Staff Research Highlight - Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Snowpacks
We’re happy to highlight a new publication co-authored by Aquanty’s senior data scientist, Dr. Andre Erler, focused on the expected impacts that climate change will have on snow depth in mountainous regions. This research relies solely on regional climate projections and employs a very similar model configuration (WRF version 4). The WRF simulations used in this paper are described in detail in Erler & Peltier (2017).
Staff Research Highlight - Great Lakes Basin Heat Waves
We’re pleased to highlight new research co-authored by C1W collaborators at Aquanty (Andre Erler) and the University of Toronto (Dr. Richard Peltier). This new paper explores the effects of climate change and greenhouse gases on extreme heat events in the Great Lakes region.
Staff Research Highlight - Future snow changes over the Columbia Mountains, Canada, using a distributed snow model
This paper, co-authored by Andre Erler and researchers from the University of Northern British Columbia, investigates climate change impacts on snow depth using a distributed snow model called SnowModel. Snowmelt is an essential water source for communities, and seasonal snow accumulation in many regions is decreasing with each passing year. Water managers, communities, and policymakers can benefit from improved snow modeling forecasts to inform their decision making and understand vulnerabilities to their water supply systems.
Staff Research Highlight - Evaluating the significance of wetland representation in isotope-enabled distributed hydrologic modeling in mesoscale Precambrian shield watersheds
Aquanty’s very own Arghavan Tafvizi had her PhD research paper “Evaluating the Significance of Wetland Representation in Isotope-Enabled Distributed Hydrologic Modeling in Mesoscale Precambrian Shield Watershed” published in the Journal of Hydrology.
Staff Research Highlight - Comparative Valuation of Three Ecosystem Services in a Canadian Watershed Using Global, Regional, and Local Unit Values
This new study, authored by Dr. Tariq Aziz, aims to compare ecosystem services values derived from three different sources: locally derived unit values specific to the Grand River Watershed, unit values from a regional database, and unit values compiled in the global Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD).
Staff Research Highlight - Accounting impacts of renewable energy expansions on ecosystem services to balance the trade-offs
This new study, authored by Dr. Tariq Aziz, investigates the complex and often competing relationship between two vital components of our world: renewable energy systems and ecosystem services. Renewable energy is becoming increasingly popular as the demand for energy rises and appeal for fossil energy sources, such as oil, gas, or coal, diminishes.
Physics and Ecology in Fluids: Modeling and Numerical Experiments
Morris et al. 2022 is a meta-analysis of 2507 peatland soil samples across Northern Canada and parts of Europe, which relates saturated hydraulic conductivity to depth and more commonly measured parameters like bulk density or the Van Post Humification Scale.
Aquanty Staff Research Highlight – Saturated hydraulic conductivity in northern peats inferred from other measurements
Morris et al. 2022 is a meta-analysis of 2507 peatland soil samples across Northern Canada and parts of Europe, which relates saturated hydraulic conductivity to depth and more commonly measured parameters like bulk density or the Van Post Humification Scale.