John Pomeroy

Company: University of Saskatchewan
Position: Professor
Presentation: Multiscale Modelling of Mountain, Forest and Prairie Basin Hydrology in Alberta using the Cold Regions Hydrological Model
Dr. John Pomeroy is the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change (Tier 1), Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, an Honorary Professor of the Centre for Glaciology, Aberystwyth University, Wales and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou and an Institute Professor of the Biogeoscience Institute of the University of Calgary. He serves as President of the International Commission for Snow and Ice Hydrology, leads the Canadian Rockies Hydrological Observatory and was recently Chair of the IAHS Decade on Prediction in Ungauged Basins, Principal Investigator for the IP3 Cold Regions Hydrology Network and Co-Principal Investigator for the Drought Research Initiative. Dr. Pomeroy has authored over 200 research articles and several books. His current research interests are on the impact of land use and climate change on cold and semi-arid region hydrology, snow physics, mountain hydrology, water security and hydrological predictions in ungauged basins including floods and droughts.