**About the Editors**

**Ali Nadir Arslan** received his D.Sc. (Tech.) degree from Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, in 2006. He worked in Nokia Corporation between 1999 and 2009, as a principal scientist. He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and has been employed since 2009. His research interests are remote sensing methods and applications for cryosphere, microwaves, electromagnetics theory and computational modeling, and EMC; signal and power integrity. Dr. Arslan has directed several research projects including for the European Union and some university collaborations. He has authored over 50 scientific papers and reports and he has 3 patents.

**Zuhal Akyurek** is a full-time professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the Middle East Technical University. She received her PhD from the Middle East Technical University, her post-doc from the Geography Department of Bristol University, and was a Visiting Scientist at NASA in 2008. She worked for the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey as a researcher. She does research in hydrology, rainfall-runoff modeling, optical and microwave remote sensing of snow, and flood modeling. She gives courses in Water Resources Engineering, Hydrology, Geographic Information Systems, and Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics. Prof. Akyurek is a member of the National Hydrology Commission. She has taken part in many EU, National Scientific Research Council funded projects. She has authored more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 presentations in conferences, workshops, and seminars.
