Member Since 2008
Amir AghaKouchak
Professor, University of California Irvine
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science
Professional Experience
University of California Irvine
Professor
2011 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2010
Current Roles
Member
Hydrology Nominations Canvassing Committee
Honors & Awards
Publications
Nonlinear Interactions of Sea‐Level Rise and Storm Tide Alter Extreme Coastal Water Levels: How and ...
Sea‐level rise (SLR) increasingly threatens coastal communities around the world. However, not all coastal communities are equally threatened...
March 18, 2024
Escalating Hot‐Dry Extremes Amplify Compound Fire Weather Ri...
November 06, 2023
Upper Bounds of Maximum Land Surface Temperatures in a Warmi...
September 08, 2023
Asymmetrical Precipitation Sensitivity to Temperature Across...
August 31, 2023
Thank You to Our 2022 Reviewers
May 31, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Multivariate Statistical Methods for Varying Scenarios of Compound and Cascading Hazards
COMPOUND, CONSECUTIVE, AND CASCADING EVENTS: CHALLENGES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTIHAZARDS II ORAL
natural hazards | 15 december 2023
Charlotte A. Love, Amir AghaKouchak, Mojtaba Sadeg...
Multivariate statistical methods that account for the relationship between hazardous events with extreme impacts, whether it be spatially and/or tempo...
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Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States
CLIMATE-INFORMED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EXTREME EVENTS I ORAL
natural hazards | 14 december 2023
Mojtaba Sadegh, Arash Modaresi Rad, John T. Abatzo...
An increasing number of wildfire disasters that directly impact human population and infrastructure have occurred in recent years across the globe, in...
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Compound and Cascading Hazards in a Changing Climate: From Science to Applications
MULTISECTOR DYNAMICS: EXTREME WEATHER, COMPOUND HAZARDS, AND IMPACTS ON SOCIETY I ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2023
Amir AghaKouchak
A combination of climate events may cause significant impacts on the ecosystem and society, although individual events involved may not be severe extr...
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Volunteer History
2022 - 2024
Member
Hydrology Nominations Canvassing Committee
2020 - 2023
Editor-in-Chief
Earth's Future
2020 - 2021
Member
Bowie Medal Committee
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