Environmental Modelling and Software, Volume 26

Volume 26, Number 1, January 2011

Editorial

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  Andre Zerger, Ted Lefroy, Brett A. Bryan:
  Science to improve regional environmental investment decisions. 1

Special Issue Articles

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  Thiagarajah Ramilan, Frank Scrimgeour, G. Levy, Dan Marsh, A. J. Romera:
  Simulation of alternative dairy farm pollution abatement policies. 2-7
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  David M. Stoms, Jason Kreitler, Frank W. Davis:
  The power of information for targeting cost-effective conservation investments in multifunctional farmlands. 8-17
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  Oswald Marinoni, P. Adkins, Stefan Hajkowicz:
  Water planning in a changing climate: Joint application of cost utility analysis and modern portfolio theory. 18-29
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  Neville D. Crossman, Brett A. Bryan, Darran King:
  Contribution of site assessment toward prioritising investment in natural capital. 30-37
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  Mauro Coli, Eugenia Nissi, Agnese Rapposelli:
  Monitoring environmental efficiency: An application to Italian provinces. 38-43
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  Jan Cools, Steven Broekx, Veronique Vandenberghe, Hannes Sels, Erika Meynaerts, Peter Vercaemst, Piet Seuntjens, Stijn Van Hulle, Hilde Wustenberghs, Willy Bauwens, Marc Huygens:
  Coupling a hydrological water quality model and an economic optimization model to set up a cost-effective emission reduction scenario for nitrogen. 44-51
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  Jenifer L. Ticehurst, Allan Curtis, Wendy S. Merritt:
  Using Bayesian Networks to complement conventional analyses to explore landholder management of native vegetation. 52-65
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  J. Melbourne-Thomas, C. R. Johnson, P. M. Aliño, R. C. Geronimo, C. L. Villanoy, G. G. Gurney:
  A multi-scale biophysical model to inform regional management of coral reefs in the western Philippines and South China Sea. 66-82
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  Brett A. Bryan, Neville D. Crossman, Darran King, Wayne S. Meyer:
  Landscape futures analysis: Assessing the impacts of environmental targets under alternative spatial policy options and future scenarios. 83-91
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  Marit E. Kragt, Lachlan T. H. Newham, J. Bennett, Anthony J. Jakeman:
  An integrated approach to linking economic valuation and catchment modelling. 92-102
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  Andre Zerger, G. Warren, P. Hill, D. Robertson, A. Weidemann, K. Lawton:
  Multi-criteria assessment for linking regional conservation planning and farm-scale actions. 103-110

Volume 26, Number 2, February 2011

Review

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  Leonie J. Pearson, Rohan Nelsonc, Steve Crimp, Jenny Langridge:
  Interpretive review of conceptual frameworks and research models that inform Australia's agricultural vulnerability to climate change. 113-123

Research Articles

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  Vardit Makler-Pick, Gideon Gal, Malka Gorfine, Matthew R. Hipsey, Yohay Carmel:
  Sensitivity analysis for complex ecological models - A new approach. 124-134
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  K. P. Sudheer, G. Lakshmi, Indrajeet Chaubey:
  Application of a pseudo simulator to evaluate the sensitivity of parameters in complex watershed models. 135-143
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  Olga Vigiak, Lachlan T. H. Newham, Jane Whitford, Anna M. Roberts, Dan Rattray, Alice R. Melland:
  Integrating farming systems and landscape processes to assess management impacts on suspended sediment loads. 144-162
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  Ibrahim Alameddine, YoonKyung Cha, Kenneth H. Reckhow:
  An evaluation of automated structure learning with Bayesian networks: An application to estuarine chlorophyll dynamics. 163-172
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  Mário Almeida-Neto, Werner Ulrich:
  A straightforward computational approach for measuring nestedness using quantitative matrices. 173-178
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  Tatiana Filatova, Alexey Voinov, Anne van der Veen:
  Land market mechanisms for preservation of space for coastal ecosystems: An agent-based analysis. 179-190
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  B. J. M. v. d. Giesen, S. H. A. Penders, M. G. L. C. Loomans, P. G. S. Rutten, J. L. M. Hensen:
  Modelling and simulation of a jet fan for controlled air flow in large enclosures. 191-200
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  Roberto Quiroz, Christian Yarlequé, Adolfo Posadas, Víctor Mares, Walter W. Immerzeel:
  Improving daily rainfall estimation from NDVI using a wavelet transform. 201-209
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  L. Wissmeier, D. A. Barry:
  Simulation tool for variably saturated flow with comprehensive geochemical reactions in two- and three-dimensional domains. 210-218
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  Mark A. Thyer, Michael Leonard, Dmitri Kavetski, Stephen Need, Benjamin Renard:
  The open source RFortran library for accessing R from Fortran, with applications in environmental modelling. 219-234

Software, Data and Modellling News

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  Nikolaos Protogeros, Apostolos Vontas, Grigorios Chatzikostas, Adamantios Koumpis:
  A software shell for environmental accounting. 235-237
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  Arthur H. W. Beusen, Pascal J. F. de Vink, Arthur C. Petersen:
  The dynamic simulation and visualization software MyM. 238-240
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  António Lopes, J. Saraiva, M. J. Alcoforado:
  Urban boundary layer wind speed reduction in summer due to urban growth and environmental consequences in Lisbon. 241-243

Volume 26, Number 3, March 2011

Editorial

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  Brian S. McIntosh, Georgii Alexandrov, Keith B. Matthews, Jaroslav Mysiak, Martin K. van Ittersum:
  Preface: Thematic issue on the assessment and evaluation of environmental models and software. 245-246

Framework Papers

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  Keith B. Matthews, M. Rivington, K. Blackstock, G. McCrum, K. Buchan, D. G. Miller:
  Raising the bar? - The challenges of evaluating the outcomes of environmental modelling and software. 247-257
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  Craig A. Aumann:
  Constructing model credibility in the context of policy appraisal. 258-265

Method Papers

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  Hedwig van Delden, Ralf Seppelt, Roger White, Anthony J. Jakeman:
  A methodology for the design and development of integrated models for policy support. 266-279
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  Guy R. Larocque, Jagtar S. Bhatti, James C. Ascough II, Jinxun Liu, Nancy Luckai, Daniel Mailly, Louis Archambault, Andrew M. Gordon:
  An analytical framework to assist decision makers in the use of forest ecosystem model predictions. 280-288
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  Penny Kloprogge, Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Arthur C. Petersen:
  A method for the analysis of assumptions in model-based environmental assessments. 289-301

Evidence Papers

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  David Inman, Michiel Blind, Irina Ribarova, Arno Krause, Onno Roosenschoon, Ayalew Kassahun, Huub Scholten, George Arampatzis, Geraldine Abrami, Brian S. McIntosh, Paul Jeffrey:
  Perceived effectiveness of environmental decision support systems in participatory planning: Evidence from small groups of end-users. 302-309
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  B. Sterk, Martin K. van Ittersum, C. Leeuwis:
  How, when, and for what reasons does land use modelling contribute to societal problem solving? 310-316
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  Esther Díez, Brian S. McIntosh:
  Organisational drivers for, constraints on and impacts of decision and information support tool use in desertification policy and management. 317-327

Letter to the Editor

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  G. A. Alexandrov, Daniel P. Ames, Gianni Bellocchi, Michael Bruen, Neil Crout, Marina G. Erechtchoukova, Anke Hildebrandt, F. Hoffman, C. Jackisch, Peter A. Khaiter, Giorgio Mannina, Tsuneo Matsunaga, S. Thomas Purucker, M. Rivington, Luis Samaniego:
  Technical assessment and evaluation of environmental models and software: Letter to the Editor. 328-336

Volume 26, Number 4, April 2011

Research Articles

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  Maryam Ramin, Serguei Stremilov, Tanya Labencki, Alexey Gudimov, Duncan Boyd, George B. Arhonditsis:
  Integration of numerical modeling and Bayesian analysis for setting water quality criteria in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario, Canada. 337-353
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  Dennis Trolle, David P. Hamilton, Conrad A. Pilditch, Ian C. Duggan, Erik Jeppesen:
  Predicting the effects of climate change on trophic status of three morphologically varying lakes: Implications for lake restoration and management. 354-370
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  Guillaume Martin, Roger Martin-Clouaire, Jean-Pierre Rellier, Michel Duru:
  A simulation framework for the design of grassland-based beef-cattle farms. 371-385
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  Daniel Wallach, Samuel Buis, Patrice Lecharpentier, J. Bourges, P. Clastre, Marie Launay, Jacques-Eric Bergez, Martine Guérif, J. Soudais, Eric Justes:
  A package of parameter estimation methods and implementation for the STICS crop-soil model. 386-394
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  Hongyan Chen, Michael D. Wood, C. Linstead, Edward Maltby:
  Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management. 395-405
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  Silvia Bosa, Marco Petti:
  Shallow water numerical model of the wave generated by the Vajont landslide. 406-418
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  John R. Schramski, Caner Kazanci, E. W. Tollner:
  Network environ theory, simulation, and EcoNet^® 2.0. 419-428
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  Serozhah Milashuk, William A. Crane:
  Wind speed prediction accuracy and expected errors of RANS equations in low relief inland terrain for wind resource assessment purposes. 429-433
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  K. Wyat Appel, Robert C. Gilliam, Neil Davis, Alexis Zubrow, Steven C. Howard:
  Overview of the atmospheric model evaluation tool (AMET) v1.1 for evaluating meteorological and air quality models. 434-443
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  Jing Yang:
  Convergence and uncertainty analyses in Monte-Carlo based sensitivity analysis. 444-457
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  Min Feng, Shuguang Liu, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Claudia J. Young, David M. Mushet:
  Prototyping an online wetland ecosystem services model using open model sharing standards. 458-468
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  Georgios Argyropoulos, Constantini Samara:
  Development and application of a robotic chemical mass balance model for source apportionment of atmospheric particulate matter. 469-481
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  Bing Zhang, Yongliang Zhang, Jun Bi:
  An adaptive agent-based modeling approach for analyzing the influence of transaction costs on emissions trading markets. 482-491
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  Javier Guerrero, Albert Guisasola, Ramón Vilanova, Juan Antonio Baeza:
  Improving the performance of a WWTP control system by model-based setpoint optimisation. 492-497
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  Daniele Laucelli, Orazio Giustolisi:
  Scour depth modelling by a multi-objective evolutionary paradigm. 498-509
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  Dean P. Holzworth, Neil I. Huth, Peter G. de Voil:
  Simple software processes and tests improve the reliability and usefulness of a model. 510-516
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  Elcio Lebensztayn, F. P. Machado, Pablo Martín Rodríguez:
  On the behaviour of a rumour process with random stifling. 517-522
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  Stefano Alvisi, Marco Franchini:
  Fuzzy neural networks for water level and discharge forecasting with uncertainty. 523-537

Short Communication

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  Ulrike Bende-Michl, Martin Volk, Daren Harmel, Lachlan T. H. Newham, Tommy Dalgaard:
  Monitoring strategies and scale-appropriate hydrologic and biogeochemical modelling for natural resource management: Conclusions and recommendations from a session held at the iEMSs 2008. 538-542

Software, Data and Modelling News

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  Lino J. Alvarez-Vázquez, N. García-Chan, Aurea Martínez, Miguel E. Vázquez-Méndez:
  SOS: A numerical simulation toolbox for decision support related to wastewater discharges and their environmental impact. 543-545
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  Mao-Gui Hu, Jinfeng Wang:
  A spatial sampling optimization package using MSN theory. 546-548
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  Kemachandra Ranatunga, Gavin Walker, Paul A. Sheahan:
  Implementation of groundwater observations in the Water Data Transfer Format. 549-550

Volume 26, Number 5, May 2011

Research Articles

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  Dragan A. Savic, Josef Bicik, Mark Morley:
  A DSS generator for multiobjective optimisation of spreadsheet-based models. 551-561
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  Montse Aulinas, Juan Carlos Nieves, Ulises Cortés, Manel Poch:
  Supporting decision making in urban wastewater systems using a knowledge-based approach. 562-572
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  Jonathan L. Goodall, Bella Robinson, Anthony M. Castronova:
  Modeling water resource systems using a service-oriented computing paradigm. 573-582
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  Avi Bar Massada, Alexandra D. Syphard, Todd J. Hawbaker, Susan I. Stewart, Volker C. Radeloff:
  Effects of ignition location models on the burn patterns of simulated wildfires. 583-592
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  Maria Librada Chu-Agor, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Gregory A. Kiker, A. Emanuelsson, Igor Linkov:
  Exploring vulnerability of coastal habitats to sea level rise through global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. 593-604
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  Mika Liukkonen, Teri Hiltunen, Eero Hälikkä, Yrjö Hiltunen:
  Modeling of the fluidized bed combustion process and NO_x emissions using self-organizing maps: An application to the diagnosis of process states. 605-614
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  Ans M. Mouton, Juan Diego Alcaraz-Hernández, Bernard De Baets, Peter L. M. Goethals, Francisco Martínez-Capel:
  Data-driven fuzzy habitat suitability models for brown trout in Spanish Mediterranean rivers. 615-622
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  Bongghi Hong, Dennis P. Swaney, Robert W. Howarth:
  A toolbox for calculating net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs (NANI). 623-633
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  Giovanni Ravazzani, Dario Rametta, Marco Mancini:
  Macroscopic cellular automata for groundwater modelling: A first approach. 634-643
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  Yueh-Hsin Lo, Juan Blanco, Brad Seely, Clive Welham, James P. Kimmins:
  Generating reliable meteorological data in mountainous areas with scarce presence of weather records: The performance of MTCLIM in interior British Columbia, Canada. 644-657
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  Natasa Atanasova, Saso Dzeroski, Boris Kompare, Ljupco Todorovski, Gideon Gal:
  Automated discovery of a model for dinoflagellate dynamics. 658-668
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  Klaus D. Jöhnk, Rainer Brüggemann, Jacqueline Rücker, B. Luther, Ute Simon, Brigitte Nixdorf, Claudia Wiedner:
  Modelling life cycle and population dynamics of Nostocales (cyanobacteria). 669-677

Software, Data and Modelling News

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  Yong Min, Wei Gong, Xiaogang Jin, Jie Chang, Baojing Gu, Zhen Han, Ying Ge:
  NCNA: Integrated platform for constructing, visualizing, analyzing and sharing human-mediated nitrogen biogeochemical networks. 678-679
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  Martinho Marta-Almeida, Manuel Ruiz-Villarreal, Pablo Otero, Marcos Cobas, Alvaro Peliz, Rita Nolasco, Mauro Cirano, Janini Pereira:
  OOF_ɛ: A Python engine for automating regional and coastal ocean forecasts. 680-682
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  Georgiy Kirillin, Johannes Hochschild, Dmitri Mironov, Arkady Terzhevik, Sergey Golosov, Gunnar Nützmann:
  FLake-Global: Online lake model with worldwide coverage. 683-684
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  Ozan Kahramanogullari, Ferenc Jordán, James F. Lynch:
  CoSBiLab LIME: A language interface for stochastic dynamical modelling in ecology. 685-687

Volume 26, Number 6, June 2011

Review

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  Javier Murillo, Dídac Busquets, Jordi Dalmau, Beatriz López, Víctor Muñoz, Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda:
  Improving urban wastewater management through an auction-based management of discharges. 689-696

Research Articles

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  Anna Rigosi, Rafael Marcé, Camelo Escot, Francisco J. Rueda:
  A calibration strategy for dynamic succession models including several phytoplankton groups. 697-710
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  Daniele Massa, Luca Incrocci, Rita Maggini, Carlo Bibbiani, Giulia Carmassi, Fernando Malorgio, Alberto Pardossi:
  Simulation of crop water and mineral relations in greenhouse soilless culture. 711-722
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  Davood Shahsavani, A. Grimvall:
  Variance-based sensitivity analysis of model outputs using surrogate models. 723-730
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  Andrea Sulis, Paola Buscarinu, Giovanni M. Sechi:
  Using reservoir trophic-state indexes in optimisation modelling of water-resource systems. 731-738
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  Balwinder Singh, Eric R. Pardyjak, Andrew Norgren, Peter Willemsen:
  Accelerating urban fast response Lagrangian dispersion simulations using inexpensive graphics processor parallelism. 739-750
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  Robert N. Stewart, S. Thomas Purucker:
  An environmental decision support system for spatial assessment and selective remediation. 751-760
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  Jean-François Côté, Richard A. Fournier, Richard Egli:
  An architectural model of trees to estimate forest structural attributes using terrestrial LiDAR. 761-777
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  Vikas Singh, Claudio Carnevale, Giovanna Finzi, Enrico Pisoni, Marialuisa Volta:
  A cokriging based approach to reconstruct air pollution maps, processing measurement station concentrations and deterministic model simulations. 778-786
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  Anjali Awasthi, Satyaveer Singh Chauhan:
  Using AHP and Dempster-Shafer theory for evaluating sustainable transport solutions. 787-796
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  Alexander M. R. Bakker, Bart Van den Hurk, Janette Bessembinder, Timo Kroon:
  Standard years for large-scale hydrological scenario simulations. 797-803
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  Satoshi Hirabayashi, Charles Kroll, David Nowak:
  Component-based development and sensitivity analyses of an air pollutant dry deposition model. 804-816

Short Communications

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  Honghai Qi, Mustafa Siddik Altinakar:
  A GIS-based decision support system for integrated flood management under uncertainty with two dimensional numerical simulations. 817-821
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  Christa Kelleher, Thorsten Wagener:
  Ten guidelines for effective data visualization in scientific publications. 822-827

Software, Data and Modelling News

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  Philipp Kraft, Kellie B. Vaché, Hans-Georg Frede, Lutz Breuer:
  CMF: A Hydrological Programming Language Extension For Integrated Catchment Models. 828-830
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  Jun Bi, Jian Li, Bing Zhang:
  IMSP: Integrated management system for water pollutant discharge permit based on a hybrid C/S and B/S model. 831-833
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  Bart Kranstauber, Alison Cameron, R. Weinzerl, Tony Fountain, Sameer Tilak, Martin Wikelski, Roland Kays:
  The Movebank data model for animal tracking. 834-835

Volume 26, Number 7, July 2011

Research Articles

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  Alex Smajgl, Daniel G. Brown, Diego Valbuena, Marco Huigen:
  Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems. 837-844
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  Pepijn Schreinemachers, Thomas Berger:
  An agent-based simulation model of human-environment interactions in agricultural systems. 845-859
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  Graeme J. Doole, Thiagarajah Ramilan, David Pannell:
  Framework for evaluating management interventions for water-quality improvement across multiple agents. 860-872
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  Mohammed Mahmoud, Hoshin V. Gupta, Seshadri Rajagopal:
  Scenario development for water resources planning and watershed management: Methodology and semi-arid region case study. 873-885
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  Daniel Partington, Philip Brunner, Craig T. Simmons, René Therrien, A. D. Werner, Graeme C. Dandy, Holger R. Maier:
  A hydraulic mixing-cell method to quantify the groundwater component of streamflow within spatially distributed fully integrated surface water-groundwater flow models. 886-898
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  Michel C. Boufadel, Yuqiang Xia, Hailong Li:
  Modeling solute transport and transient seepage in a laboratory beach under tidal influence. 899-912
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  Paul M. Feikema, Gary J. Sheridan, Robert M. Argent, Patrick N. J. Lane, Rodger B. Grayson:
  Estimating catchment-scale impacts of wildfire on sediment and nutrient loads using the E2 catchment modelling framework. 913-928
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  Wim Aertsen, Vincent Kint, Jos Van Orshoven, Bart Muys:
  Evaluation of modelling techniques for forest site productivity prediction in contrasting ecoregions using stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA). 929-937
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  Elisabetta Giusti, Stefano Marsili-Libelli, Alessandro Spagni:
  Modelling microbial population dynamics in nitritation processes. 938-949
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  Paola Annoni, Rainer Brüggemann, Andrea Saltelli:
  Partial order investigation of multiple indicator systems using variance-based sensitivity analysis. 950-958
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  Stefan Finsterle, Yingqi Zhang:
  Solving iTOUGH2 simulation and optimization problems using the PEST protocol. 959-968

Short communications

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  Lina Perelman, Avi Ostfeld:
  Topological clustering for water distribution systems analysis. 969-972
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  Claudia M. Cardona, Cristina Martin, Antonio Salterain, Alain Castro, D. San-Martín, Eduardo Ayesa:
  CALHIDRA 3.0 - New software application for river water quality prediction based on RWQM1. 973-979

Software, Data and Modelling News

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  Gordon D. Standart, Kelsey R. Stulken, Xuesong Zhang, Ziliang Zong:
  Geospatial visualization of global satellite images with Vis-EROS. 980-982
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  Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè:
  Outcomes from the iEMSs data mining in the environmental sciences workshop series. 983-985

Volume 26, Number 8, August 2011

Research Articles

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  Junqiang Xia, Roger A. Falconer, Binliang Lin, Guangming Tan:
  Numerical assessment of flood hazard risk to people and vehicles in flash floods. 987-998
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  Salvador Peña-Haro, Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Carlos Llopis-Albert:
  Stochastic hydro-economic modeling for optimal management of agricultural groundwater nitrate pollution under hydraulic conductivity uncertainty. 999-1008
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  Alfred J. Kalyanapu, Siddharth Shankar, Eric R. Pardyjak, David R. Judi, Steven J. Burian:
  Assessment of GPU computational enhancement to a 2D flood model. 1009-1016
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  Joseph Alcamo, Rüdiger Schaldach, Jennifer Koch, Christina Kölking, David M. Lapola, Jörg A. Priess:
  Evaluation of an integrated land use change model including a scenario analysis of land use change for continental Africa. 1017-1027
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  Lasse Loepfe, Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Josep Piñol:
  An integrative model of human-influenced fire regimes and landscape dynamics. 1028-1040
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  Rüdiger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo, Jennifer Koch, Christina Kölking, David M. Lapola, Jan Schüngel, Jörg A. Priess:
  An integrated approach to modelling land-use change on continental and global scales. 1041-1051

Short Communication

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  Christian Schweitzer, Jörg A. Priess, Subhashree Das:
  A generic framework for land-use modelling. 1052-1055

Volume 26, Number 9, September 2011

Featured Article

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  V. Fernández-Quiruelas, Jesús Fernández, Antonio S. Cofiño, Lluis Fita, José Manuel Gutiérrez:
  Benefits and requirements of grid computing for climate applications. An example with the community atmospheric model. 1057-1069

Research Articles

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  Jonathan Hillier, Christof Walter, Daniella Malin, Tirma Garcia-Suarez, Llorenç Mila-i-Canals, Pete Smith:
  A farm-focused calculator for emissions from crop and livestock production. 1070-1078
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  David Nash, Murray Hannah:
  Using Monte-Carlo simulations and Bayesian Networks to quantify and demonstrate the impact of fertiliser best management practices. 1079-1088
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  Marcelo de Carvalho Alves, Edson Ampélio Pozza, João de Cássia do Bonfim Costa, Luiz Gonsaga de Carvalho, Luciana Sanches Alves:
  Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems for epidemiological analysis of soybean rust. 1089-1096
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