Is the megadrought over with the last frontal system? (The Clinic)
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On July 19th, 2022, Dr. Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini was interviewed about the impact of the latest frontal system in the drought that affects our country by the digital newspaper The Clinic.
In this interview, the academic discusses the impact that the latest rainfall had in reducing the water deficit in our country, and whether or not we can affirm that the mega-drought that affects our country has ended.
The full interview can be found here: https://www.theclinic.cl/2022/07/19/lluvia-nieve-sequia-sistema-frontal-expertos/
https://www.theclinic.cl/2022/07/19/lluvia-nieve-sequia-sistema-frontal-expertos/
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of La Frontera. I hold a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Trento (Italy) and completed postdoctoral training at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. I have more than 20 years of experience in water resources research and have previously served as an Associate Researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2 and as a member of the Earth Sciences Assessment Group of the Chilean National Research and Development Agency (ANID).
My research lies at the interface of hydrology, data science, and environmental sciences, with a particular focus on the use of gridded datasets and open-source tools to investigate droughts, extreme events, and water-related impacts of global change.
I work across spatial and temporal scales to improve the understanding of catchment-scale hydrological processes and to translate this knowledge into operational modelling, forecasting, and early-warning systems that support robust environmental decision-making.
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