Publications by André Mermoud

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The scarcity of freshwater resources is a critical problem in semi-arid zones and marginal quality water is increasingly being used in agriculture. This paper aimed at evaluating the physico-chemical and biological risks on irrigated soils and fruits of ma ...

Wastewater reuse in agriculture is a widespread practice in developing countries, especially in urban areas where water shortage and poverty encourage people to use that marginal resource. Raw or treated wastewaters are used by farmers, but even treated wa ...

A simulation model with time-dependent hydraulic conductivity parameters was used to predict the effects of three different tillage practices: conventional tillage (CT), no-tillage (NT) and subsoiling tillage (ST) on the components of the soil water balance during the summer maize growing season. The predictive capability of the model was improved, particularly for the subsoiling tillage case. The simulation results show that temporal changes in soil hydraulic conductivity induced by different tillage pract

An optical method based on fluorescence spectroscopy was developed for in-situ non-destructive, real time, org. pollutant detection and quantification in soil. Optical fiber-based light-induced fluorescence probes allowing in-situ specific chem. detection were constructed. Pyranine was chosen as a model fluorescent polycyclic arom. hydrocarbon (PAH). The effect of sand particles on fluorescence measurements was established: the fluorescence intensity in water-satd. sand was 8 times lower than in aq. solns.,

Compared to daily rainfall data, observed subdaily rainfall times are rare and often very short. For hydrologic modeling, this problem is often addressed by generating synthetic hourly rainfall series, with rainfall generators calibrated on relevant rainfa ...

Rainfall is poorly modeled by general circulation models (GCMs) and requires appropriate downscaling for local-scale hydrological impact studies. Such downscaling methods should be robust and accurate (to handle, e.g., extreme events and uncertainties), bu ...

Integrated water resources management is generally considered a relevant methodology given the pressing necessity to use water in a sustainable manner. However, its application framework still needs refinements. As a first step towards the creation of such an improved framework, a system model for water management has been proposed, including a broad view upon the elements involved directly or indirectly (such as the energy, the public health or the housing conditions) in water management. The model may be

Although generally accepted as a necessary step to improve water management and planning, integrated water resources management (IWRM) methodology does not provide a clear definition of what should be integrated. The various water-related issues that IWRM ...

Purpose: To report the outcome and complications of a combined surgical technique of modified deep sclerectomy and trabeculectomy (mDST) for glaucoma. Patients and Methods: Retrospective study of 44 eyes of 43 patients with open and closed angle glaucoma w ...

Precis: In this study, we report clinical results after implantation of an adjustable glaucoma drainage device. The intraocular pressure (IOP) profile was efficiently controlled postoperatively as the resistance to aqueous humor outflow was finely adjusted ...

Soil sorption processes largely control the environmental fate of herbicides. Therefore accuracy of sorption parameters is crucial for accurate prediction of herbicide mobility in agricultural soils. A combined experimental and statistical study was carrie ...

Poster presented at the XXXIst Congress of the French Group of Pesticide, Lyon, May 15-17, 2001

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Reuse of domestic wastewater treated in macrophyte ponds to irrigate tomato and eggplant in semi-arid West-Africa: benefits and risks

Impacts of irrigation with industrial treated wastewater on soil properties

Modeling of the Soil Water Balance Based on Time-Dependent Hydraulic Properties under Different Tillage Practices

Development of an optical fiber fluorescence setup for in-situ PAHs detection in porous media. Application to pyranine transport in sand columns

Toward a robust method for subdaily rainfall downscaling from daily data

A robust framework for probabilistic precipitations downscaling from an ensemble of climate predictions applied to Switzerland

Towards an information system on the water system

A system model for water management

Outcome and Complications of Combined Modified Deep Sclerectomy and Trabeculectomy for Surgical Management of Glaucoma: A Pilot Study

Initial Clinical Results of the eyeWatch: a New Adjustable Glaucoma Drainage Device Used in Refractory Glaucoma Surgery

Small scale spatial variability of atrazine and dinoseb adsorption parameters in an alluvial soil

A comparison of nonlinear least square and GLUE for model calibration and uncertainty estimation for pesticide transport in soils

Impacts of Different Irrigation Schedules on the Water Balance Components of an Onion Crop in a Semi-arid Zone

Pesticide transport in an alluvial plain

On the value of local measurements on prediction of pesticide transport at the field scale

Comparative Analysis of Three Methods to Generate Soil Hydraulic Functions

Influence de l'hystérèse sur la simulation des transferts hydriques dans un sol en conditions climatiques naturelles

Les bisses du Valais: chefs-d'oeuvre de construction primitive.

Caractérisation hydraulique des sols au moyen d'infiltrométres et de perméamétres à charge constante

Assainissement du sol et irrigation