Program for Thursday, March 24th: Talk View

PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH: TALK VIEW

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09:00-09:15

Temporal aggregation of rainfall data and its influence on trend estimation for annual maximum depths with duration 24

Renato Morbidelli, Carla Saltalippi, Jacopo Dari, Alessia Flammini

09:00-09:15

Measuring water velocity by LSPIV for accurate determination of water discharge and roughness coefficients in representative ephemeral

Dr. Eran Halfi, Prof. Johnathan B. Laronne, Dr. Avshalom Babad, Mr. Tom Kaholi

09:00-09:15

On the use of satellite precipitation products for flood application

Gilbert Hinge, Mohamed Mohamed, Mohamed Hamouda

09:00-09:15

Using fluorescent and thermal tracers to estimate overland flow velocities

João de Lima, Soheil Zehsaz, Jorge Isidoro, Isabel Lima, Ricardo Martins

09:00-09:15

Floodwater harvesting and sediment deposition in reservoirs, a case study from the Arava Valley,

R. Armoza-Zvuloni, Y. Shlomi, I. Abadi, R. Shem-Tov, J.B. Laronne

09:00-09:15

Assessment of soil losses and siltation of Sidi Salem dam in Medjerda high valley-Tunisia

S. Abidi, N. Souid, A.K. Toubal, M. Achite, L. Lajili-Ghezal

09:00-10:30

Evaluation of hydrological modeling under changing environmental conditions

Chong-Yu Xu, Vijay P Singh

09:00-10:30

Beach sands as an alternative source of freshwater supply: using geophysics to inform well design in coastal

McDonnell, Fernández Águila, Hamill, Flynn, Butler, Etsias, Benner

09:00-10:30

Moisture-vegetation relationships of Omani coastal dunes: Nabkhas

Afrah Al-Shukaili, Hilal Al-Mamari, Anvar Kacimov

09:00-10:30

Life cycle assessment for tertiary wastewater treatment in Kuwait

Asmaa Al-Mutiri, Esra Aleisa, Mohamed Hamoda

09:00-10:30

Life cycle assessment for seawater desalination using reverse osmosis in Kuwait

Anwar Aljuwaisseri, Khawla Alshayji, Esra Aleisa

09:00-10:30

Flood mapping and assessment during typhoon Ulysses (VAMCO) in Cagayan, Philippines using synthetic aperture radar

Castro, Brusola, David, Ramacula, Suarez, Viado, Capdos, Dorado, Ballaran

09:00-10:30

Upgrading groundwater monitoring network in the Kingdom of Bahrain using geostatistics and GIS

Waleed Al-Zubari, Ali Al-Shaabani, Nadir Abdulhameid

09:00-10:30

Enabling automatic ground water information collection and aggregation through space and IOT in Australia (SIG

Kate Williams, Steven Morton

09:00-10:30

Satellite-based leak detection and cost benefit - Investing in existing water infrastructure

Jonathan Jacobi

09:00-10:30

Evaluating spatial and temporal variations in sub-field level crop water demands

Travis Wiederstein, Vaishali Sharda, Jonathan Aguilar

09:00-10:30

Landsat-based 30 m monthly actual evapotranspiration for Australia: development, implementation in Google Earth Engine and

Pena-Arancibia, McVicar, Vleeshouwer, Van Niel, Guerschman, Chen, Stenson

09:00-10:30

Water quality monitoring from space: AQUAWATCH Australia

Carl Seubert, Steven Morton

09:00-10:30

Moving from local monitoring to regional and continental scale early warning and forecasting of water quality

K. Joehnk, T. Biswas, K. Kandris, J. Anstee, T. Malthus, A. Held, A. Tzimas

09:00-10:30

Assessment and management of seawater intrusion in Gaza aquifer in response to excessive pumping and sea level

Hany Abd-Elhamid, Martina Zeleňáková, Akbar Javadi, Khalid Qahman

09:00-10:30

Chelating nitrogenous groups grafted onto zinc oxide nanoparticles for the adsorption of methyl violet in aqueous

Zipho Samuel, Mike Ojemaye, Anthony Okoh, Omobola Okoh

09:00-10:30

Hydrogeochemistry to assess the groundwater quality using multistatistical methods

Garba Ahmed, Ahmed Muhd Idris, Jibrin Gambo

10:45-12:15

Subterranean holes in the arid vadose zone as perturbations of descending pore water fluxes: J. R. Philip's legacy

Anvar Kacimov, Yurii Obnosov, Jiri Šimůnek

10:45-12:15

Statistical analysis of flow for selected rivers in Pakistan

Ghaida Bait Kulaib, Khaula Al-Mamari, Marwa Al-Mahdori, Ahmad Sana

10:45-12:15

Flood risk reduction in arid and semi arid regions: case studies from Egypt and Oman

Mohammed Abdel-Fattah, Sameh Kantoush, Tetsuya Sumi, Atef Badr

10:45-12:15

GIS-based flood risk assessment in urban areas: Case study Amman city

Muheeb Awawdeh, Khaldoon Al-Qudah, Hassan Rwashdeh, Monther Jamhawi

10:45-12:15

Development of chemically-functionalized galvanized aluminum meshes for efficient fog harvesting

H. El-Maghraby, A. Alhumaidi, M. Alnaqbi, M. Sherif, F. Hassan, Y. Greish

10:45-12:15

The effect of cloud-seeding operations on intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves a comparative study on three meteorological satiations in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab

Khalid Almheiri, Rabee Rustum

10:45-12:15

Four-dimensional electrical resistivity imaging in monitoring saltwater intrusion in a nearshore

McDonnell et.al

10:45-12:15

Estimating groundwater drought at spatio-temporal scale improving GRACE resolution based on machine learning

Shoaib Ali, Mohamed Mohamed, Qasim Khan

10:45-12:15

Model for optimal regional wastewater systems planning with uncertain wastewater treatment capacity

Faisal Alfaisal

10:45-12:15

Estimation of flash flood in urban area of Dubai using Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS)

Ihsanullah Raza Khan, Rabee Rustum, Qasim Khan, Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed

10:45-12:15

A framework for predicting household water consumption patterns

Halidu Abu-Bakar, Professor Leon Williams, Professor Stephen Hallett

10:45-12:15

Validation of CHIRPS-based satellite rainfall estimates in Damascus Basin, Syria

Firas Alsilibe, Katalin Bene, Ghada Bilal, Khaled Alghafli

10:45-12:15

Estimation of measurement uncertainty due to errors in rainfall and streamflow measurements using random

Abhinav Gupta, Rao S Govindaraju

10:45-12:15

Mapping and monitoring flash floods spatial distribution and frequencies in arid regions using remote sensing spectral

Sivan Isaacson, Yosef Avrahami, Stanley R. Rotman, Yael Storz-Peretz

10:45-12:15

Wireless Sensor Networks for hydrological monitoring, helpful tools for accurate models

Qasem Abdelal, Abdalrhman Alayan

10:45-12:15

Automatic extraction of water bodies from high-resolution remote sensing imagery using deep learning and GIS in

Lala El Hoummaidi, Abdelkader Larabi

10:45-12:15

Implementing water accounting and water governance analysis to support water – energy- food nexus in The MENA Region: the lessons learned and the way

Marwa Ali, Adham Badawy, Amgad Elmahdi, Dubravka Bojic, Domitille Vallee

10:45-12:15

Groundwater contamination by PFAS around airports in the USA: Identification, source and commonality

Sharifan, Pica, Young, Kornuc, Niles, Chen, McKenna, Blotevogel

10:45-12:15

Effect of the blending of desalinated seawater with groundwater on the formation of trihalomethane species in drinking

Jasem Alkandari

10:45-12:15

Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas

Mohammad Faiz Alam, Karen G. Villholth, Joel Podgorski

10:45-12:15

Optimal management of seawater intrusion using infiltration pond

Samia Saad, Akbar Javadi, Raziyeh Farmani, Mohsen Sherif

10:45-12:15

Brine management using hydrophobic nanocomposite membranes

R. Alambi, M. Ahmed, G. Bhadrachari, A. Al-Naser, J. Thomas

13:00-14:00

Mapping groundwater potential zones in UAE using GIS-based hydrogeological modeling

A.A. Ebraheem, M. Sherif, E. Neuman, K. Alghafli, M. Al Mulla, A. Sefelnasr

Sensitivity of an integrated groundwater flow model to model parameters - application to vulnerability assessment of karst

Assaad Kassem, Joanna Doummar, Jason Gurdak

Exploring the potential of innovative methods for integrated water and flood risk management in the Oriental Alpes River District: The AQUA3S

Ferri, Lombardo, Norbiato, Moumtzidou, Karakostas, Vrochidis, Kompatsiaris

Low flow in the Oued El Abid Basin (Morocco): better understand it to better manage it (Oum Errbia Basin -

Khouldia Nafia, Mohamed El Ghachi

The application of satellite imagery and GIS software to the study of waterfront cities' development

Nicolae Costin Mociu, Carmen Elena Maftei

Thermal storage system as an alternative to the brine heater in a desalination plant: An experimental

Mishal Alsehli

Machine Learning: An interesting tool in studying groundwater

Qasim Khan, Mohamed M. Mohamed

Groundwater budget analysis in Abu Dhabi Emirate using MODFLOW

Tala Maksoud, Qasim Khan, Mohamed M. Mohamed

Managed aquifer recharge as a reliable and sustainable water supply in Duqm area, Sultanate of Oman

Ali Al-Maktoumi, Anvar Kacimov, Mustafa El-Rawy

Price discrimination in water banks to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural water

C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, Francesco Sapino

Exploring the drought propagation from meteorological to hydrological and soil moisture drought using time series

Muhammad Abrar Faiz, Mohsen Sherif, Faisal Baig

Is participatory approach including all relevant stakeholders necessary to make IWRM more effective for water resource management especially in data scarce regions? A case study of the

Pankaj Kumar

Knowledge Products for the Nile Basin Initiative

Juliet Nakasagga, Maha Abdelraheem Ismail, Sowed Wamala

Precipitation extremes and drought analysis using general circulation models and multi drought

M.A. Faiz, M. Sherif, A. Sefelnasr, A.A. Ebraheem, F. Baig

Multiple approaches to sustain Ogallala aquifer in the southern high plains of USA

Sangamesh Angadi, Sultan Begna, Paramveer Singh, Jagdeep Singh

Coupling global land data assimilation system (GLDAS) with in situ data to monitor groundwater resources at Sabkha Matti, Middle

Khaled Alghafli, Waleed Saeed, Warren Wood, Mohsen Sherif, Xiaogang Shi

Evaluation of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model using generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation

F. Baig, M. Sherif, A. Faiz, A. Sefelnasr, A.A. Ebraheem, K. Alghafli

SUDS encapsulates climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation – One stone killing two

Talib Butt, Munjed Maraqa, Omar Alharbi, Cara Beal, Xenia Christodoulou

Advanced soft computing applications for hydraulic efficiency assessment of storm water drain inlets

Omer Ekmekcioglu, Mehmet Ozger

IWAT1.0 - web portal for optimization of irrigation water requirement for selected Indian crops in different agro-climatic zones through modelling of Lysimetric and weather station

Arjun Suresh, Tanu Jindal

Management of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers: Past and future challenges

Swathi Mohandas Surekha, Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Sefelnasr

Missing data imputation for solar radiation by deep neural network

Eyyup Ensar Basakin, Mehmet Ozger

Factors influencing the site selection criteria for efficient aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) system in saline

Shubham Tiwari

Parametric study analysis of a 3-D printed solar receiver in a multi-stage flash desalination plant

Dinumol Varghese, Ahmed Thaher, Fadi Alnaimat, Bobby Mathew

Recharge to aquifers located in arid zones through the application of the RENATA code: Distribution according to the watershed and the groundwater

J.M. Murillo, A. Padilla, J. Delgado, J.M.G.-F. Gómez-Fontalva

Remote sensing applications for water managements under data acquisition challenges in transboundary basin, case study: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,

K. Alghafli, A. Ali, A. Obeid, S. Craig, X. Shi, A. Sefelnasr, A.A. Ebraheem

Tillage and establishment methods impact on land and irrigation water productivity in Tungabhadra rice command area of Southern

B K Desai, Santhosh U N, Satyanarayan Rao, Masthana Reddy B G

Assessment of leachate on groundwater quality: A case study of Enyimba Open Dumsite, Osisioma Ngwa local government area, Abia State,

Eberechi Cecilia Osuagwu, Adamma Monica Uwaga, Harry Inemeawaji

Proximal sensor based water and nutrient management on corn to achieve sustainable yields and water use efficiency in semi arid regions of Karnataka,

Krishna Desai

Flood water harvesting in a flood prone area using remote sensing and GIS: Case study

Aysar Al-Shamaa, Khalid Al-Marsumi

Volumetric quantification of flash flood using microwave data on a watershed scale in arid environments, Saudi

M. Elhag, J. Budiman, J. Bahrawi, A. Hidayatulloh, M. Almazroui

14:00-15:30

Multiple non-linear reservoirs to model water balance components in sandy soils

Giorgio Baiamonte, Carmelo Agnese, Vijay P. Singh

14:00-15:30

Nano-architecture of nanostructured copper oxides decorated with Polyvinyl alcohol as efficient water

O. Abudraz, N. Alkaabi, H. El-Maghraby, M. Sherif, F. Hassan, Y. Greish

14:00-15:30

Flood forecasting, the New Zealand experience

Magdy Mohssen

14:00-15:30

Trend analysis in Australian flood data: a case study for New South Wales using latest information

S M Anwar Hossain, Ataur Rahman, Ouarda Taha B. M. J.

14:00-15:30

Modeling and prediction of groundwater level fluctuations using geoinformatics and artificial neural networks in Al Ain City,

Khalid Elhaj, Salem Issa, Dalal Alshamsi, Biruk Abera Cherkose

14:00-15:30

Monitoring of land surface subsidence over agricultural areas in Al Ain region UAE

Muhagir Elkamali, Abdelgadir Abuelgasim, Ahmed Sefelnasr

14:00-15:30

Field bailout experiments, HYDRUS-2D and analytical modeling for determination of hydraulic parameters of porous bed of ephemeral

Shahad Al-Yaqoubi, Ali Al-Maktoumi, Anvar Kacimov, Said Ismaily, Ahmed Al-Mayahi

14:00-15:30

Estimating crop evapotranspiration of dates trees based on SEBAL algorithm using Landsat 8 satellite imagery —A Case Study: Al

Mo'Ath Etoom, Ehab Aletoum, Ali Olimat, Taha Masarweh

14:00-15:30

Improvement of rice agricultural complexes water supply in conditions of water scarcity

A. Buber, V. Shevchenko, A. Buber, Y. Dobrachev, E. Ratkovich

14:00-15:30

Monitoring flash floods in arid environments using Bgusat: A single band nano satellite

Isaacson, Avrahami, Storz-Peretz, Zagrizak, Rotman, Blumberg, Maman

14:00-15:30

A geospatial statistical approach for seasonal comparisons of ground water quality using interpolates grid-based

Jibrin Gambo, Ahmad Muhammad Idris, Garba Ahmed, Yusuf Ahmad

14:00-15:30

Soil erosion prioritization of Yarmouk River Basin, Jordan using multiple approaches in a GIS

Mutawakil Obeidat, Farah Al-Hantouli, Muheeb Awawdeh

14:00-15:30

Using ICT in agricultural water management: IRWI as a case study from Egypt

Marwa Ali, Amgad Elmahdi, Ahmed Tawfik, Omar Ismail, Alaa Albably

14:00-15:30

Enhanced Nile River basin monitoring for improved water resources collaborative management and

Mohsen Alarabawy, Modathir Zaroug, Sowed Wamala

14:00-15:30

Flash drought assessment for India River Basins

Deepak Tiwari, H. L. Tiwari, V. P. Singh

14:00-15:30

A novel pressure-controlled hybrid graphene oxide membranes for water treatment: A combined experimental – molecular simulation

Daniel Bahamon, Ki Ryuk Bang, Eun Seo Cho, Lourdes F. Vega

14:00-15:30

A study on the influence of volatile fatty acid on biogas production and pathogen destruction using thermophilic anaerobic

Abdullah Al-Mamun, Intisar Al Sulaimi, Jagdeep Kumar Nayak

14:00-15:30

Chitosan-graphene oxide composite membrane for fouling reduction in ultrafiltration

Ahmed Yasir, Abdelbaki Benamor, Alaa Al Hawari, Ebrahim Mahmoudi

14:00-15:30

Atmospheric water extractor and space cooling unit

Mohd Shariq Khan, Khursheed B. Ansari, Wahid Ali

14:00-15:30

An appraisal of UAE farmers’ perceptions and valuation of treated wastewater resources

Tarik Chfadi, Mohamed Gheblawi, Rafi Ullah Tasbih Ullah

14:00-15:30

Growing biofuel crop (Arundo Donax) with non conventional saline water in arid regions

Tapas Biswas, Klaus Joehnk, Chris Williams

15:45-17:15

Uncertainty in estimation of field-scale variability of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity

A. Goyal, R. Morbidelli, A. Flammini, C. Corradini, R. Govindaraju

15:45-17:15

WaterTools: A guide to three national level platforms that support the management of Australia's scarce water

Green, Carr, Telfer, Mueller, Tuteja, Shin, Woldemeskel, Kociuba

15:45-17:15

Formation of reservoir operation modes in real time based on long-term hydrological forecast and multicriteria optimization methods, "Lake Baikal - Irkutsk Reservoir" case

Alexander Buber, Mikhail Bolgov

15:45-17:15

Optimization of transboundary lake operation and conception of a hydropower plant at Lake Tiberias

Martin Klein, Emad Al-Karablieh, Stephan Theobald

15:45-17:15

Techno-economic assessment of integrated water resources management infrastructure projects

S. Schär, B. Rusteberg, J. Bensabat, M. Scheday, G. Zarzar, J. Geldermann

15:45-17:15

ISME-HYDRO – an integrated system for monitoring of water resources for sustainable exploitation of dams and

Mariana Damova, Emil Stoyanov, Hermand Pessek, Stanko Stankov, Mihail Kopchev

15:45-17:15

What lessons can remote Australia learn from the Middle East in terms of water management solutions

Eric Vanweydeveld

15:45-17:15

Technology enabled data driven solution for enhancing efficiency of water use in buildings

Bivin Pradeep, Parag Kulkarni

15:45-17:15

Native plants as indicators of soil quality in deserts: Consequences for dryland agriculture

Avshalom Babad, Ilan Stavi, Yoav Avni, Noa Aviel-Avni

15:45-17:15

An interdisciplinary approach to groundwater resource assessment for sustaining community, environment & economic development in a remote arid region of South

Munday, Taylor, Peeters, Costar, Love, Krapf, Gilfedder, Soerensen, Cahill

15:45-17:15

Use of decision support system for optimizing long term water resources planning in terms of economic and environmental

Mohamed Ibrahim Kizhisseri, Mohamad Mostafa Mohamed

15:45-17:15

Development of a drought management plan in a regulated arid basin in southern Peru

Peña Arancibia, Lazarow, Zheng, Rojas, Tapsuwan, Hopkins, Chiew, Penton

15:45-17:15

Waterguide: Setting a path to improved water management and use under scarcity

Huw Pohlner, Will Fargher

15:45-17:15

Investigating household consumption patterns before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

Khaled Alshaibani

15:45-17:15

Valuing community and first nations voices in restoring the Coorong, South Australia

Angus MacGregor, Glenn Shimmin

15:45-17:15

Development of irrigation governance in Sinthe irrigation schemes, Myanmar

Soe Htun Aung, Takuya Igawa

15:45-17:15

State of basin reporting: A tool for cooperative management of transboundary water resources

Michael Kizza, Sowed Wamala, Mudathir Zaroug

15:45-17:15

The role of hydroponic technology in economic use of water and enhancing productivity of farms in the

Berhanu Degefa, Elke Neumann, Mohamed Al Muhairi

17:15-18:30 Closing Remarks

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

12:15-13:00 Lunch Break

15:30-15:45 Coffee Break