Orals

MAL18
John Dalton Medal Lecture by Amilcare Porporato
Convener: Maria-Helena Ramos
Abstract
| Tue, 05 May, 19:00–20:00 (CEST)

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 | Room B

Chairperson: Maria-Helena Ramos
19:00–20:00 |
EGU2020-11883
| John Dalton Medal Lecture
Hydrology without Dimensions
not presented
Amilcare Porporato

Dimensional analysis offers an ideal playground to tackle complex hydrological problems. The powerful dimension reduction, in terms of governing dimensionless groups, afforded by PI-theorem and related self-similarity arguments is especially fruitful in case of nonlinear models and complex datasets. After briefly reviewing these main concepts, in this lecture I will present several applications ranging from hydrologic partitioning (Budyko’s curve) and stochastic ecohydrology, to global weathering rates and soil formation, as well as landscape evolution and channelization. Since Copernicus-dot-org asks me to add at least 25 words to the abstract, I would like to thank the colleagues who supported my nomination and my many collaborators.

 

 

How to cite: Porporato, A.: Hydrology without Dimensions, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-11883, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11883, 2020.