Hydrology and Climate Change Article Summaries

This website presents a curated collection of automated summaries covering research in hydrology, climate, and meteorology. Generated by BiblioAssistant, the content is specifically tailored to the research interests of the Hydrology and Climate Change group at the Ebro Observatory.

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Sorando et al. (2026) Simulating mediterranean rice paddies’ water balance under climate change scenarios
By Ricardo Sorando | Published on 2026-03-27
This study applies the SWAT+ paddy rice module to simulate the water balance of a Mediterranean rice irrigation district in Albufera de Val`encia, Spain, under climate change scenarios. Projections indicate significant precipitation reductions (9–31%) and potential evapotranspiration increases (8–18%) by mid- and late-century, leading to higher irrigation requirements (4–10%) and modest rice yield declines (up to 8%).
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Gonçalves et al. (2026) Irrigated agriculture in the United States: Current status and future frontiers
By Ivo Zution Gonçalves | Published on 2026-03-27
This review assesses the current status and future frontiers of irrigated agriculture in the United States, analyzing regional trends, water sources, crop diversity, and management practices from 2003-2023, and identifies key challenges like groundwater depletion and an eastward shift in irrigation.
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Schotte et al. (2026) Comparing absolute and standardized drought indices for modelling tree mortality of spruce, beech, pine, and oak based on the Crown Condition Survey in Germany
By Laura-Marie Schotte | Published on 2026-03-27
This study evaluated the association of absolute aridity and standardized drought indices with tree mortality for four major tree species in Germany (1990–2022). It found that standardized drought indices, particularly the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), better explained mortality for Norway spruce, European beech, and Scots pine, with effects increasing over longer aggregation periods of up to five years.
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Huning et al. (2026) Cascading impacts of natural disasters in a connected world
By Laurie S. Huning | Published on 2026-03-26
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Wu et al. (2026) Prediction of Forest Fire Occurrence Risk in Heilongjiang Province Under Future Climate Change
By Zechuan Wu | Published on 2026-03-26
This study quantified the multi-source drivers of forest fire occurrence in Heilongjiang Province and developed a long-term fire risk forecast using a Deep Neural Network with Residual Connections (ResDNN), which achieved 85.6% accuracy and was applied with CMIP6 projections to map future fire probability from 2030 to 2070.
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Shakeel et al. (2026) Optimizing GCM ensemble selection and weighted MME development for improved drought projection under global climate models simulations
By Muhammad Shakeel | Published on 2026-03-26
This study proposes a novel framework for selecting optimal Global Climate Model (GCM) subsets and developing weighted Multi-Model Ensembles (MMEs) to improve drought projection accuracy. It introduces the Multi-Location Multimodel Standardized Drought Index (MLMSDI), demonstrating its effectiveness in assessing future drought across various Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) and timescales in Punjab Province, Pakistan.
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Li et al. (2026) A three stage ‘Matching-Retrieval-Optimization’ method for radar–rainfall retrieval: a case study in the Yiluo River Basin, China
By Yingrui Li | Published on 2026-03-26
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Pengxin et al. (2026) Multi-model integrated error correction for extreme precipitation: method and application
By Deng Pengxin | Published on 2026-03-26
This study developed a novel multi-model integrated error correction framework for CMIP6 extreme precipitation projections, significantly improving simulation accuracy in the Hanjiang River Basin (HRB). The corrected data reveal pronounced upward trends in extreme precipitation in the HRB, particularly in its southwestern and downstream areas, under future moderate to high radiative forcing scenarios.
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Sujono et al. (2026) Remote sensing-based early warning for agricultural flood damage mitigation in recurrent flood-prone areas
By Imam Sujono | Published on 2026-03-26
This study develops a remote sensing-based early warning system for agricultural flood damage mitigation in recurrent flood-prone areas, using Sentinel-1 SAR data and a localized change detection approach in Demak Regency, Indonesia, to identify high-risk zones and estimate potential crop losses.
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Barahona et al. (2026) Deep learning representation of the aerosol size distribution
By Donifan Barahona | Published on 2026-03-26
This study develops MAMnet, a deep learning model, to predict the aerosol size distribution (ASD) and mixing state for seven lognormal modes based on bulk aerosol mass and meteorological conditions. MAMnet accurately reproduces the output of a two-moment modal aerosol scheme and shows good agreement with field measurements when driven by reanalysis data, offering an efficient way to improve aerosol representation in atmospheric models.
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Adhikari et al. (2026) Identifying ENSO events and their nexus with precipitation and flood dynamics in the Karnali River Basin, Nepal
By Tirtha Raj Adhikari | Published on 2026-03-26
This study investigates the influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on precipitation and flood dynamics in Nepal's transboundary Karnali River Basin (KRB) from 1964 to 2020, revealing a strong positive correlation between basin mean precipitation and discharge, and significant river channel shifts during strong ENSO events.
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Faliagka et al. (2026) Adaptation of the VegSyst model to predict crop nutrient uptake and water needs for precise soilless crop fertigation in greenhouses
By Sofia Faliagka | Published on 2026-03-26
This study adapted and validated the VegSyst model for precise soilless crop fertigation in greenhouses, integrating climate forecasts to predict water and macronutrient needs for cucumber and tomato, demonstrating reduced nutrient leaching and increased agronomic efficiency without compromising yield.
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Wang et al. (2026) Cumulative and lagged effects of climate factors on vegetation end of the growing season in the Yangtze River Basin
By Jie Wang | Published on 2026-03-26
This study quantifies the cumulative and lagged effects of temperature, solar radiation, and precipitation on the end of the growing season (EOS) in the Yangtze River Basin from 2001-2023. It reveals that incorporating these temporal effects significantly improves the explanation of EOS variability and prediction accuracy, highlighting their critical role in phenology modeling.
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Singh et al. (2026) START: A Hybrid Spatio-Temporal Attention ResNet Transformer for Explainable Multivariable Meteorological Bias-correction
By Deveshwar Singh | Published on 2026-03-26
This study introduces START, a hybrid deep learning framework for multivariable meteorological bias correction over the contiguous United States, integrating heterogeneous data streams to achieve substantial improvements in forecast accuracy and provide explainable, calibrated uncertainty estimates.
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Mascaut et al. (2026) Ground-based atmospheric measurements at the Onsala Space Observatory (Sweden): data & trends (2009–2025)
By Faustine Mascaut | Published on 2026-03-26
This study presents and analyzes a comprehensive, long-term (2009-2025) dataset of ground-based atmospheric measurements from the Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden, revealing a statistically significant warming trend of approximately 0.15 kelvin per year, most pronounced in winter, and a significant decrease in rain rate intensity.
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Zeng et al. (2026) Synergistic Effects of Multi‐Timescale Atmospheric Teleconnections on Spring Monthly Droughts in Central‐Eastern China
By Z. M. Zeng | Published on 2026-03-26
This study investigates spring monthly drought variations in central-eastern China (CEC) and the synergistic effects of multi-timescale atmospheric teleconnections. It finds that in-phase alignments of high-frequency and low-frequency teleconnections (SCA, WP, NAO) amplify specific atmospheric circulation anomalies, leading to decreased precipitation and increased potential evapotranspiration, thus causing pronounced droughts in the CEC.
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Guo et al. (2026) Monitoring glacier-fed river width dynamics in High Mountain Asia from Sentinel-2 time series using a deformable UNet and skeleton evolution framework
By Xiaoyu Guo | Published on 2026-03-26
This study developed a novel framework integrating a deformable UNet (DUNet) deep learning model and a discrete, shape-preserving skeleton evolution algorithm to accurately monitor glacier-fed river width dynamics in High Mountain Asia using Sentinel-2 time series. The proposed method demonstrated superior performance over conventional deep learning models and existing global datasets, revealing significant seasonal variations in river width.
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Campomanes et al. (2026) Assessment of Flood-Prone Areas in the Lacramarca River Basin in the Santa Clemencia and Pampadura Region, Peru, Under Climate Change Effects
By Giovene Pérez Campomanes | Published on 2026-03-26
This study assesses flood-prone areas in the Lacramarca River basin, Peru, under historical and 2050 climate change scenarios, revealing a significant increase in flood extent due to projected climate variability and highlighting the inadequacy of current protection infrastructure.
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Xu et al. (2026) Divergent latitude-specific urban humid heat risks are regulated by local climate types
By Lei Xu | Published on 2026-03-26
This study systematically investigates the spatiotemporal evolution and drivers of urban wet-bulb temperature across 56 global cities from 2005-2024, revealing significant increases since 2020 with responses regulated by local climate types.
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Yang et al. (2026) DANRA: the kilometer-scale Danish regional atmospheric reanalysis
By Xiaohua Yang | Published on 2026-03-26
This paper introduces DANRA, a novel 2.5-kilometer resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis dataset covering Denmark and its surrounding regions from 1990 to 2023. DANRA demonstrates superior performance compared to global reanalyses like ERA5 in representing essential climate variables and extreme weather events, providing unprecedented detail for climate adaptation and impact modeling.
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