Issue #104

August 2024

Hydrological Sciences Journal Digest

Latest articles & journal updates

 
 
 

The latest news from HSJ

Welcome to HSJ Digest, our bi-monthly synopsis of the latest news from Hydrological Sciences Journal. Find links to all the articles published in the latest three issues of the Journal, together with the Editors’ choice of Featured and Open Access articles. In our regular profile of key HSJ people, meet Riddhi Singh, one of our five Co-editors. And find out about our ongoing Special Issues focusing on hydrology in Africa and Latin America and on the history of hydrology.

 

HSJ Volume 69

Issue 9

Artificial intelligence applications in the field of streamflow: a bibliometric analysis of recent trends
Gülhan Özdoğan Sarıkoç

Effect of spatial differentiation of Pinus massoniana canopy branches and leaves on rainfall interception – an example from Changting County
Yuejiao Ji et al.

Assessing the informativeness of a coupled surface–subsurface watershed model for understanding debris flow: a hydrological perspective
Honglei Wang et al.

Adjusting rainfall inputs to hydrological models in a data-scarce area of Southern Africa
Denis A. Hughes

Optimization of the SWAT+ model to adequately predict different segments of a managed streamflow hydrograph  
Tibebe B. Tigabu et al.

Characterization of artificial rainfall produced by a portable rainfall simulator using a rotating dynamic rainfall gauge system
Antônio Reynaldo de Sousa Costa et al.

Projection of meteorological drought in Türkiye’s Mediterranean region based on multi-model ensemble from CMIP6
Veysel Gumus and Mehmet Seker

Discussion on “An assessment of small island hydrological research activity conducted in the Oceania Region”
James P. Terry et al.

 

 

Co-editors’ choice

In each issue, the Co-editors choose to feature an article of particular note, which is then made free to view for six months. In recent issues the following articles were selected:

Issue 7 Featured article

The future of droughts in Iran according to CMIP6 projections Hossein Yousefi et al.  

Rainfall amount is projected to increase in Iran, yet droughts may worsen. This study reveals hidden paradoxes in long-term averages, with extreme events becoming more common.

Issue 8 Featured article

A stochastic framework for rainfall intensity–time scale–return period relationships. Part ΙΙ: point modelling and regionalization over Greece. Theano Iliopoulou et al. 

A new model for predicting extreme rainfall intensity for various durations and return periods across Greece, which combines data from high-resolution gauges (sub-daily data) with daily rainfall data for a more comprehensive regional analysis.

Issue 9 Featured article

Effect of spatial differentiation of Pinus massoniana canopy branches and leaves on rainfall interception – an example from Changting County Yuejiao Ji et al.

Our latest featured study provides groundbreaking insights into the crucial role of forest canopies in rainfall interception. Through novel UAV LiDAR 3D point cloud modelling and in-situ measurements, the study reveals how branch and leaf morphology, distribution and overlap significantly influence rainfall interception, and highlights the intricate relationship between forest structure and rainfall characteristics. This study has profound implications for better understanding hydrological processes and the broader impacts of forest vegetation on soil erosion and water resources.

 

Openly in HSJ

Recent issues have included the following noteworthy Open Access articles:

Analysing hydrological predictions, Behfar et al. highlight the importance of validation techniques and demonstrate the benefits of combining AI with classic conceptual models; meanwhile, Tibebe et al. reveal the advantages of parameterizing the SWAT+ model by focusing on specific segments of the flow hydrographs, relative to a traditional calibration.

HSJ Volume 69

Issue 7

Impact of reservoir construction on the sediment budget of a downstream-linked freshwater lake
Hanibal Lemma et al.

Efficiency of water use by Eucalyptus spp. for water conservation and sustainable forest production
Franciele de Bastos et al. 

Assessing rainfall-runoff models for climate change: simple and differential split-sample tests for conceptual and artificial intelligence models
Nazanin Behfar, Martijn J. Booij and Vahid Nourani

Groundwater model diagnostic calibration and uncertainty analysis using information theory
Mohammad Sadegh Khorshidi et al.

Hydrological responses of pine needle litter to rainfall erosional processes on Chinese karst hillslopes
Junjie Tang and Dongdong Liu

Wetland water balance estimation in an arid region using remote sensing technology and hydrological modelling
Rouaida Trabelsi and Habib Abida

Hydrological modelling for post-monsoon agricultural drought assessment and implications for the agro-economy
Varsha Pandey et al.

The significance of basin slope for curve number estimation and the impact on flood prediction in arid basins
Mohammed Farran et al.

The future of droughts in Iran according to CMIP6 projections
Hossein Yousefi et al.

Budyko-based past and future disaggregation of climate and catchment effects on streamflow changes
Pushkar Sharma and Arpita Mondal

Hydrological response to land use/land cover changes in Ethiopian basins: a review
Henok Mekonnen Aragaw and Abiyot Legesse Kura

 

HSJ Volume 69

Issue 8

The influence of change in river networks on waterway connectivity and flooding processes
Yunping Liu et al.

Assessing water storage variations in La Plata basin and sub-basins from GRACE, global models data and connection with ENSO events
Ayelen Pereira et al.

Analysis of terrestrial water storage variations in South Korea using GRACE satellite and GLDAS data in Google Earth Engine
Younghyun Cho

Untangling the implications of climate-forcing and human-induced drivers in streamflow variability: the Magdalena River, Colombia
Santiago Gómez-Dueñas, Allen Bateman and Germán Ricardo Santos Granados

Investigating the comparative utility of ECMWF precipitation forecasts as an alternative to reanalysis data
Muhammad Amja et al.

A stochastic framework for rainfall intensity–time scale–return period relationships. Part I: theory and estimation strategies
Demetris Koutsoyiannis et al.

A stochastic framework for rainfall intensity–time scale–return period relationships. Part ΙΙ: point modelling and regionalization over Greece
Theano Iliopoulou et al.

Spatially heterogeneous discharge of glacial meltwater to drainages surrounding the ablating Coropuna ice cap, Peruvian Andes
Elizabeth J. Olson et al.

Variation of stable isotope signals in precipitation during Typhoon In-Fa (2021), Eastern China
Sifan Chen et al.

 
 

HSJ Editorial Board

The Journal’s 5 Co-editors and c. 60 Associate Editors work tirelessly to maintain the flow of articles through peer review. Meet them here.

Join IAHS & HSJ online

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Digital Water Globe

Share your research using the IAHS Digital Water Globe (DWG) – an innovative tool specially designed for, and by, IAHS members. Here you can give visibility to (un)published results, research sites and find peers for collaborating around the world.

 
 
 

Special Issues

Submissions are open here for our new Latin America Special Issue: Advances in hydrological science in Latin America. Meanwhile there is still time to submit to Hydrological Sciences Journal: Twenty-first century hydrological challenges and opportunities in Africa. Our ‘History of hydrology’ Special Issue, launched at the beginning of the year, has attracted a high number of submissions, and more are welcome – a new Call for Papers has just been launched.

 

HSJ Awards

Every year HSJ and IAHS make a number of awards, including the Associate Editor Award (one recipient receives a £1,250 cash prize); Reviewer Awards – increasing from four to eight awards in 2024 (with each awardee receiving £100* cash prize); the Frances Watkins Memorial Award (in memory of HSJ’s longstanding Managing Editor); and the prestigious annual Tison Award, for excellence in research by young hydrologists. *Corrigendum: in the last issue of HSJ Digest, we incorrectly reported that the cash prize for the Reviewer Awards had increased to £125. We apologise for this error.

Meet the Editor

Dr Riddhi Singh, Co-editor

Dr Riddhi Singh joined our editorial team as an Associate Editor in 2019, and since 2022 has been a Co-editor. She is attached to the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Bombay, India, and engages undergraduate and graduate students in courses related to hydrology and water resources management, as well as conducting research. Her research group focuses on modelling and data analysis connected with anthropogenic modification of the hydrologic cycle. They work on improving rainfall-runoff model parameterizations in a changing climate, developing models of coupled human–water systems in human-impacted landscapes, and the assessment of performance of water management strategies under changing conditions. These efforts are aimed at improving water management decisions in the diverse hydroclimatic and socioeconomic settings of India and similar regions.

In her own words, “I submitted one of my first articles to Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) as a PhD student. My involvement with the Journal further deepened when I started as an Associate Editor in 2019. Handling manuscripts for HSJ allowed me to learn about hydrology in different parts of the world: I always admired how HSJ was a preferred outlet for researchers in diverse parts of the world; to me, HSJ's motto to represent hydrology research across the globe is very inspiring. I am forever grateful to the great editorial team that have held my hand throughout my tenure as Associate Editor and more recently as Co-editor.”