Hydrology in River Basins: Developments in Science and Application (HRBDSA)

Dear Colleagues,

Hydrology of river basins is a subject of great interest for the scientific community and practitioners. From a global perspective, most of the river basins are under increasing pressure due to global changes such as climate, land use, infrastructure development and pollution. Nevertheless, there are also several basins or their parts that still manifest natural hydrology, which is not well understood. Advances in improved understanding of the complex and dynamic hydrological processes are essential to advance science of hydrology as well as support applications to address real world issues, and to underpin sustainable development. This special issue aims to contribute in advancing scientific knowledge related to river basin hydrology. The original and novel contributions on recent developments and emerging issues in hydrological sciences and applications are invited for this special issues, with specific focus on the following:

• Hydrological process understanding in river basins that are natural or modified; gauged, ungauged or poorly gauged;
• Impact of global changes (climate, land use, reservoirs and irrigation systems, erosion and pollution) on hydrology and water resources;
• Hydrological extremes (floods and droughts) under global changes and novel management options;
• Role of data from various sources such as ground monitoring networks, remote sensing, and citizen science in improving scientific assessment and applications;
• Advances in the development and application of tools and models for catchment hydrology and informed decision making process.

The submissions may cover above mentioned issues in the form of a review, synthesis or case study research. The accepted papers will be published as open access ensuring widespread availability, according to the policy of MDPI, which is a well-recognized open access publisher with growing impact. The publication cost per paper is 350 CHF (550 CHF after 31 December 2017). However, the editor may recommend five accepted papers to be published free of charge. Moreover, co-authors from IHE Delft can apply, via the editor, for some IHE funds dedicated to this special issue.

Dr. Ilyas Masih
Guest Editor

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