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Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience

Volume 1: Atmospheric Dynamics

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Ming-ko Woo

    1. School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  • Utilizes an integrative approach across disciplines in addressing major research issues of the cold regions.
  • Research presented is applicable to other higher latitude regions in America, Europe and Asia.

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: A Contribution to Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences

    • Ming-ko Woo, Wayne R. Rouse, Ronald E. Stewart, John M. R. Stone
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Mackenzie Climate System: A Synthesis of MAGS Atmospheric Research

    • Kit K. Szeto, Ronald E. Stewart, M. K. Yau, John Gyakum
    Pages 23-50

  4. Climatological Analysis of the Mackenzie River Basin Anticyclones: Structure, Evolution and Interannual Variability

    • Lily Ioannidou, Peter M. K. Yau
    Pages 51-60

  5. Variability of Cold-Season Temperatures in the Mackenzie Basin

    • Kit K. Szeto
    Pages 61-82

  6. Extreme Winter Warming over the Mackenzie Basin: Observations and Causes

    • Zuohao Cao, Ronald E. Stewart, William D. Hogg
    Pages 83-108

  7. Water Vapor Fluxes over the Canadian Prairies and the Mackenzie River Basin

    • Jinliang Liu, Ronald E. Stewart, Kit K. Szeto
    Pages 109-125

  8. Moisture Sources for Extreme Rainfall Events over the Mackenzie River Basin

    • Julian C. Brimelow, Gerhard W. Reuter
    Pages 127-136

  9. Precipitation Recycling in the Mackenzie and Three Other Major River Basins

    • Kit K. Szeto, Jinliang Liu, Alexander Wong
    Pages 137-154

  10. On the Cloud and Precipitating Systems over the Mackenzie Basin

    • David Hudak, Ronald Stewart, Peter Rodriguez, Bohdan Kochtubajda
    Pages 155-166

  11. The Relationship between Monthly Precipitation and Elevation in the Alberta Foothills during the Foothills Orographic Precipitation Experiment

    • Craig D. Smith
    Pages 167-185

  12. On Predicting Maximum Snowfall

    • Max L. Dupilka, Gerhard W. Reuter
    Pages 187-194

  13. Estimating Snow Water Equivalent in Northern Regions from Satellite Passive Microwave Data

    • Chris Derksen, Anne Walker, Peter Toose
    Pages 195-212

  14. Mackenzie Basin Snow Cover: Variability and Trends from Conventional Data, Satellite Remote Sensing, and Canadian Regional Climate Model Simulations

    • Chris Derksen, Ross Brown, Murray MacKay
    Pages 213-239

  15. Recent Studies on the Climatology and Modeling of Blowing Snow in the Mackenzie River Basin

    • Stephen J. Déry, M. K. Yau
    Pages 241-257

  16. On Blowing Snow and Sublimation in the Mackenzie River Basin

    • Mark Gordon, Peter A. Taylor
    Pages 259-268

  17. Assessing Water and Energy Budgets for the Mackenzie River Basin

    • Kit K. Szeto, Hang Tran, Murray MacKay, Robert Crawford, Ronald E. Stewart
    Pages 269-296

  18. Characteristics of the Moisture Flux Convergence over the Mackenzie River Basin for the 1990–2000 Wateryears

    • Mark Schuster
    Pages 297-308

  19. The Influence of Lakes on the Regional Energy and Water Balance of the Central Mackenzie River Basin

    • Wayne R. Rouse, Jacqueline Binyamin, Peter D. Blanken, Normand Bussières, Claude R. Duguay, Claire J. Oswald et al.
    Pages 309-325

  20. Mapping of Surface Albedo over Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations

    • Alexander P. Trishchenko, Konstantin V. Khlopenkov, Calin Ungureanu, Rasim Latifovic, Yi Luo, William B. Park
    Pages 327-341
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Ming-ko Woo

About the editor

Ming-ko Woo is Professor of Geography at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He serves on Editorial Board of the journal Nordic Hydrology and as Associate Editor for the journals Physical Geography and Geographie Physique et Quaternaire. Additionally, he is the Vice Chairman of the International Geographical Union, Commission/Study Group on Water Sustainability.

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