Special Issue on Extreme Weather and Climate
Change
Human-induced
global warming is accelerating global hydrological cycles, and altering
spatiotemporal patterns of precipitation. This results in increased occurrence of floods and droughts
in many regions of the world. Climate change has become a major concern
for academic communities and policy-makers, owing to the tremendous impacts on
human societies. For example, higher frequencies of weather extremes pose a
potential threat to at-risk populations. Tropical storms, floods, and droughts
affect human welfare directly through catastrophic damage or indirectly through
adverse effects on crop productivity. In recent years, climate change and
related impacts on human societies, particularly on ecological environments,
biodiversity, water resources, agriculture and food security, have become of
unprecedented importance because of the significant role of the availability,
accessibility and security of food and water in the stability and
sustainability of human communities.
There are various
causes underlying climate change, weather and hydrological extremes at regional
or global scales, including human-emission of green house gases, alterations of
hydrological cycles, ENSO activities and so on. Moreover, some scientific
problems are still open for debate, e.g.
What are the changing features of global warming
processes at regional scales?
Are hydrological
responses to climate changes similar or different at local, river-basin,
regional and even global scales, and what are the differences between them, if
any?
How do
global-warming-induced weather and hydrological extremes impact on human
society, ecological environments, biodiversity and water resource systems?
What are the risks
or threats that human settlements are facing along coastal regions under the
influences of climate change?
All these relevant
problems need urgent answers for the sake of sustainable development of human
societies. This is the major motivation of the current special issue.
In this special
issue, we intend to invite research results focusing on, but not limited to,
the above-mentioned problems, with an aim to arouse wide scientific discussions
on the above-mentioned topics. Any papers pertaining to Extreme Weather and
Climate Change are warmly welcomed.
Authors should
read over the journal’s Authors’
Guidelines carefully before submission, Prospective authors
should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through
the journal Paper
Submission System. According to the following timetable:
Manuscript Due
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June 20th, 2013
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Publication Date
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August 2013
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Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue’’ under
your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special
Issue — Extreme Weather and Climate Change” should be chosen during your
submission.
Special
Issue Editor
Guest Editors:
Prof. Qiang
Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Prof. Vijay P. Singh, Texas A & M
University, USA
Prof. Michael James C. Crabbe, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, U.K
For
further questions or inquiries
Please
contact Editorial Assistant at
ajcc@scirp.org