RHyCAMLab · University of Oklahoma

Research / Theme

Infrastructure Resilience

Translating hydroclimate science into engineering decisions

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Overview

Infrastructure systems are exposed to floods, severe storms, and other hydroclimate hazards. Understanding how these hazards vary and evolve is essential for evaluating risk and making engineering decisions. We connect hydroclimate research with infrastructure risk assessment, resilient design, and planning.

Research directions

  • Translate hydroclimate science into design-relevant hazard metrics and engineering protocols.
  • Assess infrastructure exposure, vulnerability, and risk under individual and compound hazards.
  • Develop stakeholder-informed decision support for infrastructure design, planning, and operations.

Representative findings

What we have learned

Publications

Related papers

  1. Seasonal compound renewable energy droughts in the United States

    Cameron Bracken, Nathalie Voisin, Youngjun Son, Sha Feng, Osten Anderson, Xiaodong Chen, He Li, Konstantinos Oikonomou

    Environmental Research: Energy, 2 (2025)

  2. Sharpening of Cold Season Storms over the Western US

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Yang Gao, Ying Liu, Mark Wigmosta

    Nature Climate Change, 13 (2023) · Research story

  3. Response of Extreme Rainfall to Atmospheric Warming and Wetting: Implications for Hydrologic Designs Under a Changing Climate

    Jinghan Zhang, Long Yang, Miao Yu, Xiaodong Chen

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128 (2023)

  4. Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Design: Advances and Opportunities

    Hongxiang Yan, Ning Sun, Xiaodong Chen, Mark Wigmosta

    Frontiers in Water, 2 (2020)

  5. Understanding future safety of dams in a changing climate

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 100 (2019)

  6. Understanding model-based probable maximum precipitation estimation as a function of location and season from atmospheric reanalysis

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    J. Hydrometeor., 19 (2018)

  7. Probable maximum precipitation in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in a changing climate

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, L. Ruby Leung

    Water Resour. Res., 53 (2017)

  8. Establishing a numerical modeling framework for hydrologic engineering analyses of extreme storm events

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, L. Ruby Leung

    J. Hydrol. Eng., 22 (2017)

  9. Revisiting extreme storms of the past 100 years for future safety of large water management infrastructures

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    Earth's Future, 4 (2016)

  10. Are General Circulation Models Ready for Operational Streamflow Forecasting for Water Management in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins?

    Safat Sikder, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, Jason B. Roberts, Franklin Robertson, C. K. Shum, Francis J. Turk

    J. Hydrometeor., 17 (2016)

  11. Understanding satellite-based monthly-to-seasonal reservoir outflow estimation as a function of hydrologic controls

    Matthew Bonnema, Safat Sikder, Yabin Miao, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, Ismat Ara Pervin, S. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Hyongki Lee

    Water Resour. Res., 52 (2016)