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Forood Azargoshasbi

Data Intern
Telephone: 
250.721.6236

Forood Azargoshasbi is a Data Intern at PCIC. His work at PCIC focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on precipitation and climatologies in Canada at a 4 km resolution. In his Ph.D. work, Forood uses numerical weather and air quality prediction models to assess the impacts of climate change on population exposure to climate hazards and air pollution at a 1 km resolution, with a specific focus on the cities of Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. Additionally, he is interested in evaluating the effectiveness of heat mitigation strategies.

Education: 
  • B.Sc.: faculty of Civil Engineering, K.N.Toosi University, Tehran, Iran.
  • M.S.: faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ph.D.: faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Selected Publications: 
  • Azargoshasbi, F., Vahmani, P., Minet, L.. Leveraging Crowdsourced Data for Extreme Heat Monitoring. Under review.
  • Azargoshasbi, F. and Minet, L. (2024) “Canada High-resolution Urban Morphology to be used for WRF application”. Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10656234.
  • Yamanouchi, S., Gamage, S.M., Torbatian, S., Zalzal, J., Minet, L., Smargiassi, A., Liu, Y., Liu, L., Azargoshasbi, F., Kim, J. and Kim, Y., 2024. Validation and analysis of the Polair3D v1. 11 chemical transport model over Quebec. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(9), pp.3579-3597.
  • Azargoshasbi, F., Ashrafi, K. and Ehsani, A.H., 2023. Role of urban boundary layer dynamics and ventilation efficiency in a severe air pollution episode in Tehran, Iran. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 135(4), p.35.