Hong-Yi Li, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, Guta Wakbulcho Abeshu, University of Houston, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States, Ashok Mishra, Associate Professor, Gelnn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson, SC, United States and Guenter Bloeschl, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Vienna, Austria