A long-term hydrometeorological dataset of a northern mountain basin
Kabir Rasouli, John W. Pomeroy, J. Richard Janowicz, Tyler J. Williams,and Sean K. Carey
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 89-100, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-89-2019
USask study says more snow, earlier melt will challenge Arctic communities in future
Centre for Hydrology Director, John Pomeroy (left) and past student Sebastian Krogh (right).
University of Saskatchewan researchers with the Global Water Futures (GWF) program have provided the first detailed projections of major water challenges facing Western Arctic communities such as Inuvik and transportation corridors such as the Dempster Highway by the end of this century.
“There will be a tipping point reached over the next few decades, putting at risk communities whose infrastructure was designed for 20th century climate and hydrology,” said Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD), senior author of a recent paper in the American Meteorological Society’s prestigious Journal of Hydrometeorology.
“Humanity has to act quickly and decisively to avert such a future, and that will involve reducing greenhouse gas concentrations and improving infrastructure to better withstand the extreme events that are coming,” said Pomeroy, director of the USask Centre for Hydrology and director of the USask-led GWF, the largest freshwater research program in the world.
Wildfire soot darkening glaciers could speed up melt rate, scientists fear
Centre for Hydrology director, John Pomeroy, voices his concerns that smoke and soot from nearby wildfires may be contributing to a faster melt rate on western Canadian glaciers in a recent CBC article.
Read more: Wildfire soot darkening glaciers could speed up melt rate, scientists fear
Centre for Hydrology student wins Cryosphere Student Innovation Award from AGU at the Washington DC Fall Meeting
Congratulations to Caroline Aubry-Wake who won a Cryosphere Student Innovation Award from the American Geophysical Union at its Fall Meeting in Washington DC last week. The $1000 USD prize was for her proposal of an innovative method to determine debris cover thickness on glaciers. Great work Caroline!
Caroline Aubry-Wake, the winner of the Cryosphere Student Innovation Award, conducting fieldwork.
U of S & Natural Resources Canada Sign 5-Year MOU
At a ceremony last month, the University of Saskatchewan and Natural Resources Canada signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the country’s commitment to manage its freshwater resources.
U of S Professor John Pomeroy is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, Director of the Centre for Hydrology at the U of S, and the Director of the USask-led Global Water Futures Program, which is the world’s largest university-led freshwater research program.
To read more visit: https://discovermoosejaw.com/local/u-of-s-natural-resources-canada-sign-5-year-mou
New paper shows causes of mountain river low flows and risks from climate warming.
Centre for Hydrology Senior Research Fellow Paul Whitfield has published a paper in Water Resources Research that shows precipitation is the dominant control on total annual streamflow and on the duration and severity of low flows in mountain rivers. However, mountain low flows are up to 2 times more sensitive than annual streamflow to temperature fluctuations and are very sensitive to winter temperatures above 0 °C as these conditions result in low snowpacks. Climate warming in these mountain catchments may cause more intense and longer low flow periods.
UNU-INWEH Report on Canada in the Global Water World
The final version of Canada in the Global Water World: Analysis of Capabilities report has been recently released. The report examines the capacity of Canada’s water sector with respect to meeting and helping other countries meet the water-related targets of the UN’s global sustainable development agenda.
Co-authors of this report include Centre for Hydrology director John Pomeroy and members Robert Sandford and Chris DeBeer.
To read the report click here: Canada in the Global Water World_final
Flow Forecasting & Operations Planning Engineer Opportunities at WSA
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is hiring a Flow Forecasting & Operations Planning Engineer located in Moose Jaw, SK.
Short Description:
Reporting to the Manager, Flow Forecasting & Operations Planning, an employee in this job will provide professional engineering expertise for forecasting stream flows for internal and external use, and for operation planning of major river systems requiring the real-time analysis, interpretation and distribution of forecasting and operations management information. This employee will also provide support to associated Water Security Agency (WSA) communication activities.
Apply by: 5:00 PM November 28, 2018
For more information visit the job posting here.
New CH Publication in the Journal of Hydrometeorology
Challenges in Modeling Turbulent Heat Fluxes to Snowpacks in Forest Clearings
Jonathan P. Conway, John W. Pomeroy, Warren D. Helgason & Nicholas J. Kinar
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(10), 1599-1616.
Mandryk: Politicians need to understand climate change has big local cost
“I think we are going to fail to address it in a meaningful way.” Centre for Hydrology Director, John Pomeroy speaks to the Regina Leader-Post about the local costs of climate change after the recent release of Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) report.
To read more visit: https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnists/politicians-need-to-understand-climate-change-has-big-local-costs