Profile Summary

We do research in a number of focus areas, including:

• Measurement and modeling of extreme rainfall at high resolution using a variety of sources including rain gages, ground-based weather radar, satellite-based sensors, and numerical weather and climate models.
• Understanding the role of rainfall and soil moisture variability, structure and interactions to produce floods at a wide range of scales using high-resolution supercomputer-based watershed models.
• Interfacing with meteorologists and climate scientists to translate projected changes in extreme precipitation from regional and global climate models into projections of future risks.
• Developing practical tools for improved probabilistic flood hazard and risk estimation, including in urban areas, ungaged watersheds, and developing countries.