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The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences series
15–30 Nov 2018
Water, Water Sciences, Hydrological Extremes and Related Risk and Uncertainty
Welcome from the Chair
Conference Title: Hydrological Extremes and Related Risk and Uncertainty
We are pleased to welcome you to the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3), which will be held online, promoted by the open access journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water.
After the first two International Electronic Conferences on Water Sciences (ECWS-1 and ECWS-2) successfully addressed this vitally important subject, we recognized the need for hosting a third conference, aiming at deepen the discussion on the issues of hydrological extremes, i.e., floods and droughts and the associated risk and uncertainty.
Global climate change and variability is probable to affect the frequency and severity of extreme hydrological events (e.g. floods and droughts). It is necessary to develop models and methodologies for better understanding, forecasting, hazard prevention of weather induced extreme hydrological events and assessment of disaster risk. The ECWS-3 considers extreme hydrological events that lead to hydrological hazards induced by severe weather and climate change and the related risk and uncertainty. Assessing the risk and uncertainty of hydrological extremes is a crucial step towards decision making. Decision makers are interested in determining and quantifying risk and uncertainty of existing and proposed hydrotechnical projects.
The ECWS-3 welcomes contributions that develop novel methodologies to model the hydrological processes within the context of risk and uncertainty analysis in the following topics/sections (Responsible Conference Committee member):
- Advances in flood estimation and modeling (Prof. J. Szolgay)
- Hydrological drought methods and modeling approaches (Prof. A. Cancelliere)
- Uncertainty and hydrological extremes (Prof. G. Di Baldassarre and Prof. G. Aronica)
- Risk and engineering design of hydrotechnical structures and projects (Prof. Luis Garrote)
- Impacts of climate change on hydrological extremes (Prof. K. Banasik)
- Applications of geoinformation systems in hydrological extremes (Dr. L. Vasiliades)
- Socio-economic assessment of hydrological extremes (Prof. M.-C. Llasat-Botija)
Conference Chair
Prof. Dr. Athanasios G. Loukas Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydrology and Aquatic Systems Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece |
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Call for Contribution
The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3) will be held from 15 to 30 November 2018 online . This event enables the researchers of research field to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues without the need to travel. All proceedings will be published on the conference homepage in open access format.
Through this event, we aim to cover the following topics:
- Advances in flood estimation and modeling
- Hydrological drought methods and modeling approaches
- Uncertainty and hydrological extremes
- Risk and engineering design of hydrotechnical structures and projects
- Impacts of climate change on hydrological extremes
- Applications of geoinformation systems in hydrological extremes
- Socio-economic assessment of hydrological extremes
The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. Selected papers presented in ECWS-3 will be published in a Special Issue of journal Water undergone a full peer-review (ISSN 2073-4441; Impact Factor: 2.069 (2017) with a 20% discount on the APCs; ECWS-3 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel — all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 15 October 2018 online at https://www.sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 31 January 2019. The conference itself will be held 15-30 November 2018.
We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. ECWS-3 is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.
Paper Submission Guidelines
For information about the submission procedure and preparation of a full presentation, please refer to the "Instructions for Authors".
Conference Chairs
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Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydrology and Aquatic Systems Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece; and Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydraulic Works and Environmental Management, Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Athanasios G. Loukas is Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydrology and Aquatic Systems Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece and Hydrology and Water Resources, Laboratory of Hydraulic Works and Environmental Management, Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 21 Thessaloniki, Greece
aloukas@civ.uth.gr
Conference Committee
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River Basin Management and Hydraulic Works, Civil Engineering Department, Engineering University of Messina, Contrada Di Dio, 98166 Villaggio S. Agata, Messina, Italy
garonica@unime.it
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, Università di Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
antonino.cancelliere@unict.it
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Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villav. 16, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
giuliano.dibaldassarre@geo.uu.se
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Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Department of Land and Water Resources, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia
jan.szolgay@stuba.sk
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Department of Civil Engineering Hydraulics and Energy, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
garrote@caminos.upm.es
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WULS-SGGW (Warsaw University of Life Sciences), Warsaw, Poland
kazimierz_banasik@sggw.pl
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Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
carmell@meteo.ub.edu
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Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly , 38334 Volos, Greece
lvassil@gmail.com
Invited Speakers
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Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Dr. Luis Mediero is a professor on Hydraulic Engineering at the ‘ETSI de Caminos, Canales y Puertos’ of ‘Universidad Politécnica de Madrid’. He teaches subjects related to Hydraulic Engineering at the ‘Graduate on Civil Engineering’, ‘MsC on Civil Engineering’ and ‘MsC on Civil Engineering Systems’. In addition, he also gives lectures in the ‘International MsC on dam management and safety’, organized by the Spanish Committee on Large Dams, and in the ‘MsC on Water Resource Management’ organized by Aqualogy. He belongs to the UPM consolidated research group on ‘Hydroinformatics and water management’. His main research lines are on statistical hydrology, non-stationarity time series, rainfall-runoff modelling, climate change, dam safety, reservoir management and water resources. He has been the principal investigator (PI) of one national project (POSEIDON) and one European project (SAFERPLACES). He has been also involved in various national projects (MODEX and E-Virtual) and European projects (DRIHM, FLASH and BASE).
luis.mediero@upm.es
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Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA),
Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA
Prof. George Tsakiris is the director of the Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and director of the Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA. He has PhD from the Civil Engineering Dept. of Southampton University, U.K. He is a full Professor since 1988 teaching engineering hydrology, hydraulic works and water resources management. His research interests (among others) include topics of hydro-meteorological extremes (droughts and floods), non-stationary hydrological processes, and adaptive water resources management under uncertainty. He has completed more than 50 European and national research projects, most of which as scientific coordinator. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers in international scientific journals and a large number of papers in Proceedings of international and national conferences. He is the author/co-author of five textbooks in Greek and one
gtsakir@hotmail.gr
Instructions for Authors
Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "Submit New Abstract" function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 15 October 2018.
- The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Science. All authors will be notified by 19 October 2018 about the acceptance of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit his/her manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 31 October 2018.
- The manuscripts and presentations will be available on https://ecws-3.sciforum.net/ for discussion and rating during the time of the conference 15-30 November 2018.
- After the conference, the Conference Committee will select papers that may be included for publication in the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Science" by the Open Access Journals Water (ISSN 2073-4441; IF=2.069; CODEN: WATEGH) with a 20% discount off the Article Processing Charge(APC).
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgements)
- References
Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer at joy.qiao@mdpi.com to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.
Accepted File Formats
- MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Electronic Conference on Materials Science Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
- Electronic Conference on Water Science MS Word Template File
- References: References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including tables and legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, ReferenceManager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Citations and References in Supplementary files are permitted provided that they also appear in the main text and in the reference list. In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10). or [6] (pp. 101–105). The Reference list should include the full title as recommended by the ACS style guide. The style file for endnote, MDPI.ens, can be found at https://endnote.com/downloads/style/mdpi
- Author List and Affiliations: Authors' full first and last names must be provided. The initials of any middle names can be added. The PubMed/MEDLINE standard format is used for affiliations: complete address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and all email addresses. At least one author should be designated as corresponding author, and his or her email address and other details should be included at the end of the affiliation section. Please read the criteria to qualify for authorship.
- Figures, Schemes and Tables: All figure files should be separately uploaded during submission. Figures and schemes must be provided at a sufficiently high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi or higher). All Figure file formats are accepted. However, TIFF, JPEG, EPS and PDF files are preferred. Materials can publish multimedia files in articles or as supplementary materials. Please get in touch with the Editorial office for further information. All Figures, Schemes and Tables should also be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, Table 1, etc.). All Figures, Schemes and Tables should have a short explanatory title and a caption. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. To facilitate the copy-editing of larger tables, smaller fonts may be used, but in no less than 8 pt. in size. Authors should use the Table option of Microsoft Word to create tables. For multi-panel figures, the file must contain all data in one file. For tips on creating multi-panel figures, please read the helpful advice provided by L2 Molecule. Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color (RGB at 8-bit per channel). Full color graphics will be published free of charge.
For further enquiries please contact ECWS-3 2018 Secretary at joy.qiao@mdpi.com.
Authors wishing to publish their papers are asked to abide to the following rules:
- Any facts that might be perceived as a possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be disclosed in the paper prior to submission.
- Authors should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.
- Data and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail in the paper, so that other researchers can replicate the work.
- Raw data should preferably be publicly deposited by the authors before submission of their manuscript. Authors need to at least have the raw data readily available for presentation to the referees and the editors of the journal, if requested. Authors need to ensure appropriate measures are taken so that raw data is retained in full for a reasonable time after publication.
- Simultaneous submission of manuscripts to more than one journal is not tolerated.
- Republishing content that is not novel is not tolerated (for example, an English translation of a paper that is already published in another language will not be accepted).
- If errors and inaccuracies are found by the authors after publication of their paper, they need to be promptly communicated to the editors of this journal so that appropriate actions can be taken. Please refer to our policy regarding publication of publishing addenda and corrections.
- Your manuscript should not contain any information that has already been published. If you include already published figures or images, please obtain the necessary permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY license.
- Plagiarism, data fabrication and image manipulation are not tolerated.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
List of accepted submissions (31)
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sciforum-021283 | Response of Siberian rivers discharge to disturbance of the forests caused by wildfires | , | N/A |
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The objective of this work was to perform a quantitative analysis of the correlation between the forest burning index and abnormal decrease in river discharge under conditions of cryolithozone of Siberia. We analyzed the long-term and seasonal variation of rivers discharge in Central Siberia (Nizhnyaya Tunguska and Podkamennaya Tunguska rivers) and in Eastern Siberia (Aldan, Vilyui rivers) together with the forest burning dynamics within the river basins. The data on rivers discharge was obtained from the archive of The Global Runoff Data Centre for 1939–2015. Relative burned area (RBA) index was calculated from wildfires database collected using satellite technique for 1996–2017. RBA was evaluated as ratio of annual burned area within the river basins to the total area of the river basin. RBA values of 2.5–6.1% per year were considered as extremely high. The analysis of available chronologies of extreme fire events in Central and Eastern Siberia showed high correlation (r > –0.55) with long-term data on the runoff minima. Abnormally low level of discharge was 68–78% of the averaged annual rate. The most significant response of river discharge to the wildfire effect was shown for summer-autumn period of season after extreme burning in mid-summer. |
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sciforum-021347 | Assessment and Impact of Soil Moisture Index in Agricultural Drought Estimation using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques | , , , | N/A |
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Soil moisture takes an important part in involving climate, vegetation and drought. This paper explains that how to calculate the soil moisture index and the role of soil moisture. The objective of this study is to assess the amount of moisture content in soil and soil moisture mapping by using remote sensing data, in the selected study area. We applied the remote sensing technique with the purpose of relies on the use of soil moisture index (SMI) which in its algorithm uses the data obtained from satellite sensors. The relation between land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) are based on experimental parameterization for Soil moisture index. Multispectral satellite data (visible, NIR and TIRS) were utilized for assessment of Land Surface Temperature (LST) and make vegetation indices map. GIS and image processing software utilized to determine the LST & NDVI. NDVI and LST are considered as essential data to obtain SMI calculation. The statistical regression analysis of NDVI and LST were shown in standardized regression coefficient. NDVI values are within range -1 to 1 where negative values present loss of vegetation or contaminated vegetation, whereas positive values explain that healthy and dense vegetation. LST values are the surface temperature in °C. SMI is categorized into classes from no drought to extreme drought to quantitatively assess drought. The final result is obtainable with the values range from 0 to 1, where values near 1 are the regions with a low amount of vegetation and surface temperature and present a higher level of soil moisture. The values near 0 are the areas with a high amount of vegetation and surface temperature and present the low level of soil moisture. The results indicate that this method can efficiently applied to estimation of soil moisture from multi-temporal Landsat images, which is valuable for monitoring agricultural drought and flood disasters assessment. |
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sciforum-021556 | Preliminary Design of Nutrient Removal Basins in the Fisheating Creek Watershed Florida, USA Subject to Drought Conditions and Low Water Availability | N/A |
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The Fisheating Creek watershed located in Florida, USA is the focus of intense efforts to reduce nutrient transport into Lake Okeechobee which is located downstream. Public agencies and private land owners have proposed constructing large nutrient removal basins in the watershed to reduce the overall nutrient load into Lake Okeechobee. This is challenging given the nature of the watershed with its low water availability and sensitivity to drought. This study evaluates the feasibility of implementing nutrient removal systems in such a watershed including the overall risk and uncertainty of system performance. The study uses statistical evaluations of available water resources data and model simulations using HEC-HMS to evaluate watershed flow conditions. Then, the study outlines alternatives for nutrient removal system implementation. The study revealed that considerable nutrient reduction is feasible but not optimal due to low overall water availability. The primary conclusion is that while nutrient removal projects as large as 294 hectares can be constructed, the overall system operation will have to be very flexible to account for widely ranging inflows including very low flows during drought situations. |
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sciforum-021746 | An integrated geoinformatics and hydrological modelling-based approach for effective flood management in the Jhelum Basin, NW Himalaya | , , , , , | N/A |
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In the present study, using static land system parameters such as geomorphology, land cover and relief, we calculated water yield potential (RP) of all the watersheds of the Jhelum basin (Kashmir Valley) using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) based watershed evaluation model (AHP-WEM). The results revealed that among the 24 watersheds of the Jhelum basin, Vishav watershed with the highest RP is the fastest water yielding catchment of the Jhelum basin followed by Bringi, Lidder, Kuthar, Sind, Madhumati, Rembiara, Sukhnag, Dal, Wular-II, Romshi, Sandran, Ferozpur, Viji-Dhakil, Ningal, Lower Jhelum, Pohru, Arin, Doodganga, Arapal, Anchar, Wular-I, Gundar, and Garzan in case of same intensity storm event. The results were validated with the mean annual peak discharge values of the watersheds and a strong positive correlation of 0.71 was found. Further, for forecasting the floods in the watersheds having small lag time, such as in case of Vishaw, Bringi and Lidder, we evaluated the performance of HEC-GeoHMS hydrological model to simulate stream discharge during storm events. It was observed that the model performs well for august-september period with strong positive correlation (0.94) between the observed and simulated discharge and hence could be used as a flood forecasting model for this period in the region. |
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sciforum-021837 | United States Bureau of Reclamation Type IX Baffled Chute Spillways, A New Examination of Accepted Design Methodology Using CFD and Monte-Carlo Simulations, Part I | , |
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So-called “Type IX” chute spillways with impact baffle blocks have been used successfully around the globe for over 50 years. A key advantage of the chute spillway is the elimination of a costly stilling basin allowing for a more simplistic outlet works design. The current design process is based upon physical models developed in the 1950s and observation of completed projects over the last 50 years. The design procedure is empirical and provides the designer with a range of workable layouts, baffle heights, and baffle spacing. Unfortunately, this approach may not be optimal. This first study of a longer research effort focus uses Monte-Carlo simulations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to examine the design methodology and physical model basis for the current design procedure. Initially, the study examined the design procedure with a Monte-Carlo simulation to explore the range of acceptable designs that can be realized. Then, using CFD, full-scale prototype (located in Gila, Arizona USA) physical model result that were a key basis for the current design procedure were recreated. The study revealed that a wide range of acceptable chute designs can result from following the current design procedure but that some of these may be better than others. The study also outlines future research efforts needed to revise the current design methodology. |
List of Authors (80)
Conference Schedule
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 October 2018
Notification of Acceptance: 19 October 2018
Deadline for Submission of Full Paper/Poster/Power Point: 31 October 2018
Conference Open: 15-30 November 2018
ECWS-3. Submission
The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3) will be held from 15 to 30 November 2018 online . This event enables the researchers of research field to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues without the need to travel. All proceedings will be published on the conference homepage in open access format.