Recent advances and themes in hydrology

The twenty‐three review articles which follow provide a compendium of recent advances over the last quadrennium, 1991–94, which relate to some of the scientific, technologic, and policy aspects of the field of Hydrology. Due to space and time limitations, neither the titles of the review articles chosen for this report nor the review articles themselves are exhaustive, instead they are only intended to provide an overview of some recent advances in hydrology. A more exhaustive review of research agendas relating to the scientific aspects of hydrology may be found in a recent National Research Council report [ NRC , 1991]. An exhaustive review of the current state of hydrologic practice may be found in the new Handbook of Hydrology [ Maidment , 1993].