Freshwater

To understand the relative impact of regulation and climate change to the HBC, the freshwater team investigated the role of freshwater timing and magnitude on contemporary and future projections of freshwater-marine coupling in Hudson Bay. The team did this by developing continental-scale modelling of the entire Hudson Bay watershed. They conducted uncertainty assessments on the model and projected net changes to runoff under climate, regulation, and naturalized conditions. Results from this team were integral to the ability of other teams to evaluate the impacts of climate change and hydroelectric regulation on the physical, biological, and biogeochemical processes in the bay.

为探析监管与气候变化对加拿大北极湾（HBC）相对影响，淡水研究团队深入研究了淡水时空变化对当代及未来淡水-海洋耦合作用在哈德逊湾的预测。该团队通过构建涵盖整个哈德逊湾流域的陆域规模模型来实现此目标。他们对模型进行了不确定性评估，并预测了在气候、监管和自然化条件下径流净变化的趋势。该团队的研究成果对于其他团队评估气候变化和水电调节对湾内物理、生物及生物地球化学过程的影响至关重要。