Knowledge gaps in our perceptual model of Great Britain's hydrology
Knowledge gaps in our perceptual model of Great Britain's hydrology
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10.1002/hyp.14288
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发表时间：
2021-06
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3.2
通讯作者：
T. Wagener;S. Dadson;D. Hannah;G. Coxon;K. Beven;J. Bloomfield;W. Buytaert;H. Cloke;P. Bates;J. Holden;L. Parry;R. Lamb;N. Chappell;M. Fry;G. Old
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T. Wagener;S. Dadson;D. Hannah;G. Coxon;K. Beven;J. Bloomfield;W. Buytaert;H. Cloke;P. Bates;J. Holden;L. Parry;R. Lamb;N. Chappell;M. Fry;G. Old
水文学领域不乏重大的开放性问题。未来人类对水文循环的改变将如何改变淡水水体之间的水文连通性？下雨时水去了哪里？或者洪水和干旱事件未来的时空变异性如何？然而，由于控制流域或任何其他水文控制体功能行为的局部边界条件和系统特性具有特殊性且往往了解不足，这些问题的答案会因地点而异。我们认为，一个地区水文学的开放、共享和不断发展的感知模型对于定制我们的科学问题至关重要，就像从地块到大陆尺度的任何其他研究领域一样。在这篇观点文章中，我们开始讨论英国陆地水循环感知模型的要素并指出其中的一些知识缺口。我们讨论了六个主要的知识缺口，并提出了四种减少这些缺口的关键方法。虽然我们感知模型中的具体知识缺口不一定适用于其他地方，但我们认为这种感知模型的构建应该是所有水文学界讨论的核心，并且我们鼓励其他人针对他们的水文学领域进行类似的讨论。
There is a no lack of significant open questions in the field of hydrology. How will hydrological connectivity between freshwater bodies be altered by future human alterations to the hydrological cycle? Where does water go when it rains? Or what is the future space–time variability of flood and drought events? However, the answers to these questions will vary with location due to the specific and often poorly understood local boundary conditions and system properties that control the functional behaviour of a catchment or any other hydrologic control volume. We suggest that an open, shared and evolving perceptual model of a region's hydrology is critical to tailor our science questions, as it would be for any other study domain from the plot to the continental scale. In this opinion piece, we begin to discuss the elements of and point out some knowledge gaps in the perceptual model of the terrestrial water cycle of Great Britain. We discuss six major knowledge gaps and propose four key ways to reduce them. While the specific knowledge gaps in our perceptual model do not necessarily transfer to other places, we believe that the development of such perceptual models should be at the core of the debate for all hydrologic communities, and we encourage others to have a similar debate for their hydrologic domain.