel: +962 6 565 1918
> Fax: +962 6 565 2937
> Mobile: +962 78 888 7188
>
> From: hydrologymodel@> yahoogroups.> co.in
> [mailto:hydrologymodel@> yahoogroups.> co.in] On Behalf Of geopapaioa
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 PM
> To: hydrologymodel@> yahoogroups.> co.in
> Subject: [hydrologymodel] Model searching
>
> Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
> hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
> for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
> of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
> addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
> calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
> buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
> above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
> in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
> my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
> runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
> advance.

Try SWAT, Topmodel + other for sediments, MIDHAS, etc.

Software hydrological modelling (SHE, MIKE -SHE), etc) It has many problems
because use many parameters.

My advice is “developer your own model”, you have all equation in the books.
Example TOPMODEL: “The Primer” -Beven


De : hydrologymodel@...
[mailto:hydrologymodel@...] De la part de Halaseh, Ayman
Envoyé : mercredi 28 janvier 2009 11:28
À : hydrologymodel@...
Objet : RE: [hydrologymodel] Model searching

Try HEC-HMS

Ayman Halaseh
Civil Engineer / GIS Analyst
CDM International Inc.

Tel: +962 6 565 1918
Fax: +962 6 565 2937
Mobile: +962 78 888 7188

From: hydrologymodel@ <mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
yahoogroups.co.in
[mailto:hydrologymodel@ <mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
yahoogroups.co.in] On Behalf Of geopapaioa
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 PM
To: hydrologymodel@ <mailto:hydrologymodel%40yahoogroups.co.in>
yahoogroups.co.in
Subject: [hydrologymodel] Model searching

Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
advance.

Try HEC-HMS


Ayman Halaseh
Civil Engineer / GIS Analyst
CDM International Inc.

Tel:        +962  6  565 1918
Fax:       +962  6  565 2937
Mobile: +962 78 888 7188


From: hydrologymodel@...
[mailto:hydrologymodel@...] On Behalf Of geopapaioa
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 PM
To: hydrologymodel@...
Subject: [hydrologymodel] Model searching

Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
advance.

Hello everybody, I am a phd student. My area of work is mountain
hydrology. In my phd we decided to do flood mapping. I am searching
for models at this time. We will use a model to calculate the runoff
of the watershed and one model to calculate the sediment transport. In
addition we will use GIS for the presentation of the outputs and to
calculate many of the parameters of the area. Finally we will produce
buffers to mapping the areas of flood risk. Until now I have found the
above models : SWAT , MIKE 11 or MIKE SHE and SOBEK. My study area is
in Greece. I would like if somebody knows other programs compatible to
my area ( Mediterranean ) to inform me (it does not bother me if the
runoff and sediment transport are in different models) . Thank you in
advance.

Hello Everyone,
 
While exporting the ¡storage-outflow¢ curve from HEC-RAS to a DSS file
(File>>Export to HEC-DSS>>Storage Outflow), the program crashes and gives out
¡Run-time error '9': Subscript out of Range¢ error (snapshot attached).
Interesting fact is that the versions (3.1.1, 3.1.3,  or 4.0) do not matter and
I am getting the same error irrespective of versions.
 
I am sure that I am missing one minor but critical link in the puzzle. Before
digging too much into it,  I was wondering if anyone has ever faced this
problem. Your suggestions are highly appreciated and I will summarize your ideas
after resolution of the issues.
 
Thanks in advance
Amit

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