Observed trends in the river ice regimes of northwest Canada

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-470

  Janowicz, J Richard ^a  

^a Water Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Break up; Climate warming; Ice jam; Mann Kendall; River ice; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; CLIMATE WARMING; ICE JAM; MANN-KENDALL; RIVER ICE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOODING; FREEZING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; ICE COVER; INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER ICE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA;

EID: 78651068855     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.145     Document Type: Article

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