A selection of organizations, opportunities and data resources for mountain hydrology and glacier research.
Mountain science news and networks
News, reports and research programmes on mountain water, glaciers and climate.
- Mountain Research Initiative (MRI): global network for mountain research, with news, events and opportunities
- ICIMOD: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, focused on the Hindu Kush Himalaya
- Mountain Partnership (FAO): UN alliance for sustainable mountain development
- INARCH: International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
- International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS): news and working groups on glaciers, snow and ice
- GlacierHub: news and stories about glaciers and the communities that depend on them
Societies, meetings and opportunities
Conferences, grants, awards and early-career resources.
- American Geophysical Union (AGU): home of the AGU Fall Meeting and journals such as Water Resources Research
- European Geosciences Union (EGU): EGU General Assembly and open-access journals such as HESS and The Cryosphere
- CUAHSI: US hydrologic science community: workshops, data services and student opportunities
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS): international hydrology association and scientific decades
- International Glaciological Society (IGS): Journal of Glaciology and glaciology symposia
- Geological Society of America (GSA): annual meeting and Penrose conferences
- Young Hydrologic Society: early-career network with job, grant and event listings
- APECS: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, including cryosphere opportunities
Data
Open data we use for mountain hydrology and glacier research.
- USGS Water Data: US streamflow, groundwater and water-quality data
- HydroShare: share and find hydrologic data and models (CUAHSI)
- NASA Earthdata: satellite data, including snow, precipitation and land surface products
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): snow, glacier and sea-ice data
- Copernicus Climate Data Store: ERA5 reanalysis and other climate datasets
- Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI): global inventory of glacier outlines
- World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS): glacier mass balance and length-change records
- CR2 Climate Explorer: station climate data for Chile
- Dirección General de Aguas (DGA): Chilean Water Bureau data and reports
