Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: active layer, permafrost, hydrology, prediction models, snow accumulation, snow, runoff, snowmelt
| Principal Investigator: | Marsh, Philip (37) |
| Licence Number: | 12771 |
| Organization: | National Hydrology Research Institute |
| Licensed Year(s): |
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1995 |
| Project Team: | J. Pomeroy, B. Quinton, C. Onclin, B. Reid, plus several field assistants |
Objective(s): To determine the rates and processes controlling: (1) the accumulation of snow, snowmelt and water flux through snowcovers; (2) the exchange of water between snowcover, the active ground layer and permafrost; (3) the movement of solutes and nutrients through the snowcover and to the stream channel; and (4) the effect of snow/soil temperature regime and vegetation types on runoff processes; to develop physically based, predictive models of snowmelt runoff.
Project Description: As part of a long-term study, the researchers will look at the role of the snowcover in controlling both streamflow and the movement of solutes/nutrients/pollutants through both tundra and forested ecosystems. Work will consist of measuring amounts and distribution of snow, streamflow and release of solutes/nutrients/ pollutants in two river basins at the end of winter.
