{"id":10,"date":"2017-01-25T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroinformatics\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T23:19:05","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1526628539601\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Research Overview<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line.png 269w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line-198x4.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2021\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1.png 2021w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-396x77.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-792x154.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-990x193.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-1188x231.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2021px) 100vw, 2021px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">Our research primarily focuses on improving understanding and prediction of water resources and their sustainability through coupled numerical and data-driven models, improved model parameterization and uncertainty quantifications, integrated hydro-climatology and biogeochemical\u00a0modeling, and statistical analysis of extreme hydro-climatology\u00a0events including heavy storms, floods,\u00a0and droughts. Specifically, we are actively working on the following three main research areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>1)\u00a0Reduction of uncertainties through integration\u00a0of model and data:\u00a0<\/strong>We believe\u00a0that the continued progress in our understanding of natural processes, such as hydrologic cycle and its interaction with ecology and human activities, relies on making the best possible use of advanced modeling techniques to represent and solve the complex processes, as well as increasingly available data products and advances in data-mining and statistical algorithms. To this end, we are developing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">complementary modeling frameworks to couple hydrological models and data-driven models<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-142 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/model-integration.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1215\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">inverse modeling techniques to account for the different sources of uncertainties during model calibration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1.png 1178w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1-396x113.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1-768x220.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1-792x227.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Inverse-modeling-1-990x283.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">model averaging techniques that allow\u00a0adjusting the models&#8217; weights depending on the dominant spatial and temporal processes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/HME.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/HME.png 958w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/HME-396x97.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/HME-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/HME-792x194.png 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">uncertainty quantification and propagation approaches for integrated hydrologic and earth system models<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty.png 1142w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty-396x194.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty-792x388.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/uncertainty-990x485.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">model diagnosis metrics for comprehensive evaluations of hydrologic models performance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/diganosis4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/diganosis4.png 941w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/diganosis4-396x110.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/diganosis4-768x214.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/diganosis4-792x221.png 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>2) Characterization and management of extreme hydroclimatic events<\/strong>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">The increasing trend in magnitude and frequency of extreme hydroclimatic events prompt various research needs to help prepare society and ecology for such events. Our research group has been actively developing and applying statistical and numerical approaches to characterize and understand the underlying physical processes associated with heavy storms, floods and droughts. The specific research\u00a0includes developing and applying:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">multivariate regional frequency\u00a0analysis methodologies to characterize heavy storms and droughts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought.png 956w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought-396x124.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought-792x249.png 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">flood frequency\u00a0analysis taking\u00a0into consideration effects of the different flood causing mechanisms (such as soil moisture, heavy rainfall, snowmelt, rain on\u00a0snow)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Season-of-storm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Season-of-storm.png 954w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Season-of-storm-396x117.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Season-of-storm-768x228.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Season-of-storm-792x235.png 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">stormwater drainage and flood risk analysis under non-stationarity climate and hydrology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3.png 1277w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3-396x100.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3-792x200.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3-990x250.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/floods3-1188x300.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>3) Characterization of the dynamic interactions among water, energy production, land use, and climate change:<\/strong> The increasing demand for water, energy, and land resources and their vulnerability to climate changes make integrated assessment and management of these resources critical for their sustainability and economical use. Our research group has been actively involved in developing integrated numerical models and experimental analyses to characterize the interactions and feedbacks among energy, water, land, and climate at various temporal and spatial scales. Particularly, we have been conducting research using:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">integrated watershed, climate, and economic modeling to study the potential impact of large-scale biofuel production and climate changes on regional water quality and availability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1043\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel.png 1043w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel-396x151.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel-792x303.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/Biofuel-990x379.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">Impact of severe drought on electric power generation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-183 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west.png 1025w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west-396x148.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west-792x295.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/05\/drought_west-990x369.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Research Overview<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line.png 269w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2017\/01\/line-198x4.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2021\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1.png 2021w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-396x77.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-792x154.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-990x193.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1567\/2018\/06\/Picture1-1188x231.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2021px) 100vw, 2021px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our research primarily focuses on improving understanding and prediction of water resources and their sustainability through coupled numerical and data-driven models, improved model parameterization and uncertainty quantifications, integrated hydro-climatology and biogeochemical\u00a0modeling, and statistical analysis of extreme hydro-climatology\u00a0events including heavy storms, floods,\u00a0and droughts. Specifically, we are actively working on the following three main research areas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)\u00a0Reduction &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/research-2\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3948,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/hydroclimatology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}