Marginal snowpacks: the basis for a global definition and existing research needs

JI López-Moreno, N Callow, H McGowan, R Webb… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
A marginal snowpack is a recent concept that refers to snow cover that is relatively shallow
and transient but still has important environmental and socioeconomic functions. This class …

Reforestation effects on low flows: Review of public perceptions and scientific evidence

I van Meerveld, J Seibert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This review article focuses on the complex relationships between forests and water,
particularly the effects of forests on streamflow during meteorological droughts. The impact …

Challenges in studying water fluxes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: A tracer-based perspective on pathways to progress

N Orlowski, M Rinderer, M Dubbert, N Ceperley… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tracing and quantifying water fluxes in the hydrological cycle is crucial for understanding the
current state of ecohydrological systems and their vulnerability to environmental change …

Prolonged drought in a northern California coastal region suppresses wildfire impacts on hydrology

ME Newcomer, J Underwood… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires naturally occur in many landscapes, however they are undergoing rapid regime
shifts. Despite the emphasis in the literature on the most severe hydrological responses to …

Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values

M Sprenger, RWH Carroll, D Marchetti… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2024 - hess.copernicus.org
About 80% of the precipitation at the Colorado River's headwaters is snow, and the resulting
snowmelt-driven hydrograph is a crucial water source for about 40 million people. Snowmelt …

On the sensitivity of future hydrology in the Colorado River to the selection of the precipitation partitioning method

Z Wang, ER Vivoni, KM Whitney… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The accurate partitioning of precipitation is important for snowpack and streamflow
simulations in mountainous regions. However, most hydrologic models employ a partitioning …

Reconciling global terrestrial evapotranspiration estimates from multi‐product intercomparison and evaluation

Y Cai, Q Xu, F Bai, X Cao, Z Wei, X Lu… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) is a vital process regulating the terrestrial water balance.
However, significant uncertainties persist in global ET estimates. Focusing on the area …

Shifting groundwater fluxes in bedrock fractures: Evidence from stream water radon and water isotopes

K Johnson, JN Christensen, WP Gardner… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geologic features (eg, fractures and alluvial fans) can play an important role in the locations
and volumes of groundwater discharge and degree of groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) …

Variations in bedrock and vegetation cover modulate subsurface water flow dynamics of a mountainous hillslope

S Uhlemann, L Peruzzo, C Chou… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the hydrological response of watersheds to climate disturbances requires a
detailed understanding of the processes connecting hillslopes and streams. Using a network …

Hydrology outweighs temperature in driving production and export of dissolved carbon in a snowy mountain catchment

D Kerins, K Sadayappan, W Zhi… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial production and export of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon (DOC and DIC)
to streams depends on water flow and biogeochemical processes in and beneath soils. Yet …