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1. The Significance Impact Assessment of Morphological Parameters on Watershed: A Review

Author:
Er. Hirapara Paras; Parmar Sanjay; Ram Vaibhav
Source:
Agricultural reviews 2022 v.43 no.1 pp. 110-115
ISSN:
0976-0741
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; geographic information systems; morphometry; prioritization; risk; watersheds;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Watershed morphological analysis is momentous for controlling floods risk, forethought and management of the watershed area, as well as it is foremost useful to perceive catchment hydrology. Remote sensing and geographic information system are used in recent times as a tool for watershed delineation and its planning. Many types of input parameters generally use for watershed delineation such as To ...
DOI:
10.18805/ag.R-2128

2. Research on Water-Level Recognition Method Based on Image Processing and Convolutional Neural Networks

Author:
Gang Dou; Rensheng Chen; Chuntan Han; Zhangwen Liu; Junfeng Liu
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; algorithms; digital images; mountains; surface water; watersheds; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Water level dynamics in catchment-scale rivers is an important factor for surface water studies. Manual measurement is highly accurate but inefficient. Using automatic water level sensors has disadvantages such as high cost and difficult maintenance. In this study, a water level recognition method based on digital image processing technology and CNN is proposed. For achieving batch segmentation of ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121890

3. 2D hydrodynamic approach supporting evaluations of hydrological response in small watersheds: Implications for lag time estimation

Author:
Giuseppe Barbero; Pierfranco Costabile; Carmelina Costanzo; Domenico Ferraro; Gabriella Petaccia
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2022 v.610 pp. 127870
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; basins; hydrodynamics; models; rain; runoff; transient flow; watersheds;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The use of integrated flood models represents an approach of growing interest in the literature, being the hydrological and hydrodynamic flood processes described entirely within the two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic unsteady flow equations. Due to its ability in simulating complex spatial–temporal dependence of both the hydrodynamic and hydrologic responses of a catchment to rainfall events, this ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127870

4. Influence of check dams on flood hydrology across varying stages of their lifespan in a highly erodible Catchment, Loess Plateau of China

Author:
Shuilong Yuan; Zhanbin Li; Li Chen; Peng Li; Zeyu Zhang
Source:
Catena 2022 v.210 pp. 105864
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; catenas; flood control; longevity; sediment transport; soil conservation; topography; watersheds; China;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Check dams are applied worldwide as an effective approach for soil conservation. Its effect on hydrology, however, has not been fully understood. As a critical step towards revealing the lumped effect of check dams at the regional scale, this study explored the modified flood hydrology induced by check dams in a representative highly erodible catchment in the Loess Plateau, China. A coupled hydrol ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2021.105864

5. Topography Impacts Hydrology in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands

Author:
Demesew A. Mhiret; Minychl G. Dersseh; Christian D. Guzman; Dessalegn C. Dagnew; Wubneh B. Abebe; Fasikaw A. Zimale; Benjamin F. Zaitchik; Seifu A. Tilahun; Kristine Walraevens; Tammo S. Steenhuis
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; climate; farmers; infiltration rate; monsoon season; rain; runoff; topography; water table; watershed management; watersheds;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding the relationship between topography, hydrological processes, and runoff source areas is essential in engineering design, such as predicting floods and implementing effective watershed management practices. This relationship is not well defined in the highlands with a monsoon climate and needs further study. The objective of this study is to relate topographic position and hydrologica ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14020196

6. Groundwater-surface water interactions at wetland interface: Advancement in catchment system modeling

Author:
Vahid Rafiei; A.Pouyan Nejadhashemi; Shahbaz Mushtaq; Ryan T. Bailey; Duc-Anh An-Vo
Source:
Environmental modelling & software 2022 v.152 pp. 105407
ISSN:
1364-8152
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; computer software; groundwater; hydrologic models; nitrates; surface water; water quality; watersheds; wetland restoration; wetlands; Australia;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Wetlands strongly interact with groundwater and surface water, influencing catchment hydrology and altering water quality. Meanwhile, catchment-scale models are typically unable to simulate groundwater-wetland interactions despite the fact that quantifying groundwater-wetland interactions can assist in better identifying locations for wetlands restoration/creation. We modified an integrated ground ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105407

7. Hydrological Drivers of Bedload Transport in an Alpine Watershed

Author:
G. Antoniazza; T. Nicollier; S. Boss; F. Mettra; A. Badoux; B. Schaefli; D. Rickenmann; S. N. Lane
Source:
Water resources research 2022 v.58 no.3 pp. e2021WR030663
ISSN:
0043-1397
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; autumn; base flow; bedload; climate; hydrograph; rain; research; snowmelt; summer; time series analysis; water; watershed management; watersheds;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding and predicting bedload transport is an important element of watershed management. Yet, predictions of bedload remain uncertain by up to several order(s) of magnitude. In this contribution, we use a 5‐year continuous time series of streamflow and bedload transport monitoring in a 13.4‐km² snow‐dominated Alpine watershed in the Western Swiss Alps to investigate hydrological drivers of ...
DOI:
10.1029/2021WR030663

8. Merging satellite rainfall estimates and daily rain gauge observations for improved flood simulation in MelkaKuntire catchment, upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia

Author:
Kirubel Mekonnen; Assefa M. Melesse; Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet
Source:
Remote sensing applications 2022 v.25 pp. 100701
ISSN:
2352-9385
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; algorithms; basins; hydrologic models; meteorological data; rain; rain gauges; satellites; stream flow; topography; water budget; watersheds; Ethiopia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Acquiring high-quality rainfall data is very important for studying catchment hydrology. This data can be obtained by merging Satellite Rainfall Estimates (SREs) and gauge observations as highlighted by several researchers. However, the application of these merged rainfall products for hydrological modeling has rarely been explored in a complex topographic region like Melkakuntire catchment, Ethio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100701

9. Ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests

Author:
Lauren E. O’Brien; Rachael E. Urbanek; James D. Gregory
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2022 v.75 pp. 127707
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; air pollution; anthropogenic stressors; environmental health; environmental quality; governance; humans; land use change; population growth; sustainable development; urban forestry; urbanization; Eastern United States;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The recent sprawl of urbanization in the Eastern U.S. perpetuated by population growth and economic success has caused landscapes to become vulnerable to degradation. As urban development encroaches on such landscapes, various anthropogenic stressors are introduced including air pollution, land conversion, and alterations in watershed hydrology. Across various disciplines, urban forests have been ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127707

10. Long-term effects of land use type and management on sorptivity, macroscopic capillary length and water-conducting porosity of calcareous soils

Author:
Hasan Mozaffari; Ali Akbar Moosavi; Alireza Sepaskhah; Wim Cornelis
Source:
Arid land research and management 2022 v.36 no.4 pp. 371-397
ISSN:
1532-4990
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; administrative management; alfalfa; arid lands; conventional tillage; fields; land use; livestock; macropores; no-tillage; orchards; organic matter; porosity; research; sodium; soil water; traffic;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Soil hydraulic properties are often influenced by agricultural activities. Knowledge of such properties is needed to understand the effect of agricultural practices on the soil water regime and catchment hydrology. In the present study, we investigated the effects of three land use types including orchard field, OF (without plowing), annual cultivated field, ACF (with seasonal plowing), and perenn ...
DOI:
10.1080/15324982.2022.2066582

11. Understanding land use/land cover and climate change impacts on hydrological components of Usri watershed, India

Author:
Mukesh Kumar; Derrick M. Denis; Arnab Kundu; Nitin Joshi; Shakti Suryavanshi
Source:
Applied water science 2022 v.12 no.3 pp. 39
ISSN:
2190-5487
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; climate; climate change; decision making; evapotranspiration; forests; land cover; land use change; stream flow; streams; urbanization; water management; watersheds; India;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Land use/cover (LULC) and climate are significant environmental factors that influence watershed hydrology across the globe. The present study attempts to understand the consequences of existing changing patterns of climate and LULC on the hydrology of the Usri watershed. Different water balance components were simulated using a semi-distributed Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. Sixteen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13201-021-01547-6

12. Leichhardt, land clearing and livestock: the legacy of European agriculture in the Brigalow Belt bioregion of central Queensland, Australia

Author:
Craig M. Thornton; Amanda E. Elledge
Source:
Animal production science 2022 v.62 no.11 pp. 913-925
ISSN:
1836-0939
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; Acacia harpophylla; agricultural productivity; animal production; basins; cattle; herds; land degradation; land use change; models; pastures; runoff; soil; soil fertility; water quality; watersheds; woodlands; Great Barrier Reef; Queensland;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Context The Brigalow Belt bioregion of central Queensland has been extensively developed for agriculture since exploration by Leichhardt in 1844. About 4.5million hectares of vegetation dominated by brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) was cleared as part of the Land Development Fitzroy Basin Scheme, which commenced in 1962. When the Vegetation Management Act 1999 commenced, 93% of brigalow woodland had ...
DOI:
10.1071/AN21468

13. Application of SWAT model to assess land use change and climate variability impacts on hydrology of Nam Rom Catchment in Northwestern Vietnam

Author:
Ngo Thanh Son; Hoang Le Huong; Nguyen Duc Loc; Tran Trong Phuong
Source:
Environment, development and sustainability 2022 v.24 no.3 pp. 3091-3109
ISSN:
1387-585X
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; climate; climate change; environment; evapotranspiration; groundwater; groundwater flow; land use and land cover maps; land use change; overland flow; runoff; water yield; watersheds; Vietnam;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Land use and land cover (LULC) changes, climate variability and climate change (CC) contribute hydrological response in tropical catchments, but their individual and combined effects are not yet well known. To understand watershed hydrology, remote sensing was used for quantifying the change in land use for the years 1992 and 2015. Subsequently, the spatial distributed SWAT model was implemented t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10668-021-01295-2

14. Impacts of Hurricane Michael on Watershed Hydrology: A Case Study in the Southeastern United States

Author:
Elijah Worley; Ning Liu; Ge Sun; Steven P. Norman; William M. Christie; Michael Gavazzi; Johnny Boggs; Steven G. McNulty
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; biogeochemical cycles; case studies; coastal plains; coasts; exports; forests; hurricanes; hydrologic cycle; normalized difference vegetation index; rivers; saltwater intrusion; stream flow; subwatersheds; trees; vegetation cover; water quality; Alabama; Florida; Georgia;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Hurricanes are one of the most significant threats to coastal plain forest ecosystems and urban communities of the southeastern U.S., but their implications for watershed hydrology are unclear. Hurricanes have the potential to alter water balances, causing extensive flooding, biogeochemical cycle disruption, and water quality degradation, saltwater intrusion, and increased nutrient sedimentation e ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13060904

15. Hydrologic impacts of retrofitted low impact development in a commercial parking lot

Author:
R. Andrew Tirpak; Ryan J. Winston; Ian M. Simpson; Jay D. Dorsey; Alec G. Grimm; Rachel L. Pieschek; Erik A. Petrovskis; Donald D. Carpenter
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2021 v.592 pp. 125773
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; bioretention areas; gravel; infiltration rate; pavements; snow; stormwater; watersheds; Ohio;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paired watershed study investigated the hydrologic impacts of low impact development (LID) stormwater control measures (SCMs) receiving runoff from a highly impervious, highly connected commercial parking area located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA. The site was retrofitted with a bioretention cell and permeable pavement, treating 0.60 ha and 0.42 ha of the parking lot, respectively, following a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125773

16. Simplified Method for the In Situ Collection and Laboratory Analysis of Cosmogenic Tracers (Sulfur-35 and Sodium-22) to Determine Residence Time Distributions and Water Ages

Author:
Amanda L. Deinhart; Richard K. Bibby; Ate Visser; Melissa Thaw; Keenan Thomas
Source:
Analytical chemistry 2021 v.93 no.10 pp. 4472-4478
ISSN:
1520-6882
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; analytical chemistry; anion exchange resins; liquids; sodium; spectroscopy; statistics; sulfates;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The use of cosmogenically produced sulfur-35 (T₁/₂ = 87 days) and sodium-22 (T₁/₂ = 2.6 years) as intrinsic tracers can provide valuable information on catchment hydrology, flow paths, and subsurface storage. A new and straightforward method was created to determine the activities of both ³⁵S and ²²Na in various water sources by pumping large volumes (up to 1000 L) of water through cation- and ani ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04490

17. Application of Different Structures of HBV Model to Studying Runoff Formation Processes: Case Study of Experimental Catchments

Author:
S. Yu. Lupakov; A. N. Bugaets; V. V. Shamov
Source:
Water resources 2021 v.48 no.4 pp. 512-520
ISSN:
0097-8078
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; Russia; floods; hydrologic models; mountains; rivers; runoff; warm season; watersheds; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The article presents the experience in the application of a hydrological conceptual model HBV, including its standard version and modifications, to studying runoff-formation processes on small experimental catchments in the upper reaches of the Ussuri R. based on field observation data in the warm seasons from 2012 to 2019. It was shown, that, in many cases, whatever the structure of the model, th ...
DOI:
10.1134/S0097807821040126

18. A multi‐objective approach to select hydrological models and constrain structural uncertainties for climate impact assessments

Author:
Danny Saavedra; Pablo A. Mendoza; Nans Addor; Harold Llauca; Ximena Vargas
Source:
Hydrological processes 2022 v.36 no.1 pp. e14446
ISSN:
0885-6087
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; case studies; climate change; hydrologic models; risk; stream flow; temperature; Peru;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The assessment of climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk is typically underpinned by hydrological models calibrated and selected based on observed streamflow records. Yet, changes in climate are rarely accounted for when selecting hydrological models, which compromises their ability to robustly represent future changes in catchment hydrology. In this paper, we test a simple frame ...
DOI:
10.1002/hyp.14446

19. Assessing multi-scale effects of natural water retention measures on in-stream fine bed material deposits with a modeling cascade

Author:
Damiano Baldan; Bano Mehdi; Eva Feldbacher; Mikołaj Piniewski; Christoph Hauer; Thomas Hein
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2021 v.594 pp. 125702
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; diagnostic techniques; fluid mechanics; hydrologic models; risk; rivers; sediments; streams; watersheds; Austria;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Natural water retention measures (NWRMs) belong to the broad range of nature-based solutions and are receiving increased attention for targeting environmental problems of river catchments as they effectively support the restoration of natural processes and cycles. Challenges involved in NWRMs planning include the development of tools able to project and diagnose the effects at different spatial sc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125702

20. Late Quaternary variations in paleoerosion rates in the northern Qilian Shan revealed by 10Be in fluvial terraces

Author:
Qingying Tian; Eric Kirby; Wenjun Zheng; Huiping Zhang; Hao Liang; Zhigang Li; Weitao Wang; Tao Li; Yipeng Zhang; Binbin Xu; Peizhen Zhang
Source:
Geomorphology 2021 v.386 pp. 107751
ISSN:
0169-555X
Subject:
watershed hydrology,   etc   ; climate change; cold; landscapes; loess; rivers; space and time; tectonics; watersheds; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding the pace of erosion through space and time may provide insight into how tectonic and climatic processes conspire to drive landscape evolution. However, determining whether erosion rates in a given locality have varied with past climate change remains challenging, and the mechanisms invoked to explain variations in past erosion rates are not well understood. In this study, we evaluate ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107751