This study develops a high‐resolution rainfall regionalization for mainland China based on sub‐daily storm characteristics, addressing key limitations of previous classifications that relied on daily or coarser precipitation data and limited rainfall metrics. Using hourly records from 2275 meteorological stations between 1971 and 2020, over 2.31 million rainfall events (≥ 10 mm) were identified and categorised into five event...

Continental drying and associated dryland expansion would accelerate environmental degradation and desertification. However, the rate of continental drying commonly assessed with an aridity index is inconsistent with observations and projections of widespread greening and increased global runoff. This raises questions about the accuracy of assessment methods and projections of continental drying and dryland dynamics in a warmi...

The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of land use change (LUC) implemented to meet nutrient load targets for a freshwater lake in New Zealand. We used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model in combination with a non-parametric statistical test to determine whether afforestation of 15% of a subcatchment area was adequate to meet assigned nutrient load targets. A regional management authority set nutrient loa...

Significant decreases in rainfall in South West of Western Australia (SWWA) over recent decades are of concern for water supply and agricultural production in the region. Total rainfall can be decomposed into light, medium and heavy rainfalls, and the land responds differently to these rainfall classes. Little, however, is known about changes in different rainfall classes in SWWA. The objective of this study is to quantify con...

Vegetated buffer strips change flow hydrology and sediment transport by increasing resistance to the flow and intensifying infiltration. GUSED‐VBS 2 is a process‐based mathematical model developed to simulate flow characteristics and the fate and transport of sediment in the backwater region upstream of vegetated strips and within them. The model also predicts the concentration and delivery of different particle sizes leaving...