Modeling Global Change Impacts on Water Resources: Selected Papers from the 2019/2020 SWAT International Conferences

Dear Colleagues,

Global change strongly affects water resources, impairing both water quantity and water quality. Assessments of the hydrologic impacts of climate change and land use change are, therefore, carried out in many parts of the world. However, the simultaneous effect of the two stressors on water resources is not often comprehensively investigated. Do impacts of land use and climate change add up or do they balance out on the catchment scale? We welcome modeling studies that use SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) or APEX (Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender) to assess global change impacts on the catchment scale. These may incorporate the use of climate and land use change scenarios for future predictions, as well as the assessment of past impacts. The use of climate model ensembles and land use model predictions is encouraged to address the uncertainty associated with global change impact assessments. Studies may focus on all kinds of water, sediment, and nutrient fluxes. We also invite contributions with a methodological focus, e.g. model improvements and parameterization approaches that help to better model the impacts of global change. We sincerely hope that these research papers contribute to a better understanding, assessment, and modeling of global change impacts on water resources.

Dr. Paul Wagner
Prof. Dr. Balaji Narasimhan
Dr. Javier Senent Aparicio
Dr. Abeyou Wale Worqlul
Guest Editors

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