Perspectives in modelling climate-hydrology interactions

• Published in: Surveys in Geophysics
• Main Authors: Hagemann, S., Blome, T., Saeed, F., Stacke, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-1878-2

Various land-atmosphere coupling mechanisms exist that may lead to large-scale impacts on climate and hydrology. Some of them are still less understood and not adequately represented in state-of-the-art climate modelling. But, as the current generation of climate models enables consideration and implementation of important coupling processes, the present study provides perspectives for the modelling of relevant climate-hydrology interactions. On a more short-term perspective, these comprise anthropogenic land use and especially irrigation, which has been shown that it may even affect remote regions. On a long-term perspective, the coupling of hydrology to carbon cycle and vegetation becomes important, specifically the dynamics of permafrost and wetlands. Here, we present a review of current knowledge combined with some exemplary studies from a large-scale point of view. Therefore, we focus on climate-hydrology interactions that are relevant on scales utilized in the current or forthcoming global and regional climate modelling exercises. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.