Summary of Pattern Comparison and Concluding Remarks

It also seems obvious that search for new measurement methods that would yield areal distributions, or at least reliable areal totals or averages, of hydrologic variables such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, and soil moisture would be a much better investment for hydrology than the continuous pursuit of a perfect massage that would squeeze the nonexistent information out of the few poor anaemic point measurements . . .Klemeš (1986a, p. 187S)