Centre for Hydrology, PhD student, Zhibang Lv, received the Wiesnet Medal at the 76th Annual Eastern Snow conference held in Fairlee, Vermont, USA. The Wiesnet Medal is awarded to a student with the best oral presentation, Zhibang’s oral presentation was titled’ Assimilation of snow interception information into a cold regions hydrological model’.
Quebeckers’ postdeluge dilemma: Stay in harm’s way, or bear the high cost of leaving
As Quebec communities clean up after this spring’s floods, anger is rising among those who don’t have the means to move on – and who wish the province was doing more to help. In a country with an ad-hoc approach to natural disasters, their struggle could soon be everyone else’s, too Continue reading
Clerical Assistant Opportunity with GWF/CH
TheCentre for Hydrology and Global Water Futures are hiring a Clerical Assistant located in Saskatoon, SK.
We invite applications from efficient, creative and outgoing individuals who are excited about becoming a member of the Global Water Futures and Centre for Hydrology team. Reporting to the Director of the Centre for Hydrology and Global Water Futures, as well as the Executive Research Assistant to the Director, the primary purpose of this post is the provision of vital administrative and clerical support to this dynamic centre and program.
For more information visit the job posting.
New CH Publication in Earth System Science Data
Hydrometeorological data from Marmot Creek Research Basin, Canadian Rockies
Xing Fang, John W. Pomeroy, Chris M. DeBeer, Phillip Harder, and Evan Siemens
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 455-471, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-455-2019
Digital Services Coordinator Opportunity with GIWS/GWF/CH
The Global Institute for Water Security, Centre for Hydrology and Global Water Futures are hiring a Digital Service Coordinator located in Saskatoon, SK.
Short Description:
Reporting to the GIWS/GWF Communications Specialist, the Digital Services Coordinator will be part of the GIWS/GWF Communication and Outreach team, and will ensure high quality in digital communications initiatives, including web, mobile, social media, and other digital platforms. In particular, the Co-ordinator is responsible for web renewal projects and the ongoing development, maintenance, posting, and support for the following websites:
- Global Institute for Water Security (www.usask.ca/water)
- Global Water Futures (www.gwf.usask.ca / www.globalwaterfutures.ca )
- Centre for Hydrology (http://www.usask.ca/hydrology )
With the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines and continuous change, the Co-ordinator will work closely with the GIWS/GWF core leaders, project managers of 12 GWF user question-led projects, GIWS/GWF Young Professionals, GWF core teams, and the Centre for Hydrology’s Executive Research Assistant. The Co-ordinator will help ensure that digital content is aligned with GIWS/GWF goals, as well as with university standards and guidelines.
USask BSc in Hydrology (4-yr and Honours) starting in 2020
The Department of Geography and Planning is pleased to announce the new BSc in Hydrology (4-yr and Honours) starting in 2020. This program will offer students excellent learning opportunities in the field of water science at the #1 Canadian university for water research!
This program will replace the existing Environmental Earth Science program offered by the Department. Students currently enrolled in the EES program may choose to switch to the Hydrology program or remain in their current program. All EES students should speak with an Academic Advisor before course registration to discuss their program and changing options.
Canada is the only G7 country without a national flood forecasting system. Experts say there’s a cost to that
Canada is the only G7 country without a nationwide flood forecasting system and, according to scientists, the absence of such a system has come at a cost.
“Damages from floods and droughts have shot through the roof,” said John Pomeroy, an expert in hydrology and the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change at the University of Saskatchewan.
According to Pomeroy, the total amount of money spent recovering from climate-related floods and wildfires in Canada prior to the year 2000 was about $1 billion.
Dry winter drops risk of flooding posed by snowpack melt to low levels
There’s less snow than usual to melt in the mountains this spring. That’s the message from hydrologist John Pomeroy, a Canmore-based water expert.
“It’s lower than the normal over most of the mountains,” Pomeroy said, in a Monday interview on the Calgary Eyeopener.
“That’s what we’re going to be seeing at this point: lower snowmelt contribution to streams.”
Pomeroy, the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, and the director of the Coldwater Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan, said the explanation for the diminished flows isn’t complicated.
Weather system becoming unhinged due to climate change, U of S expert says
Environment and Climate Change Canada this week released a report showing Canada is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world. CTV Morning Live host Jeremy Dodge spoke with John Pomeroy, director of the Global Waters Initiative at the University of Saskatchewan, to get his thoughts on how the warming trend could change life in Saskatchewan.
New CH Publication in Journal of Hydrology
Constraining hydrological model parameters using water isotopic
compositions in a glacierized basin, Central Asia
Zhihua Hea, Katy Unger-Shayesteh, Sergiy Vorogushyn, Stephan M. Weise,
Olga Kalashnikova, Abror Gafurov, Doris Duethmann, Martina Barandun, Bruno Merz
Journal of Hydrology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.01.048