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SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Storms\, Floods\, Uncertainty and Humans? - Prof.
  Ian Cluckie\, Swansea University
DTSTART:20181112T193000Z
DTEND:20181112T210000Z
UID:TALK111823@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*The problems infrastructure engineers face in designing for c
 limate change*\n\nEngineers face considerable difficulty in dealing with t
 he design and operation of large strategic infrastructure in a variable cl
 imate where the expectation is that flooding will in general become an inc
 reasing problem. This will be an issue in many parts of the world but the 
 impact on the extremes of Drought and Flood may or may not occur in all co
 untries at the same time! Large Urban Areas are where most people live and
  are directly in danger when extreme precipitation events occur. The key p
 roblem is that rainfall is one of the more difficult variables in atmosphe
 ric science to both predict in terms of potential climate change or to eve
 n measure. This is particularly so in terms of the real-time operation of 
 major infrastructure designed to keep us safe. The design of large complex
  and extremely expensive urban drainage infrastructure is currently a prim
 ary focus in terms of protecting citizens of major Cities and attempting t
 o mitigate the impact of extreme flooding. This talk focuses on some of th
 e problems that Engineers face in relation to both understanding and model
 ling the impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events and the techn
 ical challenges that this presents in an uncertain environment.\n\n
LOCATION:The Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Cambridge\,
  CB3 0DS
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