1. Water circles—a tool to assess and communicate the water cycle
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Mikhail Smilovic, Peter Burek, Dor Fridman, Luca Guillaumot, Jens de Bruijn, Peter Greve, Yoshihide Wada, Ting Tang, Matthias Kronfuss, Sarah Hanus, Sylvia Tramberend, and Taher Kahil
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water cycle ,hydrological cycle ,science education ,hydrological modelling ,science communication ,model development ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 ,Science ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
‘Water circles’ are presented as flexible water cycle diagrams aggregating the flows through a system for a specific region and time period, categorized by flow type and organized by magnitude. Water circles for an entire system and separate storage components can be interpreted as water cycle speedometers and can help compare and communicate different climate and human impacts on different regions, time periods, and storage components. Water circles can facilitate comparisons between hydrological models and other methods for deriving water balances.
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- 2024
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