This book presents decade-long advances in atmospheric research in the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Canada, which encompasses environments representative of the coldest areas on Earth. Collaborative efforts by a team of about 100 scientists and engineers have yielded knowledge entirely transferable to other high latitude regions in America, Europe and Asia.

Auteur
Ming-ko Woo is Professor of Geography at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He serves on Editorial Board of the journal Nordic Hydrology and as Associate Editor for the journals Physical Geography and Geographie Physique et Quaternaire. Additionally, he is the Vice Chairman of the International Geographical Union, Commission/Study Group on Water Sustainability.

Contenu
The Mackenzie GEWEX Study: A Contribution to Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences.- The Mackenzie Climate System: A Synthesis of MAGS Atmospheric Research.- Climatological Analysis of the Mackenzie River Basin Anticyclones: Structure, Evolution and Interannual Variability.- Variability of Cold-Season Temperatures in the Mackenzie Basin.- Extreme Winter Warming over the Mackenzie Basin: Observations and Causes.- Water Vapor Fluxes over the Canadian Prairies and the Mackenzie River Basin.- Moisture Sources for Extreme Rainfall Events over the Mackenzie River Basin.- Precipitation Recycling in the Mackenzie and Three Other Major River Basins.- On the Cloud and Precipitating Systems over the Mackenzie Basin.- The Relationship between Monthly Precipitation and Elevation in the Alberta Foothills during the Foothills Orographic Precipitation Experiment.- On Predicting Maximum Snowfall.- Estimating Snow Water Equivalent in Northern Regions from Satellite Passive Microwave Data.- Mackenzie Basin Snow Cover: Variability and Trends from Conventional Data, Satellite Remote Sensing, and Canadian Regional Climate Model Simulations.- Recent Studies on the Climatology and Modeling of Blowing Snow in the Mackenzie River Basin.- On Blowing Snow and Sublimation in the Mackenzie River Basin.- Assessing Water and Energy Budgets for the Mackenzie River Basin.- Characteristics of the Moisture Flux Convergence over the Mackenzie River Basin for the 19902000 Wateryears.- The Influence of Lakes on the Regional Energy and Water Balance of the Central Mackenzie River Basin.- Mapping of Surface Albedo over Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations.- Comparison of Solar Radiation Budgets in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations and a Regional Climate Model.-Wildfire Aerosol and Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Mackenzie River Basin from Satellite Observations.- The Nature and Impacts of Thunderstorms in a Northern Climate.- Forest Fires and Climate Change in the Northwest Territories.- The Impact of CLASS in MAGS Monthly Ensemble Predictions.- The MAGS Regional Climate Modeling System: CRCM-MAGS.- Synopsis of Hydrologic Research under MAGS.