Drought and Innovative Trend Analysis Under Increasing Climate Change
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 179
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled “Drought and Innovative Trend Analysis Under Increasing Climate Change,” is in response to the growing scientific interest in studying drought and its evolution, and understanding the behavior of associated hydrometeorological variables in the context of increasing climate change. Drought has become one of the most prominent environmental challenges and natural hazards directly impacting water resources, agriculture, ecosystems, and sustainable development in various regions of the world.
This Special Issue focuses on drought studies and the analysis of trends using Innovative Trend Analysis (ITA) methods and their newest developments, along with traditional techniques, to enhance understanding of the spatiotemporal variations of drought and its associated variables. This includes analyzing drought and/or trends of various types (meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological), as well as studying trends in climatic and hydrometeorological variables such as rainfall, temperature, evapotranspiration, and surface runoff.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive scientific platform that brings together different research from the global research community and encourages knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration by showcasing original studies, scientific reviews, and applied/practical applications. We welcome research that employs drought and/or innovative trend analysis methods, either independently or in conjunction with climate projections, remote sensing data, climate and hydrological models, and observational data.
Through this Special Issue, we seek to enhance the scientific understanding of drought and its evolving trends in the context of climate change, support the development of more flexible and reliable analytical tools, contribute to improved risk assessment, and support decision-makers in water resource management and the development of effective strategies to adapt to the increasing impacts of drought.
Dr. Eyüp Şişman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought analysis
- drought monitoring
- innovative trend analysis (ITA)
- hydrometeorological variables
- climate change
- trend detection
- nonlinear trends
- precipitation variability
- temperature extremes
- evapotranspiration
- hydrological drought
- meteorological drought
- remote sensing
- climate indices
- risk assessment
- uncertainty analysis
- time series analysis
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