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Why and when it is useful to publish and share inconclusive results and failures: reply to “Reporting negative results to stimulate experimental hydrology”* |
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| Authors: | Theresa Blume Ilja van Meerveld Markus Weiler |
| Institution: | 1. Hydrology Section, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;2. Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;3. Chair of Hydrology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
| Abstract: | We thank van Emmerik et al. for their discussion of our opinion paper. We do not fully agree that publication of negative results will be very effective in promoting experimental hydrology. Instead, we think that experimental hydrology is considered to be more risky than modelling studies because of difficulties in publishing inconclusive results and the potential for failure. |
| Keywords: | negative result unexpected results failures experimental design |