Open AccessPredictions in ungauged basins as a catalyst for multidisciplinary hydrology
Author(s) -
Wagener Thorsten,
Sivapalan Murugesu,
McDonnell Jeff,
Hooper Rick,
Lakshmi Venkat,
Liang Xu,
Kumar Praveen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo440003
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , structural basin , hydrology (agriculture) , water cycle , drainage basin , multidisciplinary team , environmental science , computer science , geography , geology , political science , ecology , geomorphology , cartography , medicine , geotechnical engineering , nursing , biology , law
The face of hydrologic science is changing rapidly, on national as well as on international scales.The increasing complexity of the problems hydrology is asked to investigate in research and practice today often requires solutions that can no longer be obtained by a single hydrologist, but require a multidisciplinary team. One consequence of this trend is the establishment of initiatives that help formulate and implement science programs to engage and energize the scientific community toward achieving major advances. The IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) is an initiative of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) [ Sivapalan et al. , 2003] to advance our ability to make reliable predictions in ungauged basins. Within PUB, the drainage basin (at various scales) is seen as the element that integrates all aspects of the hydrological cycle within a defined area that can be studied, quantified, and acted upon.