Extreme Hydrology: Induced Impacts and Vulnerability of Water Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Extreme hydrometeorological events are becoming a common phenomenon. Drought and floods are natural hazards that are having an impact on the livelihood of many communities, leading to a loss of life and damage to natural resources and the environment. The world is experiencing an alarming rate of population increase, land degradation, decline in freshwater resources, and shrinkage of natural and fragile ecosystems. The expansion of agricultural and urban areas has been going on for decades at the expense of forest cover and wetland areas.

With the changing climate and frequent and extreme weather phenomena leading to extreme drought and flood events, water resources managers and policy-makers are struggling to offset the impacts on communities, freshwater availability, water quality, human welfare, and agricultural production and services. These efforts will require an understanding of the behaviors of these extreme phenomena, their linkages to climate dynamics, and the predictability and simulation of the extent of these events. This Special Issue calls for high-quality research papers on drought monitoring and modeling, flood processes and forecasting, climate-change-related extreme events, water quality degradation, land degradation, and soil erosion, ground and surface water vulnerability, and other related areas. The role of remote sensing in the monitoring and mapping of drought and flood-affected areas and the generation of model parameters for modeling extreme hydrologic events will be also covered in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse
Dr. Khabat Khosravi
Prof. Dr. Prasad Daggupati
Guest Editors

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