Spatial and temporal variations of river-ice break-up, Mackenzie River Basin, Canada

• Main Author: De Rham, Laurent Paul
• Other Authors: Prowse, Terry Donald
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Spring break-up; Return-period assessment; Mackenzie River basin; Flooding; Mann-Kendall; climate change; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Geography; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciences::Hydrology; Canada; Kendall; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1609

Hydrological data extracted directly from Water Survey of Canada archives covering the 1913-2002 time period is used to assess river ice break-up in the Mackenzie River basin. A return-period analysis indicates that 13 (14) of 28 sites in the basin are dominated by peak water-levels occurring during...