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Climate change affects the magnitude and frequency of rapid hydrological and meteorological processes over all Earth’s morphoclimatic zones. These globally observed phenomena increase the dynamics of geomorphic processes, as well as - in many cases – change the long-term trends of landform evolution. They are ...

Climate change affects the magnitude and frequency of rapid hydrological and meteorological processes over all Earth’s morphoclimatic zones. These globally observed phenomena increase the dynamics of geomorphic processes, as well as - in many cases – change the long-term trends of landform evolution. They are also responsible for the increase in recorded natural disasters (e.g., floods, debris flows, mudflows, landslides), and in the longer term they can trigger changes that can affect societies in terms of infrastructure relocation, resettlement, and migration.

In this context, one of the main research challenges for Geomorphologists and Earth Scientists is the earliest recognition and monitoring of hydrological and meteorological events that can trigger geomorphological processes, and their short- and long-term consequences on the landscape. An increase in the frequency of above-average hydro-meteorological events and their consequences such as floods or mass movements of increased magnitude or frequency are recorded both in the Temperate Zone and the High-Arctic where they have rarely been observed before. On the other hand, intense rainfall events affect geomorphic processes in the Dry Zone.

The proposed Research Topic entitled 'Detection, Measurement and Modelling of Modern Geomorphic Processes: From Source to Sink and From Survey to Models' is addressed to a wide group of specialists from various disciplines, both environmental researchers (geologists, hydrogeologists, geophysicists, geographers, geomorphologists, soil scientists) and specialists dealing with the consequences on society (planners, human geographers, anthropologists, etc.). We call you to publish results of works describing contemporary climate-derived changes of landforms, detection and monitoring of geomorphic processes and their consequences, but also the applicability of novelties in the methodology of these studies using direct and remote sensing surveys. An important aspect is also the impact of these events on infrastructure, urbanized areas or local communities

Keywords: geomorphic processes, change detection, source to sink, DTM, sediment connectivity, tracing


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