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Research Highlights:
- Development of a spectral transformation and its applications in hydro-climatology
- An open-source tool for improved system modelling: Wavelet System Prediction (WASP)
- Development of a postprocessing method and software for correcting bias in Numerical Weather Predictions in the time-frequency domain
- Quantification of future changes in drought and agricultural production under global warming
- Development of index-based...view more
Research Highlights:
- Development of a spectral transformation and its applications in hydro-climatology
- An open-source tool for improved system modelling: Wavelet System Prediction (WASP)
- Development of a postprocessing method and software for correcting bias in Numerical Weather Predictions in the time-frequency domain
- Quantification of future changes in drought and agricultural production under global warming
- Development of index-based drought insurance for disaster risk transfer
My Grants
- ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships 2024 (~$332K AUD, Chief Investigator, 50 in all disciplines, Australia), 2024. Title: A Decadal Roadmap for Water Security and Resource Management.
- Global Research and Innovation Partnerships (~$20K AUD, Chief Investigator), UNSW GLOBAL DIVISION, 2023. Title: Index-based Insurance for Agriculture Risk Transfer under a Changing Climate.
- Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant (~$20K EUR, Chief Investigator), Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, 2023. Title: A novel method to estimate flood extremes using spectrally transformed climate information.
My Qualifications
Ph.D. - Water Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2021
M.Sc. - Hydro-Informatics and Water Management, Partnership of five European Universities, 2015
B.Eng. - Environmental Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2012
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
I am looking for good students (e.g., Honours, Master of Philosophy, and PhD) for research topics and projects related to:
- Hydro-climate extremes modelling and forecasting
- Postprocessing techniques for correcting bias in climate and weather prediction models
- Climate change impact on the water cycle (e.g. floods and droughts)
- Hydrology/Hydraulics and water quality numerical modelling
- HydroInformatics and water management
Please feel free to get in touch with me to discuss current opportunities. Please send your CV, transcripts, coding experience (e.g. R/Matlab/Python) and a statement of your research interests and motivation to me via email.
My Teaching
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Publications
by Dr Ze Jiang
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3472-0829
Videos
Jiang, Z., Sharma, A., & Johnson, F. (2020). Refining Predictor Spectral Representation Using Wavelet Theory for Improved Natural System Modeling. Water Resources Research, 56(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026962
Jiang, Z., Sharma, A., & Johnson, F. (2021). Variable transformations in the spectral domain – Implications for hydrologic forecasting. Journal of Hydrology, 603, 126816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126816
Hydro-climatological forecasting: A view from the spectral domain
Advanced wavelet-based variance transformation algorithms for ENSO forecasting over long lead times