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From grid to ground: how well do gridded products represent soil moisture dynamics in natural ecosystems during precipitation events? featured image

From grid to ground: how well do gridded products represent soil moisture dynamics in natural ecosystems during precipitation events?

Soil moisture (SM) is a critical variable governing land–atmosphere interactions and influencing ecohydrological and climatic processes. Despite substantial progress in estimating …

daniel-a.-nunez-ibarra
Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves using sub-daily gridded and in situ datasets: characterising precipitation extremes in a drying climate featured image

Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves using sub-daily gridded and in situ datasets: characterising precipitation extremes in a drying climate

Traditionally, Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves are based on rain gauge data under the assumption of stationarity. However, only limited long time series of sub-daily …

cristobal-soto-escobar
hydroMOPSO: A flexible and model-independent multi-objective optimisation R package for environmental and hydrological models featured image

hydroMOPSO: A flexible and model-independent multi-objective optimisation R package for environmental and hydrological models

This article introduces hydroMOPSO, a multi-objective, model-independent R package for the calibration of hydrological and environmental models. It supports both R-based and …

rodrigo-marinao
Hydropedological clustering: improving the representation of low streamflows in a semi-distributed hydrological model featured image

Hydropedological clustering: improving the representation of low streamflows in a semi-distributed hydrological model

Low streamflows are critical for sustaining water supply in Mediterranean regions, yet their simulation remains challenging due to the complex influence of soils on subsurface …

fernando-gimeno
Hyperdroughts in central Chile: drivers, impacts, and projections featured image

Hyperdroughts in central Chile: drivers, impacts, and projections

Owing to the Mediterranean-like and highly variable climate of western South America, moderate droughts (20 %–30 % precipitation deficit) recur every 3–5 years in central Chile, …

rene-garreaud
Technical note: What does the Standardized Streamflow Index actually reflect? Insights and implications for hydrological drought analysis featured image

Technical note: What does the Standardized Streamflow Index actually reflect? Insights and implications for hydrological drought analysis

Hydrological drought is one of the main hydroclimatic hazards worldwide, affecting water availability, ecosystems, and socioeconomic activities. This phenomenon is commonly …

fabian-lema
Disponibilidad y seguridad hídrica en el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. ¿ Nuevos factores de riesgo? featured image

Disponibilidad y seguridad hídrica en el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. ¿ Nuevos factores de riesgo?

Main conclusions Las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT) son una de las principales amenazas para la salud global.Más allá de los factores de riesgo tradicionales, este …

fanny-petermann-rocha
Exotic tree plantations in the Chilean Coastal Range: balancing the effects of discrete disturbances, connectivity, and a persistent drought on catchment erosion featured image

Exotic tree plantations in the Chilean Coastal Range: balancing the effects of discrete disturbances, connectivity, and a persistent drought on catchment erosion

The Chilean Coastal Range, located in the Mediterranean segment of Chile, is a soil-mantled landscape with the potential to store valuable freshwater supplies and support a …

violeta-tolorza
HESS Opinions: The unsustainable use of groundwater conceals a 'Day Zero' featured image

HESS Opinions: The unsustainable use of groundwater conceals a 'Day Zero'

Water scarcity is a pressing global issue driven by increasing water demands and changing climate conditions. Based on novel estimates of water availability and water use in Chile, …

camila-alvarez-garreton
On the timescale of drought indices for monitoring streamflow drought considering catchment hydrological regimes featured image

On the timescale of drought indices for monitoring streamflow drought considering catchment hydrological regimes

There is a wide variety of drought indices, yet a consensus on suitable indices and temporal scales for monitoring streamflow drought remains elusive across diverse hydrological …

oscar-m.-baez-villanueva