Advances in Land Surface Hydrological Processes

Dear Colleagues,

The availability and distribution of water resources in different forms and their exchanges through the land surface and atmosphere is the most critical factor for habitability on any planet. The land surface, subsurface and the atmosphere are the principal components for water exchange through vertical and horizontal mass fluxes. The precipitation and runoff are the visible components along with processes such as evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, percolation, groundwater recharge which are other important mechanisms in land surface hydrological process.  Recent developments in computational easiness, availability of satellite data and in situ observational networks has led to a better understanding of the processes involved in land surface hydrology and the development and application of the hydrological models for the Earth as well other planets like Mars.

Through this special issue we invite the contributions from researchers working in planetary land surface hydrology. The contributions may involve advancement in the use of remotely sensed data, development and application of hydrological models and use of in situ observed data for reconstruction of past and future hydrological processes. The long-term changes in hydrological processes, their intensity and frequency including precipitation and discharge from a catchment are relevant. The submissions can also be multidisciplinary in nature pertaining to the implications of changes in land surface hydrological processes due to climate change and other factors. We strongly encourage the researchers working in the hydrology of snow, glaciers and permafrost to submit their work in this topical collection. The contributions related to water exchange between land surface and atmosphere over large spatiotemporal range are equally encouraged to be submitted.

We look forward to your excellent contributions!

Dr. Shaktiman Singh
Dr. Anshuman Bhardwaj
Dr. Lydia Sam
Prof. F. Javier Martin-Torres
Guest Editors

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