TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards a new paradigm in hydrology.

AU - Beven, K.

PY - 1987

Y1 - 1987

N2 - Hydrological scientists are faced with the problem (common to many of the field sciences) of complexity at small scales leading to relative simplicity (the hydrology) at large scales. Little or no success has been gained in relating the former to the latter. Hydrologists will be increasingly forced to think in terms of spatial complexity and spatial pattern but the available tools of analysis are not adequate to accommodate such information. A basis for a new paradigm is laid in a perceptual model of catchment response, leading to an initial conceptual framework incorporating spatial integration and predictive uncertainty.-from Author

AB - Hydrological scientists are faced with the problem (common to many of the field sciences) of complexity at small scales leading to relative simplicity (the hydrology) at large scales. Little or no success has been gained in relating the former to the latter. Hydrologists will be increasingly forced to think in terms of spatial complexity and spatial pattern but the available tools of analysis are not adequate to accommodate such information. A basis for a new paradigm is laid in a perceptual model of catchment response, leading to an initial conceptual framework incorporating spatial integration and predictive uncertainty.-from Author

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M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0023501533

VL - 164

SP - 393

EP - 403

JO - IAHS-AISH Publication

JF - IAHS-AISH Publication

SN - 0144-7815

ER -