Flood Resilience Index - Methodology And Application,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Flood Resilience Index - Methodology And Application, Jelena Batica, Philippe Gourbesville
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organisational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and functioning during and after the …
Optimized Use Of Water From Multiple Sources In Micro Water Grid Systems: A Modeling Approach,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Optimized Use Of Water From Multiple Sources In Micro Water Grid Systems: A Modeling Approach, Hyeongrak Cho, Jungwoo Jung, Sangho Lee, Soo Kwen Chae
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Micro water grid (MWG) is a novel approach to allow high reliability, diversification of water sources, low energy consumption, and cost reduction. Although it is not well-defined, it has potential for efficient management of urban water. MWG is suitable for use in small-scale buildings and towns, which have various uses of water produced from multiple source waters. Accordingly, design of MWG is challenging without proper tools to predict its performance. This research focused on the development and application of a model for optimized use of water from multiple sources in MWG systems. The model was comprised of two modules including …
Development Of A Micro Water Grid (Mwg) Pilot Platform For Green Buildings,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Development Of A Micro Water Grid (Mwg) Pilot Platform For Green Buildings, Su-Kwon Chae, Juneseok Lee, Hyun-Byung Chae
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
The objectives of this Micro Water Grid (MWG) pilot platform project are to i) address the need for reliable municipal water supplies, ii) identify and strengthen vulnerable water system elements, and iii) design an optimal micro water grid pilot platform for green buildings. This paper describes the overall context of the MWG and considers appropriate analytical methods for water demand, hydraulic analysis and decision models for optimal MWG pilot platforms. This is an on-going research project and various MWG design scenarios, along with numerical results, will be presented as the research progresses.
2d Mathematical Modeling For Fluvial Processes Considering The Influence Of Vegetation And Bank Erosion,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
2d Mathematical Modeling For Fluvial Processes Considering The Influence Of Vegetation And Bank Erosion, Yi Xiao, S.Y. Yang, J. Hu, W.J. Li, S.C. Tong, X. H. Fu
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
A 2D mathematical model for fluvial processes capable of considering the influence of vegetation and non-cohesive bank erosion is established based on a body-fitted coordinate system in this paper. The authors have improved a previously developed simulation model by taking into account the impact of vegetation with a vegetation stress term in the momentum conservation equation. A simple simulation method is adopted in the bank erosion model. Simulation runs were performed for a conceptual alluvial channel, the results of channel plan-form and cross section changes suggest that the 2D model predictions agree acceptable with the classic theories of channel pattern …
New Research In Cave Ledenica In Bukovi Vrh On Velebit Mt In Croatian Dinaric Karst,
2014
University of South Florida
New Research In Cave Ledenica In Bukovi Vrh On Velebit Mt In Croatian Dinaric Karst, Mladen Garasic
The International Workshop on Ice Caves
No abstract provided.
A Comparison Between Heuristic, Statistical, And Data-Driven Methods In Landslide Susceptibility Assessment: An Application To The Briga And Giampilieri Catchments,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
A Comparison Between Heuristic, Statistical, And Data-Driven Methods In Landslide Susceptibility Assessment: An Application To The Briga And Giampilieri Catchments, Antonio Francipane, Elisa Arnone, Francesco Lo Conti, Claudio Puglisi, Leonardo Valerio Noto
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Susceptibility assessment concerning the estimation of areas prone to landslide is one of the most useful approach in the analysis of landslide hazard. Over the last years, in an attempt to find the best approach to evaluate landslide susceptibility, many methods have been developed. Among these, the heuristic, the statistical, and the data-driven approaches are very widespread, and they all are based on the concept that the conditions which led to landslide movements in the past will control the probability of movement occurrence in the future. The main disadvantage of the heuristic approach is its high level of subjectivity, since …
Thermoclinic Assessment Of A Preliminary Circulation Model For Lake George In The Jefferson Project,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Thermoclinic Assessment Of A Preliminary Circulation Model For Lake George In The Jefferson Project, Emanuele Ragnoli, Fearghal O Donncha, Jeffrey W. Short, Imad A. Hannoun, Sandra A. Nierzwicki-Bauer, Lloyd A. Treinish, Anthony P. Priano, Charles W. Boylen
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
The Jefferson Project is a collaboration between the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George aimed at understanding and managing complex factors (road salt, storm water runoff, invasive species) threatening Lake George, New York. Lake George is located about 80 km north of Albany in upstate New York and is known internationally for its water clarity. Understanding the hydrodynamics of the lake is fundamental for creation and maintenance of a research and monitoring program for the early detection of and response to adverse environmental and biological change. In this work a 3D circulation model of the lake …
Variational Data Assimilation With Telemac. Proof Of Concept For Model State Correction On The Berre Lagoon 3d-Model,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Variational Data Assimilation With Telemac. Proof Of Concept For Model State Correction On The Berre Lagoon 3d-Model, Sophie Ricci, Andrea Piacentini, Anthony Weaver, Riadh Ata, Nicole Goutal
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
TELEMAC is a component of the open-source integrated suite of solvers TELEMAC-MASCARET for use in the field of free-surface flow that solves the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Generally speaking, uncertainties in the model formulation itself due to simplified physics and also in the input fields to the model such as the boundary conditions, initial conditions and hydraulic parameters translate into errors in the simulated hydraulic variables. In spite of significant advances in numerical schemes, description of geographical data (topography, bathymetry) and environmental conditions (hydrologycal and meteorological fields), the representation of the true state of a system as well as its …
Application Of Real-Time Control Strategy To Improve Nitrogen Removal In Wastewater Treatment,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Application Of Real-Time Control Strategy To Improve Nitrogen Removal In Wastewater Treatment, Qibin Wang, Qiuwen Chen, Jinfeng Ma, Qiang Xu
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Biological nitrogen removal is an important task in the wastewater treatment. However, the actual removal of total nitrogen (TN) in the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is often unsatisfactory due to several causes, one of which is the insufficient availability of carbon source. One possible approach to improve the nitrogen removal therefore is addition of external carbon source, while the amount of which is directly related to operation cost of a WWTP. It is obviously necessary to determine the accurate amount of addition of external carbon source according to the demand depending on the influent wastewater quality. This study focused on …
Gap Filling Based On A Quantile Perturbation Factor Technique,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Gap Filling Based On A Quantile Perturbation Factor Technique, Diego E. Mora, Guido Wyseure, Patrick Willems
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
The presence of hydro-meteorological series gaps is a common problem in hydrological and water engineering applications. This is also the case for the Ecuadorian hydrological data-series, showing many gaps of short term duration. This study focuses on the Paute River Basin, in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes. It is one of the most monitored basins in Ecuador, with 25 rainfall observed sites during the period 1963 - 1990. These series suffer of about 20% of missing data. Two techniques were evaluated comparing their efficiency in the filling of missing gaps. The first one is a traditional one based on multiple linear …
A Hybrid Optimization Method For Real-Time Pump-Scheduling,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
A Hybrid Optimization Method For Real-Time Pump-Scheduling, Valeria Puleo, Mark Morley, Gabriele Freni, Dragan A. Savić
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Linear, non-linear and dynamic programming, heuristics and evolutionary computation are amongst the techniques which have been applied to obtain solutions to optimal pump-scheduling problems. Most of these either greatly simplify the complex water distribution system or require significant time to solve the problem. The scheduling of pumps is frequently undertaken in near-real time, in order to minimize cost and maximize energy savings. However, this requires a computationally efficient algorithm that can rapidly identify an acceptable solution. In this paper, a hybrid optimization model is presented, coupling Linear Programming and Genetic Algorithms. The resulting hybrid optimization model has demonstrated more rapid …
Inverse Modeling Of Groundwater System Using Coupled Pso-Mlpg Techniques,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Inverse Modeling Of Groundwater System Using Coupled Pso-Mlpg Techniques, Swathi Boddula, Eldho T I
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
The effective management of groundwater systems relies on the adequate knowledge of its hydro-geological parameters. In large aquifer systems, it is often computationally expensive to estimate the spatially distributed aquifer parameters. Inverse modeling of these parameters are usually required in simulation of flow and contaminant transport in the problem domain for its meaningful system prediction. In the present study, a new approach for inverse modeling is adopted based on Meshless Local Petrov Galerkin (MLPG) flow simulation model which is coupled with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) model. MLPG is one of the meshless techniques, which are recently developed to solve many …
Distribution Of Hydrological Losses For Varying Rainfall And Antecedent Wetness Conditions,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Distribution Of Hydrological Losses For Varying Rainfall And Antecedent Wetness Conditions, Sithara H P Walpita Gamage, Guna Hewa, Simon Beecham
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Hydrological loss is a vital component in many hydrological models, which are usedin forecasting floods and evaluating water resources for both surface and subsurface flows. Due to the complex and random nature of the rainfall runoff process, hydrological losses are not yet fully understood. Consequently, practitioners often use representative values of the losses for design applications such as rainfall-runoff modelling which has led to inaccurate quantification of water quantities in the resulting applications. The existing hydrological loss models must be revisited and modellers should be encouraged to utilise other available data sets. This study is based on three unregulated catchments …
Simulation Of Non-Point Source Pollution In Zhang River Basin,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Simulation Of Non-Point Source Pollution In Zhang River Basin, Xiaojuan Lin, Jinhui Huang
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Since 1987, the China Government started the “The Water Resource Protection and Management of Haihe River Basin” program aimed at tackling the problem of water pollution and realizing the comprehensive control of the ecosystem and water resources in the whole basin. This study aims to model one of the program’s catchments – Zhang River Basin (ZRB), which is a typical area with the striking water scarcity and water quality deterioration in Haihe River Basin (HRB). The distributed hydrological model SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) was used to simulate all related processes affecting water quantity, sediment, and nutrient loads in the …
Effective Ami System Based On Multi-Channel Cluster,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Effective Ami System Based On Multi-Channel Cluster, Seok Rak Kang, Byoung Sup Shim, Seok Jun Choi, Ji Hyoung Yi, Kyung Taek Yum
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Recently, high-efficient, next-generation infrastructure system using information communication technology is increasingly required to overcome limitation of water resource management, and Smart Water Grid is being developed to resolve imbalance by effectively allocating, managing and carrying water resources. Therefore, the article aims to enhance efficiency of management through physical, logical consumer channel clustering and reliability on metering reading data, and achieve expandability of wireless metering reading network through channel use that can be identified between proximate clusters, by suggesting channel set-up based on multichannel cluster mixed with network channel and group channel to resolve the problems stated above and implement various …
Ndvi With Artificial Neural Networks For Srtm Elevation Model Improvement – Hydrological Model Application,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Ndvi With Artificial Neural Networks For Srtm Elevation Model Improvement – Hydrological Model Application, Dadiyorto Wendi, Yabin Sun, Chi Dung Doan, Shie-Yui Liong, Richard Sanders, Timothy Fewtrell
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Digital elevation model (DEM) plays a substantial role in hydrological study, from understanding the catchment characteristics, setting up a hydrological model to mapping the flood risk in the region. Depending on the nature of study and its objectives, high resolution and reliable DEM is often desired to set up a sound hydrological model. However, such source of good DEM is not always available and it is generally high-priced. Obtained through radar based remote sensing, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is a publicly available DEM with resolution of 92m outside US. It is a great source of DEM where no surveyed …
Data Mining For Design Flood Prediction,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Data Mining For Design Flood Prediction, James E. Ball
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Design flood estimation remains a problem for many professionals involved in the management of rural and urban catchments. Advice is required regarding design flood characteristics for many design problems including the design of culverts and bridges necessary for cross drainage of transport routes, the design of urban drainage systems, the design of flood mitigation levees and other flood mitigation structures, design of dam spillways, and many environmental flow problems. When a risk based approach is adopted as the design paradigm, there is a need to predict both the magnitude of the hazard and the exceedance probability of the hazard. In …
Improving Sediment Transport Modelling By A Combination Of Field Data And Sensitivity Analysis,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Improving Sediment Transport Modelling By A Combination Of Field Data And Sensitivity Analysis, Tom Vanwalleghem, Juan Pablo Garcia, Juan Vicente Giráldez
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Traditionally, the relationship between flow rate and sediment concentration in rivers has been estimated empirically. However, the problem of empirical data collection is that it is often difficult to cover the entire range of flow rates. Especially higher flow rates are often undersampled, which might lead to an underestimation of modelled sediment transport as flood events are often associated with important erosion events. In order to overcome this limitation, the introduction of the transport capacity concept can establish a safe upper bound of this sediment transport relationship. Nevertheless, given the number of implied variables in this equation, there is a …
Enhancing Water Quality Data Service Discovery And Access Using Standard Vocabularies,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Enhancing Water Quality Data Service Discovery And Access Using Standard Vocabularies, Jonathan Yu, Bruce A. Simons, Nicholas J. Car, Simon J.D. Cox
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
There is a growing need for consistency across the publishing, discovering, integrating and access to scientific datasets, such as water quality data. Such datasets may have varying formats and service interfaces. The Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) is both a software package and a data format for producing array-oriented scientific data, which is commonly used to exchange data, including water quality data. NetCDF datasets are also published through service interfaces using the THREDDS data server. Alternatively water quality datasets can be encoded with standard XML formats such as WaterML 2.0, which can be published with services such as the Open …
Method Of Use And The Contribution Of Les 3d Modeling To Reproduce Velocity Distribution In Compound Channels,
2014
City University of New York (CUNY)
Method Of Use And The Contribution Of Les 3d Modeling To Reproduce Velocity Distribution In Compound Channels, Salma Bellahcen, José Vazquez, Matthieu Dufresne, Robert Mose, Gilles Isenmann
International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Discharge determination in open channels is of great interest for water engineering, especially in compound channels where the main difficulty is the link between the measured velocity and the mean velocity. To do so, the 3D modeling is used as a tool to get the velocity distribution in compound channels. The purpose of this study is to compare through numerical simulations, the most common turbulence models such as K-epsilon and RSM to LES that is rarely used in this field, in order to show the efficiency of the LES model to reproduce the velocity distribution. The method used is the …
