Freshwater System Health: A Hydraulic Perspective

Monika Kalinowska is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and Head of the PhD Studies. Her main research interests include modelling the spread of pollutants in surface-flowing waters and numerical methods in fluid mechanics. She is a member of the Committee on Water Sciences and Water Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the International Association of Water and Environmental Engineering and Research.Magdalena Mrokowska is an Associate Professor and Head of the Hydrodynamic Models Laboratory at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her laboratory research integrates fluid mechanics and chemistry to investigate particle transport in marine and riverine environments, with a focus on stratified aquatic systems, biologically modified water rheology, particularly emphasising the transport of microplastics.Paweł Rowiński is a professor of Earth sciences at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences and its Director. His research interests include environmental hydrodynamics, mathematical modelling and experimental studies of hydrological processes. He is the Chair of the Europe Division of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research IAHR. He also chairs the Committee on Water Sciences and Water Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He served as Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences from 2015 to 2022 and is currently the President of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, ALLEA.

• Chapter 1. An experimental setup for thermal jet dispersion analysis.- Chapter 2. Estimation of sediment yields under climate change and land-use impact in the upper catchment of the Tuul River Basin, Mongolia.- Chapter 3. From the Renaissance to turbulence – a modern look at da Vinci’s impinging jet flow.- Chapter 4. Method for Measuring High Tracer Concentrations in River Mixing Studies.- Chapter 5. Flow resistance due to stream meandering: an evaluation of existing methods and implications for streamflow estimation.- Chapter 6. Critical Submergence for Horizontal Intake Structures under Symmetrical Approach Flow Conditions.- Chapter 7. Analysis of the 2024 flood events in the upper Biała Lądecka basin up to the town of Lądek-Zdrój.- Chapter 8. An experimental study on downstream fish guidance efficiency.- Chapter 9. Towards Sustainability in Water Distribution Networks.- Chapter 10. Sedimentation conditions in small anthropogenic pond estimated by fast field measurements with the use of unmanned vehicles.- Chapter 11. Are we getting dry? A satellite-based analysis of water conditions in the Vistula River.