Weekly Literature Review
Week 18 · April 27–May 3, 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
- Flash flood susceptibility modelling using functional tree and hybrid ensemble techniques
- Invited perspectives: How machine learning will change flood risk and impact assessment
- On how wetlands can provide flood resilience in a large river basin: A case study in Nenjiang river Basin, China
- Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning to Highlight the Correlation between the Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes and Flash-Flood Potential
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests
- Future Global Meteorological Drought Hot Spots: A Study Based on CORDEX Data
- Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century
- Soil Rather Than Xylem Vulnerability Controls Stomatal Response to Drought.
- Comprehensive evaluation of hydrological drought and its relationships with meteorological drought in the Yellow River basin, China
- Screening for Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L.) Germplasm Using Germination and Seedling Traits under Simulated Drought Conditions
- Drought propagation in Northern China Plain: A comparative analysis of GLDAS and MERRA-2 datasets
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Development and validation of a measure of climate change anxiety
- Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes
- (Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
- When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions
- A High-Resolution Global Dataset of Extreme Sea Levels, Tides, and Storm Surges, Including Future Projections
- A Review of the Potential Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options for European Viticulture
- Climate change and credit risk
- Accelerating invasion potential of disease vector Aedes aegypti under climate change
- Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
- Evaluation of
WaPOR V2 evapotranspiration products across Africa - Future hydropower generation prediction of large-scale reservoirs in the upper Yangtze River basin under climate change
- Quantifying the effects of climate variability, direct and indirect land use change, and human activities on runoff
- Photosynthetic quantum efficiency in
south‐eastern Amazonian trees may be already affected by climate change - Moderate disturbances accelerate forest transition dynamics under climate change in the temperate–boreal ecotone of eastern North America
- Permafrost thermal conditions are sensitive to shifts in snow timing
- Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- Configuration and intercomparison of deep learning neural models for statistical downscaling
- Response of runoff and soil erosion to erosive rainstorm events and vegetation restoration on abandoned slope farmland in the Loess Plateau region, China
- GIS-based soil erosion modelling under various steep-slope vineyard practices
- Many Commonly Used Rainfall‐Runoff Models Lack Long, Slow Dynamics: Implications for Runoff Projections
- A comparison of machine learning models for the mapping of groundwater spring potential
- RETRACTED: Molecular dynamics simulation of Water-Copper nanofluid flow in a three-dimensional nanochannel with different types of surface roughness geometry for energy economic management
- Optimizing precision irrigation of a vineyard to improve water use efficiency and profitability by using a decision-oriented vine water consumption model
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Global agricultural economic water scarcity
- Why ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ is a myth
- Harmonised global datasets of wind and solar farm locations and power
- Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management
- Monthly estimation of the surface water extent in France at a 10-m resolution using Sentinel-2 data
- Tree Transpiration and Urban Temperatures: Current Understanding, Implications, and Future Research Directions
- Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems
- The reservoir network: A new network topology for district heating and cooling
- Dissecting innovative trend analysis
- Downstream changes in river avulsion style are related to channel morphology
- Decreasing Landslide Erosion on Steeper Slopes in Soil‐Mantled Landscapes
- What drives large-scale glacier detachments? Insights from Flat Creek glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Strong adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solution by zirconium-loaded Ca-montmorillonite
- Assessment of aquatic ecological health based on determination of biological community variability of fish and macroinvertebrates in the Weihe River Basin, China
- Biogeochemical Processes of C and N in the Soil of Mangrove Forest Ecosystems
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
This week features 4 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Arabameri, Wagenaar et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Flash flood susceptibility modelling using functional tree and hybrid ensemble techniques
Authors: Alireza Arabameri, Sunil Saha, Wei Chen, Jagabandhu Roy, Biswajeet Pradhan, Dieu Tien Bui
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125007 · Citations: 165
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Invited perspectives: How machine learning will change flood risk and impact assessment
Authors: Dennis Wagenaar, Alex Curran, Mariano Balbi, Alok Bhardwaj, Robert Soden, Emir Hartato et al.
Journal: Natural hazards and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/nhess-20-1149-2020 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood, earth system model
Abstract. Increasing amounts of data, together with more computing power and better machine learning algorithms to analyse the data, are causing changes in almost every aspect of our lives. This trend is expected to continue as more data keep becoming available, computing power keeps improving and machine learning algorithms keep improving as well. Flood risk and impact assessments are also being influenced by this trend, particularly in areas such as the development of mitigation measures, e…
On how wetlands can provide flood resilience in a large river basin: A case study in Nenjiang river Basin, China
Authors: Yanfeng Wu, Guangxin Zhang, Alain N. Rousseau, Y. Jun Xu, Étienne Foulon
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125012 · Citations: 81
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, flood
Abstract not available.
Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning to Highlight the Correlation between the Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes and Flash-Flood Potential
Authors: Romulus Costache, Quoc Bao Pham, Ema Corodescu-Roşca, Cătălin Ioan Cîmpianu, Haoyuan Hong, Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12091422 · Citations: 79
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, flood, land surface model
The aim of the present study was to explore the correlation between the land-use/land cover change and the flash-flood potential changes in Zăbala catchment (Romania) between 1989 and 2019. In this regard, the efficiency of GIS, remote sensing and machine learning techniques in detecting spatial patterns of the relationship between the two variables was tested. The paper elaborated upon an answer to the increase in flash flooding frequency across the study area and across the earth due to the…
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 7 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Schuldt, Spinoni et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests
Authors: Bernhard Schuldt, Allan Buras, Matthias Arend, Yann Vitasse, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Alexander Damm et al.
Journal: Basic and Applied Ecology · DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.003 · Citations: 1006
Matched topics: hydrology, drought, earth system model
In 2018, Central Europe experienced one of the most severe and long-lasting summer drought and heat wave ever recorded. Before 2018, the 2003 millennial drought was often invoked as the example of a “hotter drought”, and was classified as the most severe event in Europe for the last 500 years. First insights now confirm that the 2018 drought event was climatically more extreme and had a greater impact on forest ecosystems of Austria, Germany and Switzerland than the 2003 drought. Across this …
Future Global Meteorological Drought Hot Spots: A Study Based on CORDEX Data
Authors: J. Spinoni, P. Barbosa, E. Bucchignani, J. Cassano, Tereza Cavazos, J. Christensen et al.
Journal: Journal of Climate · DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0084.1 · Citations: 337
Matched topics: drought
Two questions motivated this study: 1) Will meteorological droughts become more frequent and severe during the twenty-first century? 2) Given the projected global temperature rise, to what extent does the inclusion of temperature (in addition to precipitation) in drought indicators play a role in future meteorological droughts? To answer, we analyzed the changes in drought frequency, severity, and historically undocumented extreme droughts over 1981–2100, using the standardized precipitation …
Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century
Authors: John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, William K. Lauenroth, Kyle A. Palmquist
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15075 · Citations: 236
Matched topics: water management, drought
Dryland ecosystems may be especially vulnerable to expected 21st century increases in temperature and aridity because they are tightly controlled by moisture availability. However, climate impact assessments in drylands are difficult because ecological dynamics are dictated by drought conditions that are difficult to define and complex to estimate from climate conditions alone. In addition, precipitation projections vary substantially among climate models, enhancing variation in overall traje…
Soil Rather Than Xylem Vulnerability Controls Stomatal Response to Drought.
Authors: A. Carminati, M. Javaux
Journal: Trends in Plant Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.04.003 · Citations: 217
Matched topics: drought
The current trend towards linking stomata regulation to plant hydraulics emphasizes the role of xylem vulnerability. Using a soil-plant hydraulic model, we show that xylem vulnerability does not trigger stomatal closure in medium-wet to dry soils and we propose that soil hydraulic conductivity loss is the primary driver of stomatal closure. This finding has two key implications: transpiration response to drought cannot be derived from plant traits only and is related to soil-root hydraulics i…
Comprehensive evaluation of hydrological drought and its relationships with meteorological drought in the Yellow River basin, China
Authors: Fei Wang, Zongmin Wang, Haibo Yang, D. Di, Yong Zhao, Q. Liang et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124751 · Citations: 157
Matched topics: river
Abstract Under the background of global warming, the acceleration of water cycle process will aggravate the risk of hydrological drought in the river basin. The Yellow River basin (YRB) is the most severely affected area by drought in China’s major river basins, so it is particularly important to comprehensively evaluate the hydrological drought and explore its relationships with meteorological drought in the YRB. In this study, the Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI) was adopted as a hydrolo…
Screening for Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L.) Germplasm Using Germination and Seedling Traits under Simulated Drought Conditions
Authors: Abdelfattah Badr, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Rasha A. Tarawneh, Andreas Börner
Journal: Plants · DOI: 10.3390/plants9050565 · Citations: 122
Matched topics: drought
for AS% increased as the PEG stress increased. Positive correlations were found between most trait pairs, particularly shoot and root traits, with 48 highly significant correlations under no stress and 25 highly significant correlations under the 10% PEG treatments, particularly for shoot and root traits. The medium to high heritability of shoot and root seedling traits provides a sound basis for further genetic analyses. PCA analysis clearly grouped accessions with high DTIs together and the…
Drought propagation in Northern China Plain: A comparative analysis of GLDAS and MERRA-2 datasets
Authors: Nengcheng Chen, Ronghui Li, Xiang Zhang, Chao Yang, Xiaoping Wang, Linglin Zeng et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125026 · Citations: 115
Matched topics: hydrologic model, drought
Abstract not available.
Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 1 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.
What Are the Key Drivers Controlling the Quality of Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts?
Authors: Ilias Pechlivanidis, Louise Crochemore, Jörgen Rosberg, Thomas Bosshard
Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019wr026987 · Citations: 130
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, seasonal
Abstract Recent technological advances in representation of processes in numerical climate models have led to skillful predictions, which can consequently increase the confidence of hydrological predictions and usability of hydroclimatic services. Given that many water‐related stakeholders are affected by seasonal hydrological variations, there is a need to manage such variations to their advantage through better understanding of the drivers that influence hydrological predictability. Here we…
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 16 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Development and validation of a measure of climate change anxiety
Authors: Susan Clayton, Bryan T. Karazsia
Journal: Journal of Environmental Psychology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101434 · Citations: 1034
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes
Authors: Ben Smith, H. A. Fricker, Alex Gardner, Brooke Medley, Johan Nilsson, Fernando Paolo et al.
Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz5845 · Citations: 766
Matched topics: land surface model
Quantifying changes in Earth’s ice sheets and identifying the climate drivers are central to improving sea level projections. We provide unified estimates of grounded and floating ice mass change from 2003 to 2019 using NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and ICESat-2 satellite laser altimetry. Our data reveal patterns likely linked to competing climate processes: Ice loss from coastal Greenland (increased surface melt), Antarctic ice shelves (increased ocean melting), and…
(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
Authors: Maocai Shen, Wei Huang, Ming Chen, Biao Song, G. Zeng, Yaxin Zhang
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120138 · Citations: 664
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract The rapid development of plastic industrials has created a variety of plastic products, causing revolutionary progress in chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. Large-scale production and applications of plastics increase their possibility of entering the environment. Previous environmental impact studies typically focused on the toxicity, behavior and fate; limited attention was paid on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. With the increase of plastic waste, the threat o…
When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions
Authors: T. Bouman, M. Verschoor, C. Albers, G. Böhm, S. Fisher, W. Poortinga et al.
Journal: Global Environmental Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102061 · Citations: 434
Matched topics: climate change
The IPCC’s report on Global Warming of 1.5°C positioned climate change as one of the most worrying issues mankind has ever faced. Although many people worry about climate change, there is still much unknown about the origins and outcomes of worry about climate change; particularly, whether and how it can motivate specific and personal climate actions. The current paper investigates this critical relationship with data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (44,387 respondents from 23 countri…
A High-Resolution Global Dataset of Extreme Sea Levels, Tides, and Storm Surges, Including Future Projections
Authors: Sanne Muis, Maialen Irazoqui Apecechea, Job Dullaart, Joao de Lima Rego, Kristine S. Madsen, Jian Su et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science · DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00263 · Citations: 413
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
The world’s coastal areas are increasingly at risk of coastal flooding due to sea-level rise. We present a novel global dataset of extreme sea levels, the Coastal Dataset for the Evaluation of Climate Impact (CoDEC), which can be used to accurately map the impact of climate change on coastal regions around the world. The third generation Global Tide and Surge Model, with a coastal resolution of 2.5 km (1.25 km in Europe), was used to simulate extreme sea levels for the ERA5 climate reanalysis…
A Review of the Potential Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options for European Viticulture
Authors: J. Santos, H. Fraga, A. Malheiro, J. Moutinho-Pereira, L. Dinis, C. Correia et al.
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.3390/app10093092 · Citations: 411
Matched topics: climate change
Viticulture and winemaking are important socioeconomic sectors in many European regions. Climate plays a vital role in the terroir of a given wine region, as it strongly controls canopy microclimate, vine growth, vine physiology, yield, and berry composition, which together determine wine attributes and typicity. New challenges are, however, predicted to arise from climate change, as grapevine cultivation is deeply dependent on weather and climate conditions. Changes in viticultural suitabili…
Climate change and credit risk
Authors: Giusy Capasso, Gianfranco Gianfrate, Marco Spinelli
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121634 · Citations: 374
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Accelerating invasion potential of disease vector Aedes aegypti under climate change
Authors: Takuya Iwamura, Adriana Guzmán-Holst, Kris A. Murray
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16010-4 · Citations: 323
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Vector-borne diseases remain a major contributor to the global burden of disease, while climate change is expected to exacerbate their risk. Characterising vector development rate and its spatio-temporal variation under climate change is central to assessing the changing basis of human disease risk. We develop a mechanistic phenology model and apply it to Aedes aegypti, an invasive mosquito vector for arboviruses (e.g. dengue, zika and yellow fever). The model predicts the number of life-cycl…
Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Authors: Liwei Zhang, Xinghui Xia, Shaoda Liu, Sibo Zhang, Siling Li, Junfeng Wang et al.
Journal: Nature Geoscience · DOI: 10.1038/s41561-020-0571-8 · Citations: 185
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Evaluation of WaPOR V2 evapotranspiration products across Africa
Authors: Megan Blatchford, Chris M. Mannaerts, Sammy M. Njuki, Hamideh Nouri, Yijian Zeng, H. Pelgrum et al.
Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13791 · Citations: 111
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, land surface model, earth system model
Abstract The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) portal to monitor water productivity through open‐access of remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) offers continuous actual evapotranspiration and interception (ETIa‐WPR) data at a 10‐day basis across Africa and the Middle East from 2009 onwards at three spatial resolutions. The continental level (250 m) covers Africa and the Middle East (L1). The national level (100 m) covers 21 countries and 4 river basins (L2). The t…
Future hydropower generation prediction of large-scale reservoirs in the upper Yangtze River basin under climate change
Authors: Wenjie Zhong, Jing Guo, Lu Chen, Jianzhong Zhou, Junhong Zhang, Dangwei Wang
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125013 · Citations: 93
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, runoff, reservoir, climate change, hydropower
Abstract not available.
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, Xiaoyin Sun
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124684 · Citations: 84
Matched topics: runoff
Abstract Much attention has been recently focused on the direct hydrological effects (DHEs, such as runoff yield and concentration) of climate variability and land use/cover change (LUCC); however, the influence of LUCC on regional climate change and corresponding runoff change (indirect hydrological effect, IHE) have rarely been assessed quantitatively. This study employed the Mann-Kendall test and ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) method to analyze linear and nonlinear trends in …
Photosynthetic quantum efficiency in south‐eastern Amazonian trees may be already affected by climate change
Authors: Rakesh Tiwari, Emanuel Gloor, Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon, Simone Matias Reis et al.
Journal: Plant Cell & Environment · DOI: 10.1111/pce.13770 · Citations: 82
Matched topics: climate change
values of several species are now exceeded under present-day maximum air temperatures.
Moderate disturbances accelerate forest transition dynamics under climate change in the temperate–boreal ecotone of eastern North America
Authors: Marie‐Hélène Brice, Steve Vissault, Willian Vieira, Dominique Gravel, Pierre Legendre, Marie‐Josée Fortin
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15143 · Citations: 78
Matched topics: climate change
Several temperate tree species are expected to migrate northward and colonize boreal forests in response to climate change. Tree migrations could lead to transitions in forest types, but these could be influenced by several non-climatic factors, such as disturbances and soil conditions. We analysed over 10,000 forest inventory plots, sampled from 1970 to 2018 in meridional Québec, Canada, to identify what environmental conditions promote or prevent regional-scale forest transitions. We used a…
Permafrost thermal conditions are sensitive to shifts in snow timing
Authors: Ahmad Jan, Scott Painter
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab8ec4 · Citations: 71
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Changes in snow precipitation at high latitudes can significantly affect permafrost thermal conditions and thaw depth, potentially exposing more carbon-laden soil to microbial decomposition. A fully coupled process-based surface/subsurface thermal hydrology model with surface energy balance is used to analyze the impact of intra-annual variability in snow on permafrost thermal regime and the active layer thickness. In the four numerical scenarios considered, simulations were forced b…
Climate Change and Migration: New Insights from a Dynamic Model of Out-Migration and Return Migration
Authors: Barbara Entwisle, Ashton M. Verdery, Nathalie E. Williams
Journal: American Journal of Sociology · DOI: 10.1086/709463 · Citations: 69
Matched topics: climate change
In popular accounts, stories of environmental refugees convey a bleak picture of the impacts of climate change on migration. Scholarly research is less conclusive, with studies finding varying effects. This paper uses an agent-based model (ABM) of land use, social networks, and household dynamics to examine how extreme floods and droughts affect migration in Northeast Thailand. The ABM explicitly models the dynamic and interactive pathways through which climate-migration relationships might o…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 7 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
Configuration and intercomparison of deep learning neural models for statistical downscaling
Authors: Jorge Baño‐Medina, Rodrigo Manzanas, José Manuel Gutiérrez
Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-2109-2020 · Citations: 248
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, earth system model
Abstract. Deep learning techniques (in particular convolutional neural networks, CNNs) have recently emerged as a promising approach for statistical downscaling due to their ability to learn spatial features from huge spatiotemporal datasets. However, existing studies are based on complex models, applied to particular case studies and using simple validation frameworks, which makes a proper assessment of the (possible) added value offered by these techniques difficult. As a result, these mode…
Response of runoff and soil erosion to erosive rainstorm events and vegetation restoration on abandoned slope farmland in the Loess Plateau region, China
Authors: Liang Yue, J. Juying, Tang Bingzhe, Cao Binting, L. Hang
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124694 · Citations: 141
Matched topics: runoff
Abstract It has been widely known that vegetation restoration plays a vital importance in controlling surface runoff and soil erosion. The most of soil erosion were caused by erosive rainstorm events. Yet, the response of surface runoff and soil erosion to erosive rainstorm events and vegetation types has not been fully understood. In this study, we monitored the vegetation, rainfall, runoff and soil erosion on ten runoff plots under field conditions from 2015 to 2019 and examined the impact …
GIS-based soil erosion modelling under various steep-slope vineyard practices
Authors: Anton Pijl, Lara E.H. Reuter, Edoardo Quarella, Teun A. Vogel, Paolo Tarolli
Journal: CATENA · DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104604 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Many Commonly Used Rainfall‐Runoff Models Lack Long, Slow Dynamics: Implications for Runoff Projections
Authors: K. Fowler, W. Knoben, M. Peel, T. Peterson, D. Ryu, M. Saft et al.
Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2019WR025286 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: runoff
Evidence suggests that catchment state variables such as groundwater can exhibit multiyear trends. This means that their state may reflect not only recent climatic conditions but also climatic conditions in past years or even decades. Here we demonstrate that five commonly used conceptual “bucket” rainfall‐runoff models are unable to replicate multiyear trends exhibited by natural systems during the “Millennium Drought” in south‐east Australia. This causes an inability to extrapolate to diffe…
A comparison of machine learning models for the mapping of groundwater spring potential
Authors: A’kif Al-Fugara, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Abdel Rahman Al‐Shabeeb, Maan Habib, Rida Al‐Adamat, Hani Al-Amoush et al.
Journal: Environmental Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s12665-020-08944-1 · Citations: 77
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Abstract not available.
RETRACTED: Molecular dynamics simulation of Water-Copper nanofluid flow in a three-dimensional nanochannel with different types of surface roughness geometry for energy economic management
Authors: Shu‐Rong Yan, Davood Toghraie, Maboud Hekmatifar, Mehdi Miansari, Sara Rostami
Journal: Journal of Molecular Liquids · DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113222 · Citations: 75
Matched topics: water management, surface water
Abstract not available.
Optimizing precision irrigation of a vineyard to improve water use efficiency and profitability by using a decision-oriented vine water consumption model
Authors: Joaquim Bellvert, M. Mata, Xavier Vallverdú, C. Paris, J. Marsal
Journal: Precision Agriculture · DOI: 10.1007/s11119-020-09718-2 · Citations: 69
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract While the agronomic and economic benefits of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies have long been established in red wine grape varieties, spatial variability in water requirements across a vineyard limits their practical application. This study aims to evaluate the performance of an integrated methodology—based on a vine water consumption model and remote sensing data—to optimize the precision irrigation (PI) of a 100-ha commercial vineyard during two consecutive growing sea…
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 15 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Global agricultural economic water scarcity
Authors: Lorenzo Rosa, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Maria Cristina Rulli, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Paolo D’Odorico
Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz6031 · Citations: 709
Matched topics: irrigation
Water scarcity raises major concerns on the sustainable future of humanity and the conservation of important ecosystem functions. To meet the increasing food demand without expanding cultivated areas, agriculture will likely need to introduce irrigation in croplands that are currently rain-fed but where enough water would be available for irrigation. “Agricultural economic water scarcity” is, here, defined as lack of irrigation due to limited institutional and economic capacity instead of hyd…
Why ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ is a myth
Authors: Robert A. Spicer, Tao Su, Paul J. Valdes, Alexander Farnsworth, Feixiang Wu, Gongle Shi et al.
Journal: National Science Review · DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa091 · Citations: 323
Matched topics: earth system model
The often-used phrase ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement of India. Here, we argue that these are misconceptions derived in large part from simplistic geodynamic and climate modeling, as well as proxy misinterpretation. The growth of Tibet was a complex process involving mostly Mesozoic collisions of several Gondwanan terranes with Asia, thickening the crust and…
Harmonised global datasets of wind and solar farm locations and power
Authors: Sebastian Dunnett, Alessandro Sorichetta, Gail Taylor, Felix Eigenbrod
Journal: Scientific Data · DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0469-8 · Citations: 264
Matched topics: hydropower
Energy systems need decarbonisation in order to limit global warming to within safe limits. While global land planners are promising more of the planet’s limited space to wind and solar photovoltaic, there is little information on where current infrastructure is located. The majority of recent studies use land suitability for wind and solar, coupled with technical and socioeconomic constraints, as a proxy for actual location data. Here, we address this shortcoming. Using readily accessible Op…
Satellite Remote Sensing Contributions to Wildland Fire Science and Management
Authors: Emilio Chuvieco, Inmaculada Aguado, Javier Salas, Mariano Garcı́a, Marta Yebra, Patricia Oliva
Journal: Current Forestry Reports · DOI: 10.1007/s40725-020-00116-5 · Citations: 234
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Monthly estimation of the surface water extent in France at a 10-m resolution using Sentinel-2 data
Authors: Xiucheng Yang, Qiming Qin, Hervé Yesou, Thomas Ledauphin, Mathieu Koehl, Pierre Grussenmeyer et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111803 · Citations: 189
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, surface water, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Tree Transpiration and Urban Temperatures: Current Understanding, Implications, and Future Research Directions
Authors: Joy B. Winbourne, Taylor Jones, Sarah M. Garvey, Jamie L. Harrison, Liang Wang, Dan Li et al.
Journal: BioScience · DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa055 · Citations: 174
Matched topics: land surface model, irrigation, earth system model
Abstract The expansion of an urban tree canopy is a commonly proposed nature-based solution to combat excess urban heat. The influence trees have on urban climates via shading is driven by the morphological characteristics of trees, whereas tree transpiration is predominantly a physiological process dependent on environmental conditions and the built environment. The heterogeneous nature of urban landscapes, unique tree species assemblages, and land management decisions make it difficult to p…
Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems
Authors: Philipp S. Keller, Núria Catalán, Daniel von Schiller, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Matthias Koschorreck, Biel Obrador et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15929-y · Citations: 170
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
). Our results indicate that emissions from dry inland waters represent a significant and likely increasing component of the inland waters carbon cycle.
The reservoir network: A new network topology for district heating and cooling
Authors: T. Sommer, M. Sulzer, M. Wetter, A. Sotnikov, S. Mennel, Christoph Stettler
Journal: Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.117418 · Citations: 109
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract Thermal district networks are effective solutions to substitute fossil fuels with renewable energy sources for heating and cooling. Moreover, thermal networking of buildings allows energy efficiency to be further increased. The waste heat from cooling can be reused for heating in thermal district systems. Because of bidirectional energy flows between prosumers, thermal networks require new hydraulic concepts. In this work, we present a novel network topology for simultaneous heating …
Dissecting innovative trend analysis
Authors: Francesco Serinaldi, Fateh Chebana, Chris Kilsby
Journal: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment · DOI: 10.1007/s00477-020-01797-x · Citations: 93
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow
Abstract Investigating the nature of trends in time series is one of the most common analyses performed in hydro-climate research. However, trend analysis is also widely abused and misused, often overlooking its underlying assumptions, which prevent its application to certain types of data. A mechanistic application of graphical diagnostics and statistical hypothesis tests for deterministic trends available in ready-to-use software can result in misleading conclusions. This problem is exacerb…
Downstream changes in river avulsion style are related to channel morphology
Authors: Jeffery M. Valenza, Douglas A. Edmonds, Taehee Hwang, Samapriya Roy
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15859-9 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: hydrology, river
One of the most dramatic events in river environments is the natural diversion, or avulsion, of a channel across its floodplain. Though rarely witnessed, avulsions can cause massive floods, and over geologic time they create most of the fluvial stratigraphic record. Avulsions exhibit behavior ranging from reoccupying abandoned channels to constructing new channels and splay complexes. To quantify avulsion behavior, or style, we measure avulsion-related floodplain disturbance in modern environ…
Decreasing Landslide Erosion on Steeper Slopes in Soil‐Mantled Landscapes
Authors: J. Prancevic, Michael P. Lamb, Brian W. McArdell, Christian Rickli, James W. Kirchner
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl087505 · Citations: 81
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model
Abstract Slope‐stability models predict that steeper hillslopes require smaller hydrological triggers for shallow landslides to occur due to the added downslope pull of gravity, which should result in more frequent landslides and faster erosion. However, field observations indicate that landslide frequency does not consistently increase on steeper hillslopes. Here, we use measurements of 1,096 soil landslides in California and Switzerland, and a compilation of landslide geometries, to show th…
What drives large-scale glacier detachments? Insights from Flat Creek glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska
Authors: Mylène Jacquemart, Michael G. Loso, Matthias Leopold, Ethan Welty, Étienne Berthier, J. S. Hansen et al.
Journal: Geology · DOI: 10.1130/g47211.1 · Citations: 80
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Two large-scale glacier detachments occurred at the peaks of the 2013 and 2015 CE melt seasons, releasing a cumulative 24.4–31.3 × 106 m3 of ice and lithic material from Flat Creek glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska. Both events produced highly mobile and destructive flows with runout distances of more than 11 km. Our results suggest that four main factors led to the initial detachment in 2013: abnormally high meltwater input, an easily erodible glacier bed, inefficient subglacial …
Strong adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solution by zirconium-loaded Ca-montmorillonite
Authors: Yinhong Zou, Runyu Zhang, Liying Wang, Xuebin Ke, Jingan Chen
Journal: Applied Clay Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2020.105638 · Citations: 78
Matched topics: water management, surface water
Abstract not available.
Assessment of aquatic ecological health based on determination of biological community variability of fish and macroinvertebrates in the Weihe River Basin, China
Authors: Jintao Wu, Ruichen Mao, Mingyue Li, Jun Xia, Jingxi Song, Dandong Cheng et al.
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110651 · Citations: 75
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Biogeochemical Processes of C and N in the Soil of Mangrove Forest Ecosystems
Authors: Yo‐Jin Shiau, Chih‐Yu Chiu
Journal: Forests · DOI: 10.3390/f11050492 · Citations: 69
Matched topics: hydrology
The mangrove forest provides various ecosystem services in tropical and subtropical regions. Many of these services are driven by the biogeochemical cycles of C and N, and soil is the major reservoir for these chemical elements. These cycles may be influenced by the changing climate. The high plant biomass in mangrove forests makes these forests an important sink for blue C storage. However, anaerobic soil conditions may also turn mangrove forests into an environmentally detrimental producer …
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Topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, streamflow, reservoir, water management, flood, drought, seasonal, land surface model, climate change, hydropower, surface water, irrigation, earth system model
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