Overview
- Provides students and practitioners with an understanding of theory and application of river ice processes
- Includes exercises designed for students to become familiar with available tools such as those used to process
- Prepares the reader with fundamental knowledge to be applied in monitoring, modelling and forecasting ice covers
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book exposes practitioners and decision-makers to the theory and application of river ice processes to gain a better understanding of these processes for modelling and ice flood hazard and risk assessment. It focuses on the following processes of the surface water ice: river freeze-up and flooding, mid-winter ice-cover breakup and flooding and end-of-winter ice-cover breakup and ice jamming. The reader will receive a fundamental understanding of the physical processes of each component and how they are applied in monitoring, modelling and flood hazard/risk assessment of river ice during the entire winter season, from freeze-up to potential mid-winter breakup and concluding with springtime ice-cover breakup and ice-jam flooding. Spreadsheet, geographical information system (GIS) and modelling exercises accompany each component to reinforce the theoretical principles learned. Step-by-step tutorial videos allow the reader to better engage with the book and learn the material faster.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, a Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and a Habilitation degree from the Technical University of Cottbus, Germany. Before his appointment at the University of Saskatchewan, Karl was with Manitoba Water Stewardship as a hydrologic modelling research engineer where one of his research topics involved monitoring and modelling river ice processes along the Red, Assiniboine and Dauphin Rivers.
His knowledge on river ice processes aided Red River Floodway operations, the Ice Jam Mitigation Program along the lower Red River and flood risk management of the Lake St. Martin/Dauphin River system. He has also extended his portfolio of river ice work and research to include the Slave River in the Northwest Territories, the Peace and Athabasca rivers in Alberta, the Saskatchewan (north and south) and Qu’Appelle rivers in Saskatchewan and the Churchill and Exploits rivers in Newfoundland/Labrador.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: River Ice Processes and Ice Flood Forecasting
Book Subtitle: A Guide for Practitioners and Students
Authors: Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49088-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49087-3Published: 02 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49090-3Due: 04 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49088-0Published: 01 February 2024
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 483
Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 429 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Hydrology/Water Resources