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20 Apr 2026
Multi-component reactive transport in near-saturated deformable porous media
Bolin Wang and Dong-Sheng Jeng
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2247–2275, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2247-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2247-2026, 2026
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04 Aug 2026
Metrics that matter: objective functions and their impact on signature representation in conceptual hydrological models
Peter Wagener, Wouter J. M. Knoben, Niels SchĂĽtze, and Diana Spieler
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4867–4888, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4867-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4867-2026, 2026
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08 May 2026
Precipitation Forecasting for Hydrologic Modeling in West-Central Florida using Seasonal Climate Outlooks
Manoj Shrestha, Hui Wang, Jeffrey S. Geurink, Kshitij Parajuli, Tirusew Asefa, Fanzhang Zeng, and Dingbao Wang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2703–2716, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2703-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2703-2026, 2026
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04 May 2026
On the gap between crop and land surface models: comparing irrigation and other land surface estimates from AquaCrop and Noah-MP over the Po Valley
Louise Busschaert, Michel Bechtold, Sara Modanesi, Christian Massari, Dirk Raes, Sujay V. Kumar, and Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2579–2611, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2579-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2579-2026, 2026
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09 Feb 2026
Rapid flood mapping from aerial imagery using fine-tuned SAM and ResNet-backboned U-Net
Hadi Shokati, Kay D. Seufferheld, Peter Fiener, and Thomas Scholten
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 743–756, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-743-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-743-2026, 2026
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19 Aug 2026
Return periods of erosive rain in Germany
Karl Auerswald, Franziska Fischer, and Tanja Winterrath
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4819,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4819, 2026
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09 Jan 2026
Elevation dependent spatial interpolation of hourly rainfall for accurate flood inundation modelling
Chi Nguyen, Jai Vaze, Cherry May R. Mateo, Michael F. Hutchinson, and Jin Teng
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 45–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-45-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-45-2026, 2026
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08 Sep 2026
Towards a global actual evapotranspiration product for the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Radoslaw Guzinski, Héctor Nieto, José Miguel Barrios, Walid Ghariani, Francoise Gellens-Meulenberghs, Jan De Pue, and Roselyne Lacaze
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5593–5646, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5593-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5593-2026, 2026
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21 Jul 2026
Four decades of full-depth profiles reveal layer-resolved drivers of reservoir thermal regimes and episodic hypolimnetic warming
Chenxi Mi, Bo Gai, Xiangzhen Kong, Yuzhe Jiang, Chun Ngai Chan, and Karsten Rinke
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4611–4628, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4611-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4611-2026, 2026
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02 Jun 2026
A Hierarchical Hydrological Knowledge-guided Attention Network for Groundwater Depth Prediction: Insights from Multi-regional Model Interpretation
Jing Xu, Yuming Mo, Senlin Zhu, Chengji Shen, Xinli Zhu, Chenming Zhang, Qihao Jiang, and Ling Li
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2379,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2379, 2026
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09 Apr 2026
Reframing gullies as recharge zones in dryland landscapes of the Loess Plateau, China
Zhenxia Ji, Alan D. Ziegler, and Li Wang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1891–1914, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1891-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1891-2026, 2026
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31 Mar 2026
Water flow timing, quantity, and sources in a fractured high mountain permafrost rock wall
Matan Ben-Asher, Antoine Chabas, Jean-Yves Josnin, Josué Bock, Emmanuel Malet, Amaël Poulain, Yves Perrette, and Florence Magnin
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1735–1754, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1735-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1735-2026, 2026
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27 Mar 2026
Baseflow in karst regions is significantly higher than the global average and exhibits spatial variability
Ze Yuan, Qiuwen Zhou, Yuan Li, Yuluan Zhao, and Shengtian Yang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1607–1623, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1607-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1607-2026, 2026
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09 Mar 2026
Novel insights into deep groundwater exploration by geophysical estimation of hard rock permeability
Muhammad Hasan and Lijun Su
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1309–1332, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1309-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1309-2026, 2026
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04 Mar 2026
European runoff drought event types: From historical classification to projected future changes
Sadaf Nasreen, Oldrich Rakovec, Rohini Kumar, Manuela I. Brunner, Ujjwal Singh, Petr Maca, Yannis Markonis, and Martin Hanel
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-973,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-973, 2026
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15 Jan 2026
Attribution of Changes in small and large Floods across Brazil
Gabriel Anzolin, VinĂ­cius B. P. Chagas, and Pedro L. B. Chaffe
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6456,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6456, 2026
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13 Nov 2025
Fully differentiable, fully distributed rainfall-runoff modeling
Fedor Scholz, Manuel Traub, Christiane Zarfl, Thomas Scholten, and Martin V. Butz
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 6257–6283, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-6257-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-6257-2025, 2025
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21 Aug 2026
LESSONS report: Fine-scale representation of consecutive dry days
Benjamin Poschlod, Lukas Brunner, and Jana Sillmann
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4014,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4014, 2026
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17 Jul 2026
Capturing the extremes: a quasi-comonotonicity-based algorithm for disaggregating daily to hourly rainfall
Carlos Correa, Alfonso Hernanz, Iván San-Felipe, and Esteban Rodríguez-Guisado
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4457–4480, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4457-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4457-2026, 2026
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26 May 2026
Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Flow Velocity on the Size Exclusion Transport of Colloids in Saturated Porous Media
Changxi Wang, Zhaofei Duan, Xinlin Li, Ziyu Zhou, Jirka Ĺ imĹŻnek, and Renkuan Liao
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2442,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2442, 2026
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18 May 2026
Increasing daily precipitation extremes despite declining annual totals in southern Europe: a modeling study on the effects of Mediterranean Sea warming
Alfonso Senatore, Luca Furnari, Gholamreza Nikravesh, Jessica Castagna, and Giuseppe Mendicino
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2913–2930, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2913-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2913-2026, 2026
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08 May 2026
Hierarchical sedimentary architecture governs basin-scale solute dispersion: from pre-asymptotic dynamics to uncertainty propagation
Wanli Ren, Yue Fan, Anwen Pan, Heng Dai, Jing Yang, Mohamad Reza Soltanian, and Zhenxue Dai
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2759–2774, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2759-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2759-2026, 2026
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04 May 2026
Leveraging 20 years of remote sensing to characterize surface phytoplankton seasonality and long-term trends in lake Tanganyika
François Toussaint, Alice Alonso, and Marnik Vanclooster
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2543–2556, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2543-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2543-2026, 2026
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13 Jan 2026
Evaluating E-OBS forcing data for large-sample hydrology using model performance diagnostics
Franziska Clerc-Schwarzenbach and Thiago V. M. do Nascimento
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 119–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-119-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-119-2026, 2026
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13 Oct 2026
Technical note: A physically based correction of WRF temperature using atmospheric lapse rates for high-resolution hydrological simulations in a glacierized catchment
Florentin Hofmeister, Xinyang Fan, Madlene Pfeiffer, Ben Marzeion, Bettina Schaefli, and Gabriele Chiogna
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 6265–6288, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-6265-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-6265-2026, 2026
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15 Sep 2026
Integrating propagation and recovery dynamics into groundwater drought vulnerability assessment through exposure, pressure, and aquifer system response
Katarzyna Sawicka and Klaudia Jurzyk
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5809–5832, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5809-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5809-2026, 2026
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11 Sep 2026
Explicit representation and calibration of different landscape units for a robust catchment DOC export model
Tam V. Nguyen, Rohini Kumar, José L. J. Ledesma, Pia Ebeling, Jan H. Fleckenstein, and Andreas Musolff
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5749–5768, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5749-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5749-2026, 2026
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08 Sep 2026
Hydrochemistry and modeling nitrate concentration in farmland groundwater under different hydrological seasons by integrating hybrid quantum-classical ML, virtual sample generation and AlphaEarth Foundation
Junjie Xu, Xin Wei, Yilei Yu, Lihu Yang, Yuanzheng Zhai, Cuicui Lv, and Xianfang Song
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5647–5683, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5647-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5647-2026, 2026
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19 Aug 2026
Global escalation of more frequent and intense compound heatwave-extreme precipitation events
Haoyu Jin, Moyang Liu, Ke Zhang, Xuan Yu, Xu Yang, Lijun Chao, Pengfei Zhang, and Guoyan Liu
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5229–5244, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5229-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5229-2026, 2026
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28 Jul 2026
A Universal Multifractals perspective into the link between rainfall variability and temperature
Auguste Gires and Yann Torres
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4741–4756, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4741-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4741-2026, 2026
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22 Jun 2026
A coupled surface water-groundwater multi-objective optimization framework for coordinated water-ecosystem-agriculture management in arid inland river basin
Danhong Chen, Xiankui Zeng, Dongwei Gui, Dong Wang, and Jichun Wu
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 3741–3762, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3741-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3741-2026, 2026
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15 Jun 2026
A reference basin based framework for identifying and transferring permafrost hydrological coupling regimes across China
Lei Song and Yanping Li
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1989,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1989, 2026
Revised manuscript under review for HESS (discussion: final response, 8 comments)
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11 Jun 2026
Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Evidence of Connection between Deep Aquifer Recharge in California's Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Snowmelt
Susanna Werth, Manoochehr Shirzaei, Grace Carlson, and Roland BĂĽrgmann
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3061,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3061, 2026
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22 May 2026
A hybrid Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks-based model with attention for predicting Arctic river streamflow
Renjie Zhou and Shiqi Liu
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 3165–3183, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3165-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3165-2026, 2026
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21 May 2026
A multi-chain surrogate-assisted hybrid optimization framework for joint identification of groundwater contaminant sources and hydrogeological parameters
Mengtian Wu, Xuan Huang, Pengcheng Xu, Han Chen, Xu Yang, Jin Xu, and Qingyun Duan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 3145–3163, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3145-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3145-2026, 2026
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21 May 2026
Hydrogeological characterization of alpine karst using the transient analysis of flow and transport
Sara Lilley and Masaki Hayashi
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 3121–3143, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3121-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-3121-2026, 2026
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21 May 2026
Technical note: Method effects on isotope-based inference of apple tree water sources
Ying Zhao, Tianze Pang, Maria Poca, Haolin Yang, and Qiuli Hu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2258,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2258, 2026
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12 May 2026
Moisture origins affecting sub-daily precipitation δ18O and d-excess values mapped in Western Europe
Guilhem Türk, Christoph J. Gey, Bernd R. Schöne, and Laurent Pfister
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2859–2878, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2859-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2859-2026, 2026
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15 Apr 2026
A GNN routing module is all you need for LSTM Rainfall–Runoff models
Hamidreza Mosaffa, Florian Pappenberger, Christel Prudhomme, Matthew Chantry, Christoph RĂĽdiger, and Hannah Cloke
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2079–2092, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2079-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2079-2026, 2026
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14 Apr 2026
Integrated catchment classification across China based on hydroclimatological and geomorphological similarities using self-organizing map and fuzzy c-means clustering for hydrological modeling
Jiefan Niu, Ke Zhang, Xi Li, and Hongjun Bao
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 2013–2036, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2013-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-2013-2026, 2026
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06 Mar 2026
Heavy Precipitation Events of Various Durations Across Germany: A Station-Based Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variability Using the Block Maxima Method
Angelika Palarz, Thomas Junghänel, Jennifer Ostermöller, Thomas Deutschländer, and Frank Kaspar
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1067,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1067, 2026
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03 Mar 2026
Modeling surface water and groundwater mixing and mixing-dependent denitrification with bedform dynamics
Xue Ping, Zhang Wen, Yang Xian, Menggui Jin, and Stefan Krause
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1221–1245, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1221-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1221-2026, 2026
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20 Feb 2026
Uncertainty sources in a large ensemble of hydrological projections: Regional Climate Models and Internal Variability matter
Guillaume Evin, Benoit Hingray, Guillaume Thirel, Agnès Ducharne, Laurent Strohmenger, Lola Corre, Yves Tramblay, Jean-Philippe Vidal, Jérémie Bonneau, François Colleoni, Joël Gailhard, Florence Habets, Frédéric Hendrickx, Louis Héraut, Peng Huang, Matthieu Le Lay, Claire Magand, Paola Marson, Céline Monteil, Simon Munier, Alix Reverdy, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Yoann Robin, Jean-Pierre Vergnes, Mathieu Vrac, and Eric Sauquet
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 1023–1051, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1023-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1023-2026, 2026
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05 Jan 2026
A review of Jinci Springs discharge in China: millennia utilization, decadal dry-up, and recent resurgence
Qianqian Renyang, Yonghong Hao, Xiaoying Zhang, Yi Lian, Yuen Zhu, Yongze Song, and Teligeer Bao
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5309,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5309, 2026
Revised manuscript under review for HESS (discussion: final response, 8 comments)
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11 Dec 2025
New insights from fully-integrated surface-subsurface hydrological modeling in high-elevation glaciated environments
Xinyang Fan, Florentin Hofmeister, Bettina Schaefli, and Gabriele Chiogna
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6065,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6065, 2025
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23 Sep 2026
Characterising runoff processes for Australia: insights from a parsimonious rainfall-runoff event identification method
Mohammad Masoud Mohammadpour Khoie, Danlu Guo, and Conrad Wasko
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 5947–5970, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5947-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-5947-2026, 2026
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04 Aug 2026
Hysteresis between groundwater and surface water levels indicates the states of hydrological turnover affecting solute transport and redox processes
Lars Bäthke and Tobias Schuetz
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4889–4907, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4889-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4889-2026, 2026
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30 Jul 2026
Enhancing runoff-infiltration partitioning in the SVS land surface model improves streamflow simulations under frozen soil conditions
Benjamin Bouchard, Vincent Vionnet, Étienne Gaborit, and Vincent Fortin
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4823–4846, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4823-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4823-2026, 2026
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28 Jul 2026
Continuous in situ monitoring of a labeled-water pulse through a boreal Scots pine forest: vertical and horizontal fluxes
John D. Marshall, Maren Dubbert, Teresa E. Gimeno, Ruth-Kristina Magh, Kathrin KĂĽhnhammer, David Dubbert, Paul Koeniger, Matthias Cuntz, and Matthias Beyer
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4757–4770, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4757-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4757-2026, 2026
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01 Jul 2026
Assessment of SWOT water surface elevations for flood monitoring of a narrow river ( <  50 m width)
Amal Mzoughi, Mélanie Trudel, Pascale M. Biron, Guénolé Choné, and Gabriela L. Siles
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 30, 4141–4155, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4141-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-4141-2026, 2026
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