Weekly Literature Review

Week 25 · June 15–June 21, 2020

50 relevant papers found across 5 themes

Executive Summary

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

Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
    1. GIS-based comparative assessment of flood susceptibility mapping using hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach, naïve Bayes tree, bivariate statistics and logistic regression: A case of Topľa basin, Slovakia
    2. Greater flood risks in response to slowdown of tropical cyclones over the coast of China
    3. A fine-scale spatial analytics of the assessment and mapping of buildings and population at different risk levels of urban flood
    4. Prediction of highly flood prone areas by GIS based heuristic and statistical model in a monsoon dominated region of Bengal Basin
    5. Quantitative assessment of flood risk with evaluation of the effectiveness of dam operation for flood control: A case of the Bago River Basin of Myanmar
  3. Drought Analysis and Prediction
    1. Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought
    2. Assessing drought in the drylands of northeast Brazil under regional warming exceeding 4 °C
    3. Vapour pressure deficit and solar radiation are the major drivers of transpiration of balsam fir and black spruce tree species in humid boreal regions, even during a short-term drought
    4. Classification of soybean leaf wilting due to drought stress using UAV-based imagery
    5. SiMYB56 Confers Drought Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Rice by Regulating Lignin Biosynthesis and ABA Signaling Pathway
    6. Exogenous Melatonin Modulates the Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance in Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn)
    7. Phenomics‐based GWAS analysis reveals the genetic architecture for drought resistance in cotton
    8. Snow and climate trends and their impact on seasonal runoff and hydrological drought types in selected mountain catchments in Central Europe
    9. Impacts of preseason drought on vegetation spring phenology across the Northeast China Transect
    10. Humic acid improves the physiological and photosynthetic characteristics of millet seedlings under drought stress
  4. Climate Change and Water Resources
    1. Online misinformation about climate change
    2. Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the Zero Emissions Commitment from CO 2
    3. Plant adaptation to climate change—Where are we?
    4. Multivariate bias corrections of climate simulations: which benefits for which losses?
    5. Keeping pace with climate change in global terrestrial protected areas
    6. Understanding the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from land reform beneficiaries in South Africa
    7. Northern Hemisphere blocking simulation in current climate models: evaluating progress from the Climate Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 to 6 and sensitivity to resolution
    8. Assessing current and future trends of climate extremes across Brazil based on reanalyses and earth system model projections
    9. Model uncertainties in climate change impacts on Sahel precipitation in ensembles of CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations
    10. Unchartered waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals
    11. Tibetan Plateau amplification of climate extremes under global warming of 1.5 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C
    12. Mitigation pathways impact of climate change and improving sustainable development: The roles of natural resources, income, and CO 2 emission
    13. Hydrothermal processes of near-surface warm permafrost in response to strong precipitation events in the Headwater Area of the Yellow River, Tibetan Plateau
    14. Climate change implications for the distribution of the babesiosis and anaplasmosis tick vector, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
  5. Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
    1. Short-term runoff prediction with GRU and LSTM networks without requiring time step optimization during sample generation
    2. Projected Future Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using the CMIP6 HighResMIP Multimodel Ensemble
    3. Estimating annual runoff in response to forest change: A statistical method based on random forest
  6. Water Management and Sustainability
    1. Carbon Tail Risk
    2. Understanding and managing connected extreme events
    3. Forest aboveground biomass estimation using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1A data with machine learning algorithms
    4. GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping and assessment using bivariate statistical methods in Simada area, northwestern Ethiopia
    5. Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama
    6. Groundwater Throughflow and Seawater Intrusion in High Quality Coastal Aquifers
    7. Application of extreme gradient boosting and parallel random forest algorithms for assessing groundwater spring potential using DEM-derived factors
    8. Improving sub-canopy snow depth mapping with unmanned aerial vehicles: lidar versus structure-from-motion techniques
    9. Mapping hotspots and bundles of forest ecosystem services across the European Union
    10. A deep learning approach for hydrological time-series prediction: A case study of Gilgit river basin
    11. Hyperpycnal (over density) flows and deposits
    12. Study of pyrite based autotrophic denitrification system for low-carbon source stormwater treatment
    13. Nitrogen and phosphorus losses from paddy fields and the yield of rice with different water and nitrogen management practices
    14. Revealing drinking water quality issues and possible health risks based on water quality index (WQI) method in the Shanmuganadhi River basin of South India
    15. An advanced complementary scheme of floating photovoltaic and hydropower generation flourishing water-food-energy nexus synergies
    16. Automatic Lithology Identification by Applying LSTM to Logging Data: A Case Study in X Tight Rock Reservoirs
    17. The accuracy of weather radar in heavy rain: a comparative study for Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden
    18. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and reduced irrigation water use in rice production through water-saving irrigation scheduling, reduced tillage and fertiliser application strategies
  7. Statistics
    1. Papers by journal
  8. Filtering Criteria

Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment

This week features 5 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Ali, Lai et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.

GIS-based comparative assessment of flood susceptibility mapping using hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach, naïve Bayes tree, bivariate statistics and logistic regression: A case of Topľa basin, Slovakia

Authors: Sk Ajim Ali, Farhana Parvin, Quoc Bao Pham, Matej Vojtek, Jana Vojteková, Romulus Costache et al.

Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106620 · Citations: 316

Matched topics: flood

Flood is a devastating natural hazard that may cause damage to the environment infrastructure, and society. Hence, identifying the susceptible areas to flood is an important task for every country to prevent such dangerous consequences. The present study developed a framework for identifying flood-prone areas of the Topľa river basin, Slovakia using geographic information system (GIS), multi-criteria decision making approach (MCDMA), bivariate statistics (Frequency Ratio (FR), Statistical Ind…

Greater flood risks in response to slowdown of tropical cyclones over the coast of China

Authors: Yangchen Lai, Jianfeng Li, Xihui Gu, Yongqin David Chen, Dongdong Kong, Thian Yew Gan et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918987117 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: flood

The total amount of rainfall associated with tropical cyclones (TCs) over a given region is proportional to rainfall intensity and the inverse of TC translation speed. Although the contributions of increase in rainfall intensity to larger total rainfall amounts have been extensively examined, observational evidence on impacts of the recently reported but still debated long-term slowdown of TCs on local total rainfall amounts is limited. Here, we find that both observations and the multimodel …

A fine-scale spatial analytics of the assessment and mapping of buildings and population at different risk levels of urban flood

Authors: Mohammad Khalid Hossain, Qingmin Meng

Journal: Land Use Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104829 · Citations: 102

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Prediction of highly flood prone areas by GIS based heuristic and statistical model in a monsoon dominated region of Bengal Basin

Authors: Sadhan Malik, Subodh Chandra Pal, Indrajit Chowdhuri, Rabin Chakrabortty, Paramita Roy, Biswajit Das

Journal: Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100343 · Citations: 90

Matched topics: flood

Abstract not available.

Quantitative assessment of flood risk with evaluation of the effectiveness of dam operation for flood control: A case of the Bago River Basin of Myanmar

Authors: Badri Bhakta Shrestha, Akiyuki Kawasaki

Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101707 · Citations: 82

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, flood

Because property damage and loss of life owing to floods have increased in many countries in recent years, accurate assessment of flood risk is urgently needed for effective flood management. Improving the assessment of flood risk requires considering the impact of dam operation for flood control because dams and reservoirs play important roles in the assessment of flood hazards and associated damage. However, the impact of dam operation on flood hazards and associated damage was not consider…

Drought Analysis and Prediction

Drought research this week encompasses 10 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Li, Marengo et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought

Authors: Xiangyi Li, S. Piao, Kai Wang, Xuhui Wang, Tao Wang, P. Ciais et al.

Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution · DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1217-3 · Citations: 299

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Assessing drought in the drylands of northeast Brazil under regional warming exceeding 4 °C

Authors: José A. Marengo, Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, Carlos A. Nobre, Germano Ribeiro Neto, Antônio Rocha Magalhães, Roger Rodrigues Torres et al.

Journal: Natural Hazards · DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04097-3 · Citations: 169

Matched topics: water management, drought

Abstract not available.

Vapour pressure deficit and solar radiation are the major drivers of transpiration of balsam fir and black spruce tree species in humid boreal regions, even during a short-term drought

Authors: Shalini Oogathoo, Daniel Houle, Louis Duchesne, Daniel Kneeshaw

Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108063 · Citations: 121

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Classification of soybean leaf wilting due to drought stress using UAV-based imagery

Authors: Jing Zhou, Jing Zhou, Jianfeng Zhou, Jianfeng Zhou, Heng Ye, Md Liakat Ali et al.

Journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105576 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

SiMYB56 Confers Drought Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Rice by Regulating Lignin Biosynthesis and ABA Signaling Pathway

Authors: Weiya Xu, Wensi Tang, Chunxiao Wang, Linhao Ge, Jianchang Sun, Xin Qi et al.

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00785 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: drought

a candidate gene for drought resistance improvement in gramineous crops.

Exogenous Melatonin Modulates the Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance in Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn)

Authors: Md Shakhawat Hossain, Jing Li, Ashim Sikdar, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Ferdinand Uzizerimana, Izhar Muhammad et al.

Journal: Molecules · DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122828 · Citations: 114

Matched topics: drought

, and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents increased by 2.30, 2.43, and 2.22-folds, respectively, which caused oxidative stress. In contrast, proline and soluble sugar content were increased by 84% and 39%, respectively. However, exogenous melatonin (100 µM) could improve plant growth by preventing ROS-induced oxidative damage by increasing photosynthesis, enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase), secondary metabolites like phenylalanine ammonial…

Phenomics‐based GWAS analysis reveals the genetic architecture for drought resistance in cotton

Authors: Baoqi Li, Lin Chen, Weinan Sun, Di Wu, Maojun Wang, Yu Yu et al.

Journal: Plant Biotechnology Journal · DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13431 · Citations: 98

Matched topics: drought

Drought resistance (DR) is a complex trait that is regulated by a variety of genes. Without comprehensive profiling of DR-related traits, the knowledge of the genetic architecture for DR in cotton remains limited. Thus, there is a need to bridge the gap between genomics and phenomics. In this study, an automatic phenotyping platform (APP) was systematically applied to examine 119 image-based digital traits (i-traits) during drought stress at the seedling stage, across a natural population of …

Authors: Andrea Blahušiaková, Milada Matoušková, Michal Jeníček, Ondřej Ledvinka, Zdeněk Kliment, Jana Podolinská et al.

Journal: Hydrological Sciences Journal · DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1784900 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: runoff, streamflow, drought, seasonal

This study investigates changes in seasonal runoff and low flows related to changes in snow and climate variables in mountainous catchments in Central Europe. The period 1966–2012 was used to assess trends in climate and streamflow characteristics using a modified Mann–Kendall test. Droughts were classified into nine classes according to key snow and climate drivers. The results showed an increase in air temperature, decrease in snowfall fraction and snow depth, and changes in precipitation. …

Impacts of preseason drought on vegetation spring phenology across the Northeast China Transect

Authors: Moxi Yuan, Lin Zhao, Aiwen Lin, Lunche Wang, Qingjun Li, Dunxian She et al.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140297 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: drought

Abstract not available.

Humic acid improves the physiological and photosynthetic characteristics of millet seedlings under drought stress

Authors: Jie Shen, Meijun Guo, Yuguo Wang, Xiangyang Yuan, Yinyuan Wen, Xi’e Song et al.

Journal: Plant Signaling & Behavior · DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1774212 · Citations: 85

Matched topics: drought

, effective quantum yield of photosystem I, and relative photosynthetic electron transfer rate of photosystem I in Zhangza 10 and decreased non-photochemical energy dissipation in Jingu 21 and Zhangza 10 under drought stress. HA promoted the growth of millet seedlings under drought stress by promoting the osmotic adjustment ability and antioxidant capacity of seedlings and increased photosynthesis.

Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate-water interactions are explored in 14 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.

Online misinformation about climate change

Authors: K. Treen, Hywel T. P. Williams, S. O’Neill

Journal: WIREs Climate Change · DOI: 10.1002/wcc.665 · Citations: 401

Matched topics: climate change

Policymakers, scholars, and practitioners have all called attention to the issue of misinformation in the climate change debate. But what is climate change misinformation, who is involved, how does it spread, why does it matter, and what can be done about it? Climate change misinformation is closely linked to climate change skepticism, denial, and contrarianism. A network of actors are involved in financing, producing, and amplifying misinformation. Once in the public domain, characteristics …

Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the Zero Emissions Commitment from CO 2

Authors: Andrew H. MacDougall, Thomas L. Frölicher, Chris Jones, Joeri Rogelj, H. Damon Matthews, Kirsten Zickfeld et al.

Journal: Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-2987-2020 · Citations: 236

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract. The Zero Emissions Commitment (ZEC) is the change in global mean temperature expected to occur following the cessation of net CO2 emissions and as such is a critical parameter for calculating the remaining carbon budget. The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) was established to gain a better understanding of the potential magnitude and sign of ZEC, in addition to the processes that underlie this metric. A total of 18 Earth system models of both full and…

Plant adaptation to climate change—Where are we?

Authors: Jill T. Anderson, Bao‐Hua Song

Journal: Journal of Systematics and Evolution · DOI: 10.1111/jse.12649 · Citations: 207

Matched topics: climate change

Climate change poses critical challenges for population persistence in natural communities, agriculture and environmental sustainability, and food security. In this review, we discuss recent progress in climatic adaptation in plants. We evaluate whether climate change exerts novel selection and disrupts local adaptation, whether gene flow can facilitate adaptive responses to climate change, and if adaptive phenotypic plasticity could sustain populations in the short term. Furthermore, we disc…

Multivariate bias corrections of climate simulations: which benefits for which losses?

Authors: Bastien François, Mathieu Vrac, Alex J. Cannon, Yoann Robin, Denis Allard

Journal: Earth System Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/esd-11-537-2020 · Citations: 181

Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model

Abstract. Climate models are the major tools to study the climate system and its evolutions in the future. However, climate simulations often present statistical biases and have to be corrected against observations before being used in impact assessments. Several bias correction (BC) methods have therefore been developed in the literature over the last 2 decades, in order to adjust simulations according to historical records and obtain climate projections with appropriate statistical attribut…

Keeping pace with climate change in global terrestrial protected areas

Authors: Paul R. Elsen, William B. Monahan, Eric R. Dougherty, Adina M. Merenlender

Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay0814 · Citations: 163

Matched topics: climate change

Protected areas (PAs) are essential to biodiversity conservation, but their static boundaries may undermine their potential for protecting species under climate change. We assessed how the climatic conditions within global terrestrial PAs may change over time. By 2070, protection is expected to decline in cold and warm climates and increase in cool and hot climates over a wide range of precipitation. Most countries are expected to fail to protect >90% of their available climate at current lev…

Understanding the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from land reform beneficiaries in South Africa

Authors: K.T. Thinda, Abiodun A. Ogundeji, Johanes A. Belle, Temitope O. Ojo

Journal: Land Use Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104858 · Citations: 153

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract not available.

Northern Hemisphere blocking simulation in current climate models: evaluating progress from the Climate Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 to 6 and sensitivity to resolution

Authors: R. Schiemann, Panos Athanasiadis, David Barriopedro, Francisco J. Doblas‐Reyes, Katja Lohmann, Malcolm Roberts et al.

Journal: Weather and Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.5194/wcd-1-277-2020 · Citations: 146

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract. Global climate models (GCMs) are known to suffer from biases in the simulation of atmospheric blocking, and this study provides an assessment of how blocking is represented by the latest generation of GCMs. It is evaluated (i) how historical CMIP6 (Climate Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6) simulations perform compared to CMIP5 simulations and (ii) how horizontal model resolution affects the simulation of blocking in the CMIP6-HighResMIP (PRIMAVERA – PRocess-based climate sIMula…

Authors: Alvaro Avila-Diaz, Victor Benezoli, F. Justino, R. Torres, A. Wilson

Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05333-z · Citations: 142

Matched topics: earth system model

Abstract not available.

Model uncertainties in climate change impacts on Sahel precipitation in ensembles of CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations

Authors: Paul‐Arthur Monerie, Caroline M. Wainwright, Moussa Sidibé, Akintomide A. Akinsanola

Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05332-0 · Citations: 117

Matched topics: climate change, earth system model

Abstract The impact of climate change on Sahel precipitation suffers from large uncertainties and is strongly model-dependent. In this study, we analyse sources of inter-model spread in Sahel precipitation change by decomposing precipitation into its dynamic and thermodynamic terms, using a large set of climate model simulations. Results highlight that model uncertainty is mostly related to the response of the atmospheric circulation to climate change (dynamic changes), while thermodynamic ch…

Unchartered waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals

Authors: Claire Sanderson, Kathleen A. Alexander

Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15163 · Citations: 111

Matched topics: climate change

= 19.85, p = .0002) and severity of these events, and global yearly SST anomalies positively correlated with their temporal occurrence (Z = 3.43, p = 2.7e-04). No significant association was identified between El Niño and ID MME occurrence (Z = 0.28, p = .81). With climate change forecasted to increase SSTs and the frequency of extreme seasonal weather events, epizootics causing MMEs are likely to intensify with significant consequences for marine mammal survival.

Tibetan Plateau amplification of climate extremes under global warming of 1.5 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C

Authors: Qinglong You, Fangying Wu, Liucheng Shen, Nick Pepin, Zhihong Jiang, Shichang Kang

Journal: Global and Planetary Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103261 · Citations: 101

Matched topics: land surface model

Abstract not available.

Mitigation pathways impact of climate change and improving sustainable development: The roles of natural resources, income, and CO 2 emission

Authors: Syed Tauseef Hassan, Enjun Xia, Chien‐Chiang Lee

Journal: Energy & Environment · DOI: 10.1177/0958305x20932550 · Citations: 97

Matched topics: climate change

Climate change is an obstacle in the path of sustainable economic development. One of the key findings in the economics literature is that the use of natural resources contributes to real income per capita. However, its environmental consequences should not be ignored. This paper examines the nexus among CO 2 emission, real income, and natural resources, by incorporating urbanization, and trade in Pakistan from 1971 to 2017. The Auto-Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) and Vector Error Correct…

Hydrothermal processes of near-surface warm permafrost in response to strong precipitation events in the Headwater Area of the Yellow River, Tibetan Plateau

Authors: Dongliang Luo, Huijun Jin, Victor Bense, Xiaoying Jin, Xiaoying Li

Journal: Geoderma · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114531 · Citations: 86

Matched topics: river

Abstract not available.

Climate change implications for the distribution of the babesiosis and anaplasmosis tick vector, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Authors: Roberta Marques, Rodrigo Ferreira Krüger, A. Townsend Peterson, Larissa F. de Melo, Natália Vicenzi, Daniel Jiménez‐García

Journal: Veterinary Research · DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00802-z · Citations: 86

Matched topics: climate change

Climate change ranks among the most important issues globally, affecting geographic distributions of vectors and pathogens, and inducing losses in livestock production among many other damaging effects. We characterized the potential geographic distribution of the ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, an important vector of babesiosis and anaplasmosis globally. We evaluated potential geographic shifts in suitability patterns for this species in two periods (2050 and 2070) and under two e…

Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration

Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 3 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.

Short-term runoff prediction with GRU and LSTM networks without requiring time step optimization during sample generation

Authors: Shuai Gao, Yuefei Huang, Shuo Zhang, Jing‐Cheng Han, Guangqian Wang, Meixin Zhang et al.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125188 · Citations: 659

Matched topics: runoff, flood

Abstract not available.

Projected Future Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using the CMIP6 HighResMIP Multimodel Ensemble

Authors: Malcolm Roberts, Joanne Camp, Jon Seddon, Pier Luigi Vidale, Kevin I. Hodges, Benoît Vannière et al.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl088662 · Citations: 281

Matched topics: earth system model

Future changes in tropical cyclone properties are an important component of climate change impacts and risk for many tropical and midlatitude countries. In this study we assess the performance of a multimodel ensemble of climate models, at resolutions ranging from 250 to 25 km. We use a common experimental design including both atmosphere-only and coupled simulations run over the period 1950-2050, with two tracking algorithms applied uniformly across the models. There are overall improvements…

Estimating annual runoff in response to forest change: A statistical method based on random forest

Authors: Ming Li, Yongqiang Zhang, J. Wallace, Eddy Campbell

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125168 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract not available.

Water Management and Sustainability

Water management research spans 18 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.

Carbon Tail Risk

Authors: Emirhan Ilhan, Zacharias Sautner, Grigory Vilkov

Journal: Review of Financial Studies · DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhaa071 · Citations: 926

Matched topics: climate change

Abstract Strong regulatory actions are needed to combat climate change, but climate policy uncertainty makes it difficult for investors to quantify the impact of future climate regulation. We show that such uncertainty is priced in the option market. The cost of option protection against downside tail risks is larger for firms with more carbon-intense business models. For carbon-intense firms, the cost of protection against downside tail risk is magnified at times when the public’s attention …

Understanding and managing connected extreme events

Authors: Colin Raymond, Radley Horton, Jakob Zscheischler, Olivia Martius, Amir AghaKouchak, Jennifer K. Balch et al.

Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0790-4 · Citations: 648

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

Abstract not available.

Forest aboveground biomass estimation using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1A data with machine learning algorithms

Authors: Zhenzhen Liu, Mingyang Li, Chao Li, Zhenzhen Liu

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67024-3 · Citations: 376

Matched topics: streamflow, earth system model

Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) plays an important role in the study of the carbon cycle and climate change in the global terrestrial ecosystem. AGB estimation based on remote sensing is an effective method for regional scale. In this study, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager and Sentinel-1A data and China’s National Forest Continuous Inventory data in combination with three algorithms, either the linear regression (LR), random forest (RF), or the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), were use…

GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping and assessment using bivariate statistical methods in Simada area, northwestern Ethiopia

Authors: Tilahun Mersha, Matebie Meten

Journal: Geoenvironmental Disasters · DOI: 10.1186/s40677-020-00155-x · Citations: 231

Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model

Abstract Simada area is found in the South Gondar Zone of Amhara National Regional State and it is 780Km far from Addis Ababa. Physiographically, it is part of the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. This area is part of the Guna Mountain which is characterized by weathered volcanic rocks, rugged morphology with deeply incised gorges, heavy rainfall and active surface processes. Many landslides have occurred on August 2018 after a period of heavy rainfall and they caused many damages to the l…

Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Authors: Charles D. Koven, Ryan Knox, Rosie A. Fisher, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Bradley Christoffersen, Stuart J. Davies et al.

Journal: Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-3017-2020 · Citations: 189

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

Abstract. Plant functional traits determine vegetation responses to environmental variation, but variation in trait values is large, even within a single site. Likewise, uncertainty in how these traits map to Earth system feedbacks is large. We use a vegetation demographic model (VDM), the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES), to explore parameter sensitivity of model predictions, and comparison to observations, at a tropical forest site: Barro Colorado Island in Pan…

Groundwater Throughflow and Seawater Intrusion in High Quality Coastal Aquifers

Authors: A. R. Costall, Brett Harris, B. Teo, Ralf Schaa, Florian Wagner, Jon-Philippe Pigois

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66516-6 · Citations: 144

Matched topics: hydrology

High quality coastal aquifer systems provide vast quantities of potable groundwater for millions of people worldwide. Managing this setting has economic and environmental consequences. Specific knowledge of the dynamic relationship between fresh terrestrial groundwater discharging to the ocean and seawater intrusion is necessary. We present multi- disciplinary research that assesses the relationships between groundwater throughflow and seawater intrusion. This combines numerical simulation, g…

Application of extreme gradient boosting and parallel random forest algorithms for assessing groundwater spring potential using DEM-derived factors

Authors: Seyed Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi, Ronny Berndtsson, Saro Lee

Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125197 · Citations: 142

Matched topics: surface water

Abstract not available.

Improving sub-canopy snow depth mapping with unmanned aerial vehicles: lidar versus structure-from-motion techniques

Authors: Phillip Harder, John W. Pomeroy, Warren Helgason

Journal: ˜The œcryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-1919-2020 · Citations: 141

Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, land surface model

Abstract. Vegetation has a tremendous influence on snow processes and snowpack dynamics, yet remote sensing techniques to resolve the spatial variability of sub-canopy snow depth are not always available and are difficult from space-based platforms. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have had recent widespread application to capture high-resolution information on snow processes and are herein applied to the sub-canopy snow depth challenge. Previous demonstrations of snow depth mapping with UAV s…

Mapping hotspots and bundles of forest ecosystem services across the European Union

Authors: Francesco Orsi, Marco Ciolli, Eeva Primmer, Liisa Varumo, Davide Geneletti

Journal: Land Use Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104840 · Citations: 141

Matched topics: water management, hydropower

Forests cover about 40 % of the European Union (EU), providing a wide spectrum of invaluable ecosystem services to more than half a billion people. In order to protect and harness this crucial asset, EU policies are advancing multifunctional management. This study lays a basis for such an effort by mapping the supply of key forest ecosystem services (FES) across the entire EU: wood, water supply, erosion control, pollination, habitat protection, soil formation, climate regulation and recreati…

A deep learning approach for hydrological time-series prediction: A case study of Gilgit river basin

Authors: Dostdar Hussain, Tahir Hussain, Aftab Ahmed Khan, Syed Ali Asad Naqvi, Akhtar Jamıl

Journal: Earth Science Informatics · DOI: 10.1007/s12145-020-00477-2 · Citations: 134

Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, streamflow

Abstract not available.

Hyperpycnal (over density) flows and deposits

Authors: Carlos Zavala

Journal: Journal of Palaeogeography · DOI: 10.1186/s42501-020-00065-x · Citations: 130

Matched topics: streamflow

Abstract A hyperpycnal flow forms when a relatively dense land-derived gravity flow enters into a marine or lacustrine water reservoir. As a consequence of its excess of density, the incoming flow plunges in coastal areas, generating a highly dynamic and often long-lived dense underflow. Depending on the characteristics of the parent flow (flow duration and flow rheology) and basin salinity, the resulting deposits (hyperpycnites) can be very variable. According to flow duration, land-derived …

Study of pyrite based autotrophic denitrification system for low-carbon source stormwater treatment

Authors: Yifan Chen, Zhiyu Shao, Zheng Kong, Li Gu, Junhua Fang, Hongxiang Chai

Journal: Journal of Water Process Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101414 · Citations: 108

Matched topics: runoff

Abstract not available.

Nitrogen and phosphorus losses from paddy fields and the yield of rice with different water and nitrogen management practices

Authors: Dongliang Qi, Qixia Wu, Jianqiang Zhu

Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66757-5 · Citations: 107

Matched topics: runoff, water management, flood, irrigation

The assessment and control of losses of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from paddy fields is critical to improve the quality of water and atmosphere on earth. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of three N managements (local common N fertilization practice, urea mixed with controlled-release N fertilizer, and optimized and reduced N fertilizer, designated CN, U + CRF and ON, respectively) on N and P losses through runoff and leaching from a paddy field, and yield of ric…

Revealing drinking water quality issues and possible health risks based on water quality index (WQI) method in the Shanmuganadhi River basin of South India

Authors: D. Karunanidhi, P. Aravinthasamy, T. Subramani, G. Muthusankar

Journal: Environmental Geochemistry and Health · DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00613-3 · Citations: 101

Matched topics: river

. The fluoride concentration in drinking groundwater varied from 0.10 to 3.3 mg/l. According to the WHO standards, about 26% of the samples were unfit for drinking requirements (16 out of 61 samples) Water quality index (WQI) method was adopted to categorize the water into different classes to understand its suitability for drinking requirements. WQI signified that nearly 52% of the samples denoted poor, very poor and not suitable categories, whereas 48% of samples denoted good and excellent …

An advanced complementary scheme of floating photovoltaic and hydropower generation flourishing water-food-energy nexus synergies

Authors: Yanlai Zhou, Fi‐John Chang, Li‐Chiu Chang, Wei-De Lee, Angela Huang, Chong‐Yu Xu et al.

Journal: Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115389 · Citations: 96

Matched topics: hydropower

Abstract not available.

Automatic Lithology Identification by Applying LSTM to Logging Data: A Case Study in X Tight Rock Reservoirs

Authors: Jing Lin, Hui Li, Naihao Liu, Jinghuai Gao, Zhen Li

Journal: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters · DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2020.3001282 · Citations: 95

Matched topics: reservoir

Lithology classification in well logging plays a significant role in evaluating the quality of oil and gas reservoirs. Conventionally, the manual interpretation method is of much more limited use, partly because it is time-consuming, but mainly because it is subjective. This is due primarily to the massive volume of logging data and the dependence of the experience of geophysical practitioners. By considering the features that logging data are typically sequential and long short-term memory (…

The accuracy of weather radar in heavy rain: a comparative study for Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden

Authors: Marc Schleiss, Jonas Olsson, Peter Berg, Tero Niemi, Teemu Kokkonen, Søren Liedtke Thorndahl et al.

Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-3157-2020 · Citations: 92

Matched topics: hydrology, flood

Abstract. Weather radar has become an invaluable tool for monitoring rainfall and studying its link to hydrological response. However, when it comes to accurately measuring small-scale rainfall extremes responsible for urban flooding, many challenges remain. The most important of them is that radar tends to underestimate rainfall compared to gauges. The hope is that by measuring at higher resolutions and making use of dual-polarization radar, these mismatches can be reduced. Each country has …

Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and reduced irrigation water use in rice production through water-saving irrigation scheduling, reduced tillage and fertiliser application strategies

Authors: Syed Faiz-ul Islam, Bjoern Ole Sander, James R. Quilty, Andreas de Neergaard, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Lars Stoumann Jensen

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140215 · Citations: 89

Matched topics: irrigation

Abstract not available.

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