1. H.W. Labob & C. Ullman Labov Professor, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel (corresponding author).
2. Research Scientist, GeoSyntec Consultants, 838 SW First Ave., Suite 430, Portland, OR 97204.
3. Research Engineer, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Aachen Univ., Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
4. Professor, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Aachen Univ., Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany.