| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Snow and ice are ubiquitous features of the Canadian landscape. Thus the hydrometeorology of high latitude and elevation watersheds is largely controlled by processes involving snow and ice. Although our understanding of snow and ice processes has improved in recent years, there remains some fundamental issues that need to be addressed. This is an especially urgent matter as the northern high latitudes are currently experiencing an unprecedented period of climate change (Serreze et al. 2000). Thus there is a great need to quantify the role of snowcover in the existing and in the future states of the surface energy and water budgets and to better comprehend hydrometeorological processes in the North. Our research is therefore geared towards a better understanding of northern hydrometeorological processes and their impacts on the surface energy and water budgets. To accomplish this goal, a variety of methods and tools are used, including field observations, reanalysis datasets, remote sensing data, and numerical modeling. We are interested in both small-scale (from meters to a few kilometers) and large-scale (> kilometers) hydrometeorological processes. Below are several research topics that have been undertaken by our group. For more information on the PIEKTUK model and our previous work on blowing snow, please consult the following page. Details of our ongoing field work at the Quesnel River Research Centre (QRRC) and the Cariboo Mountains can be found at the Cariboo Alpine Mesonet website. Also listed below are the current members the NHG and funding sources. |
