Abstract: Water resources managers always are searching for cost-effective monitoring programs that provide maximum information for minimum cost. Monitoring of sediment discharges from streams and rivers is one of the expensive ...

Abstract: An analytical probabilistic approach was developed in earlier studies to estimate design flood peaks from small urban areas. Developed in this paper are methods of incorporating the curve-number procedure for rainfall loss ...

Abstract: Inspired by the functioning of the brain and biological nervous systems, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been applied to various hydrologic problems in the last 10 years. In this study, ANN models are compared with ...

Abstract: Trend analysis of annual flood peaks on 12 small urbanizing watersheds in northeastern Illinois indicated that annual peaks, and thus frequency and impact of flooding, increased over the past several decades. An increase ...

Abstract: We developed a stream classification system that is based on stream’s susceptibility to algal growth using a two-step approach. The model portrays algal biomass as a result of stream’s response to nutrient concentrations ...

Abstract: Nonpoint source pollution affects the quality of numerous watersheds in the Midwestern United States. The Illinois State Water Survey conducted this study to (1) assess the potential of artificial neural networks (ANNs) ...

Abstract: Applications of artificial neural networks in simulation and forecasting of hydrologic systems have a long record and generally promising results. Most of the earlier applications were based on the back-propagation (BP) ...

Abstract: Decreasing annual maximum flood peaks on the rivers and streams in the Wisconsin driftless area have been reported in recent studies. Various explanations have been offered, generally suggesting different episodes or change ...

Abstract: Riverine nutrient concentrations and loads in the Midwestern United States have been identified as a major source of nutrients for the Mississippi River, causing hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The Illinois River is one of ...

Abstract: The peak flow of a flash flood is an important factor concerning flood risk management. Empirical approaches based on measured hydrological data at gauging sites can be applied to estimate flood peaks; however, they are ...