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Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Responses to Land-use Change and Water Resources in the Tarim River Watershed of Central Asia

• Comparison of ASTER, MASTER, and Groundbased Hyperspectral Reflectance Measurements

• Towards a Continuous Monitoring of Evapotranspiration based on MSG Data

• CASE STUDY

  Evaluating Actual Evapotranspiration by Means of Multi-platform Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study in Sicily

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Assessing Crop Water Deficit Using MODIS Data during Winter Wheat Growing Period Along the Lower Reaches of the Yellow River, China

• MODIS-based Estimates of the Regional Evapotranspiration

• Validating Gravimetry Measurements in Canada with a Continental-scale Hydrological Database

• Remote Sensing Monitoring of the Long-term Regime of the Pamirs Glaciers

• A Comparative Approach for the Retrieval of Leaf Area Index From Earth Observation Data

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Study of Vegetation Evolution in Sicily Using Time Series Analysis of Remote Sensing and Climatic Data

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands Using Airborne MUltispectral Imagery

• Change Detection and Hydrological Implications in the Lower Ogun Flood Plain, SW Nigeria

• Probabilistic Estimation of Precipitation Combining Geostationary and TRMM Satellite Data

• Soil Moisture Retrieval Over the Mackenzie River basin Using AMSR-E 6.9 GHz Brightness Temperature

• Contribution of Earth Observation Data Supplied by the New Satellite Sensors in Flood Risk Mapping

• Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Diurnal Differences In ERS Scatterometer Soli Moisture Data In the Volta Basin, West Africa

• Vegetation Change Detection Using Thermal Band Emlssivities Over Jornada, New Mexico, USA

• Satellite Observations of the Land Surface Emissivity in the 8–12 µm Window: Effect of Soil Moisture

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Quantitative Analysis of Human Impact on River Runoff in West Liaohe basin Through the Conceptual Xin'anjiang Model

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Blue Nile Flow Sensitivity to Projected Climatic Change Until 2100

• The Puzzle of Policy Learning in Water Resources Management

• Impacts of Human Activities on the Flow Regime of the Yangtze River

• Forest Hydrology Project (UFSC-MOBASA) for Water Resources Management in Rio Negrinho City, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• Evolution of Property Rights In the Groundwater Irrigation System and Food-water Security In Halhe basin, China

• Ecological Impacts of Water Resources Utilization in the Tarim River Basin of China

• A Review of Soil Water Resource Research and Application in China

• The Hydrological Impact Zone in the Lower Reaches of the Yellow River: A New Concept for Water Resources Issues

• Perspectives on Future Flood Management: Discovering Patterns of Thinking

• CASE STUDY

  Impact of Agricultural Water Management on Lake Water Budget: A Case Study of Lake Ikeda, Japan

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Drought Prediction In the Vietnamese Central Highlands

• Computation of Minimum and Optimal Instream Ecological Flow for the Yiluohe River

• Changes, Control Processes of Water and Related Ecology in the Lower Reaches 9f the Tarim River

• Uncertainty of the Water Resources Allocation System by the Danjlangkou Reservoir

• Spatial Developments, Subsidence and Climate Change: Adding or MUltiplying?

• Impacts of the Southeastern Anatolla Project in Turkey on the performance of the Tabga Dam, Hydropower Plant In Syria

• Impacts of Human Activity on Long-term Water Balance in the Middle-reaches of the Yellow River Basin

• CASE STUDY

  Hydrological Impacts of Field Interventions In Smallholder Farming Systems: A Case Study of Makanya Catchment In Semi-arid Northern Tanzania

• RESEARCH NOTE

  A Real-time Dynamic Flood Prevention Storage Control Model for Qlngjlang Cascade Reservoirs

• CASE STUDY

  Changes in Water Resources Availability for Crop Systems: A Case Study in the Region of Umbria

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Advances in Water Management of Southern Brazilian Sub-tropical Wetlands Using Bioindicators

• CASE STUDY

  A Chance-constrained Optimization Model for Design and Operation of a Reservoir: A Case Study

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Prediction of Peak Discharge for Small Watersheds

• Role of Landform and Topography in the Development of Drainage Networks

• Sediment Yield in the Daryacheh-Namak Drainage Basin, Iran, and its Relation to Land-use Changes

• CASE STUDY

  The Effect of Parent Material and Land-use on Soil Erosion: A Case Study of the Taleghan Drainage Basin, Iran

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Runoff Erosion Control for A Sustainable Water Supply in Niamey, Niger Republic

• Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater of the Yellow River Delta and its Effect on the Marine Environment

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Flood Flow Water Quality Analysis Using Low-cost Samplers in Small Rivers

• RESEARCH NOTE

  An Assessment of Water Quality Changes Within the Athi and Nairobi river Basins During the Last Decade

• Some Reflections on the Future of the Water Quality of the Corumbatai River basin, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

• Kohonen Self-organising Map (KSOM) Extracted Features for Enhancing MLP-ANN Prediction Models of BODS

• Quantifying Sediment Deposition and the Spatial Variability of Sediment-associated Metals in Ponds Treating Urban Diffuse Pollution

• The Distribution of Metals (Co, As and Zn) in a Residential Urban Watershed, Typical of the Brazilian Suburbs

• The Distribution of Heavy Metals in a Highly Regulated River: The River Murray, Australia

• Long-term Trend of Uranium Concentrations in Beaverlodge Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, Under Mine Decommissioning

• Modelling Catchment-Scale Nitrate Transport Using A Combined Process-Based and Data-Driven Approach

• Evaluation Des Methodes Destimation de flux evenementiels des nitrates et d'atrazine sur un bassin agricole

• Effect of Frequent Storms on Nutrient Discharge in a Mountainous Coastal Catchment, Western Japan

• Scale-related Sediment and Phosphorus Transfers in Small Agricultural Catchments

• Assessing the Effects of Design and Climate Change on Sediment Removal in Urban Stormwater Ponds

• Neuroevolution Methodologies Applied to Sediment Forecasting

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Modelling Extreme Suspended Sediment Concentrations in North America: Frequency Analysis and Correlations With Watershed Characteristics

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Suspended Sediment Yields in the Amazon basin of Peru: A First Estimation

• The Effects of Chao Phraya Dam Operation on the Upstream Flood Inundation

• Reliability of Coastal Flood Defences in Vietnam

• Flood Relief Project at Esch-sur-Sure

• Constraints and Methods of Refurbishment Measures for Dikes

• NOAH, the Right Information at the Right Time at the Right Place

• Sustainable Methods for Reducing Communities Vulnerability to Flooding in Mozambique

• A European Framework of Integration for Flood Risk Management

• Main Factors Influencing the Economic Flood Damage of Companies

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of Floods: An Approach for Integration of Objective and Subjective Risks

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Flood Vulnerability and Preparedness: Model Approach to Mitigate the Risk for Local Communities

• Automatic Optimization Offers New Possibilities for Cost-effective Flood Protection at Urban Rivers

• Database Improvement for Better Land Management and Natural Disaster Prevention in a Tropical Watershed

• Estimation of Trends in Rainfall Extremes as Important Input Parameters for Flood Risk Assessment

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Flood Losses in Private Households: Analysis of Influencing Factors and Implications for Flood Loss Modelling

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Operational Flood Protection Management in the Ruhr River Catchment basin in Germany: Challenges, Limitations

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Conditional Value-at-Rlsk analysis of flooding in the Lower Mekong Basin

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Reducing Flood Vulnerability: The Model of Resilience in Naga City, the Philippines

• Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change In the Geum River Basin, Korea

• Water Resources Management and Water Availability in the Elbe River Basin Under Conditions of Global Change

• Urban Flood Plains -Optimised Management Strategies In the Face of Conflicting Ecological and Soclo-Economlc Demands

• TwoLe/P: A MODSS Implementing PIP Procedure for Participatory Water Basin Planning

• Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Inform Sustainable Wetland Management: The Case of the Akrotiri Wetland in Cyprus

• CASE STUDY

  Optimization of Cropped Area, Based on Forecast Streamflows (A Case StUdy: Soofichay Irrigation Systems)

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Effective Impact Assessment of Development based Programmes Through Quantification of Livelihoods

• CASE STUDY

  The Impact of Pine Plantations on Water Yield: A Case Study from the Ecuadorian Andes

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Can Water Stressed Regions be Characterised when There is Sparse Data?

• Water Management Solutions for the Algarve River basin

• Water Distribution and Resource Management in the Shule River Basin

• Status of Water Resources Development and Management in Yemen

• Integrated Water Management for the Epitacio Pessoa Reservoir in the Semi-arid Region of Brazil

• Integrated Modelling of Conjunctive use of Surface and Groundwater Resources in a Small-scale Irrigation System in the Volta Basin, Africa

• Strengthening Transboundary River Basin Institutions: A Comparative Learning from Basin Institutions In Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia

• Institutions for International River Management – Is Integrated Water Resources Management a Viable Concept?

• Institutional, Legal Arrangements in the Nile River Basin: Suggestions for Improvement of the Current Situation

• Sediment Dynamics from the Drainage Area into Lake Mladotice (Western Czech RepUblic) in Relation to Flood Events, under the Influence of Pre-to post-communist Landscape Changes

• Investigating Erosion and Sediment Transport from Headwaters to Catchments to Reduce Reservoir Siltation in Drylands

• Integrating Economic and Ecological Modelling in the Great Barrier Reef Catchments

• Modelling of Nitrogen Leaching based on Collective Intelligence

• Integrated Assessment of Potential Impacts on Water and Soil Related Ecosystem Services Due to the European Common Agricultural Policy

• Catchment Modelling for Quantification of Swedish Nutrient Transport to the Sea and Effects of Measures

• Pesticide River Contamination-identification of Significant Pressures in the Context of the WFD

• CASE STUDY

  The Relationship Between Native Vegetation and Instream Salinity: An Australian Case Study

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Water and Tourism -SimUlating the Tourist Water use in the Upper Danube Catchment Area

• Landscape Dynamics, Forest Fragmentation and Their Relation to Socio-economic History and Biophysical Attributes in the Colombian Highlands

• Optimized Architectures for Process Bus with IEC61850-9-2

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Considerations for IEC 61850 Process Bus Deployment in Real-World Protection, Control Systems: A Business Analysis

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Interoperability Challenge: Kahramaa Experience with Substation Automation

• Process Bus: Experience and Impact on Future System Architectures

• A Practical IEC61850-9-2 Process Bus Architecture Driven by Topology of the Primary Equipment

• Process Communication in Switchgear According to IEC 61850 -Architectures and Application Examples

• Exploiting the IEC 61850 Potential for New Testing, Maintenance Strategies

• Substation Automation Systems: Current Practices, Perspectives in term of Life Cycle Management

• On-site Conjunctive Test of Feeder Protection

• Experience on Substation Automation Systems Field Test

• Remote System & Change Management of Substation Automation Systems

• Constraints, Solutions in Testing IEC 61850 Process Bus Protection and Control Systems

• Recent Developments on Cross-Border Trade in Electricity between CFE and ERCOT

• Transmission Investment Strategy in Australia and New Zealand

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Integration of Market and Network Models for Enhanced Power System and Reliability Analysis

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Use of Zonal, Nodal Market Simulators In Transmission Network Planning: Application to the Italian System

• Calculating Optimal Network Expansion Strategies under Uncertain Boundary Conditions with Special Regard to Economic, Non-Economic Criteria

• Perspective Planning for the Indian National Grid System with Enhanced Reliability -Concept of a Twin System Having Multi-point Asynchronous Hvdc Inter-connection

• The Linden Variable Frequency Transformer Merchant Transmission Project

• Long-Run Marginal Costing of Transmission Capacity

• Impact of the Right of way on the Transmission System Planning Process

• Carrylng-out RTE's Annual Capex Programme

• Method for Calculating Total Transfer Capacity by Optimising Phase Shifting Transformer Settings

• Development of the SpaIn-portugal InterconnectIon

• Planning of Long Term Transmission Investment of Power Systems

• PMU Application for IPS/UPS Dynamic Performance Monitoring, Study

• On Applications, Quality of Subsynchronous Frequency Components Extracted From Phasor Measurement Unit Measurement Data

• Development of K-wams for Monitoring Korean Power Grid Security, and Application to the Future It Infrastructure Design

• Real-Time Detection of Originating Events in Large Alarm Cascades

• Control Centre Applications of Integrated WAMS-based Dynamics Monitoring and Energy Management Systems

• Smart Infrastructure for a Self-healing Power Grid -Concepts for Coordinated Intelligent Control

• Application of Phase Angle Measurement For Real Time Security Monitoring Of Indian Electric Power System-An Experience

• Restoration of the Hydro-Quebec Bulk Power System Using Recre

• Training Changing Paradigms for Increased Productivity in Power System Restoration Studies: The Brazilian ISO Experience

• Requirements in Design, Implementation of Restoration Facilities and Procedures in Order to Improve Power System Restoration: the Brazilian Experience

• Impact of PMU Technology in State Estimation Integration of PMU with State Estimation Phase II Project Task Force

• Bringing New Visualization Tools for the Detection, Mitigation of Dynamic Phenomena In The Transmission System

• Blackout Prevention By Online Network And Protection Security Assessment: 1st DSA-Experiences From North Africa

• Voltage And Angle Stability Monitoring: Possible Approaches in the Framework of a Wide Area Measurement System (WAMS)

• Modelling, Evaluating Non-functional aspects of Integrated Protection and Control Systems

• Considering the Carbon Market on the Economic-Financial Evaluation of Renewable Generation Projects In Brazil

• Climate Change, its Influence on the Planning and Operation of Electric Power Systems

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Bioelectricity From Sugar Cane Process – Impact Analysis In Sao Paulo State

• RESEARCH NOTE

  The Use of the Matisse Modelling System to Assess The Economic Implications of GHG Emissions Reduction for the Italian Electricity Sector

• Modelling and Exploring Scenarios for the Portuguese Energy System: Consequences for the Electrical Power System

• Comportment of the RTE Transmission Grid durIng Heat Waves

• A Transmission System as a Clean Development Mechanism Project: Tucurul -Manaus Interconnection possibilities

• Climate Change Impact on Energy Demand in Russia

• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), A Tool For Sustainable Development

• Changes In Environmental Assessment Practices for Line Projects, 1990–2007

• Solid Methodes for Environmentel Assessment, Improvement, Communication

• Sustainability Indicators for the Assessment of Strategic Studies of the Brazilian Power Sector

• Development of Guidelines for the Selection of Insulators with Respect to Pollution for EHV-UHV DC: State of the Art and Research Needs

• Measurement of Radio Frequency Interference from High Voltage Substations Backgrounds, Considerations for Future Emission Requirements

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Measurement and Analysis of Lightning Surge Phenomena In 300kv-class Gis Substation

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Electrical Transient Interaction between Transformers and the Power System

• Screening Studies Performed To Evaluate The Possibility of High Amplitude Subsynchronous Oscillations In Finnish Transmission System

• Improvement of the Performance of Scheduled Stepwise Power Programme Changes within the European Power System

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis Method and its Application to Surge Phenomena

• RESEARCH NOTE

  New Real-Time Voltage Stability Indicators Based on Phasor Measurement Unit Data

• 110, Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations, scope, status of the work, January 2008

• Study of the Grounding Electrodes of Towers: Theoretical Approach, on Site Measurements

• Evaluation of OHL Performance Based on Environmental Stresses And Pollution Laboratory Testing Of Composite Insulators

• Improvement of Romanian Network's Lightning Performance Through A BeUer Knowledge of Lightning Activity

• Regulatory Issues, Their Influence in the Generation Expansion of the Brazilian System

• Incentives for Investing in Generation, Transmission in a Contemporary Electricity Market Environment

• Prediction of generation companies revenues, incentives for investments in the future market environment in Israel

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Analysis of Long-term Contract Effects on Market Equilibrium in the Electricity Market With Transmission Constraints(2) -3 Or More Bus Model

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Interaction Between Transmission, Generation Investments

• Network Investment Incentive Developments in The 4th GB Transmission Price Control Review - Regulator & Licensee Perspectives

• New Responsibilities, Tools for Transmission System Operators (TSO) for Optimal Operation of deregulated Power Systems

• Investments in Generating Capacity: Markets Failures, Capacity Instruments in France and The United States

• Cross Border Electricity Exchanges Between Italy, Switzerland, Germany: Scenarios of Competition Among The European Power Markets and Signals For Interconnection Investments

• Network Cost, Loss Allocation Mechanism Based on Real Power Tracing in India Network Cost and Loss Allocation Mechanism Based on Real Power Tracing in India

• Managing System Security in Competitive Markets

• Developing Power Exchange(s) In India: Issues and Challenges

• A Unitary Approach of Operational Security and Market Design In a Multi -Tso Interconnection

• The Impact of Capacity Market on Providing Power System Reliability

• Development of the Saudi Arabian Grid Code: Lessons Learned

• Impact of the Large Wind Penetration In the Hellenic Interconnected Power System

• Technical, Economic Impact of High Penetration of Renewables In an Island Power System

• Distributed Generation Diversity Level For Optimal Investment Planning

• Optimising the Scale of a Wind Farm Development at the Weak Extremity of a Rural Network

• Demand-Side Integration in a Restructured Electric Power Industry

• Evolution of DSO Control Centre Tools In Order to Maximize the Value of Aggregated Distributed Generation

• INDEXES

  Author’s Index