Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing

气候变暖、洪水和干旱的极端情况不断变化，以及为不断增长的人口增加粮食产量，使淡水资源面临前所未有的压力。技术进步、水管理的新模式以及对全球水安全威胁的进一步认识，都将是未来可持续性的关键。这项研究将通过开发利用卫星水文测量的新方法来应对这些挑战，并通过开发可以利用它们的下一代计算机模型来跟踪世界各地淡水供应量的变化。这项工作还将对粮食和能源安全、水政策和跨界水问题产生重要影响。

Warming climate, changing extremes of flooding and drought, and increased food production for a growing population are placing freshwater resources under unprecedented levels of stress. Technological advances, new paradigms in water management, and increased awareness of threats to global water security will all be essential to future sustainability. This research will address these challenges by developing new methods using satellite hydrological measurements, and by developing next-generation computer models that can utilize them, to track how freshwater availability is changing around the world. This work will also have important implications for food and energy security, water policy, and transboundary water issues.