Perspectives on the future of land surface models and the challenges of representing complex terrestrial systems

RA Fisher, CD Koven - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Land surface models (LSMs) are a vital tool for understanding, projecting, and predicting the
dynamics of the land surface and its role within the Earth system, under global change …

Hydrogeomorphic processes and scaling issues in the continuum from soil pedons to catchments

RC Sidle, T Gomi, JCL Usuga, B Jarihani - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding integrated hydrological phenomena in catchments is difficult because of the
fragmented nature of soil physical and hydrological data, given these are typically derived …

Hillslope hydrology in global change research and earth system modeling

Y Fan, M Clark, DM Lawrence… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Earth System Models (ESMs) are essential tools for understanding and predicting
global change, but they cannot explicitly resolve hillslope‐scale terrain structures that …

The evolution of process-based hydrologic models: historical challenges and the collective quest for physical realism

MP Clark, MFP Bierkens, L Samaniego… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
The diversity in hydrologic models has historically led to great controversy on the correct
approach to process-based hydrologic modeling, with debates centered on the adequacy of …

Rainwater transformation to runoff and soil loss at the surface and belowground on soil-mantled karst slopes under rainfall simulation experiments

Q Fang, L Zhao, R Hou, C Fan, J Zhang - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Karst slopes have thin soil layers covering bedrock and feature multiple near-surface soil-
rock interfaces (SRIs), which can produce hydrological processes that differ from those of …

Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

CD Peters-Lidard, M Clark… - Hydrology and earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In this synthesis paper addressing hydrologic scaling and similarity, we posit that roadblocks
in the search for universal laws of hydrology are hindered by our focus on computational …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling a large-scale hydrological model (CWatM v1. 1) with a high-resolution groundwater flow model (MODFLOW 6) to assess the impact of irrigation at …

L Guillaumot, M Smilovic, P Burek… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
In the context of changing climate and increasing water demand, large-scale hydrological
models are helpful for understanding and projecting future water resources across scales …

Representation of spatial and temporal variability in large-domain hydrological models: case study for a mesoscale pre-Alpine basin

L Melsen, A Teuling, P Torfs, M Zappa… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
The transfer of parameter sets over different temporal and spatial resolutions is common
practice in many large-domain hydrological modelling studies. The degree to which …

Implementing and evaluating variable soil thickness in the Community Land Model, version 4.5 (CLM4. 5)

MA Brunke, P Broxton, J Pelletier, D Gochis… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
One of the recognized weaknesses of land surface models as used in weather and climate
models is the assumption of constant soil thickness because of the lack of global estimates …

Integrating field observations and process-based modeling to predict watershed water quality under environmental perturbations

X Chen, RM Lee, D Dwivedi, K Son, Y Fang, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Watersheds play a critical role in supplying water resources needed for human use and
ecosystem health. Understanding and predicting how, when, and where changes in the …