Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID OR_2024_Abbaszadeh

Integrating USGS NGWOS Observations, Physics-based Hydrology Model and AI/ML Technologies for Accurate and Reliable Streamflow Forecasting

Institute: Oregon
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Year Established: 2024 Start Date: 2025-01-01 End Date: 2027-12-31
Total Federal Funds: $309,995 Total Non-Federal Funds: $309,995

Principal Investigators: Peyman Abbaszadeh

Project Summary: Climate change is causing big problems with how water moves around our planet. This leads to serious events like floods, which cost billions of dollars in damages every year worldwide. In the Pacific Northwest, where the Willamette River Basin is located, floods are becoming more common and more severe. To help prevent flooding, the area has 13 dams built to control floods. But managing these dams well means we need to know exactly how much water is coming down the river. Our project aims to build a smart system to predict river flows accurately and quickly across the Willamette River Basin by using state-of-the-art statistical and computational methods, as well as new hydrologic observations. This project aims to improve our understanding of how to use new river flow observational data that USGS provides to make better predictions. This not only helps us locally but also contributes to a bigger effort by organizations like the USGS to improve how we study and manage water across the country.