Hydrology and Water Resources, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Summary
Water resources are essential in natural and man-made systems. Moreover, human activities impact them to a large extent. In our group, we look for a better understanding of the interaction between water, society and nature. In particular, a large portion of our teaching and research focuses on sustainable urban development, hydrological modelling, natural hazards and global change. Complex real problems and the work within multidisciplinary frameworks are of our highest interest.
Jorge Gironás, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering (PUC, Chile, 2003) and MS (PUC, Chile, 2003)
PhD (2009, Colorado State University)
Profile: Hydrology and water resource
Research interests: Urban Hydrology, River Basin Morphology, Floods and Droughts, Sustainability, Global Change.
News
In press or recently published papers:
Irrigation of green spaces and residential gardens in a Mediterranean metropolis: Gaps and opportunities for climate change adaptation (2019). Landscape and Urban Planning 182, 34-43.
Spatio-temporal estimation of climatic variables for gap filling and record extension using Reanalysis data (2019). Theoretical and Applied Climatology. In press. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-018-2653-8.
Experiences of voluntary early participation in Environmental Impact Assessments in Chilean Mining (2019). Environmental Impact Assessment Review 74, 43-53.
Decomposition of 2D polygons and its effect in hydrological models (2018). Journal of Hydroinformatics, In press. DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2018.031.
Drought propagation in semi-arid river basins in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico to the Southern Cone (2018). Water 10(11), 1564. DOI: 10.3390/w10111564.
Using a statistical pre-analysis approach as an ensemble technique for the unbiased mapping of GCM changes to local stations (2018). Journal of Hydrometeorology 19(9), 1447–1465.
Using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for precipitation forecasting in an Andean region with complex topography (2018). Atmosphere 9, 304; DOI:10.3390/atmos9000304.
Potential of particle matter dry deposition on green roofs and living walls vegetation for mitigating urban atmospheric pollution in semiarid climates (2018). Sustainability 10, 2431;
Integrating strategic land use planning in the construction of future land use scenarios and its performance: the Maipo River Basin, Chile (2018). Land Use Policy 78, 353-366.
A rule-based approach for preventive identification of potential conflictive criteria in mining operations in Chile (2018). Journal of CleanerProduction 184, 559-568.
Using a hydrological model to simulate the performance and estimate the runoff coefficient of green roofs in semiarid climates (2018). Water 10(2), 198. DOI: 10.3390/w10020198.
Improving stochastic modelling of daily rainfall using ENSO index (2018). Water 10(2), 145. DOI: 10.3390/w10020145.