Vienna Catchment Science Symposium 2014
Theme: Mainstreaming historical hydrology
5th Symposium | 03rd May, 2014
© Peter Haas
Historical hydrology has been a niche discipline in the past with limited links to other hydrological fields of enquiry.
Given the recent interest in hydrological change and longer time scales we now need to fully exploit the wealth of information from historical records in the past centuries in order to advance hydroclimatology, hydrological process understanding, stochastic hydrology and hydrological design.
The aim of the 2014 Symposium was to strengthen the link between historical hydrology and other hydrological fields of enquiry. During the course of the Symposium, four presentations described the interface of historical hydrology with other fields of hydrology, illustrating what can be learned from a historical perspective.
Programme
Time | Sessions | Location |
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08:30 | Tea, coffee, pastries and greetings | Foyer 3rd floor |
08:45 | Welcome and Introduction Günter Blöschl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria | Kuppelsaal |
09:00 | Historical hydroclimatology and floods Jürg Luterbacher, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany | Kuppelsaal |
10:00 | Historical process hydrology - learning from case studies Rudolf Brazdil, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic | Kuppelsaal |
11:00 | Tea and coffee | Foyer 3rd floor |
11:30 | Historical, stochastic-dynamic hydrology Rui Perdigao and Andrea Kiss, Vienna University of Technology, Austria | Kuppelsaal |
12:30 | Historical hydrology and decision making Mariano Barriendos, University of Barcelona, Spain | Kuppelsaal |
13:30 | Lunch | Foyer 3rd Floor |
14:30 | Small Group Discussion Sessions Group 1: Exploiting historical data bases Brainstorming strengths and weaknesses of available data bases and meta data Aim: to identify the role of data quality Moderator: Rudolf Brazdil | |
Group 2: Representativeness of the past for the future Brainstorming changes in hydrological extremes and their boundary conditions Aim: to understand the relevance of the greatest past extremes for present day decision making Moderator: Mariano Barriendos | ||
Group 3: Historical socio-hydrology Brainstorming long-term interactions between people and water and how these evolve Aim: to identify evidence for quantifying these interactions Moderator: Andrea Kiss | ||
16:30 | Tea and coffee | Foyer 3rd floor |
17:00 | Plenary: Exchange of group findings | Kuppelsaal |
18:30 | Evening drinks reception followed by dinner | Foyer 3rd floor |