Articles | Volume 21, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3701-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3701-2017
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20 Jul 2017
Review article |  | 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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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.