We are hounored to put together a few collective studies and researches in hydrology and environmental changes, mainly conducted in Canada, China, Japan and USA. We are sincerely thankful to our co-authors, co-workers, colleagues and collaborators for their long-term supports and efforts.
The selected fourteen papers (chapters) touch several interesting themes. Evapotranspiration is a relatively challenging sub-process in hydrological cycle, which could be estimated or assessed by various methods. Hydrological drought propagation through its onset, intensification, recovering and termination is an important topic in drought disaster monitoring, prediction and mitigation. Catchment modelling of water and solute movement, a research and management tool, is still being updated by introducing new technology or methodology. As a useful indicator of climate change, ice/snow cover and its long-term change have attracted attentions of scientists and publics. Forest changes and their roles in carbon cycle and hydrological processes are also addressed by scientific societies.
A special thank-you goes to the field monitoring or experimental staff who contributed to scientific reseaches and made our analyses possible. Many reviewers and editing offices helped with constructive comments.
This book is funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52109020), the Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20210652), and the Natural Sciecne Foundation of Fujian Province, China (Grant No. 2021J011189).
