River Water Temperature in Relation to Local Air Temperature in the Mackenzie and Yukon Basins

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Yang, Daqing, Peterson, Amber
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: rivers; water temperature; air temperature; relationship; northern basins; Canada; rivières; fleuves; température de l’eau; température de l’air; relation; bassins nordiques; Fleuve Mackenzie; Great Bear Lake; Great Bear River; Mackenzie River; Yukon; Arctic; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67665

Water temperature has an important impact on many aspects of basin hydrology and ecology. In the northern regions, investigation of river thermal regimes and their changes over space and time is a challenge because of data limitations. This study determines the water temperature regimes at several l...