Keynote Lecture: Moving from field observations of watershed structure, storage, and hydrologic connectivity to new modeling conceptualizations
Thursday, 25 September 2014: 8:30 AM
Brian L McGlynn, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States, Kelsey G Jencso, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, Fabian Nippgen, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, Ryan E Emanuel, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, Tyler J Smith, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States and Lucy Amanda Marshall, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Abstract:
The storage and release of water to streamflow is a fundamental watershed process. Despite this, our understanding of the relationships between watershed storage state and streamflow magnitude are poorly understood, especially the roles of antecedent conditions, water redistributions patterns, and resulting hydrologic connectivity between uplands and streams. This presentation focuses on field observation synthesis and the development of parsimonious watershed models informed by catchment structure that are internally consistent with observed catchment behavior. Our goal is the synthesis of dominant process observation, explanation, and predication with the development of new modeling conceptualizations.
