I’m working in the GIS & Watershed Ecosystem Research Lab under the supervision of Dr. Adam Wei.
My PhD program will focus on cumulative effects of climate change and forest disturbance on hydrological processes. The major objectives of this program are: 1) to investigate how interactions between climate change and forest disturbance affect hydrological processes, especially the peak-flow and low-flow, at the watershed scale, and 2) to simulate possible future hydrological responses under different climate change and forest disturbance conditions.
Proposed Thesis Title
Evaluating cumulative hydrological responses to future climate change and forest disturbance at the watershed scale.
Study Area
Peachland watershed located (167 km2) in the Okanagan basin. It is a good candidate area for this program because this watershed has been heavily disturbed by harvesting and natural disturbance.
Figure 1. Geographical information of Peachland watershed. (a) and (b) Location of Peachland watershed in British Columbia, Canada, and in Okanagan basin. (c) Topography of Peachland watershed. (d), (e), and (f) Spatial distribution of forest disturbances (2020), land use types (2015), logging area (1926 – 2020) in Peachland watershed.