Chairs: Oliver Sonnentag, University of Montreal, Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada and Philip Marsh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Primary Convener: Oliver Sonnentag, Université de Montréal, Département de géographie, Montreal, Canada
Co-conveners: Philip Marsh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Aaron A Berg, University of Guelph, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Guelph, ON, Canada and Jennifer Lynn Baltzer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada
OSPA Liaison: Jennifer Lynn Baltzer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada
High Latitude Snow Cover from Satellite and Model-Derived Products: Quantifying Uncertainty in Current Datasets and Identifying Potential Future Opportunities (Invited) (5120)
Christopher Derksen1, Ross Brown2, Lawrence Mudryk3, Joshua M King4 and Peter Toose1, (1)Environment Canada Toronto, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Environment Canada @ OURANOS Inc., Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, ON, Canada, (4)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Reseach Division, Toronto, ON, Canada
A Geographic Perspective on Factors Controlling Post-Fire Succession in Boreal Black Spruce Forests in Western North America (Invited) (5244)
Eric S Kasischke, University of Maryland, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States; NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Evan S Kane, Michigan Technological University, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Houghton, United States, Helene Genet, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Merritt R Turetsky, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, United States, Dr. Jonathan A O'Donnell, National Park Service Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, Elizabeth Embury Hoy, Global Science and Technology Inc Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kirsten Barrett, Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester / Leicester Institute for Space and Earth Observation, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, UK, Leicester, United Kingdom and Jennifer Lynn Baltzer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Will climate change exceed the resilience limits of western Canadian peatlands? (Invited) (5580)
Merritt R Turetsky, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, United States, Brian Benscoter, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Washington, DC, United States and David Olefeldt, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Implications of treeline shift and increasing wetland cover for regional climate in northwestern Canada (7077)
Oliver Sonnentag1, Manuel Helbig2, Fanny Payette2, Karoline Wischnewski2, Jennifer Lynn Baltzer3, William L Quinton4 and Philip Marsh5, (1)University of Montreal, Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (4)Wilfrid Laurier University, Cold Regions Research Centre, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (5)Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Multi-Scale Responses to Changing Climate in Lake and Terrestrial Ecosystems over the Past 200 Years at Treeline in Northern Manitoba (7859)
Charles E Umbanhowar Jr, St. Olaf College, Biology and Environmental Studies, Northfield, United States, Evan R Larson, University of Wisconsin Platteville, Platteville, WI, United States, William O Hobbs, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Mark B Edlund, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Marine on St. Croix, United States, Philip Camill, Bowdoin College, Earth and Oceanographic Science Dept. and Environmental Studies Program, Brunswick, United States and Christoph E Geiss, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, United States
The Changing Cold Regions Network: Improving the Understanding and Prediction of Changing Land, Water, and Climate in the Mackenzie and Saskatchewan River Basins, Canada (11529)
Chris M DeBeer1, Howard S. Wheater2, Kwok Pan Chun1, Kevin Shook3 and Paul H Whitfield4, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology and Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (3)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (4)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore, AB, Canada
The Effects of Climate and Fire on Peatland Carbon Dynamics in Central and Eastern Canada (17077)
Daniel Lesser1, Cameron Adams1, Anna Westervelt1, Anna Bourakovsky1, Catherine Hamley1, Anna Hall1, Philip Camill2 and Charles E Umbanhowar Jr3, (1)Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, United States, (2)Bowdoin College, Earth and Oceanographic Science Dept. and Environmental Studies Program, Brunswick, United States, (3)St. Olaf College, Biology and Environmental Studies, Northfield, United States
Changes in snowfall and snow on the ground in the Western Canadian Arctic and implications to streamflow (19855)
Philip Marsh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Lance Lesack, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Xiaogang Shi, CSIRO Canberra, Land and Water, Canberra, Australia and Daqing Yang, National Hydrology Research Center, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
The relationship of increasing trends in GRACE observed total water storage to landscape changes in the Southern Taiga Plains (26226)
Aaron A Berg1, William L Quinton2, Jianliang Huang3, Laura Chasmer4, Jaison Thomas Ambadan Thomas5, Ryan Connon6 and Lindsay Stone6, (1)University of Guelph, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Guelph, ON, Canada, (2)Wilfrid Laurier University, Cold Regions Research Centre, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (3)Canadian Geodetic Survey, SGB, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (4)University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (5)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (6)Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
