Massive U.K. 'Biodome' to Enclose African Rain Forest Habitat
Rainfall Infiltration-Induced Landslides
The design of the Beijing National Hotel is being dictated in part by its sprawling (10,000 m2) interior rain forest...
Estimating Slope Stability Reduction due to Rain Infiltration Mounding
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Estimation of Curve Numbers for Concrete and Asphalt
All impervious surfaces are assigned a Curve Number (CN) of 98. However, no field or experimental evidence exists (to our knowledge) that shows why the impervious CN was assigned a value...
'Urban' Developments Found in Amazon Rain Forests
NewsBriefs: Urban Density Linked to Decreased Rainfall (Stanford University)
Post-Fire Predictions of Peak Discharge
Effects of Prior Rainfall and Storm Variables on Curve Number Rainfall-Runoff
Calendar: Bridges 2006
Featured bridges are: Rion-Antirion Bridge (Greece); Menai Straits Bridge (UK); Firth of Forth Bridge (UK); Fred Hartman Bridge (TX); Kintaikyo Bridge (Japan); Arlington Memorial Bridge...
When it Rains it Pours: Measuring 'Unusually Severe Weather'
Instrumentation: Stream and Rainfall Gauge System Predicts Floods
Progress Report: ASCE Task Committee on State of the Practice in Curve Number Hydrology
In response to a growing awareness of the role of the Curve Number method in engineering and environmental impact applications, and its limitations, the Committee was formed in late 1997,...
Advice from the Old Rainmaker
Re-Creating the Rainbow Bridge
A team of American and Chinese experts constructed a pier-free arch bridge in China based only on a 12th century...
Challenges Created by the Hierarchy in Facility Rehabilitation Projects
An Analysis of Public-Side Sewer Rehabilitation
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Prediction of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) Events and Water Quality in Milwaukee, WI
Basin Response Time: Potential Hydrologic Basin Handprint
Hydrologic lead time is an important factor in many water resources engineering applications. The determination of the response time of a watershed to runoff-producing rainfall is the...
Practical Applications of Gage-Adjusted Radar?Rainfall Estimates
(no paper) It is radar's estimates of rainfall at a specific location that tends to disappoint. On the other hand, the strength of rain gage observations is in estimating rainfall at a...
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