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HESS Opinions On the use of laboratory experimentation: "Hydrologists, bring out shovels and garden hoses and hit the dirt" |
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M. G. Kleinhans, M. F. P. Bierkens, M. Perk |
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Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 14, no. 2 ; Nr. 14, no. 2 (2010-02-23), S.369-382 |
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250012190
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 copernicus.org/hess-14-369-2010.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| From an outsider's perspective, hydrology combines field work with
modelling, but mostly ignores the potential for gaining
understanding and conceiving new hypotheses from controlled
laboratory experiments. Sivapalan (2009) pleaded for a
question- and hypothesis-driven hydrology where data analysis and
top-down modelling approaches lead to general explanations and
understanding of general trends and patterns. We discuss why and how
such understanding is gained very effectively from controlled
experimentation in comparison to field work and modelling. We argue
that many major issues in hydrology are open to experimental
investigations. Though experiments may have scale problems, these
are of similar gravity as the well-known problems of fieldwork and
modelling and have not impeded spectacular progress through
experimentation in other geosciences. |
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