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Bruno Merz
Head of Section Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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Compound Trends in Humid Heat and Rainfall Extremes across Global Coastal Megacities
AGU 2024
global environmental change | 11 december 2024
Poulomi Ganguli, Bruno Merz
The sequential occurrence of humid heat extreme rainfall (warm-wet compound events) can have more catastrophic consequences for different sectors, su...
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Reshaping the Flood? - Analyzing the Large Scale Impact of Reservoirs and Dams on Flood Reduction in Germany
AGU 2024
hydrology | 09 december 2024
Ralf Merz, Bruno Merz
Flood retention basins are a crucial element in flood protection strategies. Local studies have clearly demonstrated their effectiveness in significan...
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Observational Evidence Reveals Compound Humid Heat Stress‐Extreme Rainfall Hotspots in India
EARTH'S FUTURE
11 february 2024
Poulomi Ganguli, Bruno Merz
Sequential climate hazards, such as “warm and wet” compound extremes, have direct societal implications for highly urbanized regions an...
Deep learning based super-resolution of flood inundation grids
GLOBAL WATER RISKS: ADVANCES IN LARGE-SCALE FLOOD AND DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE III ELIGHTNING
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Seth Bryant, Shahin Khosh Bin Ghomash, Kasra Rafie...
High-resolution flood inundation maps are needed for more effective flood risk assessment and communication. Producing such maps directly with hydrody...
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A Multivariate Conditional Probability Framework to Estimate Compound Sub-daily Rainfall Extremes Preconditioned by Humid Heatwaves
HEAT WAVES BEHIND THE SCENES: DRIVERS, MECHANISMS, AND IMPACTS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
Poulomi Ganguli, Bruno Merz
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe in a warming climate. The compounding behavior of heatwaves and extreme rainfall tends to impact socie...
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Bias in Flood Hazard Grid Aggregation
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
08 september 2023
Seth Bryant, Heidi Kreibich, Bruno Merz
Reducing flood risk through disaster planning and risk management requires accurate estimates of exposure, damage, casualties, and environmental im...
Controls on Flood Trends Across the United States
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
30 january 2023
Matthias Kemter, Norbert Marwan, Bruno Merz, Gabri...
Trends in flood magnitudes vary across the conterminous USA (CONUS). There have been attempts to identify what controls these regionally varying tr...
Effect of reference period on the likelihood of the compound dry and hot event
COMPOUND, CONSECUTIVE, AND CASCADING EVENTS: CHALLENGES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-HAZARDS III ORAL
natural hazards | 15 december 2022
Ravikumar K. Guntu, Bruno Merz, Ankit Agarwal
The effects of compound dry and hot events (CDHE) in a region simultaneously are more adverse than those of individual dry or hot events. The likeliho...
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