Publications [#281443] of Gabriel G. Katul
Papers Published
- Band, LE; McDonnell, JJ; Duncan, JM; Barros, A; Bejan, A; Burt, T; Dietrich, WE; Emanuel, RE; Hwang, T; Katul, G; Kim, Y; McGlynn, B; Miles, B; Porporato, A; Scaife, C; Troch, PA, Ecohydrological flow networks in the subsurface,
Ecohydrology, vol. 7 no. 4
(January, 2014),
pp. 1073-1078, WILEY, ISSN 1936-0584 [doi]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)Abstract:
Preferential flow in hillslope systems through subsurface networks developed from a range of botanical, faunal and geophysical processes have been observed and inferred for decades and may provide a large component of the bulk transport of water and solutes. However, our dominant paradigm for understanding and modelling hillslope hydrologic processes is still based on the Darcy-Richards matric flow framework, now with a set of additional methods to attempt to reproduce some of the aggregate function of the two-phase system of network and matrix flow. We call for a community effort to design and implement a set of well planned experiments in different natural and constructed hillslopes, coupled with the development of new theory and methods to explicitly incorporate and couple the co-evolution of subsurface flow networks as intrinsic components of hydrological, ecological and geomorphic systems. This is a major community challenge that can now benefit from new experimental infrastructure, renewal of older infrastructure and recent advances in sensor systems and computational capacity but will also require a sustained and organized interdisciplinary approach. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.