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Hydrology, Volume 9, Issue 3

2022 March - 10 articles

Cover Story: Numerous methods have been developed and adopted by EU members for the hydromorphological assessment of rivers. With this study, we compared three such methods, the river habitat survey (RHS), morphological quality index (MQI), and river hydromorphology assessment technique (RHAT), which were applied in 122 river reaches in Greece. Our results showed that the RHAT and the MQI resulted in the same classification for 58% of the reaches, whereas 34% differed by only one quality class. We also found strong correlations between the MQI and the RHAT, particularly at lowland courses. Because RHS requires an extended national hydromorphological database for the proper estimation of habitat quality assessment, we propose the complementary use of the RHAT and MQI as a quick and effective assessment of the hydromophological status of Greek rivers. View this paper
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Articles (10)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,393 Views
19 Pages

Mountainous watersheds have always been a challenge for modelers due to large variability and insufficient ground observations, which cause forcing data, model structure, and parameter uncertainty. This study employed Differential Evolution Adaptive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
301 Citations
57,926 Views
35 Pages

The modelling and management of flood risk in urban areas are increasingly recognized as global challenges. The complexity of these issues is a consequence of the existence of several distinct sources of risk, including not only fluvial, tidal and co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Perspectives in Flood Risk Modeling, Assessment and Communication)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,299 Views
27 Pages

Participatory and Integrated Modelling under Contentious Water Use in Semiarid Basins

  • Rodrigo Rojas,
  • Juan Castilla-Rho,
  • Gabriella Bennison,
  • Robert Bridgart and ,
  • Camilo Prats and
  • Edmundo Claro
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Addressing modern water management challenges requires the integration of physical, environmental and socio-economic aspects, including diverse stakeholders’ values, interests and goals. Early stakeholder involvement increases the likelihood of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,731 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Future Streamflow in the Upper Part of the Nilwala River Basin (Sri Lanka) under Climate Change

  • Imiya M. Chathuranika,
  • Miyuru B. Gunathilake,
  • Hazi Md. Azamathulla and
  • Upaka Rathnayake

Climate change is a serious and complex crisis that impacts humankind in different ways. It affects the availability of water resources, especially in the tropical regions of South Asia to a greater extent. However, the impact of climate change on wa...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,014 Views
26 Pages

Drivers of Dust-Enhanced Snowpack Melt-Out and Streamflow Timing

  • Steven R. Fassnacht,
  • Caroline R. Duncan,
  • Anna K. D. Pfohl,
  • Ryan W. Webb and ,
  • Jeffrey E. Derry,
  • William E. Sanford,
  • Danielle C. Reimanis and
  • Lenka G. Doskocil
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The presence of dust on the snowpack accelerates snowmelt. This has been observed through snowpack and hydrometeorological measurements at a small study watershed in southwestern Colorado. For a 13-year period, we quantified the annual dust-enhanced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,396 Views
14 Pages

This article aims to analyse the performance of green roof in runoff reduction. A case study has been conducted through a deployed green roof at the custom house quay building in Dublin, Ireland. Modular green roofs have been deployed which have IoT...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,509 Views
17 Pages

An Analysis of the Effects of Large Wildfires on the Hydrology of Three Small Catchments in Central Chile Using Tritium-Based Measurements and Hydrological Metrics

  • Francisco Balocchi,
  • Diego Rivera,
  • José Luis Arumi,
  • Uwe Morgenstern and ,
  • Donald A. White,
  • Richard P. Silberstein and
  • Pablo Ramírez de Arellano
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Wildfires are an important disturbance affecting catchments’ soil and hydrological processes within. Wildfires are predicted to increase in both frequency and severity under climate change. Here, we present measurements of tritium (3H) in surfa...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrological Measurements and Instrumentation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,991 Views
20 Pages

25 February 2022

The Po Plain (northern Italy) is one of the largest aquifers in Europe, and 67% of the utilized agricultural land in this area is classified as a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). However, it hosts intensive agriculture and livestock farming. In a stret...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,806 Views
14 Pages

A Comparative Evaluation of Hydromorphological Assessment Methods Applied in Rivers of Greece

  • Konstantinos Stefanidis,
  • Theodora Kouvarda,
  • Anna Latsiou,
  • George Papaioannou and ,
  • Konstantinos Gritzalis and
  • Elias Dimitriou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 February 2022

The ecological assessment of all surface water bodies in Europe according to the Water Framework Directive involves the monitoring of biological, physicochemical and hydromorphological quality elements. For the hydromorphological assessment in partic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Status and Future Prospects of Hydromorphological Assessment of Rivers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,469 Views
26 Pages

Determinants of Evapotranspiration in Urban Rain Gardens: A Case Study with Lysimeters under Temperate Climate

  • Ahmeda Assann Ouédraogo,
  • Emmanuel Berthier,
  • Brigitte Durand and
  • Marie-Christine Gromaire

23 February 2022

Accurate evaluation of evapotranspiration (ET) flux is an important issue in sustainable urban drainage systems that target not only flow rate limitations, but also aim at the restoration of natural water balances. This is especially true in context...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand)
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