NIH Digital Repository: Recent submissions

  • Session-II-Key Note Paper-Crucial Role of Aquifer Mapping in Sustainable Groundwater Management 
    Dhiman, S. C.; Jain, R. C. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
  • II-1-Identification of Recharge Source for Jodhpur City. 
    Pratap, Birendra; Yadav, G. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Utility of hydrological data in sustainable development of ground water resources in the country is well established. Besides the hydrological data is use for solution of different ground water problems. Jodhpur city has ...
  • II-2-Application of RETC Software Program in Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Parameters in Lokapavani Catchment. 
    Mittal, Sanjay; Kumar, C. P. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Interest in the unsaturated (vadose) zone has dramatically increased in the recent years because of growing evidence and public concern that the quality of subsurface enviorenment is being adversely affected by industrial, ...
  • II-3-Groundwater Sustainability versus Urbanization-A Case Study from Haryana 
    Singh, Ram Karan; Malik, Vijender Kumar; Singh, S. K. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    The depletion of ground water table in Gurgaon and its a neighboring district is going down in unsustainable manner, that leads water scarcity conditions in the district for various sectors. The average annual rainfall in ...
  • II-4-Impact of Geology and Landuse on Sediment Yield in Micro-Watersheds of Himalayas. 
    Rai, S. P.; Rawat, J. S.; Singh, R. D.; Garg, P. K. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    To monitor the impact of the geological set-up and landuse pattern on the delivery of total load (suspended, dissolved and bed load) were measured during 1991-1993 in six micro-watersheds of Khulgad watershed, a tributary ...
  • II-5-Ground Water Management in Jhamarkotra Mines. 
    Mishra, Kumkum; Kumar, Sudhir; Koundal, Dinesh (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Mining by its nature is an activity where progress is made by adopting safe, economic and environment friendly path. This is possible only by understanding different natural phenomenon operating in and around the mining ...
  • II-6-Integrated Water Resource Management - A Hydrogeological Perspective. 
    Athaiya, Prawal (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Water is a prime need of developing society. More than two billion people in the 40 countries live in water stress. Water withdrawal globally increased seven fold with three times increased in population during 20th century. ...
  • II-7-Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability to Saltwater Intrusion using Modified Galdit Factors-A Case Study. 
    Mohanty, Chirashree; Behera, S. C.; Mohapatra, P. K.; Mohapatra, S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    The coastal aquifer of Odisha aligned in NE-SW direction for about 430 kilometers is confronted with typical problem of saltwater intrusion and salinization. Four types of aquifer disposition are mainly encountered i) ...
  • II-8-Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment for Roorkee Town. 
    Singhal, D. C.; Seth, A. K.; Mishra, Supriya (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    In the present paper, groundwater vulnerability of alluvial aquifers of Roorkee town, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand State has been evaluated. For this purpose relevant data of the shallow unconfined aquifers was collected ...
  • Session-III-Key Note Paper-Space Technology Application for Climate Change Studies with Special Emphasis to Hydrological Regime. 
    Aggarwal, S. P.; Roy, P. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
  • III-1-Gangotri Glacier Study using Remote Sensing, GIS and Long Term Temperature Data. 
    Thakur, Praveen K.; Garg, Vaibhav; Khalzan, Purevdagva; Aggarwal, S. P. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    In this study Gangotri glacier movement with respect to time as well as changes in the air temperature has been studied using remote sensing and climatic data. The multi-temporal mapping of the snout position using Landsat ...
  • III-2-Web GIS Application for Flood in Upper Assam 
    Rathore, D. S.; Chalisgaonkar, Deepa; Kumar, S. R.; Patwary, B. C. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Large tract of the Brahmaputra basin in Assam is prone to floods. The flooding is caused mainly due to breaches in the embankment of the Brahmaputra. In Upper Assam, Dhemaji district is one of the most frequently flooded ...
  • III-3-Development of a GIS Based River Basin Bodel. 
    Sadhukhan, Debasis (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    This study is focused on the development of a GIS based river basin model WSDCM (Water Demand and Supply Calculation Model). WDSCM analyzes water demand and supply at sub-basin level and then, by system water balance, ...
  • III-4-Integrated Water Resource Development Plan for Sustainable Management of Tigaleru Watershed , Dornala Mandal 
    Kumar, G. Arun; Raju, A. Mariya; Venkatesh, N.; Sandilya, C. V. S.; Reddy, K. Mruthyunjaya (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Integrated watershed management requires a host of inter-related information to be generated and studied in relation to each other. Remote sensing techniques provide valuable and up-to-date information on natural resources. ...
  • III-5-Artificial Ground Water Recharge Zones Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS - A Case Study. 
    Singh, Amanpreet; Panda, S. N.; Kumar, K. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Artificial recharge plays a vital role in the sustainable management of scarce groundwater resources. This study proposes a methodology to delineate artificial recharge zones using remote sensing (RS) and geographical ...
  • III-6-Hydrological Assessment for Renovation of tanks using Geo-informatics. 
    Rao, G. Prasad; Rao, V. V. R. M. Narayana; Reddy, K. Mruthyunjaya (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Runoff is one of the most important hydrologic variables used in most of the applications of water resources. Reliable prediction of quantity and rate of runoff from land surface into streams / rivers is difficult and time ...
  • III-7-Preliminary Investigations on Dhansiri (South) River Basin in NE India. 
    Kumar, S. R.; Rathore, D. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Water resources management practice deals with occurrences, distribution, movement and properties of water on the earth and their environmental relations. Hydrological processes are quite complex in nature and show wide ...
  • III-8-Runoff Estimation from a Small Watershed using GIUH Approach in a GIS Environment. 
    Nema, M. K.; Lohani, A. K. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    A geomorphological instantaneous unit hydrograph (GIUH) is derived from the geomorphological characteristics of Kothuwatari (29.67 km2) watershed, a sub-watershed of upper Damodar Valley, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India and ...
  • Session-IV-Key Note Paper-Role of Isotope Techniques in Water Resources. 
    Datta, P. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
  • IV-1-Optimal Reservoir Operation for Hydropower Generation. 
    Arunkumar, R.; Jothiprakash, V. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Hydropower is one of the vital components of reservoir operation, especially in large multi-purpose reservoirs. It is a renewable, economic, non-polluting and environmental friendly source of energy. India is endowed with ...