Understanding the impacts of climate change on hydrological water-cycle and water extremes

Climate variability and climate change have significant impacts on precipitation as well as near-surface variables such as air temperature and relative humidity. The intensity and frequency of flood and drought have been increased and the trend is expected to continue. All these variables are important to hydrological modeling. This study will present WRF-Hydro offline simulations driven by WRF-downscaled climate variables under the impacts of climate change in historical and future period. The goal is to understand the climate change impact on water-cycle and water extremes and to provide information for climate resilience and risk assessment.