Chihchung Chou

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Biography

My research interests include hydrometeorology, land-atmospheric interaction and water resources management. 

Educació

  • PhD Degree, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2015-2019
  • Master's Degree, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2008-2011

Research

  • [Spain] FOCUS-Africa (Full-value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa), 2021-present
    • Task: to improve the predictability of seasonal forecasts by teleconnection index
  • [Spain] MED-GOLD (Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, Olive and Durum wheat food systems), 2019-2021
    • Task: to co-develop the climate services tailored to each sector by post-processing seasonal forecasts and the derived bioclimatic indicators
  • [Australia] CAMELS-AUS (The Australian edition of the Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies), 2019
    • Task: to post-process hydrometeorological data and catchment attributes and others mainly based on the Bureau of Meteorology's Hydrologic Reference Stations
  • [Australia] Impact of irrigation development on Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall, 2015-2019
    • Task: to understand the interaction between the agricultural irrigation on summer monsson by modelling the rainfall under different scenarios in a coupled land-atmospheric system model

Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer, Skill Level 1, in Environmental Engineering (Engineers Australia, 2019)

Teaching

  • Tutor of Environmental Analysis Tools, a subject for Master of Engineering - Environmental, University of Melbourne (2016, 2018)