Impacts of climate and reservoirs on the downstream design flood hydrograph: a case study of Yichang Station

R Li, L Xiong, X Zha, B Xiong, H Liu, J Chen, L Zeng… - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Upper Yangtze River (above Yichang) in China has constructed the world's
largest reservoir group with the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) as the core, the operation of …

A new physically based index to quantify the impact of multiple reservoirs on flood frequency at the catchment scale based on the concept of equivalent reservoir

S Cipollini, A Fiori, E Volpi - Water Resources Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of multiple reservoirs in a catchment generally induces the attenuation of flood
events, thus mitigating their impact in downstream flood‐prone areas. Such mitigation …

Flood frequency analysis using mixture distributions in light of prior flood type classification in Norway

L Yan, L Zhang, L Xiong, P Yan, C Jiang, W Xu… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The fundamental assumption of flood frequency analysis is that flood samples are generated
by the same flood generation mechanism (FGM). However, flood events are usually …

Toward a Catchment‐Scale Assessment of Flood Peak Attenuation by Multiple Reservoirs

S Cipollini, E Volpi, A Fiori - Water Resources Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The estimation of reservoirs impact on flood peak reduction at the catchment scale is of
fundamental importance for risk assessment and planning purposes. It is generally …

Characterizing future changes in compound flood risk by capturing the dependence between rainfall and river flow: An application to the Yangtze River Basin, China

J Yu, L Zou, J Xia, M Dou, F Wang, X Chen - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Compound floods induced by co-occurring multiple drivers may exacerbate the flood
impacts and lead to larger flood damage. Exploring future changes in compound flood risk is …

A novel explainable PSO-XGBoost model for regional flood frequency analysis at a national scale: Exploring spatial heterogeneity in flood drivers

Y Kanani-Sadat, A Safari, M Nasseri, S Homayouni - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying flood drivers and accurately estimating design floods play a crucial role in
fostering sustainable and effective planning and management strategies for mitigating flood …

A novel approach for the estimation of hydrological drought index incorporating precipitation-runoff relationship

X Li, X Zhang, X Hong, Z Ni, C Jiang - Journal of Hydrology, 2025 - Elsevier
From a physical perspective, hydrological drought is usually induced by precipitation deficit.
In previous studies, the estimation of hydrological drought index, such as Standardized …

[HTML][HTML] River network-based index to clarify transmission of hydrological drought in reservoir-regulated basins

M Zhou, L Xiong, C Jiang, G Chen, C Liu… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Hanjiang River basin (HRB), China. Study focus Understanding the
transmission of hydrological drought along river networks is of extreme importance for …

Estimation of design precipitation in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region under a changing climate

L Yan, D Lu, P Hu, P Yan, Y Xu, J Qi… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Under changing environments, conventional methods based on an assumption of
stationarity can lead to unreliable estimates of design rainfall quantiles. In this study, the …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel Time-Varying P-III Distribution Curve Fitting Model to Estimate Design Floods in Three Gorges Reservoir Operation Period

Y Xie, S Guo, S Zhong, X Wang, J Tian, Z Liang - Hydrology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Highlights What are the main findings? Non-stationary design flood estimation considering
historical information Propose a novel time-varying P-III distribution curve fitting (Tv-P3/CF) …