Dr Christopher White
Reader
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Reclassifying historical disasters : from single to multi-hazards
- Lee Ryan, White Christopher J, Adnan Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani, Douglas John, Mahecha Miguel D, O'Loughlin Fiachra E, Patelli Edoardo, Ramos Alexandre M, Roberts Matthew J, Martius Olivia, Tubaldi Enrico, van den Hurk Bart, Ward Philip J, Zscheischler Jakob
- Science of the Total Environment Vol 912 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169120
- Reviewing the UK's exploited hydropower resource (onshore and offshore)
- Kennedy Claire, Bertram Doug, White Christopher J
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol 189 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113966
- Compounding heatwave-extreme rainfall events driven by fronts, high moisture, and atmospheric instability
- Sauter Christoph, Catto Jennifer L, Fowler Hayley J, Westra Seth, White Christopher J
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Vol 128 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jd038761
- This is the world's hottest autumn on record - and it's impacting the climate system and human society
- McGrane Scott, White Christopher J
- (2023)
- Integrated framework for hydrologic modelling in data-sparse watersheds and climate change impact on projected green and blue water sustainability
- Lawal I M, Bertram D, White C J, Jagaba A H
- Frontiers in Environmental Sciences Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1233216
- Application of Boruta algorithms as a robust methodology for performance evaluation of CMIP6 general circulation models for hydro- climatic studies
- Lawal I M, Bertram D, White C J, Kutty S R M, Hassan I, Jagaba A H
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology Vol 153, pp. 113-135 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04466-5
Teaching
Modules taught:
- Hydraulics and Hydrology (CL216)
- Water Engineering 1 (CL315)
- Water Engineering 2 (CL420)
Research Interests
My research focuses on natural hazards (including floods, droughts and heatwaves), surface water hydrology and resources, risk management and climate change resilience. I specialise in understanding natural hazards and risk from both physical causative and impacts perspectives, centred on the understanding, modelling and prediction of extreme weather events (in particular, hydrological prediction) on both the extended-range 'subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S)' (e.g. weeks to months) and climate timescales (e.g. up to the end of the century) using regional high-resolution and global climate projections.
Much of my research involves working with end-users to make climate, weather and natural hazards science and information more usable though the exploration of improved applications, communication and promotion of appropriate risk information in support of resource management, emergency management and disaster risk reduction activities.
I am always keen to talk to potential students, collaborators and industry partners about future projects and opportunities.
Professional Activities
- Strath Methods series of seminars
- Invited speaker
- 1/9/2022
- Developing a Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasting System for Hydropower Reservoirs in Scotland
- Contributor
- 30/4/2021
Projects
- Cross-disciplinary research for Discovery Science (NERC Discipline Hopping)
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Multi-hazard and risk-informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management (MEDiate Horizon Europe CL3-2021-DRS-01)
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Douglas, John (Principal Investigator) Tubaldi, Enrico (Co-investigator)
- European Commission - Horizon 2020: £385,658.00
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
- Multi-hazard and risk-informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management (MEDiate Horizon Europe CL3-2021-DRS-01)
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Douglas, John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
- Low-cost sensor system for enhanced bridge flood resilience (TRIG)
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) White, Chris (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- RAMOBRIS Risk Assessment and MOnitoring for BRidges under Scour hazard (MSCA IF 2020)
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) White, Chris (Co-investigator)
- 07-Jan-2022 - 07-Jan-2024
- Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Christopher
White
Reader
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: chris.white@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4366