Not exact matches
Funded by a multinational partnership led by UMass Amherst and including the Himalayan region's Intergovernmental Centre for Integrated
Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany, the investigation will follow a cohort of 32 traffic control officers in Kathmandu
during two
seasons: Cold, dry winter from this month into March, with a second study in the hot,
rainy monsoon
season from June to August, when air pollution levels are lower.
During the
rainy season, trails can be muddy, and a little more treacherous along the stunning but precarious steep
mountain trails.
Big puffy white clouds decorating the
mountain tops against a rich blue sky with numerous rainbows occur only
during the
rainy season.
We visited at the tail end of the
rainy season (
during the last week of March, first week of April) when the
mountains were blanketed in lush green foliage.
The
rainy season in the southern Rocky
Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia typically occurs
during the months of May through early July and this year has been no exception.
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During California's
rainy season, which typically runs from late October through early May, winter storms approach California from the west and northwest, bringing Pacific moisture to the region in the form of periodic rainfall and
mountain snowfall.