Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic
Extensive interest in the exploitation of the natural resources of the Canadian High Arctic has been generated by the petrochemical and mining industries. This, in conjunction with the recent rapid growth of many communities in the Arctic has resulted in the need for reliable sources of potable wate...
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ftmcmaster:oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/7473 2024-09-15T17:57:07+00:00 Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic Maidlow, J.L. James, Wm. Civil Engineering 2009-07-14 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/7473 unknown opendissertations/275 1339 896855 http://hdl.handle.net/11375/7473 Civil Engineering thesis 2009 ftmcmaster 2024-06-26T04:35:24Z Extensive interest in the exploitation of the natural resources of the Canadian High Arctic has been generated by the petrochemical and mining industries. This, in conjunction with the recent rapid growth of many communities in the Arctic has resulted in the need for reliable sources of potable water. Basic data deficiencies in the Arctic however preclude the use of traditional techniques for predicting the temporal distribution of runoff or peak from rates. An interactive computer program using a modified energy budget concept has been developed to permit the simulation of average daily discharges from small watersheds in the Baffin region. All available hydrometeorologic data are utilized by the model which is formatted in a manner to facilitate data manipulation. Sensitivity analyses can thus be carried out to determine the sensitivity of a watershed's response to various meterologic parameters. Calibration and subsequent verification of the model against data collected from two watersheds in the Baffin region yielded a high correlation between recorded and simulated discharges. Master of Engineering (ME) Thesis Baffin MacSphere (McMaster University) |
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Extensive interest in the exploitation of the natural resources of the Canadian High Arctic has been generated by the petrochemical and mining industries. This, in conjunction with the recent rapid growth of many communities in the Arctic has resulted in the need for reliable sources of potable water. Basic data deficiencies in the Arctic however preclude the use of traditional techniques for predicting the temporal distribution of runoff or peak from rates. An interactive computer program using a modified energy budget concept has been developed to permit the simulation of average daily discharges from small watersheds in the Baffin region. All available hydrometeorologic data are utilized by the model which is formatted in a manner to facilitate data manipulation. Sensitivity analyses can thus be carried out to determine the sensitivity of a watershed's response to various meterologic parameters. Calibration and subsequent verification of the model against data collected from two watersheds in the Baffin region yielded a high correlation between recorded and simulated discharges. Master of Engineering (ME) |
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Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic |
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Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic |
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Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic |
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Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic |
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