2013 - Volume 3 [Issue 3 (July-September)-Special Issue]

Contents

Special Issue on "In Honor of Distinguished Professor Miguel A. Mariño: Modeling Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts on Water and Environmental Systems"

 

Editorial

 

Editorial

 

William W-G. Yeh¹ and Kaveh Madani² Guest Editor
¹Richard G. Newman AECOM Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
²Alex Alexander Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 257-259

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/3/3/001

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What do Friends, Students, and Colleagues Say about Miguel Mariño?

 

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 260-268

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/3/3/002

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A Note to Friends and Colleagues

 

Miguel A. Mariño

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 269-270

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/3/3/003

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Simulating the Impact of Drought on California’s Central Valley Hydrology, Groundwater and Cropping

 

Larry L. Dale^1*, Emin C. Dogrul², Charles F. Brush², Tariq N. Kadir², Francis I. Chung², Norman L. Miller¹ and Sebastian D. Vicuna³

¹Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
²California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA.
³Centro Interdisciplinario de Cambio Global. Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 271-291

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2680

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Climate Change Adaptations for California’s San Francisco Bay Area Water Supplies

 

William S. Sicke¹, Jay R. Lund^1* and Josué Medellín-Azuara¹

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 292-315

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2708

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Response of California Summer Hydroelectricity Generation to Spring Temperature

 

T. J. Blasing^1*, Anna Sullivan² and Kaveh Madani³

¹Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Building 2040, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
²Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA.
³Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 316-332

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2669

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Integrated Water Resources Models to Support Analysis of Integrated Regional Water Management Programs in California

 

A. Taghavi^1*, R. Namvar¹, S. Najmus¹ and M. Cayar¹

¹RMC Water and Environment, 1451 River Park Drive, No. 142, Sacramento, CA, 95815, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 333-377

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2672

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Dynamic Resilience to Climate Change Caused Natural Disasters in Coastal Megacities Quantification Framework

 

Slobodan P. Simonovic^1* and Angela Peck¹

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 378-401

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2504

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Closed-Form Equation for the Duration of Daily Insolation on Uniformly Sloping Terrain

 

Hugo A. Loáiciga^1*

¹Department of Geography University of California Santa Barbara California 93106, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 402-420

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2450

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Watershed Modeling of Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction under Projected Climate Change and Water Management in the Haihe River Basin, China

 

Zhonggen Wang^1,2, Yuzhou Luo^2*, Xinjun Zhu¹, Rui Wang³, Wei Li² and Minghua Zhang^2*

¹Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
²Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
³State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 421-443

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2673

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Consideration of Climate Conditions in Reservoir Operation Using Fuzzy Inference System (FIS)

 

Hamid R. Safavi^1*, Mohammad A. Alijanian² and Mohammad H. Golmohammadi¹

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
²Department of Civil Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 444-463

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2295

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Efficacy of Fuzzy c-Means Cluster Analysis of Naturally Occurring Radioisotope Datasets for Improved Groundwater Resource Management under the Continued Risk of Climate Change

 

Randall W. Gentry^1*

¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, 944 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 464-479

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2505

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Potential and Merits of the Eigenvalues Method to Simulate the Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water

 

Andrés Sahuquillo^1*

¹Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Royal Academy of Sciences, Madrid, Spain.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 480-498

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2472

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Original Research Article Special Issue

Increasing the Lateral Line Length of Drip Irrigation Systems

 

Rafael Ludwig^1* and João Carlos Cury Saad^1*

¹College of Agricultural Sciences, UNESP – São Paulo State University. 1780, José Barbosa de Barros, 18607-037, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 499-509

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/2471

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Original Research Article Regular Section

Contribution of Major Ions in Identifying of Groundwater Flow in Dense Vegetation Cover Area: Case of Sassandra Watershed (South-Western Côte d'Ivoire)

 

T. K. Yao^1*, E. K. Kouadio¹, M-S.Oga¹, O. Fouché², T. Lasm¹ and C. Pernelle³

¹Department of Science and Technology of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Mineral Resources, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire, France.
²LEESU, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, University Paris-Est, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs-sur-Marne, 77455 Marne-la-vallée cedex 2, France.
³Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris, Chemical Analysis and Bioanalytical Department, Physics, 2 rue Saint Martin, 75141 Paris cedex 03, France.

 

[Abstract]    Full Article - PDF    Page 510-526

DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2013/4267

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