Uncertainty in water resources: introduction to the special column

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) for supporting the Colorado State University Confucius Institute and the Water and Environmental Sustainability symposium series. Dr. Xiaoyu Chen of Higher Education Press and Professor Qing Zhao of East China Normal University for their help in coordinating this special column. We also acknowledge the efforts of Professor Hoshin Gupta of the University of Arizona for his ongoing discussion of uncertainty across the hydrology community.

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