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Welcome

Thank you for visiting the CCHR website. CCHR was founded in 2018 to foster collaborative research and build global capacity for the grand challenges in the twenty-first century on water security faced by water resources planners and natural disasters dealt by emergency managers. We conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of Climate, Water, Energy, Food and Human as a complex system with the goal of meeting societal demands and also protecting the livelihood against natural disasters as populations swell and weather patterns shift in varying climate. In response to variations and changes in the physical environment, including climate, land use, land cover, topography, etc., we harness data revolution from variety of resources including in-situ, reanalysis, tree ring and remotely sensed observations, and develop/apply state-of-the art computational modeling with emphasis on predictive science, machine learning, data assimilation, high-performance computing, agent-based modeling and cyber-evolution to quantify, reduce and communicate uncertainty, vulnerability and risk in our analysis and design to assist local, federal and international agencies and stakeholders, meeting their needs.

CCHR is housed in the College of Engineering with over 50 faculty members, postdocs and students with expertise across 3 colleges and 7 departments including, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Geography, Geological Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Public Relations.

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Dr. Moradkhani Named Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology

Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has been named the 2023 Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Research

The center's research deals with the following areas: data assimilation and remote sensing, drought modeling, extreme events and flood modeling, climate variability and change, and hydrologic modeling.

Our Research Featured in Publications

Environmental Modelling & Software

DEM-based Pluvial Flood Inundation Modeling at a Metropolitan Scale

Featuring Center Research

Center Updates

On EGU blog: When Droughts Dry Up Power: The Climate-Hydropower dilemma

October 2, 2024

On UA news: Hydropower Industry Lost Billions to Drought Over Two Decades

September 24, 2024

Dr. Moradkhani Elected as 2024 AGU Fellow

September 19, 2024

Congratulations to Parnian Ghaneei for being awarded 2nd place at the recent Alabama Water Resources Conference in Orange Beach.

September 18, 2024

On UA news: Interactive Map Shows Thresholds for Coastal Nuisance Flooding

August 27, 2024

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