Research Areas

HydroClimX Lab, at the Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee focuses on four key areas: 

A) Methodological Advancements, 

B) Physical Understanding, 

C) Socioeconomic Impacts, and 

D) Capacity Building. 

Our Lab has devised several novel methods such as multi-scale event synchronization (MSES), wavelet multi-scale correlation (WME), wavelet multi-scale entropy (WME), data merging algorithm, and climate-informed flood forecasting among others (for more information please refer to https://www.hydroclimx.com/research-areas). Wavelet-based algorithms have allowed him to demonstrate the importance of multi-scale interactions in climatology and hydrometeorology (A). 

Additionally, they have been applied to better comprehend compound dry, hot extremes in India, spatial diversity of Indian rainfall teleconnections, rare extreme events, atmospheric rivers (in review), and the impact of Arctic melting on Indian precipitation (B). 

Leveraging these methods and process understanding, HydroClimX Lab is actively contributing to flood forecasting, drought characterization and monitoring, Design flood estimation, Urban Flood Mitigation (Low Impact Development/Best Management Practices), Climate Change and Risk Perception, impact-based forecasting (started recently), landslide susceptibility mapping (C). 

HydroClimX Lab is also deeply involved in capacity building, having conducted courses on compound extremes sponsored by ISRO (India, 2022) and fluvial processes sponsored by WMO (Myanmar, 2021). Ankit has organized significant events including the 'National Hazard Symposium on the Himalayan Region' (2021), the 'Roorkee Water Conclave' (2022), and a session at EGU 2022. Furthermore, he initiated an online lecture series titled "Understanding the Dynamics of Natural Hazard in the Himalayan" (D). 

The current research  (A-C) of HydroClimX is focused on addressing global to local hydro-climatological extremes and risks using novel methods and interdisciplinary perspectives. On the basis of interdisciplinary understanding, the following research foci are being addressed in our group:

List of  current research topics

• Hydroclimatic Compound Extremes

• Drough-Flood Transition

• Atmosphere Moisture Transport Mechanisms - Atmospheric Rivers  and Low Level Jet Systems

• Forecasting of (rare-) extreme events

• Arctic Melting and Linkages to Indian Summer Monsoon

• Climate-Informed Flood Forecasting

• Hydrologic - hydrodynamic modelling and remote sensing data in flood hydrology

• Impact-based Forecasting (Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability)