Abdelaziz Chaqdid

Research Interests

Abdelaziz's research focuses on extreme precipitation and its associated hydrological hazards, particularly flash-flood risk in arid and data-scarce catchments, within the context of regional climate variability. Using regional climate models and hydrodynamic models, he investigates the spatial distribution of these hazards, examines how extreme precipitation responds to global warming, and assesses how changes in precipitation translate into downstream flood risk. He also applies uncertainty quantification techniques to characterize extreme scenarios and improve the reliability of hydrodynamic inundation simulations and regional climate projections.

Selected Publications

Toward Reducing Uncertainty in Simulating Temporal Clustering of Extreme Precipitation in Morocco: Insights from High-Resolution GCMs. Abdelaziz Chaqdid, Alexandre Tuel, Abdelouahad El Fatimy, Nabil El Moçayd. Journal of Climate. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0138.1

Climate-informed flood risk mapping using a GAN-based approach (ExGAN). Rafia Belhajjam, Abdelaziz Chaqdid, Naji Yebari, Mohammed Seaid, Nabil El Moçayd. Journal of Hydrology. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131487

Extreme rainfall events in Morocco: Spatial dependence and climate drivers. Abdelaziz Chaqdid, Alexandre Tuel, Abdelouahad El Fatimy, Nabil El Moçayd. Weather and Climate Extremes. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100556

Education

2022-2026: Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, College of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Morocco.
2018-2021: Engineering Degree in Meteorology, Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics, Casablanca, Morocco.
2015-2018: B.Sc. in Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.

Research Interests Keywords

Extreme Prediction Hydrological Hazards Climate variability and change Climate Models