Using Random Forest, a machine learning approach to predict nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment event mean concentrations in urban runoff

MS Behrouz, MN Yazdi, DJ Sample - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estimating pollutant loads from developed watersheds is vitally important to reduce nonpoint
source pollution from urban areas, as a key tool in meeting water quality goals is the …

What are the relevant sources and factors affecting event mean concentrations (EMCs) of nutrients and sediment in stormwater?

MS Behrouz, MN Yazdi, DJ Sample, D Scott… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization increases runoff, sediment, and nutrient loadings downstream, causing
flooding, eutrophication, and harmful algal blooms. Stormwater control measures (SCMs) …

Spatiotemporal evolution of urban rain islands in China under the conditions of urbanization and climate change

Z Luo, J Liu, S Zhang, W Shao, J Zhou, L Zhang, R Jia - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is a critical factor affecting regional water cycles, water ecology, and
socioeconomic development. Monthly precipitation, water vapor pressure, and temperature …

Parameterization of nutrients and sediment build-up/wash-off processes for simulating stormwater quality from specific land uses

MS Behrouz, DJ Sample, OB Kisila, M Harrison… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urbanization changes land cover through the expansion of impermeable surfaces, leading
to a significant rise in runoff, sediment, and nutrient loading. The quality of stormwater is …

Environmental drivers of sediment accumulation in urban sewer systems: A case study of Kyoto City, Japan

L Liu, K Kawaike, K Wada, T Koshiba, X Chen, C Han… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Sediment accumulation can reduce the drainage capacity of sewer systems, and thus
increase the risk of urban flooding and jeopardize the safety of urban environments. The …

A novel hydrodynamic-water quality coupling model for high-efficiency and high-resolution simulations of urban NSPs

G Luan, T Wang, J Hou, Y Tong, G Chen, J Jing… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nonpoint source pollution (NSP) is one of the main factors leading to black odor in urban
rivers. A better understanding and simulation of the formation and transport mechanism of …

Particle Size Effect in Urban Road-Deposited Sediment Wash-Off Process: Physical Experiments and Cellular Automata-Based Modeling

M He, Q Chen, C Chen, F Zheng, J Zhang… - ACS ES&T …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Understanding the urban wash-off process of road-deposited sediment (RDS) is essential
for controlling nonpoint source (NPS) pollution and restoring the water environment …

Examination of the exponential wash-off function using experimental data

Z Guo, NA Salam, HMK Hj Metali… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The standard exponential wash-off function has been widely adopted in urban stormwater
quality models and tested in many studies of sediment wash-off experiments. There is …

Rider exploitation based whale optimization algorithm for rainfall prediction from meteorological data

R Das, DJ Mishra - Concurrency and Computation: Practice …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rainfall prediction is one of the major problems in meteorological department since it is
related to the economy and human life. In addition, the heavy rainfall is the major problem of …

What are the Relevant Sources and Factors Affecting Event Mean Concentrations of Nutrients and Sediment in Stormwater?

M Shahed Behrouz, M Nayeb Yazdi, DJ Sample… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Urban development increases impervious surfaces; resulting in decreased infiltration,
increased runoff, eroding stream beds and banks, and increased transport of pollutants to …