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Hydrological Whiplash: Highlighting the Need for Better Understanding and Quantification of Sub‐Seasonal Hydrological Extreme Transitions

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT In this commentary, we aim to (1) describe ways that hydrological intensification and hydrological whiplash (sub‐seasonal transitions between hydrological extremes) may impact water management decision‐making, (2) introduce the complexities of identifying and quantifying hydrological extreme transitions, (3) discuss the processes controlling hydrological transitions and trends in hydrological extremes through time, (4) discuss considerations involved in modeling hydrological extreme transitions, and (5) motivate additional research by suggesting priority research questions that diverge from an assumption of independence between extreme events.

Source: Hydrological Processes

DOI: 10.1002/hyp.70113

Authors: John Hammond, Bailey Anderson, Caelan Simeone, Manuela Brunner, Eduardo Muñoz‐Castro, Stacey Archfield, Eugene Magee, Rachael Armitage

Institutions: Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center, ETH Zurich, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Oregon Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Language: English

Topic: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, UK Government, UK Research and Innovation, Science Foundation Ireland, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Environment Research Council

Awards: CANARI: Climate change in the Arctic-North Atlantic Region and Impacts on the UK, G564375221, G6086642266, Consecutive drought-flood events in a warming world (ConDF)

OpenAlex ID: W4408597047

FWCI: 5.923

Cites: 56

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10