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  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Panel Discussion: Advancing New Methods for the Treatment of Climate Change and Extreme Events
    Room: La Sirena I
    Panelist: Upmanu Lall – Columbia Univ.
    Panelist: Michael Anderson, Ph. D., P.E. – California Department of Water Resources
    Panelist: John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., D.WRE, F.ASCE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Panelist: Chandra Shekhar Ojha, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Panelist: Will Veatch – USACE
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Frequency analysis of rainfall events with a Copula under non-stationary condition
    Room: La Sirena I
    Author: Heejin An – Konkuk University
    Co-Author: Moonyoung Lee – Konkuk University
    Co-Author: Inkyung Min – Konkuk University
    Co-Author: Youngmin An – Konkuk University
    Co-Author: Daeryong Park – Konkuk University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Simulation of Extreme Precipitation Events Using an Improved K-Nearest Neighbor Model
    Room: La Sirena I
    Author: Mohammed Sharif – Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University)
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Nonstationary multivariate analysis for compound extremes
    Room: La Sirena I
    Author: Suchismita Subhadarsini – Purdue University/ Indian Institute of Science
    Co-Author: Nagesh Kumar Dasika – Indian Institute of Science
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Estimation of Maximum Precipitation and Flooding in the American River Watershed: An Analysis of Historic Storm Events to Understand Potential Future Extremes
    Room: La Sirena I
    Author: Emily D. Snider – UC Davis
    Co-Author: Yoshihiko Iseri, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Co-Author: Levent M. Kavvas – University of California, Davis
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    A novel approach for estimating Probable Maximum Precipitation: Exploring beyond moisture availability.
    Room: La Sirena I
    Author: Asphota Wasti – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Katherine Schelf – Western New England University
    Co-Author: Bill Kappel – Applied Weather Associates
    Co-Author: Saiful Haque Rahat, PhD Candidate – Geosyntec Consultants
    Co-Author: Garima Mandavya – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Gaurav Atreya (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Patrick Ray – University of Cincinnati
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Application of soft computing techniques and Arc-GIS in a holistic sense for the development of future rainfall maps: case study the island of St Lucia
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Lee P. Leon (he/him/his) – University of the West Indies
    Co-Author: Neil Oculi – University of Portland
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Examining precipitation based climate indices trends for Northwest Indiana watersheds
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Chandramouli V. Chandramouli – Purdue University Northwest
    Co-Author: Nolan J. Rogers – Purdue University Northwest
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    The Nonstationary Flood Hydrology for the Las Vegas Wash Watershed
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Guo Yu – Desert Research Institute
    Co-Author: Julianne J. Miller – Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas
    Co-Author: Benjamin Hatchett – Desert Research Institute
    Co-Author: Markus Berli – Desert Research Institute
    Co-Author: Daniel B. Wright, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Co-Author: Craig McDougall – Clark County Regional Flood Control District
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Evaluating Changes in Peak Streamflow Seasonality Due to Hydroclimatic Variability in the Midwest United States Using Circular Statistics
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Nancy A. Barth – U.S. Geological Survey
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Assessment of Rainfall Variability and Drought Characteristics over South India
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Brij K. Pandey – BITS Pilani Dubai Campus
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Monte Carlo Assessment of methods to incorporate serial correlation in trend detection analysis
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Dirceu S. Reis, Jr. – Universidade de Brasília
    Co-Author (not attending): Saulo A. Souza – National Water and Sanitation Agency
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Evaluating Rainfall and Temperature Trends in the Small Island Developing State of Saint Lucia Using Nonparametric Statistics and Soft Computing
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Lee P. Leon (he/him/his) – University of the West Indies
    Co-Author: Neil Oculi – University of Portland
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Assessing the Climate Change in California’s Ecoregions
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Rebeka Sultana – California State University Long Beach
    Co-Author: Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, PhD – California State University Long Beach
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Deep Neural Networks for ENSO Prediction in the Niño 3.4 and Niño 1+2 Regions
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Kennedy Richard Gomez -Tunque – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Eusebio Ingol-Blanco – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Abel Mejia-Marcacuzco – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Eduardo Abraham Chávarri-Velarde – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Edwin Pino-Vargas (he/him/his) – Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Simulating Stochastic Precipitation Driven by Long-Term Drought
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Jason Lillywhite, P.E. – GoldSim Technology Group
    Co-Author: Danyal Aziz, Ph.D. Student – University of Alabama
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Using an Urban Growth Model Framework to Project the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Populations
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Becca Naurath – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author (not attending): Jennifer L. Irish, P.E., D.CE, F.ASCE – Virginia Tech (Virginia Tech's Center for Coastal Studies)
    Co-Author (not attending): Yang Shao – Virginia Tech
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    The 21st Century Relative Sea Level Rise in Anne Arundel County Maryland
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Sotonye N. Ikiriko (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
    Co-Author: Yi Liu – Morgan State University
    Co-Author: Sean Z. Qian, Ph.D. – Carnegie Mellon University
    Co-Author: Xin Zhou (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Relative Sea Level Trends before 1992 in the 21st century from Seven GPS-paired Tide Gauge Records along the Coast of the Chesapeake Bay
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Xin Zhou (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
    Co-Author: Yi Liu – Morgan State University
    Co-Author: Sotonye N. Ikiriko (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Stormwater Runoff Would Double in Southeast Florida by 2050s to 2080s
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Omar I. I. Abdul Aziz – West Virginia University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Objective-based Systems Modeling of Storm Surge Impacts for Coastal Adaptation to Climate Extremes
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Jeff Yang – US EPA, Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author: Heng Wei – The University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Daniel K. Burnell, Ph.D. – Tetra Tech
    Co-Author: Jill R. Neal, BS Civil Engineering – US EPA, ORD/WID/IWRB
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    6:00 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    New Methods in Comprehensive Multi-Hazard Resilience Assessment of Urban Coastal Systems
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Rouzbeh R. Nazari, PhD – Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center/ University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Co-Author: Maryam Karimi, Ph.D. – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    9:45 AM – 10:03 AM PDT
    Developing Resilient Design Standards for Roads and Bridges
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Roger Kilgore, PE, D.WRE – Kilgore Consulting and Management
    Author: Brenda Dix
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
    Data Analytics, Modeling, and GIS Mapping of Groundwater Flooding and Contamination in a Changing Climate
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Yousef Sangsefidi – University of California, San Diego (UCSD) & San Diego State University (SDSU)
    Co-Author (not attending): Austin Barnes – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author (not attending): Mark Merrifield – University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
    Co-Author: Hassan Davani – San Diego State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Enhancing the streamflow prediction capability of the National Water Model for predicting future streamflow in a coastal Alabama watershed
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Md Shahabul Alam (he/him/his) – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: James Halgren – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Karnesh Jain – University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:21 AM – 10:39 AM PDT
    CMIP6-informed Flood Hazard and Uncertainty Assessment for Dam Safety Evaluation
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Ganesh R. Ghimire (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Sudershan Gangrade, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Shih-Chieh Kao, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    Predicting the effect of evapotranspiration estimation methods on natural flow of water estimation
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Rajendra Khanal – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Michael Barber – University of Utah
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:39 AM – 10:57 AM PDT
    Evaluating Changes in Design Flow for Road-stream Crossings in West Tennessee using CMIP6-based Hydroclimate Projections
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Md Nowfel Mahmud Bhuyian – Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
    Co-Author: Ganesh R. Ghimire (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Sudershan Gangrade, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Shih-Chieh Kao, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: David Blackwood – West Tennessee River Basin Authority
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    Using numerical weather prediction and high-performance hydrologic-hydraulic models for flood forecasting
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Chia-Jeng Chen – National Chung Hsing University
    Co-Author (not attending): Min-Hung Chi – National Chung Hsing University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Impact of climate change on the severity, duration, and frequency of drought in the Great Salt Lake area in Utah
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Md Shahabul Alam (he/him/his) – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Danyal Aziz, Ph.D. Student – University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Savalan Naser Neisary, Ph.D. Student (he/him/his) – University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Performance of the GPM IMERG and CMORPH Gridded Precipitation and Rain on Grid Approaches to Reproduce the Pluvial Flood of 2022 in Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Babar Naeem – Mehran University Jamshoro
    Co-Author: Zarif I. Khero – Irrigation department government of Sindh, Pakistan
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Estimating Climate Related Changes to Riverine Flood Elevation and Frequency without Modeling
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Timothy Adams, PE – CDM Smith
    Co-Author (not attending): Mark Maimone, Ph.D., P.E., DWRE, BCEE – CDM Smith
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Large scale evaluation of drought propagation across CONUS
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Kunal Bhardwaj – Clemson University
    Co-Author: Ashok Mishra – Clemson University
    Author: Ashok Mishra – Clemson University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Dams inflow frequency analysis by non-exceedance percentiles using bivariate copula model.
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Sung Jiyoung – Dankook University
    Co-Author: Boosik Kang, PhD – Dankook University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Study Using Remote Sensing and 2D Hydraulic Modeling: A Case Study of Shishper Glacier in Pakistan
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Falak Naz – USPCAS-W, MUET
    Co-Author: Babar Naeem – Mehran University Jamshoro
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Mixed extreme hydrometeorological distributions in a changing climate
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Nirajan Dhakal – Spelman College
    Co-Author: Bhikhari Tharu – Spelman College
    Co-Author: Ali Aljoda – Spelman College
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Pluvial Flood Hazard Estimation - Data Gaps in Meteorological Statistical Estimates and Tools for Practicing Engineers
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Mathini P. Sreetharan – Dewberry
    Co-Author: Lan Zhang – Dewberry
    Co-Author: Alyssa H. Dietrich – Dewberry
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Evaluating Climate-related Risks for Biosphere Reserves in South Africa
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Garima Mandavya – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Patrick Ray – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Gaurav Atreya (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Andrew Watson – Stellenbosch University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    An Uncertainty-Aware, Machine Learning-Enabled Reservoir Inflow Forecast Model
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Dan Lu – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Sudershan Gangrade, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Shih-Chieh Kao, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:00 PM – 3:18 PM PDT
    Analysis of permafrost evolution under a thermokarst lake based on the Euler-Lagrange equation
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Noriaki Ohara, Ph.D.,P.E. – University of Wyoming
    Co-Author (not attending): Benjamin Jones – University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Co-Author (not attending): Andrew Parsekian – University of Wyoming
    Co-Author (not attending): Kenneth Hinkel – Michigan Technological University
    Co-Author (not attending): Katsu Yamatani – Meijo University
    Co-Author (not attending): Mikhail Kanevskiy – University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Co-Author (not attending): Rodrigo Rangel – University of Wyoming
    Co-Author (not attending): Amy Breen – University of Alaska Fairbanks
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Can Unmanned Aerial Vehicles be the way forward for urban hydrology?
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Rubab Saher – Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas
    Co-Author: Ariane Middel – Arizona State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:18 PM – 3:36 PM PDT
    Long-term Changes in Hydrology at Wayne Forest at Appalachian Foothills in Southeast Ohio
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Ramanitharan Kandiah, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, PH, ENV SP – Central State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Jayshan A. Lundy – Central State University - Wilberforce, OH
    Co-Author (not attending): Subramania Sritharan, Ph.D., P.E. – Central State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Machine learning derived streamflow projections in the presence of climate change
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Abhinav Gupta – Desert Research Institute
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:36 PM – 3:54 PM PDT
    High-resolution future snowpack projections: applications to high-mountain snow-adapted species status assessments
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Kaitlyn M. Bishay – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author: Justin Pflug – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Ben Livneh, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    An Appraisal of Machine and Deep learning Techniques to Forecast Streamflow in a Snow-Dominant Catchment
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Savalan Naser Neisary, Ph.D. Student (he/him/his) – University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Danyal Aziz, Ph.D. Student – University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Md Shahabul Alam (he/him/his) – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:54 PM – 4:12 PM PDT
    Vegetation greening and browning trends in the Rio Grande – Rio Bravo basin from 2000 to 2020
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Rocky Talchabhadel – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    Co-Author: Santosh S. Palmate, PhD – Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Saurav Kumar, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – Arizona State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    WEHY modeling and its sensitivity to precipitation field input: A case study from Cottonwood Creek Watershed.
    Room: La Sirena IV
    Author: Felipe E. Ulloa Henriquez – University of California, Davis
    Co-Author: Yoshihiko Iseri, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Co-Author: Levent M. Kavvas – University of California, Davis
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Modeling Forest Treatment Water Benefits under a Warming Climate
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Enrique R. Vivoni (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Lake Mead and Lake Mohave Evaporation Trends
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Noe I. Santos, P.E. – BUREAU OF RECLAMATION - LOWER COLORADO BASIN REGION
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Assessment of impact of climate changes on streamflow in the 3S River Basins, a major tributary system to the Mekong River
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Van Thinh Nguyen, Ph.D. – Seoul National University
    Co-Author: Hong Ha Nguyen – Seoul National University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Urban Water Infrastructure Design in the Climate Change Context: Advances and Challenges in Developing Engineering Practice Guidelines
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen – McGill University
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Streamflow Prediction Using the SCS-CN Method Coupled to the Geographic Information Systems in the Huallaga River Basin, Peru Under Climate Change.
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Pablo Quispe-Ramos – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Eusebio Ingol-Blanco – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    Author: Abel Mejia-Marcacuzco – Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
    2023 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change