Advances and Challenges in the Lake, River, and Sea Ice Sciences and Engineering
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ice physical and mechanical properties; ice engineering; polar sciences and technology; ecosystem under ice; physical modeling
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Interests: ice growth and decay in freshwater lakes; ice crystal structure; migration and release of ice-water phase pollution factors; frozen environment and ecology in cold regions; freeze–thaw cycle
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Interests: ice mechanics; ice-structure interaction; ice loads; ice navigation; ship performance in ice
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Interests: glacier change; hydro-ecology; mass balance; climate change; environmental evolution
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Interests: water environment protection; water ecological restoration; migration and release of ice-water phase pollution factors; frozen environment and ecology in cold regions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce a special issue titled "Advances and Challenges in the Lake, River, and Sea Ice Sciences and Engineering" in Water. In 2026, there are two fora for the properties and engineering of lake ice, river ice and sea ice which will be hold in China. One is the 28th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Ice Symposium in June, 2026 and another is the 13rd China National Conference of Ice Engineering in July, 2026. Neither of them will have published proceedings.
In the history of the two conferences, the physical properties andmechanical properties of ice and their application in ice engineering, ice interactions on different types of structures, and ice navigation in lakes, rivers, and seas are basic topics. Icing and snow have also become popular in the two conferences. Under climate change, all elements vary and the corresponding social actions concerned with cryospheric science has increased. At each conference, around hundred articles are exchanged. Some articles are not only absorbed into conference proceedings but also reach the level to be published in journals.
This Special Issue aims to publish these articles in MDPI Water. We encourage submissions covering all topics from both conferences, except remote sensing technology, as this topic maybe setup in another Special Issue. Authors who attend or do not attend the conferences are welcome to submit manuscripts before 30 April, 2026. Before your manuscript is submitted, please contact one of the following Guest Editors, who will conduct a preliminary evaluation of your manuscript to verify the quality and application of any potential discounts.
Prof. Dr. Zhijun Li
Prof. Dr. Weiping Li
Dr. Fang Li
Prof. Dr. Zhengyong Zhang
Dr. Zhichao Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lake ice
- river ice
- sea ice
- ice engineering
- observations and investigations
- water environment
- ecology
- mathematical method
- numerical modeling, physical modeling, data analysis, machine learning.
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