Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing

气候变暖，洪水和干旱的极端变化，以及不断增长的人口的粮食产量增加，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提高对全球水安全威胁的认识都将对未来的可持续性至关重要。这项研究将利用卫星水文测量开发新的方法，并开发能够利用这些方法的下一代计算机模型，以跟踪世界各地淡水供应的变化，从而应对这些挑战。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.