Biography
Raúl Valenzuela is a professor at Universidad de O’Higgins (UOH), Rancagua, Chile and Adjoint Researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2). His research interests include precipitation processes associated to Atmospheric Rivers, statistical verification of quantitative precipitation forecast, and GPS meteorology.
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Interests
- Precipitation Processes
- Atmospheric Rivers
- Radar meteorology
- QPF verification
- GPS meteorology
- Orographic precipitation
- Data visualization
Education
PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, 2016
University of Colorado Boulder
Natural Resources Engineer, 2008
Universidad de Chile
BSc in Natural Resources Science, 2007
Universidad de Chile
Experience
Assitant Professor
Universidad de O’Higgins
Responsibilities include:
- Teaching (programming, climatology, data visualization)
- Research (see projects)
- Outreach (see projects)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Geofísica
Research project: Examinining statistical relationship between Atmospheric Rivers and extreme precipitation in central-southern Chile.
Sponsor: Dr. Rene Garreaud
Funding: ANID postdoctoral fellowship
Sponsor: Dr. Rene Garreaud
Funding: ANID postdoctoral fellowship
PhD Student
Universidad of Colorado Boulder, ATOC
Doctoral dissertation: Terrain-Trapped Airflows and Orographic Precipitation Along the Coast of Northern California.
Advisor: Dr. David Kingsmill
Funding: Fulbright Program, Becas Chile, Cu Boulder
Advisor: Dr. David Kingsmill
Funding: Fulbright Program, Becas Chile, Cu Boulder
Journal Articles
Projects
Collection of Micro Rain Radar (MRR) images from Rancagua.
Study of the water vapor budget and its relationship with precipitation processes.
We search for building low-cost weather stations based on open-source electronic components.
Finding the best way to display and communicate weather and climate data.
Explore statistical and physical relationship between extreme climatic events that are triggered in a compound (multiple events at the same time) and cascading (sequentially) way.
Data visualization project that aims to provide rainfall statistics by rendering cyclical features with a 2D representation of data.
Outreach project that aims to arise meteorology and climatology curiosity to children between 3 and 9 years old.
Recent Posts
Skills
Python
Statistics
Remote Sensing
Contact
- Av. Lib. Bernardo O'Higgins 611, Rancagua, Región de O'Higgins
- Building B, Floor 5th
- DM Me in Twitter