《水文與地球系統科學》(HESS)是一本國際兩期開放獲取的水文原創性研究期刊。提交論文的討論和同行評審將在開放訪問的討論論壇HESSD中進行。最終論文，在接受，出現在HESS(見互動審查過程)。HESS鼓勵并支持促進對水文系統、水文系統在為生態系統和社會提供水方面的作用以及水循環在地球系統運作方面的作用的理解的基礎和應用研究。鼓勵采用多學科方法，通過與其他相關科學的融合和跨學科邊界的交叉施肥，拓寬水文視角，促進水文科學的發展。因此,赫斯不僅旨在為水文科學社區,所有地球和生命科學家、工程師、水和水經理,那些希望發布原始發現管理流程之間的交互和反饋水循環和流程管理的大氣環流和氣候,bio-geochemical自行車、動力學,以及生態系統和社會的應變能力。HESS的范圍包括:物理、化學和生物過程在從土壤水的微觀過程到支持水文氣候學的全球過程的所有尺度的大陸水的所有階段，包括溶解物質和顆粒物質的循環中所起的作用;研究地球系統所有分區(大氣、海洋、河口、河流、湖泊和陸塊)的全球水資源(固體、液體和蒸汽)和有關預算的時空特征，包括水儲量、停留時間、界面通量和各分區之間的通道;研究上述所有過程、預算、流量和途徑與人類活動的相互作用，以及以可持續方式影響這些過程、預算、流量和途徑的選擇，特別是在洪水、干旱、沙漠化、土地退化、富營養化和全球變化的其他方面。該雜志發表研究論文、技術注釋、意見論文、書評、關于高級科學失敗的文章、前沿案例研究、簡要通信、地球科學教育和通信研究，以及對以前在HESS上發表的論文的評論(見手稿類型)。論文應有助于水文模型、水文監測和數據分析、過程概念、實驗設計和技術或理論基礎的發展。

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) is an international two-stage open-access journal for the publication of original research in hydrology. The discussion and peer review of submitted papers are handled in the open-access discussion forum HESSD. Final papers, upon acceptance, appear in HESS (see interactive review process).HESS encourages and supports fundamental and applied research that advances the understanding of hydrological systems, their role in providing water for ecosystems and society, and the role of the water cycle in the functioning of the Earth system. A multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged that broadens the hydrological perspective and the advancement of hydrological science through integration with other cognate sciences and cross-fertilization across disciplinary boundaries. HESS, therefore, aims to serve not only the hydrological science community but all earth and life scientists, water engineers, and water managers, who wish to publish original findings on the interactions and feedbacks between the governing processes of the water cycle and processes governing atmospheric circulation and climate, bio-geochemical cycling, dynamics, and resilience of ecosystems and socio-economy.The scope of HESS encompasses the following:the role of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the cycling of continental water in all its phases, including dissolved and particulate matter, at all scales, from the micro-scale processes of soil water to the global-scale processes underpinning hydro-climatology;the study of the spatial and temporal characteristics of the global water resources (solid, liquid, and vapour) and related budgets, in all compartments of the Earth system (atmosphere, oceans, estuaries, rivers, lakes, and land masses), including water stocks, residence times, interfacial fluxes, and the pathways between various compartments;the study of interactions with human activity of all the processes, budgets, fluxes, and pathways as outlined above, and the options for influencing them in a sustainable manner, particularly in relation to floods, droughts, desertification, land degradation, eutrophication, and other aspects of global change.The journal publishes research articles, technical notes, opinion papers, book reviews, articles on high-level scientific failures, cutting-edge case studies, brief communications, studies on earth science education and communication, and comments on papers published previously in HESS (see manuscript types). Papers should contribute to the advancement of hydrological modelling, hydrological monitoring and data analysis, process concepts, experimental design and technology, or theoretical foundations.