Hydrological Modelling in a Hydroinformatics Context

The informational revolution of the last 30 years has fundamentally altered the traditional planning, modelling and decision-making methodologies of the water-related sciences and technologies. Information technology (IT) now plays an essential role in the sustainable development of water resources and the responsible management of the aquatic environment. The general availability of sophisticated computers with ever-expanding capabilities has given rise to an increasing complexity in terms of computational ability and in the storage, retrieval and manipulation of information flows. Hydroinformatics is the field of study of the flow of information and its processing by knowledge as applied to the flow of fluids and all that they transport.