Name
H4B. Hydrometeorology of lakes and reservoirs
Date & Time
Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Description

Lakes and reservoirs occupy a substantial portion of the Canadian landscape. The large heat capacity of the water within them has a profound influence on local and regional climate.  The hydrological, meteorological and limnological processes within them control downstream flow regimes which is crucial for water availability for cultural, domestic, industrial, hydroelectric and ecosystem purposes.  However, these water bodies are highly sensitive to climate conditions.  In particular, there remains uncertainty in how lakes and reservoirs will respond to climate warming and if water management systems are flexible enough to adapt.  Therefore, it is important to improve knowledge of these systems.  We therefore encourage contributions that address the impact of lakes and reservoirs on climate and hydrology in general, but also more specifically on 1) novel measurements of lake and reservoir water and energy budgets; 2) lake and reservoir hydrological and hydrometeorological processes that control these budgets; 3) modelling of these systems.

Conveners: Warren Helgason, University of Saskatchewan; Murray Mackay, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Daniel Nadeau, Université Laval; Christopher Spence, Environment and Climate Change Canada

2:00pm - 2:15pm    Version 3.3 of the Water Cycle Prediction System (Invited)    
Presenter(s): Vincent Fortin

2:15pm - 2:30pm    On the accuracy, identifiability, and trade-offs in current generation of parametrized reservoir algorithms    
Presenter(s): Ali Nazemi

2:30pm - 2:45pm    Harnessing Landsat Observations of Lakes for Enhanced Hydrological Modelling in Canadian Shield Watersheds    
Presenter(s): Menaka Revel

2:45pm - 3:00pm    Connecting water budgets to management strategies for small Atlantic Canadian communities facing climate change    
Presenter(s): Amber Dort

3:00pm - 3:15pm    Will there be enough water?  Progress towards a scientifically defensible water balance for Iqaluit's secondary water supply lake    
Presenter(s): Murray Richardson

Location Name
Conference Room - 2220
Full Address
Carleton University - Richcraft Hall
1125 Colonel By Dr
Ottawa ON K1S 5B6
Canada
Session Type
Keynote