ES11A:
River Ice Dynamics and Channel Morphology

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Session Title - en français: Dynamique de glace rivière et la morphologie du canal

Session ID#: 6228

Session Description:
Rivers in northern latitudes and mountainous regions are subject to ice cover for a substantial portion of each year.  River ice cover modifies hydraulic geometry and associated sediment transport capacity.  Sediment transport rate can be greatest when the ice cover breaks up during spring freshet.  River ice can also scour river banks and beds.  These processes influence channel morphology, but are poorly quantified, largely due to the difficulty of winter field measurements.  Furthermore, changing climate can influence the timing and location of river ice formation and dislocation, and thereby impact sedimentary dynamics and morphologies of northern rivers.  Recent improvements in autonomous instrumentation have allowed for better examination of the complex processes occurring in ice-covered rivers.  This session will focus on recent advances in understanding of river ice dynamics and winter sediment transport mechanics, with the goal of elucidating and modelling the mechanisms by which river ice influences channel morphology.
OSPA Liaison:  Shawn Clark, University of Manitoba, Civil Engineering, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Chairs:  Colin D Rennie, University of Ottawa, Department of Civil Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Thomas K Buffin-Belanger, University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, Rimouski, QC, Canada
Primary Convener:  Colin D Rennie, University of Ottawa, Department of Civil Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Conveners:  Thomas K Buffin-Belanger, University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, Rimouski, QC, Canada and Shawn Clark, University of Manitoba, Civil Engineering, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Index Terms:

1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
1856 River channels [HYDROLOGY]
1862 Sediment transport [HYDROLOGY]
1863 Snow and ice [HYDROLOGY]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ES11A-01
Hydropower Influences on River Ice Dynamics and Channel Morphology: A Matter of Thermal and Flow Scales (Invited) (33926)
Robert Ettema, Colorado State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States and University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
ES11A-02
Defining the state-of-the-art cold regions river engineering practice with fluvial morphology concepts (Invited) (36080)
Benoit Turcotte, Université Laval, Civil and Water Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada
ES11A-03
A Numerical Model for Ice Influenced Sediment Transport and Bed Change (Invited) (34244)
Ian Michael Wood Knack and Hung T Shen, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States
ES11A-04
MODELING RIVER ICE DYNAMICS USING MIKE11-ICE (35063)
Wael Taha1, Isabelle Theriault2 and Tristan Aubel1, (1)Lasalle | NHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Hydro-Québec, Équipements et services partagés, Montreal, QC, Canada
ES11A-05
Tree rings as indicators of ice jam regimes, triggering conditions and geomorphological impacts : the case of the Mistassini River (Eastern Canada) (35588)
Etienne Boucher1, Stephanie Morin2, Annie Lagadec2, Thomas K Buffin-Belanger3 and Daniel Germain4, (1)Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, (2)UQAM-GEOTOP, Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, Rimouski, QC, Canada, (4)UQAM, Montreal, Canada
ES11A-06
Under ice cover roughness and flow structure. (36782)
Thomas K Buffin-Belanger, Sylvio Demers and Taylor Olsen, University of Quebec at Rimouski UQAR, Rimouski, QC, Canada
ES11A-07
Sediment Tracking Throughout the Winter and Spring Breakup in a Gravel-bed River (36579)
Daniel Alexandre Bleau1, Jay Lacey1, Robert Leconte2 and Normand Bergeron3, (1)Université de Sherbrooke, Civil Engineering, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, (2)University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, (3)INRS, Quebec, QC, Canada
ES11A-08
Influence of Dynamic Ice Cover on Sediment Transport in an Alluvial Channel (34020)
Soheil Ghareh Aghaji Zare1, Stephanie Astrid Moore1, Colin D Rennie2, Ousmane Seidou2, Jarrod Malenchak3, Habib Ahmari4 and Saber Ansari2, (1)University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2)University of Ottawa, Department of Civil Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (3)Sediment and ice studies, Water Resources Engineering Department, Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (4)Water Resources Engineer, Golder Associates Ltd., Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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