Weekly Literature Review

Week 09 · February 24–March 1, 2020

45 relevant papers found across 6 themes

Executive Summary

This week highlights significant advances in flash drought prediction, with a landmark Nature Climate Change paper identifying subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting as a critical challenge. Machine learning methods dominate both flood susceptibility mapping and streamflow forecasting, with convolutional neural networks and LSTM-based models achieving state-of-the-art performance. Several studies address groundwater depletion during drought, while large-scale hydrologic modeling efforts improve precipitation estimation and rainfall-runoff prediction across diverse catchments.

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
    1. A review of the current status of flood modelling for urban flood risk management in the developing countries
    2. Flood susceptibility mapping using convolutional neural network frameworks
    3. Flood susceptibility mapping by ensemble evidential belief function and binomial logistic regression model on river basin of eastern India
    4. Simulating compound flooding events in a hurricane
    5. Classifying floods by quantifying driver contributions in the Eastern Monsoon Region of China
    6. Improvement and evaluation of the Iowa Flood Center Hillslope Link Model (HLM) by calibration-free approach
    7. Large-scale flood hazard assessment under climate change: A case study
    8. Cost-benefit analysis of flood early warning system in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction
    2. The role of climate variability in Australian drought
    3. Analysis of groundwater level trend and groundwater drought using Standard Groundwater Level Index: a case study of an eastern river basin of West Bengal, India
    4. Atmospheric Aridity and Apparent Soil Moisture Drought in European Forest During Heat Waves
    5. California’s Central Valley Groundwater Wells Run Dry During Recent Drought
    6. Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Drought Characteristics Over Hungary Between 1961 and 2010
  4. Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
    1. Decomposition ensemble model based on variational mode decomposition and long short-term memory for streamflow forecasting
    2. Improving artificial intelligence models accuracy for monthly streamflow forecasting using grey Wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm
    3. Comparison of support vector regression and extreme gradient boosting for decomposition-based data-driven 10-day streamflow forecasting
    4. Beyond binary baseflow separation: a delayed-flow index for multiple streamflow contributions
    5. A data-based predictive model for spatiotemporal variability in stream water quality
    6. Large-scale baseflow index prediction using hydrological modelling, linear and multilevel regression approaches
  5. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet
    2. Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe
    3. Runoff dominated by supra-permafrost water in the source region of the Yangtze river using environmental isotopes
    4. Declining snowfall fraction in the alpine regions, Central Asia
    5. Projecting potential evapotranspiration change and quantifying its uncertainty under future climate scenarios: A case study in southeastern Australia
  6. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. Intercomparison of annual precipitation indices and extremes over global land areas from in situ, space-based and reanalysis products
    2. Analysis of sustainable utilization of water resources based on the improved water resources ecological footprint model: A case study of Hubei Province, China
    3. Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network (REGEN) – a global land-based gridded dataset of daily precipitation from 1950 to 2016
    4. Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale
    5. Integrated 1D and 2D model for better assessing runoff quantity control of low impact development facilities on community scale.
    6. Hydrological model calibration with uncertain discharge data
    7. Changing runoff due to temperature and precipitation variations in the dammed Jinsha River
    8. Triple Collocation Based Multi-Source Precipitation Merging
    9. Improved Understanding of the Link Between Catchment‐Scale Vegetation Accessible Storage and Satellite‐Derived Soil Water Index
    10. On the Robustness of Conceptual Rainfall‐Runoff Models to Calibration and Evaluation Data Set Splits Selection: A Large Sample Investigation
    11. Basin-wide water accounting based on modified SWAT model and WA+ framework for better policy making
  7. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Effects of nitrogen application rate and irrigation regime on growth, yield, and water-nitrogen use efficiency of drip-irrigated winter wheat in the North China Plain
    2. Optimal power peak shaving using hydropower to complement wind and solar power uncertainty
    3. The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision
    4. Review of algorithms and parameterizations to determine unfrozen water content in frozen soil
    5. Effects of land use on water quality in a River Basin (Daning) of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China: Watershed versus riparian zone
    6. Optimal sizing of rainwater harvesting systems for domestic water usages: A systematic literature review
    7. Performance Assessment of ICESat-2 Laser Altimeter Data for Water-Level Measurement over Lakes and Reservoirs in China
    8. Alternate partial root-zone drip irrigation with nitrogen fertigation promoted tomato growth, water and fertilizer-nitrogen use efficiency
    9. Long-term effects of forest harvesting on summer low flow deficits in the Coast Range of Oregon
  8. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  9. Filtering Criteria

Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment

Flood research this week is dominated by machine learning approaches to susceptibility mapping and advances in coupled hydrodynamic modeling. Wang et al. demonstrate that convolutional neural networks outperform traditional statistical methods for flood susceptibility prediction, while ensemble methods combining evidential belief functions show strong performance in data-scarce regions. A comprehensive review by Nkwunonwo et al. highlights persistent gaps in flood modeling for developing countries, where data limitations and rapid urbanization complicate risk assessment. On the physical modeling side, compound flooding from combined storm surge and rainfall during hurricanes receives attention, alongside the Iowa Flood Center’s updated hillslope-link model that advances real-time flood prediction at continental scales.

A review of the current status of flood modelling for urban flood risk management in the developing countries

Authors: U. Nkwunonwo, Malcolm Whitworth, B. Baily

Journal: Scientific African · DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00269 · Citations: 273

Matched topics: flood

Abstract The prevalence of flooding events and the associated risk in the urban areas is an increasingly important issue of global significance, although it is more critical for the developing countries (DCs), such as Nigeria, where the hazard is often poorly understood and understudied. With current predictions of worsening future scenarios, it is important to pursue integrated flood risk management approaches which incorporate flood modelling. This paper is part of a research programme whic…

Flood susceptibility mapping using convolutional neural network frameworks

Authors: Yi Wang, Zhice Fang, H. Hong, Ling Peng

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124482 · Citations: 272

Matched topics: flood

Abstract Flood is a very destructive natural disaster in the world, which seriously threatens the safety of human life and property. In this paper, the most popular convolutional neural network (CNN) is introduced to assess flood susceptibility in Shangyou County, China. The main contributions of this study are summarized as follows. First, the CNN technique is used for flood susceptibility mapping through two different CNN classification and feature extraction frameworks. Second, three data …

Flood susceptibility mapping by ensemble evidential belief function and binomial logistic regression model on river basin of eastern India

Authors: Indrajit Chowdhuri, S. Pal, Rabin Chakrabortty

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.12.003 · Citations: 208

Matched topics: river, flood

Abstract Flooding is the overflow of water from stream, river, lake and sea that occurs all over the world and has disastrous effects on human society and environment. Frequent severe flood event in eastern India cause of death and damages every year so, the development of flood susceptibility method is needed for identifying the flood vulnerability areas to reduce the damages. Techniques of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) can help to flood susceptibility modelin…

Simulating compound flooding events in a hurricane

Authors: Yinglong Zhang, Fei Ye, Hao‐Cheng Yu, Weiling Sun, Saeed Moghimi, Edward Myers et al.

Journal: Ocean Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s10236-020-01351-x · Citations: 103

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, flood

Abstract not available.

Classifying floods by quantifying driver contributions in the Eastern Monsoon Region of China

Authors: Wencong Yang, Hanbo Yang, Dawen Yang

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124767 · Citations: 71

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, flood

Abstract not available.

Authors: Felipe Quintero, Witold F. Krajewski, Bong‐Chul Seo, Ricardo Mantilla

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124686 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, flood

Abstract not available.

Large-scale flood hazard assessment under climate change: A case study

Authors: Amirhossein Shadmehri Toosi, Shahab Doulabian, Erfan Ghasemi Tousi, Giancarlo Humberto Calbimonte, Sina Alaghmand

Journal: Ecological Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105765 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, flood, land surface model, climate change

Abstract not available.

Cost-benefit analysis of flood early warning system in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal

Authors: Rajesh Kumar Rai, Marc van den Homberg, Gopal Prasad Ghimire, Colin McQuistan

Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101534 · Citations: 62

Matched topics: river, flood

Abstract not available.

Drought Analysis and Prediction

Flash droughts emerge as a critical forecasting frontier, with Pendergrass et al. establishing in Nature Climate Change that these rapid-onset events present fundamentally different prediction challenges compared to conventional droughts. The role of climate variability—rather than just trends—in driving Australian drought is examined, providing important context for attribution studies. Groundwater drought receives focused attention through standardized indices applied to long-term well data, while California’s Central Valley offers a stark case study of wells running dry during prolonged drought. European forest drought linked to atmospheric aridity and the spatial-temporal evolution of drought characteristics in Hungary round out a strong week for drought science.

Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction

Authors: Angeline G. Pendergrass, Gerald A. Meehl, Roger S. Pulwarty, Mike Hobbins, Andrew Hoell, Amir AghaKouchak et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0709-0 · Citations: 469

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, streamflow, drought, seasonal, land surface model, hydropower, earth system model

Abstract not available.

The role of climate variability in Australian drought

Authors: Andrew D. King, A. J. Pitman, Benjamin J. Henley, Anna Ukkola, Josephine R. Brown

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0718-z · Citations: 196

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Analysis of groundwater level trend and groundwater drought using Standard Groundwater Level Index: a case study of an eastern river basin of West Bengal, India

Authors: Sudipa Halder, Malabika Biswas Roy, Pankaj Kumar Roy

Journal: SN Applied Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-2302-6 · Citations: 108

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, drought

Abstract not available.

Atmospheric Aridity and Apparent Soil Moisture Drought in European Forest During Heat Waves

Authors: Eva Lansu, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, Annemiek I. Stegehuis, Adriaan J. Teuling

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl087091 · Citations: 100

Matched topics: hydrology, drought

Abstract Land‐atmosphere feedbacks, in particular the response of land evaporation to vapor pressure deficit (VPD) or the dryness of the air, remain poorly understood. Here we investigate the VPD response by analysis of a large database of eddy covariance flux observations and simulations using a conceptual model of the atmospheric boundary layer. Data analysis reveals that under high VPD and corresponding high temperatures, forest in particular reduces evaporation and emits more sensible hea…

California’s Central Valley Groundwater Wells Run Dry During Recent Drought

Authors: Scott Jasechko, Debra Perrone

Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2019ef001339 · Citations: 88

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, drought

Abstract Declining water tables are causing wells to run dry in California, but the prevalence and spatial distribution of wells that have run dry are not known beyond anecdotal and voluntary reports. Here, we apply a new, simple, and measurement‐driven method to calculate a localized water table; we show, for the first time using observations, that up to one‐in‐five wells now runs dry in California’s Central Valley. The spatial distribution of wells identified as having dried up replicates h…

Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Drought Characteristics Over Hungary Between 1961 and 2010

Authors: Karam Alsafadi, Safwan Mohammed, Brian Ayugi, M. A. Sharaf, Endre Harsányi

Journal: Pure and Applied Geophysics · DOI: 10.1007/s00024-020-02449-5 · Citations: 67

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, drought

Abstract Historically, Hungary has witnessed numerous waves of drought episodes, causing significant agro-economic loss. Over the recent decades, the intensity, severity and frequency of drought occurrence have dramatically shifted, with undisputable upward tendencies across many areas. Thus, the main aim of this study was to characterize drought trends, intensity and duration over Hungary during 1961–2010. To attain the study goals, the present analyses utilized climate datasets obtained fro…

Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning

Data-driven streamflow prediction sees rapid methodological innovation this week. A variational mode decomposition–LSTM ensemble achieves strong performance in the Journal of Hydrology, while a comparative study of support vector regression versus extreme gradient boosting reveals the importance of signal decomposition preprocessing. Monthly forecasting accuracy improvements through hybrid AI architectures demonstrate the field’s trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated multi-model frameworks. Baseflow separation and prediction also advance, with new delayed-flow indices accounting for multiple streamflow generation mechanisms and large-scale baseflow index estimation combining process-based modeling with machine learning.

Decomposition ensemble model based on variational mode decomposition and long short-term memory for streamflow forecasting

Authors: Ganggang Zuo, Jungang Luo, Ni Wang, Yani Lian, Xinxin He

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124776 · Citations: 245

Matched topics: streamflow

Abstract not available.

Improving artificial intelligence models accuracy for monthly streamflow forecasting using grey Wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm

Authors: Y. Tikhamarine, D. Souag-Gamane, Ali Najah Ahmed, O. Kisi, A. El-Shafie

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124435 · Citations: 224

Matched topics: streamflow

Abstract Monthly streamflow forecasting is required for short- and long-term water resources management especially in extreme events such as flood and drought. Therefore, there is need to develop a reliable and precise model for streamflow forecasting. The precision of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models can be improved by using hybrid AI models which consist of coupled models. Therefore, the chief aim of this study is to propose efficient hybrid system by integrating Grey Wolf Optimization (…

Comparison of support vector regression and extreme gradient boosting for decomposition-based data-driven 10-day streamflow forecasting

Authors: Xiang Yu, Yuhao Wang, Lifeng Wu, Genhua Chen, Lei Wang, Hui Qin

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124293 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: streamflow

Abstract We recently addressed data-driven monthly streamflow forecasting using a decomposition-based model that relies on Fourier transform (FT) to decompose the monthly streamflow time series into 4 components, with each component comprising of contiguous frequencies and being forecasted independently by support vector regression (SVR). The model, called FT-SVR, is capable of achieving near-perfect monthly inflow forecasting for China’s Three Gorges Dam (TGD). In this paper, we adapt FT-SVR…

Beyond binary baseflow separation: a delayed-flow index for multiple streamflow contributions

Authors: Michael Stoelzle, Tobias Schuetz, Markus Weiler, Kerstin Stahl, Lena M. Tallaksen

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-849-2020 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, hydropower

Abstract. Understanding components of the total streamflow is important to assess the ecological functioning of rivers. Binary or two-component separation of streamflow into a quick and a slow (often referred to as baseflow) component are often based on arbitrary choices of separation parameters and also merge different delayed components into one baseflow component and one baseflow index (BFI). As streamflow generation during dry weather often results from drainage of multiple sources, we pr…

A data-based predictive model for spatiotemporal variability in stream water quality

Authors: Danlu Guo, Anna Lintern, J. Angus Webb, Dongryeol Ryu, Ulrike Bende‐Michl, Shuci Liu et al.

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-827-2020 · Citations: 70

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow

Abstract. Our current capacity to model stream water quality is limited – particularly at large spatial scales across multiple catchments. To address this, we developed a Bayesian hierarchical statistical model to simulate the spatiotemporal variability in stream water quality across the state of Victoria, Australia. The model was developed using monthly water quality monitoring data over 21 years and across 102 catchments (which span over 130 000 km2). The modeling focused on six key water q…

Large-scale baseflow index prediction using hydrological modelling, linear and multilevel regression approaches

Authors: Junlong Zhang, Yongqiang Zhang, Jinxi Song, Lei Cheng, Pranesh Kumar Paul, Rong Gan et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124780 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow

Abstract not available.

Climate Change and Water Resources

Cryosphere–hydrology interactions dominate climate-water research this week. A striking finding from Greenland shows that algal photophysiology drives ice sheet darkening and accelerated melt through biological albedo reduction. In Central Asia, declining snowfall fractions in alpine regions signal ongoing shifts in water storage timing, while permafrost-dominated runoff generation in the Yangtze River headwaters reveals how thaw processes reshape water sources. Regional biophysical cooling from land cover changes in Europe provides an important counterpoint to greenhouse warming, and projections of evapotranspiration change quantify uncertainty in future water demand.

Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Authors: Christopher J. Williamson, Joseph M. Cook, Andrew Tedstone, Marian L. Yallop, Jenine McCutcheon, Ewa Poniecka et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918412117 · Citations: 159

Matched topics: hydrology

= 149), indicating that up to 75% of the variability in albedo across the southwestern GrIS may be attributable to the presence of glacier algae.

Predominant regional biophysical cooling from recent land cover changes in Europe

Authors: Bo Huang, Xiangping Hu, Geir‐Arne Fuglstad, Xu Zhou, Wenwu Zhao, Francesco Cherubini

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14890-0 · Citations: 93

Matched topics: land surface model

Around 70 Mha of land cover changes (LCCs) occurred in Europe from 1992 to 2015. Despite LCCs being an important driver of regional climate variations, their temperature effects at a continental scale have not yet been assessed. Here, we integrate maps of historical LCCs with a regional climate model to investigate air temperature and humidity effects. We find an average temperature change of -0.12 ± 0.20 °C, with widespread cooling (up to -1.0 °C) in western and central Europe in summer and …

Runoff dominated by supra-permafrost water in the source region of the Yangtze river using environmental isotopes

Authors: Zongxing Li, Zongjie Li, Q. Feng, Baijuan Zhang, Juan Gui, Jian Xue et al.

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124506 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract Accelerating multiphase water transformation affects runoff processes and components greatly and have changed the spatiotemporal patterns of water resources in the Third Polar Region. The source region of the Yangtze River is one location where accelerated warming has resulted in the gradual extension of the ablation period since 1990. This has caused the acceleration of multiphase water transformation, characterized by increases in the rate of glacial retreat, maximum freezing depth…

Declining snowfall fraction in the alpine regions, Central Asia

Authors: Zhi Li, Yaning Chen, Yupeng Li, Yang Wang

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60303-z · Citations: 76

Matched topics: streamflow

In a warming climate, precipitation (P) is less likely to occur as snowfall (S). Change in the snowfall fraction (S/P) is currently assumed not only influences the accumulation and ablation of glaciers, but also influences the streamflow and water resources significantly in mountainous regions. However, until now, most studies have focused on precipitation magnitude and its frequency changes, while seasonal shifts in precipitation types have been mostly neglected. This paper employs the thres…

Projecting potential evapotranspiration change and quantifying its uncertainty under future climate scenarios: A case study in southeastern Australia

Authors: Lijie Shi, Puyu Feng, Bin Wang, De Li Liu, James Cleverly, Quanxiao Fang et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124756 · Citations: 72

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract not available.

Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration

Precipitation estimation and hydrologic model development are central themes this week. The REGEN dataset provides a new global gridded daily rainfall product, while triple collocation methods enable multi-source precipitation merging with quantified uncertainty. Model calibration challenges are addressed through novel approaches to uncertain discharge data, and the robustness of conceptual rainfall-runoff models is tested across varying evaluation criteria. Vegetation-streamflow linkages are explored at catchment scale, revealing how land cover changes propagate through the hydrologic cycle. Urban stormwater modeling advances with coupled 1D-2D approaches, and the SWAT model is extended with water accounting frameworks for basin-wide assessment.

Intercomparison of annual precipitation indices and extremes over global land areas from in situ, space-based and reanalysis products

Authors: Lisa V. Alexander, Margot Bador, Rémy Roca, Steefan Contractor, Markus G. Donat, Phuong Loan Nguyen

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab79e2 · Citations: 167

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model

Abstract A range of in situ , satellite and reanalysis products on a common daily 1° × 1° latitude/longitude grid were extracted from the Frequent Rainfall Observations on Grids database to help facilitate intercomparison and analysis of precipitation extremes on a global scale. 22 products met the criteria for this analysis, namely that daily data were available over global land areas from 50°S to 50°N since at least 2001. From these daily gridded data, 10 annual indices that represent aspec…

Analysis of sustainable utilization of water resources based on the improved water resources ecological footprint model: A case study of Hubei Province, China

Authors: Huan Wang, Jiejun Huang, Han Zhou, Chengbin Deng, Chuanglin Fang

Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110331 · Citations: 164

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.

Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network (REGEN) – a global land-based gridded dataset of daily precipitation from 1950 to 2016

Authors: Steefan Contractor, Markus G. Donat, Lisa V. Alexander, Markus Ziese, Anja Meyer-Christoffer, Udo Schneider et al.

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-919-2020 · Citations: 139

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract. We present a new global land-based daily precipitation dataset from 1950 using an interpolated network of in situ data called Rainfall Estimates on a Gridded Network – REGEN. We merged multiple archives of in situ data including two of the largest archives, the Global Historical Climatology Network – Daily (GHCN-Daily) hosted by National Centres of Environmental Information (NCEI), USA, and one hosted by the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) operated by Deutscher Wetter…

Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale

Authors: H. Wen, J. Perdrial, Benjamin W. Abbott, S. Bernal, R. Dupas, S. Godsey et al.

Journal: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · DOI: 10.5194/HESS-24-945-2020 · Citations: 126

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow

Abstract. Lateral carbon flux through river networks is an important and poorly understood component of the global carbon budget. This work investigates how temperature and hydrology control the production and export of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory in Pennsylvania, USA. Using field measurements of daily stream discharge, evapotranspiration, and stream DOC concentration, we calibrated the catchment-scale biogeochemical reactive transpo…

Integrated 1D and 2D model for better assessing runoff quantity control of low impact development facilities on community scale.

Authors: Dingkun Yin, B. Evans, Qi Wang, Zhengxia Chen, H. Jia, Albert S. Chen et al.

Journal: Science of the Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137630 · Citations: 104

Matched topics: runoff

This study proposes a modelling framework of integrated one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic modelling to evaluate the effectiveness of sponge city construction at community scale. Through a case study in Zhuhai, we integrate Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) and Cellular Automata Dual-DraInagE Simulation (CADDIES) 2D model to analyze the rainfall-runoff process involving green infrastructures. SWMM is applied to analyze the change of surface runoff control effects befo…

Hydrological model calibration with uncertain discharge data

Authors: Ida Westerberg, Anna E. Sikorska‐Senoner, Daniel Viviroli, Marc Vis, Jan Seibert

Journal: Hydrological Sciences Journal · DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1735638 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Discharge data used to calibrate and evaluate hydrological models can be highly uncertain and this uncertainty affects the conclusions that we can draw from modelling results. We investigated the role of discharge data uncertainty and its representation in hydrological model calibration to give recommendations on methods to account for data uncertainty. We tested five different representations of discharge data uncertainty in calibrating the HBV-model for three Swiss catchments, ranging from …

Changing runoff due to temperature and precipitation variations in the dammed Jinsha River

Authors: Yuyang Wu, H. Fang, Lei Huang, Ouyang Wei

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124500 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract Impacts of climatic variations and human activities on water discharge in the lower streams of dammed rivers have been widely studied due to the rich water resources and hydropower potential. However, the effects of climate variations in upper streams on the whole river system are always ignored. Therefore, integrated methods of hydrological modelling and numerical analysis were employed to identify runoff characteristics in response to climatic variations in conjunction with hydroel…

Triple Collocation Based Multi-Source Precipitation Merging

Authors: Jianzhi Dong, Fangni Lei, Lingna Wei

Journal: Frontiers in Water · DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2020.00001 · Citations: 73

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow

Multi-source precipitation merging has been used for improving global precipitation estimation accuracy. However, current merging techniques heavily rely on gauge-based precipitation and/or streamflow observations, which may contain substantial uncertainties over data-poor regions. This study provides a triple collocation (TC) based framework for merging multi-source precipitation products without the access of high-quality ground observations. In this framework, the error variances of the pr…

Authors: Laurène Bouaziz, Susan Steele‐Dunne, Jaap Schellekens, Albrecht Weerts, Jasper Stam, Eric Sprokkereef et al.

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019wr026365 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, land surface model

Abstract The spatiotemporal dynamics of water volumes stored in the unsaturated root zone are a key control on the response of terrestrial hydrological systems. Robust, catchment‐scale root‐zone soil moisture estimates are thus critical for reliable predictions of river flow, groundwater recharge, or evaporation. Satellites provide estimates of near‐surface soil moisture that can be used to approximate the moisture content in the entire unsaturated root zone through the Soil Water Index (SWI)…

On the Robustness of Conceptual Rainfall‐Runoff Models to Calibration and Evaluation Data Set Splits Selection: A Large Sample Investigation

Authors: Danlu Guo, Feifei Zheng, Hoshin V. Gupta, Holger R. Maier

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019wr026752 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

Abstract Conceptual rainfall‐runoff (CRR) models are widely used for runoff simulation and for prediction under a changing climate. The models are often calibrated with only a portion of all available data at a location and then evaluated independently with another part of the data for reliability assessment. Previous studies report a persistent decrease in CRR model performance when applying the calibrated model to the evaluation data. However, there remains a lack of comprehensive understan…

Basin-wide water accounting based on modified SWAT model and WA+ framework for better policy making

Authors: Majid Delavar, Saeed Morid, Reihaneh Morid, Ashkan Farokhnia, Fariba Babaeian, Raghavan Srinivasan et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124762 · Citations: 50

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.

Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research this week spans scales from field irrigation to planetary boundaries. The concept of a Water Planetary Boundary is critically interrogated and revised, providing a new framework for global sustainability assessment. Hydropower scheduling optimization demonstrates complementary operation with variable renewable energy sources. At the field scale, partial root-zone irrigation techniques improve water use efficiency, while land use effects on reservoir water quality are quantified in the Three Gorges region. Remote sensing advances with ICESat-2 performance assessment for reservoir water level monitoring, and long-term forest harvesting effects on summer low flows are documented across Canadian watersheds.

Effects of nitrogen application rate and irrigation regime on growth, yield, and water-nitrogen use efficiency of drip-irrigated winter wheat in the North China Plain

Authors: Zhuanyun Si, Muhammad Zain, F. Mehmood, Guangshuai Wang, Yang Gao, A. Duan

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106002 · Citations: 232

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract Drip irrigation has been gradually adopted for winter wheat production in the North China Plain (NCP) due to significant saving from using irrigation water and improving water and nitrogen use efficiencies. However, the optimal water and nitrogen application rates for drip-irrigated wheat are still unclear. A field experiment with five nitrogen application rates (0, 120, 180, 240, and 300 kg ha−1, referred as N0, N1, N2, N3, and N4) and three irrigation levels (40, 30, and 20 mm per …

Optimal power peak shaving using hydropower to complement wind and solar power uncertainty

Authors: Benxi Liu, Jay R. Lund, Shengli Liao, Xiaoyu Jin, Lingjun Liu, Chuntian Cheng

Journal: Energy Conversion and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112628 · Citations: 201

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract not available.

The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision

Authors: Tom Gleeson, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Samuel C. Zipper, Miina Porkka, Fernando Jaramillo, Dieter Gerten et al.

Journal: One Earth · DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.009 · Citations: 170

Matched topics: water management, surface water

Abstract not available.

Review of algorithms and parameterizations to determine unfrozen water content in frozen soil

Authors: Guojie Hu, Lin Zhao, Xiaofan Zhu, Xiaodong Wu, Tonghua Wu, Ren Li et al.

Journal: Geoderma · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114277 · Citations: 120

Matched topics: land surface model, surface water

Abstract not available.

Effects of land use on water quality in a River Basin (Daning) of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China: Watershed versus riparian zone

Authors: Jing Zhang, Siyue Li, Changsheng Jiang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106226 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, reservoir

Abstract not available.

Optimal sizing of rainwater harvesting systems for domestic water usages: A systematic literature review

Authors: Mary Semaan, Susan D. Day, Michael J. Garvin, Naren Ramakrishnan, Annie R. Pearce

Journal: Resources Conservation & Recycling X · DOI: 10.1016/j.rcrx.2020.100033 · Citations: 104

Matched topics: runoff

Rainwater harvesting systems (RWHS) are increasing in popularity because of their ability to alleviate water pressure on centralized systems, minimize or delay rainfall runoff, and fit relatively easily in both the centralized/decentralized infrastructure organization. Adequately sizing RWHS is critical to optimizing their operation because under-sizing results in systems that are unable to provide a sufficient, reliable source of water while oversizing increases the capital costs incurred wi…

Performance Assessment of ICESat-2 Laser Altimeter Data for Water-Level Measurement over Lakes and Reservoirs in China

Authors: Cui Yuan, Peng Gong, Yuqi Bai

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12050770 · Citations: 90

Matched topics: reservoir

Although the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) onboard the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) was primarily designed for glacier and sea-ice measurement, it can also be applied to monitor lake surface height (LSH). However, its performance in monitoring lakes/reservoirs has rarely been assessed. Here, we report an accuracy evaluation of the ICESat-2 laser altimetry data over 30 reservoirs in China using gauge data. To show its characteristics in large-scal…

Alternate partial root-zone drip irrigation with nitrogen fertigation promoted tomato growth, water and fertilizer-nitrogen use efficiency

Authors: Rui Liu, Yu Yang, Yaosheng Wang, Xing-Chen Wang, Zed Rengel, Wenju Zhang et al.

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106049 · Citations: 77

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.

Long-term effects of forest harvesting on summer low flow deficits in the Coast Range of Oregon

Authors: Catalina Segura, Kevin D. Bladon, J. A. Hatten, Julia Jones, V. Cody Hale, George G. Ice

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124749 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: streamflow

Abstract not available.

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Databases searched 2
Topics searched 16
Total papers fetched 1168
After deduplication 867
After LLM relevance filtering 45
Rejected (not relevant) 822

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Scientific African 1
Ocean Dynamics 1
Ecological Engineering 1
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 1
SN Applied Sciences 1
Geophysical Research Letters 1
Earth s Future 1
Pure and Applied Geophysics 1
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1
Nature Communications 1
Scientific Reports 1
Environmental Research Letters 1
Journal of Environmental Management 1
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 1
Science of the Total Environment 1
Hydrological Sciences Journal 1
Frontiers in Water 1
Energy Conversion and Management 1
One Earth 1
Geoderma 1
Ecological Indicators 1
Resources Conservation & Recycling X 1
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Topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, streamflow, reservoir, water management, flood, drought, seasonal, land surface model, climate change, hydropower, surface water, irrigation, earth system model

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