Hydrological Modelling of Forested Ecosystems

Dear Colleagues,

Demands for water services from forested ecosystems have dramatically increased since the 1950s, and the trend continues as global environmental change intensifies in the 21^st century. Forests play a critical role in regulating the hydrologic cycle, impacting the surface and groundwater dynamics of watersheds through transpiration, interception, shading, and modification of the atmospheric boundary layer. It is, therefore, critical that forest dynamics be adequately represented in watershed models. Predicting the effects of forested ecosystems on watershed processes and streamflow is a complex activity. Models are increasingly used to investigate the potential effects of forest management on hydrologic processes and the resulting consequences for watershed values. Therefore, it becomes particularly important to be able to build and select appropriate hydrological models to carry out simulations of hydrological processes in forested ecosystems.

The Special Issue, entitled "Hydrological Modelling of Forested Ecosystems", encourages the submission of comprehensive multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary contributions related to hydrological modelling of forest ecosystems, including model establishment, model improvement, modelling reviews, and simulation of hydrological processes in forest ecosystems. All theoretical, methodological, and practical studies of forest ecosystem hydrological simulation are welcome.

Dr. Zhangwen Liu
Prof. Dr. Shirong Liu
Guest Editors

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