The webinar on ”Mountain Snow Hydrology” by Professor John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada was organized on 3 September 2020. The program was jointly organized by The Small Earth Nepal (SEN) with the Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (CDHM) and Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus of Tribhuvan University, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Global Water Futures (GWF) and Center for Hydrology of the University of Saskatchewan. The program was chaired by Professor Deepak Aryal, Head, CDHM, and the discussion was moderated by Prof. Sunil Adhikary, Campus Chief of Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus. The other guest speakers were Dr. Dharma Kanta Banskota, Professor and VC, TU, Dr. David Molden, DG, ICIMOD, and Dr. Madan Lall Shrestha, Academician, NAST. The webinar had a total of 209 participants from 20 countries. It was 6th in the series of webinars hosted by CDHM.
During the presentation, Professor Pomeroy reviewed advances in understanding the snow processes that control the hydrology of high mountain areas: snow accumulation, redistribution by wind and gravity, an interception by forest canopies, sublimation, snowmelt, and runoff generation. He also discussed how these processes operate in various high mountain environments, how they can be measured, and show through computer simulations how they work together at the headwater catchment scale to generate downstream water resources. Lastly, Professor Pomeroy highlighted the role of snow processes in controlling the vulnerability of water resources to climate change as they are particularly sensitive to climate warming.
Please follow the link below to watch the online version of Professor Pomeroy’s presentation and slides.
Click here for the slides: MountainSnowHydrology_Pomeroy_Nepal_2020
