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... Under the continuing influence of global warming, resolving the inconsistency of permafrost degradation rates and quantifying the spatial distribution characteristics are critical for high-altitude water cycle processes. The dynamics of permafrost degradation are mainly manifested in soil temperature, which can be measured with high accuracy and high temporal resolution. This study considered the ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; biogeochemistry; filtration; groundwater; iron; microbial communities; organic matter; remediation; research; riparian areas; river water; sediments; water pollution; water purification; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Riverbank filtration (RBF) constitutes an important part of the water cycle, which involves active natural filtration leading to pollution of river water being intercepted and retained. The RBF has the function of water purification, but retention of exogenous pollutants in the RBF system complicates biogeochemical processes due to the presence of primary active components. In this study, we verif ...
... As a critical component of the global environment, aquatic ecosystems support a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, fungi, algae, invertebrates, plants, and fish [...] ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; algorithms; geophysics; models; water; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The viscous boundary has a direct influence on the accuracy of structural dynamic response analysis, and the absorbing effect of the viscous boundary is controlled by the adjustment coefficient. Therefore, a calibration model of the viscous boundary’s adjustment coefficient based on the water cycle algorithm is established for the particle discrete element to improve the accuracy of dynamic respon ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; ecophysiology; environment; forests; vision; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Understanding the internal functioning of natural systems often requires interdisciplinary approaches and competences that allow encompassing and disentangling different and strictly intertwined physical and biological processes. Hydrology and ecophysiology are examples of complementary and highly interconnected disciplines that share water as a common analysis element when investigating the funct ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; climate; convection; dust; gravity; mesosphere; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The burst of Mars exploration in the past two decades has significantly improved our knowledge of the Martian atmosphere. A variety of complementary, multiannual observational records have revealed Earth-like cycling of dust and water through the Mars system, as well as hints of dynamical coupling between the lower, middle, and upper atmosphere involving deep convection, planetary waves, thermal t ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; hydrograph; risk; runoff; Yellow River; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Eco-flows (ecosurplus (ES) and ecodeficit (ED)) calculated with flow duration curves (FDCs) have some limitations on their use in assessing the ecohydrological conditions of rivers. A new method of defining eco-flows based on discharge hydrographs (DHs) instead of FDCs is presented in this study. In this method, the annual ES is the ratio of the surplus annual runoff above the 75th percentile DH t ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; landscapes; latitude; models; watersheds; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Accurate estimation of precipitation over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (TP) remains a challenge at high spatio-temporal scales. This research proposed a machine learning (ML) framework based on multi-source products which was involved with seasonal precipitation characteristics and terrain factors, to improve the spatio-temporal accuracy of precipitation and hydrology simulations in the Yalong River ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; barley; energy balance; evapotranspiration; linear models; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Evapotranspiration is a key variable of the water cycle. Its calculation requires several ground data that frequently are not available. This study contains a detailed method and measurements of meteorological and energy balance variables that can be used to estimate the daily actual evapotranspiration (ETa). A linear generalized model is obtained to calculate the ETa from common variables measure ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; data collection; models; topology; topsoil; Italy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Leonardo's rule (Lrule) applied to below-ground systems defines a simple topological scheme that describes how the branches of root architectures develop within the soil. The approach does not consider the soil-climate-root interactions. From another hand, eco-hydrological approaches exploit physically-based formulations to derive the dynamic evolution of root profile based on soil and climate cha ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; catenas; preferential flow; subsurface flow; vegetation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Concentrated or preferential flow patterns occur at all scales in hydrologic systems. They shape, and are shaped by, geomorphic and pedologic patterns and structures. Preferential flow patterns in surface channel networks and dual-porosity subsurface flow systems are a way of achieiving maximum efficiency, as predicted by dissipative systems, constructal, network evolution, percolation, and ecohyd ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; Internet; computer software; groundwater; watersheds; Slovenia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Knowledge of how the isotopic composition (i.e., δ²H, δ¹⁸O and ³H) of precipitation changes within an individual catchment allows the origins of surface and groundwater to be differentiated and the dynamic characteristics of water within individual water bodies to be traced. This paper presents the Slovenian Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (SLONIP), a research platform that has been operating ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; freshwater; geophysics; research; salinity; Pacific Ocean; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Ocean salinity can be used as an important indicator of climate change by measuring the global hydrological cycle. In our research, observations and reanalysis data sets are applied to determine that, from 1950 to 2018, long‐term salinity change in the upper tropical Pacific Ocean was dominated by two empirical orthogonal function (EOF) leading modes on decadal to longer time scales. The first lea ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; adaptive management; governance; water allocation; watersheds; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Although environmental flow regime assessments are becoming increasingly holistic, they rarely provoke water managers to enact the adaptive water reallocation mechanisms required to secure environmental water for wetlands. The conditions that cause science-based environmental flow assessments to succeed or fail in informing the management of environmental water requirements remain unclear. To begi ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; basins; river flow; rivers; runoff; water management; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Acquiring river flow records is the primary precondition for providing optimal water resource management practices and preserving the ecohydrological balance. In Turkey, some river gauging stations go intermittently out of service due to some technical problems or unexpected difficulties. Consequently, river flow records are lost, and this is especially true in the rural and remote areas of the na ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; environment; interdisciplinary research; pollution; soil; water flow; Show all 6 Subjects
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... With the rapid development of society, the soil and water environments in many countries are suffering from severe pollution. Pollutants in different phases will eventually gather into the soil and water environments, and a series of migrations and transformations will take place at ecohydrological interfaces with water flow. However, it is still not clear how ecohydrological interfaces affect the ...
Novick Kimberly A.; Ficklin Darren L.; Baldocchi Dennis; Davis Kenneth J.; Ghezzehei Teamrat A.; Konings Alexandra G.; Macbean Natasha; Raoult Nina; Scott Russell L.; Shi Yuning; Sulman Benjamin N.; Wood Jeffrey D.
hydrologiccycle, etc ; ecosystems; remote sensing; soil water potential; uncertainty; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Water potential directly controls the function of leaves, roots and microbes, and water potential gradients drive water flows throughout the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Notwithstanding its clear relevance for many ecosystem processes, soil water potential is rarely measured in-situ, and plant water potential observations are usually discrete, sparse, and not yet aggregated into accessible dat ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; evaporation; humidity; models; observational studies; satellites; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Near-surface humidity (Qₐ) is a key parameter that modulates oceanic evaporation and influences the global water cycle. Remote sensing observations act as feasible sources for long-term and large-scale Qₐ monitoring. However, existing satellite Qₐ retrieval models are subject to apparent uncertainties due to model errors and insufficient training data. Based on in situ observations collected over ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; atmospheric precipitation; data collection; satellites; socioeconomics; Iran; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Precipitation, as an important component of the Earth’s water cycle, plays a determinant role in various socio-economic practices. Consequently, having access to high-quality and reliable precipitation datasets is highly demanded. Although Gridded Precipitation Products (GPPs) have been widely employed in different applications, the lack of quantitative assessment of GPPs is a critical concern tha ...
hydrologiccycle, etc ; atmospheric circulation; data collection; probability; topography; China; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Precipitation plays a significant role in the hydrological cycle and atmospheric circulation. However, estimating precipitation is a challenging task due to the high spatiotemporal variability of precipitation. The development of machine learning has marked a new approach to precipitation estimation. In this study, a stacking ensemble machine learning model was developed to estimate 6-hour precipi ...