Two orthogonal, precise and low drift tiltmeters have been installed in the Vosges mountains in order to study environmental surface loading. The first results show the great sensitivity (10−10 radians), stability (negligible drift) of the instrument, and its ability to be used as a tool to study hydrological loading. This work focuses on local and regional hydrological physical modelling, with...

It would be greatly helpful to neophytes if knowledge-based system technology incorporating the existing heuristic knowledge about model manipulation can be integrated into the hydrological system. This paper delineates the development and implementation of a prototype knowledgebased system for model manipulation for hydrological processes by employing an expert system shell. The architecture a...

Climatic variations caused by the excessive emission of greenhouse gases are likely to change the patterns of precipitation, runoff processes, and water storage of river basins. Various studies have been conducted based on precipitation outputs of the global scale climatic models under different emission scenarios. However, there is a limitation in regionaland local-scale hydrological analysis ...

The hydrological response of Swiss river basins to the 2003 European summer heatwave was evaluated by a combined analysis of historical discharge records and specific applications of distributed hydrological modeling. In the summer of 2003, the discharge from headwater streams of the Swiss Central Plateau was only 40%–60% of the longterm average. For alpine basins runoff was about 60%–80% of th...

The hydrological characteristics of biological soil crusts (BSCs) are not well understood. In particular the relationship between runoff and BSC surfaces at relatively large (>1 m(2)) scales is ambiguous. Further, there is a dearth of information on small scale (mm to cm) hydrological characterization of crust types which severely limits any interpretation of trends at larger scales. Site diffe...

Hydrological restoration of historically isolated wetlands may mitigate phosphorus (P) loss. The objectives of this study were to quantify P in soil, determine effect of (1) soil characteristics on P release, and (2) antecedent soil hydrological conditions on P dynamics. Humic/fulvic acid bound P and residual P accounted for majority of P (>78%) in surface soils. Soils with highest nutrient sta...

The hydrological scienti c and operational communities are faced with new challenges. There is a demand for detailed water information for large regions and new environmental issues to deal with, which request advanced technical infrastructure merged with up-dated hydrological knowledge. Traditionally, the hydrological community is disaggregated. In this paper we suggest a collaborative approac...

The development of novel interactive visualizations can substantially contribute to environmental modeling and understanding of complex environmental processes. To allow the Web Map Service (WMS) to support this, this paper explores a generic framework in which a dynamic environmental modeling process can be interactively visualized, controlled and tuned on the Internet by using Java 3D-based h...

A good short-period forecast of heavy rainfall is essential for many meteorological and hydrological applications. Traditional deterministic and stochastic nowcasting methodologies have been inadequate in their characterization of pixelwise rainfall reflectivity propagation, intensity, and uncertainty. The methodology presented herein uses an approach that efficiently parameterizes spatio-tempo...