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Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective
Günter BlöschlMarc F.p. BierkensAntonio ChambelChristophe CudennecGeorgia DestouniAldo FioriJames W. KirchnerJeffrey J. McdonnellHubert H.g. SavenijeMurugesu SivapalanChristine StumppElena TothElena VolpiGemma CarrClaire LuptonJosè SalinasBorbála SzélesAlberto ViglioneHafzullah AksoyScott T. AllenAnam AminVazken AndréassianBerit ArheimerSantosh K. AryalVictor BakerEarl BardsleyMarlies H. BarendrechtAlena BartosovaOkke BatelaanWouter R. BerghuijsKeith BevenTheresa BlumeThom BogaardPablo Borges De AmorimMichael E. BöttcherGilles BouletKorbinian BreinlMitja BrillyLuca BroccaWouter BuytaertAttilio CastellarinAndrea CastellettiXiaohong ChenYangbo ChenYuanfang ChenPeter ChifflardPierluigi ClapsMartyn P. ClarkAdrian L. CollinsBarry CrokeAnnette DathePaula C. DavidFelipe P. J. De BarrosGerrit De RooijGiuliano Di BaldassarreJessica M. DriscollDoris DuethmannRavindra DwivediEbru ErisWilliam H. FarmerJames FeiccabrinoGrant FergusonEnnio FerrariStefano FerrarisBenjamin FerschDavid FingerLaura FogliaKeirnan FowlerBoris GartsmanSimon GascoinEric GaumeAlexander GelfanJosie GerisShervan GharariTom GleesonMiriam GlendellAlena Gonzalez BevacquaMaría P. González-dugoSalvatore GrimaldiA. B. GuptaBjörn GuseDawei HanDavid HannahAdrian HarpoldStefan HaunKate HealKay HelfrichtMathew HerrneggerMatthew HipseyHana HlaváčikováClara HohmannLadislav HolkoChristopher HopkinsonMarkus HrachowitzTissa H. IllangasekareAzhar InamCamyla InnocenteErkan IstanbulluogluBen JarihaniZahra KalantariAndis KalvansSonu KhanalSina KhatamiJens KieselMike KirkbyWouter KnobenKrzysztof KochanekSilvia KohnováAlla KolechkinaStefan KrauseDavid KreamerHeidi KreibichHarald KunstmannHolger LangeMargarida L. R. LiberatoEric LindquistTimothy LinkJunguo LiuDaniel Peter LoucksCharles LuceGil MahéOlga MakarievaJulien MalardShamshagul MashtayevaShreedhar MaskeyJosep Mas-plaMaria Mavrova-guirguinovaMaurizio MazzoleniSebastian MernildBruce Dudley MisstearAlberto MontanariHannes Müller-thomyAlireza NabizadehFernando NardiChristopher NealeNataliia NesterovaBakhram NurtaevVincent O. OdongoSubhabrata PandaSaket PandeZhonghe PangGeorgia PapacharalampousCharles PerrinLaurent PfisterRafael PimentelMaría J. PoloDavid PostCristina Prieto SierraMaria-helena RamosMaik RennerJosé Eduardo ReynoldsElena RidolfiRiccardo RigonMonica RivaDavid E. RobertsonRenzo RossoTirthankar RoyJoão H.m. SáGianfausto SalvadoriMel SandellsBettina SchaefliAndreas SchumannAnna ScolobigJan SeibertEric ServatMojtaba ShafieiAshish SharmaMoussa SidibeRoy C. SidleThomas SkaugenHugh SmithSabine M. SpiesslLina SteinIngelin SteinslandUlrich StrasserBob SuJan SzolgayDavid TarbotonFlavia TauroGuillaume ThirelFuqiang TianRui TongKamshat TussupovaHristos TyralisRemko UijlenhoetRens Van BeekRuud J. Van Der EntMartine Van Der PloegAnne F. Van LoonIlja Van MeerveldRonald Van NooijenPieter R. Van OelJean-philippe VidalJana Von FreybergSergiy VorogushynPrzemyslaw WachniewAndrew J. WadePhilip WardIda K. WesterbergChristopher WhiteEric F. WoodRoss WoodsZongxue XuKoray K. YilmazYongqiang Zhangsubject
13. Climate action6. Clean waterdescription
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.
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| 2019-01-01 |