Geotechnical and hydrological characterization of hillslope deposits for regional landslide prediction modeling

G Bicocchi, V Tofani, M D'Ambrosio… - Bulletin of engineering …, 2019 - Springer
We attempt a characterization of the geotechnical and hydrological properties of hillslope
deposits, with the final aim of providing reliable data to distributed catchment-scale …

Diurnal and seasonal coupling of conifer sap flow and vapour pressure deficit across topoclimatic gradients in a subalpine catchment

N Looker, J Martin, Z Hoylman, K Jencso, J Hu - Ecohydrology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The hydroclimatic controls on transpiration often follow hillslope‐or catchment‐scale
topography in water‐limited ecosystems; however, rates of transpiration may deviate from …

Advanced monitoring platform for industrial wastewater treatment: Multivariable approach using the self-organizing map

M Liukkonen, I Laakso, Y Hiltunen - Environmental modelling & software, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of industrial wastewaters is currently confronting important challenges
concerning both cost management of treatment plants and fulfillment of tightening …

Silent play in a loud theatre—Dominantly time-dependent soil development in the geomorphically active proglacial area of the Gepatsch glacier, Austria

AJAM Temme, T Heckmann, P Harlaar - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate change over the last century, expressed as temperature increase, is substantially
stronger in the European Alps than the average for the northern Hemisphere. This leads to …

Data-driven modeling of surface temperature anomaly and solar activity trends

MJ Friedel - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2012 - Elsevier
A novel two-step modeling scheme is used to reconstruct and analyze surface temperature
and solar activity data at global, hemispheric, and regional scales. First, the self-organizing …

A self-organizing map approach to characterize hydrogeology of the fractured Serra-Geral transboundary aquifer

F Iwashita, MJ Friedel, FJF Ferreira - Hydrology Research, 2018 - iwaponline.com
The aim of this work is to understand the exchange of water between the Serra Geral aquifer
system (SGAS) and Guarani aquifer system (GAS). The objectives are two-fold. First …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation and scaling of hydrostratigraphic units: application of unsupervised machine learning and multivariate statistical techniques to hydrogeophysical …

MJ Friedel - Hydrogeology Journal, 2016 - researchgate.net
Numerical models provide a way to evaluate groundwater systems, but determining the
hydrostratigraphic units (HSUs) used in constructing these models remains subjective …

A technique for low cost soil mapping and validation using expert knowledge on a watershed in Minas Gerais, Brazil

SH Godinho Silva, PR Owens… - Soil Science Society …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the soil attributes and types occurring within a region is critical for providing
the best land‐use decisions. Soils vary in their ability to clean and store water, provide water …

Hydropedology

CR Mello, N Curi - Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Pedology consists of a sub-area of Soil Science that studies the soil and its origin as well as
its inter-relationship with the landscape. Hydrology is the science that studies the water in …

Mapping fractional landscape soils and vegetation components from Hyperion satellite imagery using an unsupervised machine-learning workflow

MJ Friedel, M Buscema, LE Vicente… - … journal of digital …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
An unsupervised machine-learning workflow is proposed for estimating fractional landscape
soils and vegetation components from remotely sensed hyperspectral imagery. The …