Research lines
GIMHA
Research lines
The Hydrological and Environmental Modeling Research Group (GIMHA) encompasses a wide range of research lines dedicated to addressing critical challenges in the management and conservation of water resources and the environment. These research lines are structured into four main areas: Environmental Hydrology, Water Resource Assessment, Statistical Hydrology, and Floods
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.
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.
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.
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.
These research lines enable GIMHA to comprehensively and multidisciplinary address the problems associated with water and environmental management, providing innovative and sustainable solutions at both national and international levels.
R&D 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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