Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing

气候变暖，极端洪水和干旱的变化，以及为不断增长的人口而增加的粮食产量，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认识的提高，都将对未来的可持续性至关重要。这项研究将通过开发利用卫星水文测量的新方法，以及开发下一代计算机模型来解决这些挑战，以跟踪世界各地的淡水可用性如何变化。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.