Impact of peatland restoration on mitigating hydrological extreme events

Shirin Karimi is currently a PhD student at the department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Umeå. Her research involves understanding and modeling catchment-scale rainfall-runoff processes, as well as the role of landscape composition on hydrological functioning, including water storage and runoff dynamics, within the Boreal ecosystem. In particular, her PhD project focuses on investigating the impact of peatland restoration on mitigating hydrological extreme events such as floods and drought, through extensive field measurements and groundwater and discharge data processing conducted at the Trollberget Experimental Area (TEA).