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The "Prediflood" database of historical floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) AD 1035–2013, and its potential applications in flood analysis
M. Barriendos
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
Department of Modern History, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J. L. Ruiz-Bellet
Department of Environment and Soil Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
J. Tuset
RIUS Fluvial Dynamics Research Group, Forest Science Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain
J. C. Balasch
Department of Environment and Soil Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC-UPC), Barcelona, Spain
J. L. Ayala
Arxiu del Comú, Departament de Cultura i Turisme, Comú d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
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The new SMOS satellite near-real-time (NRT) soil moisture (SM) product based on a neural network is presented. The NRT SM product has been evaluated with respect to the SMOS Level 2 product and against a large number of in situ measurements showing performances similar to those of the Level 2 product but it is available in less than 3.5 h after sensing. The new product is distributed by the European Space Agency and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
Wade T. Crow, Eunjin Han, Dongryeol Ryu, Christopher R. Hain, and Martha C. Anderson
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 1849–1862, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1849-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1849-2017, 2017
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Terrestrial water storage is defined as the total volume of water stored within the land surface and sub-surface and is a key variable for tracking long-term variability in the global water cycle. Currently, annual variations in terrestrial water storage can only be measured at extremely coarse spatial resolutions (> 200 000 km2) using gravity-based remote sensing. Here we provide evidence that microwave-based remote sensing of soil moisture can be applied to enhance this resolution.
Stephen J. Déry, Tricia A. Stadnyk, Matthew K. MacDonald, and Bunu Gauli-Sharma
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 4801–4818, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4801-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4801-2016, 2016
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This manuscript focuses on observed changes to the hydrology of 42 rivers in northern Canada draining one-half of its land mass over the period 1964–2013. Statistical and trend analyses are presented for the 42 individual rivers, 6 regional drainage basins, and collectively for all of northern Canada. A main finding is the reversal of a statistically significant decline in the first half of the study period to a statistically significant 18.1 % incline in river discharge across northern Canada.
Y. Tang, H. Pang, W. Zhang, Y. Li, S. Wu, and S. Hou
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 4293–4306, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4293-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4293-2015, 2015
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We examined the variability of daily stable isotopic composition in precipitation in Nanjing, eastern China. We found that both the upstream rainout effect on stable isotopes related to changes in the Asian summer monsoon and the temperature effect of precipitation stable isotopes associated with the Asian winter monsoon should be taken into account when interpreting the stable isotopic composition of speleothems in the Asian monsoon region.
L. Seoane, G. Ramillien, F. Frappart, and M. Leblanc
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 4925–4939, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4925-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4925-2013, 2013
E. Roget, P. Zavialov, V. Khan, and M. A. Muñiz
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2265–2271, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-13-2265-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-13-2265-2009, 2009
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This paper shows an interdisciplinary effort for a common methodology on flood risk analysis: hydraullics, hydrology, climatology and meteorology. Most basic problems of work with historical information are faced. Firsts results of data collection on historical floods for Catalonia (Ne Spain) are showed for period AD 1035-2014.
This paper shows an interdisciplinary effort for a common methodology on flood risk analysis:...
