Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1141-1158 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Hydrological Sciences Journal |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 27 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- hydrology
- interdisciplinary
- knowledge gaps
- research agenda
- science questions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Water Science and Technology
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Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective. / Blöschl, Günter; 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, Josè; Széles, Borbála; Viglione, Alberto; Aksoy, Hafzullah; Allen, Scott T.; Amin, Anam; Andréassian, 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; Borges de Amorim, Pablo; Böttcher, 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; Gonzalez Bevacqua, Alena; González-Dugo, María P.; Grimaldi, Salvatore; Gupta, A. B.; Guse, Björn; Han, Dawei; Hannah, David; Harpold, Adrian; Haun, Stefan; Heal, Kate; Helfricht, Kay; Herrnegger, Mathew; Hipsey, Matthew; Hlaváčiková, 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; Kohnová, Silvia; Kolechkina, Alla; Krause, Stefan; Kreamer, David; Kreibich, Heidi; Kunstmann, Harald; Lange, Holger; Liberato, Margarida L.R.; Lindquist, Eric; Link, Timothy; Liu, Junguo; Loucks, Daniel Peter; Luce, Charles; Mahé, Gil; Makarieva, Olga; Malard, Julien; Mashtayeva, Shamshagul; Maskey, Shreedhar; Mas-Pla, Josep; Mavrova-Guirguinova, Maria; Mazzoleni, Maurizio; Mernild, Sebastian; Misstear, Bruce Dudley; Montanari, Alberto; Müller-Thomy, Hannes; Nabizadeh, Alireza; Nardi, Fernando; Neale, Christopher; Nesterova, Nataliia; Nurtaev, Bakhram; Odongo, Vincent O.; Panda, Subhabrata; Pande, Saket; Pang, Zhonghe; Papacharalampous, Georgia; Perrin, Charles; Pfister, Laurent; Pimentel, Rafael; Polo, María J.; Post, David; Prieto Sierra, Cristina; Ramos, Maria Helena; Renner, Maik; Reynolds, José Eduardo; Ridolfi, Elena; Rigon, Riccardo; Riva, Monica; Robertson, David E.; Rosso, Renzo; Roy, Tirthankar; Sá, João H.M.; Salvadori, Gianfausto; Sandells, Mel; Schaefli, Bettina; Schumann, Andreas; Scolobig, Anna; Seibert, Jan; Servat, Eric; Shafiei, Mojtaba; Sharma, Ashish; Sidibe, Moussa; Sidle, Roy C.; Skaugen, Thomas; Smith, Hugh; Spiessl, Sabine M.; Stein, Lina; Steinsland, Ingelin; Strasser, Ulrich; Su, Bob; Szolgay, Jan; Tarboton, David; Tauro, Flavia; Thirel, Guillaume; Tian, Fuqiang; Tong, Rui; Tussupova, Kamshat; Tyralis, Hristos; Uijlenhoet, Remko; van Beek, Rens; van der Ent, Ruud J.; van der Ploeg, Martine; Van Loon, Anne F.; van Meerveld, Ilja; van Nooijen, Ronald; van Oel, Pieter R.; Vidal, Jean Philippe; von Freyberg, Jana; Vorogushyn, Sergiy; Wachniew, Przemyslaw; Wade, Andrew J.; Ward, Philip; Westerberg, Ida K.; White, Christopher; Wood, Eric F.; Woods, Ross; Xu, Zongxue; Yilmaz, Koray K.; Zhang, Yongqiang.
In: Hydrological Sciences Journal, Vol. 64, No. 10, 27.07.2019, p. 1141-1158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective
AU - Blöschl, Günter
AU - Bierkens, Marc F.P.
AU - Chambel, Antonio
AU - Cudennec, Christophe
AU - Destouni, Georgia
AU - Fiori, Aldo
AU - Kirchner, James W.
AU - McDonnell, Jeffrey J.
AU - Savenije, Hubert H.G.
AU - Sivapalan, Murugesu
AU - Stumpp, Christine
AU - Toth, Elena
AU - Volpi, Elena
AU - Carr, Gemma
AU - Lupton, Claire
AU - Salinas, Josè
AU - Széles, Borbála
AU - Viglione, Alberto
AU - Aksoy, Hafzullah
AU - Allen, Scott T.
AU - Amin, Anam
AU - Andréassian, Vazken
AU - Arheimer, Berit
AU - Aryal, Santosh K.
AU - Baker, Victor
AU - Bardsley, Earl
AU - Barendrecht, Marlies H.
AU - Bartosova, Alena
AU - Batelaan, Okke
AU - Berghuijs, Wouter R.
AU - Beven, Keith
AU - Blume, Theresa
AU - Bogaard, Thom
AU - Borges de Amorim, Pablo
AU - Böttcher, Michael E.
AU - Boulet, Gilles
AU - Breinl, Korbinian
AU - Brilly, Mitja
AU - Brocca, Luca
AU - Buytaert, Wouter
AU - Castellarin, Attilio
AU - Castelletti, Andrea
AU - Chen, Xiaohong
AU - Chen, Yangbo
AU - Chen, Yuanfang
AU - Chifflard, Peter
AU - Claps, Pierluigi
AU - Clark, Martyn P.
AU - Collins, Adrian L.
AU - Croke, Barry
AU - Dathe, Annette
AU - David, Paula C.
AU - de Barros, Felipe P.J.
AU - de Rooij, Gerrit
AU - Di Baldassarre, Giuliano
AU - Driscoll, Jessica M.
AU - Duethmann, Doris
AU - Dwivedi, Ravindra
AU - Eris, Ebru
AU - Farmer, William H.
AU - Feiccabrino, James
AU - Ferguson, Grant
AU - Ferrari, Ennio
AU - Ferraris, Stefano
AU - Fersch, Benjamin
AU - Finger, David
AU - Foglia, Laura
AU - Fowler, Keirnan
AU - Gartsman, Boris
AU - Gascoin, Simon
AU - Gaume, Eric
AU - Gelfan, Alexander
AU - Geris, Josie
AU - Gharari, Shervan
AU - Gleeson, Tom
AU - Glendell, Miriam
AU - Gonzalez Bevacqua, Alena
AU - González-Dugo, María P.
AU - Grimaldi, Salvatore
AU - Gupta, A. B.
AU - Guse, Björn
AU - Han, Dawei
AU - Hannah, David
AU - Harpold, Adrian
AU - Haun, Stefan
AU - Heal, Kate
AU - Helfricht, Kay
AU - Herrnegger, Mathew
AU - Hipsey, Matthew
AU - Hlaváčiková, Hana
AU - Hohmann, Clara
AU - Holko, Ladislav
AU - Hopkinson, Christopher
AU - Hrachowitz, Markus
AU - Illangasekare, Tissa H.
AU - Inam, Azhar
AU - Innocente, Camyla
AU - Istanbulluoglu, Erkan
AU - Jarihani, Ben
AU - Kalantari, Zahra
AU - Kalvans, Andis
AU - Khanal, Sonu
AU - Khatami, Sina
AU - Kiesel, Jens
AU - Kirkby, Mike
AU - Knoben, Wouter
AU - Kochanek, Krzysztof
AU - Kohnová, Silvia
AU - Kolechkina, Alla
AU - Krause, Stefan
AU - Kreamer, David
AU - Kreibich, Heidi
AU - Kunstmann, Harald
AU - Lange, Holger
AU - Liberato, Margarida L.R.
AU - Lindquist, Eric
AU - Link, Timothy
AU - Liu, Junguo
AU - Loucks, Daniel Peter
AU - Luce, Charles
AU - Mahé, Gil
AU - Makarieva, Olga
AU - Malard, Julien
AU - Mashtayeva, Shamshagul
AU - Maskey, Shreedhar
AU - Mas-Pla, Josep
AU - Mavrova-Guirguinova, Maria
AU - Mazzoleni, Maurizio
AU - Mernild, Sebastian
AU - Misstear, Bruce Dudley
AU - Montanari, Alberto
AU - Müller-Thomy, Hannes
AU - Nabizadeh, Alireza
AU - Nardi, Fernando
AU - Neale, Christopher
AU - Nesterova, Nataliia
AU - Nurtaev, Bakhram
AU - Odongo, Vincent O.
AU - Panda, Subhabrata
AU - Pande, Saket
AU - Pang, Zhonghe
AU - Papacharalampous, Georgia
AU - Perrin, Charles
AU - Pfister, Laurent
AU - Pimentel, Rafael
AU - Polo, María J.
AU - Post, David
AU - Prieto Sierra, Cristina
AU - Ramos, Maria Helena
AU - Renner, Maik
AU - Reynolds, José Eduardo
AU - Ridolfi, Elena
AU - Rigon, Riccardo
AU - Riva, Monica
AU - Robertson, David E.
AU - Rosso, Renzo
AU - Roy, Tirthankar
AU - Sá, João H.M.
AU - Salvadori, Gianfausto
AU - Sandells, Mel
AU - Schaefli, Bettina
AU - Schumann, Andreas
AU - Scolobig, Anna
AU - Seibert, Jan
AU - Servat, Eric
AU - Shafiei, Mojtaba
AU - Sharma, Ashish
AU - Sidibe, Moussa
AU - Sidle, Roy C.
AU - Skaugen, Thomas
AU - Smith, Hugh
AU - Spiessl, Sabine M.
AU - Stein, Lina
AU - Steinsland, Ingelin
AU - Strasser, Ulrich
AU - Su, Bob
AU - Szolgay, Jan
AU - Tarboton, David
AU - Tauro, Flavia
AU - Thirel, Guillaume
AU - Tian, Fuqiang
AU - Tong, Rui
AU - Tussupova, Kamshat
AU - Tyralis, Hristos
AU - Uijlenhoet, Remko
AU - van Beek, Rens
AU - van der Ent, Ruud J.
AU - van der Ploeg, Martine
AU - Van Loon, Anne F.
AU - van Meerveld, Ilja
AU - van Nooijen, Ronald
AU - van Oel, Pieter R.
AU - Vidal, Jean Philippe
AU - von Freyberg, Jana
AU - Vorogushyn, Sergiy
AU - Wachniew, Przemyslaw
AU - Wade, Andrew J.
AU - Ward, Philip
AU - Westerberg, Ida K.
AU - White, Christopher
AU - Wood, Eric F.
AU - Woods, Ross
AU - Xu, Zongxue
AU - Yilmaz, Koray K.
AU - Zhang, Yongqiang
N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank the members of the IAHS, EGU, AGU and IAH for supporting this initiative. The LinkedIn group and overall secretariat was hosted by the IAHS, the Splinter meeting by EGU and the Vienna Catchment Science Symposium by the Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems (DK W1219-N28) funded by the Austrian Science Funds (FWF). Publisher Copyright: © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/7/27
Y1 - 2019/7/27
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - hydrology
KW - interdisciplinary
KW - knowledge gaps
KW - research agenda
KW - science questions
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