Weekly Literature Review
Week 05 · February 1–February 7, 2021
50 relevant papers found across 5 themes
Executive Summary
This week’s review covers 50 papers across Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment, Drought Analysis and Prediction, Climate Change and Water Resources, Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration, and Water Management and Sustainability.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future
- Transcription-associated metabolomic adjustments in maize occur during combined drought and cold stress.
- Effects of salicylic acid, zinc and glycine betaine on morpho-physiological growth and yield of maize under drought stress
- The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe
- The rise of compound warm-season droughts in Europe
- Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin
- Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting
- Inactive and inefficient: Warming and drought effect on microbial carbon processing in alpine grassland at depth
- Plant virus evolution under strong drought conditions results in a transition from parasitism to mutualism
- Doubling of the population exposed to drought over South Asia: CMIP6 multi-model-based analysis
- Two PGPR strains from the rhizosphere of Haloxylon ammodendron promoted growth and enhanced drought tolerance of ryegrass
- A revision of the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) used in the European Drought Observatory (EDO)
- Priming with a Seaweed Extract Strongly Improves Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to vegetation net primary productivity dynamics in China from 2001 to 2016.
- Agriculture’s Contribution to Climate Change and Role in Mitigation Is Distinct From Predominantly Fossil CO2-Emitting Sectors
- Towards environmental Sustainability: Devolving the influence of carbon dioxide emission to population growth, climate change, Forestry, livestock and crops production in Pakistan
- Effects of vegetation and climate on the changes of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China
- Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities
- Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century
- Re-framing the threat of global warming: an empirical causal loop diagram of climate change, food insecurity and societal collapse
- The Arctic Carbon Cycle and Its Response to Changing Climate
- Long-term changes in evapotranspiration over China and attribution to climatic drivers during 1980–2010
- Potential role of permafrost thaw on increasing Siberian river discharge
- Deep Learning Forecasts of Soil Moisture: Convolutional Neural Network and Gated Recurrent Unit Models Coupled with Satellite-Derived MODIS, Observations and Synoptic-Scale Climate Index Data
- Degrading permafrost and its impacts
- Atmospheric River Precipitation Contributed to Rapid Increases in Surface Height of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in 2019
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- From Hydrometeorology to River Water Quality: Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale?
- Representation of Plant Hydraulics in the Noah‐MP Land Surface Model: Model Development and Multiscale Evaluation
- Evaluation of CMIP6 models in simulating the statistics of extreme precipitation over Eastern Africa
- Mapping water ecosystem services: Evaluating InVEST model predictions in data scarce regions
- JSBACH 3 - The land component of the MPI Earth System Model: documentation of version 3.2
- A history of TOPMODEL
- The effect of calibration data length on the performance of a conceptual hydrological model versus LSTM and GRU: A case study for six basins from the CAMELS dataset
- Effect of shrub-grass vegetation coverage and slope gradient on runoff and sediment yield under simulated rainfall
- Retrieval model for total nitrogen concentration based on UAV hyper spectral remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms – A case study in the Miyun Reservoir, China
- Water Management and Sustainability
- Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning
- An overview of the hydrology of non‐perennial rivers and streams
- Progress and development directions of stimulation techniques for ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs
- Quantifying the impacts of compound extremes on agriculture
- Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring and Water Surface Cleaning for Unmanned Surface Vehicle
- Downscaling Groundwater Storage Data in China to a 1-km Resolution Using Machine Learning Methods
- Current understanding of subsurface transport of micro‐ and nanoplastics in soil
- Reconciling the Size‐Dependence of Marine Particle Sinking Speed
- Representativeness of FLUXNET Sites Across Latin America
- Cascading Hazards in the Aftermath of Australia’s 2019/2020 Black Summer Wildfires
- Long term trend analysis and suitability of water quality of River Ganga at Himalayan hills of Uttarakhand, India
- Improving the accuracy of electricity carbon footprint: Estimation of hydroelectric reservoir greenhouse gas emissions
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
This week features 3 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Stuart-Smith, Tabari et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat
Authors: Rupert Stuart-Smith, Gerard H. Roe, Sen Li, Myles Allen
Journal: Nature Geoscience · DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00686-4 · Citations: 168
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Extreme value analysis dilemma for climate change impact assessment on global flood and extreme precipitation
Authors: H. Tabari
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125932 · Citations: 131
Matched topics: flood
Abstract A reliable estimation of hydrological extremes with potentially severe socio-economic impacts is of crucial importance for efficient planning and design of hydraulic structures. Extreme value theory provides a firm theoretical foundation for the statistical modelling of extreme hydrological events. The dilemma in the modelling is on whether to use block maxima (BM) or peak-over-threshold (POT) method, each with its own cons and pros. It remains unexplored to what extent future projec…
Does the Hook Structure Constrain Future Flood Intensification Under Anthropogenic Climate Warming?
Authors: Jiabo Yin, Shenglian Guo, Pierre Gentine, Sylvia Sullivan, Lei Gu, Shaokun He et al.
Journal: Water Resources Research · DOI: 10.1029/2020wr028491 · Citations: 129
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, streamflow, flood
Abstract Atmospheric moisture holding capacity increases with temperature by about 7% per °C according to the Clausius‐Clapeyron relationship. Thermodynamically then, precipitation intensity should exponentially intensify and thus worsen flood conditions as the climate warms. However, regional and global analyses often report a nonmonotonic (hook) scaling of precipitation and runoff, in which extremes strengthen with rising temperature up to a maximum or peak point (T pp ) and decline thereaf…
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 13 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Jiao, Guo et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future
Authors: Wenzhe Jiao, Lixin Wang, Matthew F. McCabe
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112313 · Citations: 262
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, drought
Abstract Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of remote sensing platforms is their multi-sensor capability, which enhances the capacity for characterizing drought from a variety of perspectives. Such aspects include monitoring drought influences on vegetation and hydrological responses, as well as assessing sectoral impacts (e.g., agriculture). With advan…
Transcription-associated metabolomic adjustments in maize occur during combined drought and cold stress.
Authors: Qianqian Guo, Xia Li, Li Niu, P. Jameson, Wenbin Zhou
Journal: Plant Physiology · DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab050 · Citations: 237
Matched topics: drought
Although simultaneous drought and cold stress occurs, especially in northwestern and eastern regions of China, and is an important factor limiting agricultural productivity, there are few studies focusing on plant responses to a combination of drought and cold stress. Here, by partially overlapping drought and cold stresses, we characterized the acclimation of maize (Zea mays B73) to these two stresses using physiological measurements, as well as comparative transcriptomics combined with meta…
Effects of salicylic acid, zinc and glycine betaine on morpho-physiological growth and yield of maize under drought stress
Authors: Ramadan Shemi, Rui Wang, El-Sayed M. S. Gheith, Hafiz Athar Hussain, Saddam Hussain, Muhammad Irfan et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82264-7 · Citations: 223
Matched topics: drought
concentration, compared with well water conditions. However, the foliar applications considerably enhanced all the above parameters under drought. Drought stress significantly (p < 0.05) increased the hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion contents, and enhanced the lipid peroxidation rate measured in terms of malonaldehyde (MDA) content. However, ROS and MDA contents were substantially decreased by foliar applications under drought stress. Antioxidant enzymes activity, proline content, and t…
The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe
Authors: M. Pardos, M. Río, H. Pretzsch, H. Jactel, K. Bielak, F. Bravo et al.
Journal: Forest Ecology and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118687 · Citations: 219
Matched topics: drought
Abstract Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity improves their response to drought events remains unclear. In this study, we use a large tree-ring database from thirty case studies across nine European countries and eleven species, covering from Mediterranean to hemiboreal forests, to test if the growth response to site specific drought events that occurred be…
The rise of compound warm-season droughts in Europe
Authors: Yannis Markonis, Rohini Kumar, Martin Hanel, Oldřich Rakovec, Petr Máca, Amir AghaKouchak
Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb9668 · Citations: 182
Matched topics: water management, drought
Drought is one of the main threats to food security and ecosystem productivity. During the past decades, Europe has experienced a series of droughts that caused substantial socioeconomic losses and environmental impacts. A key question is whether there are some similar characteristics in these droughts, especially when compared to the droughts that occurred further in the past. Answering this question is impossible with traditional single-index approaches and also short-term and often spatial…
Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin
Authors: Zhaoqiang Zhou, Haiyun Shi, Qiang Fu, Yibo Ding, Tianxiao Li, Yao Wang et al.
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · DOI: 10.1029/2020jd033959 · Citations: 181
Matched topics: river, runoff, drought
Abstract Drought events occur more frequently under recent climate change. Generally, meteorological drought is the fuse of hydrological drought; thus, it is important to understand the characteristics of meteorological drought and its propagation to hydrological drought for early warning. Taking the Pearl River Basin (PRB) in China as study area, this study adopted K‐means cluster analysis method to divide the PRB into subregions with similar precipitation characteristics. Then, standardized…
Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting
Authors: Eliza Harris, Eugenio Díaz‐Pinés, Elena Stoll, Michael Schloter, Stefanie Schulz, Clara Duffner et al.
Journal: Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb7118 · Citations: 139
Matched topics: drought
O growth rate observed over the past decade.
Inactive and inefficient: Warming and drought effect on microbial carbon processing in alpine grassland at depth
Authors: Erxiong Zhu, Zhenjiao Cao, Juan Jia, Chengzhu Liu, Zhen-Hua Zhang, Hao Wang et al.
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15541 · Citations: 129
Matched topics: drought
C analysis, respectively. We found that warming and, to a lesser extent, drought decreased the ratio of inorganic nitrogen (N) to water-extractable organic carbon in the subsoil, intensifying N limitation at depth. Both SOC and litter mineralization were reduced in the subsoil, which may also be related to N limitation, as evidenced by lower hydrolase activity (especially leucine aminopeptidase) and reduced microbial efficiency (lower biomass synthesis and necromass accumulation relative to r…
Plant virus evolution under strong drought conditions results in a transition from parasitism to mutualism
Authors: Rubén González, Anamarija Butković, Francisco J. Escaray, Javier Martínez-Latorre, Ízan Melero, Enric Pérez-Parets et al.
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020990118 · Citations: 112
Matched topics: drought
accessions that differ in their response to virus infection. Virus adaptation occurred in all accessions independently of watering status. Drought-evolved viruses conferred a significantly higher drought tolerance to infected plants. By contrast, nonsignificant increases in tolerance were observed in plants infected with viruses evolved under standard watering. The magnitude of this effect was dependent on the plant accessions. Differences in tolerance were correlated to alterations in the ex…
Doubling of the population exposed to drought over South Asia: CMIP6 multi-model-based analysis
Authors: Sanjit Kumar Mondal, Jinlong Huang, Yanjun Wang, Buda Su, Jianqing Zhai, Hui Tao et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145186 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: water management, drought
Abstract not available.
Two PGPR strains from the rhizosphere of Haloxylon ammodendron promoted growth and enhanced drought tolerance of ryegrass
Authors: Ao-Lei He, Shuqi Niu, Di Yang, Wei Ren, Ling-Yü Zhao, Yunya Sun et al.
Journal: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.02.003 · Citations: 96
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
A revision of the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) used in the European Drought Observatory (EDO)
Authors: Carmelo Cammalleri, Carolina Arias-Muñoz, Paulo Barbosa, Alfred de Jager, Diego Magni, Dario Masante et al.
Journal: Natural hazards and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/nhess-21-481-2021 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: streamflow, drought
Abstract. Building on almost 10 years of expertise and operational application of the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI), which is implemented within the European Commission’s European Drought Observatory (EDO) for the purposes of early warning and monitoring of agricultural droughts in Europe, this paper proposes a revised version of the index. The CDI conceptualizes drought as a cascade process, where a precipitation shortage (WATCH stage) develops into a soil water deficit (WARNING stage), w…
Priming with a Seaweed Extract Strongly Improves Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis
Authors: Fiaz Rasul, Saurabh Gupta, Justyna Jadwiga Olas, Tsanko Gechev, Neerakkal Sujeeth, Bernd Mueller‐Roeber
Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences · DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031469 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: drought
, which promotes meristem cell division, was repressed by drought but enhanced by SF. SF also positively affected stomatal behavior to support the tolerance to drought stress. Collectively, our data show that SF priming mitigates multiple cellular processes that otherwise impair plant growth under drought stress, thereby providing a knowledge basis for future research on crops.
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 13 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to vegetation net primary productivity dynamics in China from 2001 to 2016.
Authors: Wenyan Ge, Liqiang Deng, Fei Wang, Jianqiao Han
Journal: Science of the Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145648 · Citations: 425
Matched topics: climate change
Vegetation is an important component of the terrestrial ecosystem, driven by climate change and human activities. Quantifying the relative contributions of climate change and anthropogenic activities to vegetation dynamics are essential to cope with global climate change. In this paper, the relative contributions of anthropogenic activities and climate change to net primary productivity (NPP) in China were analyzed by a two-step methodology based on the residual trend analysis (RESTREND). Fir…
Agriculture’s Contribution to Climate Change and Role in Mitigation Is Distinct From Predominantly Fossil CO2-Emitting Sectors
Authors: J. Lynch, M. Cain, D. Frame, R. Pierrehumbert
Journal: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.518039 · Citations: 389
Matched topics: climate change
Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming, and reducing agricultural emissions—largely methane and nitrous oxide—could play a significant role in climate change mitigation. However, there are important differences between carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a stock pollutant, and methane (CH4), which is predominantly a flow pollutant. These dynamics mean that conventional reporting of aggregated CO2-equivalent emission rates is highly ambiguous and does not straightf…
Towards environmental Sustainability: Devolving the influence of carbon dioxide emission to population growth, climate change, Forestry, livestock and crops production in Pakistan
Authors: Abdul Rehman, Hengyun Ma, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan, Ousmane Traoré, Abbas Ali Chandio
Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107460 · Citations: 250
Matched topics: climate change
Global warming is an important issue from the last few decades and causing climate change due to carbon dioxide emission and greenhouse gases emission. The present study’s key aim is to decouple the carbon dioxide emission influence on forestry production, crops production, livestock production, energy usage, population growth, temperature and rainfall in Pakistan. Time series data was utilized ranging from 1970 to 2017, and stationarity of the data was verified by using the unit root tests, …
Effects of vegetation and climate on the changes of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China
Authors: Fengmei Jin, Wuchao Yang, Jinxia Fu, Zhi Li
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145514 · Citations: 237
Matched topics: water management, climate change
Abstract not available.
Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities
Authors: Eric A. Riddell, Kelly J. Iknayan, Lori Hargrove, Scott Tremor, James L. Patton, Richard W. Ramirez et al.
Journal: Science · DOI: 10.1126/science.abd4605 · Citations: 228
Matched topics: climate change
High exposure to warming from climate change is expected to threaten biodiversity by pushing many species toward extinction. Such exposure is often assessed for all taxa at a location from climate projections, yet species have diverse strategies for buffering against temperature extremes. We compared changes in species occupancy and site-level richness of small mammal and bird communities in protected areas of the Mojave Desert using surveys spanning a century. Small mammal communities remain…
Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century
Authors: Youngmin Choi, Mathieu Morlighem, Eric Rignot, Michael Wood
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment · DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00092-z · Citations: 148
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract The mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet is nearly equally partitioned between a decrease in surface mass balance from enhanced surface melt and an increase in ice dynamics from the acceleration and retreat of its marine-terminating glaciers. Much uncertainty remains in the future mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet due to the challenges of capturing the ice dynamic response to climate change in numerical models. Here, we estimate the sea level contribution of the Greenland Ice Shee…
Re-framing the threat of global warming: an empirical causal loop diagram of climate change, food insecurity and societal collapse
Authors: Catherine E. Richards, Rick Lupton, Julian M. Allwood
Journal: Climatic Change · DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-02957-w · Citations: 130
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract There is increasing concern that climate change poses an existential risk to humanity. Understanding these worst-case scenarios is essential for good risk management. However, our knowledge of the causal pathways through which climate change could cause societal collapse is underdeveloped. This paper aims to identify and structure an empirical evidence base of the climate change, food insecurity and societal collapse pathway. We first review the societal collapse and existential risk…
The Arctic Carbon Cycle and Its Response to Changing Climate
Authors: Lori Bruhwiler, Frans‐Jan W. Parmentier, Patrick Crill, Mark Leonard, Paul I. Palmer
Journal: Current Climate Change Reports · DOI: 10.1007/s40641-020-00169-5 · Citations: 123
Matched topics: hydrology, climate change
Abstract Purpose of Review The Arctic has experienced the most rapid change in climate of anywhere on Earth, and these changes are certain to drive changes in the carbon budget of the Arctic as vegetation changes, soils warm, fires become more frequent, and wetlands evolve as permafrost thaws. In this study, we review the extensive evidence for Arctic climate change and effects on the carbon cycle. In addition, we re-evaluate some of the observational evidence for changing Arctic carbon budge…
Long-term changes in evapotranspiration over China and attribution to climatic drivers during 1980–2010
Authors: Shijie Li, Guojie Wang, Shanlei Sun, Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan, Tiexi Chen, A. J. Dolman et al.
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126037 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model
Abstract not available.
Potential role of permafrost thaw on increasing Siberian river discharge
Authors: Ping Wang, Qiwei Huang, S. Pozdniakov, Shiqi Liu, Ning Ma, Tianye Wang et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abe326 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: river, streamflow
Abstract Despite the increasing Siberian river discharge, the sensitivity of streamflow to climate forcing/permafrost thawing is poorly quantified. Based on the Budyko framework and superposition principles, we detected and attributed the changes in streamflow regimes for the three great Siberian rivers (Ob, Yenisei, and Lena) during 1936–2019. Over the past 84 years, streamflow of Ob, Yenisei and Lena has increased by ∼7.7%, 7.4% and 22.0%, respectively. Intensified precipitation induced by …
Deep Learning Forecasts of Soil Moisture: Convolutional Neural Network and Gated Recurrent Unit Models Coupled with Satellite-Derived MODIS, Observations and Synoptic-Scale Climate Index Data
Authors: A. A. Masrur Ahmed, Ravinesh C. Deo, Nawin Raj, Afshin Ghahramani, Qi Feng, Zhenliang Yin et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13040554 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: hydrology, land surface model
Remotely sensed soil moisture forecasting through satellite-based sensors to estimate the future state of the underlying soils plays a critical role in planning and managing water resources and sustainable agricultural practices. In this paper, Deep Learning (DL) hybrid models (i.e., CEEMDAN-CNN-GRU) are designed for daily time-step surface soil moisture (SSM) forecasts, employing the gated recurrent unit (GRU), complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN), and…
Degrading permafrost and its impacts
Authors: Huijun Jin, Qingbai Wu, V. E. Romanovsky
Journal: Advances in Climate Change Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.accre.2021.01.007 · Citations: 89
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Permafrost presents extensively on the land surface and it is degrading under the combined influences of warming climate and human activities. The degrading permafrost will post profound impacts in hydrology, ecology, engineered infrastructures, and socioeconomic development. In order to better adapt to these changing permafrost environments, we need to better understand permafrost degradation and its impacts, as well as to timely develop predicting capabilities and adaptive strategi…
Atmospheric River Precipitation Contributed to Rapid Increases in Surface Height of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in 2019
Authors: Susheel Adusumilli, Meredith A. Fish, H. A. Fricker, Brooke Medley
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl091076 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: river
Abstract Estimating the relative contributions of the atmospheric and dynamic components of ice‐sheet mass balance is critical for improving projections of future sea level rise. Existing estimates of changes in Antarctic ice‐sheet height, which can be used to infer changes in mass, are only accurate at multiyear time scales. However, NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite‐2 (ICESat‐2) laser altimetry mission now allows us to accurately measure changes in ice‐sheet height at subannua…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 9 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
From Hydrometeorology to River Water Quality: Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale?
Authors: W. Zhi, D. Feng, W. Tsai, Gary Sterle, A. Harpold, Chaopeng Shen et al.
Journal: Environmental Science and Technology · DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06783 · Citations: 294
Matched topics: river, runoff, streamflow, surface water
Dissolved oxygen (DO) reflects river metabolic pulses and is an essential water quality measure. Our capabilities of forecasting DO however remain elusive. Water quality data, specifically DO data here, often have large gaps and sparse areal and temporal coverage. Earth surface and hydrometeorology data, on the other hand, have become largely available. Here we ask: can a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model learn about river DO dynamics from sparse DO and intensive (daily) hydrometeorology da…
Representation of Plant Hydraulics in the Noah‐MP Land Surface Model: Model Development and Multiscale Evaluation
Authors: Lingcheng Li, Zong‐Liang Yang, A. Matheny, Hui Zheng, S. Swenson, D. Lawrence et al.
Journal: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · DOI: 10.1029/2020MS002214 · Citations: 170
Matched topics: land surface model
Plants are expected to face increasing water stress under future climate change. Most land surface models, including Noah‐MP, employ an idealized “big‐leaf” concept to regulate water and carbon fluxes in response to soil moisture stress through empirical soil hydraulics schemes (SHSs). However, such schemes have been shown to cause significant uncertainties in carbon and water simulations. In this paper, we present a novel plant hydraulics scheme (PHS) for Noah‐MP (hereafter, Noah‐MP‐PHS), wh…
Evaluation of CMIP6 models in simulating the statistics of extreme precipitation over Eastern Africa
Authors: Akintomide A. Akinsanola, Victor Ongoma, Gabriel J. Kooperman
Journal: Atmospheric Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105509 · Citations: 161
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract not available.
Mapping water ecosystem services: Evaluating InVEST model predictions in data scarce regions
Authors: Felipe Benra, Ángel de Frutos, Mattias Gaglio, Camila Álvarez-Garretón, María R. Felipe‐Lucia, Aletta Bonn
Journal: Environmental Modelling & Software · DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.104982 · Citations: 139
Matched topics: streamflow, water management
Abstract not available.
JSBACH 3 - The land component of the MPI Earth System Model: documentation of version 3.2
Authors: C. Reick, V. Gayler, D. Goll, S. Hagemann, Marvin Heidkamp, J. Nabel et al.
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.17617/2.3279802 · Citations: 128
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract not available.
A history of TOPMODEL
Authors: Keith Beven, M. J. Kirkby, Jim Freer, Rob Lamb
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-527-2021 · Citations: 111
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow
Abstract. The theory that forms the basis of TOPMODEL (a topography-based hydrological model) was first outlined by Mike Kirkby some 45 years ago. This paper recalls some of the early developments, the rejection of the first journal paper, the early days of digital terrain analysis, model calibration and validation, the various criticisms of the simplifying assumptions, and the relaxation of those assumptions in the dynamic forms of TOPMODEL. A final section addresses the question of what mig…
The effect of calibration data length on the performance of a conceptual hydrological model versus LSTM and GRU: A case study for six basins from the CAMELS dataset
Authors: Georgy Ayzel, Maik Heistermann
Journal: Computers & Geosciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104708 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, runoff
Abstract not available.
Effect of shrub-grass vegetation coverage and slope gradient on runoff and sediment yield under simulated rainfall
Authors: D. Han, Jingcheng Deng, Chaojun Gu, Xingmin Mu, P. Gao, Jianjian Gao
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2020.05.004 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: runoff
Abstract Evaluating the benefits of sediment and runoff reduction in different vegetation types is essential for studying the mechanisms of soil and water conservation on the Loess Plateau. The experiment was conducted in shrub-grass plots with nine levels of mixed vegetation coverage from 0% to 70%, three slopes (10°,15°, and 20°) and two rainfall intensities (1.0 and 2.5 mm/min). The results showed that the vegetation coverage and slope gradient significantly affect runoff and sediment yiel…
Retrieval model for total nitrogen concentration based on UAV hyper spectral remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms – A case study in the Miyun Reservoir, China
Authors: Jiang Qun’ou, Xu Lidan, Sun Siyang, Wang Meilin, Xiao Huijie
Journal: Ecological Indicators · DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107356 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: reservoir, water management
Monitoring the water pollution level in real time is the most critical issue for protecting the water quality of water reservoirs. Due to the restrictions on flight areas of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV), four sensitive regions with the area of 1–2 km2 were first selected in this study based on the spatial distribution of total nitrogen (TN) concentration changes estimated by the Landsat remote sensing data. And then twelve machine learning algorithms including Support Vector Machine (SVM), A…
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 12 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning
Authors: Tom R. Andersson, J. Hosking, M. Pérez-Ortiz, Brooks Paige, Andrew Elliott, Chris Russell et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25257-4 · Citations: 231
Matched topics: seasonal
Anthropogenic warming has led to an unprecedented year-round reduction in Arctic sea ice extent. This has far-reaching consequences for indigenous and local communities, polar ecosystems, and global climate, motivating the need for accurate seasonal sea ice forecasts. While physics-based dynamical models can successfully forecast sea ice concentration several weeks ahead, they struggle to outperform simple statistical benchmarks at longer lead times. We present a probabilistic, deep learning …
An overview of the hydrology of non‐perennial rivers and streams
Authors: M. Shanafield, Sarah A. Bourke, M. Zimmer, K. Costigan
Journal: WIREs Water · DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1504 · Citations: 170
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, river, streamflow
Non‐perennial rivers and streams are ubiquitous on our planet. Although several metrics have been used to statistically group or compare streamflow characteristics, there is currently no widely used definition of how many days or over what reach length surface flow must cease in order to classify a river as non‐perennial. At the same time, the breadth of climate and geographic settings for non‐perennial rivers leads to diversity in their flow regimes, such as how often or how quickly they go …
Progress and development directions of stimulation techniques for ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs
Authors: Qun Lei, Yun Xu, Zhanwei Yang, Bo Cai, Xin Wang, Lang Zhou et al.
Journal: Petroleum Exploration and Development · DOI: 10.1016/s1876-3804(21)60018-6 · Citations: 169
Matched topics: reservoir
By reviewing the development history of stimulation techniques for deep/ultra-deep oil and gas reservoirs, the new progress in this field in China and abroad has been summed up, including deeper understanding on formation mechanisms of fracture network in deep/ultra-deep oil and gas reservoir, performance improvement of fracturing fluid materials, fine stratification of ultra-deep vertical wells, and mature staged multi-cluster fracturing technique for ultra-deep and highly deviated wells/hor…
Quantifying the impacts of compound extremes on agriculture
Authors: Iman Haqiqi, Danielle Grogan, Thomas W. Hertel, Wolfram Schlenker
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-551-2021 · Citations: 124
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model
Abstract. Agricultural production and food prices are affected by hydroclimatic extremes. There has been a growing amount of literature measuring the impacts of individual extreme events (heat stress or water stress) on agricultural and human systems. Yet, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the significance and the magnitude of the impacts of compound extremes. This study combines a fine-scale weather product with outputs of a hydrological model to construct functional metrics of indivi…
Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring and Water Surface Cleaning for Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Authors: Hsing-Cheng Chang, Yu‐Liang Hsu, San-Shan Hung, Guan-Ru Ou, Jia-Ron Wu, Chuan Hsu
Journal: Sensors · DOI: 10.3390/s21041102 · Citations: 102
Matched topics: surface water
Water is one of the most precious resources. However, industrial development has made water pollution a critical problem today and thus water quality monitoring and surface cleaning are essential for water resource protection. In this study, we have used the sensor fusion technology as a basis to develop a multi-function unmanned surface vehicle (MF-USV) for obstacle avoidance, water-quality monitoring, and water surface cleaning. The MF-USV comprises a USV control unit, a locomotion module, …
Downscaling Groundwater Storage Data in China to a 1-km Resolution Using Machine Learning Methods
Authors: Jianxin Zhang, Kai Liu, Ming Wang
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13030523 · Citations: 97
Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management
High-resolution and continuous hydrological products have tremendous importance for the prediction of water-related trends and enhancing the capability for sustainable water resources management under climate change and human impacts. In this study, we used the random forest (RF) and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) methods to downscale groundwater storage (GWS) from 1° (~110 km) to 1 km by downscaling Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and Global Land Data Assimilation System…
Current understanding of subsurface transport of micro‐ and nanoplastics in soil
Authors: Yingxue Yu, Markus Flury
Journal: Vadose Zone Journal · DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.20108 · Citations: 95
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Environmental problems caused by plastic pollution in terrestrial systems have received increasing attention, especially the issues related to micro‐ and nanoplastics. Soils are a major receptacle and reservoir of plastics, and accumulated plastics can negatively affect soil health. In this short review, we discuss the current state of knowledge of subsurface transport of micro‐ and nanoplastics in soils. We discuss the fundamental transport mechanisms for micro‐ and nanoplastics and…
Reconciling the Size‐Dependence of Marine Particle Sinking Speed
Authors: B. B. Cael, Emma L. Cavan, Gregory L. Britten
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl091771 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract Sinking particles are critical to the ocean’s “biological pump,” sequestering carbon from the atmosphere. Particles’ sinking speeds are a primary factor determining fluxes and subsequent ecological and climatic impacts. While size is a key determinant of particles’ sinking speeds, observations suggest a variable size‐sinking relationship, affected by other particle properties, resulting in substantial spread in parameterizations of particle sinking and fluxes. We compile particle siz…
Representativeness of FLUXNET Sites Across Latin America
Authors: Samuel Villarreal, Rodrigo Vargas
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.1029/2020jg006090 · Citations: 93
Matched topics: land surface model
Abstract Environmental observatory networks (EONs) provide information to understand and forecast the spatial and temporal dynamics of Earth’s biophysical processes. Consequently, representativeness analyses are important to provide insights for improving EONs’ management, design, and interpretation of their value‐added products. We assessed the representativeness of registered FLUXNET sites ( n = 41, revised on September 2018) across Latin America (LA), a region of great importance for the g…
Cascading Hazards in the Aftermath of Australia’s 2019/2020 Black Summer Wildfires
Authors: Matthias Kemter, Melanie Fischer, Lisa Luna, Elisabeth Schönfeldt, Johannes Vogel, Argha Banerjee et al.
Journal: Earth s Future · DOI: 10.1029/2020ef001884 · Citations: 91
Matched topics: hydrology, runoff, streamflow
Abstract Following an unprecedented drought, Australia’s 2019/2020 “Black Summer” fire season caused severe damage, gravely impacting both humans and ecosystems, and increasing susceptibility to other hazards. Heavy precipitation in early 2020 led to flooding and runoff that entrained ash and soil in burned areas, increasing sediment concentration in rivers, and reducing water quality. We exemplify this hazard cascade in a catchment in New South Wales by mapping burn severity, flood, and rain…
Long term trend analysis and suitability of water quality of River Ganga at Himalayan hills of Uttarakhand, India
Authors: Amit Kumar, A. K. Taxak, Saurabh Mishra, Rajiv Pandey
Journal: Environmental Technology & Innovation · DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2021.101405 · Citations: 87
Matched topics: river
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Improving the accuracy of electricity carbon footprint: Estimation of hydroelectric reservoir greenhouse gas emissions
Authors: A. Levasseur, S. Mercier-Blais, Y. Prairie, A. Tremblay, C. Turpin
Journal: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110433 · Citations: 87
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract Hydropower is usually considered as a low-carbon electricity source, as it does not lead to direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, unlike producing electricity from fossil fuels. However, the flooding of lands following the construction of the dam generally leads to an increase in biogenic GHG emissions due to the degradation of biomass found in the newly created reservoir. The life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is widely used to calculate and compare the carbon footprint of dif…
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| Hydrology and earth system sciences | 2 |
| Nature Geoscience | 1 |
| Water Resources Research | 1 |
| Remote Sensing of Environment | 1 |
| Plant Physiology | 1 |
| Scientific Reports | 1 |
| Forest Ecology and Management | 1 |
| Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 1 |
| Global Change Biology | 1 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 1 |
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| Natural hazards and earth system sciences | 1 |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 1 |
| Science of the Total Environment | 1 |
| Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems | 1 |
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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