Browsing by Author "Smith, Patricia"
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, Deepti (2009-05-15)Water quality models are applied to assess the various processes affecting the concentrations of contaminants in a watershed. SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) is a nonlinear regression based ...
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McDaniel, Rachel Leah (2015-08-04)Severe droughts have plagued the United States over the last few years. The 2011 Texas drought, the 2012 U.S. drought, and the current California drought have greatly impacted the nation’s economy and agricultural production. ...
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Rana, Samagra (2016-04-26)Soil moisture is an important component in many hydrologic and land– atmosphere interactions. Proper characterization of soil moisture variability is vital for understanding hydrological, ecological and biogeochemical ...
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Howard, Keya J. (2016-12-06)Sections of streams located downstream from dairy farms and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in central Texas are listed on the 303 (d) List of Impaired Waters due to bacterial contamination (possibly due to fecal ...
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Pryor, Mikela Renee (2021-12-09)Impervious surfaces such as paved roads, buildings, and parking lots, are a staple feature of urban development, but they prevent infiltration, leading to increased runoff volumes and pollutant loads. Green stormwater ...
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Mylevaganam, Sivarajah (2010-07-14)In Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), oftentimes, Critical Source Area (CSA), the minimum upstream drainage area that is required to initiate a stream, is used to subdivide a watershed. In the current literature, CSA ...
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Mei, Xiaohan (2021-11-22)The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) have been widely used as rainfall-runoff models since the 1990s. The former is a more complex, physically-based model that went through ...
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Bare, Ryan M (2019-12-02)The primary public health concern related to fecal waste contamination in recreational waters is exposure to pathogens. Noroviruses, a viral pathogen, are a leading cause of illness outbreaks in recreational waters and ...
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Omani, Nina; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Karthikeyan, Raghupathy; Smith, Patricia (Water (Basel), 2017)
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Omani, Nina (2014-08-08)A modified incorporated snow algorithm in Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was applied to consider spatial variation of associated snow parameters by elevation band for flow simulation of five mountainous river basins ...
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Pressler, Lindsey ElieseWhile microplastics in the ocean have been heavily studied, their impact on soils have not. Current research suggests microplastics are just as prevalent in freshwater and land as in the ocean and should be considered a ...
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Partheeban, Cynthuja (2022-01-21)Prairie restoration is widely viewed as beneficial because it can restore natural ecological and hydrologic function. Modeling of prairie restoration is essential to quantify the benefits of prairie lands. The accurate ...
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Ahimbisibwe, Duncan Kikoyo (2020-04-07)Recognizing that landscapes provide a variety of water and climate regulation, energy, and food production functions, whose sustainability is threatened by several anthropogenic activities, this study (i) identified and ...
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Chun, Gunil (2018-10-17)Population and economic growth have contributed to increasing water uses while available water resources are limited. Recently, the occurrence and damage of drought are increasing worldwide due to the impact of climate ...
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Castillo, Cesar Ricardo (2013-05-31)Land use/land cover (LULC) change and variations in precipitation can alter the quantity and quality of freshwater flows. The Mission-Aransas (M-A) estuary depends on inputs of freshwater and material from streams in order ...
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Hewitt, Natalie Case (2012-07-16)Harmful algal blooms' global amplification has driven research on growth characteristics and instigating mechanisms. These blooms prosper under diverse environmental conditions, creating challenges identifying bloom ...
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Sahoo, Debabrata (2009-05-15)Environmental flows are important to maintain the ecological integrity of the estuary. In a watershed, it is influenced by land use land cover (LULC) change, climate variability, and water regulations. San Antonio, Texas, ...
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Shannak, Sa'D A (2014-04-28)Urban growth contributes to increasing storm water runoff which in turn causes an increase in the frequency and severity of flooding. Moreover, increased storm water runoff contributes to changing the character and volume ...
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Kathuria, Dhruva (2021-07-08)Soil moisture (SM) and evapotranspiration (ET) are key climate variables governing environmental processes from local to global scales. The global burgeoning of SM and ET datasets holds a significant potential in improving ...
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Ha, Mi-Ae 1979- (2012-12-11)Rising world petroleum prices and global warming are contributing to interest in renewable energy sources, including energy produced from agricultural crops and waste sources of biomass. A network of small mobile pyrolysis ...