Northern Tales: A synthesis of MAGS atmospheric and hydrometeorological research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1411-1425

  Szeto, Kit K ^a   Stewart, R E ^b   Yau, M K ^b   Gyakum, J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 35448943990     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-9-1411     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Bell, B. D., and L. F. Bosart, 1988: Appalachian cold-air damming. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 137-161.
2. Betts, A. K., and P. Viterbo, 2000: Hydrological budgets and surface energy balance of seven subbasins of the Mackenzie River from the ECMWF model. J. Hydrometeor., 1, 47-60.
3. Brimelow, J. C., and G. W. Reuter, 2005: Transport of atmospheric moisture during three extreme rainfall events over the Mackenzie River basin. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 423-440.
4. Burford, J. E., and R. E. Stewart, 1998: The sublimation of falling snow over the Mackenzie River basin. Atmos. Res., 49, 289-313.
5. Burn, D. H., J. M. Cunderlik, and A. Pietroniro, 2004: Hydrological trends and variability in the Liard River basin. Hydrol. Sci. J., 49, 53-67.
6. Cao, Z., R. E. Stewart, and W. Hogg, 2001: Extreme winter warming events over the Mackenzie basin: Dynamic and thermodynamic contributions. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 785-804.
7. Carrera, M. L., J. R. Gyakum, and D. L. Zhang, 1999: A numerical case study of secondary marine cyclogenesis sensitivity to initial error and varying physical processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 641-660.
8. Chung, K. D., K. D. Hage, and E. R. Reinelt, 1976: On lee cyclogenesis and airflow in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and East Asian mountains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 104, 897-891.
9. Côté, J., S. Gravel, A. Méthot, A. Patoine, M. Roch, and A. Staniforth, 1998: The operational CMC-MRB Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model. Part I: Design considerations and formulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 1373-1395.
10. Curry, J., 1983: On the formation of continental polar air. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2278-2292.
11. Danielson, R. E., J. R. Gyakum, and D. N. Straub, 2006a: A case study of downstream baroclinic development over the North Pacific Ocean. Part I: Dynamical sensitivity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1534-1548.
12. Danielson, R. E., J. R. Gyakum, and D. N. Straub, 2006b: A case study of downstream baroclinic development over the North Pacific Ocean. Part II: Diagnosis of eddy energy and wave activity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1549-1567.
13. Derksen, C., R. Brown, and M. MacKay, 2007: Snow cover variability and trends from conventional data, satellite remote sensing and Canadian Regional Climate Model simulations. Atmospheric Processes, H. Woo, Ed., Vol. 1, Atmospheric-Hydrologic System of a Cold Region - The Mackenzie GEWEX Study Experiences, Springer Press, in press.
14. Déry, S. J., and M. K. Yau, 1999: A climatology of adverse winter-type weather events. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (D14), 16 657-16 672.
15. Déry, S. J., and M. K. Yau, 2002: The large-scale mass balance effects of blowing snow and surface sublimation. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4679, doi:10.1029/2001JD001251.
16. Déry, S. J., and E. F. Wood, 2005: Decreasing river discharge in northern Canada. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L104012 doi:10.1029/2005GL022845.
17. Guo, S., H. Leighton, J. Feng, and M. MacKay, 2007: Comparison of solar radiation budgets in the Mackenzie River basin from satellite observations and a regional climate model. Atmospheric Processes, H. Woo, Ed., Vol. 1, Atmospheric-Hydrologic System of a Cold Region - The Mackenzie GEWEC Study Experiences, Springer Press, in press.
18. Hanesiak, J. M., R. E. Stewart, K. K. Szeto, D. R. Hudak, and H. G. Leighton, 1997: The structure, water budget, and radiational features of a high latitude warm front. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1553-1573.
19. Harman, J. R., 1987: Mean monthly North American anticyclone frequencies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 2840-2848.
20. Hobbs, P., R. Easter, and A. Fraser, 1973: A theoretical study of the flow of air and fallout of solid precipitation over mountainous terrain: Part II. Microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 813-823.
21. Hudak, D., B. Currie, R. E. Stewart, P. Rodriguez, J. Burford, N. Bussieres, and B. Kochtubajda, 2004: Weather systems occurring over Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada during three seasons of 1998/99. Part 1: Cloud features. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D22108, doi:10.1029/2004JD004876.
22. Kanamitsu, M., W. Ebisuzaki, J. Woollen, S.-K. Yang, J. J. Hnilo, M. Fiorino, and G. L. Potter, 2002: NCEP-DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1631-1643.
23. Kattsov, V. M., J. E. Walsh, W. L. Chapman, V. A. Govorkova, T. V. Pavlova, and X. Zhang, 2007: Simulation and projection of Arctic freshwater budget components by the IPCC AR4 global climate models. J. Hydrometeor., 8, in press.
24. Kistler, R., and Coauthors, 2001: The NCEP-NCAR 50-Year Reanalysis: Monthly means CD-ROM documentation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 247-267.
25. Lackmann, G. M., and J. R. Gyakum, 1996: The synoptic and planetary-scale signatures of precipitating systems over the Mackenzie River basin. Atmos.-Ocean, 34, 647-674.
26. Lackmann, G. M., J. R. Gyakum, and R. Benoit, 1998: Moisture transport diagnosis of a wintertime precipitation event in the Mackenzie River basin. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 668-691.
27. Lawford, R., and Coauthors, 2004: Advancing global-and continental-scale hydrometeorology: Contributions of GEWEX hydrometeorology panel. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 1917-1930.
28. Liu, J. L., R. E. Stewart, and K. K. Szeto, 2004: Moisture transport and other hydrometeorological features associated with the severe 2000/01 drought over the Canadian Prairies. J. Climate, 17, 305-319.
29. MacKay, M. D., K. Szeto, D. Verseghy, E. Chan, and N. Bussièes, 2002: Mesoscale circulations and surface energy balance during snowmelt in high resolution simulations of a regional climate model. Nordic Hydrol., 34, 91-106.
30. MacKay, M. D., F. Seglenieks, D. Verseghy, E. D. Soulis, K. R. Snelgrove, A. Walker, and K. Szeto, 2003: Modeling Mackenzie Basin surface water balance during CAGES with the Canadian regional climate model. J. Hydrometeor., 4, 748-767.
31. Mantua, N. J., S. R. Hare, J. M. Wallace, and R. C. Francis, 1997: A Pacific decadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 1069-1079.
32. Mati, L, 2006: A comparison study of two regional atmospheric models over the Mackenzie Basin. M.Sc. thesis, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 72 pp.
33. Mesinger, F., and Coauthors, 2006: North American Regional Reanalysis. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 343-360.
34. Milewska, E., 2004; Baseline cloudiness trends in Canada 1953-2002. Atmos.-Ocean, 42, 267-280.
35. Milliman, J. D., and R. H. Meade, 1983: World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans. J. Geol., 91, 1-21.
36. Misra, V., M. K. Yau, and N. Badrinath, 2000: Atmospheric water species budget in mesoscale simulations of lee cyclones over the Mackenzie River basin. Tellus, 52A, 140-161.
37. Nagarajan, B., M. K. Yau, and P. H. Schuepp, 2004: The effects of small water bodies on the atmospheric heat and water budgets over the Mackenzie River basin. Hydrol. Processes, 18, 913-938.
38. Palmer, T. N., 1998: Nonlinear dynamics and climate change: Rossby's legacy. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 1411-1423.
39. Pomeroy, J. W., and L. Li, 2000: Prairie and arctic areal snow cover mass balance using a blowing snow model. J. Geophys. Res., 105 (D21), 26 619-26 634.
40. Pomeroy, J. W., R. Essery, D. M. Gray, K. R. Shook, B. Toth, and P. Marsh, 1999: Modelling snow-atmosphere interactions in cold continental environments. Interactions between the Cryosphere, Climate and Greenhouse Gases, M. Tranter et al., Eds., IAHS Publication 256, IAHS Press, 91-102.
41. Roads, J., M. Kanamitsu, and R. E. Stewart, 2002: Continental-scale experiment water and energy budgets in the NCEP-DOE reanalysis II. J. Hydrometeor., 3, 227-248.
42. Rouse, W. R., and Coauthors, 2003: Energy and water cycles in a high latitude, north-flowing river system: Summary of results from the Mackenzie GEWEX Study - Phase 1. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 73-87.
43. Rouse, W. R., C. J. Oswald, J. Binyamin, C. Spence, W. M. Schertzer, P. D. Blanken, N. Bussières, and C. Duguay, 2005: The role of northern lakes in a regional energy balance. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 291-305.
44. Serreze, M. C., and J. A. Francis, 2006: The Arctic amplification debate. Climatic Change, 76, 241-264.
45. Smirnov, V., and G. W. K. Moore, 2001: Short-term and seasonal variability of the atmospheric water vapor transport through the Mackenzie River basin. J. Hydrometeor., 2, 441-452.
46. Smith, S. B., and M. K. Yau, 1993: The causes of severe convective outbreaks in Alberta. Part I: A comparison of a severe outbreak with two nonsevere events. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1099-1125.
47. Stewart, R. E., and J. E. Burford, 2002: On the features of clouds occurring over the Mackenzie River basin. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4720, doi:10.1029/2001JD001559.
48. Stewart, R. E., and Coauthors, 1995: Winter storms over Canada. Atmos.-Ocean, 33, 223-248.
49. Stewart, R. E., and Coauthors, 1998: The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: The water and energy cycles of a major North American river basin. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 2665-2684.
50. Stewart, R. E., J. E. Burford, and R. W. Crawford, 2000: On the water cycle of the Mackenzie River basin. Contrib. Atmos. Phys., 9, 103-110.
51. Stewart, R. E., and Coauthors, 2002: Hydrometeorological features of the Mackenzie basin climate system during the 1994/1995 water year: A period of record low discharge. Atmos.-Ocean, 40, 257-278.
52. Stewart, R. E., J. E. Burford, D. R. Hudak, B. Currie, B. Kochtubajda, P. Rodriguez, and J. Liu, 2004: Weather systems occurring over Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada during three seasons of 1998/99. Part 2: Precipitation features. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D22109, doi:10.1029/2004JD004929.
53. Strong, G. S., B. Proctor, M. Wang, E. D. Soulis, C.-D. Smith, F. Seglenieks, and K. Snelgrove, 2002: Closing the Mackenzie Basin water balance budget, water-years 1994-95 through 1996-97. Atmos.-Ocean, 40, 113-124.
54. Szeto, K. K., 2002: Moisture recycling over the Mackenzie Basin. Atmos.-Ocean, 40, 181-197.
55. Szeto, K. K., 2007: On the extreme inter-annual variability and change of winter temperatures in Northwest Canada. J. Climate, in press.
56. Szeto, K. K., and R. Crawford, 2006: The MAGS Water and Energy Budget Study (WEBS) CD-ROM. [Available online and through request at www.usask.ca/geography/MAGS/index-e.htm.]
57. Szeto, K. K., R. E. Stewart, and J. M. Hanesiak, 1997: High latitude cold season frontal cloud systems and their precipitation efficiency. Tellus, 49, 439-454.
58. Szeto, K. K., J. Liu, and A. Wong, 2007a: Precipitation recycling in the Mackenzie and three other major river basins. Atmospheric Processes, H. Woo, Ed., Vol. 1, Atmospheric-Hydrologic System of a Cold Region - The Mackenzie GEWEX Study Experiences, Springer Press, in press.
59. Szeto, K. K., H. Tran, M. MacKay, R. Crawford, and R. E. Stewart, 2007b: The MAGS Water and Energy Budget Study. J. Hydrometeor., in press.
60. Tanaka, H. L., and M. F. Milkovich, 1990: A heat budget analysis of the polar troposphere in and around Alaska during abnormal winter of 1998/ 89. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1628-1639.
61. Uppala, S. M., and Coauthors, 2005: The ERA-40 reanalysis. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131, 2961-3012.
62. Wallace, J. M., and D. S. Gutzler, 1981: Teleconnections in the geopotential height field during the Northern Hemisphere winter. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 784-812.
63. Wexler, H., 1936: Cooling in the lower atmosphere and the structure of polar continental air. Mon. Wea. Rev., 64 122-136.
64. Whittaker, L. M., and L. H. Horn, 1984: Northern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone activity for four mid-season months. J. Climatol., 4, 297-310.
65. Woo, M.-K., R. Throne, and K. K. Szeto, 2006: Reinterpretation of streamflow trends based on shifts in large-scale atmospheric circulation. Hydrol. Processes, 20, 3995-4003.
66. Wu, P., R. Wood, and P. Stott, 2005: Human influence on increasing Arctic river discharges. Geophys. Res. Lett, 32, L02703, doi:10.1029/2004GL021570.
67. Zishka, K. M., and P. J. Smith, 1980: The climatology of cyclones and anticyclones over North America and surrounding ocean environs for January and July, 1950-77. Mon. Wea. Rev., 108, 387-401.