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The spatial extent of hydrological and landscape changes across the mountains and prairies of Canada in the Mackenzie and Nelson River basins based on data from a warm-season time window
Paul H. Whitfield
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 1K2, Canada
Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink
Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Kevin R. Shook
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 1K2, Canada
John W. Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 1K2, Canada
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Short summary
Using only warm season streamflow records, regime and change classifications were produced for ~ 400 watersheds in the Nelson and Mackenzie River basins, and trends in water storage and vegetation were detected from satellite imagery. Three areas show consistent changes: north of 60° (increased streamflow and basin greenness), in the western Boreal Plains (decreased streamflow and basin greenness), and across the Prairies (three different patterns of increased streamflow and basin wetness).
Using only warm season streamflow records, regime and change classifications were produced for...
