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ArticleWater resources research2020

Modeling Water Quality in Watersheds: From Here to the Next Generation.

B Fu, J S Horsburgh, A J Jakeman, C Gualtieri, T Arnold, L Marshall, T R Green, N W T Quinn, M Volk, R J Hunt and 5 more

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Article in Water resources research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 13 institutions in 8 countries.

B FuFenner School of Environment and Society and Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2494-0518
J S HorsburghDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0768-3196
A J JakemanFenner School of Environment and Society and Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5282-2215
C GualtieriDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3717-1618
T ArnoldGrey Bruce Centre for Agroecology, Allenford, Ontario, Canada.
L MarshallWater Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0450-4292
T R GreenAgricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1441-8008
N W T QuinnLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3333-4763
M VolkHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0064-8133
R J HuntUpper Midwest Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Middleton, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6465-9304
L VezzaroDepartment of Environmental Engineering (DTU Environment), Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-7131
B F W CrokeFenner School of Environment and Society and Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9216-1554
J D JakemanOptimization and Uncertainty Quantification, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3517-337X
V SnowAgResearch-Lincoln Research Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6911-8184
B RashleighOffice of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0806-686X
Australian National University · AUAgResearch · NZAgricultural Research Service - Plains Area · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DELawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USSandia National Laboratories California · USSouth Bruce Grey Health Centre · CASydney Water · AUTechnical University of Denmark · DKUnited States Geological Survey · USUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUtah State University · US

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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PMID33627891
PMCPMC7898158
OpenAlexW3095077405

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