Proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), 12-16 January 2009 at New Delhi, India, Vol.-1: Recent submissions

  • 17-Determination of Unsaturated Soil Parameters from Infiltration Experiment Using Inverse Procedure. 
    Chandramouli, P. N.; Hariprasad, K. S.; Ojha, C. S. P.; Gopal, Talari Venkata (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The inverse problem of determining unsaturated soil hydraulic properties from one-dimensional, transient infiltration event is analyzed. Hydraulic properties are assumed to be described by Van Genucheten's (1980) model. ...
  • 18-Effective Soil Hydraulic Parameter Estimation at Different Spatial Scales. 
    Mohanty, Binayak P.; Das, Narendra N.; Jana, Raghavendra B.; Ines, Amor V. M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    A review of multiple approaches to the problem of soil hydraulic parameter estimation at different spatial scales is presented. Methods reviewed include traditional bottom-up approaches, as well as newer top-down approaches ...
  • 19-Assessment of Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods in a Semi Arid Region. 
    Khodke, U. M.; Gundekar, H. G. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Estimation of accurate reference crop evapotranspiration (ET)) is necessary for a reliable irrigation management system. This paper deals with evaluation of seven reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) methods viz. 1982 ...
  • 20-Infiltration Processes and Soil Moisture Dynamics. 
    Manfreda, Salvatore; Caylor, Kelly K.; Scanlon, Todd M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The description of soil moisture dynamics is a challenging problem for the hydrological community, as it is governed by complex interactions between climate, soil and vegetation. Recent research has achieved significant ...
  • 21-Application of Shallow Water Equations Models for Water Hazards Problem. 
    Unami, Koichi; Kawachi, Toshihiko; Miyauchi, Ayako (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The Shallow Water Equations (SWEs) are applicable to vast range of practical problems where water flows dominantly in the horizontal directions. The finite volume method is effective for numerically solving the SWEs in ...
  • 22-A State-of-the-Art of the SCS-CN Methodology. 
    Babu, P. Suresh; Mishra, S. K.; Singh, Vijay P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Any new development of an alternative (or innovation) to extend, generalize, or to improve a methodology requires an understanding of its state-of-the-art. This understanding entails a critical review of historical ...
  • 23-Dam Break Flood Simulation in Natural Floodplain Topography with 1D and 2D Numerical Models. 
    Sakia, Mimi Das; Sarma, Arup Kumar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Floods due to failure of dams induce widespread damages to life and property owing to its high magnitude and unpredictable sudden occurrence. The response time for such flood is quite small compared to natural floods. ...
  • 24-Artificial Neural Network Modelling of Tawi River Basin. 
    Agarwal, Avinash; Ahmad, Tanvear; Singh, R. D. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The rainfall-runoff process is a highly non-linear complex process due the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation patterns and watershed characteristics. The understanding and modelling of rainfall-runoff ...
  • 25-Rainfall Runoff Modelling Using Fuzzy Rule Based Approach. 
    Lohani, A. K.; Goel, N. K.; Bhatia, K. K. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The problem of transformation of rainfall into runoff has been a subject of scientific investigations throughout the evolution of the subject of hydrology. A number of investigators have tried to relate runoff with the ...
  • 26-. Predicting Varied Kinematic Roughness Parameter during Storm Durations under Ungauged Catchment Situations . 
    Gaur, M. L.; Mathur, B. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Effective overland roughness happens to be the key parameter of Kinematic Wave (KW) models, which truly govern's the overall success of model application in terms of surface runoff simulations. Most of the researchers ...
  • 27-Modeling Urban Flooding from Storm Sewers Using Dynamic Wave Theory. 
    Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit; Dutta, Aniruddha; Nouri, Fariborz; Kaushik, Chitranjan (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Traditionally, urban storm sewers, meant to convey excess runoff from impervious covers efficiently, are designed with the applications of rational formula of hydrology with all of the conceptual limitations of the method. ...
  • 28-Numerical Modeling for Floodway Assessment—A Case Study. 
    Panu, U. S.; McKenna, Dominic; Tomlinson, Daniel (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Vitality of the Neebing-Mclntyre Floodway based on a variety of climatic and geometrical boundary conditions has been evaluated. A numerical hydraulic model of the floodway was developed. Sensitivity analysis of the floodway ...
  • 29-Development of Interface for Daily Runoff Assessment from a Watershed. 
    Dhore, K. A.; Khare, Deepak; Chaube, U. C.; Garg, P. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Surface runoff is one of the major components in watershed hydrology. The amount of runoff generated from any watershed depends on the many watershed characteristics such as land use, soil type and its physical properties, ...
  • 30-Quantification of Urban Runoff Reaching to the Upper Bhopal Lake, M.P., India . 
    Dwivedi, Vijay K.; Ojha, C. S. P.; Choubey, V. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    The Upper Bhopal Lake in the city of Bhopal in the State of Madhya Pradesh of India is the only source of water for the city of Bhopal. Economic as well as recreational activities of the city of Bhopal is dependent on the ...
  • 31-Modeling Rainfall-Runoff Process Using Grey System Theory with Two Solution Procedures. 
    Trivedi, Harsh V.; Singh, J. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Rainfall-runoff is a nonlinear process and can be modeled with a nonlinear modeling framework. The process of rainfall to runoff transformation involves a complex mechanism and it is quite difficult to understand too. To ...
  • 32-Genetic Algorithm Based Unit Hydrograph. 
    Rai, R. K.; Gundekar, H. G.; Sarkar, S.; Mathur, B. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Unit hydrograph approach is one of the commonly used techniques employed for the determination of flood hydrographs. For this purpose various distribution functions have been utilized in the past. The suitability of the ...
  • 33-Impacts of Urbanization on Streamflow. 
    Rudra, Ramesh P.; Dickinson, Trevor; Ahmed, Syed I. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    This study has concentrated on the temporal and spatial changes in streamflow patterns due to urbanization and/or rainfall trends within the watershed. The analyses were conducted by using the rainfall data from two stations, ...
  • 34-The Development of a Flood Risk Model for Romania. 
    Bachu, Murthy; Jadhav, Kunal; Chendes, Viorel (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Spatially explicit hydrodynamic flood models can play an important role in natural hazard risk reduction. A key element of these models that make them suitable for risk reduction is the ability to provide inundation ...
  • 35-Mathematical Model of River Mandarmani, Purba Midnapore—A Case Study. 
    Dolai, D. P.; Roy, Shyamal Kumar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Jalda Kuthi is a traditional fish landing centre situated on the bank of Mandarmani River at the confluence of Bay of Bengal in Purba Midnapur District of West Bengal. Due to siltation at the confluence of the river, the ...
  • 36-Experimental Evidences on the Run-on Process. 
    Corradini, Corrado; Morbidelli, Renato; Saltalippi, Carla; Flammini, Alessia; Govindaraju, Rao S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009)
    Experimental evidence of infiltration of excess water that moves downslope over unsaturated areas, usually called run-on process, is provided in laboratory. The experiments were carried out using a laboratory slope ...

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