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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 15/06/2010 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Hydrological Processes |
Issue number | 12 |
Volume | 24 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Pages (from-to) | 1537-1547 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
This introduction to the second annual review issue of Hydrological Processes tries to put the collection of papers on preferential flows and travel time distributions into a more general context of testing models as hypotheses about how catchment systems function. It is suggested that, because of the possibilities of non-stationary and epistemic errors in both data and models, such tests could be carried out within a rejectionist limits-of-acceptability framework. The principles and difficulties of hypothesis testing within these particular research areas are discussed. An important point to take from this discussion is that the use of a formal testing framework, and the consequent rejection of models as hypotheses after allowing for uncertainties in the data, is the starting point for developing better theories and data sets.