2021 News

The IAHS Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 May to 3 June 2022 in Montpellier, France and have three major focuses:

·       Panta Rhei decade (2013-2022) on change in hydrology and society
·       UPH initiative, "Unsolved Problems in Hydrology"
·       the 100th anniversary year of IAHS

The registration platform is open and we encourage you to book soon to benefit from the early bird price (until 27th February).

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

Note the application window for IAHS SYSTA applications for this event has closed.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook.

IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly, Montpellier, France - abstract submission closes at 13:00 CET (GMT+1) on Monday 13 December.

We would like to remind you that the registration is open and encourage you to book now to benefit from the early bird price.

The Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 May to 3 June 2022 and have three major focuses:

·       Panta Rhei decade (2013-2022) on change in hydrology and society
·       UPH initiative, "Unsolved Problems in Hydrology"
·       the 100th anniversary year of IAHS

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for IAHS SYSTA travel awards. Note that an abstract must already be submitted to be considered for an award. The closing date for SYSTA applications is 13:00 CET  (GMT+1) on 12 December 2021.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly, Montpellier, France - abstract submission closes on at 13:00 CET (GMT+1) Monday 13 December.

We would like to remind you that the registration is open and encourage you to book now to benefit from the early bird price.

The Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for IAHS SYSTA travel awards. Note that an abstract must already be submitted to be considered for an award. The closing date for SYSTA applications is 13:00 CET  (GMT+1) on 12 December 2021.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org  

IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly - abstract submission deadline has been extended to 13:00 CET on Monday 13 December.

We would like to remind you that the registration is open and encourage you to book now to benefit from the early bird price.

The Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for IAHS SYSTA travel awards. Note that an abstract must already be submitted to be considered for an award.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org 

IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly, Montpellier, France - abstract submission closes this week on Wednesday 1st December so act now to take part!

We would like to remind you that the registration is open and encourage you to book now to benefit from the early bird price.

The Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The call for abstracts will be open until December 1 2021. 

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for IAHS SYSTA travel awards. Note that an abstract must already be submitted to be considered for an award.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org 

We would like to remind you that the registration and abstract submission are now open for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly and encourage you to book early.

The assembly will be held in Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The call for abstracts will be open until December 1 2021. 

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for SYSTA travel awards.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org 

The papers from the 4th International Conference on the ''Hydrology of the Great Rivers of Africa'' in Cotonou, Benin, November 16-20 2021 are now available online open access as PIAHS 384.

https://piahs.copernicus.org/articles/384/index.html 

This conference is the fourth of a series started in 2015 in Tunisia, followed by a second edition in Senegal in 2016, and a third one in Algeria in 2018.  As usual this conference is the occasion to organize training courses, side-event workshops, and for the first time a PIAHS volume. This cycle of conferences also refers to the World Large Rivers Initiative launched by UNESCO in 2014 to which it contributes for the continent. The scientific coverage is comprehensive across the global theme of large rivers; ranging from observation, characterisation and modelling of various processes and settings, to the analysis of regimes, changes and security issues. Articles published in that issue, are hence much related to most of the 10 International Commissions of IAHS, and to cross-cutting and agenda-setting initiatives: innovation and assimilation in hydrometry and the data-service value chain, Prediction in Ungauged Basins – PUB, Hydrological change – Panta Rhei and related Water security and nexus approach, and socio-hydrology and citizen engagement. The clustering of the articles in three sections captures that alignment through a progression from hydrological dynamics, to regimes and changes, and to security. The range of African Large Rivers addressed across these articles is a richness as such, with an ultimate value for comparative hydrology; whereas some local studies are also included, which are valuable for documenting knowledge and models.

This open access bilingual issue is of particular interest and value for a large community of authors and readers in Africa, in terms of knowledge capitalization and sharing, both at the regional and international levels, within academia and in the science-policy bridging – as advocated by learned societies and UNESCO in terms of Open Science and public good. Leading authors come from 15 African countries, Canada, France and UK. Beyond these figures, this issue shows the great expectation of African researchers to integrate international institutional activities and share common scientific reflections. This PIAHS volume, as a contribution to the FRIEND-Water program, shortly follows the one published in 2020 out of the Beijing Global FRIEND-Water conference in 2018. The next Global FRIEND-Water conference is scheduled to be held in Dakar, Senegal in March 2023. The contribution of the African scientific community to IAHS activities is strongly increasing, which is also visible by the very large registration of African colleagues to the ongoing 23 UPHs in Africa initiative, whose results should be integrated to the global 23 UPHs discussions scheduled in Montpellier IAHS XIth scientific assembly in May–June 2022.

Early Career scientists make up a significant amount of our community, creating an opportunity to include a new generation of hydrologists as active contributors to IAHS. 

During its Bureau Meeting in July 2017 IAHS decided to strengthen its early career scientist representation to enable more active participation of those members within IAHS Commissions and Working Groups.  An Early Career Committee (ECC) was created consisting of the Early Career Representative of each IAHS Commission plus a chair and co-chair. The first two-year mandate started at the IUGG General Assembly in 2019 and was extended to end at the IAHS Scientific Assembly in Montpellier in 2022. 

A call is made for applicants for all Commissions for the second term of three years which commences during the IAHS Scientific Assembly in Montpellier in May 2022.

The IAHS definition of early career embraces scientists up to 5 years after completion of the PhD (allowing for an extra year per child for parents if they took parental leave).

More information on the IAHS Commissions and Early Career Committee is available on the IAHS website. 

If you are interested in becoming an Early Career Scientist Representative for one of the IAHS Commissions, you can apply by completing the form by 21 December 2021. The ECC embraces equal opportunity for all its members, and strives to have a diverse composition in terms of gender and geography.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the IAHS secretariat and individuals involved in the commission if you have any questions.

The International Hydrology Prize is awarded annually by IAHS, with UNESCO and WMO, to two people who have made an outstanding contribution to hydrological science. More information, including the list of previous awards, is available at
https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/Competition--Events/International-Hydrology-Prize.do

Nominations for the Prize are made by National Committees to IAHS, National Committees to the UNESCO-IHP or National Hydrological Advisors to the WMO, and forwarded to the Secretary General of IAHS for consideration by the Nomination Committee. The Committee consists of the President and a Vice-President of IAHS, as well as representatives from UNESCO and WMO.

Two medals are awarded under the International Hydrology Prize: the Dooge medal and the Volker medal. Both medals are intended to distinguish outstanding achievements by hydrological scientists but with a different focus. The Dooge medal is aimed at fundamental contributions to the science of hydrology, whereas the Volker medal is aimed at outstanding applications of hydrological science for the benefit of society at large. 

The following applies to both the Dooge and Volker medals:

• The International Hydrology Prize shall be awarded to persons who have made outstanding contributions to hydrology such as confers on the candidate universal recognition of his or her international stature.
• The contribution should have an identifiable international dimension extending beyond both the country of normal work and the specific field of interest of the candidate.
• The medals may be awarded to hydrologists of long international standing or to younger but active hydrologists who exhibit qualities of international leadership in the science or practice of hydrology.
• An active involvement in the work of IAHS and other international organisations in the field of hydrology should be counted as an advantage.
  
  

Specific considerations for the Dooge medal:

• The Dooge medal is particularly intended for hydrologists who have demonstrated scientific excellence, and have made fundamental contributions to the science of hydrology as evidenced by publications in the international scientific literature and other evidence of high standard.
• Preference should be given to candidates who have recently exhibited outstanding international leadership in the science of hydrology.

Specific considerations for the Volker medal:

• The Volker medal is dedicated for hydrologists who have applied their research and hydrological expertise to the benefit of society, addressing issues of public interest and development.
• Applications of hydrology to the benefit of developing countries would count as an advantage.
• Preference should be given to candidates who have contributed through both scientific and practical work, and who have made outstanding contributions to the Hydrology community as demonstrated by active involvement in the work of IAHS or other international hydrological associations.

 
Nomination format and procedure

Nominations should be received by the Secretary General of IAHS no later than 31 December 2021 – Christophe Cudennec at cudennec@agrocampus-ouest.fr – and consist of:

• a (max. 2, pages A4 format) nomination letter signed by a National Representative to IAHS, the President of a national committee of UNESCO-IHP, or a National Hydrological Advisor to the WMO, with one sentence citation (max. 200 characters), and stating why the nominee is the most qualified person to receive the Volker or Dooge medal, paying attention to the medal's dedication specified above;
• the nominee’s CV (max. 3 pages, A4 format) with an emphasis on the contribution to hydrological science and international scientific cooperation, providing clear information on the main criteria used for the evaluation and the specific considerations mentioned above.
• a list of the major scientific publications (max. 2 pages, A4 format).

Nominations are expected from the world diversity, and equally for female and male candidates.

Evaluation criteria

a)      Outstanding contributions to hydrology evidenced by universal recognition of his or her international stature.

b)      Identifiable contributions with international dimensions extending beyond both the country of normal work and the specific field of interest of the candidate.

c)      For senior candidates proof of Hydrologists activities of long international standing, or for younger candidates, proof of being active hydrologists with qualities of international leadership in the science or practice of hydrology.

d)      Active involvement in the work of IAHS and other international organizations in the field of hydrology is counted as an advantage.

e)      Application of the hydrological research performed and the use of his/her expertise to the benefit of society and addressing issues of public interest and development.

f)       Applications of hydrology to the benefit of developing countries counts as an advantage.

We would like to remind you that the registration and abstract submission are now open for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly and encourage you to book early.

The assembly will be held in Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The call for abstracts will be open until December 1 2021. 

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for SYSTA travel awards.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org 

Applications are invited for the IAHS SYSTA (SIVAPALAN YOUNG SCIENTISTS TRAVEL AWARDS) towards the costs of participating at the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly - Montpellier, France – 29 May - 3 June 2022.

Full details of the SYSTA eligibility criteria and application procedure are at: https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/SYSTA.do   

The key criteria are that applicants should be from, and currently reside in, a financially disadvantaged country, be within 5 years of their PhD award and be first author of a paper in Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) or Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (PIAHS) or in another listed hydrological journal.  Applicants must have submitted an abstract for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly. Those who have previously received a SYSTA award for intercontinental travel are not eligible to apply. The maximum award value is 2,500 euros.

The closing date for SYSTA applications for upcoming IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly is 12 noon (GMT) on 12 December 2021.

We would like to remind you that the registration and abstract submission are now open for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly and encourage you to book early.

The assembly will be held in Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The call for abstracts will be open until December 1 2021. 

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for SYSTA travel awards.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow the event on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org 

The XIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS 2022) will take place in the centenary year of IAHS!

The assembly will be held in Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

We confirm that registration is now open at early bird prices.

The call for abstracts will be open until December 1 2021. 

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

This event is eligible for SYSTA travel awards.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow us on Linkedin or Facebook. 

www.iahs2022.org   

Dear Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for SnowHydro2022 is Friday 15 October 2021. Please note that we are exploring hybrid and remote options so please submit your abstracts even if you are unsure you can attend in person. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

With best wishes from the organizing committee,
Tobias Jonas, Fanny Brun, Xavier Bodin, Nicolas Champollion, Marie Dumont, Isabelle Gouttevin, Florence Naaim, Claudia Notarnicola and Mel Sandells

3rd International Conference on Snow Hydrology – call for abstracts

SnowHydro2022, Feb. 1-4, Grenoble, France

https://snowhydro2022.sciencesconf.org/ 

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SnowHydro2022 will provide an exceptional opportunity to discuss recent advances in all aspects of snow hydrology in a dedicated conference setting, including snow cover processes, distribution dynamics, model development, data assimilation, operational snowmelt forecasting, remote sensing of snow, climate change effects on snow water resources, snow vegetation interactions, and ecohydrology. It is the event to meet your international peers and exchange latest ideas in a focused and informal setting. Following on from the two previous meetings in 2018 and 2020, SnowHydro2022 will take place next February in Grenoble, France in the foothills of the Alps not far from the famous Mont-Blanc. 

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Call for abstracts: Submission of abstracts for SnowHydro2022 is now open until October-15th 2021. We solicit abstracts on all aspects of snow hydrology (see above) without predefining thematic sessions. A program will be organized into topical blocks based on the received abstracts. SnowHydro2022 will also include poster sessions to encourage focused   research discussions and networking. Abstracts can be submitted via the conference webpage using the following link https://snowhydro2022.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit (create account via the login button).

Please note that the adjoint SHF annual meeting with a session on permafrost and glaciers will issue a separate call for abstracts later.

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About the conference:  SnowHydro2022 is planned as an in-person meeting if COVID-19 conditions permit. We greatly value networking via informal discussions and the exchange of ideas throughout the conference. However, we also recognize the   continuing   uncertainty   due   to   COVID-19   and   are   exploring   hybrid   and contingency virtual formats. Days #1 to #3 will feature dedicated oral and poster sessions, with no concurrent sessions. On day #4 an excursion will take participants to Chamonix Mont-Blanc and the Aiguille du Midi cable car with a fantastic view of Mont-Blanc and its glaciers. SnowHydro2022 is hosted by INRAE, the conference will take place in the historic building of the institute on Saint-Martin d'Hères campus near   Grenoble,   France.   For   more   information   visit https://snowhydro2022.sciencesconf.org/ 

Applications are invited for the IAHS SYSTA (SIVAPALAN YOUNG SCIENTISTS TRAVEL AWARDS) towards the costs of participating at the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly - Montpellier, France – 29 May - 3 June 2022.

Full details of the SYSTA eligibility criteria and application procedure are at: https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/SYSTA.do  

The key criteria are that applicants should be from, and currently reside in, a financially disadvantaged country, be within 5 years of their PhD award and be first author of a paper in Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) or Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (PIAHS) or in another listed hydrological journal.  Applicants must have submitted an abstract for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly. Those who have previously received a SYSTA award for intercontinental travel are not eligible to apply. The maximum award value is 2,500 euros.

The closing date for SYSTA applications for upcoming IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly is 12 noon (GMT) on 12 December 2021.

IAHS are pleased to announce that the 2021 Tison award goes to Svenja Fischer (Germany) and  Philipp Bühler (Germany) for their work on the 2019 Hydrological Sciences Journal paper:

Svenja Fischer, Andreas Schumann & Philipp Bühler (2019) Timescale-based flood typing to estimate temporal changes in flood frequencies, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64:15, 1867-1892, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1679376

The paper was co-authored by Andreas Schumann (Germany) who is not eligible for the Tison Award, age-wise.

This award is prestigious with a 1000 US$ prize and a 1 year subscription to HSJ sponsored by Taylor & Francis the publisher of Hydrological Sciences Journal.

The paper is free to access at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2019.1679376 

The IAHS Tison Award, established in 1982, aims to promote excellence in research by young hydrologists. The Award is granted for an outstanding paper published by IAHS in a period of two years previous to the deadline for nominations. The description of the award is available at https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/Competition--Events/Tison-Award.do  

As a partner to WMO, IAHS would like to draw your attention to the upcoming symposium:

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Education and Training of the World Meteorological Organisation (SYMET-14). Since late 2019, the world has experienced dramatic and rapid shifts in our ways of living, interacting, and educating as we have all adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, the pandemic has accelerated changes to the delivery of meteorological, hydrological and climate training that might have happened over the next 5-15 years. But rapid change has been recognized as the new normal for much longer, and in many more ways than those resulting from the pandemic. Technological innovations and social evolution continue to change our lives and work, climate change has accelerated and demands action, professions are becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, research uncovers new opportunities each year, and globalization means that we all interact and rely on each other more than ever. These are reflected in our symposium theme “Education and Training in a time of rapid change”. The goals of the symposium are: 

•         Identify the key issues for international, regional, and national actions in future Education & Training

•         Apprise WMO RTC’s and training partners of the goals and status of the WMO programmes

•         Further the work of the WMO Global Campus initiative to aid Members in responding to needs for developing and delivering education and training

•         Recommend a collaborative platform for coordination of education and training activities between stakeholders

We hope that the symposium will be a timely opportunity for the community to come together to discuss how best to capitalise on the rapid innovations we are making in response to change. It will also give us the opportunity to discuss greater international collaboration to deliver the change in the scale and breadth of training for a changing role of meteorologists in a climate-resilient future. 

Our symposium will take place between the 22nd-25th November 2021, exclusively online. The symposium will have keynotes delivered by leading figures, working groups will address key challenges in meteorological education and training and the all participants will have the opportunity to present their own challenges and responses to rapid change through virtual poster sessions. The plenary sessions will have simultaneous interpretation in the six WMO official languages to support communication. At the end of the symposium, we aim to produce a meeting statement with a series of actions aimed at driving forward the agenda of creating greater access to meteorological education and training worldwide. 

The meeting website will be made available in October.

Please share this first announcement with your colleagues and look for our calls for registration and poster submissions in late September. Note that there will be no registration fee.

Best regards,

On behalf of

Andrew Charlton-Perez (University of Reading) and Anna Timofeeva (Russian State Hydrometeorological University), SYMET-14 co-chairs.

Luciane Veeck
Education and Training Support Officer
Email: luveeck@wmo.int 
Education and Training Office, Member Services and Development Department
World Meteorological Organization
Address: 7bis, Avenue de la Paix. Case postale 2300, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

The IAHS Sivapalan Young Scientists Travel Awards (SYSTA) initiative was launched in 2018 and invites applications regularly. The aims of SYSTA are to: (1) strengthen attendance of IAHS meetings from financially disadvantaged countries (FDCs) to address the currently low attendance; and (2) foster high quality science among a new generation of hydrologists.

In July 2021, IAHS were pleased to award 13 SYSTA awards for attendance at the 4th International Conference of the Great Rivers of Africa, up to the maximum award value of €2,500.

The awardees for 2021 are as follows:

Our warmest congratulations go to all the awardees.

We are currently inviting SYSTA applications from eligible applicants for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly. Full details of the SYSTA eligibility criteria and application procedure can be found at: https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/SYSTA.do.

The 5th IAHR/WMO/IAHS training course on streamgauging will be held from 13-15 November 2021 in Cotonou, Benin, as part of the FRIEND-Water/IAHS conference on the Hydrology of Large Rivers in Africa, with separate registration. The three-day course consists of two days of lectures covering the basics of hydrometry and the state of the art of river gauging, and one day dedicated to field exercises. The course is aimed at students, academics and professional hydrologists who wish to gain a clear understanding of hydrometry principles and techniques. The lectures will be given by internationally renowned experts. The language of the course is French.

Information and registration:

https://friendgrandsfleuvesafriquecotonou2020.org/friend/fr/formation-3/ 

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As a partner to WMO, IAHS would like to draw your attention to the upcoming free webinar on hydrological observations and the related free access paper on e-monitoring the nature of water in HSJ by Pecora & Lins https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2020.1724296 .

The critical need for hydrological observations in support of water resources management, particularly during extreme events, has transformed traditional methods of hydrological data management. This transformation has given rise to a framework of e-monitoring the hydrological cycle, the aim of which is to improve understanding of the nature of water.

The WMO Hydrological Observing System (WHOS) was designed around the integration of observations, data exchange, research, data processing, modelling and forecasting, in such a way that societal needs for disaster risk reduction, improved sustainability of environmental resources, climate resilience and economic growth can be effectively met. With its implementation of conceptual functionalities for sustainable data management, the WHOS operational architecture is hydrology’s system for the future.

This webinar is organized in frame of the WMO HydroHub End-of-Phase communication and will present some of the highlights and achievements of the WHOS development and implementation. More specifically, the webinar will allow participants to learn more about importance of data interoperability, WHOS concept and objectives, WHOS brokering approach, WHOS regional prototypes as well as WHOS data use cases.

Day and time: 6 September 2021, 13:30-15:30 (UTC)

Zoom meeting details: https://wmo-int.zoom.us/j/89015398603 

Dear all,

The organisation of the XIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS 2022) is going according to plan!

We are pleased to confirm that the assembly will be held at the Corum in the city centre of Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The call for abstracts and registration will open in September 2021.

In the meantime, please find attached the latest scientific and workshop programmes.

You can find more information on the IAHS 2022 website or follow us on Linkedin or Facebook. 

Best regards,

IAHS-AISH 2022 Local Organizing Committee 

www.iahs2022.org  

The election of Officers of IAHS and its 10 Commissions occurs every four years during the IUGG General Assembly. The most recent elections were held in Montréal in 2019. The offices are held for the period 2019-2023, except for the Presidents who were elected in 2019 and whose mandate is 2021-2025. In July 2021 the Presidents became Past-Presidents and the Presidents-Elect became Presidents.

Ordinarily the transition to new president will occur during the IAHS Scientific Assembly. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic the 2021 Scientific Assembly has been delayed until 2022 and therefore the transition was confirmed during the recent online IAHS Bureau meeting.

With immediate effect the new officers are as follows:

We welcome the new Presidents to their post and look forward to an exciting time at IAHS as we celebrate 100 years since the founding of the Association in Rome in 1922, and to the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly in Montpellier, France with a focus on the Unsolved Problems in Hydrology initiative and the end of the decade of Panta Rhei.

On 30th June 2021, the 2020 Journal Citation Reports® were released by Clarivate Analytics. 

We are delighted to announce that, according the 2020 JCR, Hydrological Sciences Journal (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/thsj20/current) ranks in the top quartile of Water Resources journals (24/98) with an Impact Factor of 3.787 and a five-year Impact Factor of 3.5. 

As the official journal of the IAHS, HSJ is the main vehicle and outlet for IAHS-led agenda-setting and cooperation initiatives, which has resulted in community key papers such as (recent examples):


·         Nardi, F., et al., 2021. Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY): conceptualizing a transdisciplinary framework for citizen science addressing hydrological challenges, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1849707

·         Blöschl, G., et al., 2019. Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64:10, 1141-1158.  DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507

·         Tauro, F., et al., 2018. Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63:2, 169-196. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2017.1420191

·         Ceola, S., et al., 2016. Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment: a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61:16, 2803-2817, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674

The Journal also publishes special issues and virtual special issues, for example:

·         Volume 65, Issue 5 Hydrological data: Opportunities and barriers (Part 1), 2020, Guest editor: Christophe Cudennec (link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/thsj20/65/5?nav=tocList)

·         S2 Panta Rhei Opinion Paper Series: a list of opinion papers, discussions and replies (2017-) Guest editor: Heidi Kreibich (link: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/thsj20/65/S2?nav=tocList)

·         More information on other virtual special issues can be found at:
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=specialIssues&journalCode=thsj20

Such papers attract attention and contribute directly to the impact factor of the Journal.

The rise in HSJ’s impact factor and ranking is particularly good news as it has the potential to further amplify the visibility and strengthen the dissemination of the scientific research activities carried out internationally.

Our congratulations and sincere thanks go to the HSJ Editorial Office and Editors, Associate Editors and Reviewers for all their hard work for the journal.

Abstract submission and registration has been opened for the 22nd WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium on 'Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa'. This will be a blended event held both virtually and at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe with reduced registration rates for online attendance.

More information can be found in the conference flyer or on the website https://www.waternetonline.org/downloads/proceedings 

The meeting will include a special session of ICWRS on the Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) initiative with an African perspective in preparation for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly in Montpellier.

Important Dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts 20 July 2021
Deadline for early bird registration 15 August 2021

The Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS 2022) will take place in Montpellier, France from 29 May to 3 June 2022.

The scientific programme is available at http://www.iahs2022.org/program.asp 

This important biennial event will provide an opportunity to communicate, exchange and project on all major topics in the hydrological sciences within the framework of sessions organized by all IAHS Commissions and Working Groups with partners.

IAHS 2022 will have three major focuses:

·       Panta Rhei decade (2013-2022) on change in hydrology and society
·       UPH initiative, "Unsolved Problems in Hydrology"
·       the 100th anniversary year of IAHS

This event will be accompanied throughout this week by many other "water-related" events for scientists, the general public and schoolchildren. 

The eleventh edition of the STAHY International Workshop, STAHY 2021, finally will be online, in order to eliminate any uncertainty concerning its development, and with reduced registration fees. 

This event is organized by the International Commission on Statistical Hydrology (ICSH), of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), and the Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) of the Universtat Politècnica de València (UPV). 

Submissions are OPEN and can be made via the STAHY-2021 website https://stahy2021.congresos.upv.es/registration/ 

General topics include:

·         Extreme hydrological and meteorological analysis under global changes
·         Quantifying uncertainty in hydrological predictions
·         Hydrological design and risk assessment under changing environment
·         Applications of big data, data mining and information theory
·         Data assimilation for hydrological forecasts
·         New approaches in time series analysis
·         Spatio-temporal variability and scaling
·         Geostatistics in groundwater and surface hydrology

Best presentations will be invited to a Special Issue in Hydrological Sciences Journal.

It is also noteworthy that during the Workshop Prof. Jose Salas will receive the ICSH Achievement Award for his giant and outstanding contribution to the science of Statistical Hydrology.

One day before the Workshop (15 September), the traditional Early Career Course will take place, which will be entirely free for all those registered in the Workshop. 

Important dates:

·         Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2021
·         Notification of abstract acceptance:  July 25, 2021
·         Early bird registration deadline: August 31, 2021


Conference fees:

Early career hydrologists from financially disadvantaged countries who are participating in the conference can apply for the SYSTA scheme that pays conference fees. Full details of the SYSTA eligibility criteria and application procedure can be found at https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/SYSTA.do 

Contact e-mail: stahy2021@upv.es 

STAHY2021 website: https://stahy2021.congresos.upv.es/
 

We look forward to welcoming you in September!

The Organizing Committee
Elena Volpi, Ashish Sharma and Félix Francés

In our role as an official partner of the World Water Quality Alliance, IAHS would like to draw your attention to two upcoming online workshops:

MONITORING PLASTICS IN RIVERS AND LAKES: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies.
Date: June 17, 2021 at 1:30 PM EAT (12:30 PM CEST). 

The guidelines contain the most current procedures for monitoring and analyzing plastic content in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and water/wastewater treatment plants. The harmonization of monitoring methods and techniques will allow for synthesis of data and will provide knowledge of transport processes, loads and impacts of plastic debris in freshwater bodies/ecosystems, that can be used to monitor water quality and also strengthen evidence base for guiding effective policymaking. The webinar will feature a panel of expert speakers and will provide the audience with an overview of the publication, practical use and implementation of the guidelines, as well as opportunities to put them into practice. 

Register via the website: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5721038690869826316.


RIVER BASIN SEDIMENT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
Date:  September 6-10, 2021

The free workshop under the umbrella of UNESCO’s International Sediment Initiative (ISI) aims at providing knowledge on:

River sediment measurement and monitoring techniques
River sediment data analysis methods
Transferring river sediment monitoring results to management solutions

This workshop will concentrate on monitoring and management of sediment in rivers. The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), UNESCO-IHP and the International Research and Training Centre for Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES, Beijing, China).

Application deadline:  June 20, 2021

Website:   http://isi.irtces.org/isi/NewsEvents/comimgevents/webinfo/2021/05/1619300941493185.htm 

 

IAHS would like to draw your attention to a selection of hydrology related summer schools which may be of interest. Please contact the organisers directly for information using the relevant links.

Principles, Applications And New Frontiers In Isotope Geochemistry.  14-18 June 2021 at Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, Italy

The school deals with isotopes in multiple worlds of geochemistry. One of the topics is  environmental isotopes in hydrology. 
https://paig.lakecomoschool.org/  . 


Summer School: Extremes In Water Science. 11-17 July 2021 at Villa Colombella, Perugia, Italy

The Summer School will focus on advances in statistical theory and applications dealing with extremes in Earth System Sciences, and particularly in Water Science.
http://warredoc.unistrapg.it/en/events/2020-summer-school/  

Hydro-JULES Summer School. 12-16 July 2021  UKCEH Wallingford, UK (online event)

The intention is to train undergraduate, post-graduate, early-career and other international junior scientists from the fields of water and the environment, land surface science, water resources, ecology, hydrometeorology, biogeochemistry and other related research areas concerned with the delivery of next-generation land-surface and hydrological predictions.
https://hydro-jules.org/hydro-jules-summer-school-2021 

12th Annual Catchment Science Summer School. 29 August - 03 September 2021 University of Birmingham, UK (online event)

The course is designed for PhD students and Post Docs in catchment science. The course is taught by Jeff McDonnell, Chris Soulsby, Jan Seibert, Ilja van Meerveld, Doerthe Tetzlaff, David Hannah, Stefan Krause and many others. It is co-sponsored by the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Aberdeen, University of Zurich and Humboldt University. 
https://water.usask.ca/hillslope/teaching/catchment-science-summer-school.php#ClassDescription . 
  

As a worldwide learned society IAHS has always facilitated collective epistemological progress, knowledge capitalization and scientific dialogue, through the mechanisms of networking, sharing and debating on emerging topics and through agenda-setting initiatives. In line with our parent bodies IUGG and ISC (formerly ICSU), IAHS has always been proactive in bridging divides and defending values, which are now reframed in the Open Science principles *.

The demographics and practices of the community are changing, the digital revolution is accelerating, and the current pandemic induces both constraints and innovations.

To reinforce IAHS’s values - for the community and fed by the community - we are inviting ideas for the Association’s digital acceleration. To coincide with its centenary, IAHS wishes to implement a web platform and software system to effectively link and display global hydrological knowledge and scientific findings, and to facilitate new networking and knowledge management.

Systems could involve existing and/or new products and could potentially address some of the following requirements:

1.    Graphic display of hydrological case studies from each continent, with community input

2.    Overview of ongoing hydrological activities and scientific achievements 

3.    Opportunity for data sharing

4.    Ability to link groups and foster scientific collaboration

5.    Internal community building within and between IAHS Commissions and Working Groups

6.    Engagement of and with partners, stakeholders and citizens

7.    Framework for displaying and linking projects involved in the Panta Rhei and Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) initiatives

8.    Evolution and innovation over time to provide an on-going platform and archive

 
To enable the Association to brainstorm ideas for this community-led strategic shift, submit your outline suggestions and aspirations by June 15th 2021 by email to info@iahs.co.uk   

* See the actual intergovernmental process on Open Science, coordinated by UNESCO, to which we contribute via ISC, https://en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science 

As a worldwide learned society IAHS has always facilitated collective epistemological progress, knowledge capitalization and scientific dialogue, through the mechanisms of networking, sharing and debating on emerging topics and through agenda-setting initiatives. In line with our parent bodies IUGG and ISC (formerly ICSU), IAHS has always been proactive in bridging divides and defending values, which are now reframed in the Open Science principles *.

The demographics and practices of the community are changing, the digital revolution is accelerating, and the current pandemic induces both constraints and innovations.

To reinforce IAHS’s values - for the community and fed by the community - we are inviting ideas for the Association’s digital acceleration. To coincide with its centenary, IAHS wishes to implement a web platform and software system to effectively link and display global hydrological knowledge and scientific findings, and to facilitate new networking and knowledge management.

Systems could involve existing and/or new products and could potentially address some of the following requirements:

1.    Graphic display of hydrological case studies from each continent, with community input

2.    Overview of ongoing hydrological activities and scientific achievements 

3.    Opportunity for data sharing

4.    Ability to link groups and foster scientific collaboration

5.    Internal community building within and between IAHS Commissions and Working Groups

6.    Engagement of and with partners, stakeholders and citizens

7.    Framework for displaying and linking projects involved in the Panta Rhei and Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) initiatives

8.    Evolution and innovation over time to provide an on-going platform and archive

 
To enable the Association to brainstorm ideas for this community-led strategic shift, submit your outline suggestions and aspirations by June 15th 2021 by email to info@iahs.co.uk  

* See the actual intergovernmental process on Open Science, coordinated by UNESCO, to which we contribute via ISC, https://en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science 

Version française ci-dessous / French version at the bottom

Pierre Hubert (1943–2020) passed away on 31st December 2020. He graduated with a degree in engineering from the Ecole Centrale in Paris in 1967, and was awarded his PhD in 1971 and his Habilitation (Doctorat ès Sciences) in hydrology in 1986 from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. He worked from 1971 to 2007 for the Ecole des Mines de Paris, and he has long been at the heart of Paris’s multi-institutional masters and doctoral hydrology curricula. 

Pierre developed wide-ranging research interests in hydrology, from theoretical aspects to science support to water management, with a strong engagement in exploring multi-disciplinary approaches and with intensive international activity. This allowed him to tackle a diverse range of challenges across hydro-climatic, socio-hydrological and geopolitical contexts, always with a panoramic overview and contribution.

Pierre was at the leading edge of science in several areas, including isotopic hydro(geo)logy, modelling, scaling (fractal and multifractal), geostatistics and change detection, as applied to various hydro-meteorological variables and settings. The Hubert segmentation method is now a key tool for any hydro-climatologist addressing the question of change. His methodological developments led to improvements in the design of monitoring networks, to enhanced understanding of processes and patterns, and to the modelling and optimization of resource and hazard management.

Pierre developed and facilitated bilateral and multilateral cooperation initiatives with Quebec, Tunisia, Algeria, West Africa, Romania, Russia and beyond, continually supporting individuals, groups and networks to plug gaps in scientific knowledge. All this he undertook with a deep trust that the humanistic values of science and education are universal and independent from politics, and that the epistemological values of hydrological science benefit from exploring hydrological diversity across the world.

Pierre was rapidly identified as a multifaceted expert, as well as a very pleasant character, in French, francophone and international institutions and communities. He used his multiple engagements to encourage the emergence, funding and articulation of mechanisms of cooperation. He has been active in the French SHF—Société Hydrotechnique de France—and its Milon Prize. He has been a long-term contributor to the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme and the WMO Commission for Hydrology, representing France, then IAHS and IUGG.

Pierre was a key player in the organization management of conferences and publications (front and backstage), concerned both with scientific content and accessibility/open access, hence creating platforms for scientific sharing, consolidation, capitalization and dissemination. Beyond editorial and peer-reviewing tasks, he was particularly active on the francophone side of the then-bilingual Hydrological Sciences Journal of IAHS, and of the multilingual UNESCO–WMO International Glossary of Hydrology, which he expanded in its linguistic coverage and online accessibility: http://hydrologie.org/glu/aglo.htm. Furthermore, he made pioneering use of the opportunities offered by the internet to facilitate the open archiving of publications and the networking of scientists, in particular with the establishment and enduring management of the francophone portal http://hydrologie.org.

Pierre engaged early in IAHS—the International Association of Hydrological Sciences—recognizing in the Association a unique worldwide network whose vocation was close to his values, and where he could scale up his own actions for articulating hydrological sciences and players. He served as President of the French IAHS, then IUGG chapters, from 1990 to 2000. After undertaking various roles in IAHS commissions and publications, he was Secretary General of IAHS from 2000–2011, thanks first to a nomination when the position became vacant, and subsequently to two elections. He was particularly involved and efficient in facilitating the functioning of the Association, the emergence of digitization, the digital rescue and open archiving of the IAHS publication series, the shaping of the agenda-setting PUB—Prediction in Ungauged Basin—decade, and the partnership with UN Agencies (in particular UNESCO IHP and WMO CHy). He also accompanied the emergence of IACS, and facilitated interfaces with sister associations and contributions to transversal initiatives of IUGG. From 2011 to 2019, he continued as a bureau member of IUGG, not only representing hydrological sciences but also contributing to the strategy of the Union, from Earth System Science approaches to the celebration of the 100th Anniversary.

Pierre Hubert received the IAHS–UNESCO–WMO International Hydrology Prize / Volker Medal in 2015 in recognition of his scientific excellence and engagement with the community. For similar reasons, he was made knight of the Légion d’honneur in France. The many messages shared over the last weeks across various networks acknowledge this double reputation, and they also list countless anecdotes and testimonials of how Pierre ceaselessly blended the ventures of science and humanity.


Prof. Christophe Cudennec, Institut Agro, France & Secretary General of IAHS


Nécrologie

Pierre J. Y. HUBERT 

Pierre Hubert (1943–2020) est décédé le 31 Décembre 2020. Il était ingénieur de l’Ecole Centrale de Paris (1967), Docteur (1971) et Docteur ès Sciences (1986) en hydrologie de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie de Paris. Il était en poste à l’Ecole des Mines de Paris de 1971 à 2007, et a longtemps été au coeur des formations Parisiennes co-accréditées en hydrologie.

Pierre a développé un large spectre d’activités scientifiques, allant de développements théoriques à l’aide à la gestion opérationnelle de l’eau, explorant des approches multi-disciplinaires et développant une activité internationale intense. Cela lui a permis d’aborder une large gamme d’enjeux à travers des contextes hydro-climatiques, socio-hydrologiques et géopolitiques diversifiés, menant à une vision et à une contribution panoramiques.

Pierre a été sur le front de science dans plusieurs domaines, en particulier l’hydro(géo)logie isotopique, la modélisation, les effets d’échelles (fractalité et multifractalité), les géostatistiques et la détection de changement, appliqués à diverses variables hydro-météorologiques et à divers contextes. La méthode de segmentation de Hubert est désormais incontournable pour tout hydro-climatologue qui explore les questions de changement. Ses développements méthodologiques ont permis des améliorations dans l’implantation des réseaux d’observation, la compréhension naturaliste des processus et des structures, la modélisation et l’optimisation de la gestion des ressources et des aléas. 

Pierre a développé et accompagné des coopérations bilatérales et multilatérales avec le Québec, la Tunisie, l’Algérie, l’Afrique de l’Ouest, la Roumanie, la Russie …, toujours dans la perspective d’aider des individus, des groupes et des réseaux à déveloper les connaissances scientifiques. Il était guidé par une profonde confiance dans les valeurs humanistes de la science et de l’éducation, vues comme étant universelles et indépendantes de la politique, et dans l’idée que l’épistémologie de l’hydrologie devait pouvoir être enrichie par l’exploration de la diversité hydrologique à travers le monde.

Pierre a rapidement été identifié dans les institutions et les communautés Françaises, francophones et internationales, comme étant un expert multi-facettes, ainsi qu’une personne agréable. Il s’est appuyé sur ses engagements multiples pour encourager l’émergence, le financement et l’articulation de mécanismes de coopération. Il a été actif au sein de la SHF—Société Hydrotechnique de France— et son Prix Milon. Il a été un contributeur sur le long terme du Programme Hydrologique International de l’UNESCO et de la Commission d’Hydrologie de l’OMM, representant la France, puis l’AISH et l’UIGG.

Pierre a été un acteur important dans l’organisation et les coulisses de nombreuses conférences et publications, attentif à la fois au contenu scientifique et à l’accessibilité, et donc aux vertus du partage, de la consolidation, de la capitalisation et de la diffusion scientifiques. Au delà d’activités éditoriales, il a été particulièrement actif dans le versant francophone du Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques, alors bilingue, de l’AISH, et du Glossaire International d’Hydrologie multilingue de UNESCO-OMM, dont il a étendu la couverture linguistique et l’accessibilité en ligne : http://hydrologie.org/glu/aglo.htm. Il a, de plus, été pionnier dans l’utilisation d’internet pour l’archivage ouvert de publications et la mise en réseau de scientifiques, en particulier avec l’établissement et la gestion du portail francopone http://hydrologie.org.

Pierre s’est engagé tôt dans l’AISH—Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques—reconnaissant dans l’Association un réseau Mondial unique dont la vocation correspondait à ses valeurs, et au sein de laquelle il pouvait élargir ses propres actions pour l’articulation des sciences et des acteurs hydrologiques. Il a servi comme Président des comités Français pour l’AISH et l’UIGG—Union Internationale de Géodésie et Géophysique—, de 1990 à 2000. Après avoir joué plusieurs rôles dans les commissions et au service des publications de l’AISH, il a été Secrétaire Général de l’AISH de 2000 à 2011, initialement nommé lorsque la fonction est devenue vacante, puis élu à deux reprises. Il était particulièrement investi et efficace dans le fonctionnement de l’Association, l’émergence de la digitalisation, la sauvegarde numérique et l’archivage ouvert des collections de publications, la formulation de la décennie PUB – Prévision dans les Bassins Non-jaugés, et les partenariats avec les Agences de l’ONU (en particulier l’UNESCO-PHI et l’OMM-CHy). Il a également accompagné l’émergence de l’IACS pour les sciences de la cryosphère, et a facilité des interfaces avec des associations soeurs et des contributions à des initiatives transversales de l’UIGG. De 2011 à 2019, il a prolongé son investissement associatif en étant membre du bureau de l’UIGG, non seulement représentant les sciences hydrologiques, mais aussi contribuant à la stratégie de l’Union, depuis l’articulation des Sciences du Système Terre jusqu’à la célébration du 100ème anniversaire.   

Pierre Hubert a reçu la Médaille Volker du Prix International d’Hydrologie AISH–UNESCO–OMM en 2015 en reconnaissance de son excellence scientifique et de son engagement pour la communauté. Pour des raisons similaires, il a été élevé au grade de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur en France. Les nombreux messages échangés au cours des dernières semaines via différents réseaux confirment cette double réputation, et alignent en outre de multiples témoignages et anectotes, qui illustrent la façon dont Pierre a sans cesse imbriqué les aventures scientifiques et humaines.


Prof. Christophe Cudennec, Institut Agro, France & Secrétaire Général de l’AISH

Applications are invited for the IAHS SYSTA (SIVAPALAN YOUNG SCIENTISTS TRAVEL AWARDS) towards the costs of participating at the following IAHS-badged conferences in 2021 and 2022:

STAHY 2021 – virtual event (registration only) – 16-17 September 2021

4th International Conference of the Great Rivers of Africa – Cotonou, Benin – 16-20 November 2021

IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly - Montpellier, France – 29 May - 3 June 2022

Full details of the SYSTA eligibility criteria and application procedure are at: https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/SYSTA.do  

The three key criteria are that applicants should be from, and currently reside in, a financially disadvantaged country, be within 5 years of their PhD award and be first author of a paper in Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) or Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (PIAHS) or in another listed hydrological journal.  Those who have previously received a SYSTA award for intercontinental travel are not eligible to apply. The maximum award value is 2500 euros.

The closing date for SYSTA applications for upcoming 2021 IAHS meetings is 12 noon (CET) on 18 June 2021.

Applications are welcomed for SYSTA awards for the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly and the deadline will be announced later in the year.

Any 2021 awards made under the SYSTA scheme will be transferred to the IAHS 2022 Scientific Assembly if it is not possible to use the awards in 2021 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

IAHS are pleased to announce the award of the International Hydrology Prize (Dooge medal and Volker medal) for 2021 to:

Dooge medal - Taikan Oki, Japan

Volker medal - Harry F. Lins, USA 

Nominations for the annual Prize are made by National Committees to IAHS, National Committees to the UNESCO-IHP or National Hydrological Advisors to the WMO, and forwarded to the Secretary General of IAHS for consideration by the Nomination Committee. The Committee consists of the President and a Vice-President of IAHS and representatives of UNESCO and WMO.

As of 2014, two medals are awarded under the International Hydrology Prize: the Dooge medal and the Volker medal. Both medals are intended to distinguish outstanding achievements by hydrological scientists but with a different focus. The Dooge medal is aimed at fundamental contributions to the science of hydrology, whereas the Volker medal is aimed at outstanding applications of hydrological science for the benefit of society at large.

https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/Competition--Events/International-Hydrology-Prize.do   

Our warmest congratulations go to both recipients.

Today, the United Nations World Water Development Report 2021 on Valuing Water, the UN-Water flagship Report on water issues, was published by UNESCO and coordinated by the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme.

The Report assesses the current status of and challenges to the valuation of water across differing sectors and perspectives and identifies ways in which valuation can be promoted as a tool to help achieve sustainability.

IAHS contributed to chapter 5 (Food and agriculture) and chapter 11 (Knowledge, research and capacity development as enabling conditions).


The Report is available for free download, in English, French and Italian.

The Executive Summary is available in 11 languages.

The Audiobook of the Executive Summary is available in 4 languages.

Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) is the official Journal of the IAHS and provides a forum for original papers and for the exchange of information and views on significant developments in hydrology worldwide. It is published by Taylor & Francis and is available online and in print format. 

We recognise the time and effort provided by our editors and manuscript reviewers in supporting authors to produce better papers, and it is with this in mind that we recently announced new awards:

1.     The Hydrological Sciences Journal Associate Editor Award is granted for outstanding overall contribution to the journal’s impact and visibility, and excellence in supporting authors and editors through the peer review process. The award (a significant cash prize) is granted annually by IAHS, with the support of Taylor & Francis, to one Associate Editor identified by the HSJ Editors. In 2020 it was awarded to Konstantinos Soulis (Greece).

2.     The Hydrological Sciences Journal Reviewer Award is granted for outstanding contribution to the journal, and excellence in supporting authors and editors with timely and relevant reviews. The award (comprising a cash prize and book tokens) is granted annually by IAHS, with the support of Taylor & Francis, to reviewers identified by the HSJ Editors. In 2020 awards were granted to Ozgur Kisi (Turkey) and Andrzej Walega (Poland).

Our congratulations go to all of our awardees.

IAHS are pleased to announce that the 2020 Tison award goes to Eleni Maria Michailidi (Greece) and Sylvia Antoniadi (Greece) for their work on the 2018 Hydrological Sciences Journal paper:

Eleni Maria Michailidi, Sylvia Antoniadi, Antonis Koukouvinos, Baldassare Bacchi & Andreas Efstratiadis (2018) Timing the time of concentration: shedding light on a paradox, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63:5, 721-740, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2018.1450985

The paper was co-authored by Antonis Koukouvinos (Greece), Baldassare Bacchi (Italy) & Andreas Efstratiadis (Greece) who are not eligible for the Tison Award, age-wise.

This award is prestigious with a 1000 US$ prize and a 1 year subscription to HSJ sponsored by Taylor & Francis the publisher of Hydrological Sciences Journal.

The paper is free to access at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2018.1450985 

The IAHS Tison Award, established in 1982, aims to promote excellence in research by young hydrologists. The Award is granted for an outstanding paper published by IAHS in a period of two years previous to the deadline for nominations. The description of the award is available at https://iahs.info/About-IAHS/Competition--Events/Tison-Award.do 

After 27 years dedicated contribution to IAHS and its official journal, Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ), Frances Watkins retires on 26 February 2021.

Pictured left to right - Sara Rafferty (HSJ Editorial Assistant), Günter Blöschl (President IAHS), Christophe Cudennec (Secretary General IAHS), Attilio Castellarin (Editor-in-Chief HSJ), Frances Watkins (HSJ Editorial Manager), Helen Houghton-Carr (Company Secretary IAHS), Kate Heal (Treasurer IAHS), Claire Lupton (Executive Secretary IAHS) and Eilise Norris (Managing Editor Agriculture, Environment and Water for Taylor & Francis) in 2019.

There have been many changes in IAHS, HSJ and publishing over the past 27 years, but one constant – in addition to Frances - has been the location of the IAHS Office in Wallingford, UK, formerly the Institute of Hydrology (now the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), where Frances joined Penny Kisby and Jill Gash in November 1993. Frances’ first project was HSJ volume 39 (1994), which included 6 issues and about 700 pages. In those days papers arrived as hard copies by post, and were typed-up and edited in WordPerfect 5.1. To indicate the scale of changes since, the latest HSJ volume 65 (2020), contained 16 issues and 2826 pages, all handled electronically. The number of Associate Editors has increased from 30 to 60 and there are now three HSJ Co-Editors – Attilio Castellarin, Stacey Archfield and Aldo Fiori – building upon the advances of previous Editors - Terence O’Donnell, Zbigniew (Zbyszek) W. Kundzewicz, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Mike Acreman and Ross Woods. To support the growth of HSJ, Sara Rafferty joined the IAHS Office as Editorial Assistant in 2017, focussing on the processing of papers and communications with Associate Editors and reviewers under the management of Frances. 

The continued growth and success of HSJ over the past 27 years, whilst maintaining high scientific and linguistic standards, would not have been possible without Frances. Frances is renowned for her English language skills, high quality of work and attention to detail. She has used these to support the publication of papers from hydrologists all around the world, especially early career scientists, thus helping IAHS to fulfil its charitable mandate. As well as her HSJ duties, Frances worked on the production and copy editing of many IAHS Red Books. Frances has also developed excellent relations with Taylor & Francis, publishers of HSJ since 2010, who provide valuable expertise and promotion of HSJ, and now do most of the copy editing. Through all these activities, Frances supported Cate Gardner, who followed Penny Kisby as Manager of IAHS Press, until Cate’s retirement in 2015. 

Following the reorganisation of the IAHS Office under Cate’s leadership and the appointment of Claire Lupton as IAHS Executive Secretary in 2015, Frances has helped Claire maintain the friendly and efficient reputation of all IAHS operations. Many will recall Frances not just from her beautifully written emails, but from meeting her in person at the IAHS stand at Scientific and General Assemblies, or at HSJ editorial retreats. 

As with her careful work for HSJ, Frances’ retirement has been well-planned and organised. Frances gave advance notice of her intentions, enabling IAHS to appoint Lottie Rundall as HSJ Editorial and Production Coordinator in January 2020. This has allowed a 1-year handover to tap Frances’ encyclopaedic knowledge of HSJ before Lottie took over the HSJ Editorial Manager role.

Frances’ inputs to HSJ and IAHS have been outstanding over the past 27 years. She has overseen the publication of over two-thirds of HSJ pages ever published and tirelessly mentored HSJ Authors, Associate Editors, and Editors. Frances has achieved all this with her characteristic warmth and empathy, making the HSJ Editorial Team feel like a welcoming family. All the IAHS staff, HSJ Editors and Associate Editors, IAHS Officers past and present, and HSJ Authors send their best wishes to you, Frances, as you embark on a well-deserved retirement.

Kate Heal
Chair IAHS Ltd.

One of hydrology’s most eminent trail-blazing scientists, William James (Jim) Shuttleworth, an incredibly warm, kind and compassionate person, sadly passed away on 20th December 2020 at the age of 75. 

Jim arrived at the UK Institute of Hydrology in 1972: with a nuclear physics background,  he looked at hydrology with fresh eyes.  

He was recruited to work on a project making Bowen ratio measurements of forest evaporation. Faced with the difficulty of measuring the very small temperature and humidity gradients found above forest, Jim rapidly concluded that there must be an easier way. The strongest candidate was the eddy-correlation method and Jim’s vision saw a minimalist battery-powered instrument that could operate continuously in remote places. 

The successful development of this instrument transformed our ability to measure evaporation. The over 300 Fluxnet stations now using this approach have a provenance traceable back to Jim’s original device. 

When an opportunity arose to exploit the new instruments measuring Amazonian evaporation, Jim grabbed it. Others saw the project in terms of understanding the water balance of the rainforest, but Jim recognized it as an opportunity to pioneer a new field of global hydrology,  combining hydrological measurements with new global models.

In the early 1980s, with Global Circulation Models, in their infancy, only a handful of visionaries believed in their potential to predict future climate. An early application was to predict the climatic consequences of deforesting the Amazon basin. Yet the representation and parameterization of the forest in these models was basic — often just guesswork. By linking directly to scientists at NASA and the UK Met Office Jim ensured that the Amazonian demonstration of how micrometeorological land surface flux measurements could anchor models to the real world, was rapidly incorporated into the new GCMs, thus kick-starting many other international experiments.

Jim joined the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at The University of Arizona in 1993, ultimately becoming Regents Professor. He created their first degree programme in hydrometeorology, writing the definitive textbook on the subject, and instigating their Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (HAS) programme. 

Jim maintained his theoretical ability throughout and among his 200 scientific publications - "Evaporation From Sparse Crops - An Energy Combination Theory" has been cited over 2000 times.  

Among his many international recognitions are the International Hydrology Prize in 2006, and the AGU Robert E. Horton Medal in 2014 for “outstanding contributions to hydrology.” (https://profiles.arizona.edu/person/shuttle)

Jim is survived by his beloved wife Hazel, three of his four sons and one daughter, fifteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. And, of course, by those of us lucky enough to have had him as one of our dearest friends, who will all miss him very deeply.
 

Colin Lloyd, Jim Wallace and John Gash

Figure caption: Jim Shuttleworth on the Les Landes forest tower during HAPEX-MOBILHY, in 1986.

We would like to draw your attention to two IAHS related sessions in the Hydrological Sciences (HS) programme at the upcoming virtual EGU General Assembly (19-30 April 2021) related to the Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) initiative and the Panta Rhei decade.

HS1.2.3 Pathways towards solving the Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) 

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39751 

The IAHS in collaboration with the Hydrology Divisions of EGU and AGU as well as the IAH, launched in 2017 a public consultation process for compiling a list of unsolved scientific problems in hydrology which resulted, in 2019, in a set of 23 Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) (see https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507).

The UPH are articulated around 7 themes: Time variability and change, Space variability and scaling, Variability of extremes, Interfaces in hydrology, Measurements and data, Modelling methods, and Interfaces with society. Some of the UPH may have already been partially studied. Recent research may shed light on how to move forward in a more holistic way. A crucial issue is to put together fragmented knowledge to address the questions raised and enhance coherence in hydrological sciences.

The purpose of this session is to discuss progress in any of the 23 UPH. Contributions are encouraged to either:
- present research results that advance the understanding of any of the 23 UPH,
- review (or present a contribution to review) the state of the art of one (or more) of the UPH, pointing towards directions where progress is most promising.

Authors are asked to clearly state the UPH their work refers to or could contribute to solve. The authors may also reflect on how the community could evaluate if an UPH can be considered solved or not.

HS1.2.4 Panta Rhei: hydrology, society & environmental change

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39110

This session is organized as part of the IAHS Panta Rhei hydrological decade 2013- 2022 focusing on gains in our understanding of water cycle processes by focusing on their changing dynamics in respect of interactions and feedbacks with human systems. Approaching the end of this Panta Rhei decade (2013-2022), it is time to synthesize the achievements of this decade. The main focus of this grand synthesis, which will be published in an IAHS book, is on coevolution and prediction of coupled human-water systems, including understanding of emergent phenomena, mechanisms, and implications for predictions and practices.

This session welcomes contributions that contribute to and critically reflect the following synthesis topics:
1) Theoretical/conceptual framework for understanding changes in hydrology and society;
2) Coevolution and emergent phenomena;
3) dynamic models;
4) Data needs and acquisition;
5) Benchmark datasets in various context and scales, including human-flood, human-drought, agricultural, transboundary and global systems;
6) Case studies from Panta Rhei working groups, IAHS Commissions and beyond.

Please note that the deadline is 20th January 2021 at 13:00 Central Europe Time.

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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

List of eligible countries with GDP per capita smaller than the median of all countries of the world (UN data, 2016)

N.B.This list is subject to revision.