{"id":1239,"date":"2026-06-26T06:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1239"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:22:15","slug":"tagele-mossie-aschale-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1239","title":{"rendered":"Tagele Mossie Aschale, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Tagele-Mossie-Aschale-PhD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" style=\"width:209px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Tagele-Mossie-Aschale-PhD.jpg 430w, https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/Tagele-Mossie-Aschale-PhD-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Full Name<\/strong> <strong>Tagele Mossie Aschale, PhD<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Specialization<\/strong>: Hydroclimatology;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Academic Rank<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA), Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Department<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia<\/li>\n<li>Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Phone Number<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethiopia: +251 918 591428<\/li>\n<li>UK: +44 7351 476530<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Institutional Email and Alternative Email<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Institutional Email: <a href=\"mailto:tagele_aschale@dmu.edu.et\">tagele_aschale@dmu.edu.et<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:tagele.m.aschale@durham.ac.uk\">tagele.m.aschale@durham.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Alternative Emails:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:abaymossa@yahoo.com\">abaymossa@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; Hydroclimate Extremes; Extreme Droughts, Floods, Heatwaves, Storms, Wildfires, and Other Natural Hazard Extremes; Natural Hazard Risk Assessment; Multi-Hazard and Cascading Risk Analysis; Critical Infrastructure Resilience; Climate Impacts on Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Water, and Health Systems; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR); Disaster Risk Management (DRM); Climate Risk and Resilience Planning; Early Warning Systems; Climate Services; Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainability; Water-Energy-Food Nexus; Urban Resilience and Climate-Smart Infrastructure; Nature-Based Solutions; Environmental Risk Assessment; Hydrological and Environmental Modelling; GIS, Remote Sensing and Earth Observation; Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Climate Risk Analysis; Food Security and Agricultural Resilience; Community Resilience; Climate-Induced Infrastructure Vulnerability and Resilience; Sustainable Development under Climate and Disaster Risks.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>List of Publications and ORCID Link<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ORCID:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4082-9716\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4082-9716<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Palazzolo, N., Buonacera, G., Cancelliere, A., &amp; Peres, D. J. (2026). An evaluation of ERA5-Land reanalysis data for drought monitoring: Comparison with drought indices from observational datasets in Sicily. Hydrology Research. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hydrch.2026.100016\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hydrch.2026.100016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aschale, T.M.; Cancelliere, A.; Palazzolo, N.; Buonacera, G.; Peres, D.J. Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Trends of Standardized Drought Indices in Sicily Using ERA5-Land Reanalysis Data\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1950\u20132023). <em>Water <\/em><strong>2024<\/strong>, <em>16<\/em>,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w16182593\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w16182593<\/a><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Aschale, T.M<\/strong>.; Sciuto, G.; Peres, D.J.; Gullotta, A.; Cancelliere, A. Evaluation of Reference Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods for the Assessment of Hydrological Impacts of Photovoltaic Power Plants in Mediterranean Climates. Water 2022, 14, 2268. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w14142268\"><strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w14142268<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T.M<\/strong>.; Peres, D.J.; Gullotta, A.; Sciuto, G.; Cancelliere, A. Trend Analysis and Identification of the Meteorological Factors Influencing Reference Evapotranspiration. Water 2023, 15, 470. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w15030470\"><strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w15030470<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T.M<\/strong>.; Palazzolo, N.; Peres, D.J.; Sciuto, G.; Cancelliere, A. An Assessment of Trends of Potential Evapotranspiration at Multiple Timescales and Locations in Sicily from 2002 to 2022. Water 2023, 15, 1273. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w15071273\"><strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w15071273<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gullotta, A., <strong>Aschale, T.M., <\/strong>Peres, D.J. et al. Modelling Stormwater Runoff Changes Induced by Ground-Mounted Photovoltaic Solar Parks: A Conceptualization in EPASWMM. Water Resour Manage (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11269-023-03572-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11269-023-03572-3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T.M <\/strong>(2017). Assessment of Schools Spatial Distribution and Identifying Suitable Areas by Using GIS Technology: In Case of Debre Markos Town North Western Ethiopia. Journal of Resources Development and Management (35): 8-20<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Conference Papers:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M.,<\/strong> Malamud, B. D., &amp; Donoghue, D. N. (2026). Hazard\u2013Energy Interrelationship Matrix: Interactive R Shiny Dashboard and Literature Database. Durham University, SAT-Guard Project. Dashboard: <a href=\"https:\/\/tageleaschale.shinyapps.io\/deploy-app-3\/\">https:\/\/tageleaschale.shinyapps.io\/deploy-app-3\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Malamud, B. D., and Donoghue, D. N.: Multi-Hazard Impacts and Cascading Risks in Energy Systems\u00a0, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3\u20138 May 2026, EGU26-12258, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu26-12258\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu26-12258<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Peres, D. J., Palazzolo, N., <strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Buonacera, G., and Cancelliere, A.: Evaluation of ERA5-Land reanalysis data for drought monitoring: Comparison with observation-based drought indices in Sicily, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3\u20138 May 2026, EGU26-7813, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu26-7813\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu26-7813<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Malamud, B. D., &amp; Donoghue, D. (2025, September 4\u20135). <em>The influence of natural hazards on energy sector components<\/em> [Poster presentation]. Poster session at the UKADR Annual Conference 2025: <em>Pathways to Practice &amp; Resilience: UK Interdisciplinary Hazard &amp; Disaster Research on the National and Global Stage<\/em>, Durham University, UK. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/research\/institutes-and-centres\/hazard-risk-resilience\/about-us\/explore-our-events\/uk-alliance-for-disaster-research-ukadr-annual-conference-2025\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/research\/institutes-and-centres\/hazard-risk-resilience\/about-us\/explore-our-events\/uk-alliance-for-disaster-research-ukadr-annual-conference-2025\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peres, D. J., <strong>Aschale, T. M.,<\/strong> Palazzolo, N., Buonacera, G., and Cancelliere, A.: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Drought Trends in Sicily Using ERA5-Land Data , EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr\u20132 May 2025, EGU25-8282, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu25-8282,%202025\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu25-8282, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Buonacera, G., Palazzolo, N., Cancelliere, A., and Peres, D. J.: An historical flash drought analysis in Sicily based on ERA5 Reanalysis evapotranspiration and soil moisture data, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14\u201319 Apr 2024, EGU24-10657, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu24-10657\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu24-10657<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gullotta, A., <strong>Aschale, T. M., <\/strong>Peres, D. J., Sciuto, G., and Cancelliere, A.: Towards assessing the impacts of large ground-mounted solar parks on the hydrological cycle: an analysis of runoff changes with EPA-SWMM software , EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14\u201319 Apr 2024, EGU24-11451, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu24-11451\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu24-11451<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T.M<\/strong>: Assess the impacts of PVs on hydroclimate and soil: literature perspective, September 16-18, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambiens.it\/energy-day-2021\/\">Conference Link<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enea.it\/it\/seguici\/patrocini\/2021\/energy-day-2021\">Conference Link 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"9\">\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M<\/strong>., Cancelliere, A., Peres, D., and Sciuto, G.: Identification of the main meteorological factors for the trend of reference evapotranspiration in Sicily, Italy, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23\u201327 May 2022, EGU22-5917, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu22-591\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu22-591<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale TM<\/strong>, Sciuto G, Peres DJ, Gullotta A, Cancelliere A.: Statistical evaluation of reference evapotranspiration estimation methods for the assessment of hydrological impacts of photovoltaic power plants, STAHY2022 &#8211; 12th International Workshop on Statistical Hydrology 17 \u2013 20 September 2022, Chia, Sardinia (Italy). 033, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/stahy2022\/files\/2022\/08\/033_Cancelliere_Antonio_STAHY2022.pdf\">Conference<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/stahy2022\/files\/2022\/08\/033_Cancelliere_Antonio_STAHY2022.pdf\">Link.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gullotta A, <strong>Aschale TM<\/strong>, Sciuto G, Peres DJ, Cancelliere : Experimental Set-Up for The Assessment of the Impacts of Photovoltaic Power Parks Installation on Major Hydrologic Budget Constituents , IDRA2022 IDRA 2022 \u00e8 organizzato dal Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica e dall\u2019Universit\u00e0 degli Studi \u201cMediterranea\u201d di Reggio Calabria , 4 \u2013 7 September 2022, Calabaria, Italy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.convegno-idra.it\/programma-dettagliato\/\">Conference Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aschale, T. M., <\/strong>Peres, D. J., Palazzolo, N., Sciuto, G., and Cancelliere, A.: Run analysis of potential evapotranspiration and soil moisture for investigating flash droughts in Sicily, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24\u201328 Apr 2023, EGU23-13360. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu23-13360\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/egusphere-egu23-13360I,<\/a> 2023<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Grant Projects<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>External <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Durham University Sed Corn grant, UK 2026<\/li>\n<li>UKRI SAT-Guard Project (PDRA), Durham University, UK (2025\u2013Present)<\/li>\n<li>PRIN 2022 (Research Fellow): Integrated Monitoring &amp; Modelling for the Sustainability of Irrigated Crops (I-MOSAIC), Italy (2024\u20132025)<\/li>\n<li>Doctoral Industrial Fellowship Ambiens Energy Srl and University of Catania, Italy 2020-2023<\/li>\n<li>OKP Fellowship (Short Term Training): Geostatistics for Water Management and Environmental Sciences, Netherlands (2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Internal <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Principal Investigator: Urban Green Suiatabality (Debre Markos University 2019-2020<\/li>\n<li>Co- Investigator: Urban Heat Island Effect (Debre Markos University 2019-2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>LinkedIn Account<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tagele-mossie-aschale-a9804a95\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tagele-mossie-aschale-a9804a95\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12 GitHub<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Abay2392\">https:\/\/github.com\/Abay2392<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Name Tagele Mossie Aschale, PhD Specialization: Hydroclimatology; Academic Rank Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA), Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, United Kingdom Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia Department Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, Durham University, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1240,"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1239\/revisions\/1240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssh.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}