Floods and droughts have major impacts on society and ecosystems and are projected to increase in frequency and severity with climate change. These events, which lie at opposite ends of the hydrological spectrum, are governed by different processes that operate on different spatial and temporal scales, and they require different approaches and indices to characterize them. However, there are also many similarities and links between these two types of extremes, which are increasingly being studied.
This session on hydrological extremes seeks to unite the flood and drought research communities to learn from the similarities and differences in their work. The goals are to deepen understanding of the processes governing these hydrological extremes and their interplay, develop robust methods for modelling and analyzing floods and droughts and their transitions, assess the influence of global change on hydro-climatic extremes, and study the socio-economic and environmental impacts of both types of extremes.
We welcome submissions that present insightful flood and/or drought research, including case studies, large-sample studies, statistical hydrology, and analyses of flood or drought non-stationarity under the effects of climate-, land cover-, and other anthropogenic changes. Studies that investigate both extremes, or their interplay, are of particular interest. We especially encourage submissions from early-career researchers.