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Coastal Hydrology Lab (CHL) at UA

Coastal Hydrology Lab strives to improve the scientific understanding of freshwater-influenced coastal systems, including river estuaries, wetlands, deltas, and harbors throughout the world. There is considerable diversity in ecosystems and economic resources in these densely populated areas. There are however significant threats to these regions from human activities, which alter their physical, hydrological, and socioeconomic characteristics, and indirect effects from climate change, such as rising sea levels. As part of our mission to advance scientific understanding as it relates to the analysis of estuarine systems, our research group utilizes a variety of data sources and emerging technologies in order to gain a deeper understanding of their dynamics and predict their responses to current changes. We explore estuarine dynamics and hydrologic controls on sediment supply and salinity intrusion; ecosystem responses and morphologic evolution under sea level rise; flow and exchange of surface and groundwater in coastal watersheds; and cascading/compounding effects of hydroclimate extremes such as hurricanes.​

Dr. Hamed Moftakhari is an associate professor at the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, in The University of Alabama.
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​Phone:  +1 205 348 0239
Email:    hmoftakhari@eng.ua.edu
Office:   1068 Cyber Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487