Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Flood and Drought
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 9573
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Dear Colleagues,
Climate change has caused increased pressure on freshwater ecosystems. A warmer and increased variability in climate has already increased the risk of both floods and droughts. There are a number of climatic and non-climatic factors that cause flood and drought. While severe floods damage infrastructure, arable land, displace communities and cause fatalities, droughts can devastate agricultural and terrestrial ecosystems, cause fire hazards, and lead to local water supply shortages. Due to the changing climate and land use, there is an increasing need to emphasize prevention, preparedness, mitigation, and risk management of these events in order to protect our environment and economy.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that will have the following focus with an emphasis on freshwater:
- Changes in hydroclimatic extremes and their impacts on flood and droughts through data and modeling;
- Quantify projected changes in extreme temperature and precipitation leading to floods and droughts;
- Provide an overview of existing practices for coping with floods and droughts;
- Changes in hydrologic regimes and freshwater ecosystems;
- Physical and numerical models to guide the development of freshwater climate adaptation strategies;
- Compare strategies in different watersheds and outlines the areas that need improvement.
Dr. Soni M. Pradhanang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydroclimatic extremes
- flood
- drought
- hydrologic models
- watershed management
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