Integrated Glacier Monitoring Practices

综合冰川监测实践

• 批准号: CRC-2019-00233
• 负责人: Thomson, Laura
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=730698
• 关键词: Integrated; Glacier; Monitoring; Practices

Canada hosts the largest area of glaciers outside of Greenland and Antarctica and is a leading contributor to rising sea-level due to greater warming in the high-Arctic than elsewhere. It is therefore essential that we improve our ability to anticipate glacier changes quickly. This Chair program seeks to: 1) Determine the processes controlling the total volume and chemistry of glacier runoff and 2) Develop models that provide rapid estimates of glacier runoff in regions without observations. In addition to helping predict sea-level rise, this research will reveal how changing glaciers impact the creation and alteration of Arctic landscapes, watersheds, and ecosystems.

加拿大拥有格陵兰岛和南极洲以外最大面积的冰川，并且由于北极高纬度地区变暖程度高于其他地区，加拿大是导致海平面上升的主要原因。因此，我们必须提高快速预测冰川变化的能力。该主席计划旨在：1）确定控制冰川径流总量和化学成分的过程；2）开发模型，快速估计未观测地区的冰川径流。除了帮助预测海平面上升之外，这项研究还将揭示冰川变化如何影响北极景观、流域和生态系统的形成和改变。