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Hydrological Sciences

Editorial

Shaping the HS-programme of EGU25: Session Review, Merging, and Co-Organization Updates

September 19, 2024
Shaping the HS-programme of EGU25: Session Review, Merging, and Co-Organization Updates
(original picture credit: EGU/Pfluegl)

September has arrived. The Hydrological Sciences (HS) community has been very active, as usual, submitting 152 sessions during the open session call, which is more than 10% of all sessions that are proposed for the entire EGU (overall 1,273 sessions were submitted, slightly more than at EGU24). This is amazing and I would like to thank all the conveners for their excellent ideas and nice work so f ...[Read More]

Hortonian overland flow: when theory becomes reality

August 15, 2024
Hortonian overland flow: when theory becomes reality

Hortonian overland flow – if you have ever followed a hydrology class, you have certainly come across this jargon:  this is the name of a hydrological process – when rainfall flows off at the terrain surface because the rainfall intensity is so high that not all the water can infiltrate into the soil (rainfall intensity is higher than infiltration capacity). Almost every hydrological m ...[Read More]

Meet Division President Alberto Viglione

August 1, 2024
Meet Division President Alberto Viglione

Alberto Viglione, is the President of the Hydrological Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union. He is an Associate Professor in Hydrology at Politecnico di Torino.  As Division President, it is his job to represent hydrologists within the EGU, and to manage the administration of the division, especially arranging the programme at the General Assembly.  Can you tell us about the focus o ...[Read More]

Call to participate to the public consultation for the Water4All-Partnership

June 27, 2024
Call to participate to the public consultation for the Water4All-Partnership

Those of you who are active in proposal writing might know the programme Water4All Partnership – Water Security for the Planet. It is a funding programme for scientific research in freshwater with the goal to address urgent water-related challenges. The programme is co-funded by the European Union within the frame of the Horizon Europe programme (lasting until 2027) and includes 90 partners ...[Read More]