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This purpose of this document is to provide a template for Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research. The content in this document is actual instruction. This is space for main text (Author 1999).
The paper size is US letter (Author1 and Author2 2013). The measurement unit should be set to centimeters. Values in inches in following paragraph are only approximations.
Please do not indent the first paragraph under each heading (Author et al. 2008; Author et al. 2005; Author1 2003; Author2 2000; Author 1 and Author 2 1998). Every other paragraph should have an indentation of 1 cm (0.4 in). Leave an empty line under each heading except section headings (section headings require two empty lines above them). Margins for left and right sides are 4.0 cm (1.6 in), top and bottom side 3 cm (1.2 in), and header and footer margins are 1.3 cm (0.5 in). Use a single column layout with both left and right margins justified. Only one, not two or more space hits between sentences can be made.
Section heading should be left-aligned with Times New Roman (regular) 12 pt CAP Bold. Make it bold from the Format-Font menu instead of selection Times New Roman Bold. The Section heading should be numbered as shown in this example.
The first line indentation is 1 cm (0.4 in) from the second paragraph. Line spacing is 1, with 0 spacing before and after. The main text should be in 11 pt. Times font. If figures are included, use high-resolution (minimum 300 dpi) figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (eps), Portable Network Graphics (png), or TIFF (Tagged image format files). Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. The editors will add these.
Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below. Primary heading should follow two empty lines. One empty line should be placed between primary and secondary heading.
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2.1 Section Level Two
2.1.1 Section Level Three
Sub-sections should be numbered as shown in this example. The section level two heading should be left-aligned with Times New Roman (regular) 11 pt Bold. Make it bold from the Format-Font menu. Again, put no indentation for the first paragraph under each heading. The section level three heading should be left-aligned with Times New Roman (regular) 11 pt italic. Only three levels of heading are allowed.
We prefer flush right margins. However, it is better to have jagged right margins than to have flush right margins with awkward intra- and inter-word spacing. Make your decision on whichever looks best.
All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided. Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.
Whenever possible, foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.
To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within the margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.
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3.1 Figures
Figures should be presented as below.
Figure 1. Figure caption has the same format as the main text, except for the size of 10 pt, not 11. Each figure should be placed at the center (equal distance from left and right margins). Figure captions are placed under the figure.
3.2 Tables
Tables should be presented in the style show below and should be referred to in the text using table numbers such as Table 1. The left and right margins of the table should not be placed outside of the text margin.
Table 1. Same format as the figure caption. Table captions are placed above the table.
Station name / Type (ID) / Location / Elevation (m a.s.l.)3.3 Equations
Equations should be numbered sequentially. Each equation should be place at the center and equation numbers should be on the right. Do not include units in equations but define them in the text. They should take the form:
x+an=k=0nnkxkan-k (1)
and should be created using Equation editor (MS Word), MathType or LaTex. Please do not indent the line after equations.
4 References and Citations
A list of reference cited must be provided at the end of the paper. Citations of these within the text should be given as follows. Use the author-date method of citation. There are several good papers in this area (Learned and Expert 1982; Authority 1973), although the work by Fudgit et al (1997) is an exception. Note that “et al.” is not italicized. There is no need for a comma between author(s) and year, and a citation with page number should be made as in Learned and Expert (1982: 121). For multiple works by different authors, put the sources in the order from most recent to oldest (and alphabetically if published in the same year). Separate studies by semicolon (Author et al. 2008; Author et al. 2005; Author1 2003; Author2 2000; Author 1 and Author 2 1998).
The reference list should be formatted as in the example below, using 11 pt Times New Roman, aligned to both left and right margins. Do not use abbreviations of journal titles.
5 File format and submission
Final manuscript should be submitted as WORD using the submission system at http://dc.uwm.edu/ijger. The file will be converted to PDF by the system and both WORD and PDF files will be available for the Editorial Office. If you encounter any technical problems with files, contact the Editorial Office.
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Arthur-Hartranft, S.T., Carlson, T.N. and Clarke, K.C. (2003) Satellite and ground-based microclimate and hydrologic analyses coupled with a regional urban growth model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 86, 385-400.
Bicknell, B.R., Imhoff, J.C., Kittle Jr., J.L., Jobes, T.H. and Donigian Jr., A.S. (2001) Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF) Version 12 User's Manual. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Exposure Research Laboratory Athens, Georgia.
Borah, D.K. and Bera, M. (2004) Watershed-scale hydrologic and nonpoint-source pollution models: review of applications. Transactions of ASAE, 47, 789-803. doi:10.xxxx/xxxxxx
Calhoun, D.L., Frick, E.A. and Buell, G.R. (2003) Effects of urban development on nutrient loads and streamflow, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1976-2001. Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference. http://gwri.ce.gatech.edu/GAConf/Proceedings/2003/papers/Calhoun,%20Frick%20and%20Buell.pdf.
Maximov, I.A. (2003) Integrated Assessment of Climate and Land Use Change Effects on Hydrology and Water Quality of the Upper and Lower Great Miami River. Ph.D. thesis in Geography, University of Cincinnati.
Suloway, L., Joselyn, M. and Brown, P.W. (1996) Inventory of Resource Rich Areas in Illinois: An Evaluation of Ecological Resources. Center for Wildlife Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey. http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cwe/rra/rra.html.
USEPA. (2001) Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Nonpoint Sources: BASINS Version 3.0 User's Manual. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water.
Wicklein, S.M. and Schiffer, D.M. (2002) Simulation of Runoff and Water Quality for 1990 and 2008 Land-Use Conditions in the Reedy Creek Watershed, East-Central Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4018: Tallahassee, Florida.