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• 1. Introduction
• 2. AUV Modelling
• 3. Receding Horizon Optimization for Integrated Path Planning and Tracking Control of an AUV
• 4. Lyapunov-Based Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Positioning and Trajectory Tracking Control of an AUV
• 5. Multi-Objective Model Predictive Control for Path Following Control of an AUV
• 6. Efficient Implementation Algorithms for NMPC Trajectory Tracking Control of an AUV
• 7. Distributed Lyapunov-based Model Predictive Formation Tracking Control for AUVs Subject to Disturbances
• 8. Conclusions and Future Work.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of marine control system design related to underwater robotics applications. In particular, it presents novel optimization-based model predictive control strategies to solve control problems appearing in autonomous underwater vehicle applications. These novel approaches bring unique features, such as constraint handling, prioritization between multiple design objectives, optimal control performance, and robustness against disturbances and uncertainties, into the control system design. They therefore form a more general framework to design marine control systems and can be widely applied. Advanced Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Marine Vehicles balances theoretical rigor providing thorough analysis and developing provably-correct design conditions and application perspectives addressing practical system constraints and implementation issues. Starting with a fixed-point positioning problem for a single vehicle and progressing to the trajectory-tracking and path-following problem of the vehicle, and then to the coordination control of a large-scale multi-robot team, this book addresses the motion control problems, increasing their level of challenge step-by-step. At each step, related subproblems such as path planning, thrust allocation, collision avoidance, and time constraints for real-time implementation are also discussed with solutions. In each chapter of this book, compact and illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the design and implementation procedures. As a result, this book is useful for both theoretical study and practical engineering design, and the tools provided in the book are readily applicable for real-world implementation.

"At the Base of the Giant's Throat: The Past and Future of America's Great Dams dives into the history of dam-building in America, as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle"-- Provided by publisher

Coastlines, like many things around us, are constantly evolving. Keeping pace with the changes and their development is necessary to ensure their stability and to maintain eco-equilibrium for nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics. Supported with field measurements for model validation, several numerical and analytical tools are available to us to understand the physical processes in the vicinity of these water bodies.This book encompasses the engineering principles involved in field data observation, measurement, collection, and processing; the prediction of wave climate and sediment transport using measured field data; numerical modelling involving calibration and validation of the hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes; and the study of the underlying physical processes and the application of sustainable engineering measures to combat coast- and estuary-related problems.The book has three sections: The first section is an elaboration on the need for and framework of the existing management and engineering notions. The second section details the measurement of the various parameters such as wave climate (offshore and nearshore), shoreline changes, beach profile variation, and sediment transport rates. The third section describes the aspects of wave prediction to arrive at design characteristics and modelling of the hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes along open coasts and tidal inlets.This book is designed to benefit students pursuing coastal engineering as their field of specialization. It could also serve as a guidebook to engineers, planners, and decision makers working in the fields of coastal, estuarine, and harbour engineering, governmental and private agencies that plan the financial outlay for coastal development projects, and private consultants dealing with maritime hydraulics.
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• Introduction: These Oozy and Muddy Lands
• Adapt or Retreat
• The Ditch-and-Gravity Era, 1720s-1830s
• The Polder-and-Paddle Era, 1830s-1850s
• Plagues and Progress, 1850s-1860s
• Capers and Consequences, 1860s-1870s
• The Progressive Era, 1880s-1890s
• Dewatering New Orleans, 1900s-1910s
• Geographies Rearranged, 1910s-1920s
• Drainage Becomes a Utility, 1920s-1950s
• The Feds Wade In, 1960s-1990s
• The Only Thing That Can Mess Us Up, Early 2000s
• Rewatering New Orleans, 2010s-2020s

"Draining New Orleans is the first full-length book entirely devoted to one of the world's most challenging drainage problems: the reclamation and drainage of a fluvial delta for the development of the City of New Orleans. Renowned Crescent City geographer and historian Richard Campanella introduces readers to the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater New Orleans. With forays into geography, public health, engineering, architecture, politics, sociology, race relations, and disaster response, he recovers the herculean effort to 'reclaim' the city's swamps and marshes and install subsurface drainage for urbanization. This is not a story about mud; rather, it is a history of people, power, and the making of place. Campanella emphasizes the role of empowered, colorful individuals who spearheaded efforts to separate water from dirt and create value in the process not only for the community, but also for themselves. Campanella opens with a festive scene on Mardi Gras weekend 1915, in which an elaborate parade for 'the Drainage King'--a local hero by the serendipitous name of George Hero--brought an elite entourage to the edge of the Barataria swamp to witness the activation of gigantic pumps, via a telephonic connection to President Woodrow Wilson in the White House. What transpired in the years and decades ahead can only be understood by going back two centuries-to the geological formation and indigenous occupation of this delta and continuing through the colonial, antebellum, postbellum, and Progressive eras to modern times. The consequences of the dewatering of New Orleans are both triumphant and tragic. The city's engineering prowess made it a world leader in drainage technology, yet also a vulnerable victim of its own success. And by no means is the story over, for amid the uncertainty wrought by soil subsidence, coastal erosion, and climate change, the next generation of drainage experts are striving to improve on the past by doing something utterly inconceivable to their predecessors: rewatering New Orleans"-- Provided by publisher

• Intro
• Dry Dock StandardPUBLISHED BY
• CONTENTS
• Chapter 1: GENERAL
• 1.1 Scope
• 1.2 Application
• 1.3 Definitions, Symbols, and Notation
• 1.4 Consensus Standards and Other Referenced Documents
• Chapter 2: TYPES OF DRY DOCKS
• 2.1 Purpose
• 2.2 Floating Dry Docks
• 2.2.1 Pontoon Floating Dry Dock
• 2.2.2 Caisson Floating Dry Dock
• 2.2.3 Sectional Floating Dry Dock
• 2.3 Graving Docks
• 2.3.1 Full Hydrostatic Graving Dock
• 2.3.2 Fully Relieved Graving Dock
• 2.3.3 Partially Relieved Graving Dock
• 2.3.4 Closure Gates
• 2.3.4.1 Caisson Gate
• 2.3.4.2 Hinged Gate

• 2.3.4.3 Intermediate Gates
• 2.4 Marine Railways
• 2.5 Vertical Lifts
• Chapter 3: DRY DOCK CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• 3.1 Requirements
• 3.2 Qualifications of the Dry Dock Certifying Agency
• 3.3 Dry Dock Capacity Certificate
• 3.4 Condition Assessment
• 3.4.1 Periodicity of Condition Assessments
• 3.4.2 Drawings
• 3.4.3 Dry Dock Calculations
• 3.4.4 Material Condition Survey
• 3.4.5 Condition Assessment Report
• 3.5 Certification Inspections
• 3.6 Material Condition Survey Reporting
• 3.6.1 Reporting
• 3.7 Specific Requirements for All Dry Dock Types

• 3.7.1 Dry Dock Maintenance
• 3.7.2 Dry Dock Operations
• 3.7.3 Fire Protection
• 3.7.4 Hydrographic Survey
• 3.7.5 Underwater Survey
• 3.7.6 Record Keeping
• 3.8 Specific Requirements for Floating Dry Docks
• 3.8.1 Instrumentation Requirements
• 3.8.2 Wingwall Freeboard
• 3.8.3 Pontoon Freeboard
• 3.8.4 Stability
• 3.8.5 Ballast Tank and Buoyancy Chamber Watertightness
• 3.9 Specific Requirements for Graving Docks
• 3.10 Specific Requirements for Marine Railways
• 3.10.1 Line, Grade, and Gauge Survey
• 3.10.2 Chain Inspection Periodicity
• 3.10.3 Wire Rope
• 3.10.4 Rollers

• 3.11 Specific Requirements for Vertical Lifts
• Chapter 4: CONDITION ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOATING DRY DOCKS
• 4.1 Document Review
• 4.2 Material Condition Survey
• 4.2.1 Internal Ballast Tanks and Sea Chests
• 4.2.2 Internal Nonballasting Compartments
• 4.2.3 External Portions of the Floating Dry Dock
• 4.2.3.1 Pontoon Deck
• 4.2.3.2 Wingwalls
• 4.2.4 Floating Dry Dock Mooring System
• 4.2.5 Floating Dry Dock Fenders and Vessel Moorings
• 4.2.6 Floating Dry Dock Translation System (if applicable)
• 4.2.7 Vessel Support Blocks
• 4.2.8 Cathodic Protection System

• 4.3 Operational Tests
• 4.3.1 Dry Dock Operation Test
• 4.3.2 Submergence Test
• 4.3.3 Lightweight Survey
• 4.3.4 Translation System Test (if applicable)
• 4.3.5 Verification of Instrumentation and Controls
• 4.4 Dry Dock Calculations
• 4.4.1 Light Weight Determination
• 4.4.2 Buoyant Capacity
• 4.4.3 Stability
• 4.4.4 Transverse Bending
• 4.4.4.1 Transverse Bending with Water at Top of Keel Blocks
• 4.4.4.2 Transverse Bending at Operating Draft
• 4.4.4.3 Partial Load, Maximum Head Condition
• 4.4.4.4 Reverse Bending
• 4.4.4.5 Transverse Bending Limits

"Dry Dock Standard, ASCE/COPRI 77-22, provides guidance on safety certification of commercial drydocking facilities through maintenance and inspection that will minimize risk to personnel and ships"-- Provided by publisher

• Vector calculus-I
• Vector calculus-II
• Complex variables
• Fourier analysis
• Ordinary differential equations-I
• Ordinary differential equations-II
• Partial differential equations-I
• Partial differential equations-II
• Dimensional analysis
• Viscous-fluid flow
• Ideal-fluid flow
• Water waves
• Wave diffraction and wave loads
• Prescribed body motions and floating bodies
• Irregular-sea analysis
• Introduction to analytical dynamics.

"The ideal single source bringing together the mathematical methods and dynamic analysis techniques required for a meaningful analysis. Ideal for both graduate students and practicing engineers interested in advancing their problem-solving and design skills in a challenging ocean environment through the use of engineering mathematics"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction. The Many Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam
• 1. Religious Expansion: Latter-day Settlers, Dispossession, and Indentured Servitude, 1840-1880
• 2. Instruments of Dispossession: The Influence of Science and Scholarship, 1869-1920
• 3. Structures of Erasure: Engineering, Education, and Ecology, 1910-1960
• 4. Political Maneuvering: Reclamation and Termination in Diné Bikéyah, 1947-1980
• 5. Legal Paradigms and Dispossession: Navajos, Environmentalists, and the Law, 1969-1980
• Epilogue. Dispossession and Possession: The Continued Fight over Sacred Land and Water on the Colorado Plateau

• Pt. 1. Présentation de l'eau dans le monde
• 1. Répartition de l'eau sur la planète
• Différentes formes de l'eau
• Répartition de l'utilisation de l'eau
• La consommation agricole
• La consommation industrielle
• La consommation domestique
• Inégalité de répartition de l'eau dans le monde
• L'eau comme l'Or bleu : une richesse à la base des conflits ?
• Problématique de la protection des eaux douces
• Les écosystèmes sont placés dans une position unique.
• L'eau dans le monde, un enjeu de gouvernance
• La diplomatie de l'eau
• Quelles sont les pistes des solutions ?
• 2. Cycle hydrologique de l'eau
• Le cycle alimenté par le soleil
• Évaporation
• Transpiration
• Condensation :
• Précipitation :
• Ruissellement
• Eau souterraine
• Surface de saturation
• Pt. 2. Quelques conflits lies à l'eau dans le monde
• 1. Aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau au Moyen-Orient et en Asie
• Un aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau en Moyen-Orient
• Israel et ses voisins
• Le Jourdain : fleuve plus politique, religieux, idéologique et historique
• Le basin du Jourdain
• La guerre de l'eau entre Turquie, Irak et Syrie
• Conflit autour des Fleuves Tigre et Euphrate
• Un aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau en Asie
• Conflit de l'eau en Asie Centrale
• 2. Un aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau en Amérique
• Conflits entre les États-Unis et le Mexique
• Tensions entre le Canada et les États-Unis dans les eaux frontalières
• Conflit territorial entre Ottawa et Washington
• Des négociations serrées sont à prévoir entre les deux pays
• Dix querelles ou conflits entre Canada et États-Unis
• La frontière de l'Alaska
• La crise des missiles
• Nixon et Trudeau
• Le saumon du Pacifique
• Les pluies acides
• Le bois d'œuvre
• La guerre en Irak
• Le bouclier antimissile
• Le pipeline Keystone XL
• L'acier et l'aluminium
• 3. Un aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau entre les pays méditerranéens
• Pénurie pour 80 Millions de Méditerranéens en 2025
• La véritable guerre liée à l'eau
• L'Égypte, le point chaud, le plus problématique
• Probabilité de conflits intra-étatiques
• Des solutions pragmatiques
• 4. Un aperçu sur la géopolitique de l'eau en Afrique
• Conflit autour du Fleuve Nil
• La bataille du Nil entre Égypte et Israël
• Les neuf pays riverains du Nil
• Lutte d'influence
• Quatre pays africains, riverains du fleuve, ont décidé de revoir le partage de ses ressources hydrauliques
• Conflit autour du Bassin du Mékong entre Botswana et Namibie
• L'eau comme source de tensions en Afrique de l'Ouest (Sahel)
• Ces conflits se déroulent au Sahel
• Piste de solution : l'eau comme opportunité de collaboration
• Pt. 3. Les cours d'eaux du bassin du Congo et le lac Tchad
• Fleuve Congo, Rivière Ubangi et Lac Tchad
• 1. Le fleuve Congo, projet inca III et coopération entre les états
• Le fleuve Congo
• Historique
• Congo supérieur
• Congo moyen, dit aussi Haut-Congo
• Congo inférieur
• Les affluents du Congo
• Lawson ou Lefimi
• Présentation du fleuve Congo
• Situation Environnementale
• Caractéristiques du bassin versant
• Caractéristique du basin du Fleuve Congo
• Influence de la nature des sols
• Variabilité naturelle et les caractéristiques climatiques
• Les caractéristiques hydrologiques et la disponibilité des ressources en eau
• Un climat tropical
• Végétation et Faune : une grande diversité
• Caractérisation des eaux du Fleuve Congo
• Électrification d'Afrique par le projet INGA III
• La RDC signe un accord de développement pour le futur barrage Inga III
• En République démocratique du Congo, le rêve fou des méga barrages Inga
• Prendre le relais des barrages Inga I et II
• 4.Que pensez-vous du projet Grand Inga ?
• Coopération entre les états après les indépendances
• 2. Rivière Ubangi
• Brève historique
• Présentation
• Centrale hydroélectrique de Mobayi-Mbongo
• Le tarissement de la Rivière Ubangi
• Les causes du tarissement
• Les conséquences du tarissement
• Risques et incertitudes entourant le projet
• Les solutions envisageables
• Pourquoi prendre cette eau à partir de Satema à Kota-Koli
• 3. Lac Tchad
• Présentation
• Le Grand Lac Tchad
• Le Moyen Lac Tchad
• Le Petit (lac) Tchad
• Le Petit Lac Tchad sec
• Le basin versant du Lac Tchad
• Série d'assassinats
• Origine de Secte Boko Haram
• Quelques interprétations sur la diminution de surface du lac Tchad
• Quelles causes ? Quelle réversibilité ? Quelle solution ?
• Une forte croissance démographique
• Hydrologie et pluviométrie
• Pt. 4. Projet de transfèrement d'eau du bassin du Congo vers la Libye et le lac Tchad (Transaqua)
• 1. Le projet libyen d'exportation des eaux brutes du Congo
• 2. Présentation et chronologie d'évolution du projet Transaqua
• Les objectifs initiaux du projet sont les suivants
• Achèvements ou étude de faisabilité du projet
• À la fin de l'étude de faisabilité, les principales conclusions sont les suivantes
• L'analyse économique de l'ensemble des résultats obtenus montre
• Perspective et recommandation
• Buts recherchés de cc transfert d'eau
• Détails estimatifs et techniques
• Chronologie d'évolution
• Évolution récente du projet Transaqua
• Mauvaise gestion du Lac Tchad par les pays riverains
• Diversification de solutions
• Pourquoi le projet Transaqua est-il urgent ?
• 30. ans de combat de Jacques Cheminade pour l'Afrique et le projet Transaqua
• La Commission du Bassin du Lac Tchad
• 3. Différentes conférences organisées et positions des acteurs
• La conférence de Bologne et Rimini en Italie
• La conférence d'Abuja du 26 Février 2018
• Les objectifs de la conférence
• Nécessité d'une coopération entre les pays riverains
• Accord historique halo-chinois
• Entreprise Italienne Bonifica
• Entreprise Chinoise POWER CHINA (Power Construction Corporation)
• Une étude de faisabilité de Transaqua a été commandée à un groupe chinois
• Un défi géopolitique d'une ampleur décourageante
• Power China est arrivé à N'Djamena après avoir signé le mémorandum d'accord sur le transfert de l'eau
• 4. Critiques et controverses autour de Transaqua
• La position des Chefs d'États riverains
• Position du Gouvernement Congolais de la RDC
• Position des Parlementaires Congolais de la RDC
• La réaction de l'Honorable Eve Bazaiba
• La réaction de l'honorable Lokondo coupe le débat
• Les Sénateurs Congolais RD rejettent le projet Transaqua
• Réactions téléphoniques de Modeste MUTINGA et Bayon N'Sa MPUTU
• Position de la Société Civile de la RDC
• La Coalition des organisations de la société civile pour le suivi des réformes et de l'action publique (CORAP).
• La société civile du Nord-Ubangi s'oppose au transfert des eaux de l'Ubangi vers le lac Tchad
• Exigences de 28 organisations de la Société Civile qui sont dans le secteur de la gouvernance des ressources naturelles
• Position des scientifiques
• Est-ce-qu'on peut prendre cette eau à partir de l'embouchure du fleuve Congo ?
• Pour les scientifiques, le lac Tchad ne disparaît pas.

• Il est en perpétuelle évolution
• La position de la population congolaise de la RDC
• Position de la communauté Internationale et Organismes Internationaux
• Union Européenne
• World Wide Fund (WWF)
• Les larmes de crocodile de Ségolene ne rempliront pas le lac Tchad
• Déclaration de Jacques Chemina& du 7 février 2017
• Commission Internationale du Basin Congo-Ubangi-Sangha "C1COS".

"La République Démocratique du Congo est bouleversée par une économie en récession, par les guerres interminables liées aux richesses de son sous-sol, par les effets du changement climatique et les risques de désastres écologiques. Un gigantesque projet refait pourtant surface. Le projet Transaqua vise à détourner les eaux du bassin du Congo pour alimenter le bassin du lac Tchad, menacé de dessèchement. Le projet serait à une phase très avancée des discussions entre plusieurs pays, milieux d'affaires et experts internationaux, discussions auxquelles la RDC n'a jamais été associée. Ce livre examine ce projet et ses conséquences potentiellement dramatiques sur l'économie des populations riveraines : barrages en difficulté ; disparition d'espèces aquatiques ; diminution du débit et perturbation de la navigation ; abandon du projet Inga III qui devait amener le courant dans d'autres pays de la région ; réduction de la production agricole ; chute de la pêche et chômage. Le Transaqua jetterait des milliers de jeunes dans les bras de Boko Haram et risquerait d'entraîner d'importants bouleversements géopolitiques."--Page 4 of cover.

• 1. Introduction to Volume I of the Water Geospatial Handbook,
• 2. Introduction to Volume I,
• 3. Large-Scale Mapping and Monitoring Inland Waters by Google Earth Engine and Remote Sensing Techniques,
• 4. Identification of Potential Runoff Storage Zones within Watersheds,
• 5. Flood Risk Zone Mapping Using a Rational Model in Highly Weathered Nitisols of Southeastern Nigeria,
• 6. Morphometric Indicators-Based Flood Vulnerability Assessment of Upper Satluj Basin, Western Himalayas, India,
• 7. Remote Sensing Measures of Sandbars along the Shoreline of Sonadia Island, Bangladesh, 1972-2006,
• 8. Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Agricultural Sustainability,
• 9. Monitoring Common Agricultural Cropping Across the US and Canadian Laurentian Great Lakes Basin Watershed Using MODIS-NDVI Data,
• 10. SWAT Modeling of Sediment Yields for Selected Watersheds in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin,
• 11. Temporal Downscaling of Daily to Minute Interval Precipitation by Emulator Modeling-Based Genetic Optimization.
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1. Captures advanced technologies and applications for assimilation and implementation and addresses a wide spectrum of water issues. 2. Provides real world applications and case studies of advanced spectral and spatial sensors combined with geospatially driven water process modelling. 3. Details applications of the latest remote sensor systems including GRACE, SMAP, AVIRIS, Sentential, MODIS, Landsat 8, RapidEye, AirSWOT, and pays special attention to multidisciplinary cases studies. 4. It is global in coverage with applications demonstrated by more than 170 experts from around the world. 5. Edited by extremely qualified authors with lifelong expertise in water sciences and with an extensive record in books and journal publications.
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• 1. Introduction to Volume II and Neuse River Watershed and Water Quality Case Study,
• 2. Neuse Case Study and Water Quality-Related Methods,
• 3. Virtual Field Reference Database for Assessment of Land Cover Data and Variability,
• 4. Vegetation Dynamics and Identification of Land Cover Change in a Complex Land Use Community,
• 5. Land-Cover Change Detection Using Multi-Temporal MODIS NDVI Data,
• 6. Spectral and GIS Rule-Based Land-Cover Classification in the Neuse River,
• 7. Modeling the Distribution of Diffuse Nitrogen Sources and Sinks in the Neuse River Basin,
• 8. Monitoring of Water Colorants Using AVIRIS Hyperspectral Sensing,
• 9. DEM Resolution and Roughness Effect in Relation to Model Performance,
• 10. Application of Densely Stacked Satellite Image Classification and Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis in Predicting Urban Sprawl,
• 11. A Feasibility Study of Seabed Cover Classification Standards.
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1. Captures advanced technologies and applications for assimilation and implementation and addresses a wide spectrum of water issues. 2. Provides real world applications and case studies of advanced spectral and spatial sensors combined with geospatially driven water process modelling. 3. Details applications of the latest remote sensor systems including GRACE, SMAP, AVIRIS, Sentential, MODIS, Landsat 8, RapidEye, AirSWOT, and pays special attention to multidisciplinary cases studies. 4. It is global in coverage with applications demonstrated by more than 170 experts from around the world. 5. Edited by extremely qualified authors with lifelong expertise in water sciences and with an extensive record in books and journal publications.
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• 1. Introduction to Volume III,
• 2. Introduction to Volume III and Two-Stage Ditch and River Geomorphology Case Study,
• 3. Water Resources and Agricultural Ditch Management,
• 4. Active Floodplain Requirements for Sustaining Two-Stage Channel Geometry,
• 5. Enhanced Channel Design v2
• .6: A Design Tool for Two-Stage Ditches and Self-Forming Channels,
• 6. Evaluating Geomorphic Change in Constructed Two-Stage Ditches,
• 7. Air-Photo-Based Change in Channel Width Sedimentation in the Minnesota River Basin,
• 8. Hydrologic Alteration Drives Channel Widening and Alters Sandbar Vegetation Dynamics on a Large, Alluvial River in Minnesota, USA,
• 9. A Comparison of Methods for Prioritizing Lakes in Minnesota,
• 10. Water Yield Ecosystem Services Assessment in Periyar Tiger Reserve,
• 11. Water Quality Parameters as Related to Small Watershed Land Cover,
• 12. Soil Moisture Estimation Using a SAR Water Cloud Model for an Improved Anchor Pixel Selection Process in SEBAL.
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1. Captures advanced technologies and applications for assimilation and implementation and addresses a wide spectrum of water issues. 2. Provides real world applications and case studies of advanced spectral and spatial sensors combined with geospatially driven water process modelling. 3. Details applications of the latest remote sensor systems including GRACE, SMAP, AVIRIS, Sentential, MODIS, Landsat 8, RapidEye, AirSWOT, and pays special attention to multidisciplinary cases studies. 4. It is global in coverage with applications demonstrated by more than 170 experts from around the world. 5. Edited by extremely qualified authors with lifelong expertise in water sciences and with an extensive record in books and journal publications.
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• Introduction : seawall entanglements
• Coastal disruption
• The strangled shore
• Lost origins : dreams of a green seawall
• The great wall of Malé
• Contested futures : the hope of a living seawall
• Conclusion : the dilemma of placekeeping.

"This book expounds the hydraulics of fine sediment which is almost ubiquitously found in coastal and estuarine waters, and in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Although the basic subject may be categorized as applied marine physics in shallow waters, several physicochemical and biological effects on particulate transport have been addressed. In this second edition most of the chapters have been substantially updated, rewritten, and expanded. Overall, a significant change has also been made throughout by replacing sediment concentration, a unit dependent quantity at the heart of numerous descriptions, measurements, and calculations, with the nondimensional sediment volume fraction. It marks a divergence in the manner in which fine sediment transport data and calculations are conventionally presented. The book is mainly written for civil engineering seniors and graduate students, to offer a comprehensive foundation in hydraulics of fine sediment. The book is also a useful reference for researchers interested in the effects of physical chemistry and biology on fine sediment transport in water and to an extent on coastal and estuarine morphodynamics, sediment transport, port and harbor engineering, and applied shallow watwer marine physics. The book is also recommended reading for those interested in understanding particle transport in water"-- Provided by publisher

"Due to extreme drought and chronic overuse, the Colorado River and all those who depend on its waters are in peril. During a pivotal moment in the river's lifespan, acclaimed author Wade Davis tells the story of America's Nile. Blending natural and cultural history, geology and conservation, his account reveals the side effects of our centuries-old quest for progress, and presents an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and foster the rebirth of one of the world's most important rivers."-- Provided by publisher.

• Intro
• Preface
• Brief Introduction
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System
• 1.2 Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle Propelled by Undulating Fins
• 1.2.1 Theoretical Analysis of Undulatory Fin
• 1.2.2 Experimental Observation and Analysis of Undulating Fin
• 1.2.3 Numerical Analysis of Undulating Fin
• 1.3 Autonomous Operation of the Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System
• 1.4 Trajectory Planning of the Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System
• References
• 2 Design of the Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System

• 2.1 Mechanical Design of the UBVMS
• 2.1.1 Mechanical Design of the Bionic Propulsor
• 2.1.2 Mechanism Design of the Underwater Manipulator
• 2.2 Control System Design of the UBVMS
• 2.2.1 Underlying Driving System of Undulatory Fins
• 2.2.2 Underlying Driving Remote Update System
• References
• 3 Kinematics and Dynamics Modeling of the Biomimetic Undulatory Fin
• 3.1 Kinematics Modeling of the Undulatory Fin
• 3.1.1 Kinematics Modeling
• 3.1.2 Effects on the Movement of Undulating Fin
• 3.2 Dynamic Modeling of Undulatory Fins
• 3.2.1 Basal Principle
• 3.2.2 Dynamic Modeling

• 5.2.2 Real-Time Trajectory Planning for Approaching a Moving Target
• 5.2.3 Model Description for Simultaneous Arrival of the Underwater Biomimetic Robot and the Target
• 5.2.4 Real-Time Trajectory Planning Algorithm for Approaching a Moving Target
• 5.2.5 Simulation and Analysis
• References
• 6 Path Tracking Control of the Underwater Biomimetic Robot
• 6.1 Waypoint Tracking Control
• 6.1.1 Problem Statement
• 6.1.2 The Controller Design of Waypoint Tracking
• 6.1.3 Experiments and Analysis
• 6.2 Path Tracking Control
• 6.2.1 Reference Coordinate System
• 6.2.2 Problem Statement

• 6.2.3 The Controller Design
• 6.2.4 Experiment and Analysis
• References
• 7 Autonomous Grasping Control of the Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System
• 7.1 Hand-Eye Coordination Control of the Underwater Manipulator
• 7.1.1 Autonomous Grasping Control of Manipulator
• 7.1.2 Experiment and Results
• 7.2 Coordination Planning and Control of the Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System
• 7.2.1 Coordination Planning and Control Based on Task-Priority Algorithm
• 7.2.2 Experiment and Results
• References

This book is about the design and control of biomimetic underwater robots. It explains the six aspects of the underwater biomimetic vehicle- manipulator system in detail and provides practical examples. This book is the authors long-term exploration of the theoretical and technical issues in the development of the underwater biomimetic vehicle-manipulator system and is written based on more than 15 years of scientific research and practical experience. This book is a helpful reference for the researchers, engineers, master and Ph.D. students in the field of biomimetic underwater robots.

• The nature of the Orange River and its basin
• Early activity
• First stirrings
• The schemes takes shape
• The art of dam design
• Design of the Gariep Dam
• Construction of the Gariep Dam
• Vanderkloof Dam
• The orange fish tunnel
• Life on construction --irrigation in the fish valley
• The diversion to the Sundays River
• Ancillary works
• Aftermath, spin-offs and assessment
• Orange River personalities

"In 1962 South Africa was reeling from the after-effects of the Sharpeville Massacre and the exodus from the British Commonwealth. Unexpectedly, the government announced the Orange River Project, a plan on a scale unknown in the country, to tame the Orange River and provide reliable water supply to transform the arid Karoo. These scheme included two large dams, the longest tunnel in the world, thousands of kilometres of irrigation canals, and completely new towns to serve the engineering work. The mood of the country lifted as overseas experts streamed in to work side-by-side with South African engineers to design and construct the enormous scheme. Thousands of workers were employed on construction, subsidiary industries flourished, and long-suffering farmers could at last look forward to stable water supplies.-- Back cover