Eslamian Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity

Environmental Impacts and Analysis of Drought and Water
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-85116-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 703 Seiten

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines the environmental aspects of drought such as groundwater and soil contamination, river low-flow, urban water quality, and desertification. It also examines the effects of climate change and variability on drought, and discusses the differences in groundwater, rainfall, and temperatures and their related effects. It presents analytical modeling for better understanding drought in uncertain and changing climates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eslamian, Saeid

Eslamian, Faezeh A.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Agricultural Drought Indices: Combining Crop, Climate and Soil Factors. Application of Intelligent Technology in Rainfall Analysis. Application of the Optimization Models and Decision Support Systems in Drought. Climate Change and Drought. Drought Period in a Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Groundwater. Impact of Climate Change on Rainfall and Temperature. Climate Parameter Variability. Conjunctive Use of Water Reuse in Drought I. Conjunctive Use of Water Reuse in Drought II. Contamination of Groundwater in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. Soil Contaminations in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. Copula Function and Drought. Criteria for Marginal Water Treatment and Reuse under Drought. Drought and Groundwater Quality in Coastal Areas. Drinking Water Quality Stressors Under Conditions of Severe Drought. Drought Assessment and Risk Analysis. Drought Frequency Characterization in Spain by means of Return Period Analysis. Drought Models. Drought Models and Uncertainty. Low Flow and Instream Flow Requirements. Hydrological Drought: Water Surface and Duration Curve Indices. Impact of Pacific and Atlantic Ocean fluctuations on multi-decadal drought. Lessons Learned from Case Studies: Environmental Evaluation. Meteorological Drought Indices. Meteorological Indices for rainfall prediction in Argentina. NASA global satellite-based precipitation products and services for drought monitoring activities. Remote Sensing in Drought Quantification and Assessment. Observational Network and Drought Monitoring. Paleo-drought: Measurements and Analysis. Rainfall Prediction using Time Series Analysis. Regionalization of Drought Prediction.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research.

Faezeh A. Eslamian is a PhD candidate of bioresource engineering and research assistant at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is currently working on the fate and transport of phosphorus through subsurface drained farmlands. Dr. Eslamian completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evaluated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on the worldwide water quality standards, wastewater reuse, and drought guidelines.