Snowmelt Runoff/Chemistry in High Latitude Permafrost Basins

Régions: Gwich'in Settlement Area

étiquettes: physical sciences, active layer, permafrost, vegetation, hydrology, runoff, snowmelt

chercheur principal: Marsh, Philip (38)
Nᵒ de permis: 12008
Organisation: National Hydrology Research Institute
Année(s) de permis: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1990
Délivré: janv. 01, 1992
Équipe de projet: J. Pomeroy; T. Prowse; G. Jones; M. Trantor; T. Davis; C. Onclin;

Objectif(s): To determine the rates of and processes controlling: water flux through snow covers; exchange of water between snowcover, active layer and permafrost; movement of solutes and nutrients through the snowcover and to the stream channel; to determine the effect of snow/soil temperature regime and vegetation types on runoff processes; to develop physically-based, predictive models of snow melt runoff.

Description du projet: The Researchers will study the role of the snowcover in controlling both streamflow and the movement of solutes/nutrients/pollutants through both tundra and forested ecosystems. Computer models will also be developed to predict the distribution and properties of snow, its melt and runoff during the spring period, and the release of solutes/nutrients/pollutants from the snow.