Large-sample hydrology: recent progress, guidelines for new datasets and grand challenges

N Addor, HX Do, C Alvarez-Garreton… - Hydrological …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Large-sample hydrology (LSH) relies on data from large sets (tens to thousands) of
catchments to go beyond individual case studies and derive robust conclusions on …

The FLUXCOM ensemble of global land-atmosphere energy fluxes

M Jung, S Koirala, U Weber, K Ichii, F Gans… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Although a key driver of Earth's climate system, global land-atmosphere energy fluxes are
poorly constrained. Here we use machine learning to merge energy flux measurements from …

Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts

L Samaniego, S Thober, R Kumar, N Wanders… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Anthropogenic warming is anticipated to increase soil moisture drought in the future.
However, projections are accompanied by large uncertainty due to varying estimates of …

The abuse of popular performance metrics in hydrologic modeling

MP Clark, RM Vogel, JR Lamontagne… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this commentary is to critically evaluate the use of popular performance metrics
in hydrologic modeling. We focus on the Nash‐Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) and the Kling …

Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

CD Peters-Lidard, M Clark… - Hydrology and earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In this synthesis paper addressing hydrologic scaling and similarity, we posit that roadblocks
in the search for universal laws of hydrology are hindered by our focus on computational …

ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions

W Dorigo, W Wagner, C Albergel, F Albrecht… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Climate Data Records of soil moisture are fundamental for improving our
understanding of long-term dynamics in the coupled water, energy, and carbon cycles over …

Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought

E Bevacqua, O Rakovec, DL Schumacher… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In 2022, Europe faced an extensive summer drought with severe socioeconomic
consequences. Quantifying the influence of human-induced climate change on such an …

Revisiting the recent European droughts from a long-term perspective

M Hanel, O Rakovec, Y Markonis, P Máca… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Early 21st-century droughts in Europe have been broadly regarded as exceptionally severe,
substantially affecting a wide range of socio-economic sectors. These extreme events were …

Global‐scale regionalization of hydrologic model parameters

HE Beck, AIJM van Dijk, A De Roo… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Current state‐of‐the‐art models typically applied at continental to global scales (hereafter
called macroscale) tend to use a priori parameters, resulting in suboptimal streamflow (Q) …

The rise of compound warm-season droughts in Europe

Y Markonis, R Kumar, M Hanel, O Rakovec, P Máca… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Drought is one of the main threats to food security and ecosystem productivity. During the
past decades, Europe has experienced a series of droughts that caused substantial …