Uncertainty in the impacts of projected climate change on the hydrology of a subarctic environment: Liard River Basin

• Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• Main Author: R. Thorne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Canada; Liard; Climate change; Liard River; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-1483-2011; http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1483/2011/hess-15-1483-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/78aad0d2f87c426c89b852f8e3572ff4

Like many high latitude areas, the mountainous region of subarctic Canada has experienced recent warming and is an area of large inter-annual temperature variations, most notably during the winter. Quantifying how climate tendencies affect streamflow, especially in the spring melt season, is critica...