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Summary
Summary
Arid and semi-arid regions are defined as areas where water is at its most scarce. The hydrological regime in these areas is extreme and highly variable, and they face great pressures to deliver and manage freshwater resources. However, there is no guidance on the decision support tools that are needed to underpin flood and water resource management in arid areas. UNESCO initiated the Global network for Water and Development Information for arid lands (GWADI), and arranged a workshop of the world's leading experts to discuss these issues. This book presents chapters from contributors to the workshop, and includes case studies from the world's major arid regions to demonstrate model applications, and web links to tutorials and state-of-the-art modelling software. This volume is a valuable reference for researchers and engineers working on the water resources of arid and semi-arid regions.
Table of Contents
PrefaceH. S. Wheater and S. Sorooshian and K. D. Sharma |
1 Modelling hydrological processes in arid and semi-arid areas - an introductionH. Wheater |
2 Global precipitation estimation from satellite imagery using artificial neural networksS. Sorooshian and K-L, Hsu and B. Imam and Y. Hong |
3 Modelling semi-arid and arid hydrology and water resources - the southern Africa experienceD. A. Hughes |
4 Use of the ihacres rainfall-runoff model in arid and semi-arid regionsB. F. W. Croke and A. J. Jakeman |
5 KINEROS2 and the AGWA modelling frameworkD. J. Semmens and D. C. Goodrich and C. L. Unkrich and R. E. Smith and D. A. Woolhiser and S. N. Miller |
6 A distributed spatial sediment delivery model for arid regionsK. D. Sharma |
7 The Modular Modeling System (MMS): a toolbox for water and environmental resources managementG. H. Leavesley and S. L. Markstrom and R. J. Viger and L. E. Hay |
8 Calibration, uncertainty and regional analysis of conceptual rainfall-runoff modelsH. Wheater and T. Wagener and N. McIntyre |
9 Real-time flow forecastingP.C. Young |
10 Real-time flood forecasting - Indian experienceR. D. Singh |
11 Groundwater modeling in hard-rock terrain in semi-arid areas: experience from IndiaS. Ahmed and J-C. Marechal and E. Ledoux and G. de Marsily |
Appendix |