Chair - John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan
Goals of the 4th Biennium
To enhance communication within the scientific community, and dialogue with the applications community
To encourage the inclusion and analysis of regional efforts and varying perspectives
To maximise the predictive value of available data
To incorporate process structure, variability and emergence into predictive approaches
To improve realism in conceptual approaches
To encourage uptake and evaluation of new measurement and information technologies for basin inputs and characterization
To develop improved models that reflect recently improved hydrological understanding
Professor Pomeroy's original views and plans for PUB's 4th Biennium are available from two documents:
The culmination of the 4th biennium was a major workshop held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada in May 2011, entitled 'Putting PUB into Practice'.
Whilst the essence of PUB is very much 'bottom-up' in terms of its organisation, it is nevertheless important that the movement as a whole is guided towards its strategic goals, that strands of discovery are drawn together in a co-ordinated manner, and that a vehicle is provided to facilitate the transfer of information, ideas and progress. The task of striking this balance was managed for the 4th Biennium by the Science Steering Group or SSG, composed of a Chair and Communications Director, the leaders of the eight Scientific Themes, two 'Young Hydrologist' delegates, and four Special Advisors, including the chairs of PUB's first three biennial phases.
Science Steering Group for the 4th PUB Biennium (2009-2011)
| Chair | John Pomeroy University of Saskatchewan |
Canada |
| Communications | Vladimir Smakhtin International Water Management Institute |
Sri Lanka |
| Theme 1: Catchment Classification | Ross Woods National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research |
New Zealand |
| Theme 2: Conceptualization of Process Heterogeneity | Doerthe Tetzlaff University of Aberdeen |
UK |
| Theme 3: Uncertainty Analyses and Model Diagnostics | Thorsten Wagener Pennsylvania State University |
USA |
| Theme 4: New Approaches to Data-Collection | Danny Marks US Department of Agriculture |
USA |
| Theme 5: New Hydrological Theory | Alexander Gelfan Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Science |
Russia |
| Theme 6: New Approaches to Modelling | Hubert Savenije Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
| Theme 7: International Working Groups | Denis Hughes Rhodes University |
South Africa |
| Theme 8: Integration and Demonstration Projects | Berit Arheimer Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
Sweden |
| 'Young Hydrologist' | Olga Semenova State Hydrological Institute, St Petersburg |
Russia |
| 'Young Hydrologist' | Yukiko Hirabayashi University of Tokyo |
Japan |
| Special Advisor (ex officio - 3rd biennium chair) | Günter Blöschl Technical University of Vienna |
Austria |
| Special Advisor (ex officio - 2nd biennium chair) | Jeff McDonnell Oregon State University |
USA |
| Special Advisor (ex officio - 1st biennium chair) | Siva Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
USA |
| Special Advisor | Kuni Takeuchi International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management |
Japan |