Runoff generated in the monsoon months in the upstream parts of the Ganges River basin (GRB) contributes substantially to downstream floods, while water shortages in the dry months affect agricultural production in the basin. This paper examines the potential for subsurface storage (SSS) in the G...
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sood, Aditya
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Lagudu, S.
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[Reviving the “Ganges Water Machine”: where and how much?]
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Reviving the “Ganges Water Machine”: where and how much?
Lead (Pb) is a non-biodegradable contaminant, present in the environment, especially near lead-based industrial sites, agricultural lands, and roadside soils. Bioavailability of Pb in the soil is controlled by the sorption and desorption behavior of Pb, which are further controlled by the soil ch...
Dutta, S.K.
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Singh, D.
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Sood, Aditya
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[Effect of soil chemical and physical properties on sorption and desorption behavior of lead in different soils of India]
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Effect of soil chemical and physical properties on sorption and desorption behavior of lead in different soils of India
The SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) was used to evaluate the impacts of a climate scenario based on IPCC A1B emissions on flows in the Volta River basin in West Africa for 2021-2050 and 2071-2100, using 1983-2012 as the reference period. Overall, the simulation indicates increased variabili...
Sood, Aditya
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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[A SWAT evaluation of the effect of climate change on the hydrology of the Volta River Basin]
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A SWAT evaluation of the effect of climate change on the hydrology of the Volta River Basin
This paper considers whether there will be sufficient water available to grow enough food for a predicted global population of 9 billion in 2050, based on three population and GDP growth modelling scenarios. Under the a low population growth with high GDP growth scenario, global consumptive water...
Chartres, Colin J.
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Sood, Aditya
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[The water for food paradox. [Selected from the World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 August 2012].]
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The water for food paradox. [Selected from the World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 August 2012].
This study looks at the groundwater issues in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and shows how the use of remote sensing with high-resolution images can help in groundwater management. A new approach is developed for automatic extraction of the location of agrowells using high-spatial-resolution satellite...
Sood, Aditya
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Siddiqui, Salman
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Rajah, Ameer
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Pathmarajah, S.
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[Managing shallow aquifers in the dry zone of Sri Lanka]
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Managing shallow aquifers in the dry zone of Sri Lanka
In this research, the regional extreme-dry-spell frequency in the middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin (YRB) is studied by the L-moments method. The research area has been divided into three subregions (regions 1, 2 and 3), which have been identified as homogenous regions. The results of a go...
She, D-X.
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Xia, J.
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Zhang, D.
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Ye, A.Z.
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Sood, Aditya
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[Regional extreme-dry-spell frequency analysis using the L-moments method in the middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin, China]
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Regional extreme-dry-spell frequency analysis using the L-moments method in the middle reaches of the Yellow River Basin, China
The major present hindrance in using desalination to help alleviate global water scarcity is the cost of this technology, which, in turn is due to energy cost involved. This study examines historical trends in desalination and breaks up the cost of desalination into energy based and nonenergy bas...
Sood, Aditya
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Can desalination and clean energy combined help to alleviate global water scarcity?]
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Can desalination and clean energy combined help to alleviate global water scarcity?
Global Hydrological Models (GHMs) have effectively become a separate research field in the last two decades. The paper reviews and compares 12 known global modeling efforts since 1989, the year the first GHM was published. Structure, strengths and weaknesses of individual models are examined, and...
In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, various endeavors such as the inter-state agreements and Chesapeake 2000 agreement have been implemented to improve water quality and ecological conditions which have produced mixed results at best in various tributaries. In order to evaluate the management effort...
Prasad, M.B.K.
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Maddox, M.C.
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Sood, Aditya
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Kaushal, S.
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[Nutrients, chlorophyll and biotic metrics in the Rappahannock River-Estuary: implications of urbanization in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA]
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Nutrients, chlorophyll and biotic metrics in the Rappahannock River-Estuary: implications of urbanization in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA