Field investigation and hydrological modelling of a subarctic wetland-the Deer River watershed

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-45

  Jing, L ^b   Chen, B ^a,b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Permafrost; Rainfall; Snowmelt; Subarctic wetland

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELDWORK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; SUBARCTIC REGION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; RED DEER RIVER;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 79955144260     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201100185     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Abbott, M.B., Bathurst, J.C., Cunge, J.A., O'Connell, P.E., and Rasmussen, J. (1986). An Introduction to the European System: Systeme Hydrologique Europeen (SHE). J. Hydrol., 87, 61-77. doi: 10.1016/0022-1694(86)90115-0
2. ACIASC. (2004). Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
3. Armstrong, R.N., and Martz, L.W. (2008). Effects of reduced land cover detail on hydrological model response. Hydrol. Process., 22, 2395-2409. doi:10.1002/hyp.6830
4. Anderson, E.A. (1973). National Weather Service River Forecast System-Snow Accumulation and Ablation Model. A Technical Report NWS 19, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA.
5. Bashir, M.A., Tanakamaru, H., and Tada, A. (2009). Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Evapotranspiration Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study in the Gezira Scheme, Sudan. J. Env. Inform., 13(2), 86-92. doi:10.3808/jei.200900143
6. Bergström, S. (1992). The HBV model - its structure and applications. SMHI, Norrköping, Reports RH, No. 4.
7. Beven, K.J., Kirkby, M.J., Schofield, N., and Tagg, A.F. (1984). Testing a physically-based flood forecasting model (TOPMODEL) for three U.K. Catchments. J. Hydrol., 69, 119-143.
8. Bicknell, B.R., Imhoff, J.C., Kittle, J.L., Donigian, A.S., and Johanson, R.C. (1997). Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran, User's manual for version 11: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, Ga., EPA/600/R-97/080, 755 p
9. Boswell, J.S., and Olyphant, G.A. (2007). Modelling the hydrologic response of groundwater dominated wetlands to transient boundary conditions: Implications for wetland restoration. J. Hydrol., 332, 467-476. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.08.004
10. Chen, B. (2007) Climate change and pesticide losses in watershed systems: a simulation modeling study. J. Env. Inform., 10(2), 55-67. doi:10.3808/jei.200700100
11. Chen, B. (2008) Health-impact risk assessment for river pollution through a modified contaminant transport model. Water Air Soil Poll., 200(1-4), 323-339. doi:10.1007/s11270-008-9915-5
12. Chen, B., Li, Y.F., Huang, G.H., Struger, J., Zhang, B.Y., and Wu, S.M. (2003) Estimation of atrazine loss through the surface runoff from agricultural land in Auglaize-Blanchard Watershed, the United States. Water Qual. Res. J. Can., 38(4), 585-606.
13. Chen, B., Li, Y.F., Huang G.H., Huang, Y.F., and Li, Y.R. (2004) PELM: an integrated pesticide losses model for simulating pesticide pollution in a watershed system. J. Environ. Sci. Health - Part B, B39(4): 613-626. doi:10.1081/PFC-200026853
14. Granger, R.J. (1995). A feedback approach for the estimation of evapotranspiration using remotely sensed data. In: Kite, G. W., Pietroniro, A. and Pultz, T. (Eds), Applications of Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop, 18-20 October, 1994. NHRI, Saskatoon, 211-222.
15. Jing, L. (2009). Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling of the Deer River watershed with SLURP and WATFLOOD. M.Eng. thesis. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
16. Jing, L., Chen, B., Snelgrove, K., and Papakyriakou, T. (2009). Hydrological Monitoring and Characterization of a Sub-Arctic Wetland in the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2009 Annual Conference, St. John's, Canada, GC-135.
17. Kite, G.W. (1997). Manual for the SLURP Hydrological Model V.11. National Hydrology Research Institute, Saskatoon, Canada.
18. Kite, G.W. (2002). Manual for the SLURP hydrological model, v12.2. International water management institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
19. Kouwen, N., Soulis, E.D., Pietroniro, A., Donald, J., and Harrington, R.A. (1993). Grouped response units for distributed hydrologic modeling. J. Water. Res. Pl-ASCE., 119, 289-305.
20. Kustas, W.P., Rango, A., and Uijlenhoet, R. (1994). A simple energy budget algorithm for the snowmelt runoff model. Water Resour. Res., 30(5), 1515-1527. doi:10.1029/94WR00152
21. Leenders, E.E., and Woo, M.K. (2002). Modelling a two-layer flow system at the subarctic, subalpine treeline during snowmelt. Water Resour. Res., 38(10), 1202. doi:10.1029/2001WR000375
22. Li, P., Chen, B., and Husain, T. (2010). IRFAM: an Integrated Rule-Based Fuzzy Adaptive Resonance Theory Mapping System for Watershed Modeling. ASCE J. Hydrol. Eng., American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000285
23. Mansell, R.S., Bloom, S.A., and Sun, G. (2000). A Model for Wetland Hydrology: Description and Validation. Soil Sci., 165(5), 384-397. doi:10.1097/00010694-200005000-00002
24. Metcalfe, R.A., and Buttle, J.M. (2001). Soil partitioning and surface store controls on spring runoff from a boreal forest peatland basin in north-central Manitoba, Canada. Hydrol. Process., 15, 2305-2324. doi:10.1002/hyp.262
25. Morton, F.I. (1983). Operational estimates of areal evapotranspiration and their significance to the science and practice of hydrology. J. Hydrol., 66, 77-100. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(83)90178-6
26. Mills, G.F., Veldhuis, H., Forrester, D.B., and Schmidt, R. (1976). A guide to bio-physical land classification in Manitoba. Northern Resource Information Program, Department of Renewable Resources and Transportation Services and Canada-Manitoba Soil Survey.
27. O'Callaghan, J.F., and Mark, D.M. (1984). The extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data. Comput. Vision, Graph. Image Process., 28, 323-344. doi:10.1016/S0734-189X(84)80011-0
28. Payette, S., Fortin, M.J., and Gamache, I. (2001). The Subarctic Forest-Tundra: The Structure of a Biome in a Changing Climate. Bioscience, 51(9), 709-718. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[07 09:TSFTTS]2.0.CO;2
29. Philip, J.R. (1954). An infiltration equation with physical significance. Soil Sci., 77(1), 153-157. doi:10.1097/00010694-195402000-00009
30. Price, J.S., and Waddington, J.M. (2000). Advance in Canadian wetland hydrology and biochemistry. Hydrol. Process., 14, 1579-1589. doi:10.1002/10991085(20000630)14:9<1579::AI D-HYP76 >3.0.CO;2-#
31. Price, J.S., Branfireun, B.A., Waddington, J.M., and Devito, K.J. (2005). Advances in Canadian wetland hydrology, 1999-2003. Hydrol. Process., 19, 201-214. doi:10.1002/hyp.5774
32. Quick, M.C., and Pipes, A.(1977). U.B.C. Watershed Model. Hydrol. Sci. - Bulletin, XXII(1), 153-161. doi:10.1080/02626667709491701
33. Quinton, W.L., and Roulet, N.T. (1998). Spring and Summer Runoff Hydrology of a Subarctic Patterned Wetland. Arctic Alpine Res., 30(3), 285-294. doi:10.2307/1551976
34. Reeve, A.S., Siegel, D.I., and Glaser, P.H. (2000). Simulating vertical flow in large peatlands. J. Hydrol., 227, 207-217. doi:10.1016/ S00 22-1694(99)00183-3
35. Richard, C., and Gratton, D.J. (2001). The importance of the air temperature variable for the snowmelt runoff modelling using the SRM. Hydrol. Process., 15, 3357-3370. doi:10.1002/hyp.1031
36. Rouse, W.R., Douglas, M.S.V., Hecky, R., Hershey, A.E., Kling, G.W., Lesack, L., Marsh, P., Mcdonald, M., Nicholson, B.J., Roulet, N.T., and Smol, J.P. (1997). Effects of climate change on the fresh waters of arctic and subarctic northern America. Hydrol. Process., 11, 873-902.
37. Spittlehouse, D.L. (1989). Estimating evapotranspiration from land surfaces in British Columbia. In:Estimation of Areal Evapotranspiration, IAHS Publication, 177, 245-253. doi:10.1002/(SICI) 1099-1085 (19970630)11:8<873::AID-HYP510>3.0.CO;2-6
38. SPOT Vegetation Program. The image processing and archiving centre, Mol, Belgium. http://www.vgt.vito.be (accessed June 23, 2008).
39. St Laurent, M.E., and Valeo, C. (2007). Large-scale distributed watershed modelling for reservoir operations in cold boreal regions. Can. J. Civ. Eng., 34, 525-538. doi:10.1139/L06-142
40. Strahler, A.N. (1957). Quantitative analysis of watershed geomorphology. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 38(6), 913-920.
41. Ström, L., and Christensen, T.R. (2007). Below ground carbon turnover and greenhouse gas exchanges in a sub-arctic wetland. Soil boil. Bioch., 39, 1689-1698.
42. Su, M., Stolte, W.J., and Van der Kamp, G. (2000). Modelling Canadian prairie wetland hydrology using a semi-distributed streamflow model. Hydrol. Process., 14, 2405-2422. doi:10.1002 /1099-1085(20001015)14:14<2405::AID-HYP92>3.0.CO;2-B
43. Thorne, R. (2004). Simulating streamflow of a large mountainous catchment using different sets of climatic data. M.Sc. thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontatio, Canada.
44. USGS. The National Map Seamless Server. http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php.(accessed June 23, 2008).
45. Van der Linden, S., and Woo, M.K. (2003). Application of hydrological models with increasing complexity to subarctic catchments. J. Hydrol., 270, 145-157. doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00291-3
46. Wessel, D.A., and Rouse, W.R. (1994). Modelling Evaporation from Wetland Tundra. Boundary Layer Meteorol., 68, 109-130. doi:101007/BF00712666
47. Woo, M.K., and Marsh, P. (2005). Snow, frozen soils and permafrost hydrology in Canada, 1999-2002. Hydrol. Process., 19, 215-229. doi:10.1007/BF00712666
48. Woo, M.K., and Thorne, R. (2006). Snowmelt contribution to discharge from a large mountainous catchment in subarctic Canada. Hydrol. Process., 20, 2129-2139. doi:10.1002/hyp.6205
49. Woo, M.K., and Young, K. (2006). High Arctic wetlands: Their occurrence, hydrological characteristics and sustainability. J. Hydrol., 320, 432-450. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.025
50. Zhang, Z., Kane, D.L., and Hinzman, D. (2000). Development and application of a spatially-distributed Arctic hydrological and thermal process model (ARHYTHM). Hydrol. Process., 14, 1017-1044. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(20000430)14:6<1017::AID-HYP98 2>3.0.CO;2-G