Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
4.9
3.1
Journals
Hydrology
Special Issues
Sediment Transport and Morphological Processes at the Watershed Scale
share announcement

Sediment Transport and Morphological Processes at the Watershed Scale

A special issue of Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Waters and Groundwaters".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 2964

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Michael Nones

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: hydraulics; sediment transport; floods; remote sensing; hydro-morphodynamics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Dr. Chao Guo

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Changjiang Water Resources Commission, Wuhan 430010, China
Interests: fine sediment dynamics; reservoir siltation; river protection

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

At a time where matters on water demand/scarcity, flood control, land degradation and sedimentation in streams and reservoirs are becoming first-line priorities for catchment managers and stakeholders, understanding hydrological processes and sediment dynamics at the watershed scale is very relevant.

In recent years, water and sediment cycles have been subjected to stresses caused by climate change and anthropogenic pressure, eventually resulting in significant basin-wide changes.

To better understand processes and drivers of such changes, a combination of innovative techniques and tools is required nowadays, integrating modelling, remote sensing, field measurements, and experimental methods.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to give insights on sediment transport and morphological processes at the watershed scale, showing the potential of up-to-date methods in monitoring and modelling such phenomena.

This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that link the following themes:

  • Watershed hydrology and sediment transport;
  • State-of-the-art methods to monitor and model morphological changes at a large scale;
  • Policies and management strategies.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Michael Nones
Dr. Chao Guo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Hydrology is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sediment transport
  • reservoir sediment management
  • watershed hydrology
  • morphological changes
  • landscape evolution
  • numerical modelling
  • large-scale monitoring

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

  • Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
  • Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
  • Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
  • External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
  • e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.

Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.

Published Papers (2 papers)

Download All Papers
Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

16 pages, 4207 KiB  
Article
Predicting Suspended Sediment Transport in Urbanised Streams: A Case Study of Dry Creek, South Australia
by Tesfa Gebrie Andualem, Guna A. Hewa, Baden R. Myers, John Boland and Stefan Peters
Hydrology 2024, 11(11), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11110196 - 16 Nov 2024
Viewed by 799
Abstract
Sediment transport in urban streams is a critical environmental issue, with significant implications for water quality, ecosystem health, and infrastructure management. Accurately estimating suspended sediment concentration (SSC) is essential for effective long-term environmental management. This study investigates the relationships between streamflow, turbidity, and [...] Read more.
Sediment transport in urban streams is a critical environmental issue, with significant implications for water quality, ecosystem health, and infrastructure management. Accurately estimating suspended sediment concentration (SSC) is essential for effective long-term environmental management. This study investigates the relationships between streamflow, turbidity, and SSC in Dry Creek, South Australia, to understand sediment transport dynamics in urbanised catchments. We collected grab samples from the field and analysed them in the laboratory. We employed statistical modelling to develop a sediment rating curve (SRC) that provides insights into the sediment transport dynamics in the urban stream. The grab sample measurements showed variations in SSC between 3.2 and 431.8 mg/L, with a median value of 77.3 mg/L. The analysis revealed a strong linear relationship between streamflow and SSC, while turbidity exhibited a two-regime linear relationship, in which the low-turbidity regime demonstrated a stronger linear relationship compared to the high-turbidity regime. This is attributed to the urbanised nature of the catchment, which contributes to a first-flush effect in turbidity. This contributes to sediment hysteresis, resulting in non-proportional turbidity and SSC responses to streamflow changes. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of a streamflow-based SRC for accurately predicting sediment discharge, explaining 97% of the variability in sediment discharge. The sediment discharge predicted using the SRC indicated a sediment load of 341.8 tonnes per year along the creek. The developed sediment rating curve provides a valuable tool for long-term sediment management in Dry Creek, enabling the assessment of downstream environmental risks. By addressing data limitations, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of sediment transport dynamics in urbanized environments, offering insights for informed decision-making and effective sediment management strategies. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sediment Transport and Morphological Processes at the Watershed Scale)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

25 pages, 9446 KiB  
Article
Reconstruction of a Long-Term, Reach-Scale Sediment Budget Using Lateral Channel Movement Data as a Proxy: A Case Study on the Lowland Section of the Tisza River, Hungary
by Tímea Kiss, Marcell Tóth, Gergely T. Török and György Sipos
Hydrology 2024, 11(5), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11050067 - 9 May 2024
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 1288
Abstract
Humans have influenced the sediment transport of rivers on a centurial scale. Our goal was to use the rate of lateral channel processes as a proxy to reconstruct sediment budget (SB) changes of a lowland river (Middle Tisza, Hungary) on a historical scale [...] Read more.
Humans have influenced the sediment transport of rivers on a centurial scale. Our goal was to use the rate of lateral channel processes as a proxy to reconstruct sediment budget (SB) changes of a lowland river (Middle Tisza, Hungary) on a historical scale (1838–2017). The gross sediment budget (GSB) refers to the total area of eroded and accumulated surfaces, and the net sediment budget (NSB) indicates the sediment sink or source characteristics. At the beginning (1838–1890), the artificial cut-offs increased the slope and channel erosion, but the eroded sediment deposited in the oxbows, so the reach acted as a sediment sink (NSB: +0.1–0.8 m2/m/y). Then (1890–1929), a quasi-equilibrium state developed (NSB: −0.2 m2/m/y to +0.4 m2/m/y). Later (1929–1976), the bank protections impeded lateral erosion, so the system became a sediment sink again (NSB: +0.1–0.7 m2/m/y). Finally (1976–2017), the erosional processes accelerated due to dam construction and revetment collapses, and now the river is a sediment source (NSB: −0.03 to −0.08 m2/m/y). This study proved that (1) the actual SB could not be projected in the long term, as it was heavily modified, and (2) lateral channel changes could be used as a proxy to estimate long-term SB. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sediment Transport and Morphological Processes at the Watershed Scale)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-2
Back to TopTop