Presented by: Arnico Kumar Panday, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Arnico Panday is ICIMOD’s Senior Atmospheric Scientist and Coordinator of the Atmosphere Initiative. His research has focused on atmospheric chemistry and physics in mountain areas. He has used field measurements and modeling to study the processes responsible for the accumulation and ventilation of air pollutants in the Kathmandu Valley. He has prepared simulations of air pollution transport from the Ganges Basin to the high Himalayas.