areas of expertise, Dr. Victor Miguel Ponce, hydrology, hydrologic engineering


DR. VICTOR MIGUEL PONCE:  AREAS OF RECENT EXPERTISE
IN HYDROLOGY, HYDRAULICS, WATER RESOURCES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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  • Environmental impact assessment

    2010:   Comments to Campo Landfill DSEIS.

    The siting of the proposed Campo landfill: (a) on top of a fractured rock aquifer of uncertain characterization, (b) on the headwaters of Lower Campo Creek, (c) within close reach of the groundwater, and (d) in a region subject to strong earthquakes, poses a high risk of contamination of groundwater, of difficult and costly mitigation.



          

  • Flood hydrology

    2009:   Cascade and convolution.

    The methods of cascade of linear reservoirs and unit hydrograph convolution are shown to be one and the same when the cascade parameters are used to calculate the unit hydrograph of the convolution.



          

  • Water quality

    2008:   Online DO sag analysis.

    Minimum dissolved oxygen concentration and its location along a given stream, in response to an input effluent biochemical oxygen demand and a ratio of effluent discharge to stream discharge.



          

  • River mechanics

    2008:   The Lane relation revisited.

    A dimensionless formulation of the Lane relation of fluvial hydraulics. The new criteria enables improved assessment of aggradation and degradation.


  • Sediment transport

    2008:   Total sediment discharge by the Modified Einstein Procedure.

    Online calculation of Modified Einstein Procedure (1955). This online script will accept sediment data input and calculate total sediment load, including measured and unmeasured load, and bed material and wash load.

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  • Groundwater hydrology

    2007:   Sustainable yield of ground water.

    Assessment of groundwater potential from a hydrologic perspective. Criteria is developed to determine sustainable yield as a fraction of mean annual recharge.