Weekly Literature Review

Week 28 · July 10–July 16, 2023

50 relevant papers found across 6 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s review covers 50 papers across 6 themes. The most cited paper examines Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs, with 378 citations. Key research areas include climate change and terrestrial water storage, flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation, machine learning and ai for hydrological prediction.


Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage
    1. Soil moisture−atmosphere feedbacks have triggered the shifts from drought to pluvial conditions since 1980
    2. Global climate-change trends detected in indicators of ocean ecology
    3. The impacts of climate change on biodiversity loss and its remedial measures using nature based conservation approach: a global perspective
    4. Coupling effects of irrigation amount and fertilization rate on yield, quality, water and fertilizer use efficiency of different potato varieties in Northwest China
    5. Floods and droughts: a multivariate perspective
    6. GRiMeDB: the Global River Methane Database of concentrations and fluxes
    7. A dryness index TSWDI based on land surface temperature, sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, and water balance
    8. High-resolution CMIP6 climate projections for Ethiopia using the gridded statistical downscaling method
    9. Renewable energy, GDP and CO2 emissions in high-globalized countries
    10. Carbon starvation following a decade of experimental drought consumes old reserves in Pinus edulis
    11. Declining resistance of vegetation productivity to droughts across global biomes
    12. Climate change impacts on eutrophication in the Po River (Italy): Temperature-mediated reduction in nitrogen export but no effect on phosphorus
    13. Precipitation and vegetation transpiration variations dominate the dynamics of agricultural drought characteristics in China
    14. Review and Perspectives of Energy-Efficient Methane Production from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using Carbon Dioxide Exchange Technology
    15. The fully coupled regionally refined model of E3SM version 2: overview of the atmosphere, land, and river results
    16. MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era
    17. A novel comprehensive agricultural drought index accounting for precipitation, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture
    18. Energy security dilemma and energy transition policy in the context of climate change: A perspective from China
    19. The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure
    20. The Future of European Beech in Northern Germany—Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Potential
    21. The impact of climate change on economic growth: Evidence from a panel of Asian countries
    22. Changes in atmospheric circulation and evapotranspiration are reducing rainfall in the Brazilian Cerrado
  3. Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation
    1. A global database of historic glacier lake outburst floods
    2. Evaluation of urban flood resilience and its Space-Time Evolution: A case study of Zhejiang Province, China
    3. Flood susceptibility mapping of Kathmandu metropolitan city using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis
    4. A hybrid of ensemble machine learning models with RFE and Boruta wrapper-based algorithms for flash flood susceptibility assessment
    5. Landslides triggered by an extraordinary rainfall event in Central Italy on September 15, 2022
    6. A novel approach for assessing flood risk with machine learning and multi-criteria decision-making methods
    7. A GIS-Based Evacuation Route Planning in Flood-Susceptible Area of Siraha Municipality, Nepal
  4. Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction
    1. Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems
    2. Remote estimates of suspended particulate matter in global lakes using machine learning models
    3. Assessing Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Urban Heat Island Intensification: A Case Study of Kamrup Metropolitan District, Northeast India (2000–2032)
    4. Scalable graphene sensor array for real-time toxins monitoring in flowing water
    5. Cross-Validation Strategy Impacts the Performance and Interpretation of Machine Learning Models
    6. Predictive modeling and analysis of key drivers of groundwater nitrate pollution based on machine learning
    7. Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency with IoT and Machine Learning: A Transfer Learning Approach for Accurate Soil Moisture Prediction
    8. Impact of misclassified defective proviruses on HIV reservoir measurements
    9. Leveraging Machine Learning based Ensemble Time Series Prediction Model for Rainfall Using SVM, KNN and Advanced ARIMA+ E-GARCH
  5. Hydropower and Renewable Energy-Water Systems
    1. Feasibility study of solar photovoltaic/grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system with pumped storage hydropower system using abandoned open cast coal mine: A case study in India
  6. Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater
    1. Effect and genesis of soil nitrogen loading and hydrogeological conditions on the distribution of shallow groundwater nitrogen pollution in the North China Plain
    2. Evaluation of water resources carrying capacity in Tarim River Basin under game theory combination weights
  7. Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing
    1. Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs
    2. Agricultural pesticide land budget and river discharge to oceans
    3. Landslide Susceptibility Assessment for Maragheh County, Iran, Using the Logistic Regression Algorithm
    4. Robustness of gridded precipitation products for vietnam basins using the comprehensive assessment framework of rainfall
    5. Water use strategy of nitraria tangutorum shrubs in ecological water delivery area of the lower inland river: Based on stable isotope data
    6. Remote sensing-enabled machine learning for river water quality modeling under multidimensional uncertainty
    7. Urbanization and population resources affect microplastic concentration in surface water of the River Ganga
    8. Terrestrial and groundwater storage characteristics and their quantification in the Chitral (Pakistan) and Kabul (Afghanistan) river basins using GRACE/GRACE-FO satellite data
    9. Priority control sequence of 34 typical pollutants in effluents of Chinese wastewater treatment plants
  8. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  9. Filtering Criteria

Climate Change and Terrestrial Water Storage

This week features 22 papers examining the intersection of climate change and terrestrial water dynamics. Studies investigate water storage changes, drought mechanisms and projections, vegetation-water interactions, and Earth system model uncertainties. Key contributions address large-scale water storage trends, land-atmosphere coupling effects on drought onset, and methods for characterizing future drought under climate change scenarios.

Soil moisture−atmosphere feedbacks have triggered the shifts from drought to pluvial conditions since 1980

Authors: Y. Qing, Shuo Wang, Zong‐Liang Yang, P. Gentine

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00922-2 · Citations: 98

Matched topics: drought

Drought and pluvial transitions have attracted widespread attention. However, the dynamic evolution and underlying mechanisms of drought and pluvial transitions remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that there is a significant increase in the occurrence of drought and pluvial transitions (0.24−1.03% per year) globally during 1980−2020. We use convergent cross mapping to detect causal relationships between time series variables in the climate system and find that drought and pluvial t…


Authors: B. B. Cael, Kelsey Bisson, Emmanuel Boss, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Stephanie Henson

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06321-z · Citations: 99

Matched topics: climate change

, which suggests that our observed trends indicate shifts in ocean colour-and, by extension, in surface-ocean ecosystems-that are driven by climate change. On the whole, low-latitude oceans have become greener in the past 20 years.


The impacts of climate change on biodiversity loss and its remedial measures using nature based conservation approach: a global perspective

Authors: Kelemu Wudu, Assefa Abegaz, Linger Ayele, Mussie Ybabe

Journal: Biodiversity and Conservation · DOI: 10.1007/s10531-023-02656-1 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Coupling effects of irrigation amount and fertilization rate on yield, quality, water and fertilizer use efficiency of different potato varieties in Northwest China

Authors: Fan Zhang, Mengru Chen, Jintao Fu, Xiangzhu Zhang, Yuan Li, Ya-Ting Shao et al.

Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108446 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: water management, irrigation

Water shortage, excessive fertilization and improper variety selection have seriously restricted the sustainable development of potato in Northwest China. Two-year field experiments were conducted in 2021 and 2022 to explore the effects of irrigation amount and fertilizer application rate on the growth, yield, nutrient uptake, quality, water, and fertilizer use efficiency, soil enzyme activity and economic benefits of different potato varieties. Three irrigation levels were W1 (100% crop evap…


Floods and droughts: a multivariate perspective

Authors: Manuela I. Brunner

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-27-2479-2023 · Citations: 42

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, flood, drought

Abstract. Multivariate or compound hydrological-extreme events such as successive floods, large-scale droughts, or consecutive drought-to-flood events challenge water management and can be particularly impactful. Still, the multivariate nature of floods and droughts is often ignored by studying individual characteristics only, which can lead to the under- or overestimation of risk. Studying multivariate extremes is challenging because of variable dependencies and because they are even less ab…


GRiMeDB: the Global River Methane Database of concentrations and fluxes

Authors: Emily H. Stanley, Luke C. Loken, Nora J. Casson, Samantha K. Oliver, Ryan A. Sponseller, Marcus B. Wallin et al.

Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-2879-2023 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: river, hydropower

Abstract. Despite their small spatial extent, fluvial ecosystems play a significant role in processing and transporting carbon in aquatic networks, which results in substantial emission of methane (CH4) into the atmosphere. For this reason, considerable effort has been put into identifying patterns and drivers of CH4 concentrations in streams and rivers and estimating fluxes to the atmosphere across broad spatial scales. However, progress toward these ends has been slow because of pronounced …


A dryness index TSWDI based on land surface temperature, sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, and water balance

Authors: Ying Liu, Xiangyu Yu, Chaoya Dang, Hui Yue, Xu Wang, Hongbo Niu et al.

Journal: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.07.005 · Citations: 61

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract not available.


High-resolution CMIP6 climate projections for Ethiopia using the gridded statistical downscaling method

Authors: Fasil Mequanint Rettie, Sebastian Gayler, Tobias K. D. Weber, Kindie Tesfaye, Thilo Streck

Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02337-2 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow

High-resolution climate model projections for a range of emission scenarios are needed for designing regional and local adaptation strategies and planning in the context of climate change. To this end, the future climate simulations of global circulation models (GCMs) are the main sources of critical information. However, these simulations are not only coarse in resolution but also associated with biases and high uncertainty. To make the simulations useful for impact modeling at regional and …


Renewable energy, GDP and CO2 emissions in high-globalized countries

Authors: Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, Raufhon Salahodjaev

Journal: Frontiers in Energy Research · DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2023.1123269 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: hydropower

Introduction: Policymakers devote significant efforts to decrease CO 2 emissions, as climate change has Q7 numerous adverse impacts on society. While the global level of CO 2 emissions has been gradually rising since the 1990s, the highest growth was observed in low- and middle-income economies. This study differs from nascent research as it fills the gap by exploring the GDP-energy-CO 2 emissions nexus for the top 50 highly globalized countries under analysis. Our study explores the multidim…


Carbon starvation following a decade of experimental drought consumes old reserves in Pinus edulis

Authors: Drew Peltier, Mariah S. Carbone, C. David McIntire, N. Robertson, R. Alex Thompson, Shealyn C. Malone et al.

Journal: New Phytologist · DOI: 10.1111/nph.19119 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: drought

C) along with a suite of ecophysiological metrics in Pinus edulis trees experiencing either extreme short-term drought (-90% ambient precipitation plot, 2020-2021) or a decade of severe drought (-45% plot, 2010-2021). We tested the hypothesis that carbon starvation - consumption exceeding synthesis and storage - increases the age of sapwood NSC. One year of extreme drought had no impact on NSC pool size or age, despite significant reductions in predawn water potential, photosynthetic rates/ca…


Declining resistance of vegetation productivity to droughts across global biomes

Authors: Zhibin Liu, Junyue Zhu, Jianyang Xia, Kun Huang

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109602 · Citations: 51

Matched topics: drought, earth system model

Abstract not available.


Climate change impacts on eutrophication in the Po River (Italy): Temperature-mediated reduction in nitrogen export but no effect on phosphorus

Authors: Elisa Soana, Maria Pia Gervasio, Tommaso Granata, Daniela Colombo, Giuseppe Castaldelli

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.07.008 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydrology, river, streamflow, climate change

Rivers worldwide are under stress from eutrophication and nitrate pollution, but the ecological consequences overlap with climate change, and the resulting interactions may be unexpected and still unexplored. The Po River basin (northern Italy) is one of the most agriculturally productive and densely populated areas in Europe. It remains unclear whether the climate change impacts on the thermal and hydrological regimes are already affecting nutrient dynamics and transport to coastal areas. Th…


Precipitation and vegetation transpiration variations dominate the dynamics of agricultural drought characteristics in China

Authors: Wenwen Guo, Shengzhi Huang, Qiang Huang, Dunxian She, Haiyun Shi, Guoyong Leng et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165480 · Citations: 55

Matched topics: drought

Agricultural drought posing a significant threat to agricultural production is subject to the complex influence of ocean, terrestrial and meteorological multi-factors. Nevertheless, which factor dominating the dynamics of agricultural drought characteristics and their dynamic impact remain equivocal. To address this knowledge gap, we used ERA5 soil moisture to calculate the standardized soil moisture index (SSI) to characterize agricultural drought. The extreme gradient boosting model was the…


Review and Perspectives of Energy-Efficient Methane Production from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using Carbon Dioxide Exchange Technology

Authors: I. H. Wilson, Sweta Saini, Hari Sreenivasan, Chandan Sahu, Shanker Krishna, Pawan Gupta

Journal: Energy & Fuels · DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00715 · Citations: 52

Matched topics: reservoir

Natural gas hydrates are unconventional abundant hydrocarbon energy resources that can guarantee energy sustainability with little environmental impact. The solid nature of the resource, distinct thermodynamic characteristics, and accumulations at shallow depths make the existing conventional production techniques unviable. Among all the currently explored production techniques, the hydrate-based carbon capture and sequestration (HBCCS) technique is expected to improve production, proven to b…


The fully coupled regionally refined model of E3SM version 2: overview of the atmosphere, land, and river results

Authors: Qi Tang, Jean‐Christophe Golaz, Luke Van Roekel, Mark A. Taylor, Wuyin Lin, Benjamin Hillman et al.

Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-16-3953-2023 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, earth system model

Abstract. This paper provides an overview of the United States (US) Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 2 (E3SMv2) fully coupled regionally refined model (RRM) and documents the overall atmosphere, land, and river results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) DECK (Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Characterization of Klima) and historical simulations – a first-of-its-kind set of climate production simulations using RRM. The North American (NA…


MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era

Authors: Amber Wutich, Patrick Thomson, Wendy Jepson, Justin Stoler, Alicia Dailey Cooperman, James Doss‐Gollin et al.

Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water · DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1680 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: water management, climate change

Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunding, is increasingly testing the limits of-and reversing gains made by-these large-scale water systems. To address these growing strains and gaps, we must assess and advance alternatives to centralized water provision and sanitation. The water literature is rife with examples of systems that are neither centralized nor…


A novel comprehensive agricultural drought index accounting for precipitation, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture

Authors: Cuiping Yang, Changhong Liu, Yuhui Gu, Yongqiang Wang, Xuguang Xing, Xiaoyi Ma

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110593 · Citations: 44

Matched topics: drought, irrigation

Univariate drought indices do not reflect the integrated process through which droughts develop and occur. Therefore, developing a multivariate drought index that accounts for precipitation, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture is crucial for comprehensive drought prediction and evaluation. In this study, a comprehensive agricultural drought index (CADI) was developed using a combination of five commonly used binary copulas by considering evapotranspiration factors based on the Multivariate …


Energy security dilemma and energy transition policy in the context of climate change: A perspective from China

Authors: Fengyun Li, Junxia Zhang, Xingmei Li

Journal: Energy Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113624 · Citations: 48

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


The silent impact of underground climate change on civil infrastructure

Authors: Alessandro F. Rotta Loria

Journal: Communications Engineering · DOI: 10.1038/s44172-023-00092-1 · Citations: 43

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Urban areas increasingly suffer from subsurface heat islands: an underground climate change responsible for environmental, public health, and transportation issues. Soils, rocks, and construction materials deform under the influence of temperature variations and excessive deformations can affect the performance of civil infrastructure. Here I explore if ground deformations caused by subsurface heat islands might affect civil infrastructure. The Chicago Loop district is used as a case…


The Future of European Beech in Northern Germany—Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Potential

Authors: Christoph Leuschner, Greta Weithmann, Banzragch Bat‐Enerel, Robert Weigel

Journal: Forests · DOI: 10.3390/f14071448 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: climate change

Earth’s forests are increasingly exposed to climate risks through climate change-related drought and heat waves. Here, we review the climate vulnerability of European beech (Fagus sylvatica), the most abundant tree species of Central Europe’s temperate forests, and its adaptation potential to a hotter and drier climate in northern Germany, close to the center of the species’ distribution range. About two-thirds of the studied beech forests show persistent negative growth trends of their domin…


The impact of climate change on economic growth: Evidence from a panel of Asian countries

Authors: Zakariya Farajzadeh, Effat Ghorbanian, Mohammad Hassan Tarazkar

Journal: Environmental Development · DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100898 · Citations: 40

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.


Changes in atmospheric circulation and evapotranspiration are reducing rainfall in the Brazilian Cerrado

Authors: Gabriel Selbach Hofmann, Rafael César Silva, E. J. Weber, Alexandre Augusto Barbosa, Luiz Flamarion Barbosa de Oliveira, Ruy José Válka Alves et al.

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38174-x · Citations: 39

Matched topics: streamflow

Here we analyze the trends of rainfall and the frequency of rainy days over the Brazilian Cerrado between 1960 and 2021 in four distinct periods according to the seasonal patterns over the region. We also evaluated trends in evapotranspiration, atmospheric pressure, winds, and atmospheric humidity over the Cerrado to elucidate the possible reasons for the detected trends. We recorded a significant reduction in rainfall and frequency of rainy days in the northern and central Cerrado regions fo…


Flood Risk Assessment and Extreme Precipitation

Flood risk assessment and extreme precipitation research are well represented this week with 7 papers advancing methodologies for flood susceptibility mapping, early warning systems, and resilience evaluation. Multiple studies employ GIS-based multi-criteria approaches and machine learning methods for spatial flood hazard assessment across diverse regions. Research also addresses the social dimensions of flood preparedness and strategic planning for flood mitigation.

A global database of historic glacier lake outburst floods

Authors: Natalie Lützow, Georg Veh, Oliver Korup

Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-2983-2023 · Citations: 81

Matched topics: flood

Abstract. Ongoing atmospheric warming has accelerated glacier mass loss in many mountain regions worldwide. Glacier lakes trap part of the glacial meltwater and have increased by about 50 % in number and area since the 1990s. Some of these glacier lakes may empty catastrophically and pose hazards to mountain communities, infrastructure, and habitats. Such glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) have caused millions of dollars of damages and fatalities and are one of many concerns about future ch…


Evaluation of urban flood resilience and its Space-Time Evolution: A case study of Zhejiang Province, China

Authors: Feifeng Cao, Xinfa Xu, Conglin Zhang, Weibo Kong

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110643 · Citations: 76

Matched topics: flood

Urban floods have become increasingly frequent in recent years, highlighting the need for resilience evaluation and the identification of strategies to improve urban flood resilience. In this study, a system of resilience evaluation indicators is proposed to quantitatively evaluate the level of urban flood resilience. The entropy method used to calculate the resilience index and the space–time permutation scan method used to analyze the space–time aggregation characteristics of urban resilien…


Flood susceptibility mapping of Kathmandu metropolitan city using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis

Authors: Deepak Chaulagain, Parshu Ram Rimal, Same Noel Ngando, Benyoh Emmanuel Kigha Nsafon, Dongjun Suh, Jeung-Soo Huh

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110653 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: hydrology, flood

Floods are among the most severe hazards around the world triggered by climate change, threatening environmental sustainability, economies, and ecological cycles and damaging infrastructure and causing loss of lives. We aimed to prepare a flood susceptibility map of Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC) and identify the most flood-susceptible local administrative unit using a multi-criteria decision analysis model, including the analytical hierarchical process and weighted linear combination in g…


A hybrid of ensemble machine learning models with RFE and Boruta wrapper-based algorithms for flash flood susceptibility assessment

Authors: Alireza Habibi, M. R. Delavar, Mohammad Sadegh Sadeghian, Borzoo Nazari, Saied Pirasteh

Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103401 · Citations: 64

Matched topics: flood

Flash floods are among the world most destructive natural disasters, and developing optimum hybrid Machine Learning (ML) models for flash flood susceptibility (FFS) modeling remains a challenge. This study proposed novel intelligence algorithms based on a hybrid of several ensemble ML models (i.e., Bagged Flexible Discriminant Analysis (BAFDA), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XBG), Rotation Forest (ROF) and Boosted Generalized Additive Model (BGAM)) and wrapper-based factor optimization algorithms…


Landslides triggered by an extraordinary rainfall event in Central Italy on September 15, 2022

Authors: Marco Donnini, Michele Santangelo, Stefano Luigi Gariano, Francesco Bucci, Silvia Peruccacci, Massimiliano Alvioli et al.

Journal: Landslides · DOI: 10.1007/s10346-023-02109-4 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract Timely and systematic collection of landslide information after a triggering event is pivotal for the definition of landslide trends in response to climate change. On September 15, 2022, a large part of central Italy, particularly Marche and Umbria regions, was struck by an anomalous rainfall event that showed characteristics of a persistent convective system. An extraordinary cumulated rainfall of 419 mm was recorded by a rain gauge in the area in only 9 h. The rainfall triggered 16…


A novel approach for assessing flood risk with machine learning and multi-criteria decision-making methods

Authors: Sharareh Rashidi Shikhteymour, Moslem Borji, Mehdi Bagheri‐Gavkosh, Ehsan Azimi, Timothy W. Collins

Journal: Applied Geography · DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103035 · Citations: 45

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.


A GIS-Based Evacuation Route Planning in Flood-Susceptible Area of Siraha Municipality, Nepal

Authors: Gaurav Parajuli, Shankar Neupane, Sandeep Kunwar, Ramesh Adhikari, Tri Dev Acharya

Journal: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information · DOI: 10.3390/ijgi12070286 · Citations: 34

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, flood

Flood is one of the most frequently occurring and devastating disasters in Nepal. Several locations in Nepal are at high risk of flood, which requires proper guidance on early warning and safe evacuation of people to emergency locations through optimal routes to minimize fatalities. However, the information is limited to flood hazard mapping only. This study provides a comprehensive flood susceptibility and evacuation route mapping in the Siraha Municipality of Nepal where a lot of flood even…


Machine Learning and AI for Hydrological Prediction

This week’s 9 papers demonstrate continued momentum in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to hydrological prediction challenges. Contributions span groundwater level forecasting, streamflow prediction, river flow modeling, and physics-informed approaches that integrate domain knowledge with data-driven methods. Notable advances include uncertainty quantification in ML predictions and optimization of model architectures for improved hydrological forecasting.

Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems

Authors: Paul Veers, Carlo L. Bottasso, Lance Manuel, Jonathan Naughton, Lucy Y. Pao, Joshua Paquette et al.

Journal: Wind energy science · DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-1071-2023 · Citations: 183

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract. Wind energy is foundational for achieving 100 % renewable electricity production, and significant innovation is required as the grid expands and accommodates hybrid plant systems, energy-intensive products such as fuels, and a transitioning transportation sector. The sizable investments required for wind power plant development and integration make the financial and operational risks of change very high in all applications but especially offshore. Dependence on a high level of model…


Remote estimates of suspended particulate matter in global lakes using machine learning models

Authors: Zhidan Wen, Qiang Wang, Yue Ma, Pierre André Jacinthe, Ge Liu, Sijia Li et al.

Journal: International Soil and Water Conservation Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.07.002 · Citations: 95

Matched topics: land surface model

Suspended particulate matter (SPM) in lakes exerts strong impact on light propagation, aquatic ecosystem productivity, which co-varies with nutrients, heavy metal and micro-pollutant in waters. In lakes, SPM exerts strong absorption and backscattering, ultimately affects water leaving signals that can be detected by satellite sensors. Simple regression models based on specific band or hand ratios have been widely used for SPM estimate in the past with moderate accuracy. There are still rooms …


Assessing Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Urban Heat Island Intensification: A Case Study of Kamrup Metropolitan District, Northeast India (2000–2032)

Authors: Upasana Choudhury, Suraj Kumar Singh, A. S. Kiran Kumar, Gowhar Meraj, Pankaj Kumar, Shruti Kanga

Journal: Earth · DOI: 10.3390/earth4030026 · Citations: 69

Matched topics: land surface model

Amid global concerns regarding climate change and urbanization, understanding the interplay between land use/land cover (LULC) changes, the urban heat island (UHI) effect, and land surface temperatures (LST) is paramount. This study provides an in-depth exploration of these relationships in the context of the Kamrup Metropolitan District, Northeast India, over a period of 22 years (2000–2022) and forecasts the potential implications up to 2032. Employing a high-accuracy supervised machine lea…


Scalable graphene sensor array for real-time toxins monitoring in flowing water

Authors: Arnab Maity, Hongting Pu, Xiaoyu Sui, Jingbo Chang, Kai J. Bottum, Bing Jin et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39701-0 · Citations: 68

Matched topics: water management

Risk management for drinking water often requires continuous monitoring of various toxins in flowing water. While they can be readily integrated with existing water infrastructure, two-dimensional (2D) electronic sensors often suffer from device-to-device variations due to the lack of an effective strategy for identifying faulty devices from preselected uniform devices based on electronic properties alone, resulting in sensor inaccuracy and thus slowing down their real-world applications. Her…


Cross-Validation Strategy Impacts the Performance and Interpretation of Machine Learning Models

Authors: Lily‐belle Sweet, Christoph Müller, Mohit Anand, Jakob Zscheischler

Journal: Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1175/aies-d-23-0026.1 · Citations: 57

Matched topics: hydrology

Abstract Machine learning algorithms are able to capture complex, nonlinear, interacting relationships and are increasingly used to predict agricultural yield variability at regional and national scales. Using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods applied to such algorithms may enable better scientific understanding of drivers of yield variability. However, XAI methods may provide misleading results when applied to spatiotemporal correlated datasets. In this study, machine learnin…


Predictive modeling and analysis of key drivers of groundwater nitrate pollution based on machine learning

Authors: Yuandong Deng, Xueyan Ye, Xinqiang Du

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129934 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.


Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency with IoT and Machine Learning: A Transfer Learning Approach for Accurate Soil Moisture Prediction

Authors: Srinivasa Rao Burri, D. K. Agarwal, Narayan Vyas, Ronak Duggar

Journal: 2023 World Conference on Communication & Computing (WCONF) · DOI: 10.1109/WCONF58270.2023.10235220 · Citations: 47

Matched topics: irrigation

This research aims to develop a Machine Learning model for predicting soil moisture levels, which may be used to construct smart irrigation systems. The model was evaluated and trained using data from the “Smart Irrigation System Dataset” made publicly available by the University of California, Irvine. A transfer-learned ResNet50 model is evaluated using various classification measures like accuracy, recall, precision, and area under the ROC curve (AUC). The proposed model has an AUC of 0.95,…


Impact of misclassified defective proviruses on HIV reservoir measurements

Authors: Daniel B. Reeves, Christian Gaebler, Thiago Y. Oliveira, Michael J. Peluso, Joshua T. Schiffer, Lillian B. Cohn et al.

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39837-z · Citations: 41

Matched topics: reservoir

Most proviruses persisting in people living with HIV (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are defective. However, rarer intact proviruses almost always reinitiate viral rebound if ART stops. Therefore, assessing therapies to prevent viral rebound hinges on specifically quantifying intact proviruses. We evaluated the same samples from 10 male PWH on ART using the two-probe intact proviral DNA assay (IPDA) and near full length (nfl) Q4PCR. Both assays admitted similar ratios of intact to total…


Leveraging Machine Learning based Ensemble Time Series Prediction Model for Rainfall Using SVM, KNN and Advanced ARIMA+ E-GARCH

Authors: C. Nagesh, Koushik Reddy Chaganti, Sathvik Reddy Chaganti, Shaik Khaleelullah, P. Naresh, Muhammad Hussan

Journal: International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication · DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc.v11i7s.7010 · Citations: 40

Matched topics: runoff

Today’s precipitation is growing increasingly variable, making forecasting increasingly difficult. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) currently employs Composite and Stochastic approaches to forecast spring storm precipitation in Asia. As a corollary, planners are unlikely to predict the macroeconomic effects of disasters (due to excessive precipitation) or famine (less precipitation). The amount of precipitation that drops dependent on a variety of factors, including the temperature …


Hydropower and Renewable Energy-Water Systems

The integration of hydropower with renewable energy systems is addressed by 1 papers this week, focusing on optimal capacity configuration, generation prediction, and climate change adaptation strategies for hybrid energy-water systems. Studies demonstrate the complementary potential of hydro-wind-solar systems and explore machine learning approaches for hydropower generation forecasting.

Feasibility study of solar photovoltaic/grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system with pumped storage hydropower system using abandoned open cast coal mine: A case study in India

Authors: Ambati Bhimaraju, Aeidapu Mahesh, Joshi Sukhdev Nirbheram

Journal: Journal of Energy Storage · DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.108206 · Citations: 41

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract not available.


Water Management, Irrigation, and Groundwater

Water management research this week spans 2 papers covering integrated water resources management, irrigation scheduling, groundwater monitoring, and water-energy-food nexus analyses. Studies range from global-scale assessments to site-specific irrigation optimization, with particular attention to satellite-based monitoring of water use and land subsidence from groundwater extraction.

Effect and genesis of soil nitrogen loading and hydrogeological conditions on the distribution of shallow groundwater nitrogen pollution in the North China Plain

Authors: Qiwen Xia, Jiangtao He, Baonan He, Yanjia Chu, Wei Li, Jichao Sun et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120346 · Citations: 60

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract not available.


Evaluation of water resources carrying capacity in Tarim River Basin under game theory combination weights

Authors: Qiongsa Li, Zihan Liu, Yuhui Yang, Yu Han, Xingpeng Wang

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110609 · Citations: 53

Matched topics: river, water management

As a basic resource, water resources are the controlling element of ecological environment construction and are vital to social development and human survival. Water resources carrying capacity is an important criterion to measure the harmony of ecology, society, economy and resources in the region. The increasing contradiction of water resources in the Tarim River Basin of Xinjiang has restricted the rigid constraints of water resources in various fields of economic and social development. I…


Hydrological Processes, Snow Dynamics, and Remote Sensing

This theme encompasses 9 papers advancing understanding of hydrological processes through field observations, modeling, and remote sensing. Research covers snow distribution and dynamics in cold regions, forest-hydrology interactions, land use change impacts on river systems, rainfall-runoff modeling uncertainty, and satellite-based monitoring of terrestrial water resources.

Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs

Authors: Veronica Nava, Sudeep Chandra, Julian Aherne, María Belén Alfonso, Ana Maria Geraldes, Katrin Attermeyer et al.

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06168-4 · Citations: 378

Matched topics: hydrology, reservoir

Abstract not available.


Agricultural pesticide land budget and river discharge to oceans

Authors: F. Maggi, F. Tang, F. Tubiello

Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06296-x · Citations: 180

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.


Landslide Susceptibility Assessment for Maragheh County, Iran, Using the Logistic Regression Algorithm

Authors: Ahmed Cemiloglu, Li-Cai Zhu, Agab Bakheet Mohammednour, Mohammad Azarafza, Yaser A. Nanehkaran

Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land12071397 · Citations: 112

Matched topics: hydrology

Landslide susceptibility assessment is the globally approved procedure to prepare geo-hazard maps of landslide-prone areas, which are highly used in urban management and minimizing the possible disasters due to landslides. Multiple approaches to providing susceptibility maps for landslides have one specification. Logistic regression is a statistical-based model that investigates the probabilities of the events which is received extensive success in landslide susceptibility assessment. The pre…


Robustness of gridded precipitation products for vietnam basins using the comprehensive assessment framework of rainfall

Authors: Thanh‐Nhan‐Duc Tran, Manh‐Hung Le, Runze Zhang, Binh Quang Nguyen, John Bolten, V. Lakshmi

Journal: Atmospheric Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106923 · Citations: 83

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow

The use of satellite–based precipitation products (SPPs) have become increasingly prevalent as key inputs to provide regional rainfall for improving hydrological simulations in data–spare regions. This study introduces a new approach – Comprehensive Assessment Framework of Rainfall (CAFR) to evaluate six satellite–based precipitation products (SPPs) for eleven basins with different sizes across Vietnam (2007–2015). These SPPs include the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Integrated Multi-sat…


Water use strategy of nitraria tangutorum shrubs in ecological water delivery area of the lower inland river: Based on stable isotope data

Authors: Dongdong Qiu, Guofeng Zhu, Mohd Aadil Bhat, Lei Wang, Yuwei Liu, Liyuan Sang et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129918 · Citations: 65

Matched topics: river, water management

Abstract not available.


Remote sensing-enabled machine learning for river water quality modeling under multidimensional uncertainty

Authors: Saiful Haque Rahat, Todd Steissberg, Won Chang, Xi Chen, Garima Mandavya, Jacob Tracy et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165504 · Citations: 56

Matched topics: river, land surface model, surface water

Abstract not available.


Urbanization and population resources affect microplastic concentration in surface water of the River Ganga

Authors: Kumar Rajan, Faiyaz A. Khudsar, Ram Kumar

Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances · DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100342 · Citations: 59

Matched topics: river, surface water

Microplastic (MP) pollution has received increasing attention as a serious threat to aquatic ecosystem. The River Ganga is one of the longest rivers in India and supports an enormous species diversity. The major Indian cities situated on its bank discharge untreated domestic and industrial waste in River Ganga and are largely responsible for generating MPs. Every day millions of people use the river recreationally, for bathing and for drinking water. This study is the first to elucidate the d…


Terrestrial and groundwater storage characteristics and their quantification in the Chitral (Pakistan) and Kabul (Afghanistan) river basins using GRACE/GRACE-FO satellite data

Authors: Aqil Tariq, Shoaib Ali, Iqra Basit, Ahsan Jamil, Nizom Farmonov, Behnam Khorrami et al.

Journal: Groundwater for Sustainable Development · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100990 · Citations: 46

Matched topics: river, runoff, water management, land surface model

Abstract not available.


Priority control sequence of 34 typical pollutants in effluents of Chinese wastewater treatment plants

Authors: Ruonan He, Xingyue Wu, Hongxin Mu, Ling Chen, Haidong Hu, Jinfeng Wang et al.

Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120338 · Citations: 58

Matched topics: water management

Abstract not available.


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Databases searched 2
Topics searched 16
Total papers fetched 812
After deduplication 598
After LLM relevance filtering 50
Rejected (not relevant) 548

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Ecological Indicators 4
Nature 3
Earth system science data 2
Journal of Hydrology 2
Nature Communications 2
The Science of The Total Environment 2
Water Research 2
Wind energy science 1
Land 1
Communications Earth & Environment 1
International Soil and Water Conservation Research 1
Atmospheric Research 1
Biodiversity and Conservation 1
Agricultural Water Management 1
Earth 1
Hydrology and earth system sciences 1
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 1
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 1
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1
Scientific Data 1
Groundwater for Sustainable Development 1
Frontiers in Energy Research 1
Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems 1
New Phytologist 1
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 1
Journal of Environmental Sciences 1
Energy & Fuels 1
Geoscientific model development 1
2023 World Conference on Communication & Computing (WCONF) 1
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water 1
Energy Policy 1
Landslides 1
Applied Geography 1
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 1
Communications Engineering 1
Forests 1
Journal of Energy Storage 1
International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication 1
Environmental Development 1
Scientific Reports 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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