Published in Frontiers in Earth Science
Since 2014, mountain communities in Ladakh, India have been constructing dozens of Artificial Ice Reservoirs (AIRs) by spraying water through fountain systems every winter. The meltwater from these structures is crucial to meet irrigation water demands during spring. However, there is a large variability associated with this water supply due to the...
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has recently been identified as a useful tool for monitoring changes in groundwater storage (GWS), especially in areas with sparse groundwater monitoring networks. However, GRACE’s performance has not been evaluated in the highly heterogeneous Indus Basin (IB) to date. The objective of this study ...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Lakes are of significant importance in regulating floods and providing water sources. The seasonal water storage variations for the plain lake group in the Yangtze–Huai River Basin (YHRB) are significant for alleviating flood pressure and regulating runoff. However, to date, the seasonal amplitude of lake water storage variations and its capacity o...
This paper illustrates an approach to measuring economic benefits and ecological and social impacts of various configurations of reservoir systems for basin-wide planning. It suggests indicators and examines their behavior under several reservoir arrangement scenarios using two river basins in Sri Lanka as examples. A river regulation index is modi...
The objective of this study was to evaluate soil moisture in four environments: native forest (Cerrado native de Mata Atlântica), pasture, pine plantation and cultivated soil. For analysis of humidity and water content in the soil, it was necessary to collect 20 undeformed samples monthly for each type of cover, in five depth bands 0-5 cm, 5-30 cm,...
Data contains meteorological and heat flux observations from eddy-covariance towers at 13 sites in different cities. Data is preprocessed for the analysis to infer water storage capacities, which means they are daily aggregates.
500 years of structural history is hidden below the pavement of Old Havana, including water storage and distribution devices connected to early colonial water management of the historic city. The possibility to disclose some information without disturbing this heritage was the objective of Monitoring Heritage 2019, a weeklong course dedicated to st...
Closing the yield gap and enhancing efficiency in rainfed maize production systems in Ethiopia requires urgent action in increasing the productivity of degraded agricultural land. The degradation of land through continuous compaction and decline in the organic matter has resulted in a wide-spread formation of a hardpan that restricts deep percolati...
This paper assesses how the Huruluwewa tank (HWT) irrigation system in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka adapts to climate variability. The lessons learned in the HWT will be helpful for many water-scarce irrigation systems in the country, which bear high climate risks. Recurrent droughts are the bane of agriculture in the Dry Zone, comprisin...
