Editing Hydrology (section)

=== Prediction ===
Observations of hydrologic processes are used to make [[predictions]] of the future behavior of hydrologic systems (water flow, water quality).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Archibald|first1=J.A.|last2=Buchanan|first2=B.P.|last3=Fuka|first3=D.R.|last4=Georgakakos|first4=C.B.|last5=Lyon|first5=S.W.|last6=Walter|first6=M.T.|date=July 2014|title=A simple, regionally parameterized model for predicting nonpoint source areas in the northeastern US|journal=Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies|language=en|volume=1|pages=74–91|doi=10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.06.003|bibcode=2014JHyRS...1...74A |doi-access=free}}</ref> One of the major current concerns in hydrologic research is "Prediction in Ungauged Basins" (PUB), i.e. in basins where no or only very few data exist.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Beck|first1=Hylke E.|last2=Pan|first2=Ming|last3=Lin|first3=Peirong|last4=Seibert|first4=Jan|last5=Dijk|first5=Albert I. J. M.|author6-link=Eric Franklin Wood|last6=Wood|first6=Eric F.|date=2020-09-16|title=Global Fully Distributed Parameter Regionalization Based on Observed Streamflow From 4,229 Headwater Catchments|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres|language=en|volume=125|issue=17|doi=10.1029/2019JD031485|bibcode=2020JGRD..12531485B |issn=2169-897X|doi-access=free|hdl=1885/317576|hdl-access=free}}</ref>