Advancing Understanding of Extreme Precipitation in a Changing Climate: Processes, Predictability, and Risk
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: climate change; extreme precipitation; flooding; urban hydrology; forecast of renewable energy; hydrometeorology; machine learning; flood frequency analysis; ENSO teleconnec-tion; ENSO prediction using deep learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, “Advancing Understanding of Extreme Precipitation in a Changing Climate: Processes, Predictability, and Risk”, aims to bring together cutting-edge research that deepens our understanding of extreme precipitation events across temporal and spatial scales. Extreme precipitation is intensifying worldwide due to climate change, yet the underlying physical drivers, storm structures, and land–atmosphere interactions remain insufficiently understood. This Issue welcomes studies that investigate physical mechanisms, multiscale storm analysis, hydrometeorological processes, and the role of urbanization and large-scale climate modes in shaping precipitation extremes. We also welcome contributions on modeling and prediction—from numerical weather prediction and global climate models to data-driven and AI approaches—that enhance forecast skill and reduce uncertainty. In addition, we invite research that advances risk assessment, including the impacts of extreme rainfall on floods, urban infrastructure, and communities, as well as emerging methodologies such as stochastic storm transposition and nonstationary frequency analysis. By integrating diverse perspectives from atmospheric science, hydrology, climate science, and data science, this Special Issue aims to situate current advances within the broader literature and highlight interdisciplinary opportunities and pathways toward improving both scientific understanding and societal resilience to extreme precipitation under a changing climate.
Dr. Lei Yan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- extreme precipitation
- risk analysis
- nonstationarity
- climate teleconnections
- predictability
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