Division on Hydrological Sciences (HS)
President: Elena Toth, hs@egu.eu
Deputy President: Laurent Pfister, laurent.pfister@list.lu
The hydrological sciences have their own division within the European Geosciences Union. The Hydrological Sciences Divisions is concerned with all aspects of the terrestrial hydrological cycle (including precipitation, surface water, soil water, groundwater) from the pore scale to the global scale, and its relationships and interactions with the atmospheric part of the hydrological cycle. The division also covers the interaction between hydrology and geomorphology (e.g., erosion, sedimentation, groundwater systems), the relationships between hydrology and soils, as well as the interaction between the hydrosphere and the biosphere (e.g., ecohydrology, wetlands). Furthermore, the ways in which hydrological processes are observed, quantitatively computed, and forecasted are addressed by the division. Management and operation of water resources by societies in various parts of the world is also within the division's realm.
The Hydrological Sciences Division (HS) has five main tasks:
- Organizing the hydrological part of the program during the annual EGU General Assembly
- Running its on-line open access journal: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
- Recognizing deserving colleagues in various stages of their careers with its Award program.
- Encouraging the interaction and active participation of young hydrologists within the hydrological community
- Circulating news, information, job adverts, announcements of opportunity or meetings that may be relevant to the hydrological community
Such tasks require considerable (voluntary!) input from many people, and offer plenty of opportunities to become actively involved.
To ensure that the sessions during the General Assembly cover our science as comprehensively as possible, there are currently ten Subdivisions for distinct fields within the broad area of hydrology. Each SubDivision Committee organizes a set of oral and poster sessions to cover its field. The members of the SubDivisions Committees meet during the General Assembly and start preparing the draft programme for next year’s meeting in late spring/early summer. Membership of the committees of these SubDivisions is open: you can e-mail the SubDivision Committee Chair to request membership or you may directly join the meeting during the general Assembly, to get involved in the SubDivision activites and in particular in the organisation of the programme, including proposal of sessions and volunteering as convener or co-convener (see overview of Programme Organisation and Convener Tasks ).
You can also become involved in the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) journal. In addition to submitting your best scientific work to HESS, consider that the journal needs both referees and members of its Editorial Board to cover a sufficiently broad spectrum of expertise to adequately handle all incoming papers. If you would like to become active as a referee or as an editor you may therefore consider informing any editor or Executive Editor of your wish.
The Division contributes to the EGU Awards & Medals programme that recognises every year eminent scientists for their outstanding research contribution and identifies the awardees as role models for the next generation of young scientists to foster geosciences research. In particular, members of the Division are invited to contribute to the nominations (deadline are every year on the 15th June, see here) for both the young and senior HS Division Awards and Medals (link).
The EGU offers a platform for young scientists to become involved in hydrological research, through sessions, social events and short courses at the annual General Assembly in April. Several activities are especially aimed for Young Scientists in the Hydrological Science, organised with the help of the Young Hydrologic Society.
Lastly, you are invited to share the news/information that may be of interest to the EGU Hydrological Sciences community, by sending a tweet to @EGU_HS or filling in the activity calendar webform.
Do not hesitate to contact the Division President or any Division Officer if you need any additional information on our activities!
Latest news
Hydrological Science Division now on twitter
The Hydrological Science Division of EGU has adopted a twitter account to share:
- Division updates and news
- Recent papers published in HESS and by HS division members
- Hydrology related news articles
- News focussing on students and young scientist (e.g. summer courses, PhD-Postdoc opportunities)
- Hydrology related online lectures
- And more
Current issue of the EGU newsletter
This month, the EGU blog GeoLog featured an interview with EGU President Jonathan Bamber, where he spoke about his plans for the Union, how scientists can stand up for science and how the Union plans to foster the involvement of early career scientists (ECS) in its activities. If you, too, would like to help shape the future of the EGU and contribute to the work it does for the scientific community, feel free to nominate yourself for one of the roles available in the EGU Council by 15 September.
Another important date coming up is September 8: the deadline for submission of sessions and short courses ideas for the EGU 2018 General Assembly. If interdisciplinarity is important to you and your work, know that you can also co-organise your session as an interdisciplinary event.
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