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• Geoethics to face natural risks by improving societal resilience
• Multi-hazards risk assessment at the Canary Islands
• Risk-informed decision-making on volcanic hazards
• Geoethics: the missing piece in the separation of responsibility between volcanologists and decision-makers
• Earthquakes, volcanoes and God: changing perspectives on the importance of religion as an important influence in cultural responses
• Toward a multi-hazard assessment at Etna volcano (Italy): the PANACEA project
• From multi-hazard to multi-risk at Mount Etna: approaches and strategies of the PANACEA project
• The Role of the individual in successful disaster management in pre-industrial societies: the cases of the Southern Italy and the Azores
• Historical volcanism as a source of knowledge to assess the vulnerability of population settlements in the Azores: some thoughts
• A proposal for systematization of vulnerability elements and parameters in volcanic risk assessment.

This book comprises the selected proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ22), Angra do Herosmo, Terceira Island, Azores, 2022. The book interests all researchers and practitioners in Earth Sciences, Volcanic Risks, Natural Hazards, Geoethics, Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Terceira is a volcanic island with volcanic systems with caldera (Cinco Picos, Guilherme Moniz, Santa Brbara and Pico Alto central volcanoes) and an active fissural zone defined by various alignments of small volcanic cones, lava domes and fault zones. The agricultural landscape, the natural and forest reserve, as well as the natural pools make the island a unique place to visit. The historic downtown of Angra do Herosmo is a UNESCO world heritage, and several iconic buildings witness the islands geodynamic history. Natural hazards result from a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on humans. That damaging effect is often called natural disasters. Among the natural hazards and potential disasters to be considered are: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, floods, droughts and coastal erosion. In addition, anthropogenic hazards occur as a result of human interaction with the environment. They comprise technological risks due to exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. Natural systems in different frameworks require a comprehensive understanding of climatology, geology, hydrology and volcanic data, processes and dynamics. Thus, it is important to perform hazard and risk assessment studies to accomplish hazard mitigation. In addition, it highlighted the role of variability and climate change in Earth systems. Furthermore, an accurate understanding of the natural systems and interactions with engineering, geodiversity and natural resources is vital to the entire socioeconomic sector. This book is expected to offer an overview of natural hazards in model regions in Europe, America, Asia and the Atlantic islands. It gives new insights into the characterization, assessment, protection, and modelling of geological hazards, volcanic systems, urban areas, coastal zones and engineering approaches by international researchers and professionals. The scientific committee comprises lead geoscientists, natural hazards related practitioners, and academics worldwide. The main topics include: 1. Multi-hazards and risks: sustainable society, disasters and geoethics 2. Natural hazards and assessment: rock falls, landslides, urban planning and management 3. Sustainable Earth systems: hazards and climate change 4. Terceira Island geology and geodiversity: meeting volcanological hazards in the Azores.

• Part I: GIScience and Geostatistical Techniques
• 1. Principles of GIScience and Geostatistics
• 2. Spatial variability, semivariogram and kriging
• 3. Geostatistical Simulation and Groundwater
• 4. Groundwater and Internet of Things (IoT)
• 5. Groundwater Modeling with Machine Learning Techniques
• 6. Soft computing and Groundwater
• 7. GeoComputation and Groundwater
• 8. GIScience Application for Groundwater Resources Management and Decision Support Part II: Geospatial Mapping, Monitoring, and Modelling of Groundwater Resources
• 9. Field-based monitoring of groundwater
• 10. Satellite-based monitoring of groundwater resources
• 11. GIS-based estimates of groundwater
• 12. Spatial Prediction of Arsenic Contamination and its impact on plant and human
• 13. Geovisualization of Fluoride Contamination and its impact on plant and human
• 14. Spatial Variability of Heavy metal Contamination and its impact on plant and human
• 15. Groundwater Contamination related to Seawater Intrusion
• 16. Groundwater quality in relation with urbanization
• 17. Groundwater contaminations and climate change Part III: Application of Geospatial Techniques for Sustainable Groundwater Development
• 18. Groundwater development through watershed management
• 19. River basin management
• 20. Agricultural water management
• 21. Propagation and spatial distribution of drought in a groundwater catchment
• 22. Communality based peoples' participation in groundwater management
• 23. Groundwater irrigation: trends and regional imbalances
• 24. Groundwater prediction using artificial neural networks
• 25. Open source data and software for groundwater management
• 26. Recent trends in groundwater resources management and land use planning.
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Case Studies in Geospatial Applications to Groundwater Resources provides thorough the most up-to-date techniques in GIS and geostatistics as they relate to groundwater, through detailed case studies that prove real-world applications of remote sensing applications to this subject. Groundwater is the primary source of fresh water in many parts of the world, while come regions are becoming overly dependent on it, consuming groundwater faster than it is naturally replenished and causing water tables to decline unremittingly. India is the largest user of groundwater in the world followed by China and the USA, with developing countries using groundwater at an unsustainable rate. Systematic planning of groundwater usage using modern techniques is essential for the proper utilization, management and modeling of this precious but shrinking natural resource. With the advent of powerful and highspeed personal computers, efficient techniques for water management have evolved, of which remote sensing, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and Geostatistical techniques are of great significance. This book advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to water resource management. Case Studies in Geospatial Applications to Groundwater Resources is a valuable reference for researchers and postgraduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences, especially GIS, agriculture, hydrology, natural resources, and soil science, who need to be able to apply the latest technologies in groundwater research in a practical manner.
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"This volume systematically covers fundamental aspects and current challenges of climatology in cold regions, including cloud, wind, precipitation, radiation, and snow. It focuses on the role of land-atmosphere interactions in cold regions, the nature of land surface processes, soil frozen-thawing processes, snow melting processes, and surface diabatic heating. By introducing new ways of climate modelling in cold regions, this reference will serve to improve seasonal climate prediction via the of use of cryospheric signals. The concepts and date presented here will be of interest to those working and studying in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, and ecology alike."-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• Nature Revealed
• Relics of the Past
• Recent Human Footprints
• Connecting People, Places and Resources
• Sea Level Rising.

• Part I: Karst hydrogeology and methods to study karst aquifers.- Initiative to select, label and protect the world's most important karst springs.- Flood hazard in the Classical Karst: the case of Mucille polje (NE Italy).- Impacts of Recharge and Discharge on Sustainability of the Trinity Aquifers of Central Texas.- Hydrodynamic characterization of sources of karst: case of the source of Ain Sebou (middle Atlas, central, Morocco).- Surprising time lag between precipitation and groundwater levels in a karst aquifer of Kopa Mt. (Slovakia).- Updating the water budget of the Gran Sasso carbonate fractured/karstified aquifer (Central Italy) for a sustainable management of groundwater resources.- Combining quantitative analysis tools (cross-correlation analysis and dye tracer tests) to assess response times in karst aquifers.- Quantitative and Geochemical Characterization of the Mokra Karst Aquifer (SE Serbia) by Time Series Analysis and Stochastic Modelling.- Characterization of the isotopic signature of effective rainfall ( 18O, 2H) to constrain the groundwater re-charge zones in a Mediterranean karst aquifer.- Application of statistical approaches to piezometry to improve the understanding of the karst aquifer hydrodynamic behavior at the Cadarache CEA center (France).- Characterization of hydrogeological processes of karst-influenced multi-layered aquifers of basin edge using statistical and geochemical approaches (northern Aquitaine basin, France).- Implications of Tryptophan-Like-Fluorescence long term monitoring for bacterial detection in a mountainous rural karst aquifer.- What microbial signature means in terms of groundwater dynamics, vulnerability and residence time - Comparison of shallow and deep karst resources.- Deriving major ion concentrations at high resolution from continuous electrical conductivity measurements in karst systems.- ydrogeological characterization and modeling at two test sites of the Apulian karst (Southern Italy).- Prediction of future interactions between karst and river regarding to climate change based on IPCC scenarios: application to a Mediterranean french river basin (Ceze).- A smart analytical and numerical interpretation of injection tests in unsaturated, fractured and karstified carbonate reservoirs.- On the choice of performance metric for model calibration scheme using discharge age-information.- Understanding water table fluctuations in a karstic semiarid Mediterranean aquifer through numerical modelling: the case of Almudaina-Segaria aquifer.- Part II: Karst caves, geomorphology, landscape and natural heritage.- Understandig karst conduit size distribution by numerical speleogenesis modeling.- Unroofed cave - an underground form on the karst surface.- Study of Rull Cave dynamics to understand the complex relationships between soil, cave and external atmosphere.- Hydrological and environmental dynamics in the Guixas show cave: tourist exploitation and flood risk management.- Understanding morphosedimentary changes and extreme past floods: the case of Ojo de Valjunquera cave (Iberian Range, Spain).- Identification of near-surface karst cavities using the posterior population expansion inverse method applied to electrical resistivity data.- Use of terrestrial LiDAR scanner for monitoring of ice thickness in ice caves
• examples from Slovenia.- Evidences of past and present cave hypogenesis in the Serrezuela de Carratraca Massif (Malaga, Southern Spain).- Microstratigraphic analysis of a speleothem from the Nerja Cave (Malaga, Southern Spain).- Gypsum dissolution rate, new data and challenges.- A Multidisciplinary investigation of karstic subsidence in a Madrid urbanization #148.- Morphometric comparison of dolines in three karst landscapes developed on different lithologies.- The importance of snow in the hydrogeology of a high relief karst system: Sierra de Tendenera, in the Pyrenees Mountain range (Huesca, Northern Spain).- The link between man and water in karst, through examples from Apulia (S Italy).- Hydrogeological setting of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark (Palencia-Burgos, Spain): State of knowledge and needs for water resources sustainability research.- Preliminary hydrogeological investigations for sustainable development in the Courel Mountains UNESCO Global.
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• Part I: Karst hydrogeology and methods to study karst aquifers
• Initiative to select, label and protect the worlds most important karst springs
• Flood hazard in the Classical Karst: the case of Mucille polje (NE Italy)
• Impacts of Recharge and Discharge on Sustainability of the Trinity Aquifers of Central Texas
• Hydrodynamic characterization of sources of karst: case of the source of Ain Sebou (middle Atlas, central, Morocco)
• Surprising time lag between precipitation and groundwater levels in a karst aquifer of Kopa Mt. (Slovakia)
• Updating the water budget of the Gran Sasso carbonate fractured/karstified aquifer (Central Italy) for a sustainable management of groundwater resources
• Combining quantitative analysis tools (cross-correlation analysis and dye tracer tests) to assess response times in karst aquifers
• Quantitative and Geochemical Characterization of the Mokra Karst Aquifer (SE Serbia) by Time Series Analysis and Stochastic Modelling
• Characterization of the isotopic signature of effective rainfall (δ18O, δ2H) to constrain the groundwater re-charge zones in a Mediterranean karst aquifer
• Application of statistical approaches to piezometry to improve the understanding of the karst aquifer hydrodynamic behavior at the Cadarache CEA center (France)
• Characterization of hydrogeological processes of karst-influenced multi-layered aquifers of basin edge using statistical and geochemical approaches (northern Aquitaine basin, France)
• Implications of Tryptophan-Like-Fluorescence long term monitoring for bacterial detection in a mountainous rural karst aquifer
• What microbial signature means in terms of groundwater dynamics, vulnerability and residence time Comparison of shallow and deep karst resources
• Deriving major ion concentrations at high resolution from continuous electrical conductivity measurements in karst systems
• ydrogeological characterization and modeling at two test sites of the Apulian karst (Southern Italy)
• Prediction of future interactions between karst and river regarding to climate change based on IPCC scenarios: application to a Mediterranean french river basin (Ceze)
• A smart analytical and numerical interpretation of injection tests in unsaturated, fractured and karstified carbonate reservoirs
• On the choice of performance metric for model calibration scheme using discharge age-information
• Understanding water table fluctuations in a karstic semiarid Mediterranean aquifer through numerical modelling: the case of Almudaina-Segaria aquifer
• Part II: Karst caves, geomorphology, landscape and natural heritage
• Understandig karst conduit size distribution by numerical speleogenesis modeling
• Unroofed cave an underground form on the karst surface
• Study of Rull Cave dynamics to understand the complex relationships between soil, cave and external atmosphere
• Hydrological and environmental dynamics in the Guixas show cave: tourist exploitation and flood risk management
• Understanding morphosedimentary changes and extreme past floods: the case of Ojo de Valjunquera cave (Iberian Range, Spain)
• Identification of near-surface karst cavities using the posterior population expansion inverse method applied to electrical resistivity data
• Use of terrestrial LiDAR scanner for monitoring of ice thickness in ice caves; examples from Slovenia
• Evidences of past and present cave hypogenesis in the Serrezuela de Carratraca Massif (Malaga, Southern Spain)
• Microstratigraphic analysis of a speleothem from the Nerja Cave (Malaga, Southern Spain)
• Gypsum dissolution rate, new data and challenges
• A Multidisciplinary investigation of karstic subsidence in a Madrid urbanization #148
• Morphometric comparison of dolines in three karst landscapes developed on different lithologies
• The importance of snow in the hydrogeology of a high relief karst system: Sierra de Tendenera, in the Pyrenees Mountain range (Huesca, Northern Spain)
• The link between man and water in karst, through examples from Apulia (S Italy)
• Hydrogeological setting of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark (Palencia-Burgos, Spain): State of knowledge and needs for water resources sustainability research
• Preliminary hydrogeological investigations for sustainable development in the Courel Mountains UNESCO Global.

This book covers advances in the field of karst from a variety of perspectives to facilitate knowledge and promote interaction between disciplines. New methods are addressed that advance data collection, analysis, and interpretation in a wide range of karst contexts. Case studies are presented to provide examples of advancing science. Issues addressed include karst hydrogeology (water resources assessment, groundwater pollution and protection), methods to study karst aquifers (based on hydrodynamic, hydrochemistry, isotopes, dye tracing, geophysical surveys, and modeling techniques), karst geomorphology and landscape, mining and engineering in karst media (tunnels, dams, etc.), and karst cavities (touristic caves, natural heritage). This book is a resource for scientists around the world to compare problems, results, and solutions. Likewise, the examples included are used in policy decision making in karst regions. Finally, the contributions are used as a tool for university teaching.
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• 1-Ganga-Brahmaputra-Megna Delta in context
• 2-Emerging floods in the wake of the delta subsidence and sea level rise
• 3-Sediment Regime, Hydro-climatology of the Floods and Sea-level Movements in the Bengal Basin
• 4-Human activities and flood propensity
• 5-Predicting river flood hazard with sparse data: prospects and challenges for the Global South
• 6-Flood and Floodplain Management in the Bengal Basin: The Context of Sustainable Livelihood in the Flood Affected Areas
• 7-Flash flood in Indian part of GBM delta
• 8-Flash flood of Bangladesh part of GBM Delta
• 9-Floods of Teesta River
• 10-Floods of Torsa River
• 11-Floods of Jaldhaka River
• 12-Lis-Murti-Chel Rivers
• 13-Floods of Dharla and Dudhkumor Rivers
• 14-Floods of Mahananda-Balason Rivers
• 15-Floods of Atrai River
• 16-Floods of Purnabhaba River
• 17-Floods of Ganga River
• 18-Floods of the Padma River
• 19-Floods of Brahmaputra River
• 20-Floods of Old Brahmaputra River
• 21-Floods of Bhagirathi River
• 22-Floods of Jamuna River
• 23-Floods of Buriganga and Sitalakha Rivers
• 24-Floods of Surma and Kusiara Rivers
• 25-Floods of Mayurakshi River
• 26-Floods of Ajay River
• 27-Floods of Jalangi and Churni-Mathabhanga River
• 28-Floods of Damodar River system
• 29-Floods of Khari-Behula-Ghea Rivers
• 30-Floods of Dwarakeswar River
• 31-Floods of Shilabati River
• 32-Floods of Kansabati River
• 33-Floods of Keleghai and Rasulpur Rivers
• 34-Floods of Subarnarekha River
• 35-Floods of Ichhamati River
• 36-Floods of Hugli River
• 37-Floods of Meghna River
• 38-Floods of Garai-Madhumati and Arial Khan Rivers
• 39-Floods of Digha-Kanthi Coastal plains
• 40-Floods of Indian Sundarbans (north)
• 41-Floods of Indian Sundarbans (south)
• 42-Floods in Bangladesh Sundarbans
• 43-Tide and Storm Surge induced Floods in the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh.

This volume covers the floods of the major rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Delta, and storm surge related coastal floods in these regions. The book is dedicated to addressing floods from an integrated physical-social perspective to provide students and researchers with a holistic understanding of floods in terms of both human and geomorphological aspects. The systematic coverage of all the major rivers and coastal areas in the GBM delta and surrounding regions will foster a clear comprehension of this dense reservoir of population, where thousands of people are impacted every year due to flood hazards and agricultural destabilization. This comprehensive treatment of flood issues in the region covers flash floods, fluvial floods, fluvio-tidal floods, and coastal floods, and outlines flood management strategies to maintain ecological integrity and environmental stability, and prevent harmful impacts of future floods. The book is intended for students and researchers in earth and environmental sciences, especially geomorphology, hydrology, geography, geology, natural resources management, and regional planning.

• Megafans as major continental landforms / M. Justin Wilkinson, Yanni Gunnell
• A global megafans map / M. Justin Wilkinson, Nathan Currit
• Megafans of Africa / M. Justin Wilkinson, Kevin Burke, Nathan Currit, Mikhail A. Kreslavsky
• Megafans of the northern Kalahari Basin / M. Justin Wilkinson / Roy McG. Miller, Frank Eckardt, Mikhail A. Kreslavsky
• The Chaco megafans / Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Edward Park, Carlos Ramonell, Anwar Sounny-Slitine, Edgardo Cafar0
• Megafans of the Pantanal Basin, Brazil / Maurício G.M. Santos, José C. Stevaux, Mario L. Assine
• Geomorphic and chronological assessment of aggradation patterns on the Río Grande (Guapay) megafan, eastern Bolivia / Jan-Henne May, Timothy Cohen, Frank Preusser, Heinz Veit
• Megafans of southern and central Europe / Alessandro Fontana, Paolo Mozzi
• The Loire megafan, central France / Yanni Gunnel
• Megafans of the Gangetic Plains, India / Rajiv Sinha, Kanchan Mishra, Sampat K. Tandon
• The Kosi megafan, India : morphology, dynamics, and sedimentology / Rajiv Somha, Kumar Gaurav, Kanchan Mishra, Surya Gupta
• Megafans in Australia : a case study of the Holocene Mitchell megafan, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia / Tessa I. Lane, Rachel A. Nanson, R. Bruce Ainsworth, Boyan K. Vakarelov
• Megafans of the northern Victorian Riverine Plains, Australia / Karen A. Kapteinis, John A. Webb, Susan Q. White
• Geology of fluvial-fan deposits : facies patterns, architectural organisation, and implications for economic geology / Dario Ventra, Andrea Moscariello
• An investigation of lithology, hydrogeology, bioturbation and pedogenesis in a cored borehole through the Andoni Formation of the Cubango Megafan, northern Namibia / Roy McG. Miller, Stephen T. Hasiotis, Christoph Lohe, Falk Lindenmaier
• Martin Quinger
• Megafans on Mars : a fluvial analogue for the Sinus Meridiani layered sediments / M. Justin Wilkinson, Mark Salvatore, Ricardo Vialta
• Megafans in world landscapes : results of a global survey / M. Justin Wilkinson
• Some future megafan research directions / M. Justin Wilkinson & Yanni Gunnell.

Megafans are partial cones of river sediment that reach unexpectedly large dimensions, with the largest on Earth being 700 km long. Due to recent developments in space-based observations, global mapping efforts have shown that modern megafan features cover vast landscapes on most continents. This book provides a new inventory of nearly 300 megafans across five continents. Chapters focus on regional studies of megafans from all continents barring North America and Antarctica. The major morphological attributes of megafans and multi-megafan landscapes are discussed, and the principal controls on megafan development are examined. The book also compares megafans with alluvial fans, deltas, floodplains and the recently recognised 'major avulsive fluvial system' (MAFS). The final part of the book discusses the application of megafan research to economic geology, aquifers and planetary geology including layered deposits on Mars. This is an invaluable reference for researchers in geomorphology, sedimentology and physical geography.

• Intro
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 History
• 1.2 Lake Ice Science
• 1.3 Ice Season
• 1.4 This Book
• References
• 2 Freezing of Lakes
• 2.1 Lake Types and Characteristics
• 2.1.1 Lake Basins
• 2.1.2 Water Budget of Lakes
• 2.1.3 Physical Properties of Lake Water
• 2.2 Ice-Covered Lakes
• 2.2.1 Freezing of Lakes
• 2.2.2 Vertical Mixing and Seasons
• 2.2.3 Seasonal Lake Ice Zone
• 2.2.4 Lakes with Perennial Ice
• 2.3 Climate and Water Budget
• 2.3.1 General Regional Climate
• 2.3.2 Radiation Balance

• 2.3.3 Air Pressure, Temperature, Humidity and Wind
• 2.4 Remote Sensing of Lake Ice
• 2.4.1 Techniques
• 2.4.2 Optical Remote Sensing
• 2.4.3 Thermal Remote Sensing
• 2.4.4 Microwave Remote Sensing
• References
• 3 Structure and Properties of Lake Ice
• 3.1 Ice Ih: The Solid Phase of Water on Earth
• 3.1.1 Ice Crystal Structure
• 3.1.2 Ice Nucleation
• 3.1.3 Ice Formation in Lakes
• 3.1.4 Physical Properties of Lake Ice
• 3.1.5 Snow Cover on Ice
• 3.2 Lake Ice Types and Stratigraphy
• 3.2.1 Ice Structure Analysis
• 3.2.2 Lake Ice Stratigraphy
• 3.2.3 Ice Mass Balance

• 3.3 Impurities in Lake Ice Cover
• 3.4 Light Transfer Through Ice Cover
• 3.4.1 Radiance and Irradiance
• 3.4.2 Optical Properties of Lake Ice
• 3.4.3 Light Transmittance
• References
• 4 Thermodynamics of Seasonal Lake Ice
• 4.1 Heat Budget of Freezing Lakes
• 4.1.1 Heat Budget and Radiation Balance
• 4.1.2 Solar Radiation
• 4.1.3 Terrestrial Radiation
• 4.2 Turbulent Heat Exchange with the Atmosphere and Water Body
• 4.2.1 Boundary Layer Above Lake Ice
• 4.2.2 Boundary-Layer Below Lake Ice
• 4.3 Ice Growth and Melting
• 4.3.1 Thermodynamic Principles
• 4.3.2 Congelation Ice

• 4.3.3 Snow on Ice
• 4.3.4 Frazil Ice
• 4.3.5 Ice Melting
• 4.4 Thermodynamic Models of Lake Ice
• 4.4.1 Basics
• 4.4.2 Analytic Models
• 4.4.3 Numerical Models
• 4.4.4 Quasi-Steady Models
• 4.4.5 Time-Dependent Models
• 4.4.6 Two-Phase Models
• References
• 5 Mechanics of Lake Ice
• 5.1 Rheology
• 5.1.1 Stress
• 5.1.2 Strain and Rotation
• 5.1.3 Rheological Models
• 5.2 Ice Cover as a Plate on Water Foundation
• 5.2.1 Elastic Lake Ice Cover
• 5.2.2 Viscous Behaviour of Lake Ice
• 5.2.3 Thermal Cracking and Expansion
• 5.2.4 Displacements in Ice Cover

• 5.3 Bearing Capacity of Ice
• 5.4 Ice Forces
• 5.4.1 Ice Load Problems
• 5.4.2 Estimation of Ice Loads
• 5.5 Drift Ice in Lakes
• 5.5.1 Drift Ice Material
• 5.5.2 Equations of Drift Ice Mechanics
• 5.5.3 Models of Drift Ice Dynamics
• References
• 6 Proglacial Lakes
• 6.1 Ice Sheets and Glaciers
• 6.2 Supraglacial Lakes
• 6.2.1 Structure of Supraglacial Lakes
• 6.2.2 Thermodynamics of Supraglacial Lakes
• 6.2.3 Case Study
• 6.3 Epiglacial Lakes
• 6.3.1 Occurrence of Epiglacial Lakes
• 6.3.2 Thermodynamics of Epiglacial Lakes
• 6.4 Subglacial Lakes

This book updates the first edition for the status of knowledge in the physics of lake ice and the interactions between the ice cover and the liquid water underneath. Since the first edition was written in 2013, there has been a lot of progress in the field, in particular concerning environmental questions and the impact of climate change. Life conditions in ice-covered lakes and practical matters are now brought more into the picture so that the revision also properly serves as a handbook for applications. The author has worked widely with boreal lakes, polar lakes and Central Asian lakes that provides a wide geographical spectrum. Chapter 1 gives a brief overview and presents the research fields. The second chapter contains the classification of ice-covered lakes and observation techniques, especially remote sensing. In Chapter 3, the structure and properties of lake ice are presented including optics and geochemistry. Ice growth and melting are treated in Chapter 4, while the following chapter focuses on ice mechanics with applications to traffic on ice and ice loads. Chapter 6 goes into the exotic environment of pro-glacial lakes. Chapter 7 contains the stratification and circulation of the water body beneath lake ice, Chapter 8 presents the winter ecology of freezing lakes and discusses the lake ice interface toward the society, and Chapter 9 summarizes the climate change impact on lake ice seasons. The book ends into a brief closing chapter and list of references. Research problems for student learning are listed throughout the book. Annexes are included to provide numerical data of constants and standard formulae to help practical calculations and student tasks. Lake ice closely interacts with human living conditions, but people have learnt to live with that and to utilize the ice. In the present time this is true for on-ice traffic and recreation activities. Ice fishing has become a widely enjoyed hobby, and winter sports such as skiing, skating, and ice sailing are popular activities on frozen lakes. The lake ice response to eventual climate warming would appear as a shortening of the ice season due to the increasing air temperature and also as changing of the quality of the ice seasons via changes in ice thickness and structure. The book gives the whole story of lake ice into a single volume. The second, revised edition updates the content based on recent progress in winter limnology and ice physics research and applications. The author has contributed to lake ice research since the 1980s. In particular, his topics have been lake ice structure and thermodynamics, light transfer in ice and snow, ice mechanics in large lakes, and lake ice climatology. Mathematical modeling of ice growth, drift, and decay are covered in this research

• 1. Ant-Colony Based Simulation-Optimization Modeling
• 2. Artificial Intelligent and Deep Learning
• 3. Artificial Neural Network
• 4. Bat Algorithm
• 5. Citizen Science
• 6. Conceptual Grey
• 7. Data Reduction Techniques
• 8. Data Science for Utilities and Urban Systems
• 9. Decision Tree Algorithm
• 10. Discrete Mixed Subdomain Least Squares
• 11. Earthen Worm Algorithm
• 12. Entropy and Resilience Indices
• 13. Evolutionary Based Meta-Modeling
• 14. Evolutionary Polynomial Regression Paradigm
• 15. Firefly Algorithm
• 16. Fish-Friendly Engineering (Fish Habitat Analysis)
• 17. Fuzzy Logic
• 18. Game Theory
• 19. Genetic Algorithm
• 20. Gene Expression Models
• 21. Heuristic Burst Detection Method
• 22. Honey-Bee Mating Optimization
• 23. Hybrid Cuckoo-Harmony Search Algorithm
• 24. Hybrid Mechanistic Data Driven Model
• 25. Imperialist Competitive Algorithm
• 26. Integrated Cellular Automata Evolution
• 27. Lattice Boltzmann Method
• 28. Meshless Particle Modeling
• 29. Multivariare Regressions
• 30. Ontology-Based Knowledge Management framework
• 31. Random Forest
• 32. Relevance Vector Machine
• 33. Rhie and Chow Interpolation
• 34. Supporting Vector Machine.
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Classic Soft-Computing Techniques is the first volume of the three, in the Handbook of HydroInformatics series.? Through this comprehensive, 34-chapters work, the contributors explore the difference between traditional computing, also known as hard computing, and soft computing, which is based on the importance given to issues like precision, certainty and rigor. The chapters go on to define fundamentally classic soft-computing techniques such as Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithm, Supporting Vector Machine, Ant-Colony Based Simulation, Bat Algorithm, Decision Tree Algorithm, Firefly Algorithm, Fish Habitat Analysis, Game Theory, Hybrid Cuckoo-Harmony Search Algorithm, Honey-Bee Mating Optimization, Imperialist Competitive Algorithm, Relevance Vector Machine, etc.?It is a fully comprehensive handbook providing all the information needed around classic soft-computing techniques. This volume is a true interdisciplinary work, and the audience includes postgraduates and early career researchers interested in Computer Science, Mathematical Science, Applied Science, Earth and Geoscience, Geography, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Water Science, Atmospheric Science, Social Science, Environment Science, Natural Resources, and Chemical Engineering.
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• 1 Fluoride in groundwater: distribution, sources, processes, analysis and treatment techniques - A review
• 2 Geochemical sources, aqueous geochemistry, human health risk of fluoride enriched groundwater and its remedial measures
• 3 Spatial Distribution of Arsenic Contamination in India: A Systematic Review
• 4 Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Indo-Gangetic Plain
• 5 Soil-Water Interactions and Arsenic Enrichment in Groundwater
• 6 Arsenic contamination in groundwater and its removal strategies with special emphasis on nano zerovalent iron
• 7 Chemical speciation of chromium and arsenic and biogeochemical cycle in the aquatic system
• 8 Occurrences and mobility of Uranium in soil profile due to groundwater-soil interaction
• 9 Study of the rate of CO2 consumption with silicate and carbonate weathering in aquatic system
• 10 Carbonate chemistry, carbon cycle and its sequestration in aquatic system
• 11 Recent trends in fate, transport, and transformation of inorganic and organic carbon in freshwater reservoirs
• 12 Role of microbes in controlling the geochemical composition of aquatic ecosystems
• 13 Impacts of Pollution on the Hydrogeochemical and Microbial Community of Aquatic Ecosystems in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria
• 14 Aquatic eco-systems under influence of climate change and anthropogenic activities: Potential threats and its mitigation strategies
• 15 Role of Stable Isotopes in Groundwater Resource Management
• 16 Assessment of causes and Impact of Sand mining on River ecosystem
• 17 Nutrient dynamics in the Polar Ice Sheets and Mountain Glaciers: a review.
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Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems Discover the geological foundation of global water supply, focusing on resource conservation and restoration Hydrogeochemistry explores the connections between the geology of a region and the chemical characteristics and quality of its water sources, including such factors as erosion, evaporation, and, increasingly, man-made activities. With the emergence of climate change as a major factor reshaping water quality and availability, the need to understand interactions between hydrochemistry and geology has never been greater. Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems meets this need by offering foundational knowledge about the hydrochemistry of different types of aquatic systems, the nature of their interactions with various pollutants and geological processes, and the possibilities and dangers of human intervention. With a particular focus on aqueous resource conservation and restoration, this is a vital, timely guide to a potentially life-saving subject. Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems readers will also find: Detailed treatment of water-sediment interactions, arsenic and fluoride enrichment, sand mining, and many other subjects Coverage throughout of solute acquisition processes, the carbon cycle, and nutrient geochemistry Case studies from Asia and Africa demonstrating both natural and anthropogenic hydrogeochemical interactions Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems is indispensable for professionals and researchers in environmental science and environmental engineering, as well as scholars and advanced graduate students working on aquatic ecosystems or effects of climate change.
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• Comparison of Different Climate Models Projections for Watershed using Soil and Water Assessment Tool: A Case Study of Middle Tapi Sub-Basin
• Model Performance Evaluation using Streamflow and Potential Evapotranspiration over Middle Tapi Basin, India
• Integrated Modeling of the Lower Tapi Basin using SWAT
• Effect of Drainage Area Threshold on Stream Flow Modelling using ArcSWAT
• Hydrologic Impact Evaluation of Land Use and Land Cover Change in subbasins of Tapi River, using SWAT Model
• Temporal Variation of Percolation and Evapotranspiration Components in the Water Cycle for the Ropar district, Punjab, India using SWAT
• The Role of Objective Functions in Assessment of Water Balance Components using SUFI- Algorithm in Semi-arid Basin
• Assessment of Future Land Use Land Cover Change Impacts on Hydrologic Regime of a River Basin
• Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Hydrological Parameters: Evaluation of Water Balance of a River Basin
• Anthropogenic Influence on Streamflow in the Mahi Bajaj Sagar Basin, India.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of hydrology and hydrological modelling. It covers a range of topics, including, but not limited to, ground water modelling and management, integrated water resources and watershed management, surface water hydrology, drought assessment and mitigation, risk, reliability and design of hydrologic system, etc. Presenting recent advances in the form of illustrations, tables, and text, it offers readers insights for their own research. In addition, the book addresses fundamental concepts and studies in the field of hydrology and hydrological modelling, making it a valuable resource for both beginners and researchers wanting to further their understanding of hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering.

• INTRODUCTION
• NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS
• CATCHMENTS, SURFACE FLOWS
• UNDERGROUND MORPHOLOGY AND FAUNA
• WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS
• INFLUENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS
• CHEMISTRY AND WATER QUALITY

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