EGS XXV General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2000

HSB2.01 River basin research and management: Integrated and multidisciplinary modelling in river basins

Event Information

Strategies for sustainable development must be based on a quantitative assessment of the Earth's carrying capacity and resilience to human activity. A deeper understanding of the interconnections between water and energy flows, nutrient cycles, and human activities is crucial. AGENDA 21 calls for an "Integrated Approach to Land-Resources Use, and Protecting and Managing Freshwater Resources". One promising method for a quantifiable integration is the "Integrated Modelling" approach, where models (or sub-models) from different scientific disciplines are coupled, taking into account the major internal dynamics of the system, their interactions and the relevant external forces. This session will focus on conceptual and technical questions of multidisciplinary hydrological modelling, including aspects of meteorology, hydraulics, ecology, agriculture, and socio-economy. Contributions are welcome addressing the following issues: * Identification and conceptualisation of the governing processes and feedbacks. * How to achieve compatibility and information transferability in-between coupled disciplines and (sub-)models? E.g. aspects of process parameterisation; linking feedbacks, transfer between "typical" scales. * Data pre- and post-processing; GIS-application; Visualisation. * Examples and case studies of integrated modelling projects.

Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers

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