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Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 551

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alexander Shiklomanov

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Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Interests: hydroclimatology; climate change; hydrological processes in cold regions; hydrological modeling; permafrost hydrology; hydrological monitoring
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Dr. Vladimir Alexeev

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International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Interests: arctic climate; hydroclimatology of cold regions; climate dynamics
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Dr. Hotaek Park

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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology|JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
Interests: arctic climate change; ecohydrology of cold regions; hydrological modeling; permafrost changes and feedback; biogeochemical processes; isotope tracers

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The cold regions of the Earth including the pan-Arctic drainage basin and alpine areas are experiencing unprecedented climate-induced environmental changes as well as increasing human impact. These regions are warming at a greater rate than the rest of the planet, and the regional water and energy cycles are undergoing rapid transformations as a consequence of complex interactions of multiple drivers and feedbacks. A broad spectrum of observational evidence suggests potentially intensified water/energy cycles in these regions and significant changes in different components of hydroclimatic systems, including increases in air temperature and evapotranspiration, changes in precipitation, snow cover, river flow and river biogeochemistry, permafrost degradation and the melting of glaciers, vegetation expansion, decrease in river/lake ice and increase in water temperature.

This Special Issue of Water invites papers focusing on the quantification of contemporary and future changes in various components of hydroclimatic systems in cold regions of the Earth and on the assessment of the potential causes of these changes through the analysis of various data (ground, field and remote sensing) and/or numerical modeling. We also invite publications discussing how the hydroclimatic changes in the cold regions affect other parts of the world.

Dr. Alexander Shiklomanov
Dr. Vladimir Alexeev
Dr. Hotaek Park
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Arctic climate change
  • permafrost changes and feedback
  • snow and permafrost hydrology
  • ecohydrology of cold regions
  • hydrological processes in cold regions
  • river biogeochemistry in cold regions
  • Arctic water cycle
  • hydroclimatology of cold regions
  • hydrological modelling

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Analysis of Annual Maximum Ice-Influenced and Open-Water Levels at Select Hydrometric Stations on Canadian Rivers
by Yonas Dibike, Laurent de Rham, Spyros Beltaos, Daniel L. Peters and Barrie Bonsal
Water 2025, 17(20), 2930; https://doi.org/10.3390/w17202930 - 10 Oct 2025
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River ice is a common feature in most Canadian rivers and streams during the cold season. River channel hydraulics under ice conditions may cause higher water levels at a relatively lower discharge compared to the open-water flood events. Elevated water levels resulting from [...] Read more.
River ice is a common feature in most Canadian rivers and streams during the cold season. River channel hydraulics under ice conditions may cause higher water levels at a relatively lower discharge compared to the open-water flood events. Elevated water levels resulting from river ice processes throughout fall freeze-over, mid-winter, and spring break-up are important hydrologic events with diverse morphological, ecological, and socio-economic impacts. This study analyzes the timing of maximum water levels (occurring during freeze-over, spring break-up, and open-water periods) and the typology of maximum ice-related events (at freeze-over, mid-winter, and spring break-up) using data from the Canadian River Ice Database. The study also compares annual maximum water levels during the river ice and open-water periods at selected hydrometric stations from 1966 to 2015, divided into two 25-year windows: 1966–1990 and 1991–2015. A return period classification method was applied to define ice-influenced, open-water, and mixed-regime conditions. The results indicate that the majority of ice-influenced maximum water levels occurred during spring break-up (~79% in 1966–1990 and ~69% in 1991–2015), followed by fall freeze-up (~13% and ~23%) and mid-winter break-up (~8% and ~7%) for the two periods, respectively. Among 15 stations analyzed for 1966–1990 and 42 stations for 1991–2015, the proportion of annual maximum water levels dominated by open-water conditions increased from 47% to 55%, while ice-dominated events decreased from 13% to 12%, and mixed-regime events dropped from 40% to 33%. However, a focused comparison of eight common stations revealed minimal change in the distribution of water level-generating events between the two periods. The findings offer valuable insights into the spatial distribution of maximum water level-generating mechanisms across Canada. Full article
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