Water, 7(11) - November 2015: Special Issues and Lots More! (Open Access)

Happy Thanksgiving Day to my US friends!

Now available! Water, Volume 7, Issue 11 (November 2015), Pages 5876-6672

All articles are freely downloadable -  click on the title. If you are unable to download the articles here, go to the issue's homepage.

 

Special Issues. You'll note there are several 'Special Issues' in this issue, some with just one or a few papers and some of which have appeared before. Water has many special issues in progress at any given time. What happens is that when a special issue paper is accepted, it immediately goes into the next online issue of Water. If you click on the special issue title, it should take you to all the current papers in that special issue. 

 
Enjoy!

 

Table of Contents

 

Special Issue Use of Meta-Heuristic Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling

Article: An Hourly Streamflow Forecasting Model Coupled with an Enforced Learning Strategy
by Ming-Chang Wu and Gwo-Fong Lin
Water 2015, 7(11), 5876-5895; doi:10.3390/w7115876

Article: Estimation of Rainfall Associated with Typhoons over the Ocean Using TRMM/TMI and Numerical Models
by Nan-Ching Yeh, Chung-Chih Liu and Wann-Jin Chen
Water 2015, 7(11), 6017-6038; doi:10.3390/w7116017

Article: Coupled Heuristic Prediction of Long Lead-Time Accumulated Total Inflow of a Reservoir during Typhoons Using Deterministic Recurrent and Fuzzy Inference-Based Neural Network
Water 2015, 7(11), 6516-6550; doi:10.3390/w7116516

 

Special Issue Hydrologic System Analysis, Patterns, and Predictions for Arid and Semi-arid Environment

Article: A Dynamic, Multivariate Sustainability Measure for Robust Analysis of Water Management under Climate and Demand Uncertainty in an Arid Environment
by Christian Hunter, Jorge Gironás, Diogo Bolster and Christos A. Karavitis
Water 2015, 7(11), 5928-5958; doi:10.3390/w7115928

 

Special Issue Water Resources Assessment and Management in Drylands

Article: Simulation of Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions under Different Land Use Scenarios in the Bulang Catchment, Northwest China
by Zhi Yang, Yangxiao Zhou, Jochen Wenninger, Stefan Uhlenbrook and Li Wan
Water 2015, 7(11), 5959-5985; doi:10.3390/w7115959

Article: Method of Relating Grain Size Distribution to Hydraulic Conductivity in Dune Sands to Assist in Assessing Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects: Wadi Khulays Dune Field, Western Saudi Arabia
by Oliver M. Lopez, Khan Z. Jadoon and Thomas M. Missimer
Water 2015, 7(11), 6411-6426; doi:10.3390/w7116411

 

Special Issue Water Resource Variability and Climate Change

Article: Remote Sensing Based Analysis of Recent Variations in Water Resources and Vegetation of a Semi-Arid Region
by Shaowei Ning, Hiroshi Ishidaira, Parmeshwar Udmale and Yutaka Ichikawa
Water 2015, 7(11), 6039-6055; doi:10.3390/w7116039

 

Special Issue Resilience and Sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System

Article: Sediment Trapping by Emerged Channel Bars in the Lowermost Mississippi River during a Major Flood
by Bo Wang and Y. Jun Xu
Water 2015, 7(11), 6079-6096; doi:10.3390/w7116079

 

Special Issue Urban Water Challenges

Article: Analysis of Sources and Sinks of Mercury in the Urban Water Cycle of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
by Imke Fricke, Rolf Götz, Ruprecht Schleyer and Wilhelm Püttmann
Water 2015, 7(11), 6097-6116; doi:10.3390/w7116097

 

Special Issue Ecological Monitoring, Assessment, and Management in Freshwater Systems

Article: Multiple Time-Scale Monitoring to Address Dynamic Seasonality and Storm Pulses of Stream Water Quality in Mountainous Watersheds
by Hyun-Ju Lee, Kun-Woo Chun, Christopher L. Shope and Ji-Hyung Park
Water 2015, 7(11), 6117-6138; doi:10.3390/w7116117

Article: Integrated Ecological River Health Assessments, Based on Water Chemistry, Physical Habitat Quality and Biological Integrity
by Ji Yoon Kim and Kwang-Guk An
Water 2015, 7(11), 6378-6403; doi:10.3390/w7116378

 

Special Issue Sustainable Water Consumption

Article: Mealworms for Food: A Water Footprint Perspective
by Pier Paolo Miglietta, Federica De Leo, Marcello Ruberti and Stefania Massari
Water 2015, 7(11), 6190-6203; doi:10.3390/w7116190

 

Special Issue New Developments in Methods for Hydrological Process Understanding

Article: Spatial Modeling of Rainfall Patterns over the Ebro River Basin Using Multifractality and Non-Parametric Statistical Techniques
by José L. Valencia, Ana M. Tarquis, Antonio Saa, María Villeta and José M. Gascó
Water 2015, 7(11), 6204-6227; doi:10.3390/w7116204

Article: Sensitivity Analysis of Flow and Temperature Distributions of Density Currents in a River-Reservoir System under Upstream Releases with Different Durations
by Gang Chen and Xing Fang
Water 2015, 7(11), 6244-6268; doi:10.3390/w7116244

Article: Obtaining the Thermal Structure of Lakes from the Air
Water 2015, 7(11), 6467-6482; doi:10.3390/w7116467

Article: Quantifying the Response Time of a Lake–Groundwater Interacting System to Climatic Perturbation
by Franklin W. Schwartz
Water 2015, 7(11), 6598-6615; doi:10.3390/w7116598

 

Special Issue Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Large Asian River Basins

Article: Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Investment in Mekong Hydropower: Political and Economic Drivers and Their Implications across the Water, Energy, Food Nexus
by Nathanial Matthews and Stew Motta
Water 2015, 7(11), 6269-6284; doi:10.3390/w7116269

 

Special Issue Rainwater Harvesting: Quantity, Quality, Economics and State Regulations

Article: Designing Rainwater Harvesting Systems Cost-Effectively in a Urban Water-Energy Saving Scheme by Using a GIS-Simulation Based Design System
by Yie-Ru Chiu, Yao-Lung Tsai and Yun-Chih Chiang
Water 2015, 7(11), 6285-6300; doi:10.3390/w7116285

 

Special Issue Sustainable Water Management and Decision Making under limited Data Availability

Article: Optimizing Water Allocation under Uncertain System Conditions for Water and Agriculture Future Scenarios in Alfeios River Basin (Greece)—Part B: Fuzzy-Boundary Intervals Combined with Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming Model
Water 2015, 7(11), 6427-6466; doi:10.3390/w7116427

 

Further Publications

Article: Effects of Polymer Molecular Weight on Adsorption and Flocculation in Aqueous Kaolinite Suspensions Dosed with Nonionic Polyacrylamides
by Byung Joon Lee and Mark A. Schlautman
Water 2015, 7(11), 5896-5909; doi:10.3390/w7115896

Article: Spatial and Temporal Correlates of Greenhouse Gas Diffusion from a Hydropower Reservoir in the Southern United States
by Jennifer J. Mosher, Allison M. Fortner, Jana R. Phillips, Mark S. Bevelhimer, Arthur J. Stewart and Matthew J. Troia
Water 2015, 7(11), 5910-5927; doi:10.3390/w7115910

Article: An Unstructured Numerical Model to Study Wind-Driven Circulation Patterns in a Managed Coastal Mediterranean Wetland: The Vaccarès Lagoon System
by Olivier Boutron, Olivier Bertrand, Annie Fiandrino, Patrick Höhener, Alain Sandoz, Yves Chérain, Eric Coulet and Philippe Chauvelon
Water 2015, 7(11), 5986-6016; doi:10.3390/w7115986

Article: An Advanced Method to Apply Multiple Rainfall Thresholds for Urban Flood Warnings
by Jiun-Huei Jang
Water 2015, 7(11), 6056-6078; doi:10.3390/w7116056

Article: Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrological Regime of the Danube River and Its Tributaries Using an Ensemble of Climate Scenarios
by Judith C. Stagl and Fred F. Hattermann
Water 2015, 7(11), 6139-6172; doi:10.3390/w7116139

Article: Performance Assessment of Hydrological Models Considering Acceptable Forecast Error Threshold
by Qianjin Dong and Fan Lu
Water 2015, 7(11), 6173-6189; doi:10.3390/w7116173

Article: Parameterization of Time-Averaged Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Nearshore
by Hyun-Doug Yoon, Daniel Cox and Nobuhito Mori
Water 2015, 7(11), 6228-6243; doi:10.3390/w7116228

Article: An Eco-Hydrological Model-Based Assessment of the Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Management in the Jinghe River Basin, China 
Water 2015, 7(11), 6301-6320; doi:10.3390/w7116301

Article: Mechanical Interaction in Pressurized Pipe Systems: Experiments and Numerical Models
by Mariana Simão, Jesus Mora-Rodriguez and Helena M. Ramos
Water 2015, 7(11), 6321-6350; doi:10.3390/w7116321

Article: Expansion of an Existing Water Management Model for the Analysis of Opportunities and Impacts of Agricultural Irrigation under Climate Change Conditions
by Jörg Steidl, Johannes Schuler, Undine Schubert, Ottfried Dietrich and Peter Zander
Water 2015, 7(11), 6351-6377; doi:10.3390/w7116351

Editorial: Advances in Remote Sensing of Flooding
Water 2015, 7(11), 6404-6410; doi:10.3390/w7116404

Article: Effect of Ultrasound Pretreatment on Sludge Digestion and Dewatering Characteristics: Application of Particle Size Analysis
by Elia Judith Martínez and Jose Guillermo Rosas
Water 2015, 7(11), 6483-6495; doi:10.3390/w7116483

Article: Optimal Sensor Placement for Leak Location in Water Distribution Networks using Evolutionary Algorithms
by Myrna V. Casillas and Luis E. Garza-Castañón
Water 2015, 7(11), 6496-6515; doi:10.3390/w7116496

Article: Empirical Estimation of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Concentration of Urban Water Bodies in China Using High Resolution IKONOS Multispectral Imagery
Water 2015, 7(11), 6551-6573; doi:10.3390/w7116551

Review: State of the Art of Online Monitoring and Control of the Coagulation Process
Water 2015, 7(11), 6574-6597; doi:10.3390/w7116574

Article: Validation of a Locally Revised Topographic Index in Central New Jersey, USA
Water 2015, 7(11), 6616-6633; doi:10.3390/w7116616

Article: An Indirect Simulation-Optimization Model for Determining Optimal TMDL Allocation under Uncertainty
Water 2015, 7(11), 6634-6650; doi:10.3390/w7116634

Article: Effect of Nitrogen and Irrigation Application on Water Movement and Nitrogen Transport for a Wheat Crop under Drip Irrigation in the North China Plain
Water 2015, 7(11), 6651-6672; doi:10.3390/w7116651

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