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Member Since 2006
Bruno Merz
Head of Section Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Member, Macelwane Medal Committee
Professional Experience
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Head of Section Hydrology
1997 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1996
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2018
Citation
For groundbreaking contributions to integrating flood vulnerability and hazard research.
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - Water Resources Research
Received December 2013
Publications
Observational Evidence Reveals Compound Humid Heat Stress‐Extreme Rainfall Hotspots in India
Sequential climate hazards, such as “warm and wet” compound extremes, have direct societal implications for highly urbanized regions an...
February 11, 2024
Bias in Flood Hazard Grid Aggregation
September 08, 2023
Controls on Flood Trends Across the United States
January 30, 2023
Understanding Heavy Tails of Flood Peak Distributions
June 27, 2022
AGU Abstracts
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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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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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Natural Hazards Fellows Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Natural Hazards Executive Committee
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