Water Resources Research
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Wiley (GB) |
| ISSN | 0043-1397 / 1944-7973 |
| Scopus | 18854 |
| Wikidata | Q7973358 |
| OpenAlex | S204847658 |
| Website | http://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/agu/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1944-7973/ |
| Total publications | 10 |
| Coverage period | 1997 - 2019 |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN |
| Access | Open Access |
| Indexing | DOAJ indexed • Scopus indexed |
| Impact factor | 12 |
| SJR | 1.778 (Q1) |
| SNIP | 1.664 |
| CiteScore | 9.2 |
| Female authorship share | 30.4% |
Water Science and Technology · Climate change and permafrost · Climate variability and models · CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions · Cryospheric studies and observations · Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Sociohydrology
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 represent an ambitious blueprint to reduce inequalities globally and achieve a sustainable future for all mankind. Meeting the SDGs for water requires an integrated approach to managing and allocating water resources, by involving all actors and stakeholders, and considering how water resources link different sectors of society. To date, water management practice is domina…
The Millennium Drought in southeast Australia (2001–2009)
Key Points Drivers and impacts of Australia's record drought were analyzed Impacts accumulated and propagated through the water cycle at different rates Future droughts may not be managed better than past ones.
Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation
Water used by irrigated crops is obtained from three sources: local precipitation contributing to soil moisture available for root water uptake (i.e., green water), irrigation water taken from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and renewable groundwater (i.e., blue water), and irrigation water abstracted from nonrenewable groundwater and nonlocal water resources. Here we quantify globally the amount of nonrenewable or nonsustainable groundwater…
Dependence of flood risk perceptions on socioeconomic and objective risk factors
This study examines flood risk perceptions of individuals in the Netherlands using a survey of approximately 1000 homeowners. Perceptions of a range of aspects of flood risk are elicited. Various statistical models are used to estimate the influence of socioeconomic and geographical characteristics, personal experience with flooding, knowledge of flood threats, and individual risk attitudes on shaping risk belief. The study shows that in general,…
Future water availability for global food production
While past strategies for agricultural water management have focused on irrigation (use of blue water), this paper demonstrates the dominance of green water in food production. A global, yet spatially disaggregated, green‐blue analysis of water availability and requirement, using the LPJmL dynamic vegetation and water balance model, indicates that many countries currently assessed as severely water short are able to produce enough food for their …
Agricultural green and blue water consumption and its influence on the global water system
This study quantifies, spatially explicitly and in a consistent modeling framework (Lund‐Potsdam‐Jena managed Land), the global consumption of both “blue” water (withdrawn for irrigation from rivers, lakes and aquifers) and “green” water (precipitation) by rainfed and irrigated agriculture and by nonagricultural terrestrial ecosystems. In addition, the individual effects of human‐induced land cover change and irrigation were quantified to assess …
Mountains of the world, water towers for humanity
Mountains are important sources of freshwater for the adjacent lowlands. In view of increasingly scarce freshwater resources, this contribution should be clarified. While earlier studies focused on selected river systems in different climate zones, we attempt here a first spatially explicit, global typology of the so‐called “water towers” at the 0.5° × 0.5° resolution in order to identify critical regions where disproportionality of mountain runo…
Interpolating the isotopic composition of modern meteoric precipitation
An accurate representation of the spatial distribution of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in modern precipitation is required for many hydrological, paleoclimate, and ecological applications. No standardized method for achieving such a representation exists, and potential errors associated with previously employed methods are not understood. Using resampling, we test the accuracy of interpolated δD and δ 18 O estimates made using four methods…
Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale
It is now well established that forested catchments have higher evapotranspiration than grassed catchments. Thus land use management and rehabilitation strategies will have an impact on catchment water balance and hence water yield and groundwater recharge. The key controls on evapotranspiration are rainfall interception, net radiation, advection, turbulent transport, leaf area, and plant‐available water capacity. The relative importance of these…
A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models
A new procedure for the representation of flow directions and calculation of upslope areas using rectangular grid digital elevation models is presented. The procedure is based on representing flow direction as a single angle taken as the steepest downward slope on the eight triangular facets centered at each grid point. Upslope area is then calculated by proportioning flow between two downslope pixels according to how close this flow direction is…
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A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models
A new procedure for the representation of flow directions and calculation of upslope areas using rectangular grid digital elevation models is presented. The procedure is based on representing flow direction as a single angle taken as the steepest downward slope on the eight triangular facets centered at each grid point. Upslope area is then calculated by proportioning flow between two downslope pixels according to how close this flow direction is…
Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale
It is now well established that forested catchments have higher evapotranspiration than grassed catchments. Thus land use management and rehabilitation strategies will have an impact on catchment water balance and hence water yield and groundwater recharge. The key controls on evapotranspiration are rainfall interception, net radiation, advection, turbulent transport, leaf area, and plant‐available water capacity. The relative importance of these…
Interpolating the isotopic composition of modern meteoric precipitation
An accurate representation of the spatial distribution of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in modern precipitation is required for many hydrological, paleoclimate, and ecological applications. No standardized method for achieving such a representation exists, and potential errors associated with previously employed methods are not understood. Using resampling, we test the accuracy of interpolated δD and δ 18 O estimates made using four methods…
Mountains of the world, water towers for humanity
Mountains are important sources of freshwater for the adjacent lowlands. In view of increasingly scarce freshwater resources, this contribution should be clarified. While earlier studies focused on selected river systems in different climate zones, we attempt here a first spatially explicit, global typology of the so‐called “water towers” at the 0.5° × 0.5° resolution in order to identify critical regions where disproportionality of mountain runo…
Agricultural green and blue water consumption and its influence on the global water system
This study quantifies, spatially explicitly and in a consistent modeling framework (Lund‐Potsdam‐Jena managed Land), the global consumption of both “blue” water (withdrawn for irrigation from rivers, lakes and aquifers) and “green” water (precipitation) by rainfed and irrigated agriculture and by nonagricultural terrestrial ecosystems. In addition, the individual effects of human‐induced land cover change and irrigation were quantified to assess …
Future water availability for global food production
While past strategies for agricultural water management have focused on irrigation (use of blue water), this paper demonstrates the dominance of green water in food production. A global, yet spatially disaggregated, green‐blue analysis of water availability and requirement, using the LPJmL dynamic vegetation and water balance model, indicates that many countries currently assessed as severely water short are able to produce enough food for their …
Dependence of flood risk perceptions on socioeconomic and objective risk factors
This study examines flood risk perceptions of individuals in the Netherlands using a survey of approximately 1000 homeowners. Perceptions of a range of aspects of flood risk are elicited. Various statistical models are used to estimate the influence of socioeconomic and geographical characteristics, personal experience with flooding, knowledge of flood threats, and individual risk attitudes on shaping risk belief. The study shows that in general,…
Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation
Water used by irrigated crops is obtained from three sources: local precipitation contributing to soil moisture available for root water uptake (i.e., green water), irrigation water taken from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and renewable groundwater (i.e., blue water), and irrigation water abstracted from nonrenewable groundwater and nonlocal water resources. Here we quantify globally the amount of nonrenewable or nonsustainable groundwater…
The Millennium Drought in southeast Australia (2001–2009)
Key Points Drivers and impacts of Australia's record drought were analyzed Impacts accumulated and propagated through the water cycle at different rates Future droughts may not be managed better than past ones.
Sociohydrology
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 represent an ambitious blueprint to reduce inequalities globally and achieve a sustainable future for all mankind. Meeting the SDGs for water requires an integrated approach to managing and allocating water resources, by involving all actors and stakeholders, and considering how water resources link different sectors of society. To date, water management practice is domina…