Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change

Surendra Kumar Chandniha, PhD, is Assistant Professor/Scientist in the Department of Soil and Water Engineering at BRSM College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology and Research Station, Mungeli, India. Dr. Chandniha has more than nine years of experience in the field of water resources, surface water hydrology, soil and water engineering, and climate change. He has published more than 65 research papers in journals as well as book chapters. He has done quality research work at IIT Roorkee and NIH Roorkee and has received several awards in the water sectors area.Anil Kumar Lohani, PhD, is currently Scientist-G and Head of the Surface Water Hydrology Division at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India. Dr. Lohani is Coordinator of the Central India Hydrology Centre of the National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal, and Head and Coordinator of the Centre for Flood Management Studies at the National Institute of Hydrology, Guwahati, India. Dr. Lohani has over 30 years of research experience in surface water hydrological modeling, flood management, decision support system, and soft computing techniques. He has published 225 research papers in journals and conferences as well as books, book chapters, and technical reports.Gopal Krishan, PhD, is Scientist-C at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, and former researcher for the Indo Gangetic Basin Groundwater Resilience Project for the British Geological Survey, United Kingdom, and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing–Indian Space Research Organisation. Dr. Krishan has over 20 years of research experience in hydrological evaluation, surface water and groundwater hydrology project management, and field investigation. He has published more than 150 research papers in journals as well as one book and several book chapters, newsletter articles, and technical reports.Ajay Krishna Prabhakar, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, where he has over seven years of teaching and research experience in the field of surface water hydrology, planning and management of water resources, drought analysis, and climate change. He has published research papers in peer-reviewed and SCI journals in water resources, groundwater, rainfall trend, and climate change.

• 1. Parameter Estimation for Solute Transport through Coupled Stratified Porous Media Using Time-Dependent Dispersion Coefficient 2. Wavelet Transform-Based Trend Analysis of Drought Variables over Homogenous Monsoon Regions of India 3. Quantitative Assessment of Glacier Changes Between 1998 and 2011 in Parvati River Basin, Western Himalaya, India 4. A Soft-Computing Technique in Water Sector: Artificial Neural Network Approach 5. Computation of Different Parameters in Water Resources Engineering Using Artificial Neural Network 6. Morphometric Assessment of Drainage Basin for Subwatershed Prioritization Based on Land Use Land Cover Using GIS 7. Prioritization of Charwa Watershed Based on Morphometric Analysis Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Techniques 8. A Framework for Integrated Wetland Sustainability Index 9. Long-Term Trend Analysis of Rainfall Series (1901-2010) over Southern Bihar, India 10. Groundwater Flow Modelling of a Hypothetical Groundwater System 11. Classification and Change Detection of an Urban Built-Up Area: A Case Study of Gurugram 12. Hydrological Water Balance Study in Champua Watershed of Baitarani River Basin Using SWAT Model 13. Long-Term Rainfall Trend Variability Analysis for Rampur Watershed: A Case Study of Mahanadi River Basin 14. Estimation of Soil Loss and Sediment Yield Using Universal Soil Loss Equation in Jiadhal Basin of Dhemaji District, Assam 15. Climate Change Analysis of Precipitation and Mean Temperature in Jammu and Kashmir, India 16. Modelling 1D-2D Hydrodynamic SWMM Model to Mitigate Flooding and Prioritize Flood-Prone Areas 17. Entropy-Based Measurement of Long-Term Precipitation Variability across India 18. Evaluating NOAA and PRISM Precipitation Data in Streamflow Generation Using HAWQS Model 19. Hydrogeology, Groundwater Regimes, and Quality Issues in Punjab 20. Data Assimilation in Groundwater Modelling 21. Decision Support System for Surface Water Planning 22. Optimal Multiobjective Multireservoir Operation Using Interactive Decision Making by Parametric Approach 23. Projection of Future Precipitation over Gangotri Glacier at Himalayan Belt Using CMIP5 Climate Model 24. Flow Pattern Around Multiple Vane Arrangement