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Monitoring and Assessment of Suspended Sediment Transport at Catchment Scale
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Monitoring and Assessment of Suspended Sediment Transport at Catchment Scale

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Erosion and Sediment Transport".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 12863

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Dr. María Luz Rodríguez-Blanco

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Área de Geografía Física, Grupo GEAAT, Campus de Ourense (UVigo), 32004 Ourense, España
Interests: hydrology; soil erosion; sediment and nutrient dynamics; hydrology modeling; climate change
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Dr. Núria Martínez-Carreras

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Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Interests: sediment transport; sediment tracing; catchment hydrology
Dr. Estela Nadal-Romero

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Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, IPE-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: badlands; hydrological dynamics; soil erosion; sediment transport; soil properties; land use change

Special Issue Information

In many rivers, suspended sediment has been identified as one of the leading causes of river impairment. Therefore, a deeper understanding of suspended sediment transport mechanisms and dynamics, as well as an accurate quantification of suspended sediment fluxes, is important for sustainable water and sediment management purposes.

In this Special Issue, we invite papers that investigate suspended sediment transport at catchment scale. Papers should improve our knowledge on factors controlling suspended sediment transport mechanisms across different landscapes and provide robust diagnoses and guidelines to decision makers. We especially encourage contributions dealing with long-term monitoring datasets, comparative studies, and those that attempt high-resolution monitoring across multiple temporal and spatial scales. In addition, we welcome studies using new technologies and innovative methods for monitoring suspended sediment transport, and those investigating the impact of global change on sediment transport by rivers.

Dr. María Luz Rodríguez-Blanco
Dr. Núria Martínez-Carreras
Dr. Estela Nadal-Romero
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Keywords

  • sediment transport
  • catchment scale
  • long-term monitoring
  • high resolution

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Fluvial Response to Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Skeena River Discharge and Sediment Yield
by Amanda Lily Wild, Eva Kwoll, D. Gwyn Lintern and Shannon Fargey
Water 2023, 15(1), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15010167 - 31 Dec 2022
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Changes in climate affect the hydrological regime of rivers worldwide and differ with geographic location and basin characteristics. Such changes within a basin are captured in the flux of water and sediment at river mouths, which can impact coastal productivity and development. Here, [...] Read more.
Changes in climate affect the hydrological regime of rivers worldwide and differ with geographic location and basin characteristics. Such changes within a basin are captured in the flux of water and sediment at river mouths, which can impact coastal productivity and development. Here, we model discharge and sediment yield of the Skeena River, a significant river in British Columbia, Canada. We use HydroTrend 3.0, two global climate models (GCMs), and two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) to model changes in fluvial fluxes related to climate change until the end of the century. Contributions of sediment to the river from glaciers decreases throughout the century, while basin-wide overland and instream contributions driven by precipitation increase. Bedload, though increased compared to the period (1981–2010), is on a decreasing trajectory by the end of the century. For overall yield, the model simulations suggest conflicting results, with those GCMs that predict higher increases in precipitation and temperature predicting an increase in total (suspended and bedload) sediment yield by up to 10% in some scenarios, and those predicting more moderate increases predicting a decrease in yield by as much as 20%. The model results highlight the complexity of sediment conveyance in rivers within British Columbia and present the first comprehensive investigation into the sediment fluxes of this understudied river system. Full article
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Did the Construction of the Bhumibol Dam Cause a Dramatic Reduction in Sediment Supply to the Chao Phraya River?
by Matharit Namsai, Warit Charoenlerkthawin, Supakorn Sirapojanakul, William C. Burnett and Butsawan Bidorn
Water 2021, 13(3), 386; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030386 - 02 Feb 2021
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The Bhumibol Dam on Ping River, Thailand, was constructed in 1964 to provide water for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, flood mitigation, fisheries, and saltwater intrusion control to the Great Chao Phraya River basin. Many studies, carried out near the basin outlet, have suggested [...] Read more.
The Bhumibol Dam on Ping River, Thailand, was constructed in 1964 to provide water for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, flood mitigation, fisheries, and saltwater intrusion control to the Great Chao Phraya River basin. Many studies, carried out near the basin outlet, have suggested that the dam impounds significant sediment, resulting in shoreline retreat of the Chao Phraya Delta. In this study, the impact of damming on the sediment regime is analyzed through the sediment variation along the Ping River. The results show that the Ping River drains a mountainous region, with sediment mainly transported in suspension in the upper and middle reaches. By contrast, sediment is mostly transported as bedload in the lower basin. Variation of long-term total sediment flux data suggests that, while the Bhumibol Dam does effectively trap sediment, there was only a 5% reduction in sediment supply to the Chao Phraya River system because of sediment additions downstream. Full article
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Effect of the Three Gorges Dam on Total Suspended Sediments from MODIS and Landsat Satellite Data
by Antonio Di Trapani, Chiara Corbari and Marco Mancini
Water 2020, 12(11), 3259; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113259 - 20 Nov 2020
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Total suspended matter (TSM) concentration is an extremely important parameter for water quality definition. The aim of this work is the evaluation of the effect of the Three Gorges Dam on total suspended sediments using remote sensing data at different temporal and spatial [...] Read more.
Total suspended matter (TSM) concentration is an extremely important parameter for water quality definition. The aim of this work is the evaluation of the effect of the Three Gorges Dam on total suspended sediments using remote sensing data at different temporal and spatial resolutions. TSM is estimated for the middle Yangtze river, China, before and after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The retrieved values are correlated to ground daily discharge values, finding relations between the physical quantities and discharge. Then, the application of the obtained relations to the discharge dataset provides continuous daily estimations of TSM values, also covering the days for which satellite scenes were lacking. This daily dataset will allow us to estimate the annual volume of river solid sediments. According to this work, both low spatial resolution MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data and high-resolution. Landsat 5 and 7 are able to detect the changes in TSM distribution over space and time induced by the building of the Three Gorges Dam, with a variation of even 50 mg/L over summer season. The confrontation of solid discharge with daily estimated TSM values shows that the single band MODIS algorithm performs better for medium-low concentrations, while the dual-band algorithm for MODIS and the selected Landsat algorithm perform better with high concentrations. Full article
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