River pollution research progress [[electronic resource] /] / Mattia N. Gallo and Marco H. Ferrari, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779514103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60741-418-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GalloMattia N; FerrariMarco H
• Disciplina: 628.1/68091693
• Soggetti: Water - Pollution - Environmental aspects; Pollution - Environmental aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""RIVER POLLUTION RESEARCH PROGRESS""; ""RIVER POLLUTION RESEARCH PROGRESS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""SIMULATION OF ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION AND ITS APPLICATION FOR EFFECTIVE POLICY-MAKING IN REGIONAL SCALE""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""1.1. Background ""; "" 1.2. Modeling Approach in the Previous Researches ""; ""1.3. Research Objective""; ""2. STUDY AREA ""; ""3. MODEL DESCRIPTION ""; ""3.1. General Structure of NICE Model (Nakayama and Watanabe, 2004) ""; ""3.1.1. Biophysical and Soil Moisture Models ""; ""3.1.2. Groundwater Model ""; ""3.1.3. Surface Hydrology Model ""; ""3.1.4. Integration of Models """"3.2. Model Description of NICE-SNOW (Nakayama and Watanabe, 2006) ""; ""3.2.1. Effect of Micro-Topography and Meteorology on Snow and Frost Depth""; ""3.2.2. Modeling of Phase Changes in Unsaturated Layer ""; ""3.2.3. Estimation of Frost and Thaw Depth by the Stefan Solution ""; "" 3.2.4. Two-Layer Surface Runoff Model Including Frost/Thaw Processes ""; ""3.3. Model Description of NICE-MASS (Nakayama, 2007a) ""; ""3.3.1. Expansion of the NICE Model To Mass Transport Process ""; ""3.3.2. Theory of Estimating Suspended Sediment (SS) Loads in Rivers""; ""3.4. Model description of NICE-VEG (Nakayama, 2008a, 2008b) """"3.4.1. Vegetation Succession Model ""; ""3.4.2. Integration of Models ""; "" 4. DATA AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR SIMULATION ""; ""4.1. ; Input Data ""; ""4.2. Observation for Calibration and Validation""; ""4.3. Estimation of Heat Flux Budgets from Meteorological Data ""; ""4.4. Vegetation and Soil Properties ""; ""4.5. MODIS Data ""; ""4.6. Running the Simulation ""; ""5. RESULTS ""; ""5.1. Hydrologic Budget in Snow-Free Periods""; ""5.1.1. Soil Moisture in Various Land Covers""; ""5.1.2. Soil Temperature and Heat Flux Budget""; ""5.1.3. Groundwater Levels """"5.1.4. River Discharge""; ""5.1.5. Soil Moisture Changes (Drying) from 1977 to 2001 ""; ""5.2. Hydrologic Budget in Snow Periods""; ""5.2.1. Effect of Micro-Topography and Land Cover on Snow Depth and Soil Frost""; ""5.2.2. Soil Moisture and Groundwater with Phase Changes ""; ""5.2.3. Surface Runoff Process Including Snowmelt Period ""; ""5.3. Geomorphic Changes in the Catchment ""; ""5.3.1. Characteristic of Suspended Sediment Load in Different Seasons ""; ""5.3.2. Elevation Changes by Sediment Accumulation in Mire ""; ""5.3.3. Relation between Hydrologic/Geomorphic Changes and Alder Invasion """"5.4. Vegetation Succession Process in the Catchment ""; ""5.4.1. Evaluation of Ecohydrological Characteristics in the Mire ""; ""5.4.2. Reproduction of the Drying Phenomenon and Alder Invasion in the Mire ""; ""5.5. Future Forecast in the Mire ""; ""5.5.1. Effect of Re-Meandering of Channelized Rivers on Hydrologic Budget in Mire ""; ""5.5.2. Forecast of Vegetation Change in Mire by Re-Meandering of Channelized Rivers ""; ""6. DISCUSSIONS ""; ""6.1. Drying Phenomena and Vegetation Change Caused by Invasion of Alder ""