Hydroclimatic controls on water balance and water level variability in Great Slave Lake

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Gibson, J. J., Prowse, T. D., Peters, D. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Canada; Great Slave Lake; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; W.A.C. Bennett Dam; Mackenzie river; Slave River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6424; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.6424; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.6424

Abstract On average, 86% of riverine discharge to Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, was gauged during the period 1964–1998, offering an unprecedented opportunity to study and understand controls on water balance of a large northern lake at the headwaters of the Mackenzie River. A func...