<i>HESS Opinions</i> On the use of laboratory experimentation: "Hydrologists, bring out shovels and garden hoses and hit the dirt"

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 anal...

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Main Authors: M. van der Perk, M. F. P. Bierkens, M. G. Kleinhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-02-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/369/2010/hess-14-369-2010.pdf