Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle

F. Tauro (1) , J. Selker (2) , N. van de Giesen (3) , T. Abrate (4) , R. Uijlenhoet (5) , M. Porfiri (6) , S. Manfreda (7) , K. Caylor (8) , T. Moramarco (9) , J. Benveniste (10) , G. Ciraolo (11) , L. Estes (12) , A. Domeneghetti (13) , M. T. Perks (14) , C. Corbari (2) , E. Rabiei (15) , G. Ravazzani (16) , H. Bogena (17) , A. Harfouche (18) , L. Brocca (19) , A. Maltese (20) , A. Wickert (21) , A. Tarpanelli (19) , S. Good (2) , J. M. L. Alcala (22) , A. Petroselli (23) , Christophe Cudennec (24) , R. Hut (3) , S. Grimaldi (18)

1 Dept Innovat Biol Agrofood & Forest Syst
2 Dept Biol & Ecol Engn
3 Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences [Delft]
4 Basic Syst Hydrol Div
5 Dept Environm Sci
6 Tandon Sch Engn, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Brooklyn
7 Dipartimento Culture Europee & Mediterraneo
8 ERI - Earth Research Institute [Santa Barbara]
9 Res Inst Geohydrol Protect,
10 Department of Earth Observation Future Missions
11 Dipartimento Ingn Civile, Ambientale, Aerosp,Mat
12 Grad Sch Geog
13 Dept Civil Chem Environm & Mat Engn
14 Sch Geog Polit & Socio
15 bpI
16 POLIMI - Politecnico di Milano [Milan]
17 Institute of Bio and Geosciences Forschungszentrum Jülich
18 Dept Innovat Biol Agrofood & Forest Syst
19 Res Inst Geohydrol Protect
20 Dipartimento Ingn Civile, Ambientale, Aerosp,Mat
21 Department of Earth Sciences [Minneapolis]
22 Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci,
23 Dept Econ Engn Soc & Business Org
24 SAS - Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation

To promote the advancement of novel observation techniques that may lead to new sources of information to help better understand the hydrological cycle, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) established the Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI) Working Group in July 2013. The group comprises a growing community of tech-enthusiastic hydrologists that design and develop their own sensing systems, adopt a multi-disciplinary perspective in tackling complex observations, often use low-cost equipment intended for other applications to build innovative sensors, or perform opportunistic measurements. This paper states the objectives of the group and reviews major advances carried out by MOXXI members toward the advancement of hydrological sciences. Challenges and opportunities are outlined to provide strategic guidance for advancement of measurement, and thus discovery.

Mots clés: hydrological measurements; sensors; measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI); IAHS; innovation; experimental hydrology

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre; Hydrologie

F. Tauro, J. Selker, N. van de Giesen, T. Abrate, R. Uijlenhoet, et al.. Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2018, 63 (2), pp.169-196. ⟨10.1080/02626667.2017.1420191⟩. ⟨hal-02074746⟩