Timing, duration, and magnitude of peak annual water-levels during ice breakup in the Mackenzie Delta and the role of river discharge

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8234-8249

  Lesack, Lance F W ^a   Marsh, Philip ^b   Hicks, Faye E ^c   Forbes, Donald L ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ICE BREAK-UP; LAG-TIME; PAN-ARCTIC; RIVER DISCHARGE;

RIVERS;

ICE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE FRONT; ICE BREAKUP; ICE SHEET; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTWATER; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER ICE; SNOWPACK; WATER LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84896719784     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012WR013198     Document Type: Article

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