Hydrology and Water Resources Management in a Changing World.

• Superior document: In Focus - Special Book Series
• Author: Engeland, Kolbjø.
• TeilnehmendeR: Alfredsen, Knut.
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IWA Publishing,, 2020.; {copy}2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: In Focus - Special Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Editorial: Hydrology and water resources management in a changing world -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A dynamic river network method for the prediction of floods using a parsimonious rainfall-runoff model -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Study catchments and data -- The DDD rainfall-runoff model -- Subsurface -- Runoff dynamics -- Model parameters and calibration -- Dynamic river network routine -- Correlation between Ac and Fc with environmental factors -- RESULTS -- Performance of DDD with and without dynamic river network -- Correlation between Ac and Fc with environmental factors -- DISCUSSION -- Dynamic river networks -- Correlation of Ac and Fc with environmental factors -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Testing the applicability of physiographic classification methods toward improving precipitation phase determination in conceptual models -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- METHODS -- Original-automated classification - all sites -- New-automated method - all sites -- Semi-manual method - all sites -- Relief versus elevation - mountain and hill sites only -- Station radius size - mountain and hill sites only -- Calculations -- RESULTS -- All sites - comparison of three methods -- Mountain and hill sites - relief versus elevation -- Mountain and hill sites - station radius size -- DISCUSSION -- Automated versus semi-manual methods -- Refinement of classification for topographically complex regions -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL -- REFERENCES -- Precipitation phase uncertainty in cold region conceptual models resulting from meteorological forcing time-step intervals -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Can model-based data products replace gauge data as input to the hydrological model? -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- Study area -- Data -- METHODS -- Data comparison -- HBV model -- Performance evaluation of datasets -- RESULTS -- Data comparison -- Performance in simulating the hydrological response -- Parameter uncertainty -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL -- REFERENCES -- Evaluation of global forcing datasets for hydropower inflow simulation in Nepal -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- DATA AND METHODS -- Meteorological forcing data -- Observed data -- Reanalysis and regional climate model data -- Topographical and land cover datasets -- Spatial interpolation of observed and gridded forcing data -- Hydrological model -- Gamma snow -- Parameters and calibration -- Water balance estimation -- Model performance evaluation -- RESULTS -- Meteorological forcing data analysis -- Model parameters -- Evaluation of discharge simulation using different forcing datasets -- Water balance analysis -- DISCUSSION -- Discussion on model parameters -- Potential factors controlling hydrological model efficiency during model calibration and validation -- Discussion on the water balance analysis -- Uncertainty in the model simulation and observation -- CONCLUSIONS -- FUNDING -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL -- REFERENCES -- Improving hydropower inflow forecasts by assimilating snow data -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- Refsdal catchment -- Model forcing data -- Snow and inflow observations -- METHODS -- METHODS -- Model description -- Data assimilation algorithm -- Forcing ensemble generation -- Description of experiments -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Reproducing different types of changes in hydrological indicators with rainfall-runoff models -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY.

Datasets and catchments -- Hydrological model -- Indices of hydrological alteration -- Study set-up -- Estimation of changes in the hydrological indices -- Evaluation metrics -- Data analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- How do models calibrated with different objective functions differ in their ability to reproduce IHAs? -- Which objective function is most suitable for modelling IHA changes? -- How well can we estimate the direction of IHA changes? -- How well can we estimate the magnitude of IHA changes? -- Analysing the impact of the direction of change on the reproducibility of IHA changes -- Identification of catchment descriptors influencing the quality of the IHA estimates -- Limitations of the study -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL -- REFERENCES -- Uncertainty of annual runoff projections in Lithuanian rivers under a future climate -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Response of melt water and rainfall runoff to climate change and their roles in controlling streamflow changes of the two upstream basins over the Tibetan Plateau -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- Study area -- Data -- METHOD -- Hydrological model -- Model parameters -- Trends and attribution analyses -- RESULTS -- Model validation -- Runoff components -- The controlling roles of runoff components in the trend of river flow for the past 50 years -- DISCUSSION -- The hydrological role of melt runoff -- Model uncertainty -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Norwegian floods -- European flash floods -- The study area and the flood event -- METHODS AND DATA.

Hydraulic modelling and data for estimation of the peak flood discharge -- Methods and data for estimating the precipitation -- Rainfall-runoff modelling and data for estimating the peak discharge -- RESULTS -- Calculated discharge at the dam crest -- Simulated precipitation and discharge -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Features and causes of catastrophic floods in the Nemunas River basin -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Hydrological characteristics of investigated floods -- Characteristics of the meteorological conditions before catastrophic floods in 1958 and 1979 -- Spatial distribution of meteorological conditions in the Nemunas River basin -- Variability and spatial distribution of runoff coefficients in WGS catchments of the Nemunas River basin -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL -- REFERENCES -- Risk assessment for areas prone to flooding and subsidence: a case study from Bergen, Western Norway -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- Drainage system in Bergen city -- Flood modelling -- Present-day storm surge -- Subsidence data -- METHODOLOGY - RISK ASSESSMENT APPROACH -- Description of the simple grid overlay method (1) -- Description of the 'hot spot analysis' with aggregated flood areas method (2) -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Datasets and selected methods for analysis -- Subsidence data -- Flood data -- Simple grid overlay - method 1 -- 'Hot spot analysis' - method 2 -- Risk assessment map combined with the existing drainage system -- Risk assessment as a tool for end-users -- CONCLUSIONS -- Further work -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Limitations in using runoff coefficients for green and gray roof design -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- METHODS -- Laboratory measurements -- Field measurements.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Laboratory measured runoff coefficients -- Runoff coefficients based on field data -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Detection and attribution of flood responses to precipitation change and urbanization: a case study in Qinhuai River Basin, Southeast China -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- METHODS -- Selection of flood series -- Detect trend of the flood series -- Frequency analysis -- Attribution analysis -- RESULTS -- Changes in characteristics of flood series from the baseline period to the urbanization period -- Trends of flood series from the baseline period to the urbanization period -- Changes in the return period of flood series from the baseline period to the urbanization period -- Evaluation of causative precipitation and urbanization impacts on changes in flood size -- DISCUSSION -- Effects of two different sampling methods on flood change evaluation -- Attribution of trends in flood time series -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Usage of SIMWE model to model urban overland flood: a case study in Oslo -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- SIMWE model -- Classification flood risk levels of urban flood -- STUDY AREA AND DATA -- Study area -- Data -- A case study at Grefsen -- RESULTS -- Inundation area and water depth -- Classification of urban flood risks -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.