Integrated Glacier Monitoring Practices

加拿大拥有除格陵兰岛和南极洲以外最大的冰川面积，由于北极高纬度地区的变暖程度高于其他地区，加拿大是海平面上升的主要原因。因此，我们必须提高快速预测冰川变化的能力。这个主席项目旨在：1)确定控制冰川径流总量和化学的过程；2)开发模型，在没有观测的地区提供冰川径流的快速估计。除了帮助预测海平面上升，这项研究还将揭示冰川变化如何影响北极景观、流域和生态系统的形成和改变。

Canada hosts the largest area of glaciers outside of Greenland and Antarctica and is a leading contributor to rising sea-level due to greater warming in the high-Arctic than elsewhere. It is therefore essential that we improve our ability to anticipate glacier changes quickly. This Chair program seeks to: 1) Determine the processes controlling the total volume and chemistry of glacier runoff and 2) Develop models that provide rapid estimates of glacier runoff in regions without observations. In addition to helping predict sea-level rise, this research will reveal how changing glaciers impact the creation and alteration of Arctic landscapes, watersheds, and ecosystems.