Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 27 Hydrologic Modelling for the Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Landscape Functions 2010 10.5194/adgeo-27-51-2010 http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/51/2010/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/51/2010/adgeo-27-51-2010.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/51/2010/adgeo-27-51-2010.pdf 51 56 2010-08-25 Using Python as a coupling platform for integrated catchment models P. Kraft philipp.kraft@umwelt.uni-giessen.de S. Multsch K. B. Vaché H.-G. Frede L. Breuer Institute for Landscape Ecology and Ressources Management, Gießen, Germany now at: Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA Interdisciplinary sharing of knowledge is a key for understanding matter fluxes in landscapes. However, models of transport and reactive fluxes from different disciplines need to work seamlessly together, to capture the tight feedback loops between different compartments and process domains of a landscape. 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