Summary
Dr. Baker Perry is a Professor of Climatology and the ÁùºÏ±¦µä State Climatologist in the Department of Geography at the University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno. He works at the highest elevations of the planet to understand climate change impacts on the critical water towers that sustain hundreds of millions of people downstream. In collaboration with The National Geographic Society, the Government of Nepal and Tribhuvan University, Dr. Perry co-led the expeditions that installed the highest altitude weather station network in the world on the south side of Mount Everest in Nepal. He and his colleagues have published many scientific papers on the network, including being featured on the front cover of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in 2019 and 2022. Dr. Perry also has worked extensively at the highest reaches of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, Chile and Peru, where he and his teams have investigated climate-glacier interactions and associated impacts on water resources.
Discover Science Lecture | Insights from the Highest Weather Stations in the World
High-mountain regions serve as essential water towers that sustain hundreds of millions of people living downstream. Basic understanding of the extreme climates at the highest elevations of the planet, however, has been lacking due to a nearly complete absence of weather stations. This presentation will discuss the rationale, challenges, and insights from new weather station networks on Mount Everest in the Nepal Himalaya and the Andes of Bolivia, Chile and Peru.