Siraj Ul Islam

Research Associate and Adjunct Professor

Environmental Science and Engineering Program

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)

Research Interests

-- Computer modeling and simulation

-- Global Climate Models, Regional Climate Models, Hydrological Models

-- Seasonal climate prediction

-- Climate Change and Variability

-- Climate Change impacts on regional hydrology


Publication

2019

-- Islam S, Hay R W, Déry S J, Booth B P (2019), Modelling the impacts of climate change on riverine thermal regimes in western Canada's largest Pacific watershed, Scientific Reports, nature publication, in press.

-- Islam S, Curry C L, Déry S J, Zwiers F W (2019), Quantifying projected changes in runoff variability and flow regimes of the Fraser River Basin, British Columbia. Hydrological and Earth System Science, 23, 811-828, doi: 10.5194/hess-23-1-2019.

-- Curry C L, Islam S, Zwiers F W, Déry S J (2019), Atmospheric Rivers Increase Future Flood Risk in Western Canada's Largest Pacific River. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(3), 1651-1661.

2017

-- Younas W, Hay R W, MacDonald M K, Islam S and Déry S J (2017), A strategy to represent impacts of subgrid-scale topography on snow evolution in the Canadian Land Surface Scheme, Annals of Glaciology, 58, 1-10, doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.29.

-- Islam S and Déry S J (2017), Evaluating uncertainties in modelling the snow hydrology of the Fraser River Basin, British Columbia, Canada, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 1827-1847, doi:10.5194/hess-21-1-2017

-- Islam S, Déry S J and Werner A T (2017), Future climate change impacts on snow and water resources of the Fraser River Basin, British Columbia, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(2), 473-496, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-16-0012.1.

2016

-- Kang D H, Gao H, Shi X, Islam S and Déry S J (2016) Impacts of a rapidly declining mountain snowpack on streamflow timing in Canada's Fraser River Basin, Scientific Reports, 6, 19299. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19299

-- Islam S and Y Tang (2016), Simulation of different types of ENSO impacts on South Asian monsoon in CCSM4, Climate Dynamics, 48(3-4), 893-911, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3117-4

-- Li X, Tang Y, Zhou L, Chen D, Yao Z, Islam S (2016), Assessment of Madden-Julian oscillation simulations with various configurations of CESM, Climate Dynamics, 47, 2667-2690, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-2991-0

-- Yao Z, Tang Y, Chen D, Zhou L, Li X, Islam S (2016), Assessment of the simulation of Indian Ocean Dipole in CESM: Impact of Atmospheric Physics and Model Resolution, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8(4), 1932-1952, doi:10.1002/2016MS000700

2015

-- Islam S, Y Tang and P Jackson (2015), Optimal error growth of South Asian Monsoon Forecast Associated with the uncertainties in the Sea Surface Temperature, Climate Dynamics, 46(5-6), 1953-1975, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2686-y

2013

-- Islam S, Y Tang and P Jackson (2013), Asian monsoon simulations by Community Climate Models CAM4 and CCSM4, Climate Dynamics, 41(9-10), 2617-2642, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1752-6

2009

-- Islam S, Rehman N, Sheikh M (2009), Future change in the frequency of warm and cold spells over Pakistan simulated by the PRECIS regional climate model, Climatic Change, 94(1-2), 35-45, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9557-7


Teaching

UNBC Winter 2020

ENSC250 Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis


UNBC Fall 2019

ENSC450/650 Environmental and Geophysical Data Analysis


UNBC Fall 2014

ENSC425/625: Climate Change and Global Warming


UNBC Fall 2013

ENSC425/625: Climate Change and Global Warming


Contact Info

Email
sirajul.islam@unbc.ca

Phone
250-960-5429

Address
Office 4-256