Application of Water Stable Isotopes in Hydrological Processes
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: isotope hydrology; ecohydrological processes; environmental monitoring; water quality; wetland ecosystem
Interests: environmental monitoring; hydrogeochemistry; pollutant environmental behaviors; hydrological modeling; urban water system
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Dear Colleagues,
Water stable isotopes serve as powerful natural tracers for deciphering the complexities of the hydrological cycle. This Special Issue aims to present the latest research and applications of water stable isotopes in understanding, quantifying, and modelling key hydrological processes. In the context of climate change and increasing challenges of water resource sustainability, stable isotopic techniques provide unique insights into soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions, water source identification, and urban water system dynamics that are often elusive to conventional methods. We invite submissions of original and review articles on topics of interest, including but not limited to, the following:
- Tracing moisture sources, moisture recycling and their impacts on regional precipitation.
- Investigating groundwater recharge, flow pathways and surface water/groundwater interactions.
- Isotopic applications in transit time modelling, plant water uptakes, and soil moisture dynamics.
- Novel analytical techniques, isotopic monitoring networks, and data interpretation methods.
- Integrating isotopic data into hydrological and climate models.
Dr. Shiyong Tao
Dr. Jing Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stable isotopes
- isotopic tracing methods
- isotopic monitoring
- hydrological processes
- surface water-groundwater interactions
- isotopic hydrograph separations
- soil water movement
- plant water sources
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