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Mountain and Arctic snow and ice research, Canadian focus

2024

  • Hanly, K. & McDowell, G. (2024) The Evolution of ‘Riskscapes’: 100 years of climate change and mountaineering activity in the Lake Louise area of the Canadian Rockies. Climatic Change 177(49). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03698-2

  • Gottlieb, A. R., & Mankin, J. S. (2024). Evidence of human influence on Northern Hemisphere snow loss. Nature625(7994), 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06794-y

  • Menounos, B., Gardner, A., Forentine, C., & Fountain, A. (2024). Brief communication: Recent estimates of glacier mass loss for western North America from laser altimetry. The Cryosphere, 18(2), 889-894. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-889-2024

2023

  • Hanly, K., McDowell, G., Tricker, J. (2023) Climbing through climate change in the Canadian Rockies: Guides’ experiences of route transformation on Mt. Athabasca. Tourism and Hospitality. 4(4) 539-558. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4040033

  • Staines, J., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2023). Influence of forest canopy structure and wind flow on patterns of sub‐canopy snow accumulation in montane needleleaf forests. Hydrological Processes, 37(10), e15005. staines_pomeroy_2023.pdf

  • Rohanizadegan, M., Petrone, R. M., Pomeroy, J. W., Kosovic, B., Muñoz‐Esparza, D., & Helgason, W. D. (2023). High‐Resolution Large‐Eddy Simulations of Flow in the Complex Terrain of the Canadian Rockies. Earth and Space Science, 10(10), e2023EA003166. rohanizadegan_et-al_2023.pdf

  • Fang, X., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2023). Simulation of the impact of future changes in climate on the hydrology of Bow River headwater basins in the Canadian Rockies. Journal of Hydrology, 620, 129566. fang_pomeroy_2023.pdf

  • Marsh, C., Vionnet, V., & Pomeroy, J. (2022). The Canadian Hydrological Model: A New Way to Estimate Snowpacks in the Canadian Rockies. Harvest, University of Saskatchewan.  marsh_et-al_2023_3.pdf

  • Gascoin, S. (2023). A call for an accurate presentation of glaciers as water resources. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, e1705. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1705

  • Rounce, D. R., Hock, R., Maussion, F., Hugonnet, R., Kochtitzky, W., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Brinkerhoff, D., Compagno, L., Copland, L., Farinotti, D., Menounos, B., & McNabb, R. W. (2023). Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters. Science, 379(6627), 78–83. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo1324

  • Szeitz, A.J. and Moore, R.D. (2023). Modelling snowpack bulk density using snow depth, cumulative degree-days, and climatological predictor variables. Hydrological Processes 37, e14800, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14800

 2022

  • Wheater, H. S., Pomeroy, J. W., Pietroniro, A., Davison, B., Elshamy, M., Yassin, F., ... & Bahrami, A. (2022). Advances in modelling large river basins in cold regions with Modélisation Environmentale Communautaire—Surface and Hydrology (MESH), the Canadian hydrological land surface scheme. Hydrological Processes, 36(4), e14557. wheater_et_al_2022.pdf

  • Rasouli, K., Pomeroy, J. W., & Whitfield, P. H. (2022). The sensitivity of snow hydrology to changes in air temperature and precipitation in three North American headwater basins. Journal of Hydrology, 606, 127460. rasouli_et_al_2022.pdf

  • Pradhananga, D., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Recent hydrological response of glaciers in the Canadian Rockies to changing climate and glacier configuration. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(10), 2605-2616. pradhananga_pomeroy_2022_2.pdf

  • Pomeroy, J. W., Brown, T., Fang, X., Shook, K. R., Pradhananga, D., Armstrong, R., ... & Moreno, J. L. (2022). The Cold Regions Hydrological Modelling Platform for hydrological diagnosis and prediction based on process understanding. Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128711. pomeroy_et-al_2022.pdf

  • Aubry‐Wake, C., Pradhananga, D., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Hydrological process controls on streamflow variability in a glacierized headwater basin. Hydrological Processes, 36(10), e14731. aubry-wake_et-al_2022_2.pdf

  • Bertoncini, A., Aubry-Wake, C., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Large-area high spatial resolution albedo retrievals from remote sensing for use in assessing the impact of wildfire soot deposition on high mountain snow and ice melt. Remote Sensing of Environment278, 113101. Bertonicini_et_al_2022.pdf

  • Aubry-Wake, C., Lamontagne-Hallé, P., Baraër, M., McKenzie, J. M., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Using ground-based thermal imagery to estimate debris thickness over glacial ice: fieldwork considerations to improve the effectiveness. Journal of Glaciology, 69(274), 353-369. aubry-wake_et-al_2022.pdf

  • Bevington, A. R., & Menounos, B. (2022). Accelerated change in the glaciated environments of western Canada revealed through trend analysis of optical satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment270, 112862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112862

  • Bird, L.M., Moyer, A., Moore, R.D.and Koppes, M. (2022). Hydrology and thermal regime of an ice-contact proglacial lake: implications for stream temperature and lake evaporation. Hydrological Processes 36(4), e14566, https://doi.org/10.1002/HYP.14566.

  • Geertsema, M., Menounos, B., Bullard, G., Carrivick, J. L., Clague, J. J., Dai, C., ... & Sharp, M. A. (2022). The 28 November 2020 landslide, tsunami, and outburst flood–A hazard cascade associated with rapid deglaciation at Elliot Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Geophysical research letters49(6), e2021GL096716.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096716

  • Kinnard, C., Larouche, O., Demuth, M. N., & Menounos, B. (2022). Modelling glacier mass balance and climate sensitivity in the context of sparse observations: application to Saskatchewan Glacier, western Canada. The Cryosphere16(8), 3071-3099. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3071-2022

  • Mortezapour, M., Menounos, B., Jackson, P. L., & Erler, A. R. (2022). Future snow changes over the Columbia mountains, Canada, using a distributed snow model. Climatic Change172(1-2), 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03360-9

  • Mukherjee, K., Menounos, B., Shea, J., Mortezapour, M., Ednie, M., & Demuth, M. N. (2023). Evaluation of surface mass-balance records using geodetic data and physically-based modelling, Place and Peyto glaciers, western Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 69(276), 665-682. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.83

2021

  • Whitfield, P. H., Kraaijenbrink, P. D., Shook, K. R., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2021). The spatial extent of hydrological and landscape changes across the mountains and prairies of Canada in the Mackenzie and Nelson River basins based on data from a warm-season time window. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(5), 2513-2541. whitfield-p.h._et_al_2021.pdf

  • Vionnet, V., Marsh, C. B., Menounos, B., Gascoin, S., Wayand, N. E., Shea, J., ... & Pomeroy, J. W. (2021). Multi-scale snowdrift-permitting modelling of mountain snowpack. The Cryosphere, 15(2), 743-769. vionnet_et-al_2021.pdf

  • Shea, J. M., Whitfield, P. H., Fang, X., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2021). The role of basin geometry in mountain snowpack responses to climate change. Frontiers in Water, 3, 604275. shea-j.m._et_al_2021.pdf

  •  Pradhananga, D., Pomeroy, J. W., Aubry-Wake, C., Munro, D. S., Shea, J., Demuth, M. N., ... & Mukherjee, K. (2020). Hydrometeorological, glaciological and geospatial research data from the Peyto Glacier Research Basin in the Canadian Rockies. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2020, 1-35. pradhananga-d._et_al_2021.pdf

  •  Kinar, N. J., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2021). Measurement of Terrestrial Snow. Oxford University Press. kinar-n.j._pomeroy-j.w._2021.pdf

  •  DeBeer, C. M., Wheater, H. S., Pomeroy, J. W., Barr, A. G., Baltzer, J. L., Johnstone, J. F., ... & Pietroniro, A. (2021). Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada–Part 2: Future change in cryosphere, vegetation, and hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(4), 1849-1882. debeer-c.m._et_al_2021.pdf

  • Carey, M., McDowell, G., Huggel, C., Marshall, B., Moulton, H., Portocarrero, C., Provant, Z., Reynolds, J. M., & Vicuña, L. (2021). Chapter 8—A socio-cryospheric systems approach to glacier hazards, glacier runoff variability, and climate change. In W. Haeberli & C. Whiteman (Eds.), Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters (Second Edition) (pp. 215–257). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817129-5.00018-4

  • Chiarle, M., Geertsema, M., Mortara, G., & Clague, J. J. (2021). Relations between climate change and mass movement: Perspectives from the Canadian Cordillera and the European Alps. Global and Planetary Change, 202, 103499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103499

  • Kinnard, C., Larouche, O., Demuth, M. N., & Menounos, B. (2021). Mass balance modelling and climate sensitivity of Saskatchewan Glacier, western Canada. Cryosphere Discuss, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-109

  • Pelto, B. M., & Menounos, B. (2021). Surface mass-balance gradients from elevation and ice flux data in the Columbia Basin, Canada. Frontiers in Earth Science9, 675681. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.675681

2020

  • Fang, X., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2020). Diagnosis of future changes in hydrology for a Canadian Rockies headwater basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(5), 2731-2754. fang_pomeroy_2020.pdf

  • Essery, R., Kim, H., Wang, L., Bartlett, P., Boone, A., Brutel-Vuilmet, C., ... & Yuan, H. (2020). Snow cover duration trends observed at sites and predicted by multiple models. The Cryosphere, 14(12), 4687-4698. essery-r._et_al_2020.pdf

  • Marsh, C. B., Pomeroy, J. W., & Wheater, H. S. (2020). The Canadian Hydrological Model (CHM) v1. 0: a multi-scale, multi-extent, variable-complexity hydrological model–design and overview. Geoscientific Model Development13(1), 225-247. Marsh_et_al_2020.pdf

  • Harder, P., Pomeroy, J. W., & Helgason, W. D. (2020). Improving sub-canopy snow depth mapping with unmanned aerial vehicles: lidar versus structure-from-motion techniques. The Cryosphere14(6), 1919-1935. Harder_et_al_2020.pdf

  • Adler, C., Balsiger, J., Grêt-Regamey, A., Heinimann, A., Huggel, C., Weingartner, R., ... & Xu, J. (2020). Making connections for our changing mountains: Future directions for the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI). Mountain Research and Development40(3), P1. https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-20-00045.1

  • Friele, P., Millard, T. H., Mitchell, A., Allstadt, K. E., Menounos, B., Geertsema, M., & Clague, J. J. (2020). Observations on the May 2019 Joffre Peak landslides, British Columbia. Landslides17, 913-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01332-2

  • Menounos, B. and Pelto, B. (2020). Glaciers in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Technical Report. Parks Canada, Government of Canada. http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/glacier/ca-columbia-basin-glaciers-2020.pdf

  • Moore, R.D., Pelto, B., Menounos, B. and Hutchinson, D. (2020). Detecting the effects of sustained glacier wastage on streamflow in variably glacierized catchments. Frontiers in Earth Science 8: 136. DOI:10.3389/feart.2020.00136 

  • Williamson, S. N., Zdanowicz, C., Anslow, F. S., Clarke, G. K., Copland, L., Danby, R. K., ... & Hik, D. S. (2020). Evidence for elevation-dependent warming in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Journal of Climate33(8), 3253-3269. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0405.1

  • Winter-Billington, A., Moore, R.D. and Dadic, R. (2020). Evaluating the transferability of empirical models of debris-covered glacier melt. Journal of Glaciology 66(260): 978–995. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.57.

2019

  • Stewart, R. E., Szeto, K. K., Bonsal, B. R., Hanesiak, J. M., Kochtubajda, B., Li, Y., ... & Matte, D. (2019). Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada–Part 1: Projected climate and meteorology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23(8), 3437-3455. stewart_et_al_2019.pdf

  • Castellazzi, P., Burgess, D., Rivera, A., Huang, J., Longuevergne, L., & Demuth, M. N. (2019). Glacial melt and potential impacts on water resources in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research, 55(12), 10191-10217. DOI10.1029/2018WR024295

  • Rasouli, K., Pomeroy, J. W., & Whitfield, P. H. (2019). Hydrological responses of headwater basins to monthly perturbed climate in the North American Cordillera. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(5), 863-882. rasouli_et_al_2019_2.pdf

2018

  • Wayand, N. E., Marsh, C. B., Shea, J. M., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2018). Globally scalable alpine snow metrics. Remote Sensing of Environment213, 61-72. Wayand_et_al_2018.pdf

2017

  • Lv, Z., Pomeroy, J. W., & Fang, X. (2019). Evaluation of SNODAS snow water equivalent in western Canada and assimilation into a Cold Region Hydrological Model. Water Resources Research, 55(12), 11166-11187. musselman_pomeroy_2017.pdf

  • DeBeer, C. M., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2017). Influence of snowpack and melt energy heterogeneity on snow cover depletion and snowmelt runoff simulation in a cold mountain environment. Journal of hydrology, 553, 199-213. debeer_pomeroy_2017.pdf

  • Demuth, M., & Horne, G. (2017). Decadal-centenary glacier mass changes and their variability, Jasper National Park of Canada, Alberta, including the Columbia Icefield region. Natural Resources Canada. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/rncan-nrcan/M183-2/M183-2-8229-eng.pdf

  • Luckman, B. H. (2017). Glacier Landscapes in the Canadian Rockies. In O. Slaymaker (Ed.), Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada (pp. 241–255). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44595-3_17

  • Trubilowicz, J.W. and Moore, R.D. (2017). Quantifying the role of the snowpack in generating water available for runoff during rain-on-snow events from snow pillow data. Hydrological Processes 31: 4136-4150, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11310.  

2016

  • Rothwell, R., Hillman, G., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2016). Marmot creek experimental watershed study. The Forestry Chronicle, 92(1), 32-36. rothwell_et_al_2016.pdf

  • DeBeer, C. M., Wheater, H. S., Carey, S. K., & Chun, K. P. (2016). Recent climatic, cryospheric, and hydrological changes over the interior of western Canada: A review and synthesis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20(4), 1573–1598. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1573-2016

  • Demuth, M.N. and Ednie, M. (2016). A Glacier Condition and Thresholding Rubric for use in Assessing Protected Area / Ecosystem Functioning. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8031, 53p. doi:10.4095/297892

  • Gilbert, A., Flowers, G. E., Miller, G. H., Rabus, B. T., Van Wychen, W., Gardner, A. S., & Copland, L. (2016). Sensitivity of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada, to climate state and internal dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface121(8), 1516-1539. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JF003839

  • Pelto, M. (2016). Interior Ranges, British Columbia/Alberta. In Recent Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Glaciers (pp. 129–151). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119068150.ch9

  • Pomeroy, J. W., Fang, X Pomeroy, J. W., Fang, X., & Marks, D. G. (2016). The cold rain‐on‐snow event of June 2013 in the Canadian Rockies—Characteristics and diagnosis. Hydrological Processes, 30(17), 2899-2914. pomeroy_et_al_2016.pdf 

  • Fang, X., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2016). Impact of antecedent conditions on simulations of a flood in a mountain headwater basin. Hydrological Processes, 30(16), 2754-2772. fang_pomeroy_2016.pdf

2015

  • Pomeroy, J. W., Fang, X. I. N. G., & Rasouli, K. A. B. I. R. (2015, June). Sensitivity of snow processes to warming in the Canadian Rockies. In Proceedings of the 72nd Eastern Snow Conference (pp. 9-11). pomeroy_et_al_2015.pdf

  • Musselman, K. N., Pomeroy, J. W., Essery, R. L., & Leroux, N. (2015). Impact of windflow calculations on simulations of alpine snow accumulation, redistribution and ablation. Hydrological Processes, 29(18), 3983-3999. musselman_et_al_2015.pdf

  • Musselman, K. N., Pomeroy, J. W., & Link, T. E. (2015). Variability in shortwave irradiance caused by forest gaps: Measurements, modelling, and implications for snow energetics. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 207, 69-82. musselman_et_al_2015_2.pdf

  • Harder, P., Pomeroy, J. W., & Westbrook, C. J. (2015). Hydrological resilience of a Canadian Rockies headwaters basin subject to changing climate, extreme weather, and forest management. Hydrological Processes, 29(18), 3905-3924. harder_et_al_2015.pdf

  • Beedle, M. J., Menounos, B., & Wheate, R. (2015). Glacier change in the Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Cryosphere, 9(1), 65–80. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-65-2015

  • Clarke, G. K. C., Jarosch, A. H., Anslow, F. S., Radić, V., & Menounos, B. (2015). Projected deglaciation of western Canada in the twenty-first century. Nature Geoscience, 8(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2407

  • Flowers, G. E. (2015). Modelling water flow under glaciers and ice sheets. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences471(2176), 20140907. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2014.0907

2014

  • Bash, E. A., & Marshall, S. J. (2014). Estimation of glacial melt contributions to the Bow River, Alberta, Canada, using a radiation-temperature melt model. Annals of Glaciology55(66), 138-152. https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG66A226

  • Demuth, M. N., Wilson, P., & Haggarty, D. (2014). Glaciers of the Ragged Range, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada. In Global land ice measurements from space (pp. 375-383). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79818-7_16

  • Flowers, G. E., Copland, L., & Schoof, C. G. (2014). Contemporary glacier processes and global change: recent observations from Kaskawulsh Glacier and the Donjek Range, St. Elias Mountains. Arctic, 22-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4356

  • Marshall, S. J. (2014). Meltwater run-off from Haig Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2002–2013. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 5181-5200. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5181-2014  

  • Sharp, M., Burgess, D. O., Cawkwell, F., Copland, L., Davis, J. A., Dowdeswell, E. K., ... & Wyatt, F. (2014). Remote sensing of recent glacier changes in the Canadian Arctic. Global land ice measurements from space, 205-228. pdf

2013

  • Grünewald, T., Stötter, J., Pomeroy, J. W., Dadic, R., Moreno Baños, I., Marturià, J., ... & Lehning, M. (2013). Statistical modelling of the snow depth distribution in open alpine terrain. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(8), 3005-3021. grünewald_et_al_2013.pdf 

  • Fang, X., Pomeroy, J. W., Ellis, C. R., MacDonald, M. K., DeBeer, C. M., & Brown, T. (2013). Multi-variable evaluation of hydrological model predictions for a headwater basin in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(4), 1635-1659. fang_et_al_2013.pdf 

  • Hirose, J. M. R., & Marshall, S. J. (2013). Glacier meltwater contributions and glaciometeorological regime of the Illecillewaet River basin, British Columbia, Canada. Atmosphere-ocean51(4), 416-435. https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2013.791614

  • Gascon, G., Sharp, M. and Bush, A.B.G. 2013. Changes in melt season characteristics on the Devon Ice Cap, Canada, and their association with the Arctic atmospheric circulation. Annals of Glaciology 54, 101-110. doi:10.3189/2013AoG63A601

  • Tennant, C., & Menounos, B. (2013). Glacier change of the Columbia Icefield, Canadian Rocky Mountains, 1919–2009. Journal of Glaciology, 59(216), 671–686. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J135  

2012

  • Brown, R., Lemay, M., Allard, M., Barrand, N. E., Barrette, C., Bégin, Y., ... & Way, R. (2012). Climate variability and change in the Canadian Eastern Subarctic IRIS region (Nunavik and Nunatsiavut). Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From science to policy. An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of climate change and modernization, 57-93. ArcticNet Inc., Quebec City, Canada. 302pp.

  • Clague, J. J., Huggel, C., Korup, O., & McGuire, B. (2012). Climate change and hazardous processes in high mountains. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina69(3), 328-338. https://doi.org/10.5167/UZH-77920

  • Demuth, M. (2012). Becoming Water: Glaciers in a Warming World. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.

  • Tennant, C., Menounos, B., Wheate, R. and Clague, J. (2012): Area change of glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 1919 to 2006; The Cryosphere, v. 6, p. 1541–1552. doi:10.5194/tc-6-1541-2012  

2011

  • Marshall, S. J. (2011). The cryosphere (Vol. 2). Princeton University Press.

  • Marshall, S. J., White, E. C., Demuth, M. N., Bolch, T., Wheate, R., Menounos, B., ... & Shea, J. M. (2011). Glacier water resources on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Water Resources Journal36(2), 109-134. https://doi.org/10.4296/cwrj3602823

2010

  • Bolch, T., Menounos, B., & Wheate, R. (2010). Landsat-based inventory of glaciers in western Canada, 1985–2005. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(1), 127–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.08.015

Older

  •  Moore, R. D., Fleming, S. W., Menounos, B., Wheate, R., Fountain, A., Stahl, K., ... & Jakob, M. (2009). Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality. Hydrological Processes: An International Journal23(1), 42-61. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7162

  • Demuth, M. N., Pinard, V., Pietroniro, A., Luckman, B. H., Hopkinson, C., Dornes, P., & Comeau, L. (2008). Recent and past-century variations in the glacier resources of the Canadian Rocky Mountains: Nelson River system. Terra Glacialis11(248), 27-52.

  • McKillop, R. J., & Clague, J. J. (2007). A procedure for making objective preliminary assessments of outburst flood hazard from moraine-dammed lakes in southwestern British Columbia. Natural Hazards, 41(1), 131–157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-006-9028-7

  • Shea, J. M., & Marshall, S. J. (2007). Atmospheric flow indices, regional climate, and glacier mass balance in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. International Journal of Climatology: A Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society27(2), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1398

Publications from the International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH)

2023

  • Araya, D., Mendoza, P. A., Muñoz-Castro, E., & McPhee, J. (2023). Towards robust seasonal streamflow forecasts in mountainous catchments: impact of calibration metric selection in hydrological modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2023, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2023-116 

  • Elshamy, M., Pomeroy, J., & Pietroniro, A. (2023). Yukon River Basin Streamflow Forecasting System-Advancing, Calibrating, Demonstrating Snow Assimilation and Estimating Ungauged Basin Flow: The Vector-Based MESH Model of the Yukon River Basin. Centre for Hydrology, University Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. https://hdl.handle.net/10388/14669 

  • Fang, X., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2023). Simulation of the impact of future changes in climate on the hydrology of Bow River headwater basins in the Canadian Rockies. Journal of Hydrology, 620, 129566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129566 

  • Haugeneder, M., Lehning, M., Reynolds, D., Jonas, T., & Mott, R. (2023). A novel method to quantify near-surface boundary-layer dynamics at ultra-high spatio-temporal resolution. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 186(2), 177-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-022-00752-3 

  • Marsh, C. B., Harder, P., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2023). Validation of FABDEM, a global bare-earth elevation model, against UAV-lidar derived elevation in a complex forested mountain catchment. Environmental Research Communications, 5(3), 031009. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/acc56d/meta 

  • Marsh, C. B., Vionnet, V., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2023). Windmapper: An efficient wind downscaling method for hydrological models. Water Resources Research, 59(3), e2022WR032683. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032683 

  • Sicart, J. E., Ramseyer, V., Picard, G., Arnaud, L., Coulaud, C., Freche, G., ... & Essery, R. (2023). Snow accumulation and ablation measurements in a mid-latitude mountain coniferous forest (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m alt.): The Snow Under Forest field campaigns dataset. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2023, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-174 

  • Vidaller, I., Izagirre, E., del Rio, L. M., Alonso-González, E., Rojas-Heredia, F., Serrano, E., ... & Revuelto, J. (2023). The Aneto Glacier (Central Pyrenees) evolution from 1981 to 2022: ice loss observed from historic aerial image photogrammetry and recent remote sensing techniques. The Cryosphere Discussions, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2022-261

2022

  • Aubry‐Wake, C., Bertoncini, A., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Fire and Ice: The Impact of Wildfire‐Affected Albedo and Irradiance on Glacier Melt. Earth's Future, 10(4), e2022EF002685. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002685  

  • Capelli, A., Koch, F., Henkel, P., Lamm, M., Appel, F., Marty, C., & Schweizer, J. (2022). GNSS signal-based snow water equivalent determination for different snowpack conditions along a steep elevation gradient. The Cryosphere, 16(2), 505-531. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-505-2022 

  • Deschamps‐Berger, C., Cluzet, B., Dumont, M., Lafaysse, M., Berthier, E., Fanise, P., & Gascoin, S. (2022). Improving the spatial distribution of snow cover simulations by assimilation of satellite stereoscopic imagery. Water Resources Research, e2021WR030271, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030271 

  • Kiewiet, L., Trujillo, E., Hedrick, A., Havens, S., Hale, K., Seyfried, M., Kampf, S., & Godsey, S. E. (2022). Effects of spatial and temporal variability in surface water inputs on streamflow generation and cessation in the rain–snow transition zone. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(10), 2779-2796. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2779-2022  

  • Koutantou, K., Mazzotti, G., Brunner, P., Webster, C., & Jonas, T. (2022). Exploring snow distribution dynamics in steep forested slopes with UAV-borne LiDAR. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 103587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2022.103587 

  • Pomeroy, J. W., Brown, T., Fang, X., Shook, K. R., Pradhananga, D., Armstrong, R., ... & Moreno, J. L. (2022). The Cold Regions Hydrological Modelling Platform for hydrological diagnosis and prediction based on process understanding. Journal of Hydrology, 128711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128711 

  • Pradhananga, D., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Diagnosing changes in glacier hydrology from physical principles using a hydrological model with snow redistribution, sublimation, firnification and energy balance ablation algorithms. Journal of Hydrology, 608, 127545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127545 

  • Pradhananga, D., & Pomeroy, J. W. (2022). Recent hydrological response of glaciers in the Canadian Rockies to changing climate and glacier configuration. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(10), 2605-2616. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2605-2022 

  • Rasouli, K., Pomeroy, J. W., & Whitfield, P. H. (2022). The sensitivity of snow hydrology to changes in air temperature and precipitation in three North American headwater basins. Journal of Hydrology, 127460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127460  

  • Sanmiguel-Vallelado, A., McPhee, J., Carreño, P. E. O., Morán-Tejeda, E., Camarero, J. J., & López-Moreno, J. I. (2022). Sensitivity of forest–snow interactions to climate forcing: Local variability in a Pyrenean valley. Journal of Hydrology, 605, 127311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127311 

  • Wheater, H. S., Pomeroy, J. W., Pietroniro, A., Davison, B., Elshamy, M., Yassin, F., ... & Bahrami, A. (2022). Advances in modelling large river basins in cold regions with Modélisation Environmentale Communautaire—Surface and Hydrology (MESH), the Canadian hydrological land surface scheme. Hydrological Processes, 36(4), e14557. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14557 

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  • Vaux, Henry, Legacy in Time: Three Generations of Mountain Photography in the Canadian West, Rocky Mountain Books, 2014.

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Researchers with the Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan.