The way forward: Can connectivity be useful to design better measuring and modelling schemes for water and sediment dynamics?

S Keesstra, JP Nunes, P Saco, T Parsons… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
For many years, scientists have tried to understand, describe and quantify water and
sediment fluxes, with associated substances like pollutants, at multiple scales. In the past …

Strategies for smarter catchment hydrology models: incorporating scaling and better process representation

RC Sidle - Geoscience Letters, 2021 - Springer
Hydrological models have proliferated in the past several decades prompting debates on
the virtues and shortcomings of various modelling approaches. Rather than critiquing …

Connectivity of streams and wetlands to downstream waters: an integrated systems framework

SG Leibowitz, PJ Wigington Jr… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in connectivity has increased in the aquatic sciences, partly because of its relevance
to the Clean Water Act. This paper has two objectives:(1) provide a framework to understand …

Linking landscape morphological complexity and sediment connectivity

JEM Baartman, R Masselink… - Earth Surface …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity relates to the coupling of landforms (eg hillslopes and channels) and the
transfer of water and sediment between them. The degree to which parts of a catchment are …

Computing structural and functional flow and sediment connectivity with a new aggregated index: A case study in a large Mediterranean catchment

M López-Vicente, N Ben-Salem - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrological connectivity in large catchments is influenced by natural and human-induced
heterogeneities and dynamic processes. In this study, a new aggregated index (AIC) based …

Hydrogeomorphic processes and scaling issues in the continuum from soil pedons to catchments

RC Sidle, T Gomi, JCL Usuga, B Jarihani - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding integrated hydrological phenomena in catchments is difficult because of the
fragmented nature of soil physical and hydrological data, given these are typically derived …

Influence of DEM resolution on modelling hydrological connectivity in a complex agricultural catchment with woody crops

M López‐Vicente, S Álvarez - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Digital elevation model (DEM) resolution influences hydrological simulation. However, its
influence when modelling hydrological connectivity (HC) in woody crops remains to be …

Hydrological connectivity does change over 70 years of abandonment and afforestation in the Spanish Pyrenees

M López‐Vicente, E Nadal‐Romero… - Land degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Runoff connectivity depends on topography, rainfall, man‐made elements (terraces, trails,
roads and drainage systems) and vegetation. In this study, we quantified the effects of 70 …

Assessment of fire effects on surface runoff erosion susceptibility: the case of the summer 2021 forest fires in Greece

N Evelpidou, M Tzouxanioti, T Gavalas, E Spyrou… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The wildfires of summer 2021 in Greece were among the most severe forest fire events that
have occurred in the country over the past decade. The conflagration period lasted for 20 …

Regional patterns of postwildfire streamflow response in the Western United States: The importance of scale‐specific connectivity

DW Hallema, G Sun, KD Bladon… - Hydrological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires can impact streamflow by modifying net precipitation, infiltration,
evapotranspiration, snowmelt, and hillslope run‐off pathways. Regional differences in fire …