The relevance of hydrological research in small catchmentsa perspective from long-term monitoring sites in Europe

  1. J. Latron 1
  2. N. Lana-Renault 2
  1. 1 Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua
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    Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/056yktd04

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revista:
Cuadernos de investigación geográfica: Geographical Research Letters
  1. Latron, J. (ed. lit.)
  2. Lana-Renault Monreal, Noemí (ed. lit.)

ISSN: 0211-6820,  1697-9540

Any de publicació: 2018

Volum: 44

Número: 2

Pàgines: 387-395

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.18172/CIG.3499 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Altres publicacions en: Cuadernos de investigación geográfica: Geographical Research Letters

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Resum

The usefulness of small (< 10 km2) catchments has been repeatedly recognized during the recent history of hydrological research. This foreword to the special issue of Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica – Geographical Research Letters devoted to long term hydrological research in small catchment in Europe highlights the main reasons for promoting the small catchment approach and revises its growing use, starting with the first catchment studies in Switzerland for management purposes, and followed by the development of more interdisciplinary research programs that used small catchments as field laboratories, long-term observatories, sites for method and model validation, and places for training young researchers. The volume includes nine contributions concerning studies carried out in long term monitoring sites in several European countries and aims at showing the relevance of the small catchment approach in hydrological research in Europe.

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