Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks

Dear Colleagues,

Water resources are important for ecosystem, social and economic developments. Climate change has accelerated the heterogeneity of the spatiotemporal distribution of water resources, and increased the probability of extreme events leading to more water disasters and threats. According to plausible future scenarios for climate change from the IPCC report 2022, if global warming transiently exceeds 1.5°C in the coming decades, then humans and ecosystems will face additional severe risks, especially extreme precipitation and heat waves, bringing about more intensive water risks such as floods and droughts. Considerable efforts have been devoted to developing advanced remote sensing and other novel approaches in monitoring relevant variables such as precipitation, runoff, evaporation, soil moisture and groundwater. Various hydrological models have been developed to understand the hydrological processes and to quantify their responses to climate change and human activities. Machine learning and deep learning methods are also being increasingly used to facilitate water research. However, the question of how to accurately quantify and predict the impact of climate change on water resources and water risk still requires further study.

This Special Issue aims to gather contributions on the latest scientific research regarding the impact of climate change on water resources and water risks. This Special Issue hopes to encompass a broad spectrum of topics, including, but not limited to:

• Climate change impact assessment;
• Satellite hydrometeorological monitoring;
• Hydrological modelling;
• Drought monitoring;
• Flood simulation and flood risk evaluation;
• New technologies and approaches in water resource and water risk;

Prof. Dr. Haibo Yang
Dr. Zheng Duan
Prof. Dr. Shengzhi Huang
Dr. Yuyan Zhou
Guest Editors

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