Weekly Literature Review
Week 37 · September 7–September 13, 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
- Evaluating the performance of random forest for large-scale flood discharge simulation
- Flood susceptibility prediction using four machine learning techniques and comparison of their performance at Wadi Qena Basin, Egypt
- Emergency flood bulletins for Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A critical evaluation of the use of global flood forecasts for international humanitarian preparedness and response
- The effect of brine salinity and oil components on dynamic IFT behavior of oil-brine during low salinity water flooding: Diffusion coefficient, EDL establishment time, and IFT reduction rate
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation
- Climate anxiety in young people: a call to action
- Ecosystem-based fisheries management forestalls climate-driven collapse
- Soil Organic Matter Research and Climate Change: Merely Re-storing Carbon Versus Restoring Soil Functions
- Canadian permafrost stores large pools of ammonium and optically distinct dissolved organic matter
- Assessment of NDVI variations in responses to climate change in the Horn of Africa
- Fonio millet genome unlocks African orphan crop diversity for agriculture in a changing climate
- NosZ clade II rather than clade I determine in situ N2O emissions with different fertilizer types under simulated climate change and its legacy
- Animal Agriculture and Climate Change in the US and UK Elite Media: Volume, Responsibilities, Causes and Solutions
- Using ensembles of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and optimization algorithms to predict reference evapotranspiration in subtropical climatic zones
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- Bias correction of temperature and precipitation over China for RCM simulations using the QM and QDM methods
- CAMELS-BR: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 897 catchments in Brazil
- Scientific and Human Errors in a Snow Model Intercomparison
- The global dust cycle and uncertainty in CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5) models
- Modeling arid/semi-arid irrigated agricultural watersheds with SWAT: Applications, challenges, and solution strategies
- Wetland conversion risk assessment of East Kolkata Wetland: A Ramsar site using random forest and support vector machine model
- A rational performance criterion for hydrological model
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy
- Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
- The mitigating effects of economic complexity and renewable energy on carbon emissions in developed countries
- WFDE5: bias-adjusted ERA5 reanalysis data for impact studies
- Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?
- GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present
- Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images
- Biodegradability of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) and poly(ε-caprolactone) via biological carbon cycles in marine environments
- Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs
- Improved Estimates of Changes in Upper Ocean Salinity and the Hydrological Cycle
- Evaluating the land-surface energy partitioning in ERA5
- Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data
- Application of systematic strategy for agricultural non-point source pollution control in Yangtze River basin, China
- Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters
- The impact of access to irrigation on rural incomes and diversification: evidence from China
- Responses of growth, fruit yield, quality and water productivity of greenhouse tomato to deficit drip irrigation
- Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations
- Persisting volcanic ash particles impact stratospheric SO2 lifetime and aerosol optical properties
- Energy and water footprints of cereal production in China
- Effects of water level alteration on carbon cycling in peatlands
- Water Sensitive Cities Index: A diagnostic tool to assess water sensitivity and guide management actions
- Assessing seasonal and interannual water storage variations in Taiwan using geodetic and hydrological data
- Improvement of sugarcane yield estimation by assimilating UAV-derived plant height observations
- Environmental Externalities from Agriculture: Evidence from Water Quality in the United States
- Formation mechanism analysis of irrigation-induced retrogressive loess landslides
- 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 Schoppa, El‐Haddad et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Evaluating the performance of random forest for large-scale flood discharge simulation
Authors: Lukas Schoppa, Markus Disse, Sophie Bachmair
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125531 · Citations: 215
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, flood
Abstract not available.
Flood susceptibility prediction using four machine learning techniques and comparison of their performance at Wadi Qena Basin, Egypt
Authors: Bosy A. El‐Haddad, Ahmed M. Youssef, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Biswajeet Pradhan, Abdel‐Hamid El‐Shater, Mohamed H. El-Khashab
Journal: Natural Hazards · DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04296-y · Citations: 125
Matched topics: water management, flood
Abstract not available.
Emergency flood bulletins for Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A critical evaluation of the use of global flood forecasts for international humanitarian preparedness and response
Authors: Rebecca Emerton, Hannah Cloke, Andrea Ficchì, Laurence Hawker, Sara de Wit, Linda Speight et al.
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101811 · Citations: 105
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, flood
Humanitarian disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan (SE Asia, 2013) and the Horn of Africa drought (2011–2012) are examples of natural hazards that were predicted, but where forecasts were not sufficiently acted upon, leading to considerable loss of life. These events, alongside international adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, have motivated efforts to enable early action from early warnings. Through initiatives such as Forecast-based Financing (FbF) and the Science for H…
The effect of brine salinity and oil components on dynamic IFT behavior of oil-brine during low salinity water flooding: Diffusion coefficient, EDL establishment time, and IFT reduction rate
Authors: Hamed Farhadi, Shahab Ayatollahi, Mobeen Fatemi
Journal: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107862 · Citations: 83
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 2 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Zhou, Masroor et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
The use of combined soil moisture data to characterize agricultural drought conditions and the relationship among different drought types in China
Authors: Keke Zhou, Jianzhu Li, Ting Zhang, Aiqing Kang
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106479 · Citations: 128
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Exploring climate variability and its impact on drought occurrence: Evidence from Godavari Middle sub-basin, India
Authors: Md Masroor, Sufia Rehman, Ram Avtar, Mehebub Sahana, Raihan Ahmed, Haroon Sajjad
Journal: Weather and Climate Extremes · DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2020.100277 · Citations: 85
Matched topics: drought
Godavari middle sub-basin covering one district of Telangana state and eleven districts of Maharashtra state in India has been experiencing severe drought due to climate variability over the past several decades. Lying in the rain shadow zone of Western Ghats (mountain pass), it receives scant rainfall. Therefore, monitoring and assessing of drought is essential for lessening the impact on communities’ livelihood and environment. We utilized forty grid points data from global weather data for…
Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 2 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.
Employing Machine Learning Algorithms for Streamflow Prediction: A Case Study of Four River Basins with Different Climatic Zones in the United States
Authors: Peiman Parisouj, Hamid Mohebzadeh, Taesam Lee
Journal: Water Resources Management · DOI: 10.1007/s11269-020-02659-5 · Citations: 165
Matched topics: river, streamflow, flood
Abstract not available.
Support vector regression optimized by meta-heuristic algorithms for daily streamflow prediction
Authors: Anurag Malik, Y. Tikhamarine, D. Souag-Gamane, O. Kisi, Q. Pham
Journal: Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment (Print) · DOI: 10.1007/s00477-020-01874-1 · Citations: 137
Matched topics: streamflow, water management, flood
Abstract not available.
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 10 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation
Authors: Alexandre Chausson, Beth Turner, Dan Seddon, Nicole Chabaneix, Cécile Girardin, Valerie Kapos et al.
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15310 · Citations: 627
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow, land surface model, climate change, earth system model
Nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political traction. However, national intentions to deploy NbS have yet to be fully translated into evidence-based targets and action on the ground. To enable NbS policy and practice to be better informed by science, we produced the first global systematic map of evidence on the effectiveness of nature-based interventions for addressing the impacts of climate change and hydrometeorological hazards on people. Most of th…
Climate anxiety in young people: a call to action
Authors: Judy Wu, Gaelen Snell, Hasina Samji
Journal: The Lancet Planetary Health · DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30223-0 · Citations: 263
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change poses a major threat to human health. Emerging studies are elucidating the physical health effects of climate change, such as increased rates of heat-related illnesses and infectious diseases and exacerbation of cardiopulmonary conditions;1Parker CL Wellbery CE Mueller M The changing climate: managing health impacts.Am Fam Physician. 2019; 100: 618-626PubMed Google Scholar however, research is scarce on the psychological effects,2Sanson AV Van Hoorn J Burke SEL Responding to th…
Ecosystem-based fisheries management forestalls climate-driven collapse
Authors: Kirstin K. Holsman, Alan C. Haynie, Anne B. Hollowed, Jonathan C. P. Reum, Kerim Aydin, Albert J. Hermann et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18300-3 · Citations: 174
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Climate change is impacting fisheries worldwide with uncertain outcomes for food and nutritional security. Using management strategy evaluations for key US fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea we find that Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) measures forestall future declines under climate change over non-EBFM approaches. Yet, benefits are species-specific and decrease markedly after 2050. Under high-baseline carbon emission scenarios (RCP 8.5), end-of-century (2075-2100) pollock and P…
Soil Organic Matter Research and Climate Change: Merely Re-storing Carbon Versus Restoring Soil Functions
Authors: Philippe C. Baveye, Laura S. Schnee, Pascal Boivin, Magdeline Laba, Ricardo Radulovich
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science · DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.579904 · Citations: 136
Matched topics: hydrology, flood, climate change
Over the last two decades, the sequestration of carbon in soils has often been presented as a possible way to mitigate the steady increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, one of the most commonly mentioned causes of climate change. A large body of literature, as well as sustained efforts to attract funding for the research on soil organic matter, have focused on the soil carbon sequestration – climate change nexus. However, because CO2 is not the only greenhouse gas released by…
Canadian permafrost stores large pools of ammonium and optically distinct dissolved organic matter
Authors: Julien Fouché, Casper T. Christiansen, Melissa J. Lafrenière, Paul Grogan, Scott F. Lamoureux
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18331-w · Citations: 125
Matched topics: hydrology, seasonal
Permafrost degradation may lead to mobilization of carbon and nutrients and enhance microbial processing rates of previously frozen organic matter. Although the pool size and chemical composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) are fundamental determinants of the carbon cycle in Arctic watersheds, its source within the seasonally thawing active layer and the underlying permafrost remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we used 25 soil cores that extended down into the permafrost from nine si…
Assessment of NDVI variations in responses to climate change in the Horn of Africa
Authors: Mihretab G. Ghebrezgabher, Taibao Yang, Xuemei Yang, Temesghen Eyassu Sereke
Journal: The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2020.08.003 · Citations: 125
Matched topics: seasonal, climate change
The variation of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) mainly depends on the change of climatic factors (precipitation and temperature). This study is assessing and analyzing the inter-annual and seasonal change of NDVI in the Horn of Africa (HOA) (1982–2013). The relationship between climatic factors and NDVI values of global Inventory monitoring Modeling System (GIMMS) from 1982 to 2013 was analyzed by means of ordinary least squares, vegetation slope, simple linear regression and c…
Fonio millet genome unlocks African orphan crop diversity for agriculture in a changing climate
Authors: Michaël Abrouk, Hanin Ibrahim Ahmed, Philippe Cubry, Denisa Šimoníková, Stéphane Cauet, Yveline Pailles et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18329-4 · Citations: 124
Matched topics: climate change
Sustainable food production in the context of climate change necessitates diversification of agriculture and a more efficient utilization of plant genetic resources. Fonio millet (Digitaria exilis) is an orphan African cereal crop with a great potential for dryland agriculture. Here, we establish high-quality genomic resources to facilitate fonio improvement through molecular breeding. These include a chromosome-scale reference assembly and deep re-sequencing of 183 cultivated and wild Digita…
NosZ clade II rather than clade I determine in situ N2O emissions with different fertilizer types under simulated climate change and its legacy
Authors: Xiaoya Xu, Yaowei Liu, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Qi Yang, Qichun Zhang, Hailong Wang et al.
Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107974 · Citations: 102
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Animal Agriculture and Climate Change in the US and UK Elite Media: Volume, Responsibilities, Causes and Solutions
Authors: Silje Kristiansen, James Painter, Meghan Shea
Journal: Environmental Communication · DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2020.1805344 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: climate change
Animal agriculture is a major producer of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to 14.5% of global emissions, which is approximately the same size as the transportation sector. Global meat consumption is projected to grow, which will increase animal agriculture’s negative impact on the environment. Public awareness of the link between animal food consumption and climate change is low; this may be one of many obstacles to more effective interventions to reduce meat consumption in Western diets,…
Using ensembles of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and optimization algorithms to predict reference evapotranspiration in subtropical climatic zones
Authors: Dilip Kumar Roy, Rahim Barzegar, John Quilty, Jan Adamowski
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125509 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
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.
Bias correction of temperature and precipitation over China for RCM simulations using the QM and QDM methods
Authors: Yao Tong, Xuejie Gao, Zhenyu Han, Yaqi Xu, Ying Xu, Filippo Giorgi
Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05447-4 · Citations: 209
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model, hydropower, earth system model
Abstract Two different bias correction methods, the quantile mapping (QM) and quantile delta mapping (QDM), are applied to simulated daily temperature and precipitation over China from a set of 21st century regional climate model (the ICTP RegCM4) projections. The RegCM4 is driven by five different general circulation models (GCMs) under the representative concentration pathway RCP4.5 at a grid spacing of 25 km using the CORDEX East Asia domain. The focus is on mean temperature and precipitat…
CAMELS-BR: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 897 catchments in Brazil
Authors: Vinícius B. P. Chagas, Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe, Nans Addor, Fernando Mainardi Fan, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2075-2020 · Citations: 200
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model
Abstract. We introduce a new catchment dataset for large-sample hydrological studies in Brazil. This dataset encompasses daily time series of observed streamflow from 3679 gauges, as well as meteorological forcing (precipitation, evapotranspiration, and temperature) for 897 selected catchments. It also includes 65 attributes covering a range of topographic, climatic, hydrologic, land cover, geologic, soil, and human intervention variables, as well as data quality indicators. This paper descri…
Scientific and Human Errors in a Snow Model Intercomparison
Authors: Cécile B. Ménard, Richard Essery, Gerhard Krinner, Gabriele Arduini, Paul Bartlett, Aaron Boone et al.
Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0329.1 · Citations: 189
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, land surface model, earth system model
Abstract Twenty-seven models participated in the Earth System Model–Snow Model Intercomparison Project (ESM-SnowMIP), the most data-rich MIP dedicated to snow modeling. Our findings do not support the hypothesis advanced by previous snow MIPs: evaluating models against more variables and providing evaluation datasets extended temporally and spatially does not facilitate identification of key new processes requiring improvement to model snow mass and energy budgets, even at point scales. In fa…
The global dust cycle and uncertainty in CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5) models
Authors: Chenglai Wu, Zhaohui Lin, Xiaohong Liu
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-10401-2020 · Citations: 136
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract. The dust cycle is an important component of the Earth system and has been implemented in climate models and Earth system models (ESMs). An assessment of the dust cycle in these models is vital to address their strengths and weaknesses in simulating dust aerosol and its interactions with the Earth system and enhance the future model developments. This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of the global dust cycle in 15 models participating in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model …
Modeling arid/semi-arid irrigated agricultural watersheds with SWAT: Applications, challenges, and solution strategies
Authors: Maryam Samimi, Ali Mirchi, Daniel N. Moriasi, So-Ra Ahn, Sara Alian, Saleh Taghvaeian et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125418 · Citations: 131
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, water management, land surface model, surface water, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Wetland conversion risk assessment of East Kolkata Wetland: A Ramsar site using random forest and support vector machine model
Authors: Sasanka Ghosh, Arijit Das
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123475 · Citations: 117
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
A rational performance criterion for hydrological model
Authors: Dedi Liu
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125488 · Citations: 116
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Abstract not available.
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 25 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy
Authors: David Leclère, Michael Obersteiner, Mike Barrett, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Abhishek Chaudhary, Adriana De Palma et al.
Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y · Citations: 899
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model, climate change, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Global phosphorus shortage will be aggravated by soil erosion
Authors: Christine Alewell, Bruno Ringeval, Cristiano Ballabio, David A. Robinson, Panos Panagos, Pasquale Borrelli
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18326-7 · Citations: 766
Matched topics: runoff, land surface model, earth system model
, with average losses of P due to erosion by water contributing over 50% of total P losses.
The mitigating effects of economic complexity and renewable energy on carbon emissions in developed countries
Authors: Buhari Doğan, Oana M. Driha, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Umer Shahzad
Journal: Sustainable Development · DOI: 10.1002/sd.2125 · Citations: 515
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract Under the growing threats of climate change, innovation and pollution reduction have become driving forces for cleaner economic growth and the environment. This study endeavors to analyze the effect of economic complexity—understood as structural transformation toward more sophisticated and knowledge‐based production, economic progress, renewable energy consumption, and population growth over carbon emissions. Our study employs panel data for a sample of 28 OECD countries covering th…
WFDE5: bias-adjusted ERA5 reanalysis data for impact studies
Authors: Marco Cucchi, Graham P. Weedon, A. Amici, Nicolas Bellouin, Stefan Lange, Hannes Müller Schmied et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2097-2020 · Citations: 504
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, land surface model, climate change, surface water, earth system model
Abstract. The WFDE5 dataset has been generated using the WATCH Forcing Data (WFD) methodology applied to surface meteorological variables from the ERA5 reanalysis. The WFDEI dataset had previously been generated by applying the WFD methodology to ERA-Interim. The WFDE5 is provided at 0.5∘ spatial resolution but has higher temporal resolution (hourly) compared to WFDEI (3-hourly). It also has higher spatial variability since it was generated by aggregation of the higher-resolution ERA5 rather …
Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?
Authors: Karina von Schuckmann, Lijing Cheng, Matthew D. Palmer, James E. Hansen, Caterina Tassone, Valentin Aich et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2013-2020 · Citations: 374
Matched topics: land surface model, climate change, earth system model
Abstract. Human-induced atmospheric composition changes cause a radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere which is driving global warming. This Earth energy imbalance (EEI) is the most critical number defining the prospects for continued global warming and climate change. Understanding the heat gain of the Earth system – and particularly how much and where the heat is distributed – is fundamental to understanding how this affects warming ocean, atmosphere and land; rising surface tempe…
GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present
Authors: Shaun Harrigan, Ervin Zsótér, Lorenzo Alfieri, Christel Prudhomme, Peter Salamon, Fredrik Wetterhall et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2043-2020 · Citations: 340
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, runoff, flood, land surface model, surface water, earth system model
Abstract. Estimating how much water is flowing through rivers at the global scale is challenging due to a lack of observations in space and time. A way forward is to optimally combine the global network of earth system observations with advanced numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to generate consistent spatio-temporal maps of land, ocean, and atmospheric variables of interest, which is known as a reanalysis. While the current generation of NWP models output runoff at each grid cell, th…
Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images
Authors: Xin Wang, Xiaoyu Guo, Chengde Yang, Qionghuan Liu, Junfeng Wei, Yong Zhang et al.
Journal: Earth system science data · DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2169-2020 · Citations: 297
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract. There is currently no glacial lake inventory data set for the entire high-mountain Asia (HMA) area. The definition and classification of glacial lakes remain controversial, presenting certain obstacles to extensive utilization of glacial lake inventory data. This study integrated glacier inventory data and 668 Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI images and adopted manual visual interpretation to extract glacial lake boundaries within a 10 km buffer from glacier extent using ArcGIS and ENVI so…
Biodegradability of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) and poly(ε-caprolactone) via biological carbon cycles in marine environments
Authors: Miwa Suzuki, Yuya Tachibana, Ken‐ichi Kasuya
Journal: Polymer Journal · DOI: 10.1038/s41428-020-00396-5 · Citations: 277
Matched topics: runoff
Abstract Approximately 4.8–12.7 million tons of plastic waste has been estimated to be discharged into marine environments annually by wind and river currents. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns that the total weight of plastic waste in the oceans will exceed the total weight of fish in 2050 if the environmental runoff of plastic continues at the current rate. Hence, biodegradable plastics are attracting attention as a solution to the problems caused by plastic waste. Among biodegradable pl…
Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs
Authors: Roel Brienen, L. Caldwell, Louis Duchesne, Steven L. Voelker, Jonathan Barichivich, Michele Baliva et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17966-z · Citations: 267
Matched topics: earth system model
, possibly due to tree growth stimulation. Extant models predict that this growth stimulation will continue to cause a net carbon uptake this century. However, there are indications that increased growth rates may shorten trees’ lifespan and thus recent increases in forest carbon stocks may be transient due to lagged increases in mortality. Here we show that growth-lifespan trade-offs are indeed near universal, occurring across almost all species and climates. This trade-off is directly linke…
Improved Estimates of Changes in Upper Ocean Salinity and the Hydrological Cycle
Authors: Lijing Cheng, Kevin E. Trenberth, Nicolas Gruber, John Abraham, John Fasullo, Guancheng Li et al.
Journal: Journal of Climate · DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0366.1 · Citations: 257
Matched topics: hydrologic model, surface water
Abstract Ocean salinity records the hydrological cycle and its changes, but data scarcity and the large changes in sampling make the reconstructions of long-term salinity changes challenging. Here, we present a new observational estimate of changes in ocean salinity since 1960 from the surface to 2000 m. We overcome some of the inconsistencies present in existing salinity reconstructions by using an interpolation technique that uses information on the spatiotemporal covariability of salinity …
Evaluating the land-surface energy partitioning in ERA5
Authors: Brecht Martens, Dominik L. Schumacher, Hendrik Wouters, Joaquı́n Muñoz-Sabater, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Diego G. Miralles
Journal: Geoscientific model development · DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-4159-2020 · Citations: 148
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, land surface model
Abstract. Climate reanalyses provide a plethora of global atmospheric and surface parameters in a consistent manner over multi-decadal timescales. Hence, they are widely used in many fields, and an in-depth evaluation of the different variables provided by reanalyses is a necessary means to provide feedback on the quality to their users and the operational centres producing these data sets, and to help guide their development. Recently, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (…
Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne laser-scanning data
Authors: César Deschamps‐Berger, Simon Gascoin, Étienne Berthier, J. S. Deems, E. D. Gutmann, Amaury Dehecq et al.
Journal: The cryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-2925-2020 · Citations: 120
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract. Accurate knowledge of snow depth distributions in mountain catchments is critical for applications in hydrology and ecology. Recently, a method was proposed to map snow depth at meter-scale resolution from very-high-resolution stereo satellite imagery (e.g., Pléiades) with an accuracy close to 0.5 m. However, the validation was limited to probe measurements and unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry, which sampled a limited fraction of the topographic and snow depth variabil…
Application of systematic strategy for agricultural non-point source pollution control in Yangtze River basin, China
Authors: Lihong Xue, Pengfu Hou, Zhiyong Zhang, Mingxing Shen, Fuxing Liu, Linzhang Yang
Journal: Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.107148 · Citations: 115
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters
Authors: Leo Posthuma, Michiel C. Zijp, Dick de Zwart, Dik van de Meent, Lidija Globevnik, Maja Koprivšek et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71537-2 · Citations: 112
Matched topics: hydrology, water management, surface water
Aquatic ecosystems are affected by man-made pressures, often causing combined impacts. The analysis of the impacts of chemical pollution is however commonly separate from that of other pressures and their impacts. This evolved from differences in the data available for applied ecology vis-à-vis applied ecotoxicology, which are field gradients and laboratory toxicity tests, respectively. With this study, we demonstrate that the current approach of chemical impact assessment, consisting of comp…
The impact of access to irrigation on rural incomes and diversification: evidence from China
Authors: Junpeng Li, Wanglin Ma, Alan Renwick, Hongyun Zheng
Journal: China Agricultural Economic Review · DOI: 10.1108/caer-09-2019-0172 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: irrigation
Purpose The objective of this study is to estimate the impacts of access to irrigation on farm income, household income and income diversification. Design/methodology/approach This study employs an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model to address the selection bias arising from both observed and unobserved factors and analyze cross-sectional data collected from Fujian, Henan and Sichuan provinces in China. The authors use the Simpson index to measure household income diversification. Th…
Responses of growth, fruit yield, quality and water productivity of greenhouse tomato to deficit drip irrigation
Authors: You Wu, Shicheng Yan, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Youzhen Xiang, Jing Zheng et al.
Journal: Scientia Horticulturae · DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109710 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations
Authors: Maha Deeb, Peter M. Groffman, Manuel Blouin, Sara Perl Egendorf, Alan Vergnes, Viacheslav Vasenev et al.
Journal: SOIL · DOI: 10.5194/soil-6-413-2020 · Citations: 107
Matched topics: water management
Abstract. With the rise in urban population comes a demand for solutions to offset environmental problems caused by urbanization. Green infrastructure (GI) refers to engineered features that provide multiecological functions in urban spaces. Soils are a fundamental component of GI, playing key roles in supporting plant growth, infiltration, and biological activities that contribute to the maintenance of air and water quality. However, urban soils are often physically, chemically, or biologica…
Persisting volcanic ash particles impact stratospheric SO2 lifetime and aerosol optical properties
Authors: Yunqian Zhu, O. B. Toon, E. J. Jensen, Charles Bardeen, Michael Mills, Margaret A. Tolbert et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18352-5 · Citations: 104
Matched topics: earth system model
lifetime in climate model simulations, and of the impact of volcanic ash on stratospheric chemistry and radiation.
Energy and water footprints of cereal production in China
Authors: Yijie Zhai, Tianzuo Zhang, Yueyang Bai, Changxing Ji, Xiaotian Ma, Xiaoxu Shen et al.
Journal: Resources Conservation and Recycling · DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105150 · Citations: 103
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Effects of water level alteration on carbon cycling in peatlands
Authors: Yehui Zhong, Ming Jiang, Beth A. Middleton
Journal: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability · DOI: 10.1080/20964129.2020.1806113 · Citations: 102
Matched topics: hydrology, flood
ABSTRACT Globally, peatlands play an important role in the carbon (C) cycle. High water level is a key factor in maintaining C storage in peatlands, but water levels are vulnerable to climate change and anthropogenic disturbance. This review examines literature related to the effects of water level alteration on C cycling in peatlands to summarize new ideas and uncertainties emerging in this field. Peatland ecosystems maintain their function by altering plant community structure to adapt to c…
Water Sensitive Cities Index: A diagnostic tool to assess water sensitivity and guide management actions
Authors: Briony Rogers, G. Dunn, Katie Hammer, Wikke Novalia, Fjalar J. de Haan, Lee E. Brown et al.
Journal: Water Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116411 · Citations: 101
Matched topics: hydrology, water management
Cities are wrestling with the practical challenges of transitioning urban water services to become water sensitive; capable of enhancing liveability, sustainability, resilience and productivity in the face of climate change, rapid urbanisation, degraded ecosystems and ageing infrastructure. Indicators can be valuable for guiding actions for improvement, but there is not yet an established index that measures the full suite of attributes that constitute water sensitive performance. This paper …
Assessing seasonal and interannual water storage variations in Taiwan using geodetic and hydrological data
Authors: Ya‐Ju Hsu, Yuning Fu, Roland Bürgmann, Shao‐Yiu Hsu, Chin-Cheng Lin, Chi‐Hsien Tang et al.
Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters · DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116532 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, seasonal, surface water
Abstract not available.
Improvement of sugarcane yield estimation by assimilating UAV-derived plant height observations
Authors: Danyang Yu, Yuanyuan Zha, Liangsheng Shi, Xiuliang Jin, Shun Hu, Qi Yang et al.
Journal: European Journal of Agronomy · DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2020.126159 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: water management, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Environmental Externalities from Agriculture: Evidence from Water Quality in the United States
Authors: Jayash Paudel, Christine L. Crago
Journal: American Journal of Agricultural Economics · DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12130 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: hydrology
Agricultural fertilizer use is widely acknowledged to be a leading cause of water pollution. Yet, no national estimates exist on the effect of fertilizer application on concentrations of agricultural pollutants in US watersheds. This paper employs a watershed‐level panel data on nitrogen and phosphorus pollution readings to examine the impact of fertilizer use on US water quality over a fifty‐five‐year time period from 1951 to 2005. Findings show that a 10% increase in the use of nitrogen and…
Formation mechanism analysis of irrigation-induced retrogressive loess landslides
Authors: Baoqin Lian, Jianbing Peng, Hongbin Zhan, Qiangbing Huang, Xingang Wang, Sheng Hu
Journal: CATENA · DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.104441 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: irrigation
Abstract not available.
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| Databases searched | 2 |
| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 1145 |
| After deduplication | 784 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 734 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
|---|---|
| Nature Communications | 6 |
| Earth system science data | 5 |
| Journal of Hydrology | 4 |
| Natural Hazards | 1 |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 1 |
| Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering | 1 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 1 |
| Weather and Climate Extremes | 1 |
| Water Resources Management | 1 |
| Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment (Print) | 1 |
| Global Change Biology | 1 |
| The Lancet Planetary Health | 1 |
| Frontiers in Environmental Science | 1 |
| The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science | 1 |
| Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1 |
| Environmental Communication | 1 |
| Climate Dynamics | 1 |
| Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 1 |
| Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 1 |
| Journal of Cleaner Production | 1 |
| Nature | 1 |
| Sustainable Development | 1 |
| Polymer Journal | 1 |
| Journal of Climate | 1 |
| Geoscientific model development | 1 |
| The cryosphere | 1 |
| Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 1 |
| Scientific Reports | 1 |
| China Agricultural Economic Review | 1 |
| Scientia Horticulturae | 1 |
| SOIL | 1 |
| Resources Conservation and Recycling | 1 |
| Ecosystem Health and Sustainability | 1 |
| Water Research | 1 |
| Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 1 |
| European Journal of Agronomy | 1 |
| American Journal of Agricultural Economics | 1 |
| CATENA | 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