Advances in Integrating Distributed Hydrologic Models with Novel Monitoring Data

Dear Colleagues,

Progress in sensors and sensor networks over the last decade has positively impacted water management, with accurate and timely data becoming the key to identifying existing and emerging issues. In parallel, there has been a surge of interest in the development and application of distributed hydrologic models that integrate physical, chemical, and ecological/biological processes across different hydrologic domains and scales. Applications of these new models are opening up the possibility to gain new insights into the inner workings of complex water systems (e.g., the food-energy-water nexus) while allowing model variables and states to be evaluated using new types of data.

This Special Issue on “Advances in Integrating Distributed Hydrologic Models with Novel Monitoring Data” invites papers that report recent developments in monitoring and modelling of water quality and quantity in catchments and their sub-units (rivers, streams, wetlands and groundwater) with a focus on new types of sensors and integration between models and data. These include, but not limited to, distributed sensor networks and smart, real-time sensing of temperature, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, microbial metabolism, and species abundance. We welcome theoretical, computational and field studies that involve multiple hydrologic domains and interactions, as well as contributions that demonstrate novel applications.

Prof. Dr. Mantha S. Phanikumar
Prof. Dr. Stefan Krause
Guest Editors

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