Earth and Climate Science

Jakob F Steiner, Universiteit Utrecht
\"3rd Feb, Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94792667718?pwd=ZmJBRkdzc3EySm9wQSswRExGbFh0Zz09 Meeting ID: 947 9266 7718 Passcode: 998033\"

<span data-sheets-userformat="\\\\&quot;{\\\\&quot;2\\\\&quot;:833,\\\\&quot;3\\\\&quot;:{\\\\&quot;1\\\\&quot;:0},\\\\&quot;9\\\\&quot;:0,\\\\&quot;11\\\\&quot;:4,\\\\&quot;12\\\\&quot;:0}\\\\&quot;" data-sheets-value="\\\\&quot;{\\\\&quot;1\\\\&quot;:2,\\\\&quot;2\\\\&quot;:\\\\&quot;To" date="" few="" catchments="" in="" the="" hindukush-himalaya="" (hkh)="" have="" comprehensive="" networks="" of="" long="" term="" monitoring="" for="" climate,="" geomorphology,="" hydrology="" and="" cryosphere="" combination.="" such="" outdoor="" labs="" allow="" us="" to="" investigate="" processes,="" linkages="" trends="" combine="" disciplines.="" but="" data="" from="" always="" make="" you="" wonder="" as="" well="" how="" representative="" they="" are="" wider,="" extremely="" heterogenuous="" region.="" so="" what="" can="" we="" learn="" these="" field="" studies?="" i="" will="" be="" talking="" about="" our="" research="" nepal="" himalaya,="" trace="" water="" throughout="" catchment="" where="" still="" looking="" at="" black="" boxes.="" recent="" increase="" hazards="" has="" brought="" cryosphere,="" hydrological="" science="" geomorphology="" even="" closer="" try="" understand="" rapidly="" changing="" processes="" better.="" indicate="" contribute="" understanding="" based="" on="" some="" events="" (and="" put="" that="" into="" context="" other="" sites="" monitored="" india,="" afghanistan="" pakistan).\\\\"}\\\\"="" style="\\\\&quot;color:" rgb(0,="" 0,="" 0);="" font-size:="" 10pt;="" font-family:="" arial;\\\\"="">To date few catchments in the Hindukush-Himalaya (HKH) have comprehensive networks of long term monitoring for monitoring climate, geomorphology, hydrology and the cryosphere in combination. Such outdoor labs allow us to investigate processes, linkages and trends and combine disciplines. But data from the networks always make you wonder as well how representative they are for the wider, and extremely heterogenuous region. So what can we learn from these field studies? I will be talking about our research catchments in the Nepal Himalaya, how we can trace water throughout the catchment and where we are still looking at black boxes. Recent increase in hazards has brought the cryosphere, hydrological science and geomorphology even closer to try to understand rapidly changing processes better. I will indicate how we can contribute to understanding these hazards based on some recent events (and put that into context of other field sites we monitored in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan).