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Advances in the Measurement, Utility and Evaluation of Precipitation Observations
edited by Jiangjiang Zhang and Junliang Jin
submission deadline 12 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5636 | Submission Open
Keywords: precipitation observations; deep learning; data fusion; remote sensing; uncertainty quantification; rainfall-runoff modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Runoff Modelling under Climate Change submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14577 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; runoff modeling; urban flood hazard; agriculture water management; hydrological modeling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Isotope Hydrology in the U.S.
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7037 | Submission Open
Keywords: isotope hydrology; environmental tracers; hydrogeology; water quality; aquifer systems; hydrogeochemical; water budget; contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Recent Research Advances in Microplastics in Water and the Environment
edited by , Samuel Tenney and Mathew D. Simpson
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2229 | Submission Open
Keywords: fate and transport; microplastic pollution; experiment; modeling; water bodies; watershed
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Novel Procedures and Methodologies for Surface and Underground Water Quality Analysis: Theory and Application submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5207 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality analysis; groundwater; surface water; parameters; machine learning; artificial intelligence; water resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
Characterization and Monitoring of Coastal Hydrological Environment for Assessing the Impact of Seawater Intrusion on Coastal Aquifers
edited by Francesco Ronchetti, Marco Doveri and
submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1835 | Submission Open
Keywords: seawater/saltwater intrusion; coastal aquifer; environment; hydrogeology; climate change; monitoring; coast
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
Advances in Nature-Based Solutions for Hydrometeorological Risk Reduction submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6283 | Submission Open
Keywords: nature-based solutions; floods; droughts; erosion; landslides; risk reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Lakes as Sensitive Indicators of Hydrology, Environment, and Climate
edited by E. Troy Rasbury, Guleed Ali and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2124 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern lakes; paleo-lakes; climate; hydrological cycle; water quality; geochemistry and geochemical modeling; isotope hydrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
GRACE Observations for Global Groundwater Storage Analysis submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater sustainability; GRACE; groundwater storage trends; groundwater management
Advances in Catchments Hydrology and Sediment Dynamics (Second Edition) submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open
Keywords: streamflow discharge; soil erosion; sediment transport; surface runoff; modeling; groundwater; measurements; sedimentation; catchment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater; coastal aquifer; salinization; climate change; sea-level rise; drought; vulnerability assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Techniques and Applications for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Agriculture
edited by , Beatrice Monteleone and
submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5910 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water mapping; sustainable water management; crop water needs; agricultural water allocation; mapping hydrological extremes in agriculture; irrigation planning; water pollution mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Advances in Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Management
edited by , and Kuok King Kuok
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7029 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban hydrology; stormwater management; green infrastructure; flood modeling and mitigation; urban drainage modeling; GIS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Sustainable Urban Water Resources Management submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2500 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable water resource management; multidisciplinary evaluation; climate change adaptation; hydrological models; smart technologies; demand management; nature-based solutions; participatory governance; water security; water pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Natural or Artificial Water Reservoirs' Impacts on Mitigating the Intensities of Floods and Droughts
edited by
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open
Keywords: floods; low levels; drought; natural and artificial dams; natural and artificial reservoirs; wetlands; lakes; dikes; river channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Machine Learning Applications in Soil Water and Groundwater Assessment
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater level; soil moisture; groundwater contamination; geo-radar supporting information; water balance equation; machine learning; climate change; groundwater-related hazards; spatial water resource mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Hydrology)
Advancing Hydrological Science Through Artificial Intelligence: Innovations and Applications
edited by Xiaofeng Liu, Yi Hong, Ryan C. Johnson and Quan Guo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4120 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; artificial intelligence (AI); large-scale dataset; climate change; extreme hydrological events; operational hydrology; social systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Advances in Flood Studies: Enhancing Data Collection, Rating Curves, and Hydrological Analyses
edited by , Trevor Daniell, David Kemp and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open
Keywords: rating curves; hydrological monitoring; sensor networks; hydrological losses; hydraulic modelling; rainfall– runoff modelling; climate change impact; land use change impacts; flood forecasting; flood risk management; uncertainty analyses; GIS/RS/IoT/machine learning/citizen science; probability-neutral flood estimation; flood forecasting; ungauged catchment predictions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Urban Runoff: Modelling and Management
edited by , , Asaad Y. Shamseldin and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban runoff; hydrological modelling; urban water management; flood risk assessment; water quality; stormwater management; real-time monitoring; low-impact development; rainwater harvesting; data-driven approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Novel Approaches in Contaminant Hydrology and Groundwater Remediation, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling and monitoring; climate change; contaminant management; natural degradation; impacts natural hazards; sustainable development goal; wildfire; effect of water quality; PFAS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes
edited by , Linjing Qiu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrology; landscape disturbance; watershed hydrology; ecosystem services; land use/land cover change; soil erosion and sediment dynamics; catchment modeling; ecological restoration; hydrological resilience; nature-based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Sustainable Water Management in the Face of Drastic Climate Change
edited by , and Ramesh Raj Pant
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water management; wastewater management; water management policy; Sustainable Development Goals; flood; drought
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)
Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: 2nd Edition
edited by , Frederico Terra De Almeida and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open
Keywords: time series analysis of hydroclimatic variables; analysis of extreme events; assessment and uncertainty of climate change; relationships between hydroclimatic and agrometeorological attributes; statistical; machine learning; and deterministic modeling approaches; effects of climate variations on agriculture; effects of climate variations on ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Groundwater Pollution: Sources, Mechanisms, and Prevention (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2935 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater; pollution; hydrochemistry; water quality; monitoring; modeling; vulnerability; prevention; remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
Water Resources Management Under Uncertainty and Climate Change (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological processes; uncertainty analysis; water resources management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
Advancing Flood Detection, Monitoring & Simulation: Integrating Machine Learning, Remote Sensing & Hydrodynamic Model
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood detection; monitoring and simulation; machine learning; remote sensing; hydrodynamic model; extreme rainfall events; urban and catchment scale flooding; inundation simulation; flood risk assessment; urban resilience; real-time forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Hydrological Modeling and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Pengxiao Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Fei Zhang and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; data-driven models; human activity impacts on water quantity and quality; nonstationary rainfall runoff; runflow prediction; extreme event causality; impact and prediction; climate change impacts and adaptation; water resource management; flood and drought risks; risk analysis and management
Advances in Cold Regions' Hydrology and Hydrogeology
edited by , and Jongmin Park
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold-region hydrology; permafrost hydrogeology; glacial meltwater; snowpack dynamics; climate change impacts; ice– water interactions; remote sensing applications; hydrochemical tracers; extreme hydrological events; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)
New Perspectives in the Flood Forecasting Chain (Weather Prediction, Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, and Communication with Stakeholders), Second Edition submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical weather predictions; precipitation measurement networks; data assimilation; rainfall-runoff and hydraulic modeling; probabilistic flood forecasting and predictive uncertainty; forecast verification; use of probabilistic forecasts and informed decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)
Hydrological Signatures of a Changing Landscape: Land Degradation Impacts, Monitoring, and Restoration submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; hydrology; LPD (Land Productivity Dynamics); runoff; soil erosion; water quality; remote sensing; restoration 
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
First Papers by Young Investigators in the Hydrological Sciences submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open
Keywords: global hydrology; catchment hydrology; sustainable water resources management; floods and droughts; climate variability and change; modelling and prediction; innovative technologies
Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Resource Management, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Adugnaw Birhanu
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater; surface water; integrated water management; surface water– groundwater interaction; groundwater recharge and discharge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)
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