Human water management practices, including irrigation, groundwater pumping, dam and reservoir operations, and other water uses, lead to a massive redistribution of water across the land surface. These human interventions alter land-atmosphere interactions and influence a wide range of Earth system processes, including atmospheric boundary layer and large-scale circulation patterns.
This session aims to bring together research conducted at multiple spatial and temporal scales that investigates the influence of human water management on local atmospheric processes, regional and global climate dynamics, and associated hydrological and hydro-ecological impacts. Topics may include, but are not limited to, land-atmosphere interactions across heavily irrigated areas, hydroclimatological implications of groundwater pumping, dam and reservoir management, and the coupled hydroclimatological consequences of the large-scale overexploitation of water resources.
We invite submissions that address, but are not limited to:
(i) Recent advances in understanding water management-climate interactions.
(ii) New insights into land-atmosphere interactions in irrigated and heavily water-managed regions using innovative methods and conceptual approaches.
(iii) Current developments and persistent challenges in representing water management in climate and earth system models.
(iv) The interaction between human water management and the occurrence and intensity of local and remote hydroclimatological extremes, including droughts, floods, and compound events.
We welcome a variety of studies utilizing in-situ observations, field campaigns, remote sensing, model-based assessments, and future projections. We particularly encourage submissions that explore the broader implications of water management on atmospheric and land surface processes, aiming to enhance collaboration across disciplines and inform the development of sustainable water management strategies in heavily managed regions.