Water Resources in Arid Areas

Articles (24 in this collection)

1. Special issue on water resources in arid areas

   Authors

   • Osman Abdalla
   • Mingjie Chen

   • Content type: Editorial
   • Published: 27 December 2016

   • Article: 6

2. Multi-time-scale analysis of hydrological drought forecasting using support vector regression (SVR) and artificial neural networks (ANN)

   Authors (first, second and last of 4)

   • Moslem Borji
   • Arash Malekian
   • Mehrnoosh Ghadimi

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 23 November 2016

   • Article: 725

   

3. Toward reliable calibration of aquifer hydrodynamic parameters: characterizing and optimization of arid groundwater system using swarm intelligence optimization algorithm

   Authors (first, second and last of 4)

   • S. Sadeghi-Tabas
   • A. Akbarpour
   • S. Samadi

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 21 November 2016

   • Article: 719

   

4. Reservoir operation using system dynamics under climate change impacts: a case study of Yamchi reservoir, Iran

   Authors (first, second and last of 4)

   • Mahdi Zarghami
   • Mohammad Reza Fotookian
   • Aydin Aslanzadeh

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 19 October 2016

   • Article: 678

   

5. Factors controlling the adsorption of acid blue 113 dye from aqueous solution by dried C. edulis plant as natural adsorbent

   Authors (first, second and last of 6)

   • R. Aziam
   • M. Chiban
   • F. Sinan

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 01 October 2016

   • Article: 659

   

6. Assessment of interconnection between surface water and groundwater in Sawa Lake area, southern Iraq, using stable isotope technique

   Authors

   • K. K. Ali
   • A. R. Ajeena

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 21 September 2016

   • Article: 648

   

7. Quantifying the uncertainty of semiarid flash floods using generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation

   Authors

   • Mohsen Pourreza-Bilondi
   • S. Zahra Samadi

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 30 August 2016

   • Article: 622

   

8. Integration between morphometric parameters, hydrologic model, and geo-informatics techniques for estimating WADI runoff (case study WADI HALYAH—Saudi Arabia)

   Authors

   • Jalal Basahi
   • Milad Masoud
   • Syed Zaidi

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 26 August 2016

   • Article: 610

   

9. Numerical modeling of brine disposal from Gaza central seawater desalination plant

   Authors (first, second and last of 4)

   • Mazen Abualtayef
   • Hassan Al-Najjar
   • Ahmed Khaled Seif

   • Content type: Original Paper
   • Published: 28 July 2016

   • Article: 572

   

10. Styles of salt tectonics in the Sab’atayn basin, onshore Yemen

    Authors (first, second and last of 6)

    • Gabor Tari
    • Rudi Dellmour
    • Adel Salman

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 27 July 2016

    • Article: 570

    

11. Assessing groundwater storage changes in the Nubian aquifer using GRACE data

    Authors

    • Ahmed M. Yosri
    • Mohamed A. Abd-Elmegeed
    • Ahmed E. Hassan

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 25 July 2016

    • Article: 567

    

12. Development of peri-urban catchment hydrological model with the multi-outlet approach

    Authors

    • Hamouda Boutaghane

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 23 July 2016

    • Article: 565

    

13. Evolution of groundwater quality in intensive agricultural zone: case of Chtouka-Massa Aquifer, Morocco

    Authors (first, second and last of 6)

    • Malki Mouna
    • Choukr-Allah Redouane
    • Barbara Reichert

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 23 July 2016

    • Article: 566

    

14. Evaluation of rain gauge network in arid regions using geostatistical approach: case study in northern Oman

    Authors

    • Mohammed Haggag
    • Ahmed A. Elsayed
    • Ayman G. Awadallah

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 11 July 2016

    • Article: 552

    

15. Optimization of chlorination boosters in drinking water distribution network for Al-Khobar City in Saudi Arabia

    Authors (first, second and last of 6)

    • Muhammad Nadeem Sharif
    • Ashraf Farahat
    • Rehan Sadiq

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 07 July 2016

    • Article: 546

    

16. Estimating cotton coefficients using multi-temporal remotely sensed images in Alar irrigated region, NW China

    Authors

    • Guilin Liu

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 01 July 2016

    • Article: 541

    

17. Groundwater pricing for farms and water user association sustainability

    Authors

    • H. Abdelhafidh
    • M. S. Bachta

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 22 June 2016

    • Article: 525

18. Assessment of spatial variations in water quality of Garra River at Shahjahanpur, Ganga Basin, India

    Authors

    • Mohd Yawar Ali Khan
    • Babra Khan
    • Govind Joseph Chakrapani

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 14 June 2016

    • Article: 516

    

19. Using ground-based ionisation to enhance rainfall in the Hajar Mountains, Oman

    Authors (first, second and last of 4)

    • Ray Chambers
    • Stephen Beare
    • Mohammed Al-Kalbani

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 02 June 2016

    • Article: 491

    

20. Statistical and geostatistical analysis related to geographical parameters for spatial and temporal representation of rainfall in semi-arid environments: the case of Algeria

    Authors

    • Hakim Bachir
    • Ahcene Semar
    • Azzedine Mazari

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 28 May 2016

    • Article: 486

    

21. Radionuclide and heavy metal contamination in the paleobeach groundwater, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: potential impact on environment

    Authors

    • Ashraf Ali Seddique
    • Harue Masuda
    • Ashraful Hoque

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 28 May 2016

    • Article: 488

    

22. Intervention scenarios to manage seawater intrusion in a coastal agricultural area in Oman

    Authors

    • Edda Kalbus
    • Slim Zekri
    • Akbar Karimi

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 23 May 2016

    • Article: 472

    

23. Analysis of variability and trends in rainfall over northern Ethiopia

    Authors

    • Gebremedhin Kiros
    • Amba Shetty
    • Lakshman Nandagiri

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 21 May 2016

    • Article: 451

    

24. Formation and dissolution of salt crusts as a rapid way of nitrate mobilization in a tile-drained agricultural field under a temperate climate

    Authors (first, second and last of 5)

    • Nicolò Colombani
    • Dario Di Giuseppe
    • Massimo Coltorti

    • Content type: Original Paper
    • Published: 21 May 2016

    • Article: 463