Flood-to-Drought Transition Phenomena

Dear Colleagues,

Given the significant effects of hydrological hazards on water resources, natural environments, and public health and safety, climate variability and climate change have emerged as critical areas of focus for researchers. As a consequence of the warming climate and human activities, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather phenomena, such as droughts and floods, have increased continuously worldwide, causing large social impacts and economic losses, especially in the agricultural sector. Historically, much research has concentrated on analyzing floods and droughts separately. Recently, however, a new threat has been observed: the rapid transition from drought to flood and vice versa, as discussed in the IPCC 2023 report. These sudden shifts cause significant losses across various economic sectors. Therefore, it is crucial to thoroughly examine the factors influencing these phenomena, including climate, geology, land use/land cover, and hydrology. Additionally, analyses should encompass the spatiotemporal distribution of these events, as well as methods for their analysis and prediction.

The overall goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers providing insights into the transitions from droughts to floods and vice versa, considering climate change and human activities. To this end, original interdisciplinary articles highlighting new ideas, approaches, and innovations in the analysis of various types of droughts (e.g., meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological droughts) and floods (e.g., fluvial, coastal, and pluvial) are welcome.

This Special Issue will welcome research articles and review papers that include, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• Flash floods and droughts—analyses, modelling, prodictions, risk analyses;
• Factors determining transitions from flood to droughts and droughts to floods;
• Spatio-temporal analysis of floods and/or droughts;
• Influence of floods and/or droughts dynamics on the environment, humans, industry, and agriculture;
• Influence of climate change and human activities on flood-to-drought dynamics;
• Modelling and predictions of transitions of floods to droughts and droughts to floods;
• Risk analyses of flood and/or drought dynamics;
• Modern techniques for measuring the transitions of floods to droughts and droughts to floods.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Andrzej Walega
Dr. Tommaso Caloiero
Guest Editors

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• droughts
• floods
• flood-to-drought transition
• drought-to-flood transition
• climate change
• measurements, prediction and modelling