Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management, Volume III: Advanced Applications and Case Studies

Volume III of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses water and watershed issues such as water quality, evapotranspiration, water resource management, and ecological services. It reviews the existing knowledge and highlights the advances made including estimating potential climate effects on flooding vulnerabilities, methods for prioritizing lakes for mitigation of water quality, water yield as an ecosystem service, water quality parameters as related to small watershed land covers, and soil moisture estimation using a SAR Water Cloud Model. Featured is a two-stage ditch and river geomorphology Case Study section with related water geospatial applications including historical image analyses of floodplains and channels and resulting change in river geomorphology through erosion and transport, and influence on dependent vegetation communities. Captures advanced Geospatial Technologies (GT) and their applications to address a wide spectrum of water issues. Provides real-world two-stage ditch and river geomorphology Case Studies using river, stream and channel measures and change models, and bankfull discharge modeling. Global in coverage with applications demonstrated by more than 170 experts in water sciences and two-stage ditch and river geomorphology. This handbook is a wide-ranging and contemporary reference of advanced geospatial techniques used in numerous practical applications at local and regional scale, and an in-depth resource for professionals and the water research community worldwide.