1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Water Resources Studies, Dalhousie Univ., 1360 Barrington St., Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Mathematics and Internetworking, Dalhousie Univ., 269 Morris St., P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2.
3. Professor, National Food Institute, Technical Univ. of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. 2800 Lyngby, Denmark; formerly, Professor, Dept. of Process Engineering and Applied Science, Dalhousie Univ., 1360 Barrington St., Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2.
4. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie Univ., 1360 Barrington St., Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2.