Print Email Facebook Twitter Theories, Experiments, Tools: An applied hydrological spatio-temporal assessment of meso-scale basins with a view to regionalization Title Theories, Experiments, Tools: An applied hydrological spatio-temporal assessment of meso-scale basins with a view to regionalization Author Hellebrand, H.G.W. Contributor Savenije, H.H.G. (promotor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Watermanagement Date 2010-11-23 Abstract The thesis treats a selection of hydrological studies, which make use of a variety of models and approaches that have a common character: simplicity. Simplicity implies parsimonious use of parameters. These studies offer opportunities for hydrological research that are not, or hardly achievable with more complex models and approaches. In the thesis, these models and approaches are equated with simple and versatile hydrological tools. It is demonstrated that these hydrological tools have a mature and specific function in science as well as in practice and that such types of tools are indispensable to assess the hydrological behaviour of ungauged river systems, for hydrological research in general and for water management purposes. Furthermore, these hydrological tools can be seen as powerful instruments for the necessary communication between modellers and field experimentalists. Three criteria are introduced that hydrological tools fulfill to be suited for predictions in ungauged basins. These criteria are: representing climate fluctuations and its impact on the hydrological regime; possessing a potential for the transfer of information from gauged basins to ungauged basins; predicting and analysing hydrological behaviour. A number of hydrological toolsare presented, which are specified for a certain topic and subsequently the application of one or several of the tools should increase the knowledge of the hydrological functioning of a study area. Moreover, it is proposed that the tools themselves are fit for improvement when flaws have been identified during and after their application. Subject hydrologyregionalizationungauged basinsparsimonious models To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a8db948d-7e3c-4d15-89d8-bbd2233fd4d9 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2010 Hellebrand, H.G.W. Files PDF Proefschrift.pdf 4 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a8db948d-7e3c-4d15-89d8-bbd2233fd4d9/datastream/OBJ/view