Hydrology, Water Resources Management and Protection of the Marine Environment–Selected Papers from the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science And Technology (CEST2017)

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will include selected papers that were presented at the 15^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology—CEST2017 (www.cest.gnest.org), which was held in Rhodes from 31 August to 2 September, 2017.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest trends in the fields of hydrology, hydrological forecasting and services, and water resousrces management, as well as to deal with topics regarding water pollution from microplastics and the protection of the marine environment. Subtopics to be covered are as follows:

• Understanding, forecasting and predictions of water resources dynamics
• Hydrological models and water resources management tools
• Water security, human safety and development
• Understanding of catchment functioning through new generation data, advancements in monitoring techniques and environmental modelling
• Estimation and prediction of water systems under past, present and future conditions, and/or under ungauged conditions
• Μodel hypothesis, uncertainty and diagnostic model evaluations
• Putting scientific advancements into practice and highlighting the operational challenges
• Hydrological education and cooperative experiments (exchange programs and virtual laboratories)
• Hydrological forecasting and warning services
• Environmental fate, bioaccumulation and quantification of microplastics
• Impacts of microplastics on the marine environment
• Coastal vulnerability due to climate change
• Marine pollution with emphasis in oil spills, on a global, regional and local scale are expected to be addressed.

Prof. Dr. Athanasios Loukas
Dr. Demetris Francis Lekkas
Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis
Guest Editors

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