Weekly Literature Review
Week 17 · April 20–April 26, 2020
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
- The effect of surge on riverine flood hazard and impact in deltas globally
- Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts
- Characterizing flood risk perception in urban communities of Pakistan
- Novel hybrid models between bivariate statistics, artificial neural networks and boosting algorithms for flood susceptibility assessment
- 70 years of lake evolution and glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and implications for the future
- Evaluating SWAT model performance, considering different soils data input, to quantify actual and future runoff susceptibility in a highly urbanized basin
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Drought less predictable under declining future snowpack
- Agricultural drought mitigating indices derived from the changes in drought characteristics
- Multiple Integrated Root Phenotypes Are Associated with Improved Drought Tolerance
- Future Drought in the Dry Lands of Asia Under the 1.5 and 2.0 °C Warming Scenarios
- Multi‐trait stability index: A tool for simultaneous selection of soya bean genotypes in drought and saline stress
- Melatonin application enhances biochar efficiency for drought tolerance in maize varieties: Modifications in physio‐biochemical machinery
- Spatio-temporal analysis of drought and return periods over the East African region using Standardized Precipitation Index from 1920 to 2016
- Contrasting Influences of Human Activities on Hydrological Drought Regimes Over China Based on High‐Resolution Simulations
- Exogenous melatonin improves glutathione content, redox state and increases essential oil production in two Salvia species under drought stress
- Assessment of drought trend and variability in India using wavelet transform
- Physiological and Biochemical Responses of four cassava cultivars to drought stress
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control
- Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community
- Marine heatwaves exacerbate climate change impacts for fisheries in the northeast Pacific
- The role of trust for climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviour: A meta-analysis
- The co-evolution of technological promises, modelling, policies and climate change targets
- Indigenous mental health in a changing climate: a systematic scoping review of the global literature
- Topography and human pressure in mountain ranges alter expected species responses to climate change
- Structural breaks in CO2 emissions: Are they caused by climate change protests or other factors?
- Testing bias adjustment methods for regional climate change applications under observational uncertainty and resolution mismatch
- Evaluation of Leading Modes of Climate Variability in the CMIP Archives
- Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies
- Right‐Wing Populism and Climate Change Denial: The Roles of Exclusionary and Anti‐Egalitarian Preferences, Conservative Ideology, and Antiestablishment Attitudes
- Interactive effects of climate variability and human activities on blue and green water scarcity in rapidly developing watershed
- Cascading risks of waterborne diseases from climate change
- Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene: An integrative approach
- The Discursive Politics of Adaptation to Climate Change
- Tuning the MPI‐ESM1.2 Global Climate Model to Improve the Match With Instrumental Record Warming by Lowering Its Climate Sensitivity
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- Monitoring inland water quality using remote sensing: potential and limitations of spectral indices, bio-optical simulations, machine learning, and cloud computing
- The first Met Office Unified Model–JULES Regional Atmosphere and Land configuration, RAL1
- Enhancing Precipitation Estimates Through the Fusion of Weather Radar, Satellite Retrievals, and Surface Parameters
- Groundwater quality evaluation and risk assessment of nitrate using monte carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis in rural areas of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan province, Iran
- Seasonal evolution of the intraseasonal variability of China summer precipitation
- Urbanization Enhanced Summertime Extreme Hourly Precipitation over the Yangtze River Delta
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources
- Evaluation of water quality in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China using the water quality index (WQI) method
- Agricultural risks from changing snowmelt
- Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change
- SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature
- Managing Hydration at the Cathode Enables Efficient CO2 Electrolysis at Commercially Relevant Current Densities
- Wastewater reclamation and reuse potentials in agriculture: towards environmental sustainability
- Assessing groundwater pollution and potential remediation processes in a multi-layer aquifer system
- Effects of residual plastic-film mulch on field corn growth and productivity
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
This week features 6 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Eilander, Arns et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
The effect of surge on riverine flood hazard and impact in deltas globally
Authors: Dirk Eilander, Anaïs Couasnon, Hiroaki Ikeuchi, Sanne Muis, Dai Yamazaki, Hessel Winsemius et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab8ca6 · Citations: 183
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, flood, land surface model
Abstract Current global riverine flood risk studies assume a constant mean sea level boundary. In reality high sea levels can propagate up a river, impede high river discharge, thus leading to elevated water levels. Riverine flood risk in deltas may therefore be underestimated. This paper presents the first global scale assessment of the joint influence of riverine and coastal drivers of flooding in deltas. We show that if storm surge is ignored, flood depths are significantly underestimated …
Non-linear interaction modulates global extreme sea levels, coastal flood exposure, and impacts
Authors: Arne Arns, Thomas Wahl, Claudia Wolff, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Ivan D. Haigh, Philip Woodworth et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15752-5 · Citations: 179
Matched topics: flood
We introduce a novel approach to statistically assess the non-linear interaction of tide and non-tidal residual in order to quantify its contribution to extreme sea levels and hence its role in modulating coastal protection levels, globally. We demonstrate that extreme sea levels are up to 30% (or 70 cm) higher if non-linear interactions are not accounted for (e.g., by independently adding astronomical and non-astronomical components, as is often done in impact case studies). These overestima…
Characterizing flood risk perception in urban communities of Pakistan
Authors: Irfan Ahmad Rana, Ali Jamshed, Zahid Irshad Younas, Saad Saleem Bhatti
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101624 · Citations: 130
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Novel hybrid models between bivariate statistics, artificial neural networks and boosting algorithms for flood susceptibility assessment
Authors: Romulus Costache, Quoc Bao Pham, Mohammadtaghi Avand, Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh, Matej Vojtek, Jana Vojteková et al.
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110485 · Citations: 126
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
70 years of lake evolution and glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and implications for the future
Authors: Adam Emmer, Stephan Harrison, Martin Mergili, Simon Allen, Holger Frey, Christian Huggel
Journal: Geomorphology · DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107178 · Citations: 122
Matched topics: hydrology, flood
Abstract not available.
Evaluating SWAT model performance, considering different soils data input, to quantify actual and future runoff susceptibility in a highly urbanized basin
Authors: Gianluigi Busico, Nicolò Colombani, Davide Fronzi, Marco Pellegrini, Alberto Tazioli, Micòl Mastrocicco
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110625 · Citations: 100
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, flood
Abstract not available.
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 11 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Livneh, Wu et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Drought less predictable under declining future snowpack
Authors: Ben Livneh, Andrew M. Badger
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0754-8 · Citations: 214
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, drought
Abstract not available.
Agricultural drought mitigating indices derived from the changes in drought characteristics
Authors: Bingfang Wu, Zonghan Ma, Nana Yan
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111813 · Citations: 149
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Multiple Integrated Root Phenotypes Are Associated with Improved Drought Tolerance
Authors: Stephanie P. Klein, Hannah Schneider, Alden Perkins, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch
Journal: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00211 · Citations: 144
Matched topics: drought
) genotypes under well-watered and water-stressed conditions in the field. We found substantial variation in all 23 root phenes measured. A phenotypic bulked segregant analysis revealed that bulks representing the best and worst performers in the field displayed distinct root phenotypes. In contrast to the worst bulk, the root phenotype of the best bulk under drought consisted of greater cortical aerenchyma formation, more numerous and narrower metaxylem vessels, and thicker nodal roots. Part…
Future Drought in the Dry Lands of Asia Under the 1.5 and 2.0 °C Warming Scenarios
Authors: Lijuan Miao, Suyuan Li, Feng Zhang, Tiexi Chen, Yunpeng Shan, Yushan Zhang
Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2019ef001337 · Citations: 124
Matched topics: hydrology, drought, earth system model
Abstract Drought has become a major threat to local sustainable development in dryland Asia, one of the largest grassland ecosystems in the world. However, empirical‐ and science‐based evidence regarding the extent of drought changes and the future trends of these changes in dryland Asia is variable and incomplete. Here, we first investigate the historical variations in drought conditions in dryland Asia, as measured by the drought intensity and arid area, using three widely used drought indi…
Multi‐trait stability index: A tool for simultaneous selection of soya bean genotypes in drought and saline stress
Authors: Alan Mário Zuffo, Fábio Steiner, Jorge González Aguilera, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Aécio Busch
Journal: Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science · DOI: 10.1111/jac.12409 · Citations: 121
Matched topics: drought
Abstract Drought and salinity are the main limiting environmental factors that restrict the establishment of soya bean plants. In order to recommend genotypes for cultivation under adverse drought and saline stress conditions, multi‐environment trials (MET) are needed. However, MET analysis is usually performed considering a single trait, which provides lower reliability in recommending genotypes when compared to multi‐trait analysis. Thus, this study was carried out to investigate the stabil…
Melatonin application enhances biochar efficiency for drought tolerance in maize varieties: Modifications in physio‐biochemical machinery
Authors: Hesham F. Alharby, Shah Fahad
Journal: Agronomy Journal · DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20263 · Citations: 117
Matched topics: drought
Abstract The roles of biochar, melatonin (Me), and P application have been well researched; however, biochar with Me application in helping plants be more drought tolerant are little understood. The aim of this greenhouse study is to evaluate the effects of Me and P in combination with biochar made from date ( Phoenix dactylifera L.) and wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) residues on vegetative growth and biochemical impact of maize ( Zea mays L.) varieties Azam and Mallika under drought stress. D…
Spatio-temporal analysis of drought and return periods over the East African region using Standardized Precipitation Index from 1920 to 2016
Authors: Wilson Kalisa, Jiahua Zhang, Tertsea Igbawua, Fanan Ujoh, Obas John Ebohon, Jean Nepomuscene Namugize et al.
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106195 · Citations: 117
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Contrasting Influences of Human Activities on Hydrological Drought Regimes Over China Based on High‐Resolution Simulations
Authors: Xiaoli Yang, Mengru Zhang, Xiaogang He, Liliang Ren, Ming Pan, Xiaohan Yu et al.
Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019wr025843 · Citations: 109
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, drought, irrigation
Abstract How human activities have altered hydrological droughts (streamflow deficits) in China during the past five decades (1961–2016) is investigated using the latest version (v2.0) of PCR‐GLOBWB model at high spatial resolution (~10 km). Although both human activities and climate variability have significant effects on river flows over China, there are large regional north‐south contrasts. Over northern China, human activities generally intensify hydrological droughts. We find that human …
Exogenous melatonin improves glutathione content, redox state and increases essential oil production in two Salvia species under drought stress
Authors: Siamak Shirani Bidabadi, Joshua VanderWeide, Paolo Sabbatini
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63986-6 · Citations: 103
Matched topics: drought, irrigation
, electrolyte leakage, oxidized glutathione (GSSG), and total glutathione (GT), reduced glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities, which led to a marked reduction in fluorescence (Fv/Fm). Foliar application of melatonin alleviated the oxidative stress by increasing GT, CAT, POD, SOD and GR activities and reducing GSSG. In particular, melatonin heightened GSH content as well as the ratio of GSH/GSSG when compared t…
Assessment of drought trend and variability in India using wavelet transform
Authors: Ashutosh Sharma, Manish Kumar Goyal
Journal: Hydrological Sciences Journal · DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1754422 · Citations: 103
Matched topics: drought
This paper presents an analysis of trends in six drought variables at 566 stations across India over the period 1901–2002. Six drought variables were computed using standardized precipitation index (SPI). The Mann-Kendall (MK) trend test and Sen’s slope estimator were used for trend analysis of drought variables. Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) was used to identify the dominant periodic components in trends, whereas the significance of periodic components was examined using continuous wavele…
Physiological and Biochemical Responses of four cassava cultivars to drought stress
Authors: Yanmei Zhu, Xinglu Luo, Gul Nawaz, Jingjing Yin, Jingni Yang
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63809-8 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: drought
The antioxidant mechanism is crucial for resisting oxidative damage induced by drought stress in plants. Different antioxidant mechanisms may contribute to the tolerance of cassava to drought stress, but for a specific genotype, the response is still unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate antioxidant response and physiological changes of four cassava genotypes under water stress conditions, by keeping the soil moisture content as 80% (control), 50% (medium), 20% (severe) of f…
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.
Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system coupled with shuffled frog leaping algorithm for predicting river streamflow time series
Authors: Babak Mohammadi, Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh, Quoc Bao Pham, Ali Najah Ahmed, Jana Vojteková, Yiqing Guan et al.
Journal: Hydrological Sciences Journal · DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1758703 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: river, runoff, streamflow, water management
Accurate runoff forecasting plays a key role in catchment water management and water resources system planning. To improve the prediction accuracy, one needs to strive to develop a reliable and accurate forecasting model for streamflow. In this study, the novel combination of the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model with the shuffled frog-leaping algorithm (SFLA) is proposed. Historical streamflow data of two different rivers were collected to examine the performance of the pro…
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 17 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control
Authors: J. Rocklöv, R. Dubrow
Journal: Nature Immunology · DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0648-y · Citations: 534
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change is already affecting vector-borne disease transmission and spread, and its impacts are likely to worsen. In the face of ongoing climate change, we must intensify efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.
Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community
Authors: Daniela Jacob, Claas Teichmann, Stefan Sobolowski, Eleni Katragkou, Ivonne Anders, Michal Belda et al.
Journal: Regional Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01606-9 · Citations: 512
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
Abstract The European CORDEX (EURO-CORDEX) initiative is a large voluntary effort that seeks to advance regional climate and Earth system science in Europe. As part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) - Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX), it shares the broader goals of providing a model evaluation and climate projection framework and improving communication with both the General Circulation Model (GCM) and climate data user communities. EURO-CORDEX oversees the de…
Marine heatwaves exacerbate climate change impacts for fisheries in the northeast Pacific
Authors: William W. L. Cheung, Thomas L. Frölicher
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63650-z · Citations: 268
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) have occurred in all ocean basins with severe negative impacts on coastal and ocean ecosystems. The northeast Pacific 2013-2015 MHW in particular received major societal concerns. Yet, our knowledge about how MHWs impact fish stocks is limited. Here, we combine outputs from a large ensemble simulation of an Earth system model with a fish impact model to simulate responses of major northeast Pacific fish stocks to MHWs. We show that MHWs cause biomass decrease and shift…
The role of trust for climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviour: A meta-analysis
Authors: Viktoria Cologna, Michael Siegrist
Journal: Journal of Environmental Psychology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101428 · Citations: 251
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
The co-evolution of technological promises, modelling, policies and climate change targets
Authors: Duncan McLaren, Nils Markusson
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0740-1 · Citations: 214
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Indigenous mental health in a changing climate: a systematic scoping review of the global literature
Authors: Jacqueline Middleton, Ashlee Cunsolo, Andria Jones‐Bitton, Carlee J. Wright, Sherilee L. Harper
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab68a9 · Citations: 195
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract Indigenous Peoples globally are among those who are most acutely experiencing the mental health impacts of climate change; however, little is known about the ways in which Indigenous Peoples globally experience climate-sensitive mental health impacts and outcomes, and how these experiences may vary depending on local socio-cultural contexts, geographical location, and regional variations in climate change. Thus, the goal of this study was to examine the extent, range, and nature of p…
Topography and human pressure in mountain ranges alter expected species responses to climate change
Authors: Paul R. Elsen, William B. Monahan, Adina M. Merenlender
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15881-x · Citations: 169
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change is leading to widespread elevational shifts thought to increase species extinction risk in mountains. We integrate digital elevation models with a metric of human pressure to examine changes in the amount of intact land area available for species undergoing elevational range shifts in all major mountain ranges globally (n = 1010). Nearly 60% of mountainous area is under intense human pressure, predominantly at low elevations and mountain bases. Consequently, upslope range shift…
Structural breaks in CO2 emissions: Are they caused by climate change protests or other factors?
Authors: Festus Fatai Adedoyin, İlhan Öztürk, Isah Abubakar, Terver Theophilus Kumeka, Oludele Folarin, Festus Víctor Bekun
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110628 · Citations: 152
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Testing bias adjustment methods for regional climate change applications under observational uncertainty and resolution mismatch
Authors: Ana Casanueva, Sixto Herrera, Maialen Iturbide, Stefan Lange, Martin Jury, Alessandro Dosio et al.
Journal: Atmospheric Science Letters · DOI: 10.1002/asl.978 · Citations: 151
Matched topics: hydrology, climate change, earth system model
Abstract Systematic biases in climate models hamper their direct use in impact studies and, as a consequence, many statistical bias adjustment methods have been developed to calibrate model outputs against observations. The application of these methods in a climate change context is problematic since there is no clear understanding on how these methods may affect key magnitudes, for example, the climate change signal or trend, under different sources of uncertainty. Two relevant sources of un…
Evaluation of Leading Modes of Climate Variability in the CMIP Archives
Authors: John Fasullo, Adam S. Phillips, Clara Deser
Journal: Journal of Climate · DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-1024.1 · Citations: 150
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract The adequate simulation of internal climate variability is key for our understanding of climate as it underpins efforts to attribute historical events, predict on seasonal and decadal time scales, and isolate the effects of climate change. Here the skill of models in reproducing observed modes of climate variability is assessed, both across and within the CMIP3, CMIP5, and CMIP6 archives, in order to document model capabilities, progress across ensembles, and persisting biases. A foc…
Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies
Authors: Bjørn Lomborg
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119981 · Citations: 127
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Right‐Wing Populism and Climate Change Denial: The Roles of Exclusionary and Anti‐Egalitarian Preferences, Conservative Ideology, and Antiestablishment Attitudes
Authors: Kirsti M. Jylhä, Kahl Hellmer
Journal: Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy · DOI: 10.1111/asap.12203 · Citations: 120
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract Populist right‐wing politicians and voters tend to dismiss climate change. To investigate possible reasons for this, we tested correlations between climate change denial and variables linked to right‐wing populism (Study 1: N = 1,587; Study 2: N = 909). The strongest predictor of climate change denial was an index capturing exclusionary and anti‐egalitarian preferences (opposition to, e.g., multiculturalism and feminism), followed by traditional values (Study 1) and Social Dominance …
Interactive effects of climate variability and human activities on blue and green water scarcity in rapidly developing watershed
Authors: Jie Liang, Qiang Liu, Hua Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Zhan Qian, Manqin Lei et al.
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121834 · Citations: 99
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Cascading risks of waterborne diseases from climate change
Authors: Jan C. Semenza
Journal: Nature Immunology · DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0631-7 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: flood, climate change
Abstract not available.
Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene: An integrative approach
Authors: Robin Leichenko, Karen O’Brien
Journal: Anthropocene · DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100241 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
The Discursive Politics of Adaptation to Climate Change
Authors: Michael Mikulewicz
Journal: Annals of the American Association of Geographers · DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1736981 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: climate change
Adaptation to climate change is a policy objective of rapidly growing importance for development programming across the Global South. This article offers an interrogation of the discursive politics surrounding the term based on insights from postcolonial theory. By employing a theoretical framework rooted in the concepts of imaginative geographies and discursive violence, this contribution seeks to deconstruct how adaptation is being imagined and promoted by development actors in a Global Sou…
Tuning the MPI‐ESM1.2 Global Climate Model to Improve the Match With Instrumental Record Warming by Lowering Its Climate Sensitivity
Authors: Thorsten Mauritsen, E. Roeckner
Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1029/2019ms002037 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: earth system model
A climate model’s ability to reproduce observed historical warming is sometimes viewed as a measure of quality. Yet, for practical reasons it cannot be considered a purely empirical result of the modeling efforts because the desired result is known in advance and so is a potential target of tuning. Here we report how the latest edition of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Models (MPI-ESM1.2) atmospheric component (ECHAM6.3) had its sensitivity systematically tuned in order…
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.
Monitoring inland water quality using remote sensing: potential and limitations of spectral indices, bio-optical simulations, machine learning, and cloud computing
Authors: Vasit Sagan, Kyle T. Peterson, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang, Paheding Sidike, John J. Sloan, Benjamin A. Greeling et al.
Journal: Earth-Science Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103187 · Citations: 607
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
The first Met Office Unified Model–JULES Regional Atmosphere and Land configuration, RAL1
Authors: Mike Bush, Tom Allen, Caroline L. Bain, Ian Boutle, John Edwards, Anke Finnenkoetter et al.
Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-1999-2020 · Citations: 189
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model
Abstract. In this paper we define the first Regional Atmosphere and Land (RAL) science configuration for kilometre-scale modelling using the Unified Model (UM) as the basis for the atmosphere and the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) for the land. RAL1 defines the science configuration of the dynamics and physics schemes of the atmosphere and land. This configuration will provide a model baseline for any future weather or climate model developments to be described against, and it is…
Enhancing Precipitation Estimates Through the Fusion of Weather Radar, Satellite Retrievals, and Surface Parameters
Authors: Youssef Wehbe, Marouane Temimi, Robert F. Adler
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12081342 · Citations: 103
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow
Accurate and timely monitoring of precipitation remains a challenge, particularly in hyper-arid regions such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim of this study is to improve the accuracy of the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s latest product release (IMERG V06B) locally over the UAE. Two distinct approaches, namely, geographically weighted regression (GWR), and artificial neural networks (ANNs) are tested. Daily soil moisture…
Groundwater quality evaluation and risk assessment of nitrate using monte carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis in rural areas of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan province, Iran
Authors: Hamed Soleimani, Omid Nasri, Mahboobeh Ghoochani, Abooalfazl Azhdarpoor, Mansooreh Dehghani, Majid Radfard et al.
Journal: International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry · DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2020.1751147 · Citations: 101
Matched topics: water management
During farming practices in rural areas, various fertilizers are used, which can lead to the contamination of groundwater resources with nitrate and, consequently, can affect the health of consumers. This study aimed to investigate the drinking suitability of the groundwater resources in rural areas of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan province, Iran using drinking water quality index (DWQI) and also estimation of the non-carcinogenic health risk induced by nitrate due to the drinking route. Sixt…
Seasonal evolution of the intraseasonal variability of China summer precipitation
Authors: Fei Liu, Yu Ouyang, Bin Wang, Jing Yang, Jian Ling, Pang‐Chi Hsu
Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05251-0 · Citations: 101
Matched topics: seasonal
Abstract not available.
Urbanization Enhanced Summertime Extreme Hourly Precipitation over the Yangtze River Delta
Authors: Xiaoling Jiang, Yali Luo, Da‐Lin Zhang, Mengwen Wu
Journal: Journal of Climate · DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0884.1 · Citations: 96
Matched topics: river
Abstract An extensive urban agglomeration has occurred over the Yangtze River delta (YRD) region of East China as a result of rapid urbanization since the middle 1990s. In this study, a 44-yr (i.e., 1975–2018) climatology of the summertime extreme hourly precipitation (EXHP; greater than the 90th percentile) over the YRD is analyzed, using historical land-use data, surface temperature, and hourly rain gauge observations, and then the relationship between rapid urbanization and EXHP changes is…
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 9 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Global distribution of carbonate rocks and karst water resources
Authors: Nico Goldscheider, Zhao Chen, Augusto S. Auler, Michel Bakalowicz, Stefan Broda, David Drew et al.
Journal: Hydrogeology Journal · DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02139-5 · Citations: 692
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, water management, land surface model, surface water, earth system model
Abstract Karst regions offer a variety of natural resources such as freshwater and biodiversity, and many cultural resources. The World Karst Aquifer Map (WOKAM) is the first detailed and complete global geodatabase concerning the distribution of karstifiable rocks (carbonates and evaporites) representing potential karst aquifers. This study presents a statistical evaluation of WOKAM, focusing entirely on karst in carbonate rocks and addressing four main aspects: (1) global occurrence and geo…
Evaluation of water quality in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China using the water quality index (WQI) method
Authors: Xizhi Nong, Dongguo Shao, Hua Zhong, Jiankui Liang
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115781 · Citations: 483
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Agricultural risks from changing snowmelt
Authors: Yue Qin, John T. Abatzoglou, Stefan Siebert, Laurie S. Huning, Amir AghaKouchak, Justin Mankin et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0746-8 · Citations: 392
Matched topics: runoff, water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change
Authors: Ben Marzeion, Regine Hock, Brian Anderson, Andrew Bliss, Nicolas Champollion, Koji Fujita et al.
Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2019ef001470 · Citations: 265
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Glacier mass loss is recognized as a major contributor to current sea level rise. However, large uncertainties remain in projections of glacier mass loss on global and regional scales. We present an ensemble of 288 glacier mass and area change projections for the 21st century based on 11 glacier models using up to 10 general circulation models and four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) as boundary conditions. We partition the total uncertainty into the individual contribut…
SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature
Authors: Jonas J. Lembrechts, Juha Aalto, Michael B. Ashcroft, Pieter De Frenne, Martin Kopecký, Jonathan Lenoir et al.
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123 · Citations: 233
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model
Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil char…
Managing Hydration at the Cathode Enables Efficient CO2 Electrolysis at Commercially Relevant Current Densities
Authors: Angelica Reyes, Ryan P. Jansonius, Benjamin A. W. Mowbray, Yang Cao, Danika G. Wheeler, Jacky Chau et al.
Journal: ACS Energy Letters · DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00637 · Citations: 201
Matched topics: flood
Gas-fed CO2 electrochemical flow reactors are appealing platforms for the electrolytic conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemical feedstocks at commercially relevant current densities (≥100 mA/cm2). An inherent challenge in the development of these reactors is delivering sufficient water to the cathode to sustain the CO2 reduction reaction, while also preventing accumulation of excess water at the porous cathode (i.e., flooding). We present herein experimental evidence showing cathode flooding…
Wastewater reclamation and reuse potentials in agriculture: towards environmental sustainability
Authors: Jemal Fito, Stijn Van Hulle
Journal: Environment Development and Sustainability · DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00732-y · Citations: 173
Matched topics: water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Assessing groundwater pollution and potential remediation processes in a multi-layer aquifer system
Authors: Hui Qian, Jie Chen, Ken W. F. Howard
Journal: Environmental Pollution · DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114669 · Citations: 147
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Abstract not available.
Effects of residual plastic-film mulch on field corn growth and productivity
Authors: Qi Hu, Xianyue Li, José Manuel Gonçalves, Haibin Shi, Tong Tian, Ning Chen
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138901 · Citations: 133
Matched topics: water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Statistics
| Metric | Count |
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| Databases searched | 2 |
| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 1022 |
| After deduplication | 688 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 638 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
|---|---|
| Journal of Environmental Management | 3 |
| Nature Climate Change | 3 |
| Scientific Reports | 3 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 2 |
| Nature Communications | 2 |
| Earth s Future | 2 |
| Hydrological Sciences Journal | 2 |
| Nature Immunology | 2 |
| Journal of Climate | 2 |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 1 |
| Geomorphology | 1 |
| Remote Sensing of Environment | 1 |
| PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 1 |
| Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science | 1 |
| Agronomy Journal | 1 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 1 |
| Water Resources Research | 1 |
| Regional Environmental Change | 1 |
| Journal of Environmental Psychology | 1 |
| Atmospheric Science Letters | 1 |
| Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 1 |
| Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy | 1 |
| Journal of Cleaner Production | 1 |
| Anthropocene | 1 |
| Annals of the American Association of Geographers | 1 |
| Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 1 |
| Earth-Science Reviews | 1 |
| Geoscientific model development | 1 |
| Remote Sensing | 1 |
| International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry | 1 |
| Climate Dynamics | 1 |
| Hydrogeology Journal | 1 |
| Water Research | 1 |
| Global Change Biology | 1 |
| ACS Energy Letters | 1 |
| Environment Development and Sustainability | 1 |
| Environmental Pollution | 1 |
| The Science of The Total Environment | 1 |
Filtering Criteria
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