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Paleohydrological data, sometimes called ??proxy records,?? reveal features of hydrologic variability not amenable to study with short instrumental hydrologic time series. Included are lowfrequency features at wavelengths longer than the instrumental record, as well as high-frequency features that might differ in statistical properties from those that happen to be sampled by the instrumental record. Advances in paleohydrological methods and the expanded field collections of paleohydrologic proxies worldwide enable the reconstruction of different components of the hydrologic cycle on various scales of time and space. Reducing uncertainty about the variability of hydrologic processes is a major goal of paleohydrologic studies. New methods and datasets will help achieve this goal. At the same time, it is important to assess and appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the expanding network of available proxy records. This special issue, ??Advances in Paleohydrology Research and Applications,?? presents a set of papers selected to illustrate research at the frontiers of paleohydrology. The solicitation for the special issue targeted papers that: (a) provide critical new reviews; (b) present new science-based methodologies and field experiments; (c) offer new synthesis work in linking disparate findings across large regions of the world that help reconstruct Earth?s land-surface hydrologic history; and (d) present applicationsof paleohydrological inference for mean values and extremes to disaster and water resources management.