The Gerard Medal was established by the Committee in 1991 to recognize and remember the contributions made to the field of river ice engineering by the late Dr. R. (Larry) Gerard. The medal is awarded to the author or authors of the paper deemed to be the best amongst those presented at each Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers.
Dr. Gerard was a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta and was recognized world-wide for his contributions in river ice engineering. The International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) published a tribute detailing the career and accomplishments of Dr. Gerard as a part of the 11th International Symposium on Ice in Banff, Alberta in 1992.
Past Recipients of the Gerard Medal
Ice Thickness Forecasting on the Churchill River Using Machine Learning Models
Ian Turnbull, Michael Lynch
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Ice Thickness Forecasting on the Liard and Ndulee River Crossings in the Northwest Territories Using Snow-Ice Mass Balance Apparatus Devices and Machine Learning Models
Ian Turnbull, Michael Lynch
1.53 MB
Sediment Legacy of an Ice-jam Flood on Powder River in Southeastern Montana, USA
John Moody, Danny White, Glenn Gay
1.59 MB
Improving Ice-Affected Discharge Data at Water Survey of Canada Hydrometric Stations
Gregory Langston, Francois Rainville, Jean-Pascal Faubert, Stephanie Moore, James Bomhof
2.46 MB
The role of ice cover on momentum transfer in rivers of cold regions
Javad Souri, Trung Le
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Parameterizing Peak Mean Velocity using Manning’s Roughness Values and Simple Under Ice Applications
Jeff CW Wong
1.86 MB
Turbulent Dynamics in Ice-Covered Rivers: Insights from Continuous Acoustic Profiling in the Nelson River, Canada
Soheil Zaré, Colin Rennie
1.69 MB
Mapping and Ice Climatology of the Last Day of Backwater due to ice, “Last B date”, at a Subset of Hydrometric Stations across Canada: September 1, 1985 to August 31, 2015
Laurent de Rham, Daniel Peters, Yonas Dibike, Barrie Bonsal, Benoit Turcotte, Adrienne Tivy
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Using an operational index to foresee future ice scenarios in the Upper St. Lawrence River
Paul Barrette, Denise Sudom
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Investigation of Three Separate Breakup Processes and Related Flood Frequency Analyses for Application in Flood Mapping for the Yukon River at Dawson City, Yukon
Jeff Muirhead, Martin Jasek, Scott Dilling, Bethany Heppner, Holly Goulding
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