Oral programme AvH10
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AvH10 Water-Food-Energy River and Society in the Tropics |
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Oral programme
/ Wed, 18 Nov, 09:30–16:30
/ Room Conference room
/ Thu, 19 Nov, 09:30–16:30 / Room Conference room / Fri, 20 Nov, 09:30–16:00 / Room Conference room
Poster programme
/ Attendance Wed, 18 Nov, 12:30–13:30
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Wednesday, 18 November 2015 Room Conference room Chairperson: Hubert Savenjie |
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| 09:30–10:00 |
Welcome ceremony
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LEONARDO LECTURE
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| 10:00–10:30 |
AvH10-34
Towards Optimization of Reservoir Operations for Hydropower Production in East Africa: Seasonal Climate Forecasts (Leonardo Lecture) (invited) Mekonnen Gebremichael |
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Coffee break with poster session
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SESSION 1
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| 11:00–11:30 |
AvH10-39
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Ethiopia's water security and the state of Water Resource Management (invited) Tena Alamirew |
| 11:30–11:45 |
AvH10-49
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Impact of irrigation on the surface water-groundwater connections in the lacustrine plain of Lake Tana, Ethiopia Abebech Beyene, Seifu Tilahun, Jan Nyssen, and Niko Verhoest |
| 11:45–12:00 |
AvH10-20
Assessing Flood Hydrology in Data Scarce Tropical regions: a Congo (ROC) case study (withdrawn) Francis Smith and David Carruth |
| 12:00–12:15 |
AvH10-23
Estimating water budget components in Upper Blue Nile basin with JGrass-NewAge system Wuletawu Abera, Giuseppe Formetta, and Riccardo Rigon |
| 12:15–12:30 |
AvH10-29
Towards efficient and robust reservoir management in the Senegal River basin Luciano Raso, Bruno Barbier, Jean-Claude Bader, and Jean-Christophe Pouget |
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Lunch with poster session
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SESSION 2
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| 13:30–13:45 |
AvH10-9
Dynamic surface-groundwater interactions in the semi humid environment of the Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia: A case of Fogera floodplain Temesgen Enku, Assefa M Melesse, Essayas K Ayana, Seifu A Tilahun, and Tammo S Steenhuis |
| 13:45–14:00 |
AvH10-7
Education and TAHMO, the Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory Nick van de Giesen, John Selker, Nadine Rodewijk, Leah Tai, Frank Annor, Zachary Dunn, Ahmed Balogun, Friso Vos de Wael, Jon Viducich, Pam Aishlin, Gilbert Mwangi, and Els Veenhoven |
| 14:00–14:15 |
AvH10-78
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Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources - the case of Coastal Basin South-Eastern Tanzania Said S. Bakari, Per Aagaard, Rolf D. Vogt, Fridtjov Ruden, and Saild Ali Vuai |
| 14:15–14:30 |
AvH10-1
Estimating and Forecasting of Regional Meteorological and Hydrological Droughts: A Case Study for West Shewa, Ethiopia Taffa Tulu |
| 14:30–14:45 |
AvH10-42
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Impact of soil and water conservation practices on sediment losses and discharge in the headwaters of the Lake Tana Basin in the Ethiopian highlands Adugnaw Tadesse, Dessalegn C. Dagnew, Mulugeta A. Belete, Seifu A. Tilahun, Wolde Mekuria, and Tammo Steenhuis |
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Coffee break with poster session
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SESSION 3
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| 15:15–15:30 |
AvH10-24
Land-use change impacts on the hydrology of Ethiopian highlands: Is uncertainty in river discharge data hiding any signals? Solomon Gebreyohannis Gebrehiwot, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Kevin Bishop, and Sven Halldin |
| 15:30–15:45 |
AvH10-44
Dynamics of tropical mountain stream channels in response to spatial variability of rainfall and to land cover changes - the case of the Ethiopian Rift Valley escarpment Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes Asfaha, Amaury Frankl, Mitiku Haile, Amanuel Zenebe, and Jan Nyssen |
| 15:45–16:00 |
AvH10-69
Application of LID control technologies to the urban drainage systems Francesco De Paola, Enzo Galdiero, Maurizio Giugni, and Francesco Pugliese |
| 16:00–16:15 |
AvH10-13
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Comparison of different wavelet transforms for urban water demand forecasting using machine learning techniques John Quilty, Jan Adamowski, Bahaa Khalil, and Maheswaran Rathinasamy |
| 16:15–16:30 |
AvH10-5
An Economic Feasibility Assessment of Photovoltaic Energy Systems (withdrawn) Deepak Kumar and Sulochana Shekhar |
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Thursday, 19 November 2015 Room Conference room Chairperson: Carlo Gregoretti |
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SESSION 4
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| 09:30–09:45 |
AvH10-25
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Determining the groundwater potential for agricultural use in Ethiopian Highlands Debebe yilak, Seifu Tilahun, Schmitter Petra, Nakawuka Prossie, Temesgen Enku, Tibebu Kassawmar.N, and Steenhuis S.Tammo |
| 09:45–10:00 |
AvH10-28
Eastern Nile Water Resource Modeling: Strategic Perspective and Options Assessment of Upper Blue Nile (Abbay) River Basin Cascades Development Asegdew Mulat and Semu Moges |
| 10:00–10:15 |
AvH10-41
Conceptual and mathematical models of the socle aquifer between the Plateau Mandingue and River Niger, southern Mali Pedro Martinez-Santos, Lucia De la Ossa, Silvia Diaz-Alcaide, Silvino Castano-Castano, Javier Rodriguez-Arevalo, Elena Perez-Zabaleta, Marife Diaz-Teijeiro, and Miguel Martin-Loeches |
| 10:15–10:30 |
AvH10-10
Evaluating the Land use/cover Dynamics and its impact on Low Stream Flow of Gumara watershed, upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Gashaw Gismu Chakilu, Mamaru Ayalew Moges, and Seifu Adimasu Tilahun |
| 10:30–10:45 |
AvH10-4
Gully Geometry for Estimating its Cost of Control Measures Taffa Tulu |
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Coffee break with poster session
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SESSION 5
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| 11:15–11:30 |
AvH10-3
Gully Geometry and Density based on Land Slope and Soil Type Taffa Tulu |
| 11:30–11:45 |
AvH10-18
Effectiveness and sustainability of large scale soil and water conservation interventions in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands; Evidence from Debre Mawi watershed Dessalegn Dagnew, Christian Guzman, Assefa Zegeye, Tigist Tebebu, Adugnaw Akal, Wolde Bori, Essayas Ayana, Seifu Tilahun, and Tammo Steenhuis |
| 11:45–12:00 |
AvH10-60
Braided river dynamics in relation to floods in the Raya graben (Northern Ethiopia) Biadgilgn Demissie Mullaw, Amaury Frankl, Tesfaalem Ghebreyohannes Asfaha, Mitiku Haile, and Jan Nyssen |
| 12:00–12:15 |
AvH10-8
Morphological dynamics of a gully system in the humid Ethiopian Highlands: the Debre Mawi Watershed Assefa Zegeye, Eddy Langendoen, Dessalegn Dagnaw, Seifu Tilahun, Fasikaw Zimale, Christian Guzman, Essayas Ayana, Cathelijne Stoof, and Tammo Steenhuis |
| 12:15–12:30 |
AvH10-38
Occurred debris flows in North-Eastern Italian Alps: documentation and modeling Mauro Boreggio, Carlo Gregoretti, and Massimo Degetto |
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Lunch with poster session
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SESSION 6
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| 13:30–14:00 |
AvH10-68
How important are soils for hydrological modeling? (invited) Hubert H.G. Savenije |
| 14:00–14:15 |
AvH10-16
New Approach To Establish Sediment Rating Curves For Monsoonal Climate: Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia Mamaru Mogus, Dessalegn Dagnew, Fasikaw Zimale, Muluken Lakachew, Getaneh Ayele, Seifu Tilahun, and Tammo Steenhuise |
| 14:15–14:30 |
AvH10-33
High intensity convective rainfalls and corresponding hydrological response in rocky head water basins Carlo Gregoretti, Martino Bernard, Massimo Degetto, Matteo Berti, and Alessandro Simoni |
| 14:30–14:45 |
AvH10-55
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Impacts of floods events on food security Tommaso Pacetti, Enrica Caporali, and Maria Cristina Rulli |
| 14:45–15:00 |
AvH10-74
Towards innovative solutions for monitoring climate variables in observation poor regions: Rain Measurement based on cellular phone networks in Africa François Zougmore, Marille Grosset, Frédéric Cazenave, Modeste Kacou, Ali Doumounia, and Apolline Yappi |
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Coffee break with poster session
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SESSION 7
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| 15:30–15:45 |
AvH10-6
Solar Energy Supply Models for Smart Cities and Townships (withdrawn) Deepak Kumar |
| 15:45–16:00 |
AvH10-11
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Surface Water Potential Assessment of Ungauged Catchments in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia Getachew Tegegne Damtew and Young-Oh Kim |
| 16:00–16:15 |
AvH10-12
Characterization of the Regional Variability of Seasonal Water Balances within the Omo-Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia Adanech Yared Jillo, Murugesu Sivapalan, Solomon Seyoum Demissie, and Alberto Viglione |
| 16:15–16:30 |
AvH10-59
River flow and inundation in African river systems: results from a new pan-African land-surface model validated against Earth observations Simon Dadson |
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Friday, 20 November 2015 Room Conference room Chairperson: Salvatore Grimaldi |
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STAHY LECTURE
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| 09:30–10:00 |
AvH10-80
On the return period and design in a multivariate framework (STAHY Best Paper Award Lecture) (invited) (withdrawn) Gianfausto Salvadori, Carlo De Michele, and Fabrizio Durante |
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SESSION 8
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| 10:00–10:15 |
AvH10-63
Return period for time dependent processes Elena Volpi, Aldo Fiori, Salvatore Grimaldi, Federico Lombardo, and Demetris Koutsoyiannis |
| 10:15–10:30 |
AvH10-51
Perspective of frequency modelling of floods caused by levee breaching Krzysztof Kochanek, Witold G. Strupczewski, and Ewa Bogdanowicz |
| 10:30–10:45 |
AvH10-54
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Climate Variability and Trends in Meteorological Time Series in Semi-Arid Botswana Jimmy Byakatonda, P. Bhagabat Parida, and K. Piet Kenabatho |
| 10:45–11:00 |
AvH10-46
A stochastic framework for the assessment of health risk from groundwater contamination Antonio Zarlenga, Felipe P.J. de Barros, and Aldo Fiori |
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Coffee break with poster session
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SESSION 9
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| 11:30–11:45 |
AvH10-2
Trends of Stream flows, Precipitation and Temperature in Central Highland of Ethiopia Taffa Tulu |
| 11:45–12:00 |
AvH10-17
Rainfall and Hydrological Instability Analysis Using Standardized Index on Oueme River Lower Basin in Benin (West Africa) Sourou Henri TOTIN VODOUNON, Japhet CODJIA, Ernest AMOUSSOU, Expédit VISSIN, Michel BOKO, and Adoté BLIVI |
| 12:00–12:15 |
AvH10-48
The Forest Cover – Water Yield Debate: Implications for land management in Ethiopia Kevin Bishop and Solomon Gebreyohannis |
| 12:15–12:30 |
AvH10-57
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Top-kriging method for regionalization of flood quantiles in ungauged river basins Valentina Chiarello, Enrica Caporali, and Hermann G. Matthies |
| 12:30–12:45 |
AvH10-14
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Machine learning based urban water demand forecasts incorporating stochastic weather inputs John Quilty and Jan Adamowski |
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Lunch with poster session
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SESSION 10
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| 13:45–14:00 |
AvH10-70
Comparison of different fittings of drop spectra for rainfall retrievals Elisa Adirosi, Luca Baldini, Federico Lombardo, Fabio Russo, Francesco Napolitano, Elena Volpi, and Ali Tokay |
| 14:00–14:15 |
AvH10-62
Towards a more robust statistical technique of break detection in rainfall time series. Djigbo Felicien Badou, Bernd Diekkrüger, Evison Kapangaziwiri, and Abel Afouda |
| 14:15–14:30 |
AvH10-30
Compatibility of catchment observation using copulas Salvatore Grimaldi, Andrea Petroselli, Gianfausto Salvadori, and Carlo De Michele |
| 14:30–14:45 |
AvH10-21
Comparative evaluation of different satellite rainfall estimation products and bias correction in the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) basin Wuletawu Abera, Luca Brocca, and Riccardo Rigon |
| 14:45–15:00 |
AvH10-27
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Hydrological regionalization of ungauged catchments in the Ethiopian Blue Nile River Basin based on different calibration strategies Markus Disse, Katharina Ansel, and Dagnenet Fenta Mekonnen |
| 15:00–16:00 |
Conclusions
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