Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

Peters-Lidard, Christa D.; Clark, Martyn; Samaniego, Luis; Verhoest, Niko E. C.; van Emmerik, Tim; Uijlenhoet, Remko; Achieng, Kevin; Franz, Trenton E.; Woods, Ross

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3701-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3701-2017

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20 Jul 2017

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| 20 Jul 2017

Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Martyn Clark, Luis Samaniego, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Tim van Emmerik, Remko Uijlenhoet, Kevin Achieng, Trenton E. Franz, and Ross Woods

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Some suggestions/questions', Wouter Berghuijs, 13 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to the comments of W. R. Berghuijs', Christa Peters-Lidard, 05 May 2017
SC2: 'Scaling, Similarity, and the Fourth Paradigm for Hydrology', Sivarajah Mylevaganam, 16 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments of S. Mylevaganam', Christa Peters-Lidard, 05 May 2017
RC1: 'Review of “Scaling, Similarity, and the Fourth Paradigm for Hydrology” by Peters-Lidard et al.', Marc Bierkens, 12 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to the comments of M. Bierkens', Christa Peters-Lidard, 05 May 2017
RC2: 'A very usefyl synthesis, but there is unfinished business', Murugesu Sivapalan, 08 Mar 2017
- AC4: 'Responses to M. Sivapalan', Christa Peters-Lidard, 26 May 2017
RC3: 'Review of HESS-2016-695, Peters-Lidard et al.', Reed Maxwell, 12 Apr 2017
- AC5: 'Reply to the comments of R. Maxwell', Christa Peters-Lidard, 26 May 2017
RC4: 'Review', Upmanu Lall, 31 May 2017
- AC6: 'Reply to the comments of U. Lall', Christa Peters-Lidard, 08 Jun 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (31 May 2017) by Dennis Lettenmaier

AR by Christa Peters-Lidard on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In this synthesis of hydrologic scaling and similarity, we assert that it is time for hydrology to embrace a fourth paradigm of data-intensive science. Advances in information-based hydrologic science, coupled with an explosion of hydrologic data and advances in parameter estimation and modeling, have laid the foundation for a data-driven framework for scrutinizing hydrological hypotheses. We call upon the community to develop a focused effort towards a fourth paradigm for hydrology.