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Responses of the Water Cycle to Changing Climate
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Responses of the Water Cycle to Changing Climate

A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 2945

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Dr. Elias C. Massoud

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Department of Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: climate change; earth system models; remote sensing; model data fusion
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Dr. Paul A. Levine

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Interests: climate; earth system models; remote sensing; land–atmosphere interactions
Dr. Adrienne Wootten

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South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Interests: climate change, downscaling, uncertainty, applied climatology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit a paper to a Special Issue on “Responses of the Water Cycle to a Changing Climate” in the open-access journal Climate.

Climate change is rapidly becoming one of the greatest problems humans face on Earth. The impacts of climate change on the natural environment are widespread, affecting the global water cycle in particular. Impacts include extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heat waves, major storms, and hurricanes. Other areas of concern include rising sea levels and the destruction of biodiversity. In urban regions, climate change can create uninhabitable environments, caused by increases in heat stress, pollution-caused respiratory problems, and the reduced availability of fresh water.

This Special Issue aims to explore changes in the water cycle, both historically and in the future. The focus of submitted works can range from regional and local scale to the global scale. Impacts and interactions of the water cycle with other Earth processes such as the carbon cycle are also welcome. Studies can include data from observations (remote sensing, airborne, in-situ), model simulations (regional or global climate models), or reanalysis data produced from the fusion of observations with model simulations. Original research articles and reviews are welcome in this Special Issue.

We look forward to receiving contributions that report on high-quality original research from a broad range of backgrounds and expertise.

Dr. Elias C. Massoud
Dr. Paul A. Levine
Dr. Adrienne Wootten
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Climate is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Hydrologic cycle
  • Climate change
  • Historical climate
  • Future projections
  • Water resources
  • Carbon cycle
  • Water quality
  • Water quantity
  • Climate adaptation
  • Water resources management

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Hydrometeorological Conditions of the Volga Flow Generation into the Caspian Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum
by Andrey Kalugin and Polina Morozova
Climate 2023, 11(2), 36; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cli11020036 - 02 Feb 2023
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The goal of this study is to evaluate annual and seasonal inflow from the Volga catchment area to the Caspian Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM ~21,000 years ago) using paleoclimate modeling data. The first approach is based on the LGM simulation [...] Read more.
The goal of this study is to evaluate annual and seasonal inflow from the Volga catchment area to the Caspian Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM ~21,000 years ago) using paleoclimate modeling data. The first approach is based on the LGM simulation by the general circulation models (GCMs) in the framework of the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) and the Coupled Modelling Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). We used four GCMs: INM-CM4-8, MIROC-ES2L, AWI-ESM1-1-LR, and MPI-ESM1-2-LR. The second approach is based on the spatially distributed process-based runoff generation model using PMIP4-CMIP6 model data as boundary conditions. The use of the hydrological ECOMAG model allows us to refine estimates of the Volga runoff in comparison to GCM calculations by considering seasonal features of runoff generation related to periglacial vegetation distribution, permafrost, and streamflow transformation along the channel network. The LGM is characterized by a high uncertainty in meteorological values calculated for the Volga basin using various GCMs. The share of runoff from the three most flooded months from the annual calculated in the LGM was 95%, according to INM-CM4-8, while other GCMs ranged from 69–78%. Three GCMs (MIROC-ES2L, AWI-ESM1-1-LR, and MPI-ESM1-2-LR) showed 83–88% of the present-day value of precipitation in the Volga basin during cooling for more than 10 °C, while INM-CM4-8 showed a two-fold decrease. According to hydrological modeling results using data from three models, the annual Volga runoff was significantly higher than the present-day value, and, when using data from INM-CM4-8, it was lower. Full article
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