Temporal variations in river-ice break-up over the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 349, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 441-454

  de Rham, Laurent P ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^a   Bonsal, Barrie R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Break up; Climate change; Hydroclimatic variability; Mackenzie River Basin; River ice

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

BREAK-UP; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; RIVER-ICE;

FLOW OF WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROMETRY; ICE BREAKUP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ICE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PEACE RIVER [CANADA];

EID: 38349076155     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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