Weekly Literature Review

Week 07 · February 10–February 16, 2020

40 relevant papers found across 6 themes

Executive Summary

This week’s literature highlights major advances in groundwater sustainability science, with Condon et al. demonstrating through integrated modeling that warming-driven evapotranspiration increases are depleting US groundwater reserves—a finding missed by simplified earth system models. Across hydrologic modeling, several new platforms and coupled model systems were introduced for discharge simulation, forest-hydrology interaction, and groundwater monitoring, while multiple studies quantified how climate change amplifies uncertainties in streamflow projections from the Himalayas to the Great Lakes.

Executive Summary
Groundwater Resources Under Pressure
Hydrologic Modeling Advances
Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
Streamflow and Catchment Processes
Flood Risk and Urban Water Systems
Remote Sensing and Data-Driven Hydrology
Statistics
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Filtering Criteria

Groundwater Resources Under Pressure

Groundwater sustainability emerged as a central concern this week, with studies spanning from continental-scale integrated modeling to satellite-based monitoring. Condon et al. used the ParFlow-CLM integrated model to show that warming-enhanced evapotranspiration depletes shallow aquifers across the contiguous US—a mechanism that simplified land surface models miss because they decouple groundwater from surface processes. Gleeson et al. provided a comprehensive review of global groundwater sustainability, arguing that Anthropocene-era management demands systems-level thinking that connects aquifer dynamics to surface water, ecosystems, and human institutions. At regional scales, Su et al. used GRACE satellite gravity data to reveal accelerating groundwater storage declines in China’s Huang-Huai-Hai Plain driven by irrigation pumping during drought years, while Pal et al. mapped groundwater potential zones across the India-Bangladesh border region using GIS-based multi-criteria analysis for sustainable management planning.

Evapotranspiration depletes groundwater under warming over the contiguous United States

Authors: Laura E. Condon, A. L. Atchley, R. M. Maxwell

Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14688-0 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, land surface model, surface water, earth system model

A warmer climate increases evaporative demand. However, response to warming depends on water availability. Existing earth system models represent soil moisture but simplify groundwater connections, a primary control on soil moisture. Here we apply an integrated surface-groundwater hydrologic model to evaluate how groundwater mediates warming-driven changes in evapotranspiration and water budgets across the contiguous US.

Global Groundwater Sustainability, Resources, and Systems in the Anthropocene

Authors: Tom Gleeson, Mark Cuthbert, Grant Ferguson, Debra Perrone

Journal: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-071719-055251 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model, earth system model

Groundwater is a crucial resource for current and future generations, but it is not being sustainably used in many parts of the world. The objective of this review is to provide a clear portrait of global-scale groundwater sustainability, systems, and resources in the Anthropocene to inspire a pivot toward more sustainable groundwater use.

Spatio-Temporal Variations in Groundwater Revealed by GRACE and Its Driving Factors in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China

Authors: Youzhe Su, Bin Guo, Ziteng Zhou, Yulong Zhong, Leilei Min

Journal: Sensors · DOI: 10.3390/s20030922 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, surface water, irrigation

During the drought years of 2006, 2013, and 2014, more groundwater was extracted to offset the surface water shortage, leading to an accelerated decline in groundwater storage. This study demonstrated that groundwater storage depletion in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain is well explained by irrigation-driven extraction exceeding natural recharge.

Groundwater potential zones for sustainable management plans in a river basin of India and Bangladesh

Authors: Swades Pal, Sonali Kundu, Susanta Mahato

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120311 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: river, water management

This study delineates groundwater potential zones in a transboundary river basin spanning India and Bangladesh using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis, providing a framework for sustainable groundwater management planning in data-scarce regions.

Hydrologic Modeling Advances

A rich collection of new modeling platforms and coupled systems appeared this week. Hagemann et al. developed a high-resolution discharge routing scheme for Europe capable of resolving smaller catchments needed by regional coupled climate-ocean models. Speich et al. introduced FORHYCS, coupling the PREVAH hydrological model with a forest landscape model to assess how climate change alters both forest dynamics and water resources in Switzerland. The AquiFR platform by Vergnes et al. brings together seven French aquifer models under a single framework for 60-year groundwater hindcasts, while Bowring et al. evaluated ORCHIDEE MICT-LEAK for simulating dissolved organic carbon transport in Arctic permafrost catchments. Bhave et al. demonstrated Lake Malawi’s nonlinear threshold behavior under climate scenarios, and Persaud et al. assessed climate change impacts on coupled groundwater-surface water in the Great Lakes Basin. Singh et al. reviewed the state of hydrological modeling across India, and Bueche et al. released glmGUI, a user-friendly interface for the General Lake Model.

High Resolution Discharge Simulations Over Europe and the Baltic Sea Catchment

Authors: Stefan Hagemann, Tobias Stacke, Ha Thi Minh Ho-Hagemann

Journal: Frontiers in Earth Science · DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00012 · Citations: 0

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

Regional coupled system models require a high-resolution discharge component to couple their atmosphere/land components to the ocean component and to adequately resolve smaller catchments and the day-to-day variability of discharge. A new high-resolution discharge model (HD5) is developed and evaluated over Europe and the Baltic Sea catchment.

FORests and HYdrology under Climate Change in Switzerland v1.0: a spatially distributed model combining hydrology and forest dynamics

Authors: Matthias Speich, Massimiliano Zappa, Marc Scherstjanoi, Heike Lischke

Journal: Geoscientific Model Development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-537-2020 · Citations: 0

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

We present FORHYCS (FORests and HYdrology under Climate Change in Switzerland), a distributed ecohydrological model to assess the impact of climate change on water resources and forest dynamics. FORHYCS is based on the coupling of the hydrological model PREVAH and the forest landscape model TreeMig, enabling two-way feedbacks between vegetation and hydrology.

The AquiFR hydrometeorological modelling platform as a tool for improving groundwater resource monitoring over France: evaluation over a 60-year period

Authors: Jean‐Pierre Vergnes, Nicolas Le Roux, Florence Habets et al.

Journal: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-633-2020 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: runoff, streamflow, water management, flood, land surface model

The new AquiFR hydrometeorological modelling platform was developed to provide short-to-long-term forecasts for groundwater resource management in France. This platform gathers in a single numerical tool seven hydrogeological models covering the main French aquifer systems and is evaluated over a 60-year period.

Lake Malawi’s threshold behaviour: A stakeholder-informed model to simulate sensitivity to climate change

Authors: Ajay Bhave, Lauren Bulcock, Suraje Dessai, Declan Conway, Graham Jewitt et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124671 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, flood, climate change, hydropower, irrigation

This study develops a stakeholder-informed hydrological model for Lake Malawi to simulate its sensitivity to climate change, revealing threshold behavior where small changes in precipitation lead to large shifts in lake levels, with major implications for hydropower generation, irrigation, and flood risk management.

ORCHIDEE MICT-LEAK (r5459), a global model for the production, transport, and transformation of dissolved organic carbon from Arctic permafrost regions – Part 2: Model evaluation over the Lena River basin

Authors: Simon Bowring, Ronny Lauerwald, Bertrand Guenet, Dan Zhu, Matthieu Guimberteau et al.

Journal: Geoscientific Model Development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-507-2020 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, land surface model

We performed a simulation of the carbon and water budget of the Lena catchment with the land surface model ORCHIDEE MICT-LEAK, enabled to simulate dissolved organic carbon production in soils and its transport and fate in high-latitude inland waters. The model captures the seasonality and magnitude of DOC concentrations and fluxes across the basin.

Integrated modelling to assess climate change impacts on groundwater and surface water in the Great Lakes Basin using diverse climate forcing

Authors: Elisha Persaud, Jana Levison, Scott MacRitchie, Steven J. Berg, Andre R. Erler et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124682 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, climate change, surface water

This study uses an integrated groundwater-surface water model to assess climate change impacts in the Great Lakes Basin under diverse climate forcing scenarios, revealing differential responses in groundwater recharge and surface water availability across the basin.

Hydrological Modeling in India

Authors: Riddhi Singh, Vimal Mishra, Balaji Narasimhan, Subimal Ghosh, Anupma Sharma et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy · DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2020/49802 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, hydropower

This review examines the state of hydrological modeling in India, addressing challenges from data scarcity to the need for improved process representation in models applied across the subcontinent’s diverse hydroclimatic regions, from the Himalayas to the peninsular rivers.

glmGUI v1.0: an R-based graphical user interface and toolbox for GLM (General Lake Model) simulations

Authors: Thomas Bueche, Marko Wenk, Benjamin Poschlod, Filippo Giadrossich, Mario Pirastru et al.

Journal: Geoscientific Model Development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-565-2020 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff

Numerical modeling provides an opportunity to quantify the reaction of lakes to alterations in their environment. The glmGUI package provides a user-friendly R-based graphical interface for the widely used General Lake Model, lowering the barrier to lake hydrodynamic simulations for researchers and water managers.

Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources

Multiple studies this week quantified how climate change propagates through hydrological systems. Dolk et al. showed that hydrological model structural uncertainty amplifies dramatically in the snow- and glacier-dominated Upper Indus Basin under climate projections, cautioning against reliance on single-model estimates. Wang et al. projected significant streamflow changes in the Wabash River Basin under CMIP5 scenarios, while Pastén-Zapata et al. evaluated Euro-CORDEX regional climate models for hydrological impact assessment in Great Britain, finding that spatial resolution and bias correction methods strongly influence results. Li et al. separated the contributions of climate variability, land use change, and human activities to runoff changes, and Boé et al. revealed large discrepancies between global and regional climate model projections of summer climate change over Europe. Kirschbaum et al. linked intensifying extreme precipitation to increased landslide hazard across High Mountain Asia, and Takata and Hanasaki demonstrated afforestation’s dual role as both flood mitigation and drought exacerbation in the Chao Phraya basin. Jagannathan et al. provided a methodological contribution on co-producing decision-relevant climate metrics for water management.

Amplification of hydrological model uncertainties in projected climate simulations of the Upper Indus Basin: Does it matter where the water is coming from?

Authors: Michaela Dolk, Dave Penton, Mobin‐ud‐Din Ahmad

Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13718 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow

There is a growing appreciation of the uncertainties in the estimation of snow-melt and glacier-melt as a result of climate change in high elevation catchments. Through a detailed examination of three hydrological models in two catchments, this study shows that model structural uncertainty amplifies dramatically under projected climate conditions in the Upper Indus Basin.

Potential Impacts of Projected Climate Change under CMIP5 RCP Scenarios on Streamflow in the Wabash River Basin

Authors: Jingrui Wang, Litang Hu, Didi Li, Meifang Ren

Journal: Advances in Meteorology · DOI: 10.1155/2020/9698423 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, climate change

Global climate change is becoming an increasingly important issue. This study evaluates the skill of multiple GCMs for reproducing observed streamflow in the Wabash River Basin and projects future streamflow changes under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios, finding significant seasonal redistribution of flows.

Evaluation of the performance of Euro-CORDEX Regional Climate Models for assessing hydrological climate change impacts in Great Britain

Authors: Ernesto Pastén-Zapata, Julie Jones, Helen L. Moggridge, Martin Widmann

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124653 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, climate change

This study evaluates Euro-CORDEX regional climate models at different spatial resolutions and with different quantile mapping bias correction methods for assessing hydrological climate change impacts in Great Britain, finding that both resolution and correction method significantly influence projected hydrological changes.

Quantifying the effects of climate variability, direct and indirect land use change, and human activities on runoff

Authors: Baofu Li, Xun Shi, Lishu Lian, Yaning Chen, Zhongsheng Chen et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124684 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, climate change

This study separates and quantifies the contributions of climate variability, direct land use change, indirect land use change, and other human activities to observed runoff changes, providing a framework for attribution of hydrological change in managed basins.

Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models: causes and consequences

Authors: Julien Boé, Samuel Somot, Lola Corre, Pierre Nabat

Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05153-1 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: land surface model, climate change

This study reveals large discrepancies between global and regional climate model projections of summer climate change over Europe, tracing the causes to differences in land-atmosphere feedbacks and soil moisture dynamics, with significant implications for hydrological impact assessments.

Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Landslides Over High Mountain Asia

Authors: Dalia Kirschbaum, Sarah Kapnick, Thomas Stanley, Salvatore Pascale

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2019gl085347 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, climate change

High Mountain Asia is impacted by extreme monsoonal rainfall that triggers landslides in large proportions relative to global distributions. This study quantifies how changes in extreme precipitation patterns are linked to increasing landslide hazard across the region under climate change.

The effects of afforestation as an adaptation option: a case study in the upper Chao Phraya River basin

Authors: Kumiko Takata, Naota Hanasaki

Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7462 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: runoff, flood, land surface model

The risks of flood and drought have been projected to increase due to global warming. Afforestation is considered an adaptation option because it reduces flood risks by decreasing total runoff and peak river discharge, but it also exacerbates drought risks by increasing evapotranspiration. This study quantifies these trade-offs in the upper Chao Phraya River basin.

The Making of a Metric: Co-Producing Decision-Relevant Climate Science

Authors: Kripa Jagannathan, Andrew D. Jones, Isha Ray

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0296.1 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, water management

Developing decision-relevant science for adaptation requires the identification of climatic parameters that are both actionable for practitioners as well as tractable for modelers. This study examines the co-production process for developing climate metrics relevant to water resource management decisions.

Streamflow and Catchment Processes

Studies on streamflow generation and catchment dynamics this week spanned from dryland Ethiopia to the western US. Gebremicael et al. applied a comparative modeling approach to show that large-scale soil and water conservation in the Geba catchment has increased baseflows—demonstrating that land management can measurably alter low-flow regimes. Goeking and Tarboton synthesized 78 studies on forest disturbance effects on streamflow and snowpack in western coniferous forests, finding that stand-replacing disturbances consistently increase water yield while non-stand-replacing mortality effects are more variable. Mao et al. extended a dual state/rainfall correction framework using SMAP satellite soil moisture to improve real-time streamflow simulation. Williams and King documented shifting rainfall patterns over the Western Lake Erie Basin and their consequences for tributary discharge and nutrient loading. McLaughlin et al. revealed how subsurface hydrologic processes mediate tree vulnerability to drought, and Du et al. developed an in-stream organic carbon module coupled with a process-based hydrologic model.

Change in low flows due to catchment management dynamics—Application of a comparative modelling approach

Authors: Tesfay Gebretsadkan Gebremicael, Yasir A. Mohamed, Pieter van der Zaag, Khalid Hassaballah et al.

Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13715 · Citations: 0

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

Understanding the natural low flow of a catchment is critical for effective water management policy in semi-arid lands. The Geba catchment in Ethiopia was known for severe land degradation before recent large-scale soil and water conservation. This study uses a comparative modeling approach to quantify how these management interventions have altered low-flow regimes.

Forests and Water Yield: A Synthesis of Disturbance Effects on Streamflow and Snowpack in Western Coniferous Forests

Authors: Sara A. Goeking, David G. Tarboton

Journal: Journal of Forestry · DOI: 10.1093/jofore/fvz069 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, streamflow

In coniferous western forests, recent widespread tree mortality provided opportunities to test the long-held theory that forest cover loss increases water yield. This synthesis of 78 studies evaluates hydrologic response to stand-replacing and non-stand-replacing disturbances, finding consistent increases in water yield after severe disturbance but variable responses to bark beetle mortality.

Dual state/rainfall correction via soil moisture assimilation for improved streamflow simulation: evaluation of a large-scale implementation with Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite data

Authors: Yixin Mao, Wade T. Crow, Bart Nijssen

Journal: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-615-2020 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model

Soil moisture measurements contain information about both pre-storm hydrologic states and within-storm rainfall estimates. This study extends a dual state/rainfall correction system using SMAP satellite soil moisture data for large-scale implementation, demonstrating improvements in real-time streamflow simulation.

Changing Rainfall Patterns Over the Western Lake Erie Basin (1975–2017): Effects on Tributary Discharge and Phosphorus Load

Authors: Mark R. Williams, Kevin W. King

Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019wr025985 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: streamflow, water management

In agricultural watersheds, shifting climate and hydrologic patterns present an immediate and future risk to both farm productivity and downstream aquatic ecosystems. This study evaluates long-term spatiotemporal trends in rainfall amount and intensity within the Maumee River basin and their effects on tributary discharge and phosphorus loading.

Weather underground: Subsurface hydrologic processes mediate tree vulnerability to extreme climatic drought

Authors: Blair C. McLaughlin, Rachel V. Blakey, Andrew P. Weitz, Xue Feng, Brittni J. Brown et al.

Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15026 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, water management, drought

Drought extent and severity have increased and are predicted to continue to increase. Understanding tree vulnerability to drought is key to forest management. This study demonstrates that subsurface hydrologic processes—particularly access to groundwater and soil water redistribution—are primary mediators of tree survival during extreme drought events.

Hydro-climate and biogeochemical processes control watershed organic carbon inflows: Development of an in-stream organic carbon module coupled with a process-based hydrologic model

Authors: Xinzhong Du, Danielle Loiselle, Daniel S. Alessi, Monireh Faramarzi

Journal: Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137281 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, water management

This study develops an in-stream organic carbon module coupled with the SWAT hydrologic model to simulate dissolved and particulate organic carbon transport, demonstrating that hydro-climatic variability and biogeochemical processes jointly control watershed carbon exports.

Flood Risk and Urban Water Systems

Flooding and urban hydrology attracted substantial attention this week. Razavi et al. authored a perspective piece arguing that Anthropocene flooding demands integration across hydrology, economics, sociology, and policy—moving beyond traditional engineering approaches. Rosa et al. assessed how different land use scenarios alter urban watershed response in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, while Balistrocchi and Grossi developed a copula-based approach to predict climate change impacts on urban drainage in northwestern Italy. Honingh et al. demonstrated that plastic waste accumulation at rack structures can measurably increase urban river water levels, creating unexpected flood risks. Naves et al. published a comprehensive experimental dataset on hydraulic and sediment transport processes in a full-scale urban drainage model, and Malik et al. used GCM projections to assess future waterlogging risks in Kolkata.

Anthropocene flooding: Challenges for science and society

Authors: Saman Razavi, Patricia Gober, Holger R. Maier, Roy Brouwer, H. S. Wheater

Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13723 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: streamflow, water management, flood

Flood events have devastating impacts on communities around the world, resulting in loss of life, property damage and severe disruption to national economies. The frequency of such events has increased significantly over the past few decades. This perspective argues that addressing Anthropocene flooding requires integrated approaches spanning hydrology, economics, and social science.

Assessment of the hydrological response of an urban watershed to rainfall-runoff events in different land use scenarios – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Authors: Deyvid Wavel Barreto Rosa, Nilo Nascimento, Priscilla Macedo Moura, Gustavo D. Macedo

Journal: Water Science & Technology · DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.148 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, water management, flood, land surface model

Intense urbanization results in greater soil sealing and a consequent increase in surface runoff. When high soil sealing rates and steep slopes are encountered in small catchments, high-intensity precipitation events increase the probability of flash floods. This study evaluates the hydrological response of an urban watershed under different land use scenarios.

Predicting the impact of climate change on urban drainage systems in northwestern Italy by a copula-based approach

Authors: Matteo Balistrocchi, Giovanna Grossi

Journal: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies · DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100670 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, flood, climate change

The impact of expected trends in storm temporal structures is analyzed with reference to urban drainage systems in the Milan area. A bivariate stochastic model for flood frequency derivation is developed, accounting for the seasonal variability of storm characteristics and projected climate change.

Urban River Water Level Increase Through Plastic Waste Accumulation at a Rack Structure

Authors: Dorien Honingh, Tim van Emmerik, W.S.J. Uijttewaal, Hadi Kardhana et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Earth Science · DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00028 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: river, flood

Plastic debris in water systems is a major challenge for our ecosystem. Apart from reducing ocean-bound plastic, clearing rivers from debris is important for societal concerns such as flood risks. This study demonstrates that plastic accumulation at rack structures measurably increases upstream water levels, creating unexpected flood hazards.

Trend of extreme rainfall events using suitable Global Circulation Model to combat the water logging condition in Kolkata Metropolitan Area

Authors: Sadhan Malik, Subodh Chandra Pal, Ashim Sattar, Sudhir Kumar Singh et al.

Journal: Urban Climate · DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100599 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: water management, flood

This study uses suitable Global Circulation Model projections to assess trends in extreme rainfall events and their implications for waterlogging conditions in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, providing guidance for urban drainage infrastructure planning.

Hydraulic, wash-off and sediment transport experiments in a full-scale urban drainage physical model

Authors: Juan Naves, José Anta, Joaquín Suárez, Jerónimo Puertas

Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0384-z · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, streamflow, water management

This study presents a comprehensive experimental dataset measuring sediment mobilization through different parts of a full-scale urban drainage physical model (surface, gully pots, and pipe system), providing precise characterization of water flow using realistic rainfall simulation.

Remote Sensing and Data-Driven Hydrology

This week saw advances in both remote sensing applications and machine learning approaches for water resources. Kumar et al. demonstrated that assimilating surface albedo observations improves snow estimation within the NASA Land Information System, with direct benefits for snowmelt-driven runoff prediction. Muhammad and Thapa produced an improved MODIS snow cover and glacier inventory product for high-mountain Asia spanning 2002–2018, filling a critical monitoring gap. Koppa and Gebremichael showed how remote sensing data can improve hydrologic model applicability for food-energy-water nexus studies. On the data-driven side, Tiyasha et al. surveyed two decades of AI applications in river water quality modeling, Campozano et al. applied wavelet-neural network decomposition to river discharge simulation, and Zema et al. used artificial neural networks to predict post-wildfire hydrological response.

Impact of Surface Albedo Assimilation on Snow Estimation

Authors: Sujay V. Kumar, David M. Mocko, Carrie Vuyovich, C. D. Peters‐Lidard

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12040645 · Citations: 0

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

Surface albedo has a significant impact in determining net radiation at the surface and the evolution of surface water and energy budgets. Snow accumulation and timing of melt are directly impacted by changes in land surface albedo. This study demonstrates that assimilating surface albedo observations leads to improved snow depth and snow water equivalent estimates.

An improved Terra–Aqua MODIS snow cover and Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0 combined product (MOYDGL06*) for high-mountain Asia between 2002 and 2018

Authors: Sher Muhammad, Amrit Thapa

Journal: Earth System Science Data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-345-2020 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, water management

Snow is a significant component of the ecosystem and water resources in high-mountain Asia. This study improves the MODIS snow cover product by combining Terra and Aqua observations with the Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0, producing a continuous 2002–2018 dataset for snow and glacier monitoring.

Improving the Applicability of Hydrologic Models for Food–Energy–Water Nexus Studies Using Remote Sensing Data

Authors: Akash Koppa, Mekonnen Gebremichael

Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12040599 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, hydropower

Food, energy, and water nexus studies require reliable estimates of water availability, use, and demand. This study demonstrates how remote sensing data can improve spatially distributed hydrologic model calibration, enabling more reliable estimation of streamflow, evapotranspiration, and other water balance components.

A survey on river water quality modelling using artificial intelligence models: 2000–2020

Authors: Tiyasha Tiyasha, Tran Minh Tung, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124670 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: river, water management, climate change, surface water

This comprehensive survey reviews two decades of artificial intelligence applications in river water quality modeling, covering neural networks, support vector machines, fuzzy logic, and hybrid approaches, identifying trends and research gaps across 2000–2020.

Wavelet analyses of neural networks based river discharge decomposition

Authors: Lenin Campozano, Daniel Mendoza, Giovanny M. Mosquera, Kenneth Palacio‐Baus et al.

Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13726 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river

The problem of discharge forecasting using precipitation as input is still very active in hydrology. When the objective is to simulate discharge without considering process phenomenology, artificial neural networks are an attractive option. This study applies wavelet analysis to decompose neural network-based discharge simulations, revealing the temporal scales captured by the models.

Predicting the hydrological response of a forest after wildfire and soil treatments using an Artificial Neural Network

Authors: Demetrio Antonio Zema, Manuel Esteban Lucas‐Borja, Lidia Fotia, Domenico Rosaci et al.

Journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105280 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, land surface model

This study applies artificial neural networks to predict the hydrological response of a forested catchment after wildfire and subsequent soil treatments, demonstrating that ANN models can capture the complex nonlinear relationships between post-fire land surface conditions and runoff generation.

Hydropower reservoirs on the upper Mekong River modify nutrient bioavailability downstream

Authors: Qiuwen Chen, Wenqing Shi, Jef Huisman, Stephen C. Maberly, Jianyun Zhang et al.

Journal: National Science Review · DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa026 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrology, river, reservoir, hydropower

Hydropower development is a key strategy in many developing countries. However, it is commonly assumed that river dams retain nutrients and reduce downstream productivity. This study shows that hydropower reservoirs on the upper Mekong modify—rather than simply reduce—nutrient bioavailability, with cascading effects on downstream ecosystem function.

Determination of soil hydraulic properties and its implications for mechanistic simulations and irrigation management

Authors: Alisson Jadavi Pereira da Silva, Everton Alves Rodrigues Pinheiro, Quirijn de Jong van Lier

Journal: Irrigation Science · DOI: 10.1007/s00271-020-00664-5 · Citations: 0

Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, irrigation

This study examines the determination of soil hydraulic properties and their implications for mechanistic simulations of water flow in the vadose zone, demonstrating that accurate parameterization is essential for reliable irrigation scheduling and water management decisions.

Statistics

Metric	Count
Databases searched	2
Topics searched	16
Total papers fetched	1085
After deduplication	712
After LLM relevance filtering	40
Rejected (not relevant)	672

Papers by journal

Journal	Papers
Journal of Hydrology	6
Hydrological Processes	4
Geoscientific Model Development	4
Remote Sensing	3
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	2
Frontiers in Earth Science	2
Nature Communications	1
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	1
Water Resources Research	1
Geophysical Research Letters	1
Global Change Biology	1
National Science Review	1
Environmental Research Letters	1
Climate Dynamics	1
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1
Science of The Total Environment	1
Sensors	1
Journal of Forestry	1
Water Science & Technology	1
Scientific Data	1
Earth System Science Data	1
Journal of Cleaner Production	1
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies	1
Irrigation Science	1
Urban Climate	1
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	1
Advances in Meteorology	1
Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy	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