hydrology Archives

Frailejones shrubs dot the foreground in a muted green grassland, while a large body of water spreads at the feet of some mountains in the background at El Angel Ecological Reserve in northern Ecuador

World Water Week: Highlighting the value of páramo land conservation in vulnerability reduction

Past event / SEI Senior Scientist Laura Forni presents a short lecture on how conserving páramo land in Ecuador preserves water supply for a rapidly urbanizing country.

31 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

This figure maps the water resources of Morocco's Souss Massa River Basin, indicating the dams, rivers and aquifers in the region

From participatory process to robust decision-making: an agriculture-water-energy nexus analysis for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco

Journal article / SEI scientists used a stakeholder-driven method to explore solutions to a Moroccan river basin's water scarcity through the lens of the water-energy-food nexus.

17 August 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Renewables, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

A lake in Uyuni, Bolivia reflects the mountains above it and punctuates the brown desert highlands

World Water Week: Sanitation and watershed management cooperation for improved governance and investments

Past event / This online session at World Water Week reviews Bolivia WATCH, a program that connects water sanitation and watershed management in Bolivia.

24 August 2022 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

Stream of faucet water pouring into children’s hands in southern Burkina Faso

Introducing the WASH Flows analytical tool: Integrating sanitation and watershed management for improved water governance and investments

SEI brief / A new tool developed by SEI's Bolivia WATCH team integrates sanitation and hygiene considerations into watershed planning.

14 February 2023 / About Planning and modelling, Pollution, Sanitation and Water resources

Abstract image of a pasture in the Brazil Pantanal.

Net carbon dioxide exchange in a hyperseasonal cattle pasture in the northern Pantanal wetland of Brazil

Journal article / Seasonally flooded cattle pastures in the Brazilian Pantanal may be an important regional source of carbon for the atmosphere.

1 August 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Mitigation

Assessing Best Practices of Impact Based Alerting

Project / This project aims to compile a best-practices document that builds on the successes of meteorological agencies in the transition to impact-based warning.

2022 - 2023 / About Disaster risk

Framework and stakeholder needs assessment for a Baltic Sea Region radar climatology

Project / This project investigates the feasibility of developing a radar climatology in the Baltic Sea region.

2022 - 2024 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate services and Disaster risk

Center-pivot irrigation system hovers over dry agricultural field, Southern California, US

Developing a regional agricultural nonpoint salinity pollution management framework: application to the San Joaquin River, California

Other publication / This paper simulates policy and climate scenarios in California to inform salinity pollution management while keeping farmers in business.

16 June 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

A white house in a background hillside overlooks a nearly-dry lake bed near Friant Dam, outside of Fresno, California.

Hydrological and operations forecasting in the Central Valley of California

Project / SEI researchers developed a long-range automated water forecasting tool for the California State Water Resources Control Board.

2022 - 2026 / About Cities, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling and Water resources