Hydrology Research Special Issue on:

Hydrology and Water Resources Management in a Changing World

The XXX Nordic Hydrological Conference (NHC) was held in Bergen in 2018 with 145 participants. The conference was organized by the Norwegian Hydrological Council in cooperation with the Nordic Hydrological Association (NHF). The main theme of the conference was ‘Hydrology and water resources management in a changing world’. This theme reflects important challenges for both researchers and practitioners in the public and private sectors. Sub-topics were: water in urban areas; groundwater; floods; climate services; hydrological processes and models; hydropower; water consumption; environmental impact and water quality.

After the conference, authors were given the opportunity to submit their original contributions for publication in a special issue of Hydrology Research. After a rigorous peer-review process, 15 papers were accepted for publication in this Special Issue covering a range of the conference themes outlined above.

Editorial: Hydrology and water resources management in a changing world

Kolbjørn Engeland, Knut Alfredsen

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 143–145.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.000

Features and causes of catastrophic floods in the Nemunas River basin

Vytautas Akstinas, Diana Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, Jūratė Kriaučiūnienė, Diana Šarauskienė

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 308–321.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.147

Uncertainty of annual runoff projections in Lithuanian rivers under a future climate

V. Akstinas, D. Jakimavičius, D. Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, J. Kriaučiūnienė, D. Šarauskienė

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 257–271.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.004

Evaluation of global forcing datasets for hydropower inflow simulation in Nepal

Bikas Chandra Bhattarai, John Faulkner Burkhart, Lena M. Tallaksen, Chong-Yu Xu, Felix Nikolaus Matt

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 202–225.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.079

Detection and attribution of flood responses to precipitation change and urbanization: a case study in Qinhuai River Basin, Southeast China

Guodong Bian, Jinkang Du, Mingming Song, Xueliang Zhang, Xingqi Zhang, Runjie Li, Sengyao Wu, Zheng Duan, Chong-Yu Xu

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 351–365.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.063

How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments?

Oddbjørn Bruland

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 290–307.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.055

Precipitation phase uncertainty in cold region conceptual models resulting from meteorological forcing time-step intervals

James M. Feiccabrino

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 180–187.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.080

Testing the applicability of physiographic classification methods toward improving precipitation phase determination in conceptual models

Laurie D. Grigg, James Feiccabrino, Frederick Sherenco

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 169–179.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.081

Usage of SIMWE model to model urban overland flood: a case study in Oslo

Hong Li, Hongkai Gao, Yanlai Zhou, Chong-Yu Xu, Rengifo Z. Ortega M., Nils Roar Sælthun

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 366–380.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.068

Improving hydropower inflow forecasts by assimilating snow data

Jan Magnusson, Geir Nævdal, Felix Matt, John F. Burkhart, Adam Winstral

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 226–237.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.025

Reproducing different types of changes in hydrological indicators with rainfall-runoff models

Carolina Massmann

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 238–256.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.073

Limitations in using runoff coefficients for green and gray roof design

Lotte Askeland Schärer, Jan Ove Busklein, Edvard Sivertsen, Tone M. Muthanna

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 339–350.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.049

Can model-based data products replace gauge data as input to the hydrological model?

K. Sivasubramaniam, K. Alfredsen, T. Rinde, B. Sæther

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 188–201.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.076

A dynamic river network method for the prediction of floods using a parsimonious rainfall-runoff model

Aynalem Tassachew Tsegaw, Thomas Skaugen, Knut Alfredsen, Tone M. Muthanna

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 146–168.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.003

Risk assessment for areas prone to flooding and subsidence: a case study from Bergen, Western Norway

Guri Venvik, Ane Bang-Kittilsen, Floris C. Boogaard

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 322–338.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.030

Response of melt water and rainfall runoff to climate change and their roles in controlling streamflow changes of the two upstream basins over the Tibetan Plateau

Yueguan Zhang, Zhenchun Hao, Chong-Yu Xu, Xide Lai

Hydrology Research (1 April 2020) 51 (2): 272–289.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.075