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DOI | 10.1029/2019WR025706 |
Linking Mountain Glacier Retreat and Hydrological Changes in Southwestern Yukon | |
Chesnokova, A.1; Baraer, M.1; Laperriere-Robillard, T.1; Huh, K.2 | |
2020 | |
发表期刊 | WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0043-1397 |
EISSN | 1944-7973 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 56期号:1 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada; USA |
英文摘要 | This study aims to isolate and quantify the role of shrinking glaciers in recent hydrological changes in eight watersheds in the southwestern Yukon (Canada) by using an original dual approach that consists of (i) watershed hydrological regime identification, followed by a trend analysis of discharge time series, and (ii) a model-based peak water (PW) analysis using glacier cover change measurements. A distinction between hydrological regimes is a necessary add-up to commonly used trend attribution methods as the lake runoff regime shares common characteristics with the glacier regime. Results show a link between shrinking glaciers and hydrological changes in the region, but the link is complex, and glacier retreat does not explain all the observed changes. Model outputs show that the two watersheds with a glacierized area exceeding 30% and one watershed with 2.9% glacierized area have not reached PW, whereas a 9.2% glacierized watershed and another watershed with 2.1% glacierized area have already passed it. These results suggest that glacierized area alone cannot explain short-term changes related to watershed current position in terms of PW, and the rate of glacier retreat must be considered. By contrast, the actual rate of glacier retreat does not influence long-term changes, such as the magnitude of PW and of the consequent drop in discharge. Once glaciers will have retreated to a point close to extinction, declines in summer discharge from 10% to 70% and proportional to the actual glacier cover are anticipated at watersheds that are currently more than 9% glacierized. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000520132500038 |
WOS关键词 | KENDALL TREND TEST ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; RIVER-BASIN ; STREAMFLOW TRENDS ; BRITISH-COLUMBIA ; WATER-RESOURCES ; WESTERN CANADA ; SUMMER STREAMFLOW ; NORTH-AMERICA ; MASS-BALANCE |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Limnology ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Water Resources |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/280466 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Ecole Technol Super, Construct Engn Dept, Montreal, PQ, Canada; 2.Calif State Polytech Univ Pomona, Dept Geog & Anthropol, Pomona, CA 91768 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chesnokova, A.,Baraer, M.,Laperriere-Robillard, T.,et al. Linking Mountain Glacier Retreat and Hydrological Changes in Southwestern Yukon[J]. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,2020,56(1). |
APA | Chesnokova, A.,Baraer, M.,Laperriere-Robillard, T.,&Huh, K..(2020).Linking Mountain Glacier Retreat and Hydrological Changes in Southwestern Yukon.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,56(1). |
MLA | Chesnokova, A.,et al."Linking Mountain Glacier Retreat and Hydrological Changes in Southwestern Yukon".WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 56.1(2020). |
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