Investigation on the effects of climate change on stream temperature and river ice thickness in the Nelson-Churchill and Mackenzie River basins

• Main Author: Rochette, Michèle
• Other Authors: Stadnyk, Tricia, Asadzadeh, Masoud, Dow, Karen (Civil Engineering), Tachie, Mark (Mechanical Engineering)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Climate change; Arctic rivers; stream temperature; river ice thickness; ice roads; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Kendall; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36678

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has predicted a median increase of 2.4 to 3.5 ℃ of median air temperature by 2100. The Arctic is predicted to be more severely affected due to arctic amplification, where higher latitudes are warming at a rate faster than the global mean. In Canad...