The Hydrological and Environmental Modeling Research Group (GIMHA) develops innovative solutions in hydrology and the environment, combining advanced research with expert consulting.
The research team follows current trends in the scientific community, focusing its interest on model development, implementation, and obtaining high-quality results.
Research lines
Statistical hydrology
- Statistical models of extremes (floods and droughts).
- Historical information and historic floods incorporation techniques.
- Regional analysis.
- Weather generators.
- Non-stationary modeling and teleconnections with climatic indicators.
- Scaling and Hydrology.
- Uncertainty estimation in model simulation and prediction.
Floods
- Flood studies.
- Spatial estimation of hazard and flood risk maps using GIS techniques.
- Design of Nature Based Solutions and Eco-engineering.
- 2D flood numerical modeling.
- Optimal flood control strategies for reservoirs.
- Real-time prediction systems.
- Flash floods in small catchments.
Water resources evaluation
- Distributed hydrological modeling.
- Spatial variability of precipitation and temperature.
- Multi-scale water balances.
- Distributed recharge of aquifers.
- Effects of climate and land use changes on the hydrological cycle.
- Climate change adaptation.
- Arid climates Hydrology.
- Radar and satellite assimilation data.
- Seasonal forecasting systems.
Environmental hydrology
- Ecohydrology.
- Interactions atmosphere-soil-vegetation.
- Geohydrological relations.
- Modeling of riparian vegetation.
- Distributed modeling of N and C cycles at a catchment scale.
- Erosion and sedimentation processes.
- Siltation of reservoirs.
- Environmental flows.
PUBLICATIONS
Beyond Deterministic Forecasts: A Scoping Review of Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification in Short-to-Seasonal Hydrological Prediction
Water. 10.3390/w17202932
Puertes-Castellano, Cristina; Sepúlveda, JF; Lidón, Antonio; Francés, F.
Mitigation measures analysis to reduce sediment yield and nitrogen loads to the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (Spain)
Ingeniería del agua. 10.4995/ia.2024.21575
Droppers, Bram; Rakovec, Oldrich; Avila, Leandro; Azimi, Shima; Cortés-Torres, Nicolás; De León Pérez, David; Imhoff, Ruben; Francés, F.; Kollet, Stefan; Rigon, Riccardo; Weerts, Albretch; Samaniego, Luis
Multi-model hydrological reference dataset over continental Europe and an African basin
Scientific data. 10.1038/s41597-024-03825-9
Volpi, Elena; Grimaldi, Salvatore; Aghakouchak, Amir; Castellarin, Attilio; Chebana, Fateh; Papalexiou, Simon Michael; Aksoy, Hafzullah; Bárdossy, András; Cancelliere, Antonino; Chen, Yuanfang; Deidda, Roberto; Haberlandt, Uwe; Eris, Ebru; Fischer, Svenja; Francés, F.
The legacy of STAHY: Milestones, achievements, challenges, and open problems in statistical hydrology
Hydrological Sciences Journal. 10.1080/02626667.2024.2385686
Beneyto-Ibáñez, Carles; Aranda Domingo, José Ángel; Salazar Galan, Sergio Andrés; García-Bartual, Rafael; Albentosa Hernández, Eduardo; Francés, F.
Expanding information for flood frequency analysis using a weather generator: Application in a Spanish Mediterranean catchment
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 10.3390/w16071059
Beneyto, Carles; Aranda Domingo, José Ángel; Francés, F.
On the Use of Weather Generators for the Estimation of Low-Frequency Floods under a Changing Climate
Water. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101826
Current projects
WATER4CAST
Integrated Forecasting System for Water and the Environment
SAPIDES
Detección y control de bacterias sulfatoreductoras en infraestructuras de agua potable
4DHydro
Hyper-resolution Earth observations and land-surface modeling for a better understanding of the water cycle
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