C43F
Improved Understanding and Prediction of Mountain Hydrology through Alpine Research Catchments II

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
3005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Conveners:  Danny G Marks, USDA Agriculture Research Serv, Boise, ID, United States
Chairs:  John W Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada and Danny G Marks, USDA Agriculture Research Serv, Boise, ID, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Danny G Marks, USDA Agriculture Research Serv, Boise, ID, United States
13:40
Monitoring and modeling of cold region hydrological processes in a high mountain river basin in the upstream area of the Heihe River Basin of China (Invited) (59748)
Xin Li1, Tao Che1, Hongyi Li1, Rui Jin1, Shaomin Liu2 and Chunlin Huang3, (1)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (2)Beijing Normal University, State Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing Science, Research Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, and School of Geography, Beijing, China, (3)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
13:55
Different sensitivity of snowpack to climate warming in Mediterranean mountain areas (Invited) (59861)
Juan Ignacio López, IPE-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain, Javier Herrero, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, Simon Gascoin, Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, Eric A Sproles, US EPA, Corvallis, OR, United States, Lahoucine Hanich, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco, Abdelghani Boudhar, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Béni-Mellal, Morocco, John W Pomeroy, Univ Saskatchewan, Canmore, AB, Canada and Marc Pons, University of Andorra, Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra
14:10
Groundwater Storage and Flow Pathways in a Rock Glacier Complex in the Canadian Rockies (71438)
Masaki Hayashi, Alexandra Mozil, Jordan Harrington and Laurence R Bentley, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
14:25
On the significance of future trends in flood frequencies (77979)
Matthias Bernhardt, Karsten Schulz and Oliver Wieder, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Water Managment, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vienna, Austria
14:40
An improved snow cover scheme for high-resolution numerical weather prediction models. (78452)
Sascha Bellaire, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
14:55
Snow water equivalent spatiotemporal variability estimation in the Andes Cordillera through distributed energy balance modeling and intensive-study catchments. (78595)
James P McPhee1, Edward Cornwell1 and Noah P Molotch2, (1)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Geography / INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States
15:10
Downscaling Regional Wind Forecasts for Use in High Resolution, Operational Snow Models (Invited) (78686)
Adam H Winstral1, Tobias Jonas2 and Nora Helbig1, (1)WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland, (2)SLF / WSL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
15:25
After the Earthquake: Impacts of Seismic Snow and Ice Redistribution in Langtang Valley, Nepal, on Glacier Mass Balances and Hydrological Regimes (85741)
Joseph M Shea1, Silvan Ragettli2, Wouter Immerzeel3, Francesca Pellicciotti4, Evan S Miles5, Jakob F Steiner2, Pascal Buri2 and Philip D.A. Kraaijenbrink6, (1)International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, (4)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (5)Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands
 
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