Fu B, Horsburgh J S, Jakeman A J, Gualtieri C, Arnold T, Marshall L, Green T R, Quinn N W T, Volk M, Hunt R J, Vezzaro L, Croke B F W, Jakeman J D, Snow V, Rashleigh B
Fenner School of Environment and Society and Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
Water Resour Res. 2020 Nov 1;56(11). doi: 10.1029/2020wr027721.
In this synthesis, we assess present research and anticipate future development needs in modeling water quality in watersheds. We first discuss areas of potential improvement in the representation of freshwater systems pertaining to water quality, including representation of environmental interfaces, in-stream water quality and process interactions, soil health and land management, and (peri-)urban areas. In addition, we provide insights into the contemporary challenges in the practices of watershed water quality modeling, including quality control of monitoring data, model parameterization and calibration, uncertainty management, scale mismatches, and provisioning of modeling tools. Finally, we make three recommendations to provide a path forward for improving watershed water quality modeling science, infrastructure, and practices. These include building stronger collaborations between experimentalists and modelers, bridging gaps between modelers and stakeholders, and cultivating and applying procedural knowledge to better govern and support water quality modeling processes within organizations.
在本综述中,我们评估了当前关于流域水质建模的研究,并预测了未来的发展需求。我们首先讨论了在淡水系统水质表征方面可能需要改进的领域,包括环境界面、河流水质与过程相互作用、土壤健康与土地管理以及(周边)城市地区的表征。此外,我们深入探讨了流域水质建模实践中当前面临的挑战,包括监测数据的质量控制、模型参数化与校准、不确定性管理、尺度不匹配以及建模工具的提供。最后,我们提出了三项建议,为改进流域水质建模科学、基础设施和实践提供前进方向。这些建议包括加强实验人员与建模人员之间的合作、弥合建模人员与利益相关者之间的差距,以及培养和应用程序知识,以更好地管理和支持组织内的水质建模过程。