Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) - a community perspective

Bloschl, G.; Bierkens, M. F. P.; Chambel, A.; Cudennec, C.; Destouni, G.; Fiori, A.; Kirchner, J. W.; McDonnell, J. J.; Savenije, H. H. G.; Sivapalan, M.; Stumpp, C.; Toth, E.; Volpi, E.; Carr, G.; Lupton, C.; Salinas, J.; Szeles, B.; Viglione, A.; Aksoy, H.; Allen, S. T.; ... (2019). Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) - a community perspective. Hydrological sciences journal / Journal des sciences hydrologiques, 64(10), pp. 1141-1158. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507

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This paper is the outcome of a community initiative to identify major unsolved scientific problems in hydrology motivated by a need for stronger harmonisation of research efforts. The procedure involved a public consultation through online media, followed by two workshops through which a large number of potential science questions were collated, prioritised, and synthesised. In spite of the diversity of the participants (230 scientists in total), the process revealed much about community priorities and the state of our science: a preference for continuity in research questions rather than radical departures or redirections from past and current work. Questions remain focused on the process-based understanding of hydrological variability and causality at all space and time scales. Increased attention to environmental change drives a new emphasis on understanding how change propagates across interfaces within the hydrological system and across disciplinary boundaries. In particular, the expansion of the human footprint raises a new set of questions related to human interactions with nature and water cycle feedbacks in the context of complex water management problems. We hope that this reflection and synthesis of the 23 unsolved problems in hydrology will help guide research efforts for some years to come.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography

UniBE Contributor:

Schaefli, Bettina

Subjects:

900 History > 910 Geography & travel
500 Science

ISSN:

0262-6667

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Language:

English

Submitter:

Bettina Schäfli

Date Deposited:

06 May 2020 12:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:37

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507

Web of Science ID:

000474098900001

Additional Information:

Notes: Bloeschl, Gunter Bierkens, Marc F. P. Chambel, Antonio Cudennec, Christophe Destouni, Georgia Fiori, Aldo Kirchner, James W. McDonnell, Jeffrey J. Savenije, Hubert H. G. Sivapalan, Murugesu Stumpp, Christine Toth, Elena Volpi, Elena Carr, Gemma Lupton, Claire Salinas, Jose Szeles, Borbala Viglione, Alberto Aksoy, Hafzullah Allen, Scott T. Amin, Anam Andreassian, Vazken Arheimer, Berit Aryal, Santosh K. Baker, Victor Bardsley, Earl Barendrecht, Marlies H. Bartosova, Alena Batelaan, Okke Berghuijs, Wouter R. Beven, Keith Blume, Theresa Bogaard, Thom de Amorim, Pablo Borges Boettcher, Michael E. Boulet, Gilles Breinl, Korbinian Brilly, Mitja Brocca, Luca Buytaert, Wouter Castellarin, Attilio Castelletti, Andrea Chen, Xiaohong Chen, Yangbo Chen, Yuanfang Chifflard, Peter Claps, Pierluigi Clark, Martyn P. Collins, Adrian L. Croke, Barry Dathe, Annette David, Paula C. de Barros, Felipe P. J. de Rooij, Gerrit Di Baldassarre, Giuliano Driscoll, Jessica M. Duethmann, Doris Dwivedi, Ravindra Eris, Ebru Farmer, William H. Feiccabrino, James Ferguson, Grant Ferrari, Ennio Ferraris, Stefano Fersch, Benjamin Finger, David Foglia, Laura Fowler, Keirnan Gartsman, Boris Gascoin, Simon Gaume, Eric Gelfan, Alexander Geris, Josie Gharari, Shervan Gleeson, Tom Glendell, Miriam Bevacqua, Alena Gonzalez Gonzalez-Dugo, Maria P. Grimaldi, Salvatore Gupta, A. B. Guse, Bjoern Han, Dawei Hannah, David Harpold, Adrian Haun, Stefan Heal, Kate Helfricht, Kay Herrnegger, Mathew Hipsey, Matthew Hlavacikova, Hana Hohmann, Clara Holko, Ladislav Hopkinson, Christopher Hrachowitz, Markus Illangasekare, Tissa H. Inam, Azhar Innocente, Camyla Istanbulluoglu, Erkan Jarihani, Ben Kalantari, Zahra Kalvans, Andis Khanal, Sonu Khatami, Sina Kiesel, Jens Kirkby, Mike Knoben, Wouter Kochanek, Krzysztof Kohnova, Silvia Kolechkina, Alla Krause, Stefan Kreamer, David Kreibich, Heidi Kunstmann, Harald Lange, Holger Liberato, Margarida L. R. 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Date: 2019

Uncontrolled Keywords:

hydrology; sciencequestions; research agenda;interdisciplinary; knowledgegaps

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.141977

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/141977

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