Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "hydrology"
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Biogeochemical Hotspots: Role of Small Water Bodies in Landscape Nutrient Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-09)Increased loading of nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural and urban intensification has led to severe degradation of inland and coastal waters. Lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and streams retain and transform these ... -
The changing influence of permafrost on peatlands hydrology
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)Hydrology and hydrological modelling in the far north is understudied, and many gaps exist in the current understanding and representation of northern thermal and hydrological systems. A combination of fieldwork and modelling ... -
Developments in Informal Multi-Criteria Calibration and Uncertainty Estimation in Hydrological Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)Hydrologic modelling has benefited from significant developments over the past two decades, which has led to the development of distributed hydrologic models. Parameter adjustment, or model calibration, is extremely important ... -
Event Based Characterization of Hydrologic Change in Urbanizing Southern Ontario Watersheds via High Resolution Stream Gauge Data
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-05)Tracking and quantifying hydrologic change in urbanizing watersheds is a complex problem which can vary spatially and temporally throughout the effective catchment area as change occurs. Hydromodification due to urbanization ... -
Hydrologic Change Detection Modelling Methods for Disturbed Forested Watersheds
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-02)Decades of paired catchment studies have provided insights on how forests regulate water redistribution following vegetation disturbances such as logging and wildfire. In these settings, changes in runoff characteristics ... -
Modeling Nutrient Legacies and Time Lags in Agricultural Landscapes: A Midwestern Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)Land-use change and agricultural intensification have increased food production but at the cost of polluting surface and groundwater. Best management practices implemented to improve water quality have met with limited ... -
Rigorous Validation of Hydrologic Models in Support of Decision-Making
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Hydrologic models are often relied upon to inform decisions in hydrology and water resources applications. Typically, hydrologic models are validated (i.e., deemed fit-for-purpose) using the split-sample test introduced ... -
Snow Accumulation in a Distributed Hydrological Model
(University of Waterloo, 2004)The cryosphere is defined as the portions of the earth where water is in solid form. It represents a very important part of the hydrologic cycle, affecting ecological, human and climate systems. A number of component ... -
Surface Water Quality Modelling Considering Riparian Wetlands
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-18)Riparian wetlands are believed to play an important role in mitigating non-point source pol- lution, acting as physical and biochemical buffers between diffuse pollution sources and receiving waters. Many studies examined ... -
Upscaling of lateral groundwater flow processes in watershed models
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-14)Hydrologic models are essential tools for hydrologists and water resources engineers. However, there is a critical gap between our knowledge of the appropriate model representation of physical processes at the point scale ...