Outputs (35)

A multi-model assessment of global freshwater temperature and thermoelectric power supply under climate change (2025)
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Jones, E. R., van Beek, R., Antonio Cardenas Belleza, G., Burek, P., Dugdale, S. J., Flörke, M., Fridman, D., Gosling, S. N., Kumar, R., & Mercado-Bettin, D. (in press). A multi-model assessment of global freshwater temperature and thermoelectric power supply under climate change. Environmental Research: Water, https://doi.org/10.1088/3033-4942/addffa

Water temperature is a key abiotic factor influencing aquatic ecosystem health and the services provided to both nature and humans. Global water temperature models offer possibilities to improve our understanding of water temperature regimes, which i... Read More about A multi-model assessment of global freshwater temperature and thermoelectric power supply under climate change.

Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers (2024)
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Dugdale, S. J., Malcolm, I. A., & Hannah, D. M. (2024). Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers. Journal of Hydrology, 635, Article 131163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131163

Climate change is increasing river temperature globally, altering the thermal suitability for iconic cold-water adapted fishes. In regions with low tree cover, the impacts of projected climate change on river temperature will be particularly pronounc... Read More about Understanding the effects of spatially variable riparian tree planting strategies to target water temperature reductions in rivers.

Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience (2024)
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Johnson, M. F., Albertson, L. K., Algar, A. C., Dugdale, S. J., Edwards, P., England, J., Gibbins, C., Kazama, S., Komori, D., MacColl, A. D., Scholl, E. A., Wilby, R. L., Roque, F. O., & Wood, P. J. (2024). Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 11(4), Article e1724. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1724

Rising water temperatures in rivers due to climate change are already having observable impacts on river ecosystems. Warming water has both direct and indirect impacts on aquatic life, and further aggravates pervasive issues such as eutrophication, p... Read More about Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience.

An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking (2023)
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Valman, S. J., Boyd, D. S., Carbonneau, P. E., Johnson, M. F., & Dugdale, S. J. (2024). An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking. Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, Article 113932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113932

Monitoring rivers is vital to manage the invaluable ecosystem services they provide, and also to mitigate the risks they pose to property and life through flooding and drought. Due to the vast extent and dynamic nature of river systems, Earth Observa... Read More about An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking.

Combining Landsat TIR ‐imagery data and ERA5 reanalysis information with different calibration strategies to improve simulations of streamflow and river temperature in the Canadian Subarctic (2023)
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Rincón, E., St‐hilaire, A., Bergeron, N. E., & Dugdale, S. J. (2023). Combining Landsat TIR ‐imagery data and ERA5 reanalysis information with different calibration strategies to improve simulations of streamflow and river temperature in the Canadian Subarctic. Hydrological Processes, 37(10), Article e15008. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15008

Arctic and Subarctic environments are among the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Increases in liquid precipitation and changes in snowmelt onset are cited as the main drivers of change in streamflow and water temperature patterns in some of... Read More about Combining Landsat TIR ‐imagery data and ERA5 reanalysis information with different calibration strategies to improve simulations of streamflow and river temperature in the Canadian Subarctic.

Drought impacts on river water temperature: A process‐based understanding from temperate climates (2023)
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White, J. C., Khamis, K., Dugdale, S., Jackson, F. L., Malcolm, I. A., Krause, S., & Hannah, D. M. (2023). Drought impacts on river water temperature: A process‐based understanding from temperate climates. Hydrological Processes, 37(10), Article e14958. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14958

High river water temperature (Tw) extremes have been widely reported during drought conditions as extreme low-flows often coincide with high atmospheric energy inputs. This has significant implications for freshwater ecosystem health and sustainable... Read More about Drought impacts on river water temperature: A process‐based understanding from temperate climates.

Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams (2023)
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Mejia, F. H., Ouellet, V., Briggs, M. A., Carlson, S. M., Casas‐Mulet, R., Chapman, M., Collins, M. J., Dugdale, S. J., Ebersole, J. L., Frechette, D. M., Fullerton, A. H., Gillis, C., Johnson, Z. C., Kelleher, C., Kurylyk, B. L., Lave, R., Letcher, B. H., Myrvold, K. M., Nadeau, T., Neville, H., …Torgersen, C. E. (2023). Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams. Global Change Biology, 29(19), 5482-5508. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16844

Human activities and climate change threaten coldwater organisms in freshwater ecosystems by causing rivers and streams to warm, increasing the intensity and frequency of warm temperature events, and reducing thermal heterogeneity. Cold-water refuges... Read More about Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams.

Analysis of Large-Scale Groundwater-Driven Cooling Zones in Rivers Using Thermal Infrared Imagery and Radon Measurements (2023)
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Fakhari, M., Raymond, J., Martel, R., Drolet, J. P., Dugdale, S. J., & Bergeron, N. (2023). Analysis of Large-Scale Groundwater-Driven Cooling Zones in Rivers Using Thermal Infrared Imagery and Radon Measurements. Water, 15(5), Article 873. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15050873

The role of groundwater (GW) discharge on surface water (SW) quantity, quality and temperature is known to be important. Moreover, the effect of GW contributions to river thermal budgets is critical in natural rivers considering that water temperatur... Read More about Analysis of Large-Scale Groundwater-Driven Cooling Zones in Rivers Using Thermal Infrared Imagery and Radon Measurements.

Identification of Thermal Refuges and Water Temperature Patterns in Salmonid-Bearing Subarctic Rivers of Northern Quebec (2022)
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Fakhari, M., Raymond, J., Martel, R., Dugdale, S. J., & Bergeron, N. (2022). Identification of Thermal Refuges and Water Temperature Patterns in Salmonid-Bearing Subarctic Rivers of Northern Quebec. Geographies, 2(3), 528-548. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies2030032

In summer, salmonids can experience thermal stress during extreme weather conditions. This may affect their growth and even threaten their survival. Cool water zones in rivers constitute thermal refuges, allowing fish to be more comfortable to grow a... Read More about Identification of Thermal Refuges and Water Temperature Patterns in Salmonid-Bearing Subarctic Rivers of Northern Quebec.

A possible role for river restoration enhancing biodiversity through interaction with wildfire (2022)
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Pugh, B. E., Colley, M., Dugdale, S. J., Edwards, P., Flitcroft, R., Holz, A., Johnson, M., Mariani, M., Means‐Brous, M., Meyer, K., Moffett, K. B., Renan, L., Schrodt, F., Thorne, C., Valman, S., Wijayratne, U., & Field, R. (2022). A possible role for river restoration enhancing biodiversity through interaction with wildfire. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(10), 1990-2004. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13555

Background: Historically, wildfire regimes produced important landscape-scale disturbances in many regions globally. The “pyrodiversity begets biodiversity” hypothesis suggests that wildfires that generate temporally and spatially heterogeneous mosai... Read More about A possible role for river restoration enhancing biodiversity through interaction with wildfire.