Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates

ISBN-13: 9783319373263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 839 str.

Assefa Melesse; Wossenu Abtew

Opis

The book presents the processes governing the dynamics of landscapes, soils and sediments, water and energy under different climatic regions using studies conducted in varied climatic zones including arid, semi-arid, humid and wet regions. The spatiotemporal availability of the processes and fluxes and their linkage to the environment, land, soil and water management are presented at various scales. Spatial scales including laboratory, field, watershed, river basin and regions are represented. The effect of tillage operations and land management on soil physical characteristics and soil moisture is discussed.The book has 35 chapters in seven sections: 1) Landscape and Land Cover Dynamics, 2) Rainfall-Runoff Processes, 3) Floods and Hydrological Processes 4) Groundwater Flow and Aquifer Management, 5) Sediment Dynamics and Soil Management, 6) Climate change impact on vegetation, sediment and water dynamics, and 7) Water and Watershed Management.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Landscape Changes Impact on Regional Hydrology and Climate.- GIS and Remote Sensing Based Forest Resource Assessment, Quantification and Mapping in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.- Multi-Temporal Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection of the Batena watershed, Rift Valley Lakes Basin.- Vegetation-climate interaction for drought monitoring.- Analyses of Land Use Land Cover Change Dynamics in the Upland Watersheds of Upper Blue.- Runoff Estimation and Water Demand Analysis for Holetta River, Awash Subbasin, Ethiopia.- Hydrological Process of Dapo Watershed,Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, Mulatu Liyew and.- Runoff and Soil Loss Estimation Using N-SPECT in the Rio Grande de Anasco Watershed, Puerto Rico.- Understanding the Dynamics of Hydrological Processes and Rainfall Runoff Modeling: The Case of Meja Catchment.- Rainfall-runoff Mechanism in East African Watersheds.- Advances in Landscape Runoff Water Quality Modelling: A Review.- Watershed Storage Dynamics in the Upper Blue Nile Basin: A Case of Anjeni Experimental Watershed, Ethiopia.- Estimation of Large to Extreme Floods Using a Regionalization Model.- Performance Evaluation of Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Methods in Mediterranean Climate. A case study at Guvenc Micro-watershed, Turkey.- Flash Floods Modelling for Wadi System: Challenges and Trends.- Seasonal Streamflow Variability Analysis and Forecasting, Lake Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia.

Blurb

The book presents the processes governing the dynamics of landscapes, soils and sediments, water and energy under different climatic regions using studies conducted in varied climatic zones including arid, semi-arid, humid and wet regions. The spatiaotemporal availability of the processes and fluxes and their linkage to the environment, land, soil and water management are presented at various scales. Spatial scales including laboratory, field, watershed, river basin and regions are represented. The effect of tillage operations and land management on soil physical characteristics and soil moisture is discussed.
 
The book has 35 chapters in seven sections: 1) Landscape and Land Cover Dynamics, 2) Rainfall-Runoff Processes, 3) Floods and Hydrological Processes 4) Groundwater flow and Aquifier Management, 5) Sediment Dynamics and Soil Management, 6) Climate change impact on vegetation, sediment and water dynamics, and 7) Water and Watershed Management.