NIH Digital Repository: Recent submissions

  • 72-The Use of Local Data in Estimating and Predicting Extreme Floods. 
    Clark, Colin (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Worldwide floods continue to cause the most damage of all natural hazards. Estimating floods can involve the use of estimates of extreme rainfall. In the UK, the Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) has been shown to underestimate ...
  • 73-Statistics of Extremes in Hydrology. 
    Strupczewski, W. G.; Kochanek, K.; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The main objections to the use of a pure statistical approach in the analysis of hydrological extremes are small sample size and unknown distribution function. The ML estimates of large quantiles are highly sensitive to ...
  • 74-Assessment of the Relation between Rainfall and Flood Frequency Curves through Peak over Threshold Analysis. 
    Claps, P.; Allamano, P.; Laio, F. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The analysis of the flood production mechanisms from rainfall is crucial for building flood frequency curves in ungauged basins. In this paper, the rainfall-runoff transformation under heterogeneous geomorphoclimatic ...
  • 75-Flood Disaster Preparedness Standard. 
    Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In order to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, it is necessary to establish an operational mechanism by which communities are encouraged, directed and learn each other to take a rational procedure to make themselves ...
  • 76-The U. S. National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) 
    Pulwarty, Roger S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • 77-Assessing Spilway Design Flood and the Collapse of Gasper Dam, June 29,1917. 
    Clark, Colin (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The spillway design flood of some UK dams has recently been under review. Although there have been no fatalities caused by dam failure in recent years, it is now realised that some darns will have to be strengthened in ...
  • 78-A Hydrologic Flood Forecasting System for Mesoamerica. 
    Villalobos, Jose E.; Singh, Vijay P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Frequent flooding is a common occurrence in the Mesoamerica region, causing both death and destruction. With a flood forecasting system in place, the safety and security of both people and property in this region can be ...
  • 79-Flood Hazard Analysis and Mitigation. 
    Shrestha, Parmeshwar L.; Hamilton, Douglas L.; Cydzik, Kristina; Wardak, Soorgul; Jordan, Neil; Shaller, Philip J.; Doroudian, Macan (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This paper describes the procedures adopted for delineation of flood hazards and potential mitigation measures to support the development of inland communities in California, many of which are located on alluvial fans. The ...
  • 80-Identification of Droughts in Anantapur District Using DBMS Approach. 
    Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Kolluru, Satish Kumar; Anduri, Sreenivasulu (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The agricultural productivity depends upon chiefly the occurrence and distribution of rainfall in a particular region. But due to non-uniform distribution of rainfall and prolonged dry spells during monsoon season and crop ...
  • 81-Comparison of Lumped Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Approaches for a Semiarid Basin. 
    Overllana, Barbara; McIntyre, Neil; Wheater, Howard; Sarkar, Archana; Young, Peter (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This study compares three different approaches to continuous-time modelling of the daily rainfall-runoff response of the Dedtalai basin, India. The main objective is to compare the modelled response of the watershed using ...
  • 82-Flood Inundation Simulation for the Delta Region of Mahanadi River Basin Using MIKE FLOOD. 
    Pramanik, Niranjan; Chatterjee, Chandranath; Singh, Rajendra; Raghuwanshi, N. S.; Pradhan, Ajay; Jacob, Xavier K.; Dan, Biplov Kumar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In this study, a coupled 1D-2D hydrodynamic model, MIKE FLOOD is used to simulate the flood inundation extent and flooding depth in the delta region of Mahanadi River basin in India. Initially, the 1D model MIKE 11 is ...
  • 83-Real-Time Flood Forecasting Using Muskingum Stage—Hydrograph Routing Method. 
    Perumal, M.; Moramarco, T.; Barbetta, S.; Melone, F.; Sahoo, Bhabagrahi (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The application of a variable parameter Muskingum stage—hydrograph routing. method for real—time flood forecasting at a river gauging site is demonstrated in this study. The estimation of forecast error is made using a ...
  • 84-Modifying a Drought Early Warning Model Using MODIS Satellite Data. 
    Boken, Vijendra K.; Haque, C. E. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    An early warning model had been developed using two variables derived from rainfall data to predict agricultural drought for Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, India. The model explained up to 74.1% of the variation in the ...
  • 85-Sequential Neural Network with Error Updating for Improved Higher Lead Time Flood Forecasts. 
    Prakash, Om; Sudheer, K. P.; Srinivasan, K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A novel ANN architecture is proposed for forecasting river flows at higher lead times with greater accuracy. The paper predominantly demonstrates the potential in computing paradigm, through 'sequential ANN (SANN)', to ...
  • 86-Floods and its Aftermath with a Special Reference to the Great Flood on the Upper Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois Rivers in the USA . 
    Bhowmik, Naini G. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Flooding of the floodplains has been occurring from the beginning of civilization. Rivers do need its floodplain to convey excess water during extreme flooding events. During low frequency flooding events, the floodplain ...
  • 87-Decadal Drought Analysis Using GCM Outputs. 
    Mishra, A. K.; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    With increasing water scarcity around the world, exacerbated by drought incidences in terms of spatial and temporal variation along with the uncertainties associated with climate change, attention must focus on better ...
  • 88-Monitoring Network Optimization for Flood Forecasting and Warning Purposes. 
    Barbetta, S.; Brocca, L.; Melone, F.; Moramarco, T. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The hydrological-hydraulic risk mitigation as well as the flood forecasting and warning activity require the knowledge of the main hydrological quantities and, hence, cannot prescind from observations. The distributed or ...
  • 89-Velocity Profiles Assessment in Natural Channels During High Floods 
    Moramarco, T.; Saltalippi, Carla; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The accuracy of three different approaches for velocity profiles assessment during high floods has been investigated. For high floods is here intended the flow condition when the velocity points sampling is carried out ...
  • 90-Dam Break Analysis of Maithon and Panchet Dams and Inundation Mapping. 
    Mani, Pankaj; Chakravorty, B. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The failure of a dam is of serious concern due to involvement of loss of lives and properties. Dam break floods analysis is, therefore, important for flood disaster management. The commonly used computer programs for such ...
  • 91-The Lost River Saraswati-A Blessing for Drought Proofing in Arid Environment of Western Rajasthan, India. 
    Mathur, L. N. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    There is deep belief that discovery of palaeo-courses of vedic Saraswati can be a blessing for the Great Thar Desert in arid lands of western Rajasthan. Evidences in support of existence of palaeo-drainage include mythological, ...