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130 Monell
Building Research
Interests o Hydroclimatologic variability
and change o Climate risk management in
infrastructure systems o Water, climate and economic
development o Sustainable water resources
planning and management The general goal of my research is to understand
the impact of hydroclimatic variability and
change on society and to identify the means of lessening this impact. The intellectual underpinnings of these
approaches are: ·
Hydroclimatic
variability and climate change research, including prediction at multiple
times scales using climate models and statistical approaches ·
Economic instruments, such as index insurance and
option contracts; and incentive-based mechanisms that communicate water
scarcity and risk ·
Climate change impact assessment, including
sensitivity analysis of infrastructure systems and scenario development
for adaptation planning These research activities lead to insights that
will be useful for climate change adaptation and improving the resilience
of infrastructure systems to climate variability. Current projects include quantifying
the climate
and hydrologic sensitivity of economic development in Africa, using
climate information to improve operations in the NYC Delaware
reservoir system, and developing climate risk management strategies
with seasonal climate forecasts and economic mechanisms for the reservoir
serving Ph.D. in Environmental
Engineering Science, Harvard
University, 2004 B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame Water
Team Leader, IRI, Associate
Research Scientist, IRI, Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Dept of Earth & Env. Science,
2007 – present Postdoctoral
Research Scientist, IRI, NSF Graduate
Research Fellow, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, 2000 – 2004 Captain (USAF) and Asst. Professor, Dept of Civil and Env. Engineering, Lieutenant (USAF),
Base Civil Engineering, 22d Air Refueling Wing, 1994 – 1997 Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2006 ASCE J. Water Res. Plann.
and Management, Best Policy
Oriented Paper Award, 2006 National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001 – 2004 Associate
Editor, ASCE Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management Member,
IRI Member,
IRI Publications HYDROCLIMATOLOGIC
VARIABILITY AND CHANGE Kwon, H-K, C. Brown, K. Xu, and U. Lall, “Seasonal and Annual Maximum Streamflow
Forecasting using Climate Information: Application to the Three Gorges
Dam in the Westra, S., C. Brown, Sharma, A., and U. Lall, "Multivariate streamflow forecasting using
Independent Component Analysis," Water
Resources Research, 2006WR006104 (accepted) Westra, S., C. Brown, Sharma, A., and U. Lall, "Modeling multivariable hydrological
series: Principal Component Analysis or Independent Component Analysis?," Water
Resources Research, 2006WR005617 (accepted) Kwon, H-K, C.
Brown and U. Lall, “Climate informed flood frequency analysis in Montana
using hiearchical Bayesian analysis,” Geophysical Research Letters (accepted) Xu, K., C.
Brown, H-H. Kwon, U. Lall, J. Zhang, S. Hayashi and
Z. Chen. (2006) “Climate
Teleconnections to Yangtze River seasonal
streamflow at the Three Gorges CLIMATE RISK
MANAGEMENT FOR THE WATER SECTOR Brown, C. and M. Carriquiry, “Managing hydroclimatic risk with option contracts and
reservoir index insurance,” Water Resources Research,
2007WR006093 (accepted) Brown, C., U. Lall, and Souza Filho, F.A., “Allocating water in a changing world:
Incentive-based mechanisms for climate adaptation,”
Water Policy (submitted). Souza Filho, F.A. and C. Brown, “Performance
of water policy reforms under scarcity conditions: a case study in
northeast WATER, CLIMATE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Brown, C. and U. Lall. (2006) “Water and Economic
Development: The Role of Variability
and a Framework for Resilience,” Natural Resources Forum 30: 4,
306 – 317. doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00118.x Brown, C. (2006) “Designing an Index
of Vulnerability to Climate Variability” Proceedings of Global Water Hotspots: Water-related social
vulnerabilities and resilience-building, 23-26 July, SUSTAINABILITY IN THE
WATER SECTOR Brown, C. and P. Rogers. (2006) “Effect of Forecast-based
Pricing on Irrigated Agriculture: A Simulation,”
ASCE Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management 122, 6, pp. 403-413. **** Best Policy Oriented
Paper Award, ASCE Environment and Water Resources Institute **** Brown, C.,
and P. Rogers. (2006) “Demand
Management of Groundwater with Monsoon Forecasting,”
Agricultural Systems 90, 293 - 311. Teaching EESC4413:
Climate Change Adaptation and Climate Risk Management EEECXXX: Water Resources Systems Analysis ***IRI
Session at the 4th World Water Forum***: Achieving
Water Security: Innovative Tools for System Resilience** Human Development Report - Water Statistical
Toolbox NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center IRI -- International Research Institute for Climate And Society American Society of Civil Engineers Last
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