A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments
Temperatures in the arctic and subarctic are rising at more than twice the rate of the global average, driving the accelerated thawing of permafrost across the region. The impacts of permafrost degradation have been studied in the discontinuous permafrost zone at Umiujaq, in northern Quebec, Canada,...
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ftunivlavalcorp:oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/39410 2024-09-09T19:25:34+00:00 A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments Young, Nathan Lee Delottier, Hugo Lemieux, Jean-Michel Fortier, Richard Fortier, Philippe Québec (Province) -- Umiujaq 2020-06-01T15:58:01Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/39410 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087695 eng eng American Geophysical Union 0094-8276 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/39410 doi:10.1029/2020GL087695 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Eau souterraine -- Alimentation Permafrost Niveau hydrostatique -- Facteurs climatiques Climat -- Changements Occupation du sol Couvert végétal article de recherche COAR1_1::Texte::Périodique::Revue::Contribution à un journal::Article::Article de recherche 2020 ftunivlavalcorp https://doi.org/20.500.11794/3941010.1029/2020GL087695 2024-06-17T23:42:35Z Temperatures in the arctic and subarctic are rising at more than twice the rate of the global average, driving the accelerated thawing of permafrost across the region. The impacts of permafrost degradation have been studied in the discontinuous permafrost zone at Umiujaq, in northern Quebec, Canada, for over 30 years, but the effects of changing land cover on groundwater recharge is not well understood. The water table fluctuation method was used to compute groundwater recharge using four years of water level data and soil moisture readings from five field sites characteristic of different stages of permafrost degradation and vegetation invasion. Results indicate that as vegetation grows taller, groundwater recharge increases, likely due to increased snow thickness. Results were then combined with a preexisting conceptual model that describes the evolution from tundra to shrubland and forests to create a new model for describing how groundwater recharge is affected by landscape evolution. Other/Unknown Material Arctic permafrost Subarctic Tundra Umiujaq Université Laval: CorpusUL Arctic Canada Umiujaq ENVELOPE(-76.549,-76.549,56.553,56.553) Geophysical Research Letters 47 11 |
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Eau souterraine -- Alimentation Permafrost Niveau hydrostatique -- Facteurs climatiques Climat -- Changements Occupation du sol Couvert végétal Young, Nathan Lee Delottier, Hugo Lemieux, Jean-Michel Fortier, Richard Fortier, Philippe A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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Temperatures in the arctic and subarctic are rising at more than twice the rate of the global average, driving the accelerated thawing of permafrost across the region. The impacts of permafrost degradation have been studied in the discontinuous permafrost zone at Umiujaq, in northern Quebec, Canada, for over 30 years, but the effects of changing land cover on groundwater recharge is not well understood. The water table fluctuation method was used to compute groundwater recharge using four years of water level data and soil moisture readings from five field sites characteristic of different stages of permafrost degradation and vegetation invasion. Results indicate that as vegetation grows taller, groundwater recharge increases, likely due to increased snow thickness. Results were then combined with a preexisting conceptual model that describes the evolution from tundra to shrubland and forests to create a new model for describing how groundwater recharge is affected by landscape evolution. |
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Young, Nathan Lee Delottier, Hugo Lemieux, Jean-Michel Fortier, Richard Fortier, Philippe |
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Young, Nathan Lee Delottier, Hugo Lemieux, Jean-Michel Fortier, Richard Fortier, Philippe |
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Young, Nathan Lee |
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A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments |
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American Geophysical Union |
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