Hydroclimatic controls on the occurrence of break-up and ice-jam flooding in the Mackenzie Delta, NWT, Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 379, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 251-267

  Goulding, Holly L ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^b   Bonsal, Barrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Break up; Hydroclimatic control; Ice jamming; Mackenzie Delta; River ice

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARCTIC REGIONS; BREAK-UP; DRIVING FORCES; EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS; FREEZE-UP; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; HYDROCLIMATIC CONTROL; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; HYDROMETRIC STATIONS; ICE BREAK-UP; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; ICE JAMS; ICE THICKNESS; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHERN CANADA; PEAK DISCHARGE; RATE OF RISE; RED RIVER; RESISTANCE FORCE; RIVER ICE; SPRING BREAK-UP; SPRING DISCHARGES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; JAMMING; RIVER CONTROL; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER;

ICE CONTROL;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROMETRY; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; RIVER ICE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 70449478710     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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