Responses of the Water Cycle to Changing Climate

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit a paper to a Special Issue on “Responses of the Water Cycle to a Changing Climate” in the open-access journal Climate.

Climate change is rapidly becoming one of the greatest problems humans face on Earth. The impacts of climate change on the natural environment are widespread, affecting the global water cycle in particular. Impacts include extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heat waves, major storms, and hurricanes. Other areas of concern include rising sea levels and the destruction of biodiversity. In urban regions, climate change can create uninhabitable environments, caused by increases in heat stress, pollution-caused respiratory problems, and the reduced availability of fresh water.

This Special Issue aims to explore changes in the water cycle, both historically and in the future. The focus of submitted works can range from regional and local scale to the global scale. Impacts and interactions of the water cycle with other Earth processes such as the carbon cycle are also welcome. Studies can include data from observations (remote sensing, airborne, in-situ), model simulations (regional or global climate models), or reanalysis data produced from the fusion of observations with model simulations. Original research articles and reviews are welcome in this Special Issue.

We look forward to receiving contributions that report on high-quality original research from a broad range of backgrounds and expertise.

Dr. Elias C. Massoud
Dr. Paul A. Levine
Dr. Adrienne Wootten
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Climate is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.