Joint editorial: Fostering innovation and improving impact assessment for journal publications in hydrology

Editors of several journals in the field of hydrology met during the Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences - IAHS (within the Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - IUGG) in Prague in June 2015. This event was a follow-up of a similar meeting held in July 2013 in Gothenburg (as reported by...

Joint Editorial: Fostering innovation and improving impact assessment for journal publications in hydrology

"On the future of journal publications in hydrology": Joint editorial

Joint Editorial "On the future of journal publications in hydrology"

On the calibration of hydrological models in ungauged basins: A framework for integrating hard and soft hydrological information

This paper presents a calibration framework based on the generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) that can be used to condition hydrological model parameter distributions in scarcely gauged river basins, where data is uncertain, intermittent or nonconcomitant. At the heart of this framework is the conditioning of the model parameters...

Dielectric interfaces in DC constructions: Space charge and polarization phenomena

Interfaces between dielectrics are considered one of the weakest parts of an insulation system but their behavior under electrical stress is not yet completely understood. In particular, when a dc voltage is applied, the electric field distribution at the interface is quite difficult to predict. This is mainly due to the accumulation of internal...

Calculation and measurement of space charge in MV-size xxtruded cables systems under load conditions

A load current in dc high voltage cables results in a temperature drop across the insulation and hence a radial distribution of the insulation conductivity is found. Direct consequence is an accumulation of space charge in the bulk of the nsulation, that may significantly affect its reliability. This phenomenon was modeled in terms of the...

Introduction to special section on Uncertainty Assessment in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology: An overview of issues and challenges

This paper introduces the Water Resources Research special section on Uncertainty Assessment in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology. Over the past years, hydrological literature has seen a large increase in the number of papers dealing with uncertainty. In this article, we present an overview of the different sources of uncertainty and the...