Oldrich Rakovec

Oldrich Rakovec is a Researcher at the Department of Computational Hydrosystems (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany). His work focuses on hydrological modeling, climate change impacts, drought analysis, and flood forecasting using the Mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM).

• Key collaborations: NCAR (USA), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kansas University, Bocconi University

Research Interests:

• Parameter regionalization in large basins
• Paleo-hydrology and continental water cycles
• Model sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification
• Flood impact assessments
• Climate change effects on water resources

Article Trends: His recent publications (2021-2025) emphasize climate change impacts on droughts/floods, global hydrological modeling, data assimilation, and multi-model intercomparison. Notable work includes drought monitoring tools for South Asia, flood counterfactuals for disaster preparedness, and high-resolution soil moisture datasets.

Scientific Awards:

• ASCE-EWRI 2023 Best Case Study Award

Education: PhD in Hydrology (Wageningen University, 2014), MSc in Hydrology and Water Quality (Wageningen), MSc in Environmental Modeling (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague).