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Rainfall is the main input for all hydrological models, such as rainfall–runoff models and the forecasting of landslides triggered by precipitation, with its comprehension being clearly essential for effective water resource management as well. The need to improve the modeling of rainfall fields constitutes a key aspect both for efficiently realizing early warning systems and for carrying out analyses of future scenarios related to occurrences and magnitudes for all induced phenomena. The aim of this Special Issue was hence to provide a collection of innovative contributions for rainfall modeling, focusing on hydrological scales and a context of climate changes. We believe that the contribution from the latest research outcomes presented in this Special Issue can shed novel insights on the comprehension of the hydrological cycle and all the phenomena that are a direct consequence of rainfall. Moreover, all these proposed papers can clearly constitute a valid base of knowledge for improving specific key aspects of rainfall modeling, mainly concerning climate change and how it induces modifications in properties such as magnitude, frequency, duration, and the spatial extension of different types of rainfall fields. The goal should also consider providing useful tools to practitioners for quantifying important design metrics in transient hydrological contexts (quantiles of assigned frequency, hazard functions, intensity–duration–frequency curves, etc.).

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- IDF curves --- Return period --- Rainfall thresholds --- Temporal and spatial rainfall distribution --- Stochastic Rainfall Generators --- Bayesian framework --- Rainfall nowcasting --- Rainfall downscaling

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This Special Issue comprises 11 papers that outline the advances in research on various aspects of climate change impacts on hydrologic extremes, including both drivers (temperature, precipitation, and snow) and effects (peak flow, low flow, and water temperature). These studies cover a broad range of topics on hydrological extremes, including hydro-climatic controls, trends, homogeneity, nonstationarity, compound events and associated uncertainties, for both historical and future climates.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- regional flood frequency analysis --- flood-related attribute --- region of influence --- flood region revision process --- Canadian annual maximum flow --- extreme precipitation --- LARS-WG --- CMIP5 --- spatiotemporal changes --- climate change --- climatic controls --- multiple linear regression --- permafrost region --- streamflow extremes --- trend analysis --- variable importance analysis --- extreme events --- hydrology --- concurrent --- Colorado River basin --- heatwaves --- drought --- flooding --- low flows --- multi-purpose reservoir --- functional volume --- uncertainties --- Monte Carlo method --- hydrological extremes --- simulation-optimization model --- optimal storage volume --- simulation model --- retention volume --- transformation of flood discharges --- CMIP6 --- extreme --- SWAT --- flood --- IHA --- global warming --- Malaysia --- Kelantan --- peak flows --- predictor --- predictand --- snow water equivalent --- annual maximum flow --- western Canada --- uncertainty --- riverine flooding --- coastal flooding --- compound flooding --- projected IDF curves --- design storm --- Stephenville Crossing --- snow --- trends --- Yakima River basin --- cascade reservoirs --- design flood --- nonstationary conditions --- equivalent reliability --- most likely regional composition --- dependence structure --- glacier ablation --- North Cascade Range --- salmon --- glacier mass balance --- heat wave --- n/a

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Climate change and land use transformations have induced an increased flood risk worldwide. These phenomena are dramatically impacting ordinary life and the economy. Research and technology offer a new strategy to quantify and predict such phenomena and also mitigate the impact of flooding. In particular, the growing computational power is offering new strategies for a more detailed description of the flooding over large scales. This book offers an overview of the most recent outcomes of the research on this argument.

climate change --- flood hazards --- high-resolution AGCM --- inundation analysis --- Lower Mekong river basin --- data assimilation --- ensemble Kalman filter --- flood inundation maps --- National Water Model (NWM) --- countermeasures --- flood impacts --- Metro Colombo canal system --- Colombo city, Sri Lanka --- urban floods --- near real-time --- Mekong Basin --- hydro-economic --- socioeconomic --- damage assessment --- hydroinformatics --- EU Floods Directive --- flood risk management --- extreme rainfall --- SCS-CN --- 2D hydraulic modelling --- HEC-RAS --- building representation --- ungauged streams --- uncertainty --- IDF curves --- Bayesian analysis --- Non-Stationary process --- open-access remotely sensed data --- flood mapping and modelling --- altimetry --- synthetic aperture radar --- optical satellite --- Digital Elevation Model (DEM) --- and transboundary floods --- flood --- remote sensing --- data integration --- RST-FLOOD --- MODIS --- VIIRS --- optical data --- flood mapping --- flood monitoring --- floodplains --- rivers dynamics --- DEM-based methods --- geomorphology --- data scarce environments --- DTM --- terrain analysis --- hydraulic geometry --- large scale --- 2D hydraulic modeling --- scaling in hydrology

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This Special Issue comprises 11 papers that outline the advances in research on various aspects of climate change impacts on hydrologic extremes, including both drivers (temperature, precipitation, and snow) and effects (peak flow, low flow, and water temperature). These studies cover a broad range of topics on hydrological extremes, including hydro-climatic controls, trends, homogeneity, nonstationarity, compound events and associated uncertainties, for both historical and future climates.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- regional flood frequency analysis --- flood-related attribute --- region of influence --- flood region revision process --- Canadian annual maximum flow --- extreme precipitation --- LARS-WG --- CMIP5 --- spatiotemporal changes --- climate change --- climatic controls --- multiple linear regression --- permafrost region --- streamflow extremes --- trend analysis --- variable importance analysis --- extreme events --- hydrology --- concurrent --- Colorado River basin --- heatwaves --- drought --- flooding --- low flows --- multi-purpose reservoir --- functional volume --- uncertainties --- Monte Carlo method --- hydrological extremes --- simulation-optimization model --- optimal storage volume --- simulation model --- retention volume --- transformation of flood discharges --- CMIP6 --- extreme --- SWAT --- flood --- IHA --- global warming --- Malaysia --- Kelantan --- peak flows --- predictor --- predictand --- snow water equivalent --- annual maximum flow --- western Canada --- uncertainty --- riverine flooding --- coastal flooding --- compound flooding --- projected IDF curves --- design storm --- Stephenville Crossing --- snow --- trends --- Yakima River basin --- cascade reservoirs --- design flood --- nonstationary conditions --- equivalent reliability --- most likely regional composition --- dependence structure --- glacier ablation --- North Cascade Range --- salmon --- glacier mass balance --- heat wave