Northern River Ice Regimes

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, South Slave Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, ice thickness, river ice, hydro-electric, ice growth

chercheur principal: Sherstone, David A. (12)
Nᵒ de permis: 10022
Organisation: Science Institute of the N.W.T.; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Année(s) de permis: 1993 1992 1991 1990 1988
Délivré: janv. 01, 1990
Équipe de projet: L. Kutny, G. White, A. Forbes, B. Juergenson

Objectif(s): To monitor rates of ice growth and decay; to observe maximum ice thickness achieved in a variety of Arctic and sub Arctic river channels; to determine the timing of maximum thickness as information to predict impacts on ice regime of upstream hydro-electric development projects and/or river regulation;

Description du projet: Ice thickness gauges are installed on river channel ice. Twenty gauges are installed in the Mackenzie Delta and 12 in the Hay River. Every 10 days the gauges are read to obtain the total ice, which ice and snow quantities at each site.