Events

Speaker: Daniel Horton, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University

Host: Danielle Touma

Title: Adapting WRF-Hydro for Use in Land Surface Hazard Applications

Abstract: Storm systems often have widespread impacts, including producing rainfall-induced land surface hazards. However, the spatial coverage of most operational land surface hazard prediction tools is inconsistent with synoptic scale meteorological events. To address this gap, research presented in this talk will chronicle the augmentation and application of the U.S. water model, WRF-Hydro, for use in regional land surface hazard applications, including post-wildfire debris flow susceptibility prediction and landslide hydrometeorological regime classification.