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Author : Dery, S.; Burford, J.; Hernandez-Henriquez, M.; and Wood, E.F.
Date : 2008.
Title : Recent trends and variability of river discharge in Northern Canada.
Publication : International Arctic Change 2008 Conference. December 9-12, 2008. Quebec City, Quebec.
Issue : Conference Programme and Abstracts
Page(s) : 68-69.
Abstract
This talk will present an overview of recent trends and variability of river discharge in northern Canada, with a focus on our contributions to the IPY project “Arctic Freshwater Systems”. To begin, a brief description of the pan-Arctic hydrological cycle and its climatology will be presented. The presentation will then focus on observed trends and variability of discharge in as many as 64 rivers covering an area of 5.6 × 106 km2 of northern Canada from 1964 to the present. Possible factors leading to the observed trends and variability will be explored. A discussion of some 21st century projections and implications of changing rivers in northern Canada will follow. The talk will end with a summary and a list of research priorities concerning the impacts of climate variability and climate change on Canadian Arctic rivers.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology