Grant: University Faculty Award
University of Lethbridge
$40,000.00
Tributary-trunk interaction and glacier response to climate change in western Canada
FY 2008-09
Summary
Glaciers play an important role in the global environment. They are storage systems of most of the world's fresh water, they dramatically alter the landscape, they affect ecosystems and provide us with direct records of climatic and atmospheric conditions and changes. Glaciers are also situated in one of the most pristine and beautiful landscapes. In response to global warming, glaciers worldwide have been retreating and losing mass in the past 100-150 years, which has contributed significantly to global sealevel rise. One notable effect of glacier retreat is the overall disintegration of the glacier system: tributaries that were once attached to their trunk glaciers can become detached and cease feeding ice into these main glacier bodies. This research program quantifies these tributary-trunk interactions in western Canada using a suite of approaches, and will contribute to the advancement of our knowledge of glacier systems in order to improve the prediction of glacier and ice sheet dynamics and their response to climate change. Knowledge of the processes related to the presence and nature of tributaries will also hold tools for prediction of glacier recession rates, changes in flow regime and glacier surging.
Program
University Faculty Award
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
331196-2006
Name nom
Jiskoot, Hester
Department département
Geography
Organization id
12
Institution établissement
University of Lethbridge
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2008
Competition year année de concours
2006
Award amount
40000
Program id
UFASA
Program nane en
University Faculty Award
Program name fr
Programme d'appui aux professeurs universitaires
Group en
Training programs
Group fr
Programmes de bourse
Committee code
352
Committee name en
University Faculty Award
Committee name fr
Appui aux professeurs universitaires
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4505
Research subject group en
Hydrology
Research subject group fr
Hydrologie
Research subject en
Glaciology
Research subject fr
Glaciologie
Partie
0
Nb partie
NA
Application title
Tributary-trunk interaction and glacier response to climate change in western Canada
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Glaciers play an important role in the global environment. They are storage systems of most of the world's fresh water, they dramatically alter the landscape, they affect ecosystems and provide us with direct records of climatic and atmospheric conditions and changes. Glaciers are also situated in one of the most pristine and beautiful landscapes. In response to global warming, glaciers worldwide have been retreating and losing mass in the past 100-150 years, which has contributed significantly to global sealevel rise. One notable effect of glacier retreat is the overall disintegration of the glacier system: tributaries that were once attached to their trunk glaciers can become detached and cease feeding ice into these main glacier bodies. This research program quantifies these tributary-trunk interactions in western Canada using a suite of approaches, and will contribute to the advancement of our knowledge of glacier systems in order to improve the prediction of glacier and ice sheet dynamics and their response to climate change. Knowledge of the processes related to the presence and nature of tributaries will also hold tools for prediction of glacier recession rates, changes in flow regime and glacier surging.
