The IP3 Network:
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Improved Processes and
a Parameterisation
for Prediction in
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Julie Friddell1, John Pomeroy1,
Sean Careyy2, Al Pietroniro3,
William Quinton4
IP3 Users’ Workshop
19 March 2008
1University
3NHRC, Environment Canada;
of Saskatchewan; 2Carleton University;
U
4Wilfrid Laurier University
IP3...
IP3
...is
is devoted to understanding waterr
supply and weather systems in colld
regions
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(Rockies
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and western Arcticc))
...will contribute to better predictionn
off regional
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l l weather,
th clim
limate,
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and water resources in cold regionns, including ungauged basin
streamflow, changes in snow and water
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supplies, and calculation of
freshwater inputs to the Arctic Ocean
...has organized a Users' Advisory Committee to guide development
of relevant data and
model outputs
Network Investigators
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Sean Carey, Carleton University
Richard Essery,
Essery University of Wales,
Wales Abery
ystwyth
Raoul Granger, National Hydrological Reseearch
Centre, Environment Canada
Masaki Hayashi, University of Calgary
Rick Janowicz, Yukon Department of Envirronment
Philipp Marsh,, University
y of Saskatchewan/N
NHRC,,
Environment Canada
Scott Munro, University of Toronto
Alain Pietroniro,
Pietroniro Univ.
Univ of Sask
Sask./NHRC,
/NHRC Ennv.
nv Canada
John Pomeroy (PI), University of Saskatchhewan
William Quinton, Wilfrid Laurier Universiity
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Ken
Snelgrove,
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Memorial
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it off Ne
N wfoundland
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Ric Soulis, University of Waterloo
Chris Spence, University of Saskatchewan/N
NHRC, Environment Canada
Diana Verseghy, University of Waterloo/M
MSC, Environment Canada
(people in bold are on Scientific Committee)
Collaborators
Peter Blanken, University of Colorado
Tom Brown, University of Saskatchewan
Doug Clark, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK
James Craig, University of Waterloo
Bruce Davison, HAL - Environment Canada
Mike Demuth, Natural Resources Canada
Vincent Fortin, MRD - Environment Canada
Ron Goodson, HAL - Environment Canada
Richard Heck, University of Guelph
Newell Hedstrom, NHRC - Environment Canadda
Chris Hopkinson, Applied Geomatics Research Group
Tim Link, University of Idaho
M
Murray
Mackay, CRD - Environment Canada
Danny Marks, USDA - Agricultural Research Service
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Joni Onclin, University of Saskatchewan
B Reid, INAC- Water Resources
Bob
Nick Rutter, University of Sheffield, UK
R Schincariol, Univ. of Western Ontario
Rob
Frank Seglenieks, University of Waterloo
K
Kevin
Shook, University of Saskatchewan
Mike Solohub, University of Saskatchewan Uli
U Strasser, LMU, Munich, Germany
Bryan Tolson, University of Waterloo
B
Brenda
Toth, HAL - Environment Canada
Cherie Westbrook, Univ. of Saskatchewan
A
Adam
Winstral, USDA - ARS
Partners
Alberta Environment
Cold Regions Research Centre
Centre, Wilfrid Lau
urier Univ.
Univ
Diavik Diamond Mines, Inc.
Environment Canada
Climate Research Division (CRD)
Hydrometeorology & Arctic Laboratory
y (HAL)
Meteorological Research Branch (MRB
B)
N ti l Water
National
W t Research
R
h Institute
I tit t (NW
WRI)
Water Survey of Canada
GEWEX/GLASS
Cli
Climate
andd Cryosphere
C
h Project
P j (CliC) off th
h WCRP
he
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Waterr Resources
International Polar Year (IPY) - Arctic Hydrra
International Polar Year (IPY) - Cold Land Processes
Natural Resources Canada
Northwest Territories Power Corporation
Parks Canada
Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Yukon Environment
Board of Directors
Ming-Ko Woo (Chair) –
McMaster University
Tim Aston – CFCAS
Dan Moore – University of
British Columbia
J h P
John
Pomeroy (PI)
Bob Reid – Indian and Northern Affaairs Canada, Yellowknife
Vincent Fortin – Environment Canadaa, Montreal
Julie Friddell (Secretary)
(
y)
Users’’ Ad
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Advisory
i
Committee
Public and private –
community, government,
industry,…
industry
Goal is to provide information that can be used in regional
planning/policy
l i / li making,
ki stream
mflow
fl forecasting,
f
i water
management, environmental conservation,
c
and northern
development
Interactive workshops for ou
utreach to practitioners and
feedback on applicability of reesearch
Users’ Advisory Commiittee
Users
Bob Reid (Chair), INAC – Water Resourcces
Mark Bennett, Bow River Basin Council
Ian Church, Canadian IPY/Yukon Gov’t
Ken Dies, Northwest Territories Power Corporation
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John Diiwu, AB Sustainable Resource Deev.
Steve Donelon, Kananaskis Country Parkk
Derek Faria
Faria, INAC – Water Resources
Anil Gupta, AB Environment
Shelley Humphries, Parks Canada
Ed Johnson, Biogeoscience Institute (UoffC)
Kristina Koenig, Manitoba Hydro
ion
David Morrison,, Yukon Energy
gy Corporat
p
Edward Reeves, Deline Renewable Resouurces Council
Robert Sandford, Western Watersheds Cliimate Research Collaborative
Wanli Wu,
Wu Parks Canada
John Pomeroy (U. Sask.) and Chris Spencce (Env. Canada/NHRC), Ex officio
Julie Friddell, IP3 Network Manager
Why IP3?
Need to forecast changing annual flo
ow/
peak discharge in streams and rivers in
i the
Rockies and North
Increasing consumptive use of Rock
ky
Mountain water in Prairie Provinces
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Uncertainty in engineering design for
f resource (oil & gas, diamond and
other mines) development and restoraation activities in small to medium
size ‘ungauged’
g g basins
Opportunity to include cold regionss processes in coupled atmospherichydrological models to reduce uncertaainty in:
Atmospheric impacts on watter resources
Simulation of land-atmospheere interaction
Cycling and storage of waterr
Prediction of future climate change
c
Processes
Æ Multi-scale observations of
effect
ff t off radiation,
di ti wind,
i d vegetatio
t tion,
and topography on the interactionn
b t
between
snow,
water, soil, and air
IP3 Research Basins
Parameterisation
Æ Scaling of
hydrological
y
g
processes
Æ Minimize
model complexity
while reproducing
the essential
behaviour of the
system
Prediction
Æ Water resources (storage,
discharge snow cover,
discharge,
cover soil
moisture), atmosphere-ground
interaction (evaporation),
(evaporation) and
weather and climate
IP3 Final Outputs
Improved understanding of
cold regions hydrological processes at
a multiple scales
Unique observational archive of ressearch basin data
More effective incorporation of colld regions processes into hydrological
andd meteorological
GEM, etc.)
t
l i l models
d l (CRHM,
(CRHM MEC/MESH,
MEC/MESH GEM
t )
Improved environmental predictivee capability in cold regions in
response to greater water resource deemands:
→ Enhanced hydrological and atmospheric model performance at
multiple spatial scales and at scales
s
requested by users
→ Improved streamflow predicttion in ungauged basins with less
calibration of model parameteers from gauged flows
→ Improved weather and climatte prediction due to rigorous model
development and testing
Recent Activities
All 8 research basins fully instrum
mented
and field campaigns on-going (sprinng)
CLASS 3.3
3 3 finalized
CRHM – initialized for most basinns,
pparticipated
p
in SnowMIP2, manyy new
w pparameterisations added
MEC/MESH – initialized for several basins, recent training workshop
Supplementary
pp
y pproposal
p
submittedd to CFCAS for new outreach and data
management support
Thank you!
Please visit us at
www.usask.ca/ip3
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Thank you
y to IP3 participants for providing photos!