Weekly Literature Review
Week 11 · March 15–March 21, 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
- Morphometric analysis and prioritisation of watersheds for flood risk management in Wadi Easal Basin (
WEB ), Jordan, using geospatial technologies - Do small and large floods have the same drivers of change? A regional attribution analysis in Europe
- Flood risk assessment of the European road network
- On the need of ensemble flood forecast in India
- Flood disaster risk assessment based on random forest algorithm
- Morphometric analysis and prioritisation of watersheds for flood risk management in Wadi Easal Basin (
- Drought Analysis and Prediction
- Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability
- Severity of drought and heatwave crop losses tripled over the last five decades in Europe
- Evaluation of morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits for assessing drought resistance in eleven tree species
- Knockout of the entire family of AITR genes in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced drought and salinity tolerance without fitness costs
- Selenium Alleviates the Adverse Effect of Drought in Oilseed Crops Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) and Canola (Brassica napus L.)
- The pigeon pea CcCIPK14‐CcCBL1 pair positively modulates drought tolerance by enhancing flavonoid biosynthesis
- Losses and damages associated with slow-onset events: urban drought and water insecurity in Asia
- Livelihood vulnerability and adaptability of coastal communities to extreme drought and salinity intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
- Comparative Study of Drought Stress Effects on Traditional and Modern Apple Cultivars
- The interactions between hydrological drought evolution and precipitation-streamflow relationship
- Overexpression of SlGATA17 Promotes Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Tomato Plants by Enhancing Activation of the Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Pathway
- Coping with drought: Narratives from smallholder farmers in semi-arid Kenya
- Streamflow Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Climate Change and Water Resources
- Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster.
- Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda
- The Impact of Population Growth on Natural Resources and Farmers’ Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries
- Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes
- Climate Change and Long-Run Discount Rates: Evidence from Real Estate
- The GDP-Temperature relationship: Implications for climate change damages
- Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change
- Scenario-based prediction of climate change impacts on building cooling energy consumption with explainable artificial intelligence
- Habit and climate change
- Seasonal overturn and stratification changes drive deep-water warming in one of Earth’s largest lakes
- Prolonging life cycles of construction materials and combating climate change by cascading: The case of reusing timber in Finland
- The role of worldviews in shaping how people appraise climate change
- Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits
- The Applicability of Big Data in Climate Change Research: The Importance of System of Systems Thinking
- Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
- Tropospheric ozone in CMIP6 simulations
- Quantity and quality modelling of groundwater to manage water resources in Isfahan-Borkhar Aquifer
- Modeling lake outburst and downstream hazard assessment of the Lower Barun Glacial Lake, Nepal Himalaya
- Effect of rainfall intensity and duration on soil erosion on slopes with different microrelief patterns
- Influences of three oceans on record-breaking rainfall over the Yangtze River Valley in June 2020
- Comparative study of innovative trend analysis technique with Mann-Kendall tests for extreme rainfall
- Water Management and Sustainability
- State-of-the-art of renewable energy sources used in water desalination: Present and future prospects
- The costs and benefits of environmental sustainability
- Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
- Potential environmental pollution from copper metallurgy and methods of management
- Comparison of
ERA5 surface wind speed climatologies over Europe with observations from theHadISD dataset - Recreational angler satisfaction: What drives it?
- Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty
- The seasonal cycle of ice-nucleating particles linked to the abundance of biogenic aerosol in boreal forests
- A data-driven approach to estimate leaf area index for Landsat images over the contiguous US
- Spatiotemporal change and drivers analysis of desertification in the arid region of northwest China based on geographic detector
- Phosphorus Inventory for the Conterminous United States (2002–2012)
- Statistics
- Filtering Criteria
Flood Modeling and Risk Assessment
This week features 5 papers advancing flood science, spanning susceptibility mapping, risk assessment, and hydrodynamic modeling. Notable contributions from Obeidat, Bertola et al. The studies collectively advance both data-driven and physically-based approaches to flood prediction and management.
Morphometric analysis and prioritisation of watersheds for flood risk management in Wadi Easal Basin (WEB ), Jordan, using geospatial technologies
Authors: Mutawakil Obeidat, Muheeb Awawdeh, Farah Al‐Hantouli
Journal: Journal of Flood Risk Management · DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12711 · Citations: 107
Matched topics: flood
Abstract Morphometric analysis and sub‐watersheds prioritisation were carried out for the Wadi Easal Basin, Jordan, which is characterised by a high topographic diversity. The total ranking method was applied to prioritise the sub‐watersheds in terms of susceptibility to flash flood. Results of morphometric analysis revealed that the study area is a fifth order drainage system with a dendritic drainage pattern and elongated shape. Prioritisation results showed that about 71% (15 out of 21 sub…
Do small and large floods have the same drivers of change? A regional attribution analysis in Europe
Authors: Miriam Bertola, Alberto Viglione, Sergiy Vorogushyn, David Lun, Bruno Merz, Günter Blöschl
Journal: Hydrology and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-1347-2021 · Citations: 102
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, flood
Abstract. Recent studies have shown evidence of increasing and decreasing trends for average floods and flood quantiles across Europe. Studies attributing observed changes in flood peaks to their drivers have mostly focused on the average flood behaviour, without distinguishing small and large floods. This paper proposes a new framework for attributing flood changes to potential drivers, as a function of return period (T), in a regional context. We assume flood peaks to follow a non-stationar…
Flood risk assessment of the European road network
Authors: Kees van Ginkel, Francesco Dottori, Lorenzo Alfieri, Luc Feyen, Elco Koks
Journal: Natural hazards and earth system sciences · DOI: 10.5194/nhess-21-1011-2021 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: flood
Abstract. River floods pose a significant threat to road transport infrastructure in Europe. This study presents a high-resolution object-based continental-scale assessment of direct flood risk of the European road network for the present climate, using high-resolution exposure data from OpenStreetMap. A new set of road-specific damage functions is developed. The expected annual direct damage from large river floods to road infrastructure in Europe is EUR 230 million per year. Compared to gri…
On the need of ensemble flood forecast in India
Authors: J. S. Nanditha, Vimal Mishra
Journal: Water Security · DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100086 · Citations: 96
Matched topics: hydrologic model, flood
Abstract not available.
Flood disaster risk assessment based on random forest algorithm
Authors: Zijiang Zhu, Yu Zhang
Journal: Neural Computing and Applications · DOI: 10.1007/s00521-021-05757-6 · Citations: 94
Matched topics: flood
Abstract not available.
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Drought research this week encompasses 12 studies covering monitoring, prediction, and impact assessment. Key work by Büntgen, Brás et al. highlights advances in drought characterization across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability
Authors: U. Büntgen, O. Urban, P. Krusic, M. Rybníček, T. Kolář, T. Kyncl et al.
Journal: Nature Geoscience · DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00698-0 · Citations: 423
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Severity of drought and heatwave crop losses tripled over the last five decades in Europe
Authors: T. Brás, J. Seixas, N. Carvalhais, J. Jägermeyr
Journal: Environmental Research Letters · DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abf004 · Citations: 351
Matched topics: drought
Extreme weather disasters (EWDs) can jeopardize domestic food supply and disrupt commodity markets. However, historical impacts on European crop production associated with droughts, heatwaves, floods, and cold waves are not well understood—especially in view of potential adverse trends in the severity of impacts due to climate change. Here, we combine observational agricultural data (FAOSTAT) with an extreme weather disaster database (EM-DAT) between 1961 and 2018 to evaluate European crop pr…
Evaluation of morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits for assessing drought resistance in eleven tree species
Authors: Narayan Bhusal, Minsu Lee, Ho‐Jin Lee, Arjun Adhikari, Ah Reum Han, Areum Han et al.
Journal: The Science of The Total Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146466 · Citations: 164
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Knockout of the entire family of AITR genes in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced drought and salinity tolerance without fitness costs
Authors: Siyu Chen, Na Zhang, Ganghua Zhou, Saddam Hussain, Sajjad Ahmed, Hainan Tian et al.
Journal: BMC Plant Biology · DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02907-9 · Citations: 98
Matched topics: drought
BACKGORUND: Environmental stresses including abiotic stresses and biotic stresses limit yield of plants. Stress-tolerant breeding is an efficient way to improve plant yield under stress conditions. Genome editing by CRISPR/Cas9 can be used in molecular breeding to improve agronomic traits in crops, but in most cases, with fitness costs. The plant hormone ABA regulates plant responses to abiotic stresses via signaling transduction. We previously identified AITRs as a family of novel transcript…
Selenium Alleviates the Adverse Effect of Drought in Oilseed Crops Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) and Canola (Brassica napus L.)
Authors: Zahoor Ahmad, Shazia Anjum, Milan Skalický, Ejaz Ahmad Waraich, Rana Muhammad Sabir Tariq, Muhammad Ashar Ayub et al.
Journal: Molecules · DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061699 · Citations: 96
Matched topics: drought
), an inorganic compound was used as Se sources for both seed priming and foliar application. Data regarding physiochemical, antioxidants, and yield components were recorded as response variables at crop maturity. Results indicated that WP, OP, TP, proline, TSS, TFAA, TPr, TS, total chlorophyll contents, osmoprotectant (GB, anthocyanin, TPC, and flavonoids), antioxidants (APX, SOD, POD, and CAT), and yield components (number of branches per plant, thousand seed weight, seed, and biological yi…
The pigeon pea CcCIPK14‐CcCBL1 pair positively modulates drought tolerance by enhancing flavonoid biosynthesis
Authors: Dong Meng, Biying Dong, Lili Niu, Zhihua Song, Litao Wang, Rohul Amin et al.
Journal: The Plant Journal · DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15234 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: drought
signalling and promote drought tolerance in plants. The CIPK gene family in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.), a major food crop affected by drought, has not previously been characterised. Here, we identified 28 CIPK genes in the pigeon pea genome. Five CcCIPK genes were strongly upregulated in roots upon drought treatment and were selected for further characterisation. Overexpression of CcCIPK13 and CcCIPK14 increased survival rates by two- to three-fold relative to controls after 14 days of dro…
Losses and damages associated with slow-onset events: urban drought and water insecurity in Asia
Authors: Chandni Singh, Garima Jain, Vibhas Sukhwani, Rajib Shaw
Journal: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2021.02.006 · Citations: 91
Matched topics: water management, drought
Abstract not available.
Livelihood vulnerability and adaptability of coastal communities to extreme drought and salinity intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Authors: Dung Duc Tran, Man Minh Dang, Bui Du Duong, William B. Sea, Thang T. Vo
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102183 · Citations: 88
Matched topics: drought
Abstract not available.
Comparative Study of Drought Stress Effects on Traditional and Modern Apple Cultivars
Authors: Ines Mihaljević, Marija Viljevac Vuletić, Domagoj Šimić, Vesna Tomaš, Daniela Horvat, Marko Josipović et al.
Journal: Plants · DOI: 10.3390/plants10030561 · Citations: 86
Matched topics: drought
), proline, phenols and leaf water content (WC) were measured. The traditional cultivar “Crvenka” confirmed the best tolerance to a drought stress condition, presenting higher photosynthetic efficiency, higher leaf water content, higher levels of chlorophyll content and lower lipid peroxidation with greater membrane stability. The commercial cultivar “Golden Delicious Reinders” showed decreased water content in leaves, increased lipid peroxidation levels and photoinhibition. Considering all r…
The interactions between hydrological drought evolution and precipitation-streamflow relationship
Authors: Jiefeng Wu, Xiaohong Chen, Xing Yuan, H. Yao, Yunxia Zhao, A. Aghakouchak
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/J.JHYDROL.2021.126210 · Citations: 84
Matched topics: streamflow, drought
Abstract Hydrological drought evolution (development and recovery) is directly related to the amount of precipitation transformed into effective streamflow. However, how hydrological drought alters the precipitation-streamflow relationship, and how the precipitation-streamflow relationship affects the hydrological drought development and recovery, have not yet been answered. We present a detailed assessment of the effects of hydrological drought evolution on the precipitation-streamflow relat…
Overexpression of SlGATA17 Promotes Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Tomato Plants by Enhancing Activation of the Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Pathway
Authors: Tingting Zhao, Tai-ru Wu, Pei Tong, Ziyu Wang, Huanhuan Yang, Jingbin Jiang et al.
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.634888 · Citations: 75
Matched topics: drought
gene regulates the drought resistance of tomato plants by regulating the activity of the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway.
Coping with drought: Narratives from smallholder farmers in semi-arid Kenya
Authors: Amy Quandt
Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102168 · Citations: 74
Matched topics: drought
Globally, drought impacts more people than any other natural hazard. However, drought is also the most complex natural hazard, and its impacts are not evenly distributed across the landscape or among human populations. Just as the impacts of drought vary, so do the coping strategies used by people during drought. The research to-date on drought coping strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly quantitative, focused on top-down interventions, and do not emphasize individual perceptions, exper…
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.
Widespread potential loss of streamflow into underlying aquifers across the USA
Authors: Scott Jasechko, Hansjörg Seybold, Debra Perrone, Ying Fan, James W. Kirchner
Journal: Nature · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03311-x · Citations: 148
Matched topics: streamflow, surface water
Abstract not available.
A comprehensive comparison of recent developed meta-heuristic algorithms for streamflow time series forecasting problem
Authors: Ali Najah Ahmed, To Van Lam, Nguyễn Duy Hùng, Nguyen Van Thieu, Özgür Kişi, Ahmed El‐Shafie
Journal: Applied Soft Computing · DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107282 · Citations: 113
Matched topics: hydrologic model, streamflow
Abstract not available.
Climate Change and Water Resources
Climate-water interactions are explored in 14 papers this week, addressing impacts on the cryosphere, water cycle components, and regional water resources under changing conditions.
Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster.
Authors: Sara I. Zandalinas, F. Fritschi, R. Mittler
Journal: Trends in Plant Science · DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.02.011 · Citations: 823
Matched topics: climate change
Global warming, climate change, and environmental pollution present plants with unique combinations of different abiotic and biotic stresses. Although much is known about how plants acclimate to each of these individual stresses, little is known about how they respond to a combination of many of these stress factors occurring together, namely a multifactorial stress combination. Recent studies revealed that increasing the number of different co-occurring multifactorial stress factors causes a…
Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda
Authors: P. De Frenne, J. Lenoir, M. Luoto, Brett R. Scheffers, Florian Zellweger, J. Aalto et al.
Journal: Global Change Biology · DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15569 · Citations: 755
Matched topics: climate change
Forest microclimates contrast strongly with the climate outside forests. To fully understand and better predict how forests’ biodiversity and functions relate to climate and climate change, microclimates need to be integrated into ecological research. Despite the potentially broad impact of microclimates on the response of forest ecosystems to global change, our understanding of how microclimates within and below tree canopies modulate biotic responses to global change at the species, communi…
The Impact of Population Growth on Natural Resources and Farmers’ Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries
Authors: Mengistu M. Maja, S. F. Ayano
Journal: Earth Systems and Environment · DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00209-6 · Citations: 512
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes
Authors: Valerio Barbarossa, Joyce Bosmans, Niko Wanders, Henry King, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Mark A. J. Huijbregts et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21655-w · Citations: 415
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, streamflow, land surface model
Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats of future flow and water temperature extremes to ~11,500 riverine fish species. In a 3.2 °C warmer world (no further emission cuts after current governments’ pledges for 2030), 36% of the species have over half of their present-day geographic range exposed to climatic extremes beyond current levels. Threats are largest in trop…
Climate Change and Long-Run Discount Rates: Evidence from Real Estate
Authors: Stefano Giglio, Matteo Maggiori, K. H. Rao, Johannes Stroebel, Andreas Weber
Journal: Review of Financial Studies · DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhab032 · Citations: 389
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract We show that housing markets provide information about the appropriate discount rates for valuing investments in climate change abatement. Real estate is exposed to both consumption and climate risk and its term structure of discount rates is downward sloping, reaching 2.6% for payoffs beyond 100 years. We use a tractable asset pricing model that incorporates features of climate change to show that the term structure of discount rates for climate-hedging investments is thus upward sl…
The GDP-Temperature relationship: Implications for climate change damages
Authors: Richard G. Newell, Brian Prest, Steven Sexton
Journal: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102445 · Citations: 274
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change
Authors: Viola Heinrich, Ricardo Dalagnol, Henrique Cassol, Thais M. Rosan, Catherine Torres de Almeida, Celso H. L. Silva et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22050-1 · Citations: 265
Matched topics: climate change
until 2030, contributing ~5.5% to Brazil’s 2030 net emissions reduction target. Implementing legal mechanisms to protect and expand secondary forests whilst supporting old-growth conservation is, therefore, key to realising their potential as a nature-based climate solution.
Scenario-based prediction of climate change impacts on building cooling energy consumption with explainable artificial intelligence
Authors: Debaditya Chakraborty, Arafat Alam, Saptarshi Chaudhuri, Hakan Başağaoğlu, Tulio Sulbaran, Sandeep Langar
Journal: Applied Energy · DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116807 · Citations: 158
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Habit and climate change
Authors: Bas Verplanken, Lorraine Whitmarsh
Journal: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.020 · Citations: 112
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Seasonal overturn and stratification changes drive deep-water warming in one of Earth’s largest lakes
Authors: Eric J. Anderson, Craig A. Stow, Andrew D. Gronewold, Lacey A. Mason, Michael McCormick, Song S. Qian et al.
Journal: Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21971-1 · Citations: 111
Matched topics: seasonal, surface water
Most of Earth’s fresh surface water is consolidated in just a few of its largest lakes, and because of their unique response to environmental conditions, lakes have been identified as climate change sentinels. While the response of lake surface water temperatures to climate change is well documented from satellite and summer in situ measurements, our understanding of how water temperatures in large lakes are responding at depth is limited, as few large lakes have detailed long-term subsurface…
Prolonging life cycles of construction materials and combating climate change by cascading: The case of reusing timber in Finland
Authors: Yishu Niu, Kaarle Rasi, Mark Hughes, Minna Halme, Gerhard Fink
Journal: Resources Conservation and Recycling · DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105555 · Citations: 103
Matched topics: climate change
The aim of this study is to investigate the economic, environmental and technological challenges, as well as the environmental potential, of prolonging the life cycle of construction materials with focus on structural timber in Finland. To achieve this, a literature review was conducted along with interviews with actors pertinent to timber construction. Moreover, a case study of life cycle environmental impact assessment was conducted to quantify the potential of reusing timber to abate globa…
The role of worldviews in shaping how people appraise climate change
Authors: Matthew J. Hornsey
Journal: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences · DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.02.021 · Citations: 97
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract not available.
Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits
Authors: Sonia Smeraldo, Luciano Bosso, Valeria B. Salinas‐Ramos, Leonardo Ancillotto, Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero, Suren Gazaryan et al.
Journal: Mammal Review · DOI: 10.1111/mam.12247 · Citations: 87
Matched topics: climate change
Abstract Climate change is among the key anthropogenic factors affecting species’ distribution, with important consequences for conservation. However, little is known concerning the consequences of distributional changes on community‐level interactions, and responses by generalist species might have many ecological implications in terms of novel interactions with resident species. In this study, we applied Ecological Niche Models and niche analysis to three generalist bat species, Hypsugo sav…
The Applicability of Big Data in Climate Change Research: The Importance of System of Systems Thinking
Authors: Viktor Sebestyén, Tímea Czvetkó, János Abonyi
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science · DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.619092 · Citations: 84
Matched topics: climate change
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the interrelationship between data science and climate studies, as well as describes how sustainability climate issues can be managed using the Big Data tools. Climate-related Big Data articles are analyzed and categorized, which revealed the increasing number of applications of data-driven solutions in specific areas, however, broad integrative analyses are gaining less of a focus. Our major objective is to highlight the potential in the Sys…
Hydrologic Modeling and Calibration
Hydrologic model development and evaluation features 6 papers covering precipitation estimation, model calibration, rainfall-runoff processes, and large-scale simulation advances.
Tropospheric ozone in CMIP6 simulations
Authors: Paul T. Griffiths, Lee T. Murray, Guang Zeng, Youngsub Matthew Shin, Nathan Luke Abraham, Alexander T. Archibald et al.
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-4187-2021 · Citations: 275
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract. The evolution of tropospheric ozone from 1850 to 2100 has been studied using data from Phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). We evaluate long-term changes using coupled atmosphere–ocean chemistry–climate models, focusing on the CMIP Historical and ScenarioMIP ssp370 experiments, for which detailed tropospheric-ozone diagnostics were archived. The model ensemble has been evaluated against a suite of surface, sonde and satellite observations of the past several…
Quantity and quality modelling of groundwater to manage water resources in Isfahan-Borkhar Aquifer
Authors: Kaveh Ostad‐Ali‐Askari, Mohammad Shayannejad
Journal: Environment Development and Sustainability · DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01323-1 · Citations: 199
Matched topics: hydrology, hydrologic model, water management
Abstract not available.
Modeling lake outburst and downstream hazard assessment of the Lower Barun Glacial Lake, Nepal Himalaya
Authors: Ashim Sattar, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Dan H. Shugar, Donald V. Chase
Journal: Journal of Hydrology · DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126208 · Citations: 125
Matched topics: hydrologic model
Climate change-driven retreat of glaciers is producing thousands of glacial lakes across mountain regions. These lakes generally grow, coalesce into larger lakes that may produce increased downstream hazards and risks due to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). This study assesses such hazards of Lower Barun Lake located near Mount Everest, Nepal. We model a series of scenarios, including two potential avalanches that enter the lake from the surrounding slope and eight potential GLOFs from t…
Effect of rainfall intensity and duration on soil erosion on slopes with different microrelief patterns
Authors: Longshan Zhao, Qian Fang, Rui Hou, Faqi Wu
Journal: Geoderma · DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115085 · Citations: 95
Matched topics: runoff
Abstract not available.
Influences of three oceans on record-breaking rainfall over the Yangtze River Valley in June 2020
Authors: Jiayu Zheng, Chunzai Wang
Journal: Science China Earth Sciences · DOI: 10.1007/s11430-020-9758-9 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: river
Abstract not available.
Comparative study of innovative trend analysis technique with Mann-Kendall tests for extreme rainfall
Authors: P. Z. Seenu, K. V. Jayakumar
Journal: Arabian Journal of Geosciences · DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-06906-w · Citations: 74
Matched topics: water management
Abstract not available.
Water Management and Sustainability
Water management research spans 11 papers addressing topics from irrigation optimization and reservoir operations to water resource assessment and sustainability frameworks.
State-of-the-art of renewable energy sources used in water desalination: Present and future prospects
Authors: Jochen Bundschuh, Michał Kaczmarczyk, Noreddine Ghaffour, Barbara Tomaszewska
Journal: Desalination · DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115035 · Citations: 320
Matched topics: hydropower
The last decade has seen a worldwide increase in the use of alternative energy sources, especially renewable energy (RE), including its application in desalination. In the past many experimental and pilot investigations were presented which allowed the costs and effectiveness of such integrated solutions to be estimated. The present review describes experience related to the use of solar thermal technologies (solar collector and concentrated solar power technologies), solar electricity (photo…
The costs and benefits of environmental sustainability
Authors: Paul Ekins, Dimitri Zenghelis
Journal: Sustainability Science · DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-00910-5 · Citations: 276
Matched topics: hydropower
The natural science in GEO-6 makes clear that a range and variety of unwelcome outcomes for humanity, with potentially very significant impacts for human health, become increasingly likely if societies maintain their current development paths. This paper assesses what is known about the likely economic implications of either current trends or the transformation to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy in the years to 2050 for which GEO-6 calls. A key conclusion is that no conventional c…
Observed snow depth trends in the European Alps: 1971 to 2019
Authors: Michael Matiu, Alice Crespi, Giacomo Bertoldi, Carlo Maria Carmagnola, Christoph Marty, Samuel Morin et al.
Journal: The cryosphere · DOI: 10.5194/tc-15-1343-2021 · Citations: 260
Matched topics: hydropower
Abstract. The European Alps stretch over a range of climate zones which affect the spatial distribution of snow. Previous analyses of station observations of snow were confined to regional analyses. Here, we present an Alpine-wide analysis of snow depth from six Alpine countries – Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland – including altogether more than 2000 stations of which more than 800 were used for the trend assessment. Using a principal component analysis and k-means c…
Potential environmental pollution from copper metallurgy and methods of management
Authors: Grzegorz Izydorczyk, Katarzyna Mikula, Dawid Skrzypczak, Κωνσταντίνος Μουστάκας, Anna Witek‐Krowiak, Katarzyna Chojnacka
Journal: Environmental Research · DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111050 · Citations: 255
Matched topics: runoff, surface water
Abstract not available.
Comparison of ERA5 surface wind speed climatologies over Europe with observations from the HadISD dataset
Authors: María Ofelia Molina, Claudia Gutiérrez, Enrique Sánchez
Journal: International Journal of Climatology · DOI: 10.1002/joc.7103 · Citations: 164
Matched topics: hydrology, earth system model
Abstract Understanding space–time features of wind speed is of high interest in meteorology and several applied sciences. Accurate wind speed measurements in combination with reliable gridded products, such as reanalyses, are needed to address the main characteristics of the wind field. Hourly 10 m wind speed from the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) latest reanalysis (ERA5) is compared with HadISD wind observations from 245 stations across Europe. Averaged ERA5 hour…
Recreational angler satisfaction: What drives it?
Authors: Max Birdsong, Len M. Hunt, Robert Arlinghaus
Journal: Fish and Fisheries · DOI: 10.1111/faf.12545 · Citations: 142
Matched topics: water management
Abstract Satisfaction is the reward that recreational anglers receive from their experiences, and it constitutes a relevant management target. Angler satisfaction also shapes preferences for regulations, compliance with rules and general angler behaviours. Because of its central role in recreational fisheries management, it is important to understand what drives angler satisfaction. Our objective was to study the catch and non‐catch‐related determinants of recreational angler satisfaction usi…
Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty
Authors: Longlei Li, N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, Carlos Pérez García‐Pando, Martina Klose, Douglas S. Hamilton et al.
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-3973-2021 · Citations: 138
Matched topics: earth system model
Abstract. The large uncertainty in the mineral dust direct radiative effect (DRE) hinders projections of future climate change due to anthropogenic activity. Resolving modeled dust mineral speciation allows for spatially and temporally varying refractive indices consistent with dust aerosol composition. Here, for the first time, we quantify the range in dust DRE at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) due to current uncertainties in the surface soil mineralogical content using a dust mineral-resol…
The seasonal cycle of ice-nucleating particles linked to the abundance of biogenic aerosol in boreal forests
Authors: Julia Schneider, Kristina Höhler, Paavo Heikkilä, Jorma Keskinen, Barbara Bertozzi, Pia Bogert et al.
Journal: Atmospheric chemistry and physics · DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-3899-2021 · Citations: 116
Matched topics: seasonal
Abstract. Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) trigger the formation of cloud ice crystals in the atmosphere. Therefore, they strongly influence cloud microphysical and optical properties and precipitation and the life cycle of clouds. Improving weather forecasting and climate projection requires an appropriate formulation of atmospheric INP concentrations. This remains challenging as the global INP distribution and variability depend on a variety of aerosol types and sources, and neither their sh…
A data-driven approach to estimate leaf area index for Landsat images over the contiguous US
Authors: Yanghui Kang, Mutlu Özdoğan, Feng Gao, Martha C. Anderson, William A. White, Yun Yang et al.
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment · DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112383 · Citations: 92
Matched topics: hydrologic model, land surface model
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Spatiotemporal change and drivers analysis of desertification in the arid region of northwest China based on geographic detector
Authors: Hua Ding, Hao Xing-ming
Journal: Environmental Challenges · DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100082 · Citations: 85
Matched topics: water management
The arid region of northwest China is a hotspot for global desertification research, because it is affected by the combined effects of climate change and human activities, and it has had a huge impact on human society in recent years. Based on multiple meteorological and spatial attribute data sets, NDVI-Albedo feature space principle and geographic detectors were used to analyze the main drivers to the spatiotemporal changes of desertification in the arid region of northwest China from 2003 …
Phosphorus Inventory for the Conterminous United States (2002–2012)
Authors: Robert D. Sabo, Christopher M. Clark, David A. Gibbs, Geneviève S. Metson, M. Jason Todd, Stephen D. LeDuc et al.
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · DOI: 10.1029/2020jg005684 · Citations: 84
Matched topics: surface water
). Estimates of agricultural legacy P surplus accumulated from 1945 to 2001 were also developed. Fertilizer and manure inputs were found to exceed crop removal rates by up to 50% in many agricultural regions. This excess in inputs has led to the continued accumulation of legacy P in agricultural lands. Atmospheric P deposition increased throughout the Rockies, potentially contributing to reported increases in surface water P concentrations in undisturbed watersheds. In some urban areas, P flu…
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| Databases searched | 2 |
| Topics searched | 16 |
| Total papers fetched | 949 |
| After deduplication | 677 |
| After LLM relevance filtering | 50 |
| Rejected (not relevant) | 627 |
Papers by journal
| Journal | Papers |
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| Nature Communications | 3 |
| Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 3 |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2 |
| Journal of Hydrology | 2 |
| Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | 2 |
| Journal of Flood Risk Management | 1 |
| Hydrology and earth system sciences | 1 |
| Natural hazards and earth system sciences | 1 |
| Water Security | 1 |
| Neural Computing and Applications | 1 |
| Nature Geoscience | 1 |
| Environmental Research Letters | 1 |
| The Science of The Total Environment | 1 |
| BMC Plant Biology | 1 |
| Molecules | 1 |
| The Plant Journal | 1 |
| Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 1 |
| Plants | 1 |
| Frontiers in Plant Science | 1 |
| Nature | 1 |
| Applied Soft Computing | 1 |
| Trends in Plant Science | 1 |
| Global Change Biology | 1 |
| Earth Systems and Environment | 1 |
| Review of Financial Studies | 1 |
| Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 1 |
| Applied Energy | 1 |
| Resources Conservation and Recycling | 1 |
| Mammal Review | 1 |
| Frontiers in Environmental Science | 1 |
| Environment Development and Sustainability | 1 |
| Geoderma | 1 |
| Science China Earth Sciences | 1 |
| Arabian Journal of Geosciences | 1 |
| Desalination | 1 |
| Sustainability Science | 1 |
| The cryosphere | 1 |
| Environmental Research | 1 |
| International Journal of Climatology | 1 |
| Fish and Fisheries | 1 |
| Remote Sensing of Environment | 1 |
| Environmental Challenges | 1 |
| Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences | 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