Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Snowpack of the North Fork Flathead River – Impact Assessment in the transboundary Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (Canada-USA)
Wood RR. 2014. Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Snowpack of the North Fork Flathead River – Impact Assessment in the transboundary Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (Canada-USA). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; University of Calgary
Hydrology and climate modeling in the transboundary North Fork Flathead River system. Assess potential changes in hydrology and snowpack in the transboundary North Fork Flathead River watershed. The Water Flow and Balance Simulation MOdel is applied in conjunction with climate models (CanESM2/CanRSM4). Precitpitation is predicted to increase, with a corresponding increase in the timing and volume of snowmelt due to snowpack alteration. Portions of winter precip are predicted to fall as rain vs. snow; total stream discharge downstream will increase slightly. The streamflow regime will change from a nival-regime to a more complex pluvio-nival-regime.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Wood, Raul
- Date of Issue
- 2014-07-30
- Publisher
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; University of Calgary
- Units
- CRCO , GLAC
- Keywords
- climate change impacts, Hydrology, North Fork Flathead River, Snowpack, thesis, transboundary flathead
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics