Special Issue on Eco-hydrological processes and water management in arid and semi-arid areas
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2018-09-30
影响因子: 4.5
期刊难度:
CCF分类: 无
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 地球科学 - 1区
• 小类 : 工程:土木 - 1区
• 小类 : 地球科学综合 - 1区
• 小类 : 水资源 - 1区
Overview
Arid and semi-arid ecosystems represent 42–56% of the world’s land and are important components of the global water cycle. The water balance in these water limited ecosystems is sensitive to global climate change, including intra- and interannual fluctuations. Previous studies suggest that there have been recent, significant changes in climate and atmosphere in major arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Projected future climate change impacts could alter, and possibly exacerbate, current water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions.
Research topics:
Despite its importance to dryland ecosystems, mechanisms underlying ecosystem degradation, especially the interactions between plant and water, have not been adequately addressed in many arid and semi-arid areas. The complex linkages and interactions between ecological and hydrological processes necessitates a fundamental exploration of associations between vegetation, ecosystems, hydrology and land use for these areas. As such, this special aims to: (i) investigate coupling between hydrological and ecological processes and if/how this is influenced by climate variability and/or change and (ii) explore water management options in arid and semi-arid areas in order to more robustly deal with water scarcity.
Papers covering the following themes for arid and semi-arid areas are strongly encouraged:
(1) Hydrology-related causes and impacts of ecosystem degradation;
(2) Ecohydrological processes and their relationship with drought, aridity, and water scarcity;
(3) Groundwater/surface water simulation and water resources management in different ecohydrological settings;
(4) Relationships between ecohydrology and climate variability/change;
(5) Using remote sensing for ecohydrological and climate monitoring.