Do you know how scientists predict and analyse river flows using computer models? In this blog, Juliette Godet explores the tricky task of matching real-world river measurement points to grid cells in these models. Picture a giant digital map of a river basin, divided into grid squares, and a real-life gauge that measures river flow at a specific point. The job is to figure out which grid cell bes ...[Read More]
GeoTalk: meet Francesco Avanzi, researcher in meltwater security!
Hi Francesco. Thanks for agreeing to this interview! To break the ice, could you tell our readers a bit about yourself and your research? Hey Simon! I’m an Italian hydrologist and earned a PhD at Politecnico di Milano with a dissertation on how snowmelt contributes to seasonal runoff. I then did a postdoc at UC Berkeley, California, where I collaborated with a major US hydropower company to improv ...[Read More]
The most-read EGU journal articles in 2021!
This year EGU published more than 3,375 peer-reviewed articles in our 19 Open Access journals. Upon learning about this impressive number of articles, we wondered: which of these were the most popular? You can find out in the following list of the most-read article for each EGU journal. From rainfall-runoff prediction, tipping points and open source hazard mapping, to the use of language around fr ...[Read More]
The most-read EGU journal articles in 2020!
This year EGU published more than 3,300 peer-reviewed articles in our 19 Open Access journals. Upon learning about this impressive number of articles, which equates to just over 61,000 journal pages, we wondered: which of these were the most popular? You can find out in the following list of the most-read article for each EGU journal. From the substructure of extremely hot summers and the potentia ...[Read More]