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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering Special Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events” Call for Papers Current practices for designing hydraulic structures generally assume that extreme hydrologic events are stationary. But nonstationarity in hydrological records has been a growing concern because of the effect of various factors such as human intervention in river basins, low frequency climatic variability, and climate change due to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Many studies in recent decades have documented that in some places hydrological records exhibit some type of nonstationarity in the form of increasing or decreasing trends, upward or downward shifts, or a combination of them. Human intervention is one of the leading causes of changes in the hydrologic cycle of river basins. In addition, some of the “changes” in hydrological records may be due to the effect of natural climatic variability, particularly resulting from low frequency components of the climate system that causes decadal (e.g. Pacific Decadal Oscillation) and multidecadal oscillations (e.g. Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation). Another reason for the growing attention to nonstationarity is the increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which may be causing changes to extreme precipitation, temperature, and floods in certain parts of the globe. While the significance of impacts on the hydrological cycle remains debatable and inconclusive some hydrologists suggest that nonstationary probabilistic models need to be identified and possibly used in some projects depending on the case. In addition, warming associated with climate change may be causing sea level rising globally and consequently increasing flooding due to storm surge in coastal regions and reduce the reliability of flood protection systems in coastal watersheds. Furthermore, climate change research suggests that the rainfall intensity associated with major tropical storms may also increase potentially leading to increased rainfall-induced flooding in areas exposed to such storms. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191, USA | Phone: 1(800) 548.2723 (US)/1(703) 295.6300 (Int’l) | Web: ascelibrary.org | E-mail: [email protected] Guest Editors: Jayantha Obeysekera, Florida International University (jobeysek@fiu.edu) Jose D. Salas, Colorado State University ([email protected]) Special Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events” Submit Manuscripts: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnheeng
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Journal of Hydrologic EngineeringSpecial Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events”
Call for Papers
Current practices for designing hydraulic structures generally assume that extreme hydrologic events are stationary. But nonstationarity in hydrological records has been a growing concern because of the effect of various factors such as human intervention in river basins, low frequency climatic variability, and climate change due to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Many studies in recent decades have documented that in some places hydrological records exhibit some type of nonstationarity in the form of increasing or decreasing trends, upward or downward shifts, or a combination of them. Human intervention is one of the leading causes of changes in the hydrologic cycle of river basins. In addition, some of the “changes” in hydrological records may be due to the effect of natural climatic variability, particularly resulting from low frequency components of the climate system that causes decadal (e.g. Pacific Decadal Oscillation) and multidecadal oscillations (e.g. Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation).
Another reason for the growing attention to nonstationarity is the increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which may be causing changes to extreme precipitation, temperature, and floods in certain parts of the globe. While the significance of impacts on the hydrological cycle remains debatable and inconclusive some hydrologists suggest that nonstationary probabilistic models need to be identified and possibly used in some projects depending on the case. In addition, warming associated with climate change may be causing sea level rising globally and consequently increasing flooding due to storm surge in coastal regions and reduce the reliability of flood protection systems in coastal watersheds. Furthermore, climate change research suggests that the rainfall intensity associated with major tropical storms may also increase potentially leading to increased rainfall-induced flooding in areas exposed to such storms.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191, USA | Phone: 1(800) 548.2723 (US)/1(703) 295.6300 (Int’l) | Web: ascelibrary.org | E-mail: [email protected]
Guest Editors: Jayantha Obeysekera, Florida International University ([email protected])Jose D. Salas, Colorado State University ([email protected])
Special Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events”Submit Manuscripts: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnheeng
Journal of Hydrologic EngineeringSpecial Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events”
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191, USA | Phone: 1(800) 548.2723 (US)/1(703) 295.6300 (Int’l) | Web: ascelibrary.org | E-mail: [email protected]
Aims & ScopeThe main objective of this special collection is to provide the readership of the journal with the latest advances, lessons learned, experiences gained, and challenges related to a wide-ranging topics of nonstationarity. They include but are not limited to:• Detection and Attribution of Changes in Hydrological Data• Statistical Modeling and Risk of Nonstationary Extreme Floods and Sea Levels• Statistical Modeling and Risk of Low Flows and Droughts in Nonstationary Regimes• Risk-Based Design and Evaluation of Projects in Nonstationary Hydrologic Regimes• Developing Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves Considering Climate Change
Submission InformationASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering no longer publishes special issue / special sections in print (paper version of the journal). All accepted papers submitted through this solicitation will be published in regular issues of the journal as they are accepted and will be added to special collection online (which is similar to in-print version of a special issue). Please note that papers solicited through this call will undergo standard journal peer review process and will be indexed for citations like other regular journal papers. All interested authors can submit papers to the journal online at www.editorialmanager.com/jrnheeng. Please note that this is an invitation to submit papers for peer review. Acceptance of submitted papers depends on the peer review process of the journal.
Guest Editors: Jayantha Obeysekera, Florida International University ([email protected])Jose D. Salas, Colorado State University ([email protected])
Call for PapersSpecial Collection on “Stochastic Methods for Analyzing Nonstationary Extreme Hydrologic Events”Submit Manuscripts: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrnheeng
