Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability

Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability: Monitoring, Modelling, Adaptation and Mitigation is a compilation of contributions by experts from around the world and covers extreme hydrology topics from monitoring to modeling and management. With the extreme climatic and hydrologic events becoming so frequent, this book is a critical source, adding knowledge to the science of extreme hydrology. Furthermore, it will aid extreme event managers in understanding the available predictive tools, vulnerability and risk management approaches and plan and execute intervention measures.

The editors of this book have brought together all relevant topics related to Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability including hydrometeorology monitoring, climate variability and trends, hydrological variability and trends, landscape dynamics, droughts, flood processes, and extreme events management, adaptation and mitigation. Each of the chapters will provide background and theoretical foundations of the processes to be presented, followed by approaches used and results of the applied studies.

This book will be highly used by water resources managers and extreme event researchers who are interested in understanding the processes, as well the teleconnectivity of large scale climate dynamics and extreme events, predictability, simulation and intervention measures.

• Each chapter presents datasets used in the analysis and the methods followed to support the findings included, allowing readers to follow these steps in their own research
• Provides variable methodological approaches giving the readers multiple hydrological modelling information to use in their work
• Includes a variety of case studies making the context of the book relatable to everyday working situations for those studying extreme hydrology
• Discusses extreme event management including adaption and mitigation, highlighting some recommendations and measures to adapt to the changing hydrologic regimes and include selected experiences into policy making efforts