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Member Since 2006
Bruno Merz
Head of Section Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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
Current Roles
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
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
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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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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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Natural Hazards Executive Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Natural Hazards Fellows Committee
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