Poster presentation at AGU 2016
On December 13th 2016, I presented the work titled Disentangling the contribution of precipitation and temperature to Chilean megadrought (20102015) at the conference American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016. In this work I used two drought indices to analyze the contribution of precipitation and temperature to the recent droughts that have affected Chile, in order to improve our understanding about the onset, duration and magnitude of these events.
It is the first time that a professor with affiliation “Universidad de La Frontera” presents in this conference, the most important of Earth Sciences worldwide.
This work is part of a collaborative research that I carry out for the Climate and Resilience Center of the Universidad de Chile.
Spanish version:
El pasado 13 de Diciembre de 2016, presenté el trabajo titulado Disentangling the contribution of precipitation and temperature to Chilean megadrought (20102015) en la conferencia American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016. En este trabajo utilicé dos índices de sequía para analizar la contribución de la precipitación y la temperatura a las recientes sequías que han afectado Chile, para mejorar nuestra comprensión acerca del inicio, duración y magnitud de estos eventos.
Es la primera vez que un docente con afiliación Universidad de La Frontera presenta en este evento, el más importante de las Ciencias de la Tierra a nivel mundial.
Este trabajo forma parte del trabajo como investigador adjunto que realizo para el Climate and Resilience Center de la Universidad de Chile.
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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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