Application of Different Structures of HBV Model to Studying Runoff Formation Processes: Case Study of Experimental Catchments

Water Resources - The article presents the experience in the application of a hydrological conceptual model HBV, including its standard version and modifications, to studying runoff-formation...     

Changes in the Maximum Runoff Regime in the Ussuri River Basin: the Methodological Aspects of Forecasting Based on Dynamic-Stochastic Simulation

The Olenek Artesian Basin contains in its subsurface huge reserves of hydromineral resources with extremely high concentrations of many useful components. The presented estimates of prospective reserves of brines drained by a large diamond-mining quarry proves the extremely high potential of the use of “liquid ore” as an alternative to solid mineral deposits.     

Effect of climate changes on the maximal runoff in the Amur Basin: Estimation based on dynamic–stochastic simulation

The potentialities of dynamic–stochastic simulation are analyzed as applied to changes in the regime of summer–autumn rain-flood runoff, which is the governing phase of water regime in the Amur Basin. The scenario of climate changes was formulated in a maximally generalized form as an increase in the sum of seasonal precipitation by an amount of up to 20% of its average long-term value; therefore, all obtained estimates are to be regarded as tentative. Notwithstanding the relatively poor support by observation data, a regionally adapted hydrological model with a flood cycle model (FCM) as its core yields reliable and convincing results. The most important conclusion regards the possible disproportionate response to a climate impact, i.e., the relative increase in minimal-runoff characteristics is far in excess of the assumed increase in the total precipitation.     

Modeling the Hydrological Regime of Small Testbed Catchments Based on Field Observations: A Case Study of the Pravaya Sokolovka River,the Upper Ussuri River Basin

Water Resources - The aim of this study is to apply mathematical modeling to describe the hydrological regime of small testbed catchments located in the territory of the Verkhne-Ussuriisky...     

The Forms of Linear Structure of Overland Flow in Medium-Height Mountain Regions: Case Study of the Sikhote Alin

Water Resources - Large subsurface streams on steep slopes have stable positions with distinct catchment areas (drainage basins), linear shapes, and lengths of tens and hundreds meters. They form a...