NIH Digital Repository: Recent submissions

  • Assessment of discharge and sediment transport from different forest cover types in lower Himalaya using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) 
    Tyagi, J. V.; Rai, S. P.; Qazi, Nuzhat; Singh, M. P. (Academic Journals, 2014)
    The present study was carried out to examine the applicability of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in estimating daily discharge and sediment delivery from mountainous forested watersheds and to assess the impact ...
  • Soil Water Retention Modeling Using Pedotransfer Functions 
    Jaiswal, R. K.; Thomas, T.; Galkate, R. V.; Tyagi, J. V. (Hindawi, 2013)
    The unsaturated hydraulic functions are key input data in numerical models of vadose zone processes. The direct measurement of soil moisture at different suction heads requires detailed analysis of soil samples with ...
  • Training, research and application in hydrology and water resources development and management – how to bridge the gap? 
    Kumar, Rakesh; Singh, R. D.; Arora, Manohar; Patra, J. P.; Sapra, T. R. (Indian Academy of Sciences,, 2016)
    Due to advent of computations facilities and emerging technologies in the field of water sector, the gap between research and its applications is rapidly increasing. Problems and challenges in the field of hydrology and ...
  • Combined fluvial and pluvial flood inundation modelling for a project site 
    Patra, J. P.; Kumar, Rakesh; Mani, Pankaj (Elsevier, 2016)
    groundwater flooding etc. This study envisages identification of various flooding sources, estimation of maximum floods and their routing through drainage system for a proposed industrial site. The digital elevation model ...
  • Detecting rainfall trends in twentieth century (1871–2006) over Orissa State, India 
    Patra, J. P.; Mitra, A.; Singh, R.; Raghuwanshi, N. S. (Springer, 2012)
    Climate change has affected the temperature and rainfall characteristics worldwide. However, the changes are not equal for all regions and have localized intensity and must be quantified locally to manage the natural ...
  • 24-Reservoir operating rule for Narmadasagar dynamic programming approach. 
    Venugopal, K.; Sivagnavelu, S.; Raghavendran, R.; Sakthivadivel, R. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    This work relates to application of dynamic programming model to Narmadasagar reservoir across river Narmada in the state of Madhya Pradesh . The model is formulated to determine ...
  • 25-Constrained differential dynamic programming applied to multireservoir control problems. 
    Nanda, J. N. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Eversince Bellman's (1957) book on Dynamic Programming (DP), new avenues have opened up for the reservoir operation or control problems. The computational effort required to solve a multireservoir control ...
  • 26-On regulation regime function of a reservoir. 
    Jain, Sharad K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Reservoirs are the most effective way of regulating streams flows. The inflow process, the reservoir storage and the outflow processes together constitute the stream flow regulation system. The three important ...
  • 27-Integrated water management in urban areas - Benefits. 
    Achutan, K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Water has quantitative, qualitative, spatial temporal, and state dimensions. The hydrologist is a major contributor to financial, social and engineering decisions by efficiency of water networks and which ...
  • 28-Climatological approach for estimating evapotranspiration of upland Paddy. 
    Sahu, S. K.; Sharma, S. D. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Studies were conducted to establish an equation which would be useful in predicting evapotranspiration (ET) for upland paddy. The parameters of the equation are temperature, sunshine hour, wind velocity and relative ...
  • 29-Consumptive use and water requirement of Cowpea. 
    Bhardwaj, S. P. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Variuus components of hydrologic cycle viz. rainfall, run—off, seepage, soil moisture and evapotranspiration (ET) were measured daily in a weighing type lysimeter having undisturbed soil monolith and ...
  • 30-Training of hydrological observers and technicians - Action plan. 
    Seth, S. M.; Chandra, Satish (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    The development of water resources for meeting increasing demands of steeply rising population of the country has posed many problems for all involveq in this task, particularly ...
  • 31-Need for on the job training for irrigation engineers. 
    Sarin, K. C. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
  • 32-Training and education in watershed management. 
    Sikka, A. K.; Bhatt, P. N. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    Training and education provide a suitable mechanism and crucial input in developing technical or trained manpower in view of the fast technological advancements being made in watershed management, hydrology & water ...
  • Numerical modelling of ground water flow using MODFLOW 
    Kumar, C. P. (Discovery Publications, 2013)
    Ground water models provide a scientific and predictive tool for determining appropriate solutions to water allocation, surface water – ground water interaction, landscape management or impact of new development scenarios. ...
  • Hydrological Studies Using Isotopes 
    Kumar, C. P. (GLOBEEDU Group, 2013)
    Isotope hydrology is a field of hydrology that uses isotopic dating to estimate the age and origins of water and its movement within the hydrologic cycle. Water molecules carry unique fingerprints, based in part on differing ...
  • Assessment of groundwater potential 
    Kumar, C. P. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2012)
    Water balance techniques have been extensively used to make quantitative estimates of water resources and the impact of man's activities on the hydrologic cycle. On the basis of the water balance approach, it is possible ...
  • Preface 
    National Institute of Hydrology (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
  • Contents 
    National Institute of Hydrology (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
  • 1-Flood Estimation in India using regional frequency analysis 
    Seth, S. M.; Singh, R. D. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1987)
    The use of regional flood frequency approach provides one of the most effective ways for the estimation of design floods at ungauged sites. Many distributions such as Gumbel ...