Frontiers in Hydrology and Water Resources Research

- WACCA Generation’s Challenges -

Abstract

 Twelve young researchers in the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources review histories and future perspectives in the field of hydrology and water resources research. This review intends to describe its state-of-the-art and to record ongoing research activities by early-career researchers. This review article covers the broad field in hydro-climatology/meteolorogy, data analysis for hydrology and water resources research, catchment hydrology, environmental hydrology, and irrigation and drainage engineering. In addition, we have obtained the following suggestions and perspectives in this research field: the evaluation of practical studies, progresses in field observation and numerical analysis, extensions of control problems by emerging AI technology, further encouragement of interdisciplinary research, the better evaluation system of research outcomes, and the importance of data sharing.