Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience: Volume 1: Atmospheric Dynamics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: A Contribution to Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences....Pages 1-22
The Mackenzie Climate System: A Synthesis of MAGS Atmospheric Research....Pages 23-50
Climatological Analysis of the Mackenzie River Basin Anticyclones: Structure, Evolution and Interannual Variability....Pages 51-60
Variability of Cold-Season Temperatures in the Mackenzie Basin....Pages 61-82
Extreme Winter Warming over the Mackenzie Basin: Observations and Causes....Pages 83-108
Water Vapor Fluxes over the Canadian Prairies and the Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 109-125
Moisture Sources for Extreme Rainfall Events over the Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 127-136
Precipitation Recycling in the Mackenzie and Three Other Major River Basins....Pages 137-154
On the Cloud and Precipitating Systems over the Mackenzie Basin....Pages 155-166
The Relationship between Monthly Precipitation and Elevation in the Alberta Foothills during the Foothills Orographic Precipitation Experiment....Pages 167-185
On Predicting Maximum Snowfall....Pages 187-194
Estimating Snow Water Equivalent in Northern Regions from Satellite Passive Microwave Data....Pages 195-212
Mackenzie Basin Snow Cover: Variability and Trends from Conventional Data, Satellite Remote Sensing, and Canadian Regional Climate Model Simulations....Pages 213-239
Recent Studies on the Climatology and Modeling of Blowing Snow in the Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 241-257
On Blowing Snow and Sublimation in the Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 259-268
Assessing Water and Energy Budgets for the Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 269-296
Characteristics of the Moisture Flux Convergence over the Mackenzie River Basin for the 1990–2000 Wateryears....Pages 297-308
The Influence of Lakes on the Regional Energy and Water Balance of the Central Mackenzie River Basin....Pages 309-325
Mapping of Surface Albedo over Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations....Pages 327-341
Comparison of Solar Radiation Budgets in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations and a Regional Climate Model....Pages 343-364
Wildfire Aerosol and Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations....Pages 365-381
The Nature and Impacts of Thunderstorms in a Northern Climate....Pages 383-402
Forest Fires and Climate Change in the Northwest Territories....Pages 403-417
The Impact of CLASS in MAGS Monthly Ensemble Predictions....Pages 419-431
The MAGS Regional Climate Modeling System: CRCM-MAGS....Pages 433-450
Synopsis of Hydrologic Research under MAGS....Pages 451-457
Back Matter....Pages 461-470