CONTENT BENCHMARKING MATRIX (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) No. Facet Intensity of Coverage C 1 Emphasis E 2 Division(s) 3 Regional Centre(s) 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 1 Surface-water Hydrology           X     X   4 A 2 Groundwater Hydrology           X     X   2, 3 B, K, P, S 3 Vadose-zone Hydrology       X         X   2 - 4 Flood Hydrology           X     X   4 G, P 5 Drought Hydrology       X           X 4 B, S 6 Yield Hydrology       X         X   4 B, S 7 Baseflow Hydrology     X             X 2, 3, 4 J 8 Low-flow Hydrology     X             X 1, 4 S 9 Arid-land Hydrology       X           X 2, 3, 4 S 10 Tropical Hydrology       X         X   4 G 11 Nordic Hydrology X           X       - - 12 Polar Hydrology X           X       - - 13 Forest Hydrology       X         X   4 B 14 Rangeland Hydrology   X             X   4 B 15 Wildland Hydrology   X             X   4 B 16 Agricultural Hydrology       X           X 4 - 17 Urban Hydrology         X         X 4 B, K, P 18 Rural Hydrology     X             X 4 - 19 Regional Hydrology           X     X   4, 5 A 20 Catchment/watershed/basin Hydrology           X     X   4 A 21 Snow Hydrology       X         X   4 G, J 22 Glacier Hydrology         X       X   3, 4, 5 J 23 Mountain Hydrology       X           X 3, 4 G, J 24 Hillslope Hydrology   X             X   4 - 25 Karst Hydrology   X             X   2 - 26 Hard-rock Hydrology         X         X 2, 3 B 27 Alluvial-fan Hydrology       X         X   3, 4, 5 P 28 Floodplain Hydrology         X       X   4 G, P 29 Stream Hydrology       X         X   4 A 30 Lake Hydrology         X       X   1, 3 J, K, S 31 Wetland Hydrology   X               X 4 - 32 Peatland Hydrology X           X       - - 33 Coastal/deltaic Hydrology         X       X   2, 3, 4 K 34 Estuarine Hydrology       X         X   4 K 35 Island Hydrology X                 X - - 36 Endorheic Hydrology       X         X   1, 3 S 37 Global Hydrology X           X       - - 38 Prairie-pothole Hydrology X           X       - - 39 Deterministic Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 40 Stochastic Hydrology       X         X   4, 5 B, J, K, P 41 Statistical Hydrology       X         X   1, 4, 5 B, P 42 Parametric Hydrology         X       X   4, 5 G, P, S 43 Conceptual Hydrology         X       X   4, 5 A 44 Analytical Hydrology         X       X   4, 5 A 45 Numerical Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 46 Theoretical Hydrology         X       X   2, 4 - 47 Applied Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 48 Experimental Hydrology       X           X 1, 2, 3, 4 A 49 Scientific Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 50 Engineering Hydrology       X         X   2, 4, 5 K, P 51 Computational Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 52 Synthetic Hydrology       X         X   4, 5 P 53 Kinematic Hydrology         X       X   4 P 54 Dynamic Hydrology         X       X   4 P 55 Physical Hydrology       X         X   4 P 56 Spatial Hydrology           X     X   5 A 57 Systems Hydrology         X       X   5 - 58 Field Hydrology         X       X   1, 2, 3, 4 A 59 Operational Hydrology       X         X   - - 60 Online Hydrology   X               X 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 A 61 Soft-computing Hydrology         X       X   4, 5 K 62 Environmental Hydrology         X       X   1, 2, 3, 4 B, G, J, K, P 63 Water-quality Hydrology           X     X   1, 2, 3 A 64 Contaminant Hydrology           X     X   1, 3 B, G, K, S 65 Drainage Hydrology       X         X   2, 4, 5 P, S 66 Mining Hydrology     X             X 2, 3 - 67 Reservoir Hydrology         X       X   4, 5 S 68 Road/bridge Hydrology     X           X   4, 5 P 69 Navigational Hydrology X               X   - - 70 Nuclear Hydrology         X         X 2, 3, 4 - 71 Military Hydrology     X           X   4 - 72 Economic Hydrology X                 X - - 73 Socioeconomic Hydrology X                 X - - 74 Historical Hydrology   X             X   5 J 75 Archaeological Hydrology X               X   - - 76 Medical Hydrology X           X       - - 77 Political Hydrology     X           X   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 78 Forensic Hydrology X               X   - - 79 Ecohydrology   X               X 1, 4 B 80 Geohydrology         X       X   2, 3 B 81 Paleohydrology   X             X   4 K 82 Transboundary hydrology X               X   4, 5 - 83 Space hydrology X           X       - - 84 Microscale hydrology X           X       - - 85 Mesoscale hydrology         X       X   4, 5 A 86 Hydrogeology       X         X   2, 3 B, P 87 Hydroecology X           X       - - 88 Hydrometeorology       X         X   3, 4 A 89 Hydroclimatology       X         X   3, 4 A 90 Hydrosedimentology   X               X 3, 4, 5 G 91 Hydroarchaeology X           X       - - 92 Hydrochemistry       X         X   1, 3 A 93 Hydrobiology   X             X   1 - 94 Hydrogeography     X           X   - - 95 Hydroinformatics         X       X   4, 5 A 96 Sediment-transport technology   X               X 3, 4, 5 G 97 Fluvial geomorphology         X       X   5 G, K, P 98 Deltaic geomorphology     X           X   5 K 99 Potamology X               X   - - 100 Water law   X             X   1, 2, 4, 5 - 1 Intensity Index:   0 = None; 1 = Low; 2 = Low to medium; 3 = Medium; 4 = Medium to high; 5 = High 2 Emphasis Index:   0 = Not applicable; 1 = To decrease; 2 = No change; 3 = To increase 3 Divisions:   1 = Environmental; 2 = Groundwater; 3 = Hydrological Investigations; 4 = Surface Water; 5 = Water Resources Systems 4 Regional Centres:   A = All; B = Belgaum; G = Guwahati; J = Jammu; K = Kakinada; P = Patna; S = Sagar 120622