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HS2.2.8 | Generalizable insights in hydrology: from place-based studies towards hydrologic theory
EDI
Generalizable insights in hydrology: from place-based studies towards hydrologic theory
Convener: Sebastian GnannECSECS | Co-conveners: Wouter Berghuijs, Sara BonettiECSECS
Hydrologists can seek simplicity in universal laws, or revel in complex place- and purpose-specific models and measurements. Advancements in hydrology likely require a synthesis of both perspectives. New insights can originate both from detailed site-specific applications, or from studies that use large datasets and/or models to find generalizable hydrologic insights. This session is intended to provide a discussion platform in the search for generalizable insights in hydrology and, ideally, to help bridge the gap between local site-specific insights and more general hydrologic theories.

We welcome a broad range of contributions that could, for example, focus on:
(1) Improved process understanding or discovery of new processes through field and modeling applications
(2) Systematic understanding of hydrologic behavior across spatio-temporal scales as well as climatic and/or biophysical gradients
(3) The identification and use of patterns in large datasets to develop theories and models
(4) Leveraging process understanding from (small-scale) experimental studies and theories to build or constrain (large-scale) models
(5) Development or application of (physics-guided) machine learning methods to extract more information from available observations
(6) Approaches that provide causal or mechanistic explanations for observed patterns
(7) Understanding new aspects of hydrologic functioning by coupling hydrologic, geomorphic, ecologic, atmospheric, and/or human systems

Invited speaker: David Litwin (GFZ Potsdam)