As we gear up for EGU2024, we are thrilled to unveil our focus on HELPING and the Digital Water Globe (DWG). 

We invite you to join us in championing HELPING and the DWG's mission. Together, we can amplify our impact and drive meaningful change in the world. Brace yourself for a whirlwind of dynamic IAHS and DWG presentations, poster sessions, splinter meetings, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Here's a sneak peek at what we have in store:

SPM83
Near-term (annual to decadal) forecasts of water availability (IAHS-HELPING-Theme 2 WG) 
Convener: Kristian Förster
Mon, 15 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 2.42

SPM33
IAHS - HELPING Co-Creating Water Knowledge Working Group Meeting 
Convener: Giulio Castelli | Co-conveners: Wouter Buytaert, Natalie Ceperley
Tue, 16 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 2.61

SPM34
IAHS Drought in Mountain Regions Working Group 
Convener: Francesco Avanzi | Co-convener: Marit Van Tiel
Thu, 18 Apr, 12:45–13:45 (CEST) Room 2.42

HS1.3.1  
HELPING science for solutions decade 
Co-sponsored by IAHS
Convener: Christina Anna Orieschnig | Co-conveners: Berit Arheimer, Moctar Dembélé, Salvatore Grimaldi, Fuqiang Tian
Orals  | Thu, 18 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 2.31
Posters on site  | Attendance Wed, 17 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) | Display Wed, 17 Apr, 08:30–12:30 Hall A
Posters virtual  | Attendance Wed, 17 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) | Display Wed, 17 Apr, 08:30–18:00 vHall A

SPM129
IAHS Science for Solutions decade: HELPING 
Convener: Berit Arheimer | Co-conveners: Justin Sheffield, Ana Mijic, Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola
Fri, 19 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room 2.43

SPM128
IAHS Digital Water Globe 
Convener: Eduardo Mario Mendiondo | Co-convener: Berit Arheimer
Tue, 16 Apr, 08:30–10:15 (CEST) Room 2.97
Wed, 17 Apr, 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room 2.83

EGU24-21088 | ECS | Orals | HS1.3.1 | Highlight 
On promoting education and community adaptation in Global South’s studies populating the Digital Water Globe: the DREAMS project for the HELPING Science Decade 
Denise Taffarello, Danielle Bressiani, Adelaide Nardocci, Susana Dias, Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni, Suzana Gico Montenegro, Marcos Roberto Benso, Gabriel Marinho e Silva, Veber Afonso Figueiredo Costa, Nilo Nascimento, Wilson dos Santos Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marengo, Jamil Anache, and Eduardo Mario Mendiondo
Thu, 18 Apr, 14:55–15:05 (CEST) Room 2.31

SPM32
Drought in the Anthropocene research network meeting 
Convener: Marthe Wens
Tue, 16 Apr, 12:45–13:45 (CEST) Room 2.43

EGU24-4773 | ECS | Orals | HS1.3.1 | Highlight 
HELPING: Co-creating and communicating water solutions in a globally changing world 
Adeyemi Olusola, Giulio Castelli, and Natalie Ceperley
Thu, 18 Apr, 14:35–14:45 (CEST)  Room 2.31

EGU24-5911 | ECS | Orals | HS1.3.1 | Highlight 
REHYDRATE - an international HELPING working group to REtrieve historical HYDRologic dATa and Estimates    
Miriam Bertola and Paola Mazzoglio and the HELPING REHYDRATE Working Group
Thu, 18 Apr, 15:05–15:15 (CEST)   Room 2.31

EGU24-14824 | Posters on site | HS1.3.1 | Highlight 
Setting up the new Scientific Decade of IAHS: Science for Solutions with HELPING    
Berit Arheimer, Christophe Cudennec, Salvatore Grimaldi, and Günter Blöschl
Wed, 17 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Hall A | A.2

EGU24-22254 | Orals | HS1.3.1 
Overview of the Theme 2 of IAHS HELPING: Holistic Solutions for Water Security    
Ana Mijic, Claudia Teutschbein, David Finger, Junguo Liu, Kristian Foerster, Marthe Wens, Nejc Bezak, Santosh Palmate, Shiv Nishad, and Stefan Krause
Thu, 18 Apr, 14:25–14:35 (CEST) Room 2.31

EGU24-19045 | Posters on site | HS1.3.1 | Highlight 
(Science) Communication is Key - Analysing and Adapting Outreach Approaches and Internal Workflows to Support HELPING as a Major International Scientific Initiative. Tarryn Payne and Christina Orieschnig
Wed, 17 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Hall A | A.3

SPM136
Community Paper Workshop on (Science) Communication in HELPING 
Convener: Christina Orieschnig, Soham Adla, Tarryn Payne 
Fr: 19 Apr. 08:30-10:15 (CEST)Room 2.96

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Editor-in-chief for the Digital Water Globe (DWG): Prof. Eduardo Mario Mendiondo of the University of São Paulo - São Carlos School of Engineering. The DWG is a web-based software platform where IAHS members share Case studies, Personal profiles, IAHS references and links to data repositories. The different items are linked to a geographical position on a global map as well as keywords for quick search using filter functions. The DWG offers co-creation and re-examines the role of scientific outreach by exploring novel digital ways to interact between scientists and society for mutual understanding and co-evolution. Most of all, the DWG will exploit the potential of an innovative digital arena for IAHS-community building, data/knowledge exchange and science communication in action. We invite you to view and contribute to the DWG! 

^{Prof. Eduardo Mario Mendiondo}

Mario has been an IAHS member since 2005, and during this time he has been part of;

• IAHS Science Steering Group of the IAHS Scientific Decade Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) 2003-2012,  
• IAHS General Assembly Local & Sci. Committee, Foz de Iguazu, Brazil, 
• IAHS biennium co-leader of the IAHS Scientific Decade Panta Rhei 2019-2022, 
• IUGG/IAHS Joint Session (co-convener), 
• Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) Associate Editor, 
• IAHS History of Hydrology Working Group (member),
• IAHS Scientific Decade HELPING subgroups (participant) 2023-present.

His publications include;

• Distributed hydrodynamic and water quality model: Challenges and opportunities in poorly-gauged catchments, Journal of Hydrology (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129982 
• The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management. Nature 608, 80–86 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04917-5  
• Modelling freshwater quality scenarios with ecosystem-based adaptation in the headwaters of the Cantareira system, Brazil, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2018), https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4699-2018.

Mario will be supported by six Associate Editors and they are;

Sujata Kulkarni of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Christina Orieschnig of French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), France

Rim Ouachani of University of Sousse, Tunisia

Luis Miguel Castillo Rápalo of University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Khosro Morovati of Tsinghua University, China

Santosh S. Palmate, Texas A&M University, USA 

We extend the warmest of welcomes to Prof. Mendiondo, and his Associate Editors, whose expertise and vision promise to steer us toward ever-greater horizons. Join us in celebrating this momentous occasion and in embracing the dawn of a new era in digital excellence! 

The HELPING Working Group: Urban Water - Urbanization phenomenon & adequate water management is delighted to announce a call for abstracts for an upcoming 2-day workshop which will focus on the interface of urbanization and water management strategies, with a particular emphasis on addressing challenges and opportunities in the global south.

Questionnaire | page 1 

The workshop is hosted by LMU Munich, organised by the HELPING Working Group: Urban Water - Urbanization phenomenon & adequate water management, and supported by LMU Munich Postdoc Support funding and Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung. Please complete the questionnaire at your earliest convenience. Abstracts should be submitted online by 15 May 2024. 

The International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) is proud to announce dates and venue of the first edition of the IAHS Academy, the newly established advanced training and educational programs to advance and promote hydrological sciences globally. The IAHS Academy 2024. The date of the first edition of the IAHS Academy is set for 20-27 July 2024 and will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt.

Dear colleagues,

This is a final reminder regarding the Symposium of the International Commission on Continental Erosion (ICCE) of the IAHS that we’re proud to host at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, 24-26 July 2024. The registration deadline is 3 April 2024.

As the anthropogenic alteration of global climate and its specific regional features become more and more evident, the symposium aims to shed light on recent progress and research avenues regarding the sensitivity of erosion and sediment transport to recent climatic and environmental changes. This topic spans multiple compartments of geosystems such as:

• processes on hillslopes and slope stability
• fluvial processes, river planform changes and sediment budgets
• aeolian sediment dynamics.

Consequently, we’re open for contributions related to different environments of the Earth and hope to stimulate discussion and collaboration. As many of the aforementioned processes affect human life, societies and economy, we are interested in both basic and applied research. Your presentation might also show methodological innovations leading to better measurements and understanding of erosion and sediment transport in the past, present and future.

The venue is located in central Bavaria, between Munich and Nuremberg (airports) and can be reached by national and international train connections. Please visit our conference website and consider registering for this international yet familiar event!

We are looking forward to meeting you.

With apologies for cross-posting, we are sending out the 3rd call for papers for the symposium of the International Commission on Continental Erosion (ICCE) of the IAHS that we’re proud to host at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, on 24-26 July 2024. As more colleagues have started registering in the last few days, we decided to extend the initial registration deadline to 3 April 2024. Please bear in mind, however, that the deadline for the hotel rooms we have pre-reserved for conference participants (see conference website) cannot be postponed as the meeting will take place during the main summer holiday period in Germany. It is therefore recommended to register and book your stay as soon as possible.

As the anthropogenic alteration of global climate and its specific regional features become more and more evident, the symposium aims to shed light on recent progress and research avenues regarding the sensitivity of erosion and sediment transport to recent climatic and environmental changes. This topic spans multiple compartments of geosystems such as:

• processes on hillslopes and slope stability
• fluvial processes, river planform changes and sediment budgets
• aeolian sediment dynamics

Consequently, we’re open for contributions related to different environments of the Earth and hope to stimulate discussion and collaboration. As many of the aforementioned processes affect human life, societies and economy, we are interested in both basic and applied research. Your presentation might also show methodological innovations leading to better measurements and understanding of erosion and sediment transport in the past, present and future.

The venue is located in central Bavaria, between Munich and Nuremberg (airports) and can be reached by national and international train connections. Please visit our conference website https://www.ku.de/icce2024, get informed, and consider registering for this international yet familiar event !

Looking forward to meeting you !

On behalf of the organisers and ICCE officers,

Tobias Heckmann
Dept. of Physical Geography
Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
[email protected] 

Hot off the press - latest HSJ articles and updates 

Hydrological Sciences Journal is the official Journal of IAHS and provides a forum for original papers and for the exchange of information and views on significant developments in hydrology worldwide. It is published by Taylor & Francis and is available online and in print format. Keep abreast of our latest issues here, together with the Co-editors’ choice of featured articles.

Co-editors' choice

Issue 1 Featured article – free to view for six months

"Post-fire hydrologic analysis: A tale of two severities" suggests that a “tactical pause” is required to re-evaluate the concepts of fire/burn severity, with important implications for fire management and post-fire hydrological modelling. The paper highlights the importance of distinguishing between vegetation burn severity and soil burn severity when assessing post-fire hydrologic impacts, highlighting the need for a more nuanced approach. It also discusses the potential synergistic future of remote sensing with in-situ severity metrics, suggesting that combining these data sources could lead to more accurate and reliable predictions. We look forward to initiating a broader discussion on post-fire hydrologic analysis. Your discussion and research papers are welcome! The paper is free to view for six months.

Kendra Fallon et al. (2023) “Post-fire hydrologic analysis: a tale of two severities”, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 69:01, 139–148; DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2284306

Co-editors' choice

Issue 2 Featured article - imminently free to view for six months

A key new HSJ review paper.
We are delighted to feature the publication of a particularly innovative and somewhat controversial HSJ paper by former Editor-in-Chief Demetris Koutsoyiannis and Christos Vournas. The article, titled “Revisiting the greenhouse effect—a hydrological perspective”, is written in Demetris Koutsoyiannis's signature style, combining humour with a hydrological perspective on a topical issue. The study challenges conventional thinking on the greenhouse effect and offers a new perspective that is sure to stimulate scientific discussion: old formulae for calculating the greenhouse effect are still accurate, the authors claim, even with more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
Demetris Koutsoyiannis and Christos Vournas (2023) “Revisiting the greenhouse effect—a hydrological perspective”, Hydrological Sciences Journal; 69:02, 151-164; DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2287047

Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 69, Issue 1 (2024)

Special issue: Informative data in hydrology

Article: Which range of streamflow data is most informative in the calibration of an hourly hydrological model? 
By Mohamed Saadi & Carina Furusho-Percot. Pages: 1-20 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2277835.

Article: Vulnerability assessment for climate adaptation planning in a Mediterranean basin.
By M. Alba Solans, Hector Macian-Sorribes, Francisco Martínez-Capel & Manuel Pulido-Velazquez. Pages: 21-45 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2219397.

Research Articles

Research Article: Spatiotemporal changes in snow cover and their relationship with drought events in the Lake Urmia basin.
By Hadi Safari, Majid Montaseri & Somayeh Hejabi. Pages: 46-62 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2276737.

Research Article: Landscape patterns and quantified attribution to runoff changes based on the Budyko framework in Nanning, China.
By Jiaoyin Wei, Yunchuan Yang, Junpei Wei, Liping Liao, Qianyun Li, Haixiang Liao, Miaoqing Liu, Shanqi Huang, Chongxun Mo, Guikai Sun & Xungui Li. Pages: 63-78 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2277837.

Research Article: Comparing three machine learning algorithms with existing methods for natural streamflow estimation.
By Shahriar Mehrvand, Marie-Amélie Boucher, Kurt Kornelsen & Alireza Amani. Pages: 79-94 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2273402.

Research Article: A coupled model applied to complex river–lake systems.
By Qi Zhang, Chesheng Zhan, Yueling Wang, Haoyue Zhang & Zhonghui Lin. Pages: 95-105 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2285441.

Research Article: Differentiation of Sahelian aquifers from chemical and isotopic composition using linear statistics and machine learning.
By Abdoul-Azize Barry, Suzanne Yameogo, Meryem Touzani, Samuel Nakolendoussé, Meryem Jabrane, Abdessamad Touiouine, Ismail Mohsine, Laurent Barbiero & Vincent Valles. Pages: 106-119 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2288209.

Reviews

Review Article: Waves of change: a preliminary literature review of non-drinkable water and environmental justice research.
By Katherine Canfield, Adrian Cato, Kathleen Torso & Kate Mulvaney. Pages: 120-138 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2280679.

Review Article: Post-fire hydrologic analysis: a tale of two severities.
By Kendra Fallon, Shawn J. Wheelock, Mojtaba Sadegh, Jennifer L. Pierce, James P. McNamara, Megan Cattau & Victor R. Baker. Pages: 139-148 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2284306.

Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 69, Issue 2 (2024)

Research articles

Revisiting the greenhouse effect – a hydrological perspective
Demetris Koutsoyiannis & Christos Vournas
Pages 151-164 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2287047

Evaluation of climate-change impacts on the temporal and spatial behaviour of drought in South-Central Chile
Andrea Bobadilla, Alejandra Stehr & Nicolás Toro
Pages 165-184 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2288217

Soil moisture–temperature coupling over India through multi-scale observations
Amal Joy & K Satheesan
Pages 185-194 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2293749

Solar radiation transfer in an ice-covered lake at different snow thicknesses
Wen Zhao, Wenfeng Huang, Rui Li, Jinrong Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Zhijun Li & Zhanju Lin
Pages 195- 206 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2297075

A new strategy for prediction of water qualitative and quantitative parameters by deep learning-based models with determination of modelling uncertainties
Mojtaba Poursaeid & Amir Hossein Poursaeed
Pages 207-225 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2293755

A novel coupled algorithm-based method, and the characteristics and driving mechanism of water shortage in the upper Yellow River
Meiqing Yang, Yi Tian, Xungui Li, Yining Wei, Fuwan Gan, Yunchuan Yang & Shaobo Wang
Pages 226-240 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2297825

Flood process types and runoff coefficient variability in climatic regions of Iran
Afshin Jahanshahi & Martijn J. Booij
Pages 241-258 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2024.2302420

Technical Note 

Gauging the ungauged: estimating rainfall in a West African urbanized river basin using ground-based and spaceborne sensors 
Linda Bogerd, Rose B. Pinto, Hidde Leijnse, Jan Fokke Meirink, Tim H.M. van Emmerik & Remko Uijlenhoet
Pages 259-273 | DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2284871

Dear colleagues,

This is the 2nd call for papers for the symposium of the IAHS International Commission on Continental Erosion (ICCE) that we’re proud to host at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, on July 24th-26th, 2024. The submission deadline (March 3rd) is fast approaching; while it may be that this deadline will be extended, the deadline for the hotel rooms we have pre-reserved for conference participants (see conference website) cannot be postponed as the meeting will take place during the main summer holiday period in Germany. It is therefore recommended to consider registering before the initial deadline passes.

As the anthropogenic alteration of global climate and its specific regional features become more and more evident, the symposium aims to shed light on recent progress and research avenues regarding the sensitivity of erosion and sediment transport to recent climatic and environmental changes. This topic spans multiple compartments of geosystems such as:

• processes on hillslopes and slope stability
• fluvial processes, river planform changes and sediment budgets
• aeolian sediment dynamics

Consequently, we’re open for contributions related to different environments of the Earth and hope to stimulate discussion and collaboration. As many of the aforementioned processes affect human life, societies and economy, we are interested in both basic and applied research. Your presentation might also show methodological innovations leading to better measurements and understanding of erosion and sediment transport in the past, present and future.

The venue is located in central Bavaria, between Munich and Nuremberg (airports) and can be reached by national and international train connections. Please visit our conference website https://www.ku.de/icce2024, get informed, and consider registering for this international yet familiar event !

Early-career colleagues from disadvantaged countries are eligible for applying for a Sivapalan Young Scientist Award (SYSTA) travel grant for which the deadline is February 16th, 2024. More information regarding funding support will be posted on the registration website.

Looking forward to meeting you !

On behalf of the organisers and ICCE officers,

Tobias Heckmann
Dept. of Physical Geography
Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt

Call for Registration to participate in the special session organised by the IAHS during the Roorkee Water Conclave 2024 (3-6 March 2024) at IIT Roorkee.

Special Session and Organisers

The special session organised by the IAHS during the Roorkee Water Conclave 2024 (3-6 March 2024) at IIT Roorkee to feature the IAHS HELPING Decade: Science for Solutions held on 3 March 2024, and will be organised by Archana Sarkar, Berit Arheimer, Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Ankit Agarwal, Jew Das.

Registration and Audience

Please click here to submit your interest in attending Special Sessions held during the Roorkee Water Conclave 3-6 March 2024. The target audience would include students, researchers, NGOs, scientists, academicians, policy makers, and working professionals. More information regarding the Roorkee Water Conclave 2024 is available here.

Session Scope

We welcome presentations describing contemporary hydrological research efforts, which aim to solve fundamental water-related environmental and societal problems by engaging with other disciplines and local stakeholders.

The increasing demand for water due to population growth and globalization, coupled with the impact of climate change, has made water security a global issue that affects the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of many regions and communities. In order to ensure safe water supply for human and environment, and protecting them from water hazards in the present circumstances, hydrological knowledge is needed more than ever. However, scientific knowledge on resilience and water security is fragmented in discipline, people, and place. There is a substantial lack of synthesis and easily digestible scientific messages among hydrologists, across disciplines and from scientists to practitioners, decision-makers and the general public. Hence, there is a need for the hydrological research community to take the lead and better link local hydrological research with global patterns of the water cycle, and further, to provide science-based water-centric decision support for local sustainable water management.

Therefore, the IAHS is dedicating the next scientific decade to science for solutions. The name HELPING, stands for Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world and aims to identify local water problems in holistic/system analyses, search for solutions, be bold and push boundaries to make an impact. The vision is to solve fundamental water-related environmental and societal problems by engaging with other disciplines and local stakeholders. This special session will focus on the 3 Themes of HELPING, which all aim to understand hydrological diversity and integrate knowledge across scales and regions to achieve sustainable water management in coherence with the local context;

Theme 1: HELPING with global and local interactions using systems analysis, to develop enhanced understanding of the global water crisis but from a local lens.
Theme 2: HELPING with holistic solutions to the water crisis, embracing nature-based measures, participatory management and nexus analysis including other disciplines and multiple stakeholders.
Theme 3: HELPING with cross-cutting approaches to facilitate the above goals, including science communication, integrating new technologies, and fostering local co-creation processes.

The New Science For Solutions Decade HELPING

IAHS has proudly and successfully coordinated two Scientific Decades, which, amongst other things, set the research agenda worldwide through collaborative forces. The overall aim with a scientific decade is to accumulate knowledge and streamline the efforts so that coherent engagement, sharing and focus accelerate scientific knowledge and understanding of a specific hydrological problem or phenomena. It stimulates vivid discussions between young and senior scientists globally. The third Scientific Decade 2023–2032 of IAHS launches a topic for collaborative efforts in hydrological sciences: HELPING, created through a participatory community process and by applying strategic planning. The this Scientific Decade is dedicated to local solutions under the global water crisis. The name HELPING, stands for Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world. This decade is a bottom-up process empowered by local hydrologists and scientists using open science and local data/methods when solving local water problems. We envisage that the building of local knowledge and cooperation will inform scientists working under similar situations or facing unexpected events worldwide.

The spirit of HELPING collaboration and innovation is in full swing and we are excited to share that our global community is coming together to make a meaningful impact to understand and handle the water crisis of the Anthropocene. The journey ahead for the HELPING Working Groups promises excitement, growth, and an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. Currently there are 26 Working Groups attracting from 8 up to 136 people in each (median value is 56 participants). We invite all of you to be part of this incredible adventure. You can join an existing Working Group and contribute to the collective efforts. Together, we will redefine what's achievable and set new standards for success. With joint efforts we can make a difference as a community, and we're excited to have you on board.

Join The HELPING Decade

If you're new to the world of HELPING and eager to get involved, don't hesitate to reach out to us. Our team is not only passionate about our mission but also excited to provide you with all the information you need. A detailed list of HELPING Working Groups is already available, complete with proposal documents and contact information for the Theme Leaders as well as each Working Group leader. If you find a group that aligns with your research interests, reach out to the leader directly. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected]. Your journey toward scientific collaboration and discovery begins here! Let's unite, innovate, and make a lasting impact together during the HELPING Decade!