Midwinter breakup and jamming on the upper Saint John River: A case study

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-88

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Ismail, Sayed ^b   Burrell, Brian C ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Power   (Canada)

^c Sciences/Reporting Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Climate change; Ice jamming; Ice thickness; River ice; Winter; Winter thaw

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; ICE; PLANNING;

ICE JAMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVER ICE; THAWING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVER ICE; THAWING;

CANADA;

EID: 0038381414     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-062     Document Type: Article

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