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View article: A Nonstationary Daily and Hourly Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall Frequency Considering Climate Teleconnection in Coastal Cities of the United States
A Nonstationary Daily and Hourly Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall Frequency Considering Climate Teleconnection in Coastal Cities of the United States Open
The nonstationarity of extreme precipitation is now well established in the presence of climate change and low-frequency variability. Consequently, the implications for urban flooding, for which there are not long flooding records, need to…
View article: Potential climate predictability of renewable energy supply and demand for Texas given the ENSO hidden state
Potential climate predictability of renewable energy supply and demand for Texas given the ENSO hidden state Open
Climate variability influences renewable electricity supply and demand and hence system reliability. Using the hidden states of the sea surface temperature of tropical Pacific Ocean that reflect El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dynamics…
View article: Potential climate predictability of renewable energy supply and demand for Texas given the ENSO hidden state
Potential climate predictability of renewable energy supply and demand for Texas given the ENSO hidden state Open
Climate variability influences renewable electricity supply and demand and hence system reliability. Using the hidden states of the sea surface temperature of tropical Pacific Ocean that reflect El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dynamics…
View article: The influence of global warming on ENSO dynamics
The influence of global warming on ENSO dynamics Open
How the dynamics of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are being modified under a changing climate continues to be an open question with significant implications for global climate impacts. We present the first statistical attribution…
View article: Applicability Assessment of GPM IMERG Satellite Heavy-Rainfall-Informed Reservoir Short-Term Inflow Forecast and Optimal Operation: A Case Study of Wan’an Reservoir in China
Applicability Assessment of GPM IMERG Satellite Heavy-Rainfall-Informed Reservoir Short-Term Inflow Forecast and Optimal Operation: A Case Study of Wan’an Reservoir in China Open
Satellite precipitation estimate (SPE) dedicated to reservoir inflow forecasting is very attractive as it can provide near-real-time information for reservoir monitoring. However, the potential of SPE retrievals with fine temporal resoluti…
View article: High-Efficiency Oxygen Reduction Reaction Revived from Walnut Shell
High-Efficiency Oxygen Reduction Reaction Revived from Walnut Shell Open
The development of inexpensive and efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) remains a challenge with respect to renewable energy technologies. In this research, a porous, nitrogen-doped ORR catalyst is prepared using…
View article: Flood Frequency Analysis Using Mixture Distributions in Light of Prior Flood Type Classification in Norway
Flood Frequency Analysis Using Mixture Distributions in Light of Prior Flood Type Classification in Norway Open
The fundamental assumption of flood frequency analysis is that flood samples are generated by the same flood generation mechanism (FGM). However, flood events are usually triggered by the interaction of meteorological factors and watershed…
View article: Climate-informed monthly runoff prediction model using machine learning and feature importance analysis
Climate-informed monthly runoff prediction model using machine learning and feature importance analysis Open
Accurate runoff prediction can provide a reliable decision-making basis for flood and drought disaster prevention and scientific allocation of water resources. Selecting appropriate predictors is an effective way to improve the accuracy of…
View article: Back Cover Image, Volume 3, Number 6, November 2021
Back Cover Image, Volume 3, Number 6, November 2021 Open
Back cover image: Metalloporphyrin-like single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been regarded as the most promising alternatives to the commercial Pt/C due to their good activity and selectivity in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, it is…
View article: Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China
Petrol Prices and Subjective Well-Being: Longitudinal Data Evidence From China Open
This paper studies the effects of petrol prices on individuals’ subjective well-being (SWB). Three waves of household data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and petrol prices at the province level are used and ordered…
View article: A River Network‐Based Hierarchical Model for Deriving Flood Frequency Distributions and Its Application to the Upper Yangtze Basin
A River Network‐Based Hierarchical Model for Deriving Flood Frequency Distributions and Its Application to the Upper Yangtze Basin Open
In flood frequency analysis, expanding the additional information with hydrological reasoning beyond local at‐site flood samples can be very useful for improving the accuracy of flood frequency distribution (FFD) estimation as well as refl…
View article: Design flood estimation with varying record lengths in Norway under stationarity and nonstationarity scenarios
Design flood estimation with varying record lengths in Norway under stationarity and nonstationarity scenarios Open
In traditional flood frequency analysis, a minimum of 30 observations is required to guarantee the accuracy of design results with an allowable uncertainty, however, there has not been a recommendation for the requirement on the length of …
View article: Updating <scp>intensity–duration–frequency</scp> curves for urban infrastructure design under a changing environment
Updating <span>intensity–duration–frequency</span> curves for urban infrastructure design under a changing environment Open
The intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation have increased in many regions in the past century due to climate change. Many studies have revealed that short‐duration extreme precipitations are likely to become more and more severe …
View article: Non-Stationary Flood Frequency Analysis Using Cubic B-Spline-Based GAMLSS Model
Non-Stationary Flood Frequency Analysis Using Cubic B-Spline-Based GAMLSS Model Open
Under changing environments, the most widely used non-stationary flood frequency analysis (NFFA) method is the generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) model. However, the model structure of the GAMLSS model is re…
View article: Phosphorus Fractions in the Sediments of Yuecheng Reservoir, China
Phosphorus Fractions in the Sediments of Yuecheng Reservoir, China Open
As a result of the inexorable development of the economy and the ever-increasing population, the demand for water in the urban and rural sectors has increased, and this in turn has caused the water quality and eutrophication of the reservo…
View article: Elevated Nitrate Simplifies Microbial Community Compositions and Interactions in Sulfide-rich River Sediments
Elevated Nitrate Simplifies Microbial Community Compositions and Interactions in Sulfide-rich River Sediments Open
In river sediments, nitrate is a more preferable electron sink for microbial respiration than oxygen, for its good solubility and high redox potential. Nitrate amendment has been used to accelerate oxidation of pollutants but very few stud…
View article: Nonstationary Flood Hazard Analysis in Response to Climate Change and Population Growth
Nonstationary Flood Hazard Analysis in Response to Climate Change and Population Growth Open
The predictions of flood hazard over the design life of a hydrological project are of great importance for hydrological engineering design under the changing environment. The concept of a nonstationary flood hazard has been formulated by e…
View article: Multivariate hydrologic design methods under nonstationary conditions and application to engineering practice
Multivariate hydrologic design methods under nonstationary conditions and application to engineering practice Open
Multivariate hydrologic design under stationary conditions is traditionally performed through the use of the design criterion of the return period, which is theoretically equal to the average inter-arrival time of flood events divided by t…
View article: Optimizing the electrode surface area of sediment microbial fuel cells
Optimizing the electrode surface area of sediment microbial fuel cells Open
Optimizing electrode surface area for better applicability of sediment microbial fuel cells.
View article: A Framework for Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) based on geographic ontology
A Framework for Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) based on geographic ontology Open
GEOBIA (Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis) is not only a hot topic of current remote sensing and geographical research. It is believed to be a paradigm in remote sensing and GIScience. The lack of a systematic approach designed to con…