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 Prof. Shuo Wang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (China) |
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| Title: High-resolution projections of future changes of hydrological extremes in a changing climate | |
| Abstract: Hydrological extremes (droughts and floods) are becoming more frequent and severe in a changing climate, which can result in substantial economic and environmental damages as well as loss of human life. The reliable projection of the dynamic evolution of climate-induced hydrological extremes plays a crucial role in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. In fact, hydrological extremes are caused by multiple drivers and their interactions. And there are various sources of uncertainty in hydrological risk assessment. It is thus desired to robustly assess the multidimensional characteristics of hydrological extremes and to explicitly quantify potential uncertainties in order to improve the reliability of assessing climate change impacts on hydrological extremes. In this talk, I will introduce a copula-based probabilistic framework for projecting future changes in multivariable drought characteristics based on the convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations with 4 km horizontal grid spacing. It is a first attempt to examine the multivariate drought evolution in response to climate change using the promising convection-permitting WRF modeling system. The Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm is used to address uncertainties in copula construction and hydrological prediction, thereby leading to the probabilistic assessment of multivariable drought characteristics. In addition, I will talk about an emerging natural extreme event of dry-wet abrupt alternation and its complex evolution in a changing climate, which has been attracting increasing attention from the hydroclimate community in recent years due to the catastrophic effects of extreme disasters. | |
| Biography: Dr. Shuo Wang is the Principal Investigator of the Hydroclimate Research Group at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Bachelor’s degree (Hons) at Monash University, Australia in 2008. And he received his Master’s degree (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) in Environmental Systems Engineering from the University of Regina, Canada. Prior to joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dr. Wang was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences and an affiliate faculty member of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, USA. His research has been funded from a variety of sources, including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Government of Saskatchewan. Dr. Wang has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles with the h-index of 17 in prestigious international journals. In addition, Dr. Wang has been invited to deliver a speech and to serve as a session chair in many international conferences. He has also been invited as a reviewer for over 20 scientific journals, and he has received Outstanding Reviewer Award (Elsevier) and Global Peer Review Award (Publons). Dr. Wang currently serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Hydrology. | |
