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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2409-2025
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Graphical representation of global water models
Hannes Müller Schmied
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Senckenberg Leibniz Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Simon Newland Gosling
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Marlo Garnsworthy
Icebird Studio, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States
Laura Müller
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Camelia-Eliza Telteu
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Atiq Kainan Ahmed
Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Lauren Seaby Andersen
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany
Julien Boulange
Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 183-8509 Tokyo, Japan
Peter Burek
Water Security Research Group, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Jinfeng Chang
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
He Chen
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Lukas Gudmundsson
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Manolis Grillakis
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Luca Guillaumot
BRGM, 45060 Orléans, France
Naota Hanasaki
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 305-8506 Tsukuba, Japan
Aristeidis Koutroulis
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Rohini Kumar
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Guoyong Leng
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Junguo Liu
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Hydrosphere and Watershed Water Security, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Xingcai Liu
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Inga Menke
Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
Climate Analytics, Ritterstraße 3, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Vimal Mishra
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India
Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India
Yadu Pokhrel
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48823 Michigan, United States
Oldrich Rakovec
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Luis Samaniego
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Yusuke Satoh
Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Harsh Lovekumar Shah
AgroCast Analytics Pvt Ltd – Research Park, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat, 382355, India
Mikhail Smilovic
Water Security Research Group, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tobias Stacke
Climate Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Edwin Sutanudjaja
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Wim Thiery
Department of Water and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Athanasios Tsilimigkras
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Yoshihide Wada
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Niko Wanders
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Tokuta Yokohata
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 305-8506 Tsukuba, Japan
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Executive editor
Graphical representations of modelling processes play an important role in communicating the nature of models to their users, and to the downstream users of the outputs of those models. This paper takes an innovative approach to developing and disseminating graphical model representations in a consistent manner across a whole research community. By publishing these together as a journal paper, the rigour and accuracy of these representations has been subjected to peer review. The quality of the diagrams themselves is high, and the process undertaken to produce them is an examplar of good practice in disseminating science.
Graphical representations of modelling processes play an important role in communicating the...
Short summary
Global water models contribute to the evaluation of important natural and societal issues but are – as all models – simplified representation of reality. So, there are many ways to calculate the water fluxes and storages. This paper presents a visualization of 16 global water models using a standardized visualization and the pathway towards this common understanding. Next to academic education purposes, we envisage that these diagrams will help researchers, model developers, and data users.
Global water models contribute to the evaluation of important natural and societal issues but...
