Understanding how spring runoff is generated in East Siberia during the spring thaw is important to predicting river flows. To evaluate the snowmelt runoff generated, a simple runoff model was developed. The model involves processes of water and energy balance within the snowpack and energy balance within soil, snowmelt infiltration into the frozen ground, and surface runoff. The model reproduc...

Quantifying surface water/ground water exchanges has become an important component of water resources management because of the increase in the conjunctive use of water. Reducing uncertainty in models used to select an optimal operation management alternative requires proper identification of the spatial and temporal variations in physical parameters such as the hydraulic conductivity of the st...

in recent decades, attention to contamination propagation into soils and underground water has increased, which has led to a rise in the studies on soil contamination problems and methods of in-situ remediation. in this research, effective parameters on oil contamination propagation in soils and underground water have been investigated using fem in order to determine propagation patterns. the m...

In this brief on-going research paper, we summarize our current work on reconstructing the depth map from a fusion of multiple estimated depth maps that are generated from a number of multiple monocular cues. We first analyze a ground truth depth map to extract a set of depth cues or statistics. Then, using these depth cues, we process the colored reference video and generate an estimate of the...

background and purpose: fluoride is one of the drinking water contaminants regulated by epa. this ion, in low doses in the mouth reduces tooth decay without health risk and at much higher doses causes health complications and can be toxic. the major sources of exposure to fluoride are drinking water, food, dental products, and pesticides. the biggest contributor to exposure for most people in i...

Sedimentary plains with extremely flat topography, such as the Pampas in Argentina, often display flooding–drought cycles. Changes in water table depth and surface water coverage affect natural and cultivated vegetation, wildlife, and people. Here, we describe groundwater dynamics and water-body expansion in a 10-year flooding cycle in the valuable agricultural lands of Western Pampas. We analy...