Early Career RCEM (YRCEM): Webinar invitation - Dr. Astrid Blom

[Jorge San Juan Blanco]

Dear early-career colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the biannual Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics RCEM has started a self-organized early-career program.

We will organize a series of online events and, when possible, in-person activities during workshops and conferences. Our first activity is a webinar scheduled for Monday, 15 June, 13:00-14:00 UTC. We are excited to have Prof. Astrid Blom as the very first speaker! You can find the Zoom link and her presentation abstract below. 

We are also excited to announce that the Early Career RCEM LinkedIn page is now available here. We have also created Slack for better communication. If you would like to be added to our Slack forum or receive updates on our activities, please complete this Google form.

If you want to contact us, please send an email to rcem...@gmail.com

Early Career RCEM Committee

 

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Dr. Astrid Blom (UTDelft: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/staff/astrid.blom/)

Title: Projecting Channel Response to Climate Change in Fixed-planform Rivers

Abstract:

Projecting how rivers will respond to climate change remains one of the major challenges in river morphodynamics. Changes in flood magnitude, duration, and sequencing are expected to alter channel dynamics, sediment transport, and flood risk. At the same time, quantitative assessment of climate-driven channel response is complicated by limitations in governing equations and empirical closure relations, as well as uncertainties in initial and boundary conditions. Yet climate adaptation decisions increasingly require insight into possible long-term channel responses, even when uncertainty remains substantial. This presentation discusses recent progress in projecting channel response to climate change in rivers whose planforms have been constrained by past human interventions. Attention will be paid to the translation of hydroclimatic projections into morphodynamic boundary conditions, the role of temporal and spatial scales of channel adjustment in selecting model domains and projection horizons, and the extent to which climate-induced channel changes can be distinguished from natural variability and non-climatic trends. The presentation will further reflect on how morphodynamic modelling can support climate adaptation, while also highlighting the remaining limits and challenges in assessing climate change impacts on river systems.

Zoom link: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/97347672840?pwd=hGquxTctPbzwzVaFzAZX1zpvfuLQba.1

Meeting ID: 973 4767 2840

Passcode: 925892