Hydrological impacts of climate change on the Castle River watershed, Alberta, Canada

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Timothy S.
dc.contributor.supervisorKienzle, Stefan W.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-08T19:23:16Z
dc.date.available2014-10-08T19:23:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThe ACRU (Agricultural Catchments Research Unit) agro-hydrological model was used to estimate historical and future hydro-climatological variables including streamflow that have occurred during 1951-2010, and to simulate the impacts of climate change in the Castle River watershed (CRW) for the future period 2041-2070. ACRU is driven by a driver station(s) by extrapolating meteorological variables across the watershed, making corrections for differences between elevation, slope and aspect. Two driver station datasets, the Beaver Mines Climate Station (BMCS, 05AA022) and 10 km Grid (Hutchinson et al., 2009) are compared to determine whether impacts of climate change are best suited for simulation using single point locations or spatially interpolated grids. Model parameterization is based on the Hydrological Response Unit (HRU) concept. Verification of mean temperature, snow water equivalent (SWE) and streamflow is reported. Projected increases in air temperature and precipitation resulted in decreases of SWE and increases in streamflow during peak runoff season.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3522
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0388en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjecthydrological modellingen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectCastle Riveren_US
dc.subjectAlbertaen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectstreamflowen_US
dc.titleHydrological impacts of climate change on the Castle River watershed, Alberta, Canadaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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