Athabasca River ice jam formation and release events in 2006 and 2007

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-261

  She, Yuntong ^a   Andrishak, Robyn ^a   Hicks, Faye ^a   Morse, Brian ^b   Stander, Edward ^c   Krath, Chris ^a   Keller, David ^a   Abarca, Nicolas ^a   Nolin, Simon ^b   Tanekou, François Nzokou ^b   Mahabir, Chandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources   (United States)

^d River Engineering Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Flood forecasting; Ice effects; Ice jam release; River ice monitoring; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVERS; DAM BREAKS; FIELD DATUMS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD WAVES; HIGH WATERS; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE EFFECTS; ICE JAM RELEASE; NUMERICAL FORECASTING; QUALITATIVE DATUMS; QUANTITATIVE DATUMS; RAPID DEVELOPMENTS; RELEASE PROCESSES; RIVER ICE MONITORING; WATER INTERACTIONS;

ICE;

FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER ICE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57849151520     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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