Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience

This book presents decade-long advances in atmospheric research in the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Canada, which encompasses environments representative of the coldest areas on Earth. Collaborative efforts by a team of about 100 scientists and engineers have yielded knowledge entirely transferable to other high latitude regions in America, Europe and Asia.

The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: A Contribution to Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences. - The Mackenzie Climate System: A Synthesis of MAGS Atmospheric Research. - Climatological Analysis of the Mackenzie River Basin Anticyclones: Structure, Evolution and Interannual Variability. - Variability of Cold-Season Temperatures in the Mackenzie Basin. - Extreme Winter Warming over the Mackenzie Basin: Observations and Causes. - Water Vapor Fluxes over the Canadian Prairies and the Mackenzie River Basin. - Moisture Sources for Extreme Rainfall Events over the Mackenzie River Basin. - Precipitation Recycling in the Mackenzie and Three Other Major River Basins. - On the Cloud and Precipitating Systems over the Mackenzie Basin. - The Relationship between Monthly Precipitation and Elevation in the Alberta Foothills during the Foothills Orographic Precipitation Experiment. - On Predicting Maximum Snowfall. - Estimating Snow Water Equivalent in Northern Regions from Satellite Passive Microwave Data. - Mackenzie Basin Snow Cover: Variability and Trends from Conventional Data, Satellite Remote Sensing, and Canadian Regional Climate Model Simulations. - Recent Studies on the Climatology and Modeling of Blowing Snow in the Mackenzie River Basin. - On Blowing Snow and Sublimation in the Mackenzie River Basin. - Assessing Water and Energy Budgets for the Mackenzie River Basin. - Characteristics of the Moisture Flux Convergence over the Mackenzie River Basin for the 1990 2000 Wateryears. - The Influence of Lakes on the Regional Energy and Water Balance of the Central Mackenzie River Basin. - Mapping of Surface Albedo over Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations. - Comparison of Solar Radiation Budgets in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations and a Regional Climate Model. -Wildfire Aerosol and Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations. - The Nature and Impacts of Thunderstorms in a Northern Climate. - Forest Fires and Climate Change in the Northwest Territories. - The Impact of CLASS in MAGS Monthly Ensemble Predictions. - The MAGS Regional Climate Modeling System: CRCM-MAGS. - Synopsis of Hydrologic Research under MAGS.