Modelling the regional sensitivity of snowmelt, soil moisture,  and streamflow generation to climate over the Canadian  Prairies using a basin classification approach

He, Zhihua; Shook, Kevin; Spence, Christopher; Pomeroy, John W.; Whitfield, Colin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3525-2023

Articles | Volume 27, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3525-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3525-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 27, issue 19

Research article

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09 Oct 2023

Research article |

| 09 Oct 2023

Modelling the regional sensitivity of snowmelt, soil moisture, and streamflow generation to climate over the Canadian Prairies using a basin classification approach

Zhihua He, Kevin Shook, Christopher Spence, John W. Pomeroy, and Colin Whitfield

Data sets

Virtual Watershed Model Simulations for Typified Prairie Watersheds in Seven Basin Classes Z. He, K. Shook, C. Spence, J. Pomeroy, and C. Whitfield https://doi.org/10.20383/103.0815

Short summary

This study evaluated the impacts of climate change on snowmelt, soil moisture, and streamflow over the Canadian Prairies. The entire prairie region was divided into seven basin types. We found strong variations of hydrological sensitivity to precipitation and temperature changes in different land covers and basins, which suggests that different water management and adaptation methods are needed to address enhanced water stress due to expected climate change in different regions of the prairies.