Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Processes
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154). This special issue belongs to the section "Climate and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: large-scale hydrological modeling; data-driven methods; remote sensing
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Interests: data assimilation; satellite remote sensing; land surface modelling; model calibration; hydrographic mapping
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues that we currently face. Global warming, changes in precipitation patterns or glacier retreat have a profound impact on the water cycle and hydrological processes across local, regional and global scales. These effects permeate into changes in rainfall intensity, fluctuations in river flows, intensity of evapotranspiration, variations in soil moisture, the rise and fall of groundwater levels, adjustments in lake levels and volumes, reductions in glacier area and volume, the deterioration of water quality and adjustments in irrigation and other water demands.
In this context, a deep understanding of how climate change specifically affects hydrological systems and water resources is not only essential for maintaining ecological balance but also for ensuring the stable functioning of socio-economic systems. This Special Issue aims to collect the latest research results in the intersection of hydrology and climate change, from basic discussions on the dynamics and mechanisms of climate change to how specific climate change affects hydrological processes and their changing trends in global and local areas. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Dynamics and mechanisms of climate change;
- Simulation of hydrological processes and changes at different scales in different climate regions;
- Monitoring and early warning of extreme climate and hydrological events;
- Hydrological processes in land–atmosphere interactions;
- Development of coupled climate–hydrological models;
- Climate adaptation policy design based on hydrological processes;
- Effects of human activities on climate–hydrological systems.
Dr. Jun Liu
Dr. Mehdi Khaki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- hydrological processes
- water cycle
- extreme events
- hydrological model
- climate model
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