Humberto Vergara, PhD
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Education
PhD School of Civil Engineering and Enviromental Science, University of Oklahoma, 2015
MSc School of Civil Engineering and Enviromental Science, University of Oklahoma, 2011
BSc Environmental Engineering, El Bosque University, Bogota – Colombia, 2007
Research Interests
Hydrological Modeling
Probabilistic Forecasting
Data Assimilation
Research Experience
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma.
Graduate Research Assistant, CEES, University of Oklahoma. 2008 ~ 2015
Contact Information
Publications
| ID | Topic | Citation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Hydrologic modeling | "Yami, T. L., Gao, S., Chen, M., Li, Z., Vergara, H., Clark, R. R., ... & Hong, Y.", 2021: CREST/EF5 capacity building to enhance resilience to hydrodynamic disasters in emerging regions. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 15 (6), 230-242. | 2021 |
| 26 | Flash flood | Gourley, J. J., and H. Vergara, 2021: Comments on Flash flood verification: Pondering precipitation proxies. J. Hydrometeor. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0215.1. | 2021 |
| 25 | Flash flood | Gourley, J. J., H. Vergara, A. Arthur, R. A. Clark III, D. Staley, J. Fulton, L. Hempel, D. C. Goodrich, K. Rowden, and P. R. Robichaud, 2020: â€Predicting the Floods that Follow the Flames". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 101, E1101–E1106. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0040.1. | 2020 |
| 24 | Flash flood | Martinaitis, S. M., B. Albright, J. J. Gourley, S. Perfater, T. Meyer, Z. L. Flamig, R. A. Clark III, H. Vergara, and M. Klein, 2020: The 23 June 2016 West Virginia flash flood event as observed through two Hydrometeorology Testbed Experiments. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2099-2126. doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-20-0016.1. | 2020 |
| 23 | Hydrologic modeling | Flamig, Z., H. Vergara, and J. J. Gourley, 2020: The Ensemble Framework For Flash Flood Forecasting (EF5) v1.2: description and case study.. Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4943-4958. doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-4943-2020. | 2020 |
| 22 | Natural Hazards | B Blanton, K Dresback, B Colle, R Kolar, H Vergara, Y Hong, N Leonardo, 2020: An integrated scenario ensembleâ€based framework for hurricane evacuation modeling: Part 2—Hazard modeling. Risk analysis, 40, 117-1331. | 2020 |
| 21 | Flash flood | Yussouf, N., K. A. Wilson, S. M. Martinaitis, H. J. Vergara, P. L. Heinselman, and J. J. Gourley, 2020: Coupling of NSSL Warn-on-Forecast and FLASH systems for probabilistic flash flood prediction. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21, 123-141. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-19-0131.1. | 2020 |
| 20 | Natural Hazards | Blanton, B., K. Dresback, B. Colle, R. Kolar, R. Vergara, Y. Hong, and T. Wachtendorf, 2018: An Integrated Scenario Ensemble-Based Framework for Hurricane Evacuation Modeling: Part 2-Hazard Modeling. Risk analysis. doi: 10.1111/risa.13004. | 2018 |
| 19 | Flash flood | Saharia, M., P. Kirstetter, H. Vergara, J.J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and M. Giroud, 2017: Mapping Flash Flood Severity in the United States. J. Hydrometeor, 18, 397-411. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0082.1. | 2017 |
| 18 | Flood | Manabendra Saharia, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Humberto Vergara, Jonathan J. Gourley, Yang Hong, 2017: Characterization of floods in the United States. Journal of Hydrology, 548, 524-535. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.03.010. | 2017 |
| 17 | Flood | Saharia, M., P. Kirstetter, H. Vergara, J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and M. Giroud, 2017: Mapping Flash Flood Severity in the United States.. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 397–411. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0082.1. | 2017 |
| 16 | Hydrology | Vergara, Humberto, et al. , 2016: Estimating a-priori kinematic wave model parameters based on regionalization for flash flood forecasting in the Conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrology, 541, 421-433. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.011. | 2016 |
| 15 | Flood | Gourley, J., Z. Flamig, H. Vergara, P. Kirstetter, R. Clark, E. Argyle, A. Arthur, S. Martinaitis, G. Terti, J. Erlingis, Y. Hong, and K. Howard, 2016: The Flooded Locations And Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) project: improving the tools for flash flood monitoring and prediction across the United States. . Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00247.1. | 2016 |
| 14 | Hydrological Modeling | Clark, R., Z. Flamig, H. Vergara, Y. Hong, J. Gourley, D. Mandl, S. Frye, M. Handy, and M. Patterson, 2016: Hydrological Modeling and Capacity Building in the Republic of Namibia. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00130.1. | 2016 |
| 13 | Monsoon; Indus Basin | S. I. Khan, Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, M. U. K. Khattak, and H. J. Vergara, 2015: Spatial and Diurnal Variability of Monsoon Systems assessed by TRMM rain rate over Indus Basin. IEEE JSTAR, 8 (9), 4325-4335. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2421947. | 2015 |
| 12 | Ensemble Kalman Filter | Vergara, Humberto, Yang Hong, and Jonathan J. Gourley, 2014: Improving Flood Forecasting Skill with the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Revista de TecnologÃa, 13 (1), 9-27. | 2014 |
| 11 | Hydrologic Modeling | Humberto Vergara, Yang Hong, Jonathan J. Gourley, Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Viviana Maggioni, Dimitrios Stampoulis, and Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, 2014: Effects of Resolution of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates on Hydrologic Modeling Skill at Different Scales. J. Hydrometeor, 15 (2), 593–613. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0113.1. PDF. | 2014 |
| 10 | Satellite, Precipitation | Khan, S. I., Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, M.U. Khattak, B. Yong, H. J. Vergara, 2014: Evaluation of Three High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Estimates. Potential for Monsoon Monitoring over Pakistan. Advances in Space Research, 54 (4), 670-684. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.04.017. PDF. | 2014 |
| 9 | Flood | Mei, Y., Anagnostou, E.N., Stampoulis, D., Nikolopoulos, E.I., Borga, M., Vergara, H., 2013: Rainfall Organization Control on the Flood Response of mild-slope Basins. Journal of Hydrology. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.12.013. PDF. | 2013 |
| 8 | Hydrology | Dresback, K. M., J. G. Fleming, B. O. Blanton, C. Kaiser, J. J. Gourley, E. M. Tromble, R. A. Luettich Jr., R. L. Kolar, Y. Hong, S. Van Cooten, H. J. Vergara, Z. L. Flamig, H. M. Lander, K. E. Kelleher, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, 2013: Skill assessment of a real-time forecast system utilizing a coupled hydrologic and coastal hydrodynamic model during Hurricane Irene (2011). Continental Shelf Research, 71, 78-94. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.007. PDF. | 2013 |
| 7 | Data Assimilation, Remote Sensing | Zhang, Y., Y. Hong, X. Wang, J.J. Gourley, J. Gao, H. Vergara and B. Yong, 2013: Assimilation of Passive Microwave Streamflow Signals for Improving Flood Forecasting: A First Study in Okavango River Basin, Africa. IEEE Journal of Sepected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2251321. PDF. | 2013 |
| 6 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Maggioni, V., H. J. Vergara, E. N. Anagnostou, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and D. Stampoulis, 2013: Investigating the applicability of error correction ensembles of satellite rainfall products in river flow simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14 (4), 1194–1211. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-074.1. PDF. | 2013 |
| 5 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Khan, S. I., Y. Hong, H. J. Vergara, J. J. Gourley, G. R. Brakenridge, T. De Groeve, Z. L. Flamig, F. S. Policelli, and B. Yong , 2012: Microwave Satellite Data for Hydrologic Modeling in Ungauged Basins. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE, 9 (4), 663-667. doi: 10.1109/lgrs.2011.2177807. PDF. | 2012 |
| 4 | Storm surge | Van Cooten, S., K. E. Kelleher, K. Howard, J. Zhang, J. J. Gourley, J. S. Kain, K. Nemunaitis-Monroe, Z. Flamig, H. Moser, A. Arthur, C. Langston, R. Kolar, Y. Hong, K. Dresback, E. Tromble, H. Vergara, R. A. Luettich, B. Blanton, H. Lander, K. Galluppi, J. P. Losego, C. A. Blain, J. Thigpen, K. Mosher, D. Figurskey, M. Moneypenny, J. Blaes, J. Orrock, R. Bandy, C. Goodall, J. G. W. Kelley, J. Greenlaw, M. Wengren, D. Eslinger, J. Payne, G. Olmi, J. Feldt, J. Schmidt, T. Hamill, R. Bacon, R. Stickney and L. Spence, 2011: The CI-FLOW Project: A System for Total Water Level Prediction from the Summit to the Sea. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92 (11), 1427-1442. doi: 10.1175/2011bams3150.1. PDF. | 2011 |
| 3 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Khan, S. I., P. Adhikari, Y. Hong, H. Vergara, R. F Adler, F. Policelli, D. Irwin, T. Korme and L. Okello, 2011: Hydroclimatology of Lake Victoria region using hydrologic model and satellite remote sensing data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15 (1), 107-117. doi: 10.5194/hess-15-107-2011. PDF. | 2011 |
| 2 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Gourley, J. J., Y. Hong, Z. L. Flamig, J. Wang, H. Vergara and E. N. Anagnostou, 2011: Hydrologic Evaluation of Rainfall Estimates from Radar, Satellite, Gauge, and Combinations on Ft. Cobb Basin, Oklahoma. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12 (5), 973-988. doi: 10.1175/2011jhm1287.1. PDF. | 2011 |
| 1 | Hydrology, Remote Sensing | Khan, S. I., P. Adhikari, Y. Hong, H. Vergara, T. Grout, R. F. Adler, F. Policelli, D. Irwin, T. Korme and L. Okello, 2010: Observed and simulated hydroclimatology using distributed hydrologic model from in-situ and multi-satellite remote sensing datasets in Lake Victoria region in East Africa. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 7 (4), 4785-4816. doi: 10.5194/hessd-7-4785-2010. PDF. | 2010 |
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