Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area, North Slave Region
étiquettes: physical sciences, climate change, prediction models, water chemistry, snow
| chercheur principal: | Rutter, Nick (2) |
| Nᵒ de permis: | 17232 |
| Organisation: | Northumbria University |
| Année(s) de permis: |
2022
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| Délivré: | mars 20, 2023 |
| Équipe de projet: | Georgina Woolley, Jonathan Rutherford, Richard Essery, Vincent Vionnet, Chris Derksen, Rosy Tutton |
Objectif(s): To develop improved understanding of, and ability to predict, snowcover properties from numerical models used to simulate climate and hydrology in northern regions; to consider the integrated effect of climate on vegetation, snow, permafrost, and lakes; and, to develop improved predictive models.
Description du projet: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5463. The objectives of this project are to develop improved understanding of, and ability to predict, snowcover properties from numerical models used to simulate climate and hydrology in northern regions; to consider the integrated effect of climate on vegetation, snow, permafrost, and lakes; and, to develop improved predictive models. Field work will start in the Yellowknife area, with bi-weekly measurements of snow properties at the three sites. The research team will then start longer duration field measurements (snow properties and natural emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from soils) in the Inuvik area. The base camp is located at Trail Valley Creek, working with colleagues at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) who have had a camp there from 1991 to about 2005, and 2015 to present. The team will work with Aurora Research Institute (ARI) in Inuvik to get field support and work in conjunction with both WLU and ARI staff during the winter. The research team will use social media to communicate our field efforts and results. In addition the team are engaging with East Three Elementary school in Inuvik, via ARI, in a pilot project called Creative Climate Connections where school-aged children in the UK and Canada have asynchronous meetings to build relational empathy and understanding around the impacts of climate change on their lives. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from March 20, 2023 to June 30, 2023.
