Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

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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