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@ARTICLE{Bronstert:6986,
author = {Bronstert, A. and Kneis, D. and Bogena, H. R.},
title = {{I}nteractions and feedbacks in hydrological change:
{R}elevance and possibilities of modelling},
journal = {Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung: HyWa},
volume = {53},
issn = {0012-0235},
address = {Koblenz},
publisher = {Bundesanst. für Gewässerkunde},
reportid = {PreJuSER-6986},
pages = {289 - 304},
year = {2009},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The hydrological cycle is a dynamic system by its nature,
but sometimes accelerated through anthropogenic activity. A
"hydrological change" (i.e. a water cycle that is
significantly changing over a longer period of time) can be
very different in character, depending on the specific
natural conditions and the underlying spatial and temporal
scales. Such changes may affect the availability and quality
of water as essential pre-requisites for human development
and ecosystem stability. Hydrological extremes, such as
floods and droughts, may also be affected, what is also
vitally important, because of their profound economic and
societal impacts. Anthropogenically induced hydrological
change can be attributed to three main external causes:
first, the Earth's climate is changing significantly and
thus directly affecting the terrestrial hydro-systems via
the exchange of energy and heat. The second major issue is
the land cover and its management that has been modified
fundamentally by conversion of land for agriculture,
forestry, and other purposes such as industrialisation and
urbanisation. Finally, water resources are being used more
than ever for human development, especially for agriculture,
industrial activities, and navigation.If the regional
terrestrial hydrological cycle is changing and
counter-measures are desirable, it is from a scientific
perspective mandatory to understand the extent and nature of
such changes, and, especially, to identify their possible
anthropogenic origin. There are, however, fundamental gaps
in our knowledge, in particular about the role of feedbacks
between individual processes and compartments of the
hydrological cycle or the relevance of the interactions with
other sub-systems of our planet, such as the atmosphere or
the vegetation.This paper mentions several examples of
hydrological change and discusses their identification,
interaction processes, and feedback mechanisms, along with
modelling issues. The possibilities and limitations of
modelling are demonstrated by means of two studies: one from
the river-lake system on the Middle-Havel River and one from
the catchment of the Wahnbach Reservoir. The applied model
systems comprise a series of consecutively coupled
individual models (so-called one-way-coupling). Model
systems that are able reflect feedback effects
(two-way-coupling) are still in the development stage. It
became clear that the applied model systems were able to
reproduce the observed dynamics of the hydrological cycle
and of selected matter fluxes. However, one has to be aware
that the simulated time periods and scenarios represent
rather moderately transient conditions, what is the
justification why the one-way-coupling seems to be
applicable. Furthermore, it was shown that the modelling
uncertainty is considerably large. Nevertheless, this
uncertainty can be distinguished from effects of changed
internal systems dynamics or from changed boundary
conditions, what is a basis for the usability of such model
systems for prognostic purposes.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-4},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000270615300001},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/6986},
}