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Author : Dery, S.J.; Stahl, K.; Moore, R.D.; Whitfield, P.H.; and Menounos, B.
Date : 2006.
Title : Twentieth century trends in observed river discharge in western Canada.
Publication : Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Meeting, May 14-17, 2006. Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta. Abstracts Volume.
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Page(s) : 36.
Abstract
It is proposed that global warming will intensify the hydrologic cycle. However, the direction and magnitude of these changes is difficult to predict with global climate models. Documenting how surface runoff has changed under past climatic conditions provides one method of understanding potential changes to the hydrologic cycle in western Canada. We examine changes in 20th century runoff (trends, periodic, and aperiodic components) for ˜20 watersheds that encompass ˜1 × 106 km2 of western Canada. A major component of this analysis compares changes in surface runoff to observed variations in temperature and precipitation anomalies and ultimately how these anomalies relate to larger-scale climate teleconnection patterns. This analysis contributes to the objectives of the Western Canadian Cryospheric Network that seeks to better understand the effects of climate change and how future climate variability will affect glacier extent and surface runoff in western Canada.
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