Weekly Literature Review
Week 02 · January 11–January 17, 2021
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
- A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure
- Contribution of historical precipitation change to US flood damages
- The capacity of grey infrastructure in urban flood management: A comprehensive analysis of grey infrastructure and the green-grey approach
- Implementation of Rock Typing on Waterflooding Process During Secondary Recovery in Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study, El Morgan Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change
- Spatiotemporal drought analysis by the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) in Sichuan Province, China
- Anthropogenic warming and intraseasonal summer monsoon variability amplify the risk of future flash droughts in India
- Meteorological and hydrological drought monitoring using several drought indices
- Phytosulfokine (PSK) precursor processing by subtilase SBT3.8 and PSK signaling improve drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis
- Biostimulant-induced drought tolerance in grapevine is associated with physiological and biochemical changes
- Identifying drought-tolerant genotypes of faba bean and their agro-physiological responses to different water regimes in an arid Mediterranean environment
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years
- Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply
- Insects and recent climate change
- Drivers of soil salinity and their correlation with climate change
- Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis
- Biomass burning aerosols in most climate models are too absorbing
- DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data
- Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions
- Modeling projected impacts of climate and land use/land cover changes on hydrological responses in the Lake Tana Basin, upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
- Climate and land use change impacts on water yield ecosystem service in the Yellow River Basin, China
- Permafrost Hydrology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A Review of Processes and Modeling
- Future Risk for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change
- How much carbon input is required to preserve or increase projected soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands under climate change?
- Near-term climate change impacts on sub-national malaria transmission
- Recognition and operationalization of Future‐Scaffolding Skills: Results from an empirical study of a teaching–learning module on climate change and futures thinking
- Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model
- Risk and vulnerability of Mongolian grasslands under climate change
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- Evaluation and comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 model performance in simulating the seasonal extreme precipitation in the Western North Pacific and East Asia
- Consistent Large‐Scale Response of Hourly Extreme Precipitation to Temperature Variation Over Land
- A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City
- Quantifying the response of surface urban heat island to urbanization using the annual temperature cycle model
- Water Management and Sustainability
- The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States
- Assessment of floating solar photovoltaics potential in existing hydropower reservoirs in Africa
- Fabrication of surface-charged MXene membrane and its application for water desalination
- Human-driven greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather
- Evaluation of the risk and benefit of the complementary operation of the large wind-photovoltaic-hydropower system considering forecast uncertainty
- Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst
- Soil Salinity Mapping Using Machine Learning Algorithms with the Sentinel-2 MSI in Arid Areas, China
- Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills
- CO2 injection strategies for enhanced oil recovery and geological sequestration in a tight reservoir: An experimental study
- Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and weeds of trickle–irrigated onion
- Safeguarding migratory fish via strategic planning of future small hydropower in Brazil
- An Overview of Atmospheric Features Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean and North American East Coast—Part 2: Circulation, Boundary Layer, and Clouds
- Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the northeastern United States
- Renewable energy from biomass surplus resource: potential of power generation from rice straw in Vietnam
- Increased carbon capture by a silicate-treated forested watershed affected by acid deposition
- Seawater and produced water treatment via gas hydrate: Review
- Large-scale variations in the dynamics of Amazon forest canopy gaps from airborne lidar data and opportunities for tree mortality estimates
- 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 Nicholls, Davenport et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure
Authors: R. Nicholls, D. Lincke, J. Hinkel, Sally Brown, A. Vafeidis, B. Meyssignac et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-00993-z · Citations: 438
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Contribution of historical precipitation change to US flood damages
Authors: Frances V. Davenport, Marshall Burke, Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017524118 · Citations: 280
Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood
Precipitation extremes have increased across many regions of the United States, with further increases anticipated in response to additional global warming. Quantifying the impact of these precipitation changes on flood damages is necessary to estimate the costs of climate change. However, there is little empirical evidence linking changes in precipitation to the historically observed increase in flood losses. We use >6,600 reports of state-level flood damage to quantify the historical relati…
The capacity of grey infrastructure in urban flood management: A comprehensive analysis of grey infrastructure and the green-grey approach
Authors: Wenjie Chen, Weiqi Wang, Guoru Huang, Zhaoli Wang, Chengguang Lai, Zhiyong Yang
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102045 · Citations: 135
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Implementation of Rock Typing on Waterflooding Process During Secondary Recovery in Oil Reservoirs: A Case Study, El Morgan Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Authors: Ahmed E. Radwan, Bassem S. Nabawy, Ahmed A. Kassem, Walid S. Hussein
Journal: Natural Resources Research · DOI: 10.1007/s11053-020-09806-0 · Citations: 77
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract Waterflooding is one of the most common secondary recovery methods in the oil and gas industry. Globally, this process sometimes suffers a technical failure and inefficiency. Therefore, a better understanding of geology, reservoir characteristics, rock typing and discrimination, hydraulic flow units, and production data is essential to analyze reasons and mechanisms of water injection failure in the injection wells. Water injection failure was reported in the Middle Miocene Hammam Fa…
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 7 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Pokhrel, Liu et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change
Authors: Yadu Pokhrel, Farshid Felfelani, Yusuke Satoh, Julien Boulangé, Peter Burek, Anne Gädeke et al.
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00972-w · Citations: 902
Matched topics: hydrologic model, water management, drought, climate change
Abstract not available.
Spatiotemporal drought analysis by the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) in Sichuan Province, China
Authors: Changhong Liu, Cuiping Yang, Qi Yang, Jiao Wang
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80527-3 · Citations: 331
Matched topics: hydrologic model, drought, irrigation
) can co-determined the precipitation. The results of this study are instructive and practical for drought assessment, risk management and application decision-making in Sichuan Province, and have guiding significance for agricultural disaster prevention, mitigation and agricultural irrigation in Sichuan Province.
Anthropogenic warming and intraseasonal summer monsoon variability amplify the risk of future flash droughts in India
Authors: Vimal Mishra, Saran Aadhar, Shanti Shwarup Mahto
Journal: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · DOI: 10.1038/s41612-020-00158-3 · Citations: 164
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow, drought, land surface model, earth system model
Abstract Flash droughts cause rapid depletion in root-zone soil moisture and severely affect crop health and irrigation water demands. However, their occurrence and impacts in the current and future climate in India remain unknown. Here we use observations and model simulations from the large ensemble of Community Earth System Model to quantify the risk of flash droughts in India. Root-zone soil moisture simulations conducted using Variable Infiltration Capacity model show that flash droughts…
Meteorological and hydrological drought monitoring using several drought indices
Authors: Hana Salimi, Esmail Asadi, Sabereh Darbandi
Journal: Applied Water Science · DOI: 10.1007/s13201-020-01345-6 · Citations: 144
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, drought
Abstract With respect to the necessity of comprehensive studies on drought and also high damages that caused by drought, this research studied the meteorological and hydrological droughts. In this study, Lighvan, Navroud and Seqez basins with different climates were selected. We used monthly data of stream flow, precipitation and evaporation from 1992 to 2016 for the study of drought phenomena. The aim at this study is to analyze the SPI and SPEI for determination of dry and wet meteorologica…
Phytosulfokine (PSK) precursor processing by subtilase SBT3.8 and PSK signaling improve drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis
Authors: Nils Stührwohldt, Eric Bühler, Margret Sauter, Andreas Schaller
Journal: Journal of Experimental Botany · DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab017 · Citations: 109
Matched topics: drought
Increasing drought stress poses a severe threat to agricultural productivity. Plants, however, have evolved numerous mechanisms to cope with such environmental stress. Here we report that the stress-induced production of a peptide signal contributes to stress tolerance. The expression of phytosulfokine (PSK) peptide precursor genes, and transcripts of three subtilisin-like serine proteases, SBT1.4, SBT3.7, and SBT3.8, were found to be up-regulated in response to osmotic stress. Stress symptom…
Biostimulant-induced drought tolerance in grapevine is associated with physiological and biochemical changes
Authors: Hosein Irani, Babak ValizadehKaji, Mohammad Reza Naeini
Journal: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture · DOI: 10.1186/s40538-020-00200-9 · Citations: 99
Matched topics: drought
Abstract Background In this research, the effects of exogenous application of certain biostimulants [amino acid (AA), humic acid (HA), fulvic acid (FA), and seaweed extract (SE)] on the fruit yield and quality, leaf mineral contents, and some critical physio-chemical characteristics of grapevine ( Vitis vinifera L.) cv. ‘Yaghouti’ were investigated under well-watered (WW) and drought-stressed (DS) conditions. Results Drought stress caused a remarkable reduction in the weight of 20 berries and…
Identifying drought-tolerant genotypes of faba bean and their agro-physiological responses to different water regimes in an arid Mediterranean environment
Authors: Elsayed Mansour, El‐Sayed M. Desoky, M. Ali, Mohamed I. E. Abdul-Hamid, Hayat Ullah, Ahmed Attia et al.
Journal: Agricultural Water Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106754 · Citations: 78
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
Machine learning and data-driven approaches to streamflow prediction feature prominently with 1 papers. The studies demonstrate continued innovation in hybrid modeling frameworks, signal decomposition techniques, and ensemble methods for improved hydrological forecasting.
Continental-scale streamflow modeling of basins with reservoirs: Towards a coherent deep-learning-based strategy
Authors: Wenyu Ouyang, K. Lawson, D. Feng, L. Ye, Chi Zhang, Chaopeng Shen
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126455 · Citations: 87
Matched topics: streamflow
A large fraction of major waterways have dams influencing streamflow, which must be accounted for in large-scale hydrologic modeling. However, daily streamflow prediction for basins with dams is challenging for various modeling approaches, especially at large scales. Here we took a divide-and-conquer approach to examine which types of basins could be well represented by long short-term memory (LSTM) models using only readily-available information. We analyzed data from 3557 basins (83% dammed…
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.
Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years
Authors: Christopher R. Scotese, Haijun Song, Benjamin Mills, Douwe G. van der Meer
Journal: Earth-Science Reviews · DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103503 · Citations: 726
Matched topics: climate change, earth system model
Abstract not available.
Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply
Authors: David Gernaat, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Vassilis Daioglou, Seleshi Yalew, Christoph Müller, Detlef P. van Vuuren
Journal: Nature Climate Change · DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00949-9 · Citations: 595
Matched topics: hydrologic model, runoff, land surface model, climate change, hydropower
Abstract not available.
Insects and recent climate change
Authors: Christopher A. Halsch, Arthur M. Shapiro, James A. Fordyce, Chris C. Nice, James H. Thorne, David P. Waetjen et al.
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2002543117 · Citations: 475
Matched topics: hydrologic model, climate change
Insects have diversified through more than 450 million y of Earth’s changeable climate, yet rapidly shifting patterns of temperature and precipitation now pose novel challenges as they combine with decades of other anthropogenic stressors including the conversion and degradation of land. Here, we consider how insects are responding to recent climate change while summarizing the literature on long-term monitoring of insect populations in the context of climatic fluctuations. Results to date su…
Drivers of soil salinity and their correlation with climate change
Authors: Deepthi Eswar, Rajan Karuppusamy, S. Chellamuthu
Journal: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.10.015 · Citations: 279
Matched topics: climate change, irrigation
Abstract not available.
Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis
Authors: Ryan Hanna, Ahmed Abdulla, Yangyang Xu, David G. Victor
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20437-0 · Citations: 240
Matched topics: hydropower
removals hinge on near-term investment to boost the future capacity for upscaling. DAC is most cost-effective when using electricity sources already available today: hydropower and natural gas with renewables; fully renewable systems are more expensive because their low load factors do not allow efficient amortization of capital-intensive DAC plants.
Biomass burning aerosols in most climate models are too absorbing
Authors: Hunter Brown, Xiaohong Liu, Rudra P. Pokhrel, S. M. Murphy, Zheng Lu, Rawad Saleh et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20482-9 · Citations: 219
Matched topics: earth system model
(South America/Temperate). Our findings suggest that current modeled BB contributes less to warming than previously thought, largely due to treatments of aerosol mixing state.
DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data
Authors: Daniel J. Lunt, Fran Bragg, Wing‐Le Chan, David K. Hutchinson, Jean‐Baptiste Ladant, Polina Morozova et al.
Journal: Climate of the past · DOI: 10.5194/cp-17-203-2021 · Citations: 173
Matched topics: hydrologic model, land surface model, earth system model
Abstract. We present results from an ensemble of eight climate models, each of which has carried out simulations of the early Eocene climate optimum (EECO, ∼ 50 million years ago). These simulations have been carried out in the framework of the Deep-Time Model Intercomparison Project (DeepMIP; http://www.deepmip.org, last access: 10 January 2021); thus, all models have been configured with the same paleogeographic and vegetation boundary conditions. The results indicate that these non-CO2 bou…
Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions
Authors: Ana R. Patrício, LA Hawkes, JR Monsinjon, Brendan J. Godley, MMPB Fuentes
Journal: Endangered Species Research · DOI: 10.3354/esr01110 · Citations: 158
Matched topics: climate change
Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic, highlighting knowledge gains and research gaps since a similar previous review in 2009. Most research has been focussed on the terrestrial life history phase, where expected impacts will range from habitat loss and decreased reproductive success to feminization of populations, but changes in reproductive …
Modeling projected impacts of climate and land use/land cover changes on hydrological responses in the Lake Tana Basin, upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
Authors: Birhan Getachew, B. R. Manjunatha, H. Gangadhara Bhat
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125974 · Citations: 148
Matched topics: hydrologic model, river, streamflow, climate change
Abstract not available.
Climate and land use change impacts on water yield ecosystem service in the Yellow River Basin, China
Authors: Jie Yang, B. Xie, Degang Zhang, Wenqian Tao
Journal: Environmental Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s12665-020-09277-9 · Citations: 135
Matched topics: river, climate change
Abstract not available.
Permafrost Hydrology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A Review of Processes and Modeling
Authors: Hongkai Gao, Jingjing Wang, Yuzhong Yang, Xicai Pan, Yongjian Ding, Z. Duan
Journal: Frontiers in Earth Science · DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.576838 · Citations: 116
Matched topics: hydrology
Permafrost extends 40% of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), a region which contains the headwaters of numerous major rivers in Asia. As an aquiclude, permafrost substantially controls surface runoff and its hydraulic connection with groundwater. The freeze–thaw cycle in the active layer significantly impacts soil water movement direction, velocity, storage capacity, and hydraulic conductivity. Under the accelerating warming on the QTP, permafrost degradation is drastically altering regional an…
Future Risk for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change
Authors: Rachel D. Cavanagh, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Susie M. Grant, David K. A. Barnes, Kevin A. Hughes, Svenja Halfter et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science · DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.615214 · Citations: 114
Matched topics: climate change
The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale. Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the demand for, and the provision of, these services into the future. Here we synthesize recent assessments of the current status and expected future climate-driven changes in Southern Ocean ecosystems and evaluate the potential consequences of these changes for the provision of ecosystem services. We explore in detail three…
How much carbon input is required to preserve or increase projected soil organic carbon stocks in German croplands under climate change?
Authors: Catharina Riggers, Christopher Poeplau, Axel Don, Cathleen Frühauf, René Dechow
Journal: Plant and Soil · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04806-8 · Citations: 108
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract Aims Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is discussed as negative emission technology with the potential to remove relevant amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. At the same time, climate change-driven losses of SOC to the atmosphere might impede such goals. Methods In this study, we used an ensemble of different SOC models and climate projections to project SOC stocks in German croplands up to 2099 under different climate change scenarios. We then estimated the required inc…
Near-term climate change impacts on sub-national malaria transmission
Authors: Jailos Lubinda, Ubydul Haque, Yaxin Bi, Busiku Hamainza, Adrian J. Moore
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80432-9 · Citations: 100
Matched topics: climate change
The role of climate change on global malaria is often highlighted in World Health Organisation reports. We modelled a Zambian socio-environmental dataset from 2000 to 2016, against malaria trends and investigated the relationship of near-term environmental change with malaria incidence using Bayesian spatio-temporal, and negative binomial mixed regression models. We introduced the diurnal temperature range (DTR) as an alternative environmental measure to the widely used mean temperature. We f…
Recognition and operationalization of Future‐Scaffolding Skills: Results from an empirical study of a teaching–learning module on climate change and futures thinking
Authors: Olivia Levrini, Giulia Tasquier, Eleonora Barelli, Antti Laherto, Elina Palmgren, Laura Branchetti et al.
Journal: Science Education · DOI: 10.1002/sce.21612 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract This article takes its point of departure from the younger generation’s problematic relationship with time and the future. A general sense of changeability and directionlessness in society compromises young people’s confidence in themselves to make a difference as individuals in important global issues affecting their futures, such as climate change. Given recent aims and commitments of science education to promote sustainable development and student agency, this study explores how s…
Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model
Authors: Cécile Caillaud, Samuel Somot, Antoinette Alias, Isabelle Bernard-Bouissières, Quentin Fumière, Olivier Laurantin et al.
Journal: Climate Dynamics · DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05558-y · Citations: 92
Matched topics: hydrology, streamflow
Abstract Modelling the rare but high-impact Mediterranean Heavy Precipitation Events (HPEs) at climate scale remains a largely open scientific challenge. The issue is adressed here by running a 38-year-long continuous simulation of the CNRM-AROME Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Model (CP-RCM) at a 2.5 km horizontal resolution and over a large pan-Alpine domain. First, the simulation is evaluated through a basic Eulerian statistical approach via a comparison with selected high spatial a…
Risk and vulnerability of Mongolian grasslands under climate change
Authors: Banzragch Nandintsetseg, Bazartseren Boldgiv, Jinfeng Chang, Philippe Ciais, Enkhbaatar Davaanyam, Altangerel Batbold et al.
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abdb5b · Citations: 89
Matched topics: hydrology, water management, climate change
Abstract Climate change is projected to increase the aridity of semi-arid ecosystems, including Mongolian grasslands (MG), which provide ecosystem services that support food supply and pastoralist lifestyle. Here, we conducted a grid-scale (0.5° × 0.5°) probabilistic risk assessment of MG under climate change for 40 years (1976–2015) based on probability theory. We evaluated changes of risk (impacts) and vulnerability of MG to drought between the recent two decades R20 = 1996–2015 and the pre…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 4 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
Evaluation and comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 model performance in simulating the seasonal extreme precipitation in the Western North Pacific and East Asia
Authors: Chao‐An Chen, Huang‐Hsiung Hsu, Hsin‐Chien Liang
Journal: Weather and Climate Extremes · DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100303 · Citations: 184
Matched topics: seasonal
This study evaluates the performance of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phases 6 models (CMIP6) in simulating the seasonal evolution and extreme precipitation indices in the western North Pacific and East Asia region (WNP-EA), and compare the results with those from CMIP Phases 5 (CMIP5). In the ensemble of CMIP6 models, the seasonal evolution simulation demonstrates improvements in seasonal northward migration of the rain band from spring to summer and more intense precipitation, r…
Consistent Large‐Scale Response of Hourly Extreme Precipitation to Temperature Variation Over Land
Authors: Haider Ali, Hayley J. Fowler, Geert Lenderink, Elizabeth Lewis, David Pritchard
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters · DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090317 · Citations: 111
Matched topics: hydrology
Abstract Hourly precipitation extremes can intensify with temperature at higher rates than expected from thermodynamic increases explained by the Clausius‐Clapeyron (CC) relationship (∼6.5%/K), but local scaling with surface air temperature is highly variable. Here we use daily dew point temperature, a direct proxy of absolute humidity, to estimate at‐gauge local scaling across six macro‐regions for a global data set of over 7,000 hourly precipitation gauges. We find scaling rates from CC to …
A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City
Authors: Irene Pluchinotta, A. Pagano, T. Vilcan, S. Ahilan, L. Kapetas, S. Maskrey et al.
Journal: Sustainable cities and society · DOI: 10.1016/J.SCS.2021.102709 · Citations: 93
Matched topics: water management
Abstract Growing urban populations, changes in rainfall patterns and ageing infrastructure represent significant challenges for urban water management (UWM). There is a critical need for research into how cities should adapt to become resilient to these impacts under uncertain futures. UWM challenges in the Ebbsfleet Garden City (UK) were investigated via a participatory process and potential sustainable solutions were explored using a System Dynamics Model (SDM). Collaborative development of…
Quantifying the response of surface urban heat island to urbanization using the annual temperature cycle model
Authors: Huidong Li, Yuyu Zhou, Gensuo Jia, Kaiguang Zhao, Jinwei Dong
Journal: Geoscience Frontiers · DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101141 · Citations: 93
Matched topics: land surface model
Urban heat island (UHI), driving by urbanization, plays an important role in urban sustainability under climate change. However, the quantification of UHI’s response to urbanization is still challenging due to the lack of robust and continuous temperature and urbanization datasets and reliable quantification methods. This study proposed a framework to quantify the response of surface UHI (SUHI) to urban expansion using the annual temperate cycle model. We built a continuous annual SUHI series…
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 17 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States
Authors: Marshall Burke, Anne Driscoll, Sam Heft‐Neal, Jiani Xue, Jennifer Burney, Michael W. Wara
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011048118 · Citations: 649
Matched topics: climate change
(particulate matter with diameter <2.5 μm) in recent years across the United States, and up to half in some Western regions, with spatial patterns in ambient smoke exposure that do not follow traditional socioeconomic pollution exposure gradients. We combine the model with stylized scenarios to show that fuel management interventions could have large health benefits and that future health impacts from climate-change-induced wildfire smoke could approach projected overall increases in temperat…
Assessment of floating solar photovoltaics potential in existing hydropower reservoirs in Africa
Authors: Rocío González Sánchez, Ioannis Kougias, Magda Moner‐Girona, Fernando Fahl, Arnulf Jäger‐Waldau
Journal: Renewable Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.041 · Citations: 213
Matched topics: reservoir, hydropower
Africa is characterised by a very high solar potential, with a yearly sum of solar irradiation exceeding 2000 kWh/m2. Many African countries are heavily dependent on hydropower, however, increasingly frequent droughts have been severely affecting hydropower generation in the last few decades. The installation of floating photovoltaics (FPV) in existing hydropower reservoirs, would provide solar electricity to help compensate hydropower production during dry periods and reduce evaporation loss…
Fabrication of surface-charged MXene membrane and its application for water desalination
Authors: Baochun Meng, Guozhen Liu, Yangyang Mao, Liang Feng, Gongping Liu, Wanqin Jin
Journal: Journal of Membrane Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119076 · Citations: 172
Matched topics: surface water
Abstract not available.
Human-driven greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather
Authors: Danielle Touma, Samantha Stevenson, Flavio Lehner, Sloan Coats
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20570-w · Citations: 146
Matched topics: earth system model
century wildfire risk. However, the risks associated with individual aspects of anthropogenic aerosol and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, biomass burning and land use/land cover change remain unknown. Here, we use new climate model large ensembles isolating these influences to show that GHG-driven increases in extreme fire weather conditions have been balanced by aerosol-driven cooling throughout the 20th century. This compensation is projected to disappear due to future reductions in aeros…
Evaluation of the risk and benefit of the complementary operation of the large wind-photovoltaic-hydropower system considering forecast uncertainty
Authors: Qiaofeng Tan, Xin Wen, Yuanliang Sun, Xiaohui Lei, Zhenni Wang, Guanghua Qin
Journal: Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116442 · Citations: 132
Matched topics: hydropower
Abstract not available.
Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst
Authors: Xue‐Mei Zhang, Yuemin Yue, Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Xiangkun Qi, Chuxiong Deng et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145160 · Citations: 129
Matched topics: hydrology, hydropower
Abstract not available.
Soil Salinity Mapping Using Machine Learning Algorithms with the Sentinel-2 MSI in Arid Areas, China
Authors: Jiaqiang Wang, Jie Peng, Hongyi Li, Caiyun Yin, Weiyang Liu, Tianwei Wang et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing · DOI: 10.3390/rs13020305 · Citations: 127
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Accurate monitoring of soil salinization plays a key role in the ecological security and sustainable agricultural development of arid regions. As a branch of artificial intelligence, machine learning acquires new knowledge through self-learning and continuously improves its own performance. The purpose of this study is to combine Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imager (MSI) data and MSI-derived covariates with measured soil salinity data and to apply three machine learning algorithms in modeling to …
Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills
Authors: Victoria R. Propp, Amila O. De Silva, Christine Spencer, Susan Brown, Sara D. Catingan, James E. Smith et al.
Journal: Environmental Pollution · DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116474 · Citations: 120
Matched topics: surface water
Many types of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been found in leachate of operating municipal landfills. However, there is only limited information on CECs presence in leachate of historic landfills (≥3 decades since closure, often lacking engineered liners or leachate collection systems) at concentrations that may pose a risk to nearby wells and surface water ecosystems. In this study, 48 samples of leachate-impacted groundwa…
CO2 injection strategies for enhanced oil recovery and geological sequestration in a tight reservoir: An experimental study
Authors: Danchen Li, S. Saraji, Z. Jiao, Ye Zhang
Journal: Unknown · DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119013 · Citations: 107
Matched topics: reservoir
Abstract Considering the worldwide development of tight and ultra-tight oil reservoirs, the increasing demand for fossil energy and long-term environmental concerns regarding large CO2 emissions, application of dual-purpose carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration/enhanced oil recovery in oil reservoirs has gained considerable attention [1] , [2] . However, unlike its mature application in conventional reservoirs, the effectiveness of CO2 EOR and geological sequestration in tight reservoirs is stil…
Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and weeds of trickle–irrigated onion
Authors: I. El-Metwally, L. Geries, H. Saudy
Journal: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science · DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2020.1869723 · Citations: 107
Matched topics: irrigation
ABSTRACT Reducing the water loss sources, i.e. soil evaporation and weeds presence, is an essential act for keeping well soil moisture to crop growth, especially under drought conditions. Therefore, two–year field trials were conducted for seeking the best compatible practice between irrigation regime and weed control method in onion onion. Three irrigation water regimes (60%, 80% and 100% of the crop water requirements, CWR) and seven weed control practices (rice, wheat and peanut straws as …
Safeguarding migratory fish via strategic planning of future small hydropower in Brazil
Authors: Thiago B. A. Couto, M. Messager, J. Olden
Journal: Nature Sustainability · DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00665-4 · Citations: 106
Matched topics: hydropower
Abstract not available.
An Overview of Atmospheric Features Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean and North American East Coast—Part 2: Circulation, Boundary Layer, and Clouds
Authors: David Painemal, Andrea F. Corral, Armin Sorooshian, Michael A. Brunke, Seethala Chellappan, Vesta Afzali Gorooh et al.
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · DOI: 10.1029/2020jd033423 · Citations: 99
Matched topics: land surface model
Abstract The Western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) is a complex land‐ocean‐atmosphere system that experiences a broad range of atmospheric phenomena, which in turn drive unique aerosol transport pathways, cloud morphologies, and boundary layer variability. This work, Part 2 of a 2‐part paper series, provides an overview of the atmospheric circulation, boundary layer variability, three‐dimensional cloud structure, and precipitation over the WNAO; the companion paper (Part 1) focused on chemical …
Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the northeastern United States
Authors: Martina Calovi, Christina M. Grozinger, Douglas A. Miller, Sarah Goslee
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81051-8 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: hydrology
Honey bees are crucial pollinators for agricultural and natural ecosystems, but are experiencing heavy mortality in North America and Europe due to a complex suite of factors. Understanding the relative importance of each factor would enable beekeepers to make more informed decisions and improve assessment of local and regional habitat suitability. We used 3 years of Pennsylvania beekeepers’ survey data to assess the importance of weather, topography, land use, and management factors on overw…
Renewable energy from biomass surplus resource: potential of power generation from rice straw in Vietnam
Authors: Tran Thien Cuong, Hoàng Anh Lê, Nguyễn Mạnh Khải, Pham Anh Hung, Le Thuy Linh, Thanh Viet Nguyen et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80678-3 · Citations: 91
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model
emission reduction. This study investigates the potential of rice straw as an energy source for power plants at a local scale in Vietnam using data derived from satellite Sentinel-1 images. The results show that Vietnam can produce 2,565 MW from rice straw, for which 24 out of 63 provinces have a potential capacity higher than 30 MW, and the Kien Giang province has the highest capacity (245 MW). The study also analyses limitations and obstacles overcoming which can promote the biomass energy …
Increased carbon capture by a silicate-treated forested watershed affected by acid deposition
Authors: Lyla L. Taylor, Charles T. Driscoll, Peter M. Groffman, Greg H. Rau, Joel D. Blum, David J. Beerling
Journal: Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.5194/bg-18-169-2021 · Citations: 90
Matched topics: streamflow
Abstract. Meeting internationally agreed-upon climate targets requires carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies coupled with an urgent phase-down of fossil fuel emissions. However, the efficacy and wider impacts of CDR are poorly understood. Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a land-based CDR strategy requiring large-scale field trials. Here we show that a low 3.44 t ha−1 wollastonite treatment in an 11.8 ha acid-rain-impacted forested watershed in New Hampshire, USA, led to cumulative carbon c…
Seawater and produced water treatment via gas hydrate: Review
Authors: Sirisha Nallakukkala, Bhajan Lal
Journal: Journal of environmental chemical engineering · DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105053 · Citations: 79
Matched topics: streamflow, water management
Abstract not available.
Large-scale variations in the dynamics of Amazon forest canopy gaps from airborne lidar data and opportunities for tree mortality estimates
Authors: Ricardo Dalagnol, Fabien Wagner, Lênio Soares Galvão, Annia Susin Streher, Oliver L. Phillips, Emanuel Gloor et al.
Journal: Scientific Reports · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80809-w · Citations: 78
Matched topics: hydropower
We report large-scale estimates of Amazonian gap dynamics using a novel approach with large datasets of airborne light detection and ranging (lidar), including five multi-temporal and 610 single-date lidar datasets. Specifically, we (1) compared the fixed height and relative height methods for gap delineation and established a relationship between static and dynamic gaps (newly created gaps); (2) explored potential environmental/climate drivers explaining gap occurrence using generalized line…
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| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 1026 |
| After deduplication | 704 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 654 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
|---|---|
| Scientific Reports | 5 |
| Nature Climate Change | 3 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 3 |
| Nature Communications | 3 |
| Unknown | 2 |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 1 |
| Natural Resources Research | 1 |
| npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 1 |
| Applied Water Science | 1 |
| Journal of Experimental Botany | 1 |
| Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture | 1 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 1 |
| Earth-Science Reviews | 1 |
| Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 1 |
| Climate of the past | 1 |
| Endangered Species Research | 1 |
| Journal of Hydrology | 1 |
| Environmental Earth Sciences | 1 |
| Frontiers in Earth Science | 1 |
| Frontiers in Marine Science | 1 |
| Plant and Soil | 1 |
| Science Education | 1 |
| Climate Dynamics | 1 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1 |
| Weather and Climate Extremes | 1 |
| Geophysical Research Letters | 1 |
| Sustainable cities and society | 1 |
| Geoscience Frontiers | 1 |
| Renewable Energy | 1 |
| Journal of Membrane Science | 1 |
| Applied Energy | 1 |
| The Science of The Total Environment | 1 |
| Remote Sensing | 1 |
| Environmental Pollution | 1 |
| Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science | 1 |
| Nature Sustainability | 1 |
| Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 1 |
| Biogeosciences | 1 |
| Journal of environmental chemical engineering | 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