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Executive editors : Theresa Blume, Alberto Guadagnini, and Thom Bogaard & Hilary McMillan
eISSN: HESS 1607-7938, HESSD 1812-2116

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) is a not-for-profit international two-stage open-access journal for the publication of original research in hydrology. HESS encourages and supports fundamental and applied research that advances the understanding of hydrological systems, their role in providing water for ecosystems and society, and the role of the water cycle in the functioning of the Earth system. A multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged that broadens the hydrological perspective and the advancement of hydrological science through integration with other cognate sciences and cross-fertilization across disciplinary boundaries.

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13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

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13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

12 Sep 2024 HESS now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at HESS' profile page for more details.

12 Sep 2024 HESS now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at HESS' profile page for more details.

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20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

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Recent papers

20 Nov 2024
Data-Driven Scaling Methods for Soil Moisture Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors
Roland Baatz, Patrick Davies, Paolo Nasta, and Heye Bogena
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3108,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3108, 2024
Preprint under review for HESS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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20 Nov 2024
A Novel Framework for Analyzing Rainy Season Dynamics in semi-arid environments: A case study in the Peruvian Rio Santa Basin
Lorenz Hänchen, Emily Potter, Cornelia Klein, Pierluigi Calanca, Fabien Maussion, Wolfgang Gurgiser, and Georg Wohlfahrt
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3263,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3263, 2024
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20 Nov 2024
The general formulation for runoff components estimation and attribution at mean annual time scale
Yufen He, Changming Li, and Hanbo Yang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-349,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-349, 2024
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19 Nov 2024
Tracking phosphorus dynamics: Historical and future trends in eight Lake Erie tributaries
Jiaxin Wang, Zhiming Qi, and Tiequan Zhang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-302,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-302, 2024
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19 Nov 2024
Towards a Global Spatial Machine Learning Model for Seasonal Groundwater Level Predictions in Germany
Stefan Kunz, Alexander Schulz, Maria Wetzel, Maximilian Nölscher, Teodor Chiaburu, Felix Biessmann, and Stefan Broda
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3484,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3484, 2024
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Highlight articles

08 Oct 2024
Characterizing nonlinear, nonstationary, and heterogeneous hydrologic behavior using ensemble rainfall–runoff analysis (ERRA): proof of concept
James W. Kirchner
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 4427–4454, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4427-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4427-2024, 2024
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20 Sep 2024
Young and new water fractions in soil and hillslope waters
Marius G. Floriancic, Scott T. Allen, and James W. Kirchner
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 4295–4308, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4295-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4295-2024, 2024
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12 Sep 2024
Large-sample hydrology – a few camels or a whole caravan?
Franziska Clerc-Schwarzenbach, Giovanni Selleri, Mattia Neri, Elena Toth, Ilja van Meerveld, and Jan Seibert
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 4219–4237, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4219-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4219-2024, 2024
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04 Sep 2024
Mesoscale permeability variations estimated from natural airflows in the decorated Cosquer Cave (southeastern France)
Hugo Pellet, Bruno Arfib, Pierre Henry, Stéphanie Touron, and Ghislain Gassier
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 4035–4057, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4035-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-4035-2024, 2024
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02 Sep 2024
Merging modelled and reported flood impacts in Europe in a combined flood event catalogue for 1950–2020
Dominik Paprotny, Belinda Rhein, Michalis I. Vousdoukas, Paweł Terefenko, Francesco Dottori, Simon Treu, Jakub Śledziowski, Luc Feyen, and Heidi Kreibich
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 3983–4010, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3983-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3983-2024, 2024
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