IAHS Publication No 321 (2008) ISBN 978-1-901502-59-6, 214 + x pp. Price £ 48.00.
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There is a pressing need to identify and develop methods that provide an appropriate framework for the integrated investigation, conceptualisation and modelling of surface-subsurface systems and their interfaces. The increasing focus on understanding the impacts of climate variability and change on water resources and ecosystems also requires a close connection of these systems to atmospheric variables. The ultimate goal of such a framework is to improve the conceptual understanding of groundwater-surface water interactions in different landscapes and at different scales, ultimately leading to robust algorithms for simulating the effects of management strategies on surface water/groundwater systems.
To address these issues, a symposium on A New Focus on Integrated Analysis of Groundwater/ Surface Water Systems was held during the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly in Perugia, Italy, July 2007. Organised jointly by the IAHS International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW) and the IAHS International Commission on Coupled Atmosphere-Land Systems (ICCLAS) the symposium provided a forum for scientists from many disciplines, to advance the integrated analysis of groundwater/surface water systems.