Professor Dr Hannah L. Cloke OBE is a physical geographer, natural hazards researcher, climate scientist and hydrologist specialising in earth system modelling, flood forecasting, catchment hydrology, applications of Numerical Weather Predictions and science communication. She leads a wide programme of research on the theoretical and practical development of early warning systems for natural hazards, particularly for floods, droughts, heatwaves and disaster risk management.
Areas of interest
Forecasting floods, droughts, heatwaves, landslides and other natural hazards
Early warning and evidence based decision-making for disaster risk management
Global earth system modelling and applications of Numerical Weather Prediction
Climate change impact on environmental processes, natural hazards and water resources
Forecast verification and uncertainty analysis
Science communication