Hydrological Sciences Journal Digest

Co-editors’ choice

One article in every issue is singled out by the Co-editors to be ‘featured’ for its excellence or innovation, and is awarded six months’ free access; in addition, the editors periodically choose an article of particular topical interest. Recent selections include the following:

Vol. 69 Issue 15

Featured article
Proof of concept for Bayesian inference of dynamic rating curve uncertainty in a sparsely gauged watershed
Richard Cornelio et al.

This study presents a novel method for estimating river discharge uncertainty in data-scarce environments. By integrating dynamic rating curve segmentation, physically based hydraulic modelling and Bayesian inference, the authors demonstrate improved discharge estimates compared to traditional methods, particularly in watersheds experiencing significant geomorphic changes.

Vol. 69 Issue 16

Featured article
The status quo effect in the sociohydrology of floods
Catalina Mendoza Leal et al.

This study investigates the ‘status quo effect’ in the sociohydrology of floods as another possible behavioural type in sociohydrology, alongside, for example, the ‘levee effect’. The authors examine how communities in a Chilean desert region, despite experiencing frequent flash floods, exhibit limited adaptation and continue to experience recurring flood damage; potential causes for this lack of learning and adaptation are explored.

Topical article
Remote sensing to quantify potential aquifer recharge as a complementary tool for groundwater monitoring
Lucas Vituri Santarosa et al.

The authors investigate the potential of remote sensing to quantify aquifer recharge in the Guarani and Bauru aquifer systems of Brazil. Recharge estimates derived from remote sensing data are compared with those obtained from satellite-based groundwater storage measurements, highlighting the strengths and limitations of each approach and emphasizing the importance of integrating multiple methods for accurate recharge assessment.

Vol. 70 Issue 1

Featured article
Shifting cold regions streamflow regimes in North America affect flood frequency analysis
Donald H. Burn & Paul. H. Whitfield

Shifting streamflow regimes in North America, driven by climate change, impact flood characteristics. The study finds a significant decline in snowmelt-dominated floods and an increase in rain-dominated floods. Accounting for these changing flood types in flood frequency analysis leads to higher estimates of design flows, highlighting the importance of considering climate-driven regime shifts in flood risk assessments.

Topical article
The first catchment water balance: new insights into Pierre Perrault, his perceptual model and his peculiar catchment
Jeffrey J. McDonnell et al.

Pierre Perrault's groundbreaking 1674 work on catchment water balance is re-examined, providing new insights into his methodologies, into the perceptual model of streamflow generation, and the characteristics of his study catchment. By revisiting the catchment and re-analysing his data, the authors uncover uncertainties in his measurements and compare his observations with the modern understanding of hydrological processes.

HSJ Vol. 69

Issue 16

Special issue:
History of hydrology
Development of runoff generation models in the former USSR and Russia: a historical overview
Lev Kuchment & Alexander Gelfan

Cloudbursts and the upper tail of short-duration rainfall: Hortonian perspectives
James A. Smith et al.

Reconstruction of the historic flood of 1813 on rivers in the mountains of the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)
Pavel Hronček et al.

Historical synthesis of the International Commission on Water Resources Systems
Gökçen Uysal et al.

The history of hydrological studies on the Mekong floodplains – from colonial experiments to computational models
Christina Anna Orieschnig & Jean-Philippe Venot

Special issue:
Twenty-first century hydrological challenges and opportunities in Africa
Combining WetSpass and MODFLOW to assess the groundwater recharge in the agricultural highlands of Ethiopia
Tade Mule Asrade et al.

Featured article
The status quo effect in the sociohydrology of floods
Catalina Mendoza Leal et al.

Research article
Hydrological drought and floodplain disconnectivity: quantifying flow thresholds in a large coastal plain river
Amobichukwu Chukwudi Amanambu et al.

Remote sensing to quantify potential aquifer recharge as a complementary tool for groundwater monitoring
Lucas Vituri Santarosa
et al.

Increased socio-vulnerability to floods around flood protection structures: case study of Ganga and Brahmaputra basins (India)
Apoorva Singh, Sukrati Gautam & C. T. Dhanya

Comparative analysis of lumped and semi-distributed hydrological models in humid Mediterranean environments
Sergio Eduardo Abbenante, Ingrid Althoff & Javier Valdes-Abellan

Impacts of land use/cover change on urban rainfall-flooding processes based on numerical simulations
Xiaosheng Lian et al.

Modelling fields of hydrological cycle characteristics in the Nizhnekamskoye Reservoir watershed of the Volga River basin under climate change
Yury G. Motovilov, Kseniia V. Kortunova & Tatiana B. Fashchevskaya

Zeolite intervention in soil nitrate dynamics: insights from column experiments and modelling
Azadeh Safadoust, Seira Soleymanekhtyari & Bahram Gharabaghi

HSJ Vol. 70

Issue 1

Special issue:
Twenty-first century hydrological challenges and opportunities in Africa
Prediction uncertainty of evapotranspiration deficit index
Frank Joseph Wambura

Special issue:
History of hydrology
History of hydrological research in Slovakia and its links to water management
Ladislav Holko et al.

The first catchment water balance: new insights into Pierre Perrault, his perceptual model and his peculiar catchment
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
et al.

Special issue:
Advances in hydrological science in Latin America
Predicting oxygen-18 and deuterium over South America: local meteoric water lines for countries and biogeographical regions
Cesar de Oliveira Ferreira Silva et al.

Featured article
Shifting cold regions streamflow regimes in North America affect flood frequency analysis
Donald H. Burn & Paul H. Whitfield

Research article
Investigating hydrological processes using explainable deep-learning models
Wenqiang Liu et al.

Derivation of fractured rock hybrid analytical equation for estimation of groundwater inflow into mine pit using major fault trigonometry
Emmanuel Coffie-Anum et al.

Multi-covariate non-stationary flood frequency analysis for assessing flood hazard over the Mahanadi River basin, India
Sachin Bhere & Manne Janga Reddy

Simulating water balance and nutrient losses in a pastoral catchment using the SWAT+ model: added value of isotope data
Meti Yulianti, Deniz Özkundakci & Iwan Ridwansyah

A probabilistic integration of LSTM and Gaussian process regression for uncertainty-aware reservoir water level predictions
Kshitij Tandon & Subhamoy Sen

Wavelet analysis of discharge and sediment load for the Subarnarekha, Brahmani, and Mahanadi rivers of India
Mohd Imaran, Arun Chakraborty & Subhasish Tripathy

 Estimation of sensible and latent heat flux and evapotranspiration in arid regions using inverse analysis
Toshisuke Maruyama, Manabu Segawa & Hiroshi Takimoto

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