Large-scale river flow archives: importance, current status and future needs
✍ Scribed by David M. Hannah; Siegfried Demuth; Henny A. J. van Lanen; Ulrich Looser; Christel Prudhomme; Gwyn Rees; Kerstin Stahl; Lena M. Tallaksen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6087
- DOI
- 10.1002/hyp.7794
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✦ Synopsis
Time-series for river gauging stations are core blue-skies and applied research resources for understanding impacts of climate and anthropogenic change on basin hydrology. River flow archives hold vital information for evidence-based assessment of past hydrological variability, and support hydrological modelling of future changes. River discharge is an integration of basin input, storage and transfer processes to the gauging point. It is important to set basin outlet data in regional to global and long-term contexts: to better understand nested scales of variability; to pinpoint locations and time periods most sensitive to climate and human impacts; to make predictions for ungauged basins; and to inform decision makers on water security issues, and where and when to take measures to mitigate water hazards and stress, including floods and droughts (