Preface: Linking landscape organisation and hydrological functioning: from hypotheses and observations to concepts, models and understanding

• Published in: Hydrology and earth system sciences Vol. 25; no. 9; pp. 5277 - 5285
• Main Authors: Jackisch, Conrad, Hassler, Sibylle K, Hohenbrink, Tobias L, Blume, Theresa, Laudon, Hjalmar, McMillan, Hilary, Saco, Patricia, van Schaik, Loes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 28-09-2021; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Communication; Experiments; Hydrologic processes; Hydrology; Hypotheses; Oceanografi, hydrologi, vattenresurser; Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources; Precipitation; Process controls; Properties; Sampling designs; Vegetation
• ISSN: 1607-7938; 1027-5606; 1607-7938
• DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-5277-2021

The link between landscape properties and hydrological functioning is the very foundation of hydrological sciences. The fundamental perception that landscape organisation and its hydrological and biogeochemical processes co-develop is often discussed. However, different landscape characteristics and hydrological processes interact in complex ways. Hence, the causal links between both are usually not directly deducible from our observations. So far no common concepts have been established to connect observations, properties and functions at and between different scales.