Please cite this article in press as: Talei, A., et a Expert Systems with Applications (2010), doi:10.1 Intelligent computing tools based on fuzzy logic and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have been successfully applied in various problems with superior performances. A new approach of combining these two powerful AI tools, known as neuro-fuzzy systems, has increasingly attracted scientists in ...

rainfall-runoff relationship is very important in many fields of hydrology such as water supply and water resourcemanagement and there are many models in this field. among these models, the artificial neural network (ann) wasfound suitable for processing rainfall-runoff and opened various approaches in hydrological modeling. in addition,anns are quick and flexible approaches which provide very ...

[1] The water table in southwestern Niger has been rising continuously for the past decades (4 m rise from 1963 to 2007), despite a 23% deficit in monsoonal rainfall from 1970 to 1998. This paradoxical phenomenon has been linked with a change in land use from natural savannah to millet crops that have expanded in area sixfold since 1950 and have caused soil crusting on slopes that has, in turn,...

Highway stormwater runoff represents a significant source of dissolved copper to surface 4 waters. It is well established that even low concentrations of dissolved copper can be toxic to many 5 aquatic organisms. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States, recent research has focused on the 6 effects of low-level copper exposure to salmonids listed as threatened or endangered under the 7 End...

Dynamic spatial modeling addresses computational aspects of space-time process modeling. The types of processes it is meant to deal with are commonly found in Earth and biological sciences, such as hydrology and ecology. Geographical information systems (GIS) are a popular tool for modeling these application areas. A GIS provides spatial data structures, query capability and functions to manipu...

A distributed model for simulating the land surface hydrological processes in the Heihe river basin was developed and validated on the basis of considering the physical mechanism of hydrological cycle and the artificial system of water utilization in the basin. Modeling approach of every component process was introduced from 2 aspects, i.e., water cycle and energy cycle. The hydrological proces...

The objectives and methodology of the MAMUD research project are presented in this paper. MAMUD is an acronym for Measuring and Modeling Urban Dynamics: Impact on Quality of Live and Hydrology. The research will be conducted over a four year period (2007-2011). The major goal is to investigate how earth observation can contribute to a better monitoring, modeling and understanding of urban dynam...