Over the years John and Lynn Lyon have worked on water issues with great interest and heart. A hallmark of their scholarship has been helping others with scientific authorship. Books are a great way to capture thoughts and methods making them accessible to others worldwide. In that vein here they have advanced a whole cadre of thought leaders with a broad focus on water.Whether local, regional, continental, or global scale water issues unite passions.Part of the challenge is the breadth and complexity of water. If many people take a piece the whole society can fashion sustainable outcomes. The Handbook is focused on presenting a number of ways to facilitate these thoughtful contributions.John earned his Doctorate at the University of Michigan and Lynn earned her Master’s Degree at Ohio State University.

• Volume I Contents 1 Introduction to the Handbook 2 Introduction to volume I 3 Large scale mapping and monitoring inland waters by Google Earth Engine and remotes sensing techniques 4 Identification of potential runoff storage zones within watersheds 5 Flood risk zone mapping using a rational model in highly weathered Nitisols of Southeastern Nigeria 6 Morphometric indicators based flood vulnerability assessment of upper Satluj basin, Western Himalayas, India 7 Remote sensing measures of sandbars along the shoreline of Sonadia Island, Bangladesh, 1972-2006 8 Integrated Soil Fertility management for climate change mitigation and agricultural sustainability 9 Monitoring common agricultural cropping across the US and Canadian Laurentian Great Lakes Basin watershed using MODIS-NDVI data 10 SWAT modeling of sediment yields for selected watersheds in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin 11 Temporal downscaling of daily to minute interval precipitation by emulator modelling based genetic optimizationVol II Contents 1 Introduction to the Handbook 2 Introduction to volume II and Neuse River Watershed and Water Quality Case Study 3 Virtual Field Reference Database for Assessment of Land Cover Data and Variability 4 Vegetation dynamics and identification of land cover change in a complex land use community 5 Land-cover change detection using multi-temporal MODIS NDVI data 6 Spectral and GIS Rule-Based Land Cover Classification in the Neuse River 7 Modeling the Distribution of Diffuse Nitrogen Sources and Sinks in the Neuse River Basin 8 Monitoring of water colorants using AVIRIS hyperspectral sensing 9 DEM resolution and roughness effect in relation to model performance 10 Application of densely stacked satellite image classification and multinomial logistic regression analysis in predicting urban sprawl 11 A Feasibility Study of Seabed Cover Classification StandardsVol III Contents 1 Introduction to Volume III 2 Introduction to Volume III and Two-Stage Ditch and River Geomorphology Case Study 3 Water Resources and Agricultural Ditch Management 4 Active Floodplain Requirements for Sustaining Two-Stage Channel Geometry 5 Enhanced Channel Design v2.6: A Design Tool for Two-Stage Ditches and Self-Forming Channels 6 Evaluating Geomorphic Change in Constructed Two‐Stage Ditches 7 Air-photo based change in channel width sedimentation in the Minnesota River basin 8 Hydrologic alteration drives channel widening and alters sandbar vegetation dynamics on a large, alluvial river in Minnesota, USA 9 A Comparison of Methods for Prioritizing Lakes in Minnesota 10 Water yield ecosystem services assessment in Periyar Tiger Reserve 11 Water quality parameters as related to small watershed land cover 12 Soil Moisture Estimation using a SAR Water Cloud Model for an Improved Anchor Pixel Selection Process in SEBAL