Water Cycle Processes under the Influence of Climate Change and Human Activities

Dear Colleagues,

It is widely recognized that climate change and human activities are the two driving factors affecting the water cycle, which is a key concern for global change research. Global climate change has greatly affected water cycle processes such as precipitation, runoff, evapotranspiration, and river flow at regional and global scales. At the same time, such processes are also affected by human activities such as irrigation, land use/cover change and water construction. With recent rapid environmental changes, the water cycle is experiencing high levels of spatio-temporal variability, resulting in many water-related issues that pose challenges to the management of sustainable water resources. Therefore, it is important to understand the mechanisms of water cycle processes under the influence of climate change and human activities.

This Special Issue invites research papers related to the influences of climate change and human activities on water cycle processes, including rainfall, evapotranspiration, runoff, soil water, river flows, floods and drought, and their impacts on the management of sustainable water resources. We invite studies highlighting the joint impacts of climate change and human activities on water cycle processes using different methods, including observation, physical modelling, statistical analysis, and remote sensing. Especially welcome are studies that use new approaches coupling natural and social water systems to study the water cycle in the changing environment.

Dr. Sidong Zeng
Prof. Dr. Liping Zhang
Dr. Dunxian She
Dr. Jilong Chen
Guest Editors

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