This technical volume for engineers explores the effects of land use management and agricultural practices on soil hydrology, providing nineteen articles on a wide variety of related subjects in data modeling. Beginning with an overview of soil hydrology principles, the essays cover topics such as hydrological modeling for stream water availability, modeling agricultural management systems with APEX, case studies in hydrological modeling in the Kosi Himalayan basin, climate change and soil hydrology, and soil erosion under future climate change models. Chapters include numerous illustrations, tables and technical drawings. The contributors are soil scientists and practicing engineers from a variety of international institutions. Dist. in U.S. by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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1 Introduction to Soil Hydrology: Processes and Variability of Hydrological Properties |
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2 Hydrological Modelling at Mesoscopic Scales Using Global Data Sets to Derive Stream Water Availability Models of River Basins |
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3 An Overview of Some Soil Hydrological Watershed Models |
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4 Modelling Agricultural Management Systems with APEX |
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5 Application of the WEPP Model to Hillslopes and Watersheds in the USA |
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6 Application of the WEPP Model to Some Austrian Watersheds |
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7 Application of the SWAT Model for Ecohydrological Modelling in Germany |
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8 Spatially Distributed Hydrological Modelling in the Illinois River Drainage Area, Arkansas, Using SWAT |
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9 Hydrological Modelling: A Case Study of the Kosi Himalayan Basin Using SWAT |
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10 Deep Percolation from Surface Irrigation: Measurement and Modelling Using the RZWQM |
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11 CRITERIA-3D: A Mechanistic Model for Surface and Subsurface Hydrology for Small Catchments |
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12 Effects of Artificial Drainage on Water Regime and Solute Transport at Different Spatial Scales |
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13 Effect of Land Use and Soil Management on Soil Properties and Processes |
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14 Land Use and Agricultural Management Systems: Effects on Subsurface Drain Water Quality and Crop Yields |
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15 Climate Data for Hydrological and Agronomic Modelling |
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16 Climate Change and Soil Hydrology: European Perspectives |
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17 Modelling the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Balance and Agricultural and Forestry Productivity in Southern Portugal Using SWAT |
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18 Soil Erosion by Water Under Future Climate Change |
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19 Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Hydraulic Properties |
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I earned a PhD degree from University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, Austria in a collaborative program with University of California Davis. I was a postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Illinois, a Research Scientist at the Ohio State University, an Assistant and now an Associate Professor of Environmental Soil Physics at the New Mexico State University. I am a recipient of Patricia Christmore Faculty Teaching award, NACTA Teaching award of Merit, and RGBI integrated program team award. I am a member of many professional societies including AAAS, AGU, SSSA, ASABE, etc. I have served as an Associate Editor and Editorial board member of Soil Science Society America Journal and as an Executive Secretary of Indian Association of Hydrologists. Currently I serve on the regional coordination committee for trickle irrigation, member of PES curriculum committee, graduate studies committee, Howard Hughes scholar program, as a mentor to AMP undergrad student, and as an advisor to more than ten undergraduate students. I served as chair for five students graduated with a master's degree from the NMSU. Currently, I serve as a chair for four graduate students and as a committee member for six others. I teach environmental soil physics, advanced soil physics and introductory soils (on-occasion). My research interests are related mostly to soil physics, spatial and temporal variability of soil properties, and water and solute transport under different land use and management systems at multiple scales. I have received over $2 M as research funding from various agencies including a major grant during 2008 from USDA-CSREES ($650K) and DOE ($800K). I have co-authored a text-book "Principles of Soil Physics", published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, several research reports, proceeding papers and book chapters.
