Weekly Literature Review
Week 03 · January 18–January 24, 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
- Executive Summary
- Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
- Role of dams in reducing global flood exposure under climate change
- Projections of river floods in Europe using
EURO‐CORDEX ,CMIP5 andCMIP6 simulations - Numerous unreported glacial lake outburst floods in the Third Pole revealed by high-resolution satellite data and geomorphological evidence
- The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Impact-Based Severe Weather Warning Systems: Perspectives of Weather, Flood, and Emergency Management Personnel
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Propagation of meteorological to hydrological drought for different climate regions in China
- An improved SPEI drought forecasting approach using the long short-term memory neural network
- Desert-adapted fungal endophytes induce salinity and drought stress resistance in model crops
- Foliar application and seed priming of salicylic acid affect growth, fruit yield, and quality of grape tomato under drought stress
- Assessing the vulnerability and risk of maize to drought in China based on the AquaCrop model
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Lake heatwaves under climate change
- Opinion: Cloud-phase climate feedback and the importance of ice-nucleating particles
- Hydroclimate footprint of pan-Asian monsoon water isotope during the last deglaciation
- Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species
- CNRD v1.0: A High-Quality Natural Runoff Dataset for Hydrological and Climate Studies in China
- Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change
- Changes in precipitation and air temperature contribute comparably to permafrost degradation in a warmer climate
- Assessing the impacts of climate change and habitat suitability on the distribution and quality of medicinal plant using multiple information integration: Take Gentiana rigescens as an example
- Land-based climate change mitigation potentials within the agenda for sustainable development
- The crucial role of domestic and international market-mediated adaptation to climate change
- Modeling the current land suitability and future dynamics of global soybean cultivation under climate change scenarios
- A methodology for attributing the role of climate change in extreme events: a global spectrally nudged storyline
- Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance (1992–2020) From Calibrated Radar Altimetry
- The influence of anthropogenic climate change on wet and dry summers in Europe
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- The Role of Weather Radar in Rainfall Estimation and Its Application in Meteorological and Hydrological Modelling—A Review
- TP-River: Monitoring and Quantifying Total River Runoff from the Third Pole
- Spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall and its association with Pacific Ocean Sea surface temperature in West Harerge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
- Sentinel-3 radar altimetry for river monitoring – a catchment-scale evaluation of satellite water surface elevation from Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B
- Secondary ice production in summer clouds over the Antarctic coast: an underappreciated process in atmospheric models
- Predicting the Distribution of the Invasive Species Leptocybe invasa: Combining MaxEnt and Geodetector Models
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity
- Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides
- China’s plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide
- Seasonal thermal energy storage: A techno-economic literature review
- Generating surface soil moisture at 30 m spatial resolution using both data fusion and machine learning toward better water resources management at the field scale
- Performance of large-scale irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa
- Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aura nitrogen dioxide standard product version 4.0 with improved surface and cloud treatments
- Short-Term Electricity Load Forecasting with Machine Learning
- Historical and Projected Changes in the Southern Hemisphere Surface Westerlies
- An integrated approach to quantifying uncertainties in the remaining carbon budget
- Agroecology-based soil erosion assessment for better conservation planning in Ethiopian river basins
- Renewable energy systems based on micro-hydro and solar photovoltaic for rural areas: A case study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Decoupling economic growth from water consumption in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
- Phthalates and non-phthalate plasticizers in Tunisian marine samples: Occurrence, spatial distribution and seasonal variation
- Technical Note: Improved partial wavelet coherency for understanding scale-specific and localized bivariate relationships in geosciences
- Uncertainty analysis of eleven multisource soil moisture products in the third pole environment based on the three-corned hat method
- Health risks of arsenic buildup in soil and food crops after wastewater irrigation
- A highly agricultural river network in Jurong Reservoir watershed as significant CO2 and CH4 sources
- Evaluation of urban water ecological civilization: A case study of three urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
- A Deep-Learning-Based Approach for Reservoir Production Forecast under Uncertainty
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
This week features 4 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Boulangé, Sante et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Role of dams in reducing global flood exposure under climate change
Authors: Julien Boulangé, Naota Hanasaki, Dai Yamazaki, Yadu Pokhrel
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20704-0 · Citations: 366
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, flood, climate change, hydropower, earth system model
century (holding population constant), for the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6 and 6.0, respectively. Accounting for dams reduces the number of people exposed to floods by 20.6 and 12.9% (for RCP2.6 and RCP6.0, respectively). While environmental problems caused by dams warrant further investigations, our results indicate that consideration of dams significantly affect the estimation of future population exposure to flood, emphasizing the need to integrate them in model-based im…
Projections of river floods in Europe using EURO‐CORDEX , CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations
Authors: Fabio Di Sante, Erika Coppola, Filippo Giorgi
Journal: International Journal of Climatology · DOI: 10.1002/joc.7014 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, flood
Abstract A large ensemble of hydroclimatic simulations is used to simulate the occurrence of river floods over Europe in a climate change context. A river routing model derived from a distributed hydrological model (CHyM) is forced with 44 EURO‐CORDEX, 13 CMIP5 and 7 CMIP6 simulations to assess the effects of climate change on the flood magnitude under two different scenarios. The impact of climate change is evaluated using a 100‐year return period discharge indicator (Q100). Results show a d…
Numerous unreported glacial lake outburst floods in the Third Pole revealed by high-resolution satellite data and geomorphological evidence
Authors: Guoxiong Zheng, Anming Bao, Simon Allen, Juan Antonio Ballesteros‐Cánovas, Ye Yuan, Guli Jiapaer et al.
Journal: Science Bulletin · DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.01.014 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Impact-Based Severe Weather Warning Systems: Perspectives of Weather, Flood, and Emergency Management Personnel
Authors: Sally Potter, Sara Harrison, Peter Kreft
Journal: Weather Climate and Society · DOI: 10.1175/wcas-d-20-0110.1 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: hydrology, flood
Abstract Warnings about impending hazards help to minimize the impacts and reduce the risk of the hazard through encouraging an appropriate and timely behavioral response. Many hydrometeorological agencies are moving toward impact-based forecast and warning (IBFW) systems, as encouraged by the World Meteorological Organization. Yet little research has been conducted on such systems from the perspectives of agencies who are or would be involved in their implementation. We investigated the chal…
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 5 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Ding, Dikshit et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Propagation of meteorological to hydrological drought for different climate regions in China
Authors: Yibo Ding, Jiatun Xu, Xiaowen Wang, Huanjie Cai, Zhaoqiang Zhou, Yanan Sun et al.
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.111980 · Citations: 243
Matched topics: runoff, drought
Drought can lead to considerable agricultural, ecological, and societal damage. Improving our understanding of the propagation relationship between meteorological and hydrological drought is necessary to lessen drought impacts. The different drought responses and underlying mechanisms among different climate types are not yet sufficiently understood. By applying the standardized precipitation index and standardized runoff index, we investigated the propagation relationship between meteorologi…
An improved SPEI drought forecasting approach using the long short-term memory neural network
Authors: Abhirup Dikshit, Biswajeet Pradhan, Alfredo Huete
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.111979 · Citations: 176
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Desert-adapted fungal endophytes induce salinity and drought stress resistance in model crops
Authors: Mahdieh S. Hosseyni Moghaddam, Naser Safaie, Jalal Soltani, Niloufar Hagh‐Doust
Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.01.022 · Citations: 136
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Foliar application and seed priming of salicylic acid affect growth, fruit yield, and quality of grape tomato under drought stress
Authors: Remi Chakma, Arindam Biswas, Pantamit Saekong, Hayat Ullah, Avishek Datta
Journal: Scientia Horticulturae · DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.109904 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Assessing the vulnerability and risk of maize to drought in China based on the AquaCrop model
Authors: Xiufang Zhu, Kun Xu, Ying Liu, Rui Guo, Lingyi Chen
Journal: Agricultural Systems · DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103040 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 1 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.
Sequential Data Assimilation for Streamflow Forecasting: Assessing the Sensitivity to Uncertainties and Updated Variables of a Conceptual Hydrological Model at Basin Scale
Authors: Gaia Piazzi, Guillaume Thirel, Charles Perrin, Olivier Delaigue
Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2020wr028390 · Citations: 82
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow
Abstract Skillful streamflow forecasts provide key support to several water‐related applications. Because of the critical impact of initial conditions (ICs) on forecast accuracy, ever‐growing interest is focused on improving their estimates via data assimilation (DA). This study aims to assess the sensitivity of the DA‐based estimation of forecast ICs to several sources of uncertainty and the update of different model states and parameters of a lumped conceptual rainfall–runoff model over 232…
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 14 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Lake heatwaves under climate change
Authors: R. Iestyn Woolway, Eleanor Jennings, Tom Shatwell, Małgorzata Gołub, Donald C. Pierson, Stephen C. Maberly
Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03119-1 · Citations: 419
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model, climate change, hydropower, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Opinion: Cloud-phase climate feedback and the importance of ice-nucleating particles
Authors: Benjamin J. Murray, K. S. Carslaw, Paul R. Field
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-665-2021 · Citations: 231
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract. Shallow clouds covering vast areas of the world’s middle- and high-latitude oceans play a key role in dampening the global temperature rise associated with CO2. These clouds, which contain both ice and supercooled water, respond to a warming world by transitioning to a state with more liquid water and a greater albedo, resulting in a negative “cloud-phase” climate feedback component. Here we argue that the magnitude of the negative cloud-phase feedback component depends on the amoun…
Hydroclimate footprint of pan-Asian monsoon water isotope during the last deglaciation
Authors: Chengfei He, Zhengyu Liu, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Esther C. Brady, Chenyu Zhu, Robert A. Tomas et al.
Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe2611 · Citations: 224
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
depletion in the AM region is accompanied by a northward migration of the westerly jet and enhanced southwesterly monsoon wind, as well as increased rainfall from South Asia (India) to northern China but decreased rainfall in southeast China.
Maladaptation, migration and extirpation fuel climate change risk in a forest tree species
Authors: Andrew V. Gougherty, Stephen R. Keller, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00968-6 · Citations: 175
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
CNRD v1.0: A High-Quality Natural Runoff Dataset for Hydrological and Climate Studies in China
Authors: Jiaojiao Gou, Chiyuan Miao, Luis Samaniego, Mu Xiao, Jingwen Wu, Xiaoying Guo
Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-20-0094.1 · Citations: 169
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, water management
Abstract Reliable, spatiotemporally continuous runoff records are necessary for identifying climate change impacts and planning effective water management strategies. Existing Chinese runoff data to date have been produced from sparse, poor-quality gauge measurements at different time scales. We have developed a new, quality-controlled gridded runoff dataset, the China Natural Runoff Dataset version 1.0 (CNRD v1.0), which provides daily, monthly, and annual 0.25° runoff estimates for the peri…
Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change
Authors: Antonios Mamalakis, James T. Randerson, Jin-Yi Yu, Michael S. Pritchard, Gudrun Magnusdottir, Padhraic Smyth et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00963-x · Citations: 142
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Changes in precipitation and air temperature contribute comparably to permafrost degradation in a warmer climate
Authors: Z. A. Mekonnen, W. J. Riley, R. F. Grant, V. E. Romanovsky
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc444 · Citations: 112
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract Surface energy budgets of high-latitude permafrost systems are poorly represented in Earth system models (ESMs), yet permafrost is rapidly degrading and these dynamics are critical to future carbon-climate feedback predictions. A potentially important factor in permafrost degradation neglected so far by ESMs is heat transfer from precipitation, although increases in soil temperature and thaw depth have been observed following increases in precipitation. Using observations and a mecha…
Assessing the impacts of climate change and habitat suitability on the distribution and quality of medicinal plant using multiple information integration: Take Gentiana rigescens as an example
Authors: Tao Shen, Hong Yu, Yuanzhong Wang
Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107376 · Citations: 97
Matched topics: climate change
Gentiana rigescens is an economically important medicinal plant in the subtropical zone in Asia. However, it is unclear how its distribution responds to climate change in the future. This study aims to simulate the effect of climate change on the distribution of G. rigescens by using the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model and to evaluate the potential impact of habitat suitability on the quality of medicinal materials vis multiple chemical information. In the study, we investigated the suitable h…
Land-based climate change mitigation potentials within the agenda for sustainable development
Authors: Stefan Frank, Mykola Gusti, Peter Havlík, Pekka Lauri, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Nicklas Forsell et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc58a · Citations: 93
Matched topics: hydrology, climate change
Abstract Even though enormous expectations for greenhouse gas mitigation in the land use sector exist at the same time worries about potential implications for sustainable development have been raised as many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are closely tied to developments in the sector. Here we assess the implications of achieving selected key SDG indicators for Zero Hunger, Clean Water and Sanitation, Responsible Consumption and Production, and Life on Land on the land-based climate ch…
The crucial role of domestic and international market-mediated adaptation to climate change
Authors: Christophe Gouel, David Laborde
Journal: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102408 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change effects on agricultural yields will be uneven over the world. A few countries, mostly in high latitudes, may experience gains, while most will see average yield decrease. This paper aims to quantify the role of market-mediated adjustments in attenuating the effects of climate change by allowing the expression of the new climate-induced pattern of comparative advantages within and between countries. To do this, we develop a quantitative general equilibrium trade model where the …
Modeling the current land suitability and future dynamics of global soybean cultivation under climate change scenarios
Authors: Lu Feng, Hongyan Wang, Xiaowei Ma, Hongbo Peng, Jianrong Shan
Journal: Field Crops Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108069 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
A methodology for attributing the role of climate change in extreme events: a global spectrally nudged storyline
Authors: Linda van Garderen, Frauke Feser, Theodore G. Shepherd
Journal: Natural hazards and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/nhess-21-171-2021 · Citations: 83
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Abstract. Extreme weather events are generally associated with unusual dynamical conditions, yet the signal-to-noise ratio of the dynamical aspects of climate change that are relevant to extremes appears to be small, and the nature of the change can be highly uncertain. On the other hand, the thermodynamic aspects of climate change are already largely apparent from observations and are far more certain since they are anchored in agreed-upon physical understanding. The storyline method of extr…
Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance (1992–2020) From Calibrated Radar Altimetry
Authors: Sebastian B. Simonsen, Valentina R. Barletta, William Colgan, Louise Sandberg Sørensen
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl091216 · Citations: 82
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Abstract We present the first 1992–2020 record of Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) mass balance derived from multisatellite Ku‐band altimetry. We employ an empirical approach as an alternative detailed to radar‐propagation modeling, and instead convert elevation changes observed by radar altimetry into mass changes using spatiotemporal calibration fields. This calibration field is derived from a machine learning approach that optimizes the prediction of a previously published mass balance field as …
The influence of anthropogenic climate change on wet and dry summers in Europe
Authors: Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott
Journal: Science Bulletin · DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.01.020 · Citations: 79
Matched topics: hydrologic model, climate change
Understanding the role of anthropogenic forcings in regional hydrological changes can help communities plan their adaptation in an informed manner. Here we apply attribution research methods to investigate the effect of human influence on historical trends in wet and dry summers and changes in the likelihood of extreme events in Europe. We employ an ensemble of new climate models and compare experiments with and without the effect of human influence to assess the anthropogenic contribution. F…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 6 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
The Role of Weather Radar in Rainfall Estimation and Its Application in Meteorological and Hydrological Modelling—A Review
Authors: Zbyněk Sokol, Jan Szturc, Johanna Orellana‐Alvear, Jana Popová, Anna Jurczyk, Rolando Célleri
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13030351 · Citations: 188
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, earth system model
Radar-based rainfall information has been widely used in hydrological and meteorological applications, as it provides data with a high spatial and temporal resolution that improve rainfall representation. However, the broad diversity of studies makes it difficult to gather a condensed overview of the usefulness and limitations of radar technology and its application in particular situations. In this paper, a comprehensive review through a categorization of radar-related topics aims to provide…
TP-River: Monitoring and Quantifying Total River Runoff from the Third Pole
Authors: Lei Wang, Tandong Yao, Chenhao Chai, Lan Cuo, Fengge Su, Fan Zhang et al.
Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-20-0207.1 · Citations: 134
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, streamflow, land surface model, hydropower, earth system model
Abstract Monitoring changes in river runoff at the Third Pole (TP) is important because rivers in this region support millions of inhabitants in Asia and are very sensitive to climate change. Under the influence of climate change and intensified cryospheric melt, river runoff has changed markedly at the TP, with significant effects on the spatial and temporal water resource distribution that threaten water supply and food security for people living downstream. Despite some in situ observation…
Spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall and its association with Pacific Ocean Sea surface temperature in West Harerge Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
Authors: Getachew Bayable, Gedamu Amare, Getnet Yirga Alemu, Temesgen Gashaw
Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH · DOI: 10.1186/s40068-020-00216-y · Citations: 105
Matched topics: hydropower, earth system model
Abstract Background Rainfall variability exceedingly affects agriculture in Ethiopia, particularly in the eastern region where rainfall is relatively scarce. Hence, understanding the spatiotemporal variability of rainfall is indispensable for planning mitigation measures during high and low rainfall seasons. This study examined the spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall in the West Harerge Zone, eastern Ethiopia. Method The coefficient of variation (CV) and standardized anomaly ind…
Sentinel-3 radar altimetry for river monitoring – a catchment-scale evaluation of satellite water surface elevation from Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B
Authors: Cécile Marie Margaretha Kittel, Liguang Jiang, Christian Tøttrup, Peter Bauer‐Gottwein
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-333-2021 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: hydrology, river, hydropower, surface water, earth system model
Abstract. Sentinel-3 is the first satellite altimetry mission to operate both in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mode and in open-loop tracking mode nearly globally. Both features are expected to improve the ability of the altimeters to observe inland water bodies. Additionally, the two-satellite constellation offers a unique compromise between spatial and temporal resolution with over 65 000 potential water targets sensed globally. In this study, we evaluate the possibility of extracting rive…
Secondary ice production in summer clouds over the Antarctic coast: an underappreciated process in atmospheric models
Authors: Georgia Sotiropoulou, Étienne Vignon, Gillian Young, Hugh Morrison, Sebastian O’Shea, Tom Lachlan‐Cope et al.
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-755-2021 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract. The correct representation of Antarctic clouds in atmospheric models is crucial for accurate projections of the future Antarctic climate. This is particularly true for summer clouds which play a critical role in the surface melting of the ice shelves in the vicinity of the Weddell Sea. The pristine atmosphere over the Antarctic coast is characterized by low concentrations of ice nucleating particles (INPs) which often result in the formation of supercooled liquid clouds. However, wh…
Predicting the Distribution of the Invasive Species Leptocybe invasa: Combining MaxEnt and Geodetector Models
Authors: Hua Zhang, Jinyue Song, Haoxiang Zhao, Ming Li, Wuhong Han
Journal: Insects · DOI: 10.3390/insects12020092 · Citations: 80
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
in China will be located in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan. They tend to spread to high latitudes (Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and other regions).
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 20 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity
Authors: Martin Ehbrecht, Dominik Seidel, Peter Annighöfer, Holger Kreft, Michael Köhler, Delphine Clara Zemp et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20767-z · Citations: 332
Matched topics: earth system model
The complexity of forest structures plays a crucial role in regulating forest ecosystem functions and strongly influences biodiversity. Yet, knowledge of the global patterns and determinants of forest structural complexity remains scarce. Using a stand structural complexity index based on terrestrial laser scanning, we quantify the structural complexity of boreal, temperate, subtropical and tropical primary forests. We find that the global variation of forest structural complexity is largely …
Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides
Authors: Eric Agol, Caroline Dorn, Simon L. Grimm, Martin Turbet, Elsa Ducrot, L. Delrez et al.
Journal: The Planetary Science Journal · DOI: 10.3847/psj/abd022 · Citations: 315
Matched topics: surface water, earth system model
Abstract We have collected transit times for the TRAPPIST-1 system with the Spitzer Space Telescope over four years. We add to these ground-based, HST, and K2 transit-time measurements, and revisit an N -body dynamical analysis of the seven-planet system using our complete set of times from which we refine the mass ratios of the planets to the star. We next carry out a photodynamical analysis of the Spitzer light curves to derive the density of the host star and the planet densities. We find …
China’s plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide
Authors: Zongguo Wen, Yiling Xie, Muhan Chen, Christian Doh Dinga
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20741-9 · Citations: 309
Matched topics: earth system model
Since the late 1990s, the trend of plastic waste shipment from developed to developing countries has been increasing. In 2017, China announced an unprecedented ban on its import of most plastic waste, resulting in a sharp decline in global plastic waste trade flow and changes in the treatment structure of countries, whose impacts on global environmental sustainability are enormous but yet unexamined. Here, through the life cycle assessment (LCA) method, we quantified the environmental impacts…
Seasonal thermal energy storage: A techno-economic literature review
Authors: Tianrun Yang, Wen Liu, Gert Jan Kramer, Qie Sun
Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110732 · Citations: 297
Matched topics: seasonal
Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) holds great promise for storing summer heat for winter use. It allows renewable resources to meet the seasonal heat demand without resorting to fossil-based back up. This paper presents a techno-economic literature review of STES. Six STES technologies are reviewed and an overview of the representative projects is provided. The key project parameters and operation performances, including the main heat source fraction, storage efficiency, and energy densi…
Generating surface soil moisture at 30 m spatial resolution using both data fusion and machine learning toward better water resources management at the field scale
Authors: Ahmed Samir Abowarda, Liangliang Bai, Caijin Zhang, Di Long, Xueying Li, Qi Huang et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112301 · Citations: 270
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, water management, land surface model, surface water
Abstract not available.
Performance of large-scale irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Thomas Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari, Ralitza Dimova, Sarah Redicker, Timothy Foster
Journal: Nature Sustainability · DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00670-7 · Citations: 205
Matched topics: water management, hydropower, irrigation, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aura nitrogen dioxide standard product version 4.0 with improved surface and cloud treatments
Authors: Lok N. Lamsal, N. A. Krotkov, A. P. Vasilkov, С. В. Марченко, Wenhan Qin, Eun‐Su Yang et al.
Journal: Atmospheric measurement techniques · DOI: 10.5194/amt-14-455-2021 · Citations: 193
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model, earth system model
Abstract. We present a new and improved version (V4.0) of the NASA standard nitrogen dioxide (NO2) product from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. This version incorporates the most salient improvements for OMI NO2 products suggested by expert users and enhances the NO2 data quality in several ways through improvements to the air mass factors (AMFs) used in the retrieval algorithm. The algorithm is based on the geometry-dependent surface Lambertian equivalent reflect…
Short-Term Electricity Load Forecasting with Machine Learning
Authors: Ernesto Aguilar Madrid, Nuno António
Journal: Information · DOI: 10.3390/info12020050 · Citations: 189
Matched topics: streamflow, earth system model
An accurate short-term load forecasting (STLF) is one of the most critical inputs for power plant units’ planning commitment. STLF reduces the overall planning uncertainty added by the intermittent production of renewable sources; thus, it helps to minimize the hydrothermal electricity production costs in a power grid. Although there is some research in the field and even several research applications, there is a continual need to improve forecasts. This research proposes a set of machine lea…
Historical and Projected Changes in the Southern Hemisphere Surface Westerlies
Authors: Rishav Goyal, Alex Sen Gupta, Martin Jucker, Matthew H. England
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090849 · Citations: 183
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract The Southern Hemisphere (SH) surface westerlies fundamentally control regional patterns of air temperature, storm tracks, and precipitation while also regulating ocean circulation, heat transport and carbon uptake. Wind‐forced ocean perturbation experiments commonly apply idealized poleward wind shifts ranging between 0.5 and 10 degrees of latitude and wind intensification factors of between 10% and 300%. In addition, changes in winds are often prescribed ad hoc as a zonally uniform …
An integrated approach to quantifying uncertainties in the remaining carbon budget
Authors: H. Damon Matthews, Katarzyna Tokarska, Joeri Rogelj, Chris Smith, Andrew H. MacDougall, Karsten Haustein et al.
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-020-00064-9 · Citations: 147
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract The remaining carbon budget quantifies the future CO 2 emissions to limit global warming below a desired level. Carbon budgets are subject to uncertainty in the Transient Climate Response to Cumulative CO 2 Emissions (TCRE), as well as to non-CO 2 climate influences. Here we estimate the TCRE using observational constraints, and integrate the geophysical and socioeconomic uncertainties affecting the distribution of the remaining carbon budget. We estimate a median TCRE of 0.44 °C and…
Agroecology-based soil erosion assessment for better conservation planning in Ethiopian river basins
Authors: Ayele Almaw Fenta, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Mitsuru Tsubo, Hiroshi Yasuda, Takayuki Kawai et al.
Journal: Environmental Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110786 · Citations: 128
Matched topics: river, water management
(mean, by ca. 68%; range, 65-70%). Suitable land management practices in the Abay and Tekeze basins and Dega and Weyna Dega agroecologies, which experience particularly severe erosion, would account for ca. 50 and 70% of the estimated soil loss reduction, respectively. This study can help raise awareness among policy makers and land managers of the extent and severity of soil loss by water erosion for better conservation planning in river basins to support sustainable use of land and water re…
Renewable energy systems based on micro-hydro and solar photovoltaic for rural areas: A case study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Authors: Ramadoni Syahputra, Indah Soesanti
Journal: Energy Reports · DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.01.015 · Citations: 128
Matched topics: hydropower
This paper presents renewable energy systems based on micro-hydro and solar photovoltaic for rural areas, with a case study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The Special Region of Yogyakarta, located on the island of Java, Indonesia, has a high potential for the development of renewable energy resources, especially hydropower and solar power. Many rural areas in Yogyakarta lack a supply of electricity. In this study, data on the potential for hydropower and solar power in rural regions of Yogyakarta …
Decoupling economic growth from water consumption in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
Authors: Yang Kong, Weijun He, Liang Yuan, Zhaofang Zhang, Xin Gao, Yue Zhao et al.
Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107344 · Citations: 119
Matched topics: river
Decoupling economic growth (EG) from water consumption (WC) is crucial to regional sustainable development. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the spatial and temporal decoupling of WC and EG, and then to identify the feasible paths for achieving the desired level of decoupling. Firstly, this paper measures the WC of the provincial areas in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2004 to 2017 by using the water footprint (WF) method; Secondly, the decoupling analysis of WF and EG is ca…
Phthalates and non-phthalate plasticizers in Tunisian marine samples: Occurrence, spatial distribution and seasonal variation
Authors: Amel Jebara, Ambrogina Albergamo, Rossana Rando, Angela Giorgia Potortì, Vincenzo Lo Turco, Hédi Ben Mansour et al.
Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin · DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.111967 · Citations: 112
Matched topics: runoff, seasonal
Seawater, sediment, seagrass and fish from several sites along the Tunisian coast were monitored for several phthalate esters (PAEs) and non-phthalate plasticizers (NPPs) during 2018-2019. In water and sediment, NPPs were higher than PAEs, being di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP, 0.0717 and 4.59 μg/g), and di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHT, 0.634 and 2.42 μg/g) most abundant. As expected, sediments acted as a sink for plasticizers, thus revealing a stronger contamination than water. Seagras…
Technical Note: Improved partial wavelet coherency for understanding scale-specific and localized bivariate relationships in geosciences
Authors: Wei Hu, Bingcheng Si
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-321-2021 · Citations: 105
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow
Abstract. Bivariate wavelet coherency is a measure of correlation between two variables in the location–scale (spatial data) or time–frequency (time series) domain. It is particularly suited to geoscience, where relationships between multiple variables differ with locations (times) and/or scales (frequencies) because of the various processes involved. However, it is well-known that bivariate relationships can be misleading when both variables are dependent on other variables. Partial wavelet …
Uncertainty analysis of eleven multisource soil moisture products in the third pole environment based on the three-corned hat method
Authors: Jin Liu, Linna Chai, Jianzhi Dong, Donghai Zheng, Jean‐Pierre Wigneron, Shaomin Liu et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112225 · Citations: 97
Matched topics: land surface model
Abstract not available.
Health risks of arsenic buildup in soil and food crops after wastewater irrigation
Authors: Natasha Natasha, Muhammad Shahid, Sana Khalid, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Behzad Murtaza, Naveed Ahmad et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145266 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
A highly agricultural river network in Jurong Reservoir watershed as significant CO2 and CH4 sources
Authors: Qitao Xiao, Zhenghua Hu, Cheng Hu, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Hang Bian, Shutao Chen et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144558 · Citations: 79
Matched topics: river, reservoir
Abstract not available.
Evaluation of urban water ecological civilization: A case study of three urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China
Authors: Pei Tian, Huaqing Wu, Tiantian Yang, Faliang Jiang, Wenjie Zhang, Zhanliang Zhu et al.
Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107351 · Citations: 77
Matched topics: river, water management
Urbanization and economic development pose a challenge to the water ecological environment of cities. “Ecological Civilization” is a term that demonstrates the strategy to achieve the win-win goal of economic development and eco-environment protection. “Water Ecological Civilization” is a vital part of “Ecological Civilization”. This paper introduced a composite index to characterize the Urban Water Ecological Civilization (UWEC) and established an evaluation index system for UWEC based on a …
A Deep-Learning-Based Approach for Reservoir Production Forecast under Uncertainty
Authors: Zhi Zhong, Alexander Y. Sun, Bo Ren, Yanyong Wang
Journal: SPE Journal · DOI: 10.2118/205000-pa · Citations: 77
Matched topics: reservoir
Summary This paper presents a deep-learning-based proxy modeling approach to efficiently forecast reservoir pressure and fluid saturation in heterogeneous reservoirs during waterflooding. The proxy model is built on a recently developed deep-learning framework, the coupled generative adversarial network (Co-GAN), to learn the joint distribution of multidomain high-dimensional image data. In our formulation, the inputs include reservoir static properties (permeability), injection rates, and fo…
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| Rejected (not relevant) | 621 |
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| Ecological Indicators | 3 |
| Science Bulletin | 2 |
| Journal of Environmental Management | 2 |
| Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 2 |
| Nature Climate Change | 2 |
| Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 2 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 2 |
| Geophysical Research Letters | 2 |
| Hydrology and earth system sciences | 2 |
| Remote Sensing of Environment | 2 |
| The Science of The Total Environment | 2 |
| International Journal of Climatology | 1 |
| Weather Climate and Society | 1 |
| Plant Physiology and Biochemistry | 1 |
| Scientia Horticulturae | 1 |
| Agricultural Systems | 1 |
| Water Resources Research | 1 |
| Nature | 1 |
| Science Advances | 1 |
| Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 1 |
| Field Crops Research | 1 |
| Natural hazards and earth system sciences | 1 |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH | 1 |
| Insects | 1 |
| The Planetary Science Journal | 1 |
| Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 1 |
| Nature Sustainability | 1 |
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| Communications Earth & Environment | 1 |
| Environmental Research | 1 |
| Energy Reports | 1 |
| Marine Pollution Bulletin | 1 |
| SPE Journal | 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
Databases: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex