Weekly Literature Review
Week 48 · November 23–November 29, 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 mapping using a novel deep learning model based on deep belief network, back propagation and genetic algorithm
- Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency
- Recession of Gya Glacier and the 2014 glacial lake outburst flood in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
- Arsenic enrichment and its natural background in groundwater at the proximity of active floodplains of Ganga River, northern India
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Insight from CMIP6 SSP-RCP scenarios for future drought characteristics in China
- The 2018 northern European hydrological drought and its drivers in a historical perspective
- Rapid reduction in ecosystem productivity caused by flash droughts based on decade-long FLUXNET observations
- Drought analysis with different indices for the Asi Basin (Turkey)
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Streamflow Variations in Monthly, Seasonal, Annual and Extreme Values Using Mann-Kendall, Spearmen’s Rho and Innovative Trend Analysis
- Machine learning models for streamflow regionalization in a tropical watershed
- Two-stage variational mode decomposition and support vector regression for streamflow forecasting
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
- Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework
- Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects
- Urban planning policy must do more to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation actions
- Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework
- Disempowering emotions: The role of educational experiences in social responses to climate change
- Climate change and disease in plant communities
- Clouds, radiation, and atmospheric circulation in the present‐day climate and under climate change
- The State-of-the-Art of Urban Climate Change Modeling and Observations
- Addressing Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health: A Call to Action for Medical Schools
- Climate‐Driven Variability and Trends in Plant Productivity Over Recent Decades Based on Three Global Products
- Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?
- Synergistic effects of four climate change drivers on terrestrial carbon cycling
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on climate change and dengue in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thailand
- Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis juliflora, avoids trade-offs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
- Women in innovation processes as a solution to climate change: A systematic literature review and an agenda for future research
- Iceberg melting substantially modifies oceanic heat flux towards a major Greenlandic tidewater glacier
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- A hybrid CNN-GRU model for predicting soil moisture in maize root zone
- A dynamic land use/land cover input helps in picturing the Sahelian paradox: Assessing variability and attribution of changes in surface runoff in a Sahelian watershed
- Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on sea-breeze circulation and convective precipitation
- A Semiempirical Modeling of Soil Moisture, Vegetation, and Surface Roughness Impact on CYGNSS Reflectometry Data
- Combining Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning Models in Landslide Susceptibility Assessments
- Estimation of soil loss using remote sensing and GIS-based universal soil loss equation in northern catchment of Lake Tana Sub-basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwest Ethiopia
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events
- The science of Soil Security and Food Security
- Surveillance of plasticizers, bisphenol A, steroids and caffeine in surface water of River Ganga and Sundarban wetland along the Bay of Bengal: occurrence, sources, estrogenicity screening and ecotoxicological risk assessment
- Development of smart irrigation systems based on real-time soil moisture data in a greenhouse: Proof of concept
- Impacts of land-use conversions on the water cycle in a typical watershed in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau
- Distribution of antibiotics in water, sediments and biofilm in an urban river (Córdoba, Argentina, LA)
- Determining optimal deficit irrigation and fertilization to increase mango yield, quality, and WUE in a dry hot environment based on TOPSIS
- Mechanistic insights into organic carbon-driven water blackening and odorization of urban rivers
- Optimization of water and fertilizer management improves yield, water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake and use efficiency of cotton under drip fertigation
- Green Transition of Cultivated Land Use in the Yellow River Basin: A Perspective of Green Utilization Efficiency Evaluation
- Unraveling roles of dissolved organic matter in high arsenic groundwater based on molecular and optical signatures
- Simultaneous arsenite and nitrate removal from simulated groundwater based on pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification
- The scarcity-weighted water footprint provides unreliable water sustainability scoring
- Sustainable Groundwater Management in India Needs a Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus Approach
- Integrated urban stormwater management: Evolution and multidisciplinary perspective
- The role of landscape morphology on soil moisture variability in semi‐arid 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 Shahabi, Rao et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Flash flood susceptibility mapping using a novel deep learning model based on deep belief network, back propagation and genetic algorithm
Authors: Himan Shahabi, Ataollah Shirzadi, Somayeh Ronoud, Shahrokh Asadi, Binh Thai Pham, Fatemeh Mansouripour et al.
Journal: Geoscience Frontiers · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2020.10.007 · Citations: 165
Matched topics: flood
Flash floods are responsible for loss of life and considerable property damage in many countries. Flood susceptibility maps contribute to flood risk reduction in areas that are prone to this hazard if appropriately used by land-use planners and emergency managers. The main objective of this study is to prepare an accurate flood susceptibility map for the Haraz watershed in Iran using a novel modeling approach (DBPGA) based on Deep Belief Network (DBN) with Back Propagation (BP) algorithm opti…
Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency
Authors: Mukund Palat Rao, Edward R. Cook, Benjamin I. Cook, Rosanne D’Arrigo, Jonathan Palmer, Upmanu Lall et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19795-6 · Citations: 125
Matched topics: hydrology, river, streamflow, flood
percentile). Further, flood hazard inferred from the recurrence frequency of high discharge years is severely underestimated by 24-38% in the instrumental record compared to previous centuries and climate model projections. A focus on only recent observations will therefore be insufficient to accurately characterise flood hazard risk in the region, both in the context of natural variability and climate change.
Recession of Gya Glacier and the 2014 glacial lake outburst flood in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India
Authors: Ulfat Majeed, Irfan Rashid, Ashim Sattar, Simon Allen, Markus Stoffel, Marcus Nüsser et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144008 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Arsenic enrichment and its natural background in groundwater at the proximity of active floodplains of Ganga River, northern India
Authors: Abdur Rahman, N. C. Mondal, Fauzia Fauzia
Journal: Chemosphere · DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129096 · Citations: 69
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 4 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Su, Bakke et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Insight from CMIP6 SSP-RCP scenarios for future drought characteristics in China
Authors: Buda Su, Jinlong Huang, Sanjit Kumar Mondal, J. Zhai, Yanjun Wang, Shanshan Wen et al.
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105375 · Citations: 397
Matched topics: drought
Abstract In this paper, future drought characteristics (frequency, duration and intensity) over China are analysed by using four climate models from CMIP6 under the seven SSP-RCP (shared socioeconomic pathway-representative concentration pathway) scenarios (SSP119, SSP126, SSP434, SSP245, SSP460, SSP370, and SSP585) for three defined periods of 2021–2040 (near-term), 2041–2060 (mid-term) and 2081–2100 (long-term). The corresponding four climate models output from CMIP5 are also used to conduc…
The 2018 northern European hydrological drought and its drivers in a historical perspective
Authors: Sigrid Jørgensen Bakke, Monica Ioniță, Lena M. Tallaksen
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-5621-2020 · Citations: 180
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, drought, hydropower
Abstract. In 2018, large parts of northern Europe were affected by an extreme drought. A better understanding of the characteristics and the large-scale atmospheric circulation driving such events is of high importance to enhance drought forecasting and mitigation. This paper examines the historical extremeness of the May–August 2018 meteorological situation and the accompanying meteorological and hydrological (streamflow and groundwater) drought. Further, it investigates the relation between…
Rapid reduction in ecosystem productivity caused by flash droughts based on decade-long FLUXNET observations
Authors: Miao Zhang, Xing Yuan
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-5579-2020 · Citations: 137
Matched topics: drought
Abstract. A flash drought is characterized by its rapid onset and arouses widespread concerns due to its devastating impacts on the environment and society without sufficient early warnings. The increasing frequency of soil moisture flash droughts in a warming climate highlights the importance of understanding its impact on terrestrial ecosystems. Previous studies investigated the vegetation dynamics during several extreme cases of flash drought, but there is no quantitative assessment on how…
Drought analysis with different indices for the Asi Basin (Turkey)
Authors: Mehmet Dikici
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77827-z · Citations: 95
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, drought
, were evaluated for certain recurrence intervals. For this purpose, based on meteorological, hydrological and hydrogeological data for the years between 1970 and 2016, DI, SPI, SPEI, and SRI indices were analyzed and compared.
Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 3 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.
Streamflow Variations in Monthly, Seasonal, Annual and Extreme Values Using Mann-Kendall, Spearmen’s Rho and Innovative Trend Analysis
Authors: M. Ashraf, I. Ahmad, N. Khan, Fan Zhang, A. Bilal, Jiali Guo
Journal: Water resources management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-020-02723-0 · Citations: 111
Matched topics: streamflow, seasonal
Abstract not available.
Machine learning models for streamflow regionalization in a tropical watershed
Authors: Renan Gon Ferreira, Demétrius David da Silva, Abrahão Alexandre Alden Elesbon, Elpídio Inácio Fernandes Filho, Gustavo Vieira Veloso, Micael de Souza Fraga et al.
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111713 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: streamflow, water management
Abstract not available.
Two-stage variational mode decomposition and support vector regression for streamflow forecasting
Authors: Ganggang Zuo, Jungang Luo, Ni Wang, Yani Lian, Xinxin He
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-5491-2020 · Citations: 75
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, water management
Abstract. Streamflow forecasting is a crucial component in the management and control of water resources. Decomposition-based approaches have particularly demonstrated improved forecasting performance. However, direct decomposition of entire streamflow data with calibration and validation subsets is not practical for signal component prediction. This impracticality is due to the fact that the calibration process uses some validation information that is not available in practical streamflow fo…
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 17 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Authors: Mark Baldwin, Blanca Ayarzagüena, Thomas Birner, Neal Butchart, Amy H. Butler, Andrew Charlton‐Perez et al.
Journal: Reviews of Geophysics · DOI: 10.1029/2020rg000708 · Citations: 543
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract Sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are impressive fluid dynamical events in which large and rapid temperature increases in the winter polar stratosphere ( ∼ 10–50 km) are associated with a complete reversal of the climatological wintertime westerly winds. SSWs are caused by the breaking of planetary‐scale waves that propagate upwards from the troposphere. During an SSW, the polar vortex breaks down, accompanied by rapid descent and warming of air in polar latitudes, mirrored by asc…
Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework
Authors: B. O’Neill, T. Carter, K. Ebi, P. Harrison, E. Kemp-Benedict, K. Kok et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00952-0 · Citations: 465
Matched topics: climate change
Long-term global scenarios have underpinned research and assessment of global environmental change for four decades. Over the past ten years, the climate change research community has developed a scenario framework combining alternative futures of climate and society to facilitate integrated research and consistent assessment to inform policy. Here we assess how well this framework is working and what challenges it faces. We synthesize insights from scenario-based literature, community discus…
Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects
Authors: Leah Temper, Sofía Ávila, Daniela Del Bene, Jennifer Gobby, Nicolás Kosoy, Philippe Le Billon et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc197 · Citations: 299
Matched topics: hydropower
Abstract In this article we undertake a systematic mapping of 649 cases of resistance movements to both fossil fuel (FF) and low carbon energy (LCE) projects, providing the most comprehensive overview of such place-based energy-related mobilizations to date. We find that (1) Place-based resistance movements are succeeding in curbing both fossil-fuel and low-carbon energy projects. Over a quarter of projects encountering social resistance have been cancelled, suspended or delayed. (2) The evid…
Urban planning policy must do more to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation actions
Authors: Anna Hürlimann, Sareh Moosavi, Geoffrey R. Browne
Journal: Land Use Policy · DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105188 · Citations: 187
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework
Authors: Guojing Gan, Yuanbo Liu, Ge Sun
Journal: Earth-Science Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103451 · Citations: 181
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff
Abstract not available.
Disempowering emotions: The role of educational experiences in social responses to climate change
Authors: Charlotte Jones, Aidan Davison
Journal: Geoforum · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.11.006 · Citations: 174
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Climate change and disease in plant communities
Authors: Jeremy J. Burdon, Jiasui Zhan
Journal: PLoS Biology · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000949 · Citations: 162
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change is triggering similar effects on the incidence and severity of disease for crops in agriculture and wild plants in natural communities. The complexity of natural ecosystems, however, generates a complex array of interactions between wild plants and pathogens in marked contrast to those generated in the structural and species simplicity of most agricultural crops. Understanding the different impacts of climate change on agricultural and natural ecosystems requires accounting for…
Clouds, radiation, and atmospheric circulation in the present‐day climate and under climate change
Authors: Aiko Voigt, Nicole Albern, Paulo Ceppi, Kevin M. Grise, Ying Li, Brian Medeiros
Journal: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change · DOI: 10.1002/wcc.694 · Citations: 148
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Abstract By interacting with radiation, clouds modulate the flow of energy through the Earth system, the circulation of the atmosphere, and regional climate. We review the impact of cloud‐radiation interactions for the atmospheric circulation in the present‐day climate, its internal variability and its response to climate change. After summarizing cloud‐controlling factors and cloud‐radiative effects, we clarify the scope and limits of the Clouds On‐Off Klimate Model Intercomparison Experimen…
The State-of-the-Art of Urban Climate Change Modeling and Observations
Authors: Rafiq Hamdi, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Quang‐Van Doan, Peng Cai, Huili He, Geping Luo et al.
Journal: Earth Systems and Environment · DOI: 10.1007/s41748-020-00193-3 · Citations: 130
Matched topics: land surface model, climate change
Abstract As an effect of climate change, cities need detailed information on urban climates at decision scale that cannot be easily delivered using current observation networks, nor global and even regional climate models. A review is presented of the recent literature and recommendations are formulated for future work. In most cities, historical observational records are too short, discontinuous, or of too poor quality to support trend analysis and climate change attribution. For climate mod…
Addressing Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health: A Call to Action for Medical Schools
Authors: Anna Goshua, Jason Gomez, Barbara Erny, Marshall Burke, Stephen P. Luby, Susanne H. Sokolow et al.
Journal: Academic Medicine · DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000003861 · Citations: 121
Matched topics: climate change
Human health is increasingly threatened by rapid and widespread changes in the environment and climate, including rising temperatures, air and water pollution, disease vector migration, floods, and droughts. In the United States, many medical schools, the American Medical Association, and the National Academy of Sciences have published calls for physicians and physicians-in-training to develop a basic knowledge of the science of climate change and an awareness of the associated health risks. …
Climate‐Driven Variability and Trends in Plant Productivity Over Recent Decades Based on Three Global Products
Authors: Michael O’Sullivan, William K. Smith, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein, Vivek K. Arora, Vanessa Haverd et al.
Journal: Global Biogeochemical Cycles · DOI: 10.1029/2020gb006613 · Citations: 117
Matched topics: land surface model, earth system model
Variability in climate exerts a strong influence on vegetation productivity (gross primary productivity; GPP), and therefore has a large impact on the land carbon sink. However, no direct observations of global GPP exist, and estimates rely on models that are constrained by observations at various spatial and temporal scales. Here, we assess the consistency in GPP from global products which extend for more than three decades; two observation-based approaches, the upscaling of FLUXNET site obs…
Climate change versus land-use change—What affects the ecosystem services more in the forest-steppe ecotone?
Authors: Fengqi Cui, Bojie Wang, Qin Zhang, Haiping Tang, Philippe De Maeyer, Rafiq Hamdi et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143525 · Citations: 110
Matched topics: water management, climate change
Abstract not available.
Synergistic effects of four climate change drivers on terrestrial carbon cycling
Authors: Peter B. Reich, Sarah E. Hobbie, Tali D. Lee, Roy Rich, Melissa A. Pastore, Kally Worm
Journal: Nature Geoscience · DOI: 10.1038/s41561-020-00657-1 · Citations: 105
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on climate change and dengue in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thailand
Authors: Md. Siddikur Rahman, Hans J. Overgaard, Chamsai Pientong, Mayfong Mayxay, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Sirinart Aromseree et al.
Journal: Environmental Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110509 · Citations: 78
Matched topics: climate change
BACKGROUND: Dengue is linked with climate change in tropical and sub-tropical countries including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) and Thailand. Knowledge about these issues and preventive measures can affect the incidence and outbreak risk of dengue. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among urban and rural communities and government officials about climate change and dengue in Laos and Thailand. METHODS: A cross-se…
Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis juliflora, avoids trade-offs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
Authors: Purity Rima Mbaabu, Daniel Olago, Maina Gichaba, Sandra Eckert, René Eschen, Silas Oriaso et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77126-7 · Citations: 76
Matched topics: climate change
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Afforestation of degraded grassland, sometimes by using invasive alien trees, has been put forward as a legitimate climate change mitigation strategy. However, even in cases where tree encroachment of degraded grasslands leads to increased soil organic carbon, it may come at a high cost since the restoration of grassland-characteristic biodiversity and ecosy…
Women in innovation processes as a solution to climate change: A systematic literature review and an agenda for future research
Authors: Séverine Le Loarne–Lemaire, Gaël Bertrand, Meriam Razgallah, Adnane Maâlaoui, Andreas Kallmuenzer
Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change · DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120440 · Citations: 72
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Iceberg melting substantially modifies oceanic heat flux towards a major Greenlandic tidewater glacier
Authors: Benjamin Davison, Tom Cowton, Finlo Cottier, Andrew Sole
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19805-7 · Citations: 68
Matched topics: hydrology
Fjord dynamics influence oceanic heat flux to the Greenland ice sheet. Submarine iceberg melting releases large volumes of freshwater within Greenland’s fjords, yet its impact on fjord dynamics remains unclear. We modify an ocean model to simulate submarine iceberg melting in Sermilik Fjord, east Greenland. Here we find that submarine iceberg melting cools and freshens the fjord by up to ~5 °C and 0.7 psu in the upper 100-200 m. The release of freshwater from icebergs drives an overturning ci…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 6 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
A hybrid CNN-GRU model for predicting soil moisture in maize root zone
Authors: Jingxin Yu, Xin Zhang, Linlin Xu, Jing Dong, Lili Zhangzhong
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106649 · Citations: 175
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
A dynamic land use/land cover input helps in picturing the Sahelian paradox: Assessing variability and attribution of changes in surface runoff in a Sahelian watershed
Authors: Roland Yonaba, Angelbert Chabi Biaou, Mahamadou Koïta, Tazen Fowé, Lawani Adjadi Mounirou, Cheick Oumar Zouré et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143792 · Citations: 125
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow
In Sahelian landscapes, land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and climate variability are already known to affect the water cycle. In its current practice however, hydrological modelling does not account for LULC changes. This issue pertains to rapidly evolving watersheds and might result in critical inaccuracies in the simulated processes. In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used to simulate surface runoff in the small Sahelian watershed of Tougou, which underwen…
Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on sea-breeze circulation and convective precipitation
Authors: Jiwen Fan, Yuwei Zhang, Zhanqing Li, Jiaxi Hu, Daniel Rosenfeld
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-14163-2020 · Citations: 109
Matched topics: land surface model
Abstract. Changes in land cover and aerosols resulting from urbanization may impact convective clouds and precipitation. Here we investigate how Houston urbanization can modify sea-breeze-induced convective cloud and precipitation through the urban land effect and anthropogenic aerosol effect. The simulations are carried out with the Chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF-Chem), which is coupled with spectral-bin microphysics (SBM) and the multilayer urban model …
A Semiempirical Modeling of Soil Moisture, Vegetation, and Surface Roughness Impact on CYGNSS Reflectometry Data
Authors: Simon Yueh, Rashmi Shah, Julián Chaubell, Akiko Hayashi, Xiaolan Xu, Andreas Colliander
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2020.3035989 · Citations: 109
Matched topics: land surface model
Data from the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission augmented with a physical surface scattering model were analyzed to develop a semiempirical model, which consists of three main modeling components for soil moisture, vegetation, and surface roughness. CYGNSS data collected from March 2017 to March 2020 were collocated with the soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and climatology vegetation water content (VWC) derived from the Moderate…
Combining Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning Models in Landslide Susceptibility Assessments
Authors: Wei Chen, Yunzhi Chen, Paraskevas Tsangaratos, Ioanna Ilia, Xiaojing Wang
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs12233854 · Citations: 102
Matched topics: hydrologic model
The main objective of the present study is to introduce a novel predictive model that combines evolutionary algorithms and machine learning (ML) models, so as to construct a landslide susceptibility map. Genetic algorithms (GA) are used as a feature selection method, whereas the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method is used to optimize the structural parameters of two ML models, support vector machines (SVM) and artificial neural network (ANN). A well-defined spatial database, which includ…
Estimation of soil loss using remote sensing and GIS-based universal soil loss equation in northern catchment of Lake Tana Sub-basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwest Ethiopia
Authors: Veera Narayana Balabathina, Reena Raju, Wuletaw Mulualem, Gedefaw Tadele
Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH · DOI: 10.1186/s40068-020-00203-3 · Citations: 82
Matched topics: water management
Abstract Background Soil erosion is one of the major environmental challenges and has a significant impact on potential land productivity and food security in many highland regions of Ethiopia. Quantifying and identifying the spatial patterns of soil erosion is important for management. The present study aims to estimate soil erosion by water in the Northern catchment of Lake Tana basin in the NW highlands of Ethiopia. The estimations are based on available data through the application of the…
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 16 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events
Authors: Nina Ridder, A. J. Pitman, Seth Westra, Anna Ukkola, Hong Xuan, Margot Bador et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19639-3 · Citations: 370
Matched topics: streamflow, earth system model
Compound events (CEs) are weather and climate events that result from multiple hazards or drivers with the potential to cause severe socio-economic impacts. Compared with isolated hazards, the multiple hazards/drivers associated with CEs can lead to higher economic losses and death tolls. Here, we provide the first analysis of multiple multivariate CEs potentially causing high-impact floods, droughts, and fires. Using observations and reanalysis data during 1980-2014, we analyse 27 hazard pai…
The science of Soil Security and Food Security
Authors: Liana E. Pozza, Damien J. Field
Journal: Soil Security · DOI: 10.1016/j.soisec.2020.100002 · Citations: 173
Matched topics: water management
There is a nexus of seven inter-linked global existential challenges; Soil Security and Food Security are two of these. The established concept of Food Security is well defined and researched, whereas the emerging concept of Soil Security is building its currency globally. Addressing Soil Security provides the means to improve food, fibre and water quality in a sustainable manner, through enhanced soil care and development of best land-management practices. Soil is a fragile resource which is…
Surveillance of plasticizers, bisphenol A, steroids and caffeine in surface water of River Ganga and Sundarban wetland along the Bay of Bengal: occurrence, sources, estrogenicity screening and ecotoxicological risk assessment
Authors: Paromita Chakraborty, Nancy W. Shappell, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Sathaporn Onanong, K. Ronnie Rex, Daniel D. Snow
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116668 · Citations: 143
Matched topics: river, surface water
Abstract not available.
Development of smart irrigation systems based on real-time soil moisture data in a greenhouse: Proof of concept
Authors: Renkuan Liao, Shirui Zhang, Xin Zhang, Mingfei Wang, Huarui Wu, Lili Zhangzhong
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106632 · Citations: 126
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
Impacts of land-use conversions on the water cycle in a typical watershed in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau
Authors: Jingyi Hu, Yiping Wu, Lijing Wang, Pengcheng Sun, Fubo Zhao, Zhangdong Jin et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125741 · Citations: 116
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Distribution of antibiotics in water, sediments and biofilm in an urban river (Córdoba, Argentina, LA)
Authors: María Eugenia Valdés, Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos, María Carolina Rodríguez Castro, Adonis Giorgi, Damià Barceló, Sara Rodríguez‐Mozaz et al.
Journal: Environmental Pollution · DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116133 · Citations: 114
Matched topics: hydrology, river
Abstract not available.
Determining optimal deficit irrigation and fertilization to increase mango yield, quality, and WUE in a dry hot environment based on TOPSIS
Authors: Xiaogang Liu, Youliang Peng, Qiliang Yang, Xiukang Wang, Ningbo Cui
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106650 · Citations: 96
Matched topics: water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Mechanistic insights into organic carbon-driven water blackening and odorization of urban rivers
Authors: Zhiwei Liang, Wenwen Fang, Yukui Luo, Qihong Lu, Philippe Juneau, Zhili He et al.
Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124663 · Citations: 95
Matched topics: river, water management
Abstract not available.
Optimization of water and fertilizer management improves yield, water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake and use efficiency of cotton under drip fertigation
Authors: Haidong Wang, Lifeng Wu, Xiukang Wang, Shaohui Zhang, Minghui Cheng, Hao Feng et al.
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106662 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Green Transition of Cultivated Land Use in the Yellow River Basin: A Perspective of Green Utilization Efficiency Evaluation
Authors: Xiao Lu, Yi Qu, Piling Sun, Wei Yu, Wenlong Peng
Journal: Land · DOI: 10.3390/land9120475 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: river
Exploring the green transition of cultivated land use from the perspective of green utilization efficiency evaluation has become an important content of deepening the study of cultivated land use transition, which is of great significance to promote food security and ecological civilization construction. At present, there are few studies on the green utilization efficiency of cultivated land (GUECL), which covers the comprehensive benefits of economy, ecology and society, combined with the re…
Unraveling roles of dissolved organic matter in high arsenic groundwater based on molecular and optical signatures
Authors: Wen Qiao, Huaming Guo, Chen He, Quan Shi, Bo Zhao
Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124702 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: surface water
Abstract not available.
Simultaneous arsenite and nitrate removal from simulated groundwater based on pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification
Authors: Ruihua Li, Mengsha Guan, Wei Wang
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116662 · Citations: 71
Matched topics: surface water
Abstract not available.
The scarcity-weighted water footprint provides unreliable water sustainability scoring
Authors: Davy Vanham, Mesfin M. Mekonnen
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143992 · Citations: 71
Matched topics: irrigation
To evaluate the environmental sustainability of blue water use or the blue water footprint (WF) of a product, organisation, geographical entity or a diet, two well-established indicators are generally applied: water efficiency and blue water stress. In recent years, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) community has developed, used and promoted the indicator scarcity-weighted WF, which aims to grasp both blue water use and blue water stress in one indicator. This indicator is now recommended in an…
Sustainable Groundwater Management in India Needs a Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus Approach
Authors: Aditi Mukherji
Journal: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy · DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13123 · Citations: 70
Matched topics: water management
Abstract Groundwater depletion in India is a result of water, energy, and food policies that have given rise to a nexus where growth in agriculture has been supported by unsustainable trends in water and energy use. This nexus emanates from India’s policy of providing affordable calories to its large population. This requires that input prices are kept low, leading to perverse incentives that encourage groundwater overexploitation. The paper argues that solutions to India’s groundwater proble…
Integrated urban stormwater management: Evolution and multidisciplinary perspective
Authors: Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski
Journal: Journal of Hydro-environment Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2020.11.003 · Citations: 67
Matched topics: water management, surface water
Abstract not available.
The role of landscape morphology on soil moisture variability in semi‐arid ecosystems
Authors: Ankur Srivastava, Patricia Saco, José F. Rodríguez, Nikul Kumari, Kwok Pan Chun, Ömer Yetemen
Journal: Hydrological Processes · DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13990 · Citations: 67
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Abstract Previous studies on semi‐arid ecosystems have shown high values of soil moisture variability (SMV) primarily induced by the combined effects of non‐uniform precipitation, incoming solar radiation, and soil and vegetation properties. However, the relative impact of these various factors on SMV has been difficult to evaluate due to limited availability of field data. In addition, only a limited number of studies have analysed the role of landscape morphology on SMV. Here we use numeric…
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| Databases searched | 2 |
| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 953 |
| After deduplication | 680 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 630 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
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| The Science of The Total Environment | 4 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 4 |
| Nature Communications | 3 |
| Hydrology and earth system sciences | 3 |
| Scientific Reports | 2 |
| Water Research | 2 |
| Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2 |
| Geoscience Frontiers | 1 |
| Chemosphere | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Water resources management | 1 |
| Journal of Environmental Management | 1 |
| Reviews of Geophysics | 1 |
| Nature Climate Change | 1 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1 |
| Land Use Policy | 1 |
| Earth-Science Reviews | 1 |
| Geoforum | 1 |
| PLoS Biology | 1 |
| Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change | 1 |
| Earth Systems and Environment | 1 |
| Academic Medicine | 1 |
| Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 1 |
| Nature Geoscience | 1 |
| Environmental Research | 1 |
| Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 1 |
| Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 1 |
| IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 1 |
| Remote Sensing | 1 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH | 1 |
| Soil Security | 1 |
| Journal of Hydrology | 1 |
| Environmental Pollution | 1 |
| Land | 1 |
| Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy | 1 |
| Journal of Hydro-environment Research | 1 |
| Hydrological Processes | 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