Sentences with phrase «river hydrology»

PTI: Studies conducted by Geological Survey of India indicate some of the likely impacts of melting of glaciers on the hydrological system in form of changes in the river hydrology, increased debris production and siltation of rivers in downstream region.

PTI: Studies conducted by Geological Survey of India indicate some of the likely impacts of melting of glaciers on the hydrological system in form of changes in the river hydrology, increased debri...

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The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office contracted WaterNSW to undertake a short - term monitoring project to monitor the hydrology in the lower Macquarie River during the connection flow.

That means many more Appalachian rivers are now flowing year - round and are consistently salty,» says Brian L. McGlynn, professor of watershed hydrology and biogeosciences at Duke's Nicholas School.

A 2012 study of the Thames river basin found no increase in extreme flooding over the last 130 years (Hydrology Research, doi.org/rhr).

UK rivers are also carrying more water in winter months (Journal of Hydrology, doi.org/rhq).

That might be because climate change has raised temperatures and so reduced the snowmelt flowing into rivers, says author Terry Marsh of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford, UK.

Melting permafrost is causing significant changes to the freshwater chemistry and hydrology of Alaska's Yukon River and could be triggering global climate impacts, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released yesterday.

There are two primary ways to achieve «environmental flows» of water necessary to sustain river ecosystems, write Mike Acreman, of the UK's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and colleagues in a review published this month in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: controlled releases like the recent experiment on the Colorado that are designed with specific objectives for ecology and ecosystem services in mind and hands - off policies that minimize or reverse alterations to the natural flow of the river.

Mulukutla, whose research area is in hydrology and water quality, says it could be useful in developing models that simulate sediment transport in rivers and streams.

«Cotton is the lifeblood of most farmers who live in the Tarim basin,» says Dr. Christian Rumbaur, employee at the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management and coordinator of the German / Chinese project.

This has severely damaged the soils and the quality of water in the region,» explains Professor Markus Disse from the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management at TUM.

A study published this year by Bradley Udall, senior water and climate research scientist with the Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University, and Jonathan Overpeck, professor of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, found that during the drought years of 2000 - 2014, the river surrendered a third of its flow because of higher temperatures in the upper basin.

Co-author Dr Alison Kay from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said: «Our hydrological modelling suggests that the increased likelihood of extreme rainfall arising from human - made climate change gives a more modest increase in extreme flows in the River Thames.

The lake and connecting river have rather unique hydrology in significant variations in water level and reverses flows of the Tonle Sap River linking the lake with the Mekong Rriver have rather unique hydrology in significant variations in water level and reverses flows of the Tonle Sap River linking the lake with the Mekong RRiver linking the lake with the Mekong RiverRiver.

Some of the major hydrology applications involve the use of surface water systems, namely rivers, open - channels, and estuaries.

Globalised markets mean that whenever you buy a T - shirt made of Pakistani cotton, eat Thai rice or drink coffee from Central America, you are influencing the hydrology of those regions - taking a share of the river Indus, the Mekong or the Costa Rican rains.

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Selected research papers, reports, and other resources which show the current state - of - knowledge on the variability of climate and hydrology in the Colorado River Basin.

Abrupt changes between multi-decadal rainfall regimes were observed in river morphology in Australian rivers in the 1980's (Erskine and Warner, 1988) and have been a cornerstone of Australian hydrology since --(e.g. Micevski et al, 2006, Power et al, 1999, Verdon et al, 2004).

He also recently led the implementation of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macro-scale hydrology model to investigate the effects of mountain pine beetle and salvage harvest operations within the Fraser River watershed.

Permafrost melt is resulting in permakarst formations leading to changes in local hydrology resulting in rapid erosion and slumping of carbon materials into rivers.

There has been no long - term comprehensive in - situ monitoring of glacial melt contributing to the knowledge of hydrology in the river basins of the Himalayan region.

Since moving to California he has studied hydrology, sediment transport, and floodplain sedimentation in the mainstem Amazon River of Brazil and in the Andes Range and adjacent floodplains of eastern Bolivia.

Since coming to the Bren School in 1996, Professor Dunne has studied erosion in the Andes, and hydrology, sediment transport, and floodplain sedimentation in the Amazon River basin of Brazil and Bolivia and the Central Valley of California.

He has worked in many parts of the world, including Kenya, where he studied the effects of land use on hill - slope erosion and river - basin sedimentation, and how climate and hydrology affect long - term hill - slope evolution.