Weekly Literature Review

Week 01 · January 4–January 10, 2021

50 relevant papers found across 6 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment, Drought Analysis and Prediction, Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning, Climate Change and Water Resources, Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration, and Water Management and Sustainability.

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
    1. Flood exposure and social vulnerability in the United States
    2. River flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin region
    3. Experimental study on EOR performance of CO2-based flooding methods on tight oil
    4. Prediction modelling of riverine landscape dynamics in the context of sustainable management of floodplain: a Geospatial approach
    5. Urban flood hazard mapping using machine learning models: GARP, RF, MaxEnt and NB
    6. Spatial Prediction of Future Flood Risk: An Approach to the Effects of Climate Change
    7. Flash-Flood Potential Mapping Using Deep Learning, Alternating Decision Trees and Data Provided by Remote Sensing Sensors
    8. Impact of climate change on flood inundation in a tropical river basin in Indonesia
    9. Flood spatial prediction modeling using a hybrid of meta-optimization and support vector regression modeling
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Crosstalk between phytohormones and secondary metabolites in the drought stress tolerance of crop plants: a review.
    2. Drought-tolerant Bacillus megaterium isolated from semi-arid conditions induces systemic tolerance of wheat under drought conditions
    3. Responses of vegetation greenness and carbon cycle to extreme droughts in China
    4. Don’t blame the rain: Social power and the 2015–2017 drought in Cape Town
    5. Drought monitoring using high spatial resolution soil moisture data over Australia in 2015–2019
    6. Impact of precipitation and increasing temperatures on drought trends in eastern Africa
    7. Applying RGB- and Thermal-Based Vegetation Indices from UAVs for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Drought Tolerance in Forage Grasses
    8. Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought
  4. Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
    1. Spatial scale effects of landscape metrics on stream water quality and their seasonal changes.
    2. Daily streamflow forecasting in Sobradinho Reservoir using machine learning models coupled with wavelet transform and bootstrapping
  5. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications.
    2. Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia
    3. Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being
    4. Climate warming from managed grasslands cancels the cooling effect of carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands
    5. A novel framework for risk assessment and resilience of critical infrastructure towards climate change
    6. Reexamine China’s terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance under land use-type and climate change
    7. Air Temperature Regulates Erodible Landscape, Water, and Sediment Fluxes in the Permafrost‐Dominated Catchment on the Tibetan Plateau
    8. Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA
    9. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN COASTAL BANGLADESH: MIGRATION, GENDER AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
    10. Vegetation modulates the impact of climate extremes on gross primary production
    11. Climate change, slow onset events and human mobility: reviewing the evidence
  6. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors
    2. Contribution of climatic changes in mean and variability to monthly temperature and precipitation extremes
    3. Evaluation and comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 model performance in simulating the seasonal extreme precipitation in the Western North Pacific and East Asia
    4. The Data Synergy Effects of Time‐Series Deep Learning Models in Hydrology
    5. Evaluating the dependence structure of compound precipitation and wind speed extremes
    6. Particulate and Dissolved Organic Matter in Stormwater Runoff Influences Oxygen Demand in Urbanized Headwater Catchments.
    7. A novel machine learning application: Water quality resilience prediction Model
    8. Spatio-temporal characterization of rainfall in Bangladesh: an innovative trend and discrete wavelet transformation approaches
  7. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Database Created by the China Meteorological Administration
    2. Assessment of the environmental impact of polymeric membrane production
    3. Decoupling water environment pressures from economic growth in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
    4. An improved global remote-sensing-based surface soil moisture (RSSSM) dataset covering 2003–2018
    5. Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and weeds of trickle–irrigated onion
    6. Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets of Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba
    7. Determination of groundwater potential zones using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) between Edirne-Kalkansogut (northwestern Turkey)
    8. Cross-scale interaction of host tree size and climatic water deficit governs bark beetle-induced tree mortality
    9. Shift of nitrate sources in groundwater due to intensive livestock farming on Jeju Island, South Korea: With emphasis on legacy effects on water management.
    10. Antibiotic resistance gene load and irrigation intensity determine the impact of wastewater irrigation on antimicrobial resistance in the soil microbiome
    11. Conceptual uncertainties in groundwater and porewater fluxes estimated by radon and radium mass balances
    12. Rain-fed pulses of methane from East Africa during 2018–2019 contributed to atmospheric growth rate
  8. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  9. Filtering Criteria

Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment

This week features 9 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Tate, Dottori et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.

Flood exposure and social vulnerability in the United States

Authors: Eric Tate, Md Asif Rahman, Christopher T. Emrich, Christopher Sampson

Journal: Natural Hazards · DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04470-2 · Citations: 405

Matched topics: hydrology, flood

Abstract Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately inhabit flood-prone areas. This study explores the geography of flood exposure and social vulnerability in the conterminous United States based on spatial analysis of fluvial and pluvial flood extent, land cover, and social vulnerability. Using bivariate Local Indicators of Spatial Association, we map hotspots…

River flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin region

Authors: Francesco Dottori, Lorenzo Alfieri, Alessandra Bianchi, Jon Olav Skøien, Peter Salamon

Journal: Open MIND · DOI: 10.2905/1d128b6c-a4ee-4858-9e34-6210707f3c81 · Citations: 107

Matched topics: river, flood

The maps depict flood prone areas for river flood events for six different flood frequencies (from 1-in-10-years to 1-in-500-years). The extent comprises most of the geographical Europe and all the river basins entering the Mediterranean and Black Seas in the Caucasus, Middle East and Northern Africa countries. Cell values indicate water depth (in m). The maps can be used to assess the exposure of population and economic assets to river floods, and to perform flood risk assessments. NOTE: thi…

Experimental study on EOR performance of CO2-based flooding methods on tight oil

Authors: Haiyang Yu, Wenrui Fu, Youpeng Zhang, Xin Lü, Shiqing Cheng, Qichao Xie et al.

Journal: Fuel · DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119988 · Citations: 102

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Prediction modelling of riverine landscape dynamics in the context of sustainable management of floodplain: a Geospatial approach

Authors: Nasibul Alam, Swati Saha, Srimanta Gupta, Subha Chakraborty

Journal: Annals of GIS · DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2020.1870558 · Citations: 88

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Presently, sustainability of floodplain, a diverse element of the riverine landscape, provides an ideal research setting for investigating complex interaction between anthropogenic disturbance and eco-environmental degradation. Nowadays, these floodplains are continually degraded and fragmented on account of unsustainable land use. To analyse the spatial and temporal changes of landuse/landcover, a supervised classification (maximum likelihood algorithm) method has been made for the period 19…

Urban flood hazard mapping using machine learning models: GARP, RF, MaxEnt and NB

Authors: Mahya Norallahi, Hesam Seyed Kaboli

Journal: Natural Hazards · DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04453-3 · Citations: 87

Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood, land surface model

Abstract not available.

Spatial Prediction of Future Flood Risk: An Approach to the Effects of Climate Change

Authors: Mohammadtaghi Avand, Hamid Reza Moradi, Mehdi Ramazanzadeh lasboyee

Journal: Geosciences · DOI: 10.3390/geosciences11010025 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, flood, climate change

Preparation of a flood probability map serves as the first step in a flood management program. This research develops a probability flood map for floods resulting from climate change in the future. Two models of Flexible Discrimination Analysis (FDA) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) were used. Two optimistic (RCP2.6) and pessimistic (RCP8.5) climate change scenarios were considered for mapping future rainfall. Moreover, to produce probability flood occurrence maps, 263 locations of past fl…

Flash-Flood Potential Mapping Using Deep Learning, Alternating Decision Trees and Data Provided by Remote Sensing Sensors

Authors: Romulus Costache, Alireza Arabameri, Thomas Blaschke, Quoc Bao Pham, Binh Thai Pham, Manish Pandey et al.

Journal: Sensors · DOI: 10.3390/s21010280 · Citations: 83

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, flood

is characterized by the most precise results with an Area Under Curve of 0.96.

Impact of climate change on flood inundation in a tropical river basin in Indonesia

Authors: Kodai Yamamoto, Takahiro Sayama, Apip

Journal: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science · DOI: 10.1186/s40645-020-00386-4 · Citations: 82

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, streamflow, water management, flood, land surface model, climate change

Abstract Climate change will have a significant impact on the water cycle and will lead to severe environmental problems and disasters in humid tropical river basins. Examples include river basins in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, where the coastal lowland areas are mostly composed of peatland that is a wetland environment initially sustained by flooding from rivers. Climate change may alter the frequency and magnitude of flood inundation in these lowland areas, disturbing the peatland environmen…

Flood spatial prediction modeling using a hybrid of meta-optimization and support vector regression modeling

Authors: Mahdi Panahi, Esmaeel Dodangeh, Fatemeh Rezaie, Khabat Khosravi, Hiep Van Le, Moung-Jin Lee et al.

Journal: CATENA · DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.105114 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Drought Analysis and Prediction

Drought research this week encompasses 8 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Jogawat, Rashid et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Crosstalk between phytohormones and secondary metabolites in the drought stress tolerance of crop plants: a review.

Authors: Abhimanyu Jogawat, B. Yadav, Chhaya, Nita Lakra, A. Singh, O. Narayan

Journal: Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology · DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13328 · Citations: 263

Matched topics: drought

Drought stress negatively affects crop performance and weakens global food security. It triggers the activation of downstream pathways, mainly through phytohormones homeostasis and their signaling networks, which further initiate the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites (SMs). Roots sense drought stress, the signal travels to the above-ground tissues to induce systemic phytohormones signaling. The systemic signals further trigger the biosynthesis of SMs and stomatal closure to prevent water …

Drought-tolerant Bacillus megaterium isolated from semi-arid conditions induces systemic tolerance of wheat under drought conditions

Authors: Urooj Rashid, Humaira Yasmin, Muhammad Nadeem Hassan, Rabia Naz, Asia Nosheen, Muhammad Sajjad et al.

Journal: Plant Cell Reports · DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02640-x · Citations: 198

Matched topics: drought, irrigation

Abstract not available.

Responses of vegetation greenness and carbon cycle to extreme droughts in China

Authors: Ying Deng, Xuhui Wang, Kai Wang, Philippe Ciais, Shuchang Tang, Lei Jin et al.

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108307 · Citations: 161

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Don’t blame the rain: Social power and the 2015–2017 drought in Cape Town

Authors: Elisa Savelli, Maria Rusca, Hannah Cloke, Giuliano Di Baldassarre

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125953 · Citations: 137

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, drought

Sociohydrology has advanced understandings of water related phenomena by conceptualizing changes in hydrological flows and risks as the result of the interplay between water and society. However, social power and the heterogeneity of human societies, which are crucial to unravel the feedback mechanisms underlying human-water systems, have not been sufficiently considered. In response, this paper proposes an interdisciplinary approach that draws on political ecology perspectives to combine soc…

Drought monitoring using high spatial resolution soil moisture data over Australia in 2015–2019

Authors: Bin Fang, Prakrut Kansara, Chelsea Dandridge, V. Lakshmi

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125960 · Citations: 111

Matched topics: streamflow, drought

Abstract not available.

Authors: Sarah Kew, Sjoukje Philip, Mathias Hauser, Mike Hobbins, Niko Wanders, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh et al.

Journal: Earth System Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/esd-12-17-2021 · Citations: 91

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, drought, irrigation, earth system model

Abstract. In eastern Africa droughts can cause crop failure and lead to food insecurity. With increasing temperatures, there is an a priori assumption that droughts are becoming more severe. However, the link between droughts and climate change is not sufficiently understood. Here we investigate trends in long-term agricultural drought and the influence of increasing temperatures and precipitation deficits. Using a combination of models and observational datasets, we studied trends, spanning …

Applying RGB- and Thermal-Based Vegetation Indices from UAVs for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Drought Tolerance in Forage Grasses

Authors: Tom De Swaef, Wouter H. Maes, Jonas Aper, J. Baert, Mathias Cougnon, Dirk Reheul et al.

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13010147 · Citations: 83

Matched topics: hydrology, drought

The persistence and productivity of forage grasses, important sources for feed production, are threatened by climate change-induced drought. Breeding programs are in search of new drought tolerant forage grass varieties, but those programs still rely on time-consuming and less consistent visual scoring by breeders. In this study, we evaluate whether Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based remote sensing can complement or replace this visual breeder score. A field experiment was set up to test the…

Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought

Authors: Charles J. W. Carroll, Ingrid J. Slette, Robert J. Griffin‐Nolan, Lauren E. Baur, Ava M. Hoffman, Elsie M. Denton et al.

Journal: Oecologia · DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04793-8 · Citations: 75

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning

Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 2 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.

Spatial scale effects of landscape metrics on stream water quality and their seasonal changes.

Authors: Jianhong Wu, Jun Lu

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116811 · Citations: 227

Matched topics: seasonal

Physiography and land use patterns influence streams water quality by affecting non-point source (NPS) pollution process. However, each landscape factor may affect the NPS pollution process differently with the variations of the spatial scale and season. Thus, quantitative analysis of each landscape metrics scale effect and determination of the abrupt change-point in the relationship between stream water quality and the metrics is very helpful for landscape planning of water quality protectio…

Daily streamflow forecasting in Sobradinho Reservoir using machine learning models coupled with wavelet transform and bootstrapping

Authors: Samuel Vitor Saraiva, Frede de Oliveira Carvalho, Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos, Lucas Costa Barreto, Paula Freire

Journal: Applied Soft Computing · DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107081 · Citations: 105

Matched topics: streamflow, reservoir

Abstract not available.

Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate-water interactions are explored in 11 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications.

Authors: K. Ebi, J. Vanos, J. Baldwin, J. Bell, D. Hondula, N. Errett et al.

Journal: Annual Review of Public Health · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-012420-105026 · Citations: 872

Matched topics: climate change

Extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are an expression of climate variability. These events and events influenced by climate change, such as wildfires, continue to cause significant human morbidity and mortality and adversely affect mental health and well-being. Although adverse health impacts from extreme events declined over the past few decades, climate change and more people moving into harm’s way could alter this trend. Long-term changes to Earth’…

Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

Authors: Nerilie J. Abram, Benjamin J. Henley, Alex Sen Gupta, Tanya Lippmann, Hamish Clarke, Andrew Dowdy et al.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-020-00065-8 · Citations: 824

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model, climate change, earth system model

Abstract The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfire disaster in southeast Australia was unprecedented: the extensive area of forest burnt, the radiative power of the fires, and the extraordinary number of fires that developed into extreme pyroconvective events were all unmatched in the historical record. Australia’s hottest and driest year on record, 2019, was characterised by exceptionally dry fuel loads that primed the landscape to burn when exposed to dangerous fire weather and ignition. The combin…

Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being

Authors: F. Creutzig, Leila Niamir, X. Bai, Jonathan M. Cullen, Julio Díaz-José, M. Figueroa et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y · Citations: 389

Matched topics: climate change

Mitigation solutions are often evaluated in terms of costs and greenhouse gas reduction potentials, missing out on the consideration of direct effects on human well-being. Here, we systematically assess the mitigation potential of demand-side options categorized into avoid, shift and improve, and their human well-being links. We show that these options, bridging socio-behavioural, infrastructural and technological domains, can reduce counterfactual sectoral emissions by 40–80% in end-use sect…

Climate warming from managed grasslands cancels the cooling effect of carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands

Authors: Jinfeng Chang, Philippe Ciais, Thomas Gasser, Pete Smith, Mario Herrero, Peter Havlík et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20406-7 · Citations: 294

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

and nitrogen deposition. The net radiative forcing of all grasslands is currently close to neutral, but has been increasing since the 1960s. Here, we show that the net global climate warming caused by managed grassland cancels the net climate cooling from carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands. In the face of future climate change and increased demand for livestock products, these findings highlight the need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon sto…

A novel framework for risk assessment and resilience of critical infrastructure towards climate change

Authors: Nikhil Kumar, Vikas Poonia, Brij B. Gupta, Manish Kumar Goyal

Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120532 · Citations: 239

Matched topics: drought, climate change

Abstract not available.

Reexamine China’s terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance under land use-type and climate change

Authors: Jiasheng Li, Xiaomin Guo, Xiaowei Chuai, Fangjian Xie, Feng Yang, Runyi Gao et al.

Journal: Land Use Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105275 · Citations: 101

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Air Temperature Regulates Erodible Landscape, Water, and Sediment Fluxes in the Permafrost‐Dominated Catchment on the Tibetan Plateau

Authors: Dongfeng Li, Irina Overeem, Albert J. Kettner, Yinjun Zhou, Xixi Lu

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2020wr028193 · Citations: 96

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract Approximately 40% of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is underlain by continuous permafrost, yet its impact on fluvial water and sediment dynamics remains poorly investigated. Here we show that water and sediment dynamics in the permafrost‐dominated Tuotuohe basin on the TP are driven by air temperature and permafrost thaw, based on 33‐year daily in situ observations (1985–2017). Air temperature regulates the seasonal patterns of discharge and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) by contro…

Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Authors: Michael J. Case, Brittany G. Johnson, Kristina J. Bartowitz, T. W. Hudiburg

Journal: Forest Ecology and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118886 · Citations: 91

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN COASTAL BANGLADESH: MIGRATION, GENDER AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE

Authors: Saleh Ahmed, Elizabeth Eklund

Journal: Asian Affairs · DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2021.1880213 · Citations: 88

Matched topics: climate change

Sea level rise, tropical cyclones, saltwater intrusion, and coastal flooding along with many other natural hazards are increasingly common in many parts of the world, and regions like coastal Bangladesh are at the frontline of these impacts. Due, in part, to the ongoing climate crisis, male members of coastal households in Bangladesh are outmigrating temporarily or permanently. Reduced farm productivity can be blamed on this to a large extent. Men leave female members of their households behi…

Vegetation modulates the impact of climate extremes on gross primary production

Authors: Milan Flach, Alexander Brenning, Fabian Gans, Markus Reichstein, Sebastian Sippel, Miguel D. Mahecha

Journal: Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-39-2021 · Citations: 79

Matched topics: hydrologic model

Abstract. Drought and heat events affect the uptake and sequestration of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Factors such as the duration, timing, and intensity of extreme events influence the magnitude of impacts on ecosystem processes such as gross primary production (GPP), i.e., the ecosystem uptake of CO2. Preceding soil moisture depletion may exacerbate these impacts. However, some vegetation types may be more resilient to climate extremes than others. This effect is insufficiently underst…

Climate change, slow onset events and human mobility: reviewing the evidence

Authors: Caroline Zickgraf

Journal: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.11.007 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration

Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 8 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.

Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors

Authors: Hylke E. Beck, Ming Pan, Diego G. Miralles, Rolf H. Reichle, Wouter Dorigo, Sebastian Hahn et al.

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-17-2021 · Citations: 354

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

Abstract. Information about the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture is critical for many purposes, including monitoring of hydrologic extremes, irrigation scheduling, and prediction of agricultural yields. We evaluated the temporal dynamics of 18 state-of-the-art (quasi-)global near-surface soil moisture products, including six based on satellite retrievals, six based on models without satellite data assimilation (referred to hereafter as “open-loop” models), and six based on models t…

Contribution of climatic changes in mean and variability to monthly temperature and precipitation extremes

Authors: Karin van der Wiel, Richard Bintanja

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-020-00077-4 · Citations: 293

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract The frequency of climate extremes will change in response to shifts in both mean climate and climate variability. These individual contributions, and thus the fundamental mechanisms behind changes in climate extremes, remain largely unknown. Here we apply the probability ratio concept in large-ensemble climate simulations to attribute changes in extreme events to either changes in mean climate or climate variability. We show that increased occurrence of monthly high-temperature event…

Evaluation and comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 model performance in simulating the seasonal extreme precipitation in the Western North Pacific and East Asia

Authors: Chao‐An Chen, H. Hsu, Hsin‐Chien Liang

Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/J.WACE.2021.100303 · Citations: 153

Matched topics: seasonal

Abstract This study evaluates the performance of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phases 6 models (CMIP6) in simulating the seasonal evolution and extreme precipitation indices in the western North Pacific and East Asia region (WNP-EA), and compare the results with those from CMIP Phases 5 (CMIP5). In the ensemble of CMIP6 models, the seasonal evolution simulation demonstrates improvements in seasonal northward migration of the rain band from spring to summer and more intense precipi…

The Data Synergy Effects of Time‐Series Deep Learning Models in Hydrology

Authors: K. Fang, Daniel Kifer, K. Lawson, D. Feng, Chaopeng Shen

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2021WR029583 · Citations: 123

Matched topics: hydrology

When fitting statistical models to variables in geoscientific disciplines such as hydrology, it is a customary practice to stratify a large domain into multiple regions (or regimes) and study each region separately. Traditional wisdom suggests that models built for each region separately will have higher performance because of homogeneity within each region. However, each stratified model has access to fewer and less diverse data points. Here, through two hydrologic examples (soil moisture an…

Evaluating the dependence structure of compound precipitation and wind speed extremes

Authors: Jakob Zscheischler, Philippe Naveau, Olivia Martius, Sebastian Engelke, Christoph C. Raible

Journal: Earth System Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/esd-12-1-2021 · Citations: 108

Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model

Abstract. Estimating the likelihood of compound climate extremes such as concurrent drought and heatwaves or compound precipitation and wind speed extremes is important for assessing climate risks. Typically, simulations from climate models are used to assess future risks, but it is largely unknown how well the current generation of models represents compound extremes. Here, we introduce a new metric that measures whether the tails of bivariate distributions show a similar dependence structur…

Particulate and Dissolved Organic Matter in Stormwater Runoff Influences Oxygen Demand in Urbanized Headwater Catchments.

Authors: Kelly McCabe, Erik M. Smith, S. Lang, C. Osburn, C. Benitez‐Nelson

Journal: Environmental Science and Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04502 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: runoff

Increasing inputs of organic matter (OM) are driving declining dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations in coastal ecosystems worldwide. The quantity, source, and composition of OM transported to coastal ecosystems via stormwater runoff have been altered by land use changes associated with urbanization and subsequent hydrologic flows that accompany urban stormwater management. To elucidate the role of stormwater in the decline of coastal DO, rain event sampling of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) …

A novel machine learning application: Water quality resilience prediction Model

Authors: Maryam Imani, Mahmudul Hasan, Luiz F. Bittencourt, Kent McClymont, Zoran Kapelan

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144459 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.

Spatio-temporal characterization of rainfall in Bangladesh: an innovative trend and discrete wavelet transformation approaches

Authors: Jayanta Das, Tapash Mandal, A. T. M. Sakiur Rahman, Piu Saha

Journal: Theoretical and Applied Climatology · DOI: 10.1007/s00704-020-03508-6 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.

Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research spans 12 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.

Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Database Created by the China Meteorological Administration

Authors: Xiaoqin Lu, Hui Yu, Ming Ying, Bingke Zhao, Shuai Zhang, Li‐Min Lin et al.

Journal: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s00376-020-0211-7 · Citations: 690

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract This paper describes the access to, and the content, characteristics, and potential applications of the tropical cyclone (TC) database that is maintained and actively developed by the China Meteorological Administration, with the aim of facilitating its use in scientific research and operational services. This database records data relating to all TCs that have passed through the western North Pacific (WNP) and South China Sea (SCS) since 1949. TC data collection has expanded over re…

Assessment of the environmental impact of polymeric membrane production

Authors: Pooja Yadav, Norafiqah Ismail, M. Essalhi, Mats Tysklind, Dimitris Athanassiadis, Naser Tavajohi

Journal: Journal of Membrane Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118987 · Citations: 183

Matched topics: hydropower

Polymeric membranes are important in advanced separation technologies because of their high efficiency and low environmental impact. However, procedures for membrane production are far from sustainable and environmentally friendly. This work presents a life cycle assessment of the environmental impact of fabricating 1000 m2 of hollow fiber polymeric membranes. Membrane materials considered include the most popular fossil- and bio-based polymers in current use, i.e., polysulfones, polyvinylide…

Decoupling water environment pressures from economic growth in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Authors: Yuying Zhang, Meiying Sun, Rongjin Yang, Xiuhong Li, Le Zhang, Mingyue Li

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107314 · Citations: 182

Matched topics: river, water management

China’s economic development is gradually transforming from an extensive expansion mode to a green development mode that pursues environmental quality and environmental benefits. To achieve economic growth and reduce environmental pollution at the same time is the essence of decoupling. This paper combines the Tapio decoupling model and the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) model to analyze the decoupling performance and driving factors of eco…

An improved global remote-sensing-based surface soil moisture (RSSSM) dataset covering 2003–2018

Authors: Yongzhe Chen, Xiaoming Feng, Bojie Fu

Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-1-2021 · Citations: 130

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract. Soil moisture is an important variable linking the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems. However, long-term satellite monitoring of surface soil moisture at the global scale needs improvement. In this study, we conducted data calibration and data fusion of 11 well-acknowledged microwave remote-sensing soil moisture products since 2003 through a neural network approach, with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) soil moisture data applied as the primary training target. The training e…

Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and weeds of trickle–irrigated onion

Authors: Ibrahim M. El–Metwally, L. Geries, Hani Saber Saudy

Journal: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science · DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2020.1869723 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: irrigation

Reducing the water loss sources, i.e. soil evaporation and weeds presence, is an essential act for keeping well soil moisture to crop growth, especially under drought conditions. Therefore, two–year field trials were conducted for seeking the best compatible practice between irrigation regime and weed control method in onion onion. Three irrigation water regimes (60%, 80% and 100% of the crop water requirements, CWR) and seven weed control practices (rice, wheat and peanut straws as soil mulc…

Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets of Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba

Authors: Kimberley K. Mayfield, Anton Eisenhauer, Danielle P. Santiago Ramos, John A. Higgins, Tristan J. Horner, Maureen Auro et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20248-3 · Citations: 100

Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model

Groundwater-derived solute fluxes to the ocean have long been assumed static and subordinate to riverine fluxes, if not neglected entirely, in marine isotope budgets. Here we present concentration and isotope data for Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba in coastal groundwaters to constrain the importance of groundwater discharge in mediating the magnitude and isotopic composition of terrestrially derived solute fluxes to the ocean. Data were extrapolated globally using three independent volumetric estimat…

Determination of groundwater potential zones using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) between Edirne-Kalkansogut (northwestern Turkey)

Authors: Tunahan Aykut

Journal: Groundwater for Sustainable Development · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2021.100545 · Citations: 98

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.

Cross-scale interaction of host tree size and climatic water deficit governs bark beetle-induced tree mortality

Authors: Michael J. Koontz, Andrew M. Latimer, Leif A. Mortenson, Christopher J. Fettig, Malcolm P. North

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20455-y · Citations: 88

Matched topics: hydrologic model

, validating measurements with coincident field plots. We find greater size, proportion, and density of ponderosa pine (the WPB host) increase host mortality rates, as does greater CWD. Critically, we find a CWD/host size interaction such that larger trees amplify host mortality rates in hot/dry sites. Management strategies for climate change adaptation should consider how bark beetle disturbances can depend on cross-scale interactions, which challenge our ability to predict and understand pa…

Shift of nitrate sources in groundwater due to intensive livestock farming on Jeju Island, South Korea: With emphasis on legacy effects on water management.

Authors: Seok-hee Kim, Ho-rim Kim, Soonyoung Yu, Hyun-ji Kang, Ik-Hyun Hyun, Y. Song et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116814 · Citations: 83

Matched topics: water management

Time lags between anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and their impacts to nitrate levels cause a misunderstanding for sources and subsequently misguide the groundwater management.We investigated the hydrochemical data of groundwater samples (n = 172 from 49 wells) with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)-based groundwater age dating and stable N (δ15N) and O isotopes (δ18O) of nitrate to assess the legacy effect of livestock farming to groundwater in an agricultural area where intensive livestock farming s…

Antibiotic resistance gene load and irrigation intensity determine the impact of wastewater irrigation on antimicrobial resistance in the soil microbiome

Authors: Ioannis D. Kampouris, Shelesh Agrawal, Laura Orschler, Damiano Cacace, Steffen Kunze, Thomas U. Berendonk et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116818 · Citations: 80

Matched topics: irrigation

, tet(M) and intI1 correlated with TWW irrigation intensity and decreased during irrigation breaks. Despite the decrease, the levels of these genes remained consistently higher than the non-irrigated soil indicating persistence upon their introduction into the soil. Microcosm experiments verified observations from the field study: TWW irrigation promoted the spread of ARGs and intI1 into soil at far elevated levels compared to FW irrigation. However, the impact of TWW irrigation on 16S rRNA a…

Conceptual uncertainties in groundwater and porewater fluxes estimated by radon and radium mass balances

Authors: Valentí Rodellas, Thomas Stieglitz, Joseph Tamborski, Pieter van Beek, Aladin Andrisoa, Peter G. Cook

Journal: Limnology and Oceanography · DOI: 10.1002/lno.11678 · Citations: 75

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract Radium isotopes and radon are routinely used as tracers to quantify groundwater and porewater fluxes into coastal and freshwater systems. However, uncertainties associated with the determination of the tracer flux are often poorly addressed and often neglect all the potential errors associated with the conceptualization of the system (i.e., conceptual uncertainties). In this study, we assess the magnitude of some of the key uncertainties related to the determination of the radium and…

Rain-fed pulses of methane from East Africa during 2018–2019 contributed to atmospheric growth rate

Authors: Mark F. Lunt, Paul I. Palmer, Alba Lorente, Tobias Borsdorff, Jochen Landgraf, Robert J. Parker et al.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fa · Citations: 74

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract East Africa is a key location for wetland emissions of methane (CH 4 ), driven by variations in rainfall that are in turn influenced by sea-surface temperature gradients over the Indian Ocean. Using satellite observations of CH 4 and an atmospheric chemistry-transport model, we quantified East African CH 4 emissions during 2018 and 2019 when there was 3- σ anomalous rainfall during the long rains (March–May) in 2018 and the short rains (October–December) in 2019. These rainfall anoma…

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