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Water reflects culture. This book is a detailed analysis of hydrological change in Australia's largest inland waterway in Australia, the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, in the first 70 years of white settlement. Following air, water is our primal need. Unlike many histories, this book looks at the entire hydrological cycle in one place, rather than focusing on one bit. Deftly weaving threads from history, hydrology and psychology into one, Following the Water explores not just what settlers did to the waterscape, but probes their motivation for doing so. By combining unlikely elements together such as swamp drainage, water proofing techniques and temperance lobbying, the book reveals a web of perceptions about how water 'should be'. With this laid clear, we can ask how different we are from our colonial forebears.

This paper considers existing and promising satellite microwave radiometry systems suitable for the evaluation of geophysical (hydrological) parameters of atmosphere, ocean, and land. A comparative analysis is provided for data sets available for end-users. Algorithms and tools for processing and visualization of satellite data are discussed. The capabilities of modern satellite systems to perform specific tasks of remote sensing are described using the example of a river flood in the Altai region in 2014. Monitoring soil moisture of upper layers of soil on floodplains combined with meteorological forecasts allows assessment of the probability of river flooding at certain areas using values of maximum soil moisture capacity. The effect of changes in the physical properties of ice during its destruction is discussed. This effect has been discovered by analyzing the dynamics of daily satellite measurements of brightness temperatures. It can be considered as a harbinger of ice condition changes of large freshwater bodies. The analysis of brightness temperature seasonal variations is presented using the example of Lake Big Bear (Canada).