Hydrological and Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Related Risk and Uncertainty

Dear Colleagues,

Natural hazards have caused significant damages to natural and manmade environments during the last few decades. Severe storms, floods, and droughts are the most destructive water-related hazards and are mainly responsible for the loss of human lives, infrastructure damages, and economic losses. It is probable that the frequency and severity of extreme hydrological and hydro-meteorological events (e.g., storms, floods, and droughts) are due to global climate change and variability. Advanced models and methodologies should be developed for the analysis, simulation, forecasting, and hazard prevention of weather-induced extreme hydrological events and the assessment of disaster risk.  Assessing the risk and uncertainty of hydrological and hydro-meteorological extremes is a crucial step towards decision making. Decision makers are interested in determining and quantifying the risk and uncertainty of hydro-technical projects.

Inn this Special Issue, we welcome the papers presented in the 3^rd International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3) on Hydrological Extremes and Related Risk and Uncertainty and new contributions on the following topics:

• Advances in flood estimation and modeling
• Hydrological drought methods and modeling approaches
• Uncertainty and hydrological/hydro-meteorological extremes
• Risk and engineering designs of hydro-technical structures and projects
• The impact of climate change on hydrological and hydro-meteorological extremes
• Applications of geo-information systems in hydrological and hydro-meteorological extremes
• Socio-economic assessments of hydrological and hydro-meteorological extremes

Submission Type: selected papers presented in ECWS-3 and new submissions on the topics of the Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Athanasios G. Loukas
Prof. Dr. Luis Garrote
Dr. Lampros Vasiliades
Guest Editors

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