Open AccessBlazing New Paths for Inter disciplinary Hydrology
Author(s) -
Wilson Jennifer S.,
Hermans Caroline,
Sivapalan Murugesu,
Vörösmarty Charles J.
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1029/2010eo060001
Subject(s) - discipline , water cycle , scale (ratio) , resource (disambiguation) , adaptation (eye) , climate change , foundation (evidence) , natural (archaeology) , water resources , natural resource , environmental resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , environmental planning , sociology , geography , political science , computer science , engineering , ecology , social science , computer network , physics , cartography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , law , optics , biology
As society tackles climate change adaptation and planning, community and regional managers are turning to science for answers. The role of water, and thus hydrologists, is central to many pressing questions. Faced with concerns about water resource availability and quality degradation, society needs information on hydrologic processes at the catchment scale and smaller; although the community has significantly improved its understanding of such processes, there is a need for a new and integrative foundation of knowledge. Hydrology must not only reach beyond disciplinary boundaries but also forge broad connections with natural and social sciences to make useful water cycle predictions at regional and global scales.