Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers (2023)

Canmore, Alberta

Session 1: Ice and Climate Change

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Assessment of Changes in Open versus Ice-influenced Annual Maximum Water Levels in select Canadian Rivers

Y. Dibike, L. de Rham, S. Beltaos, D.L. Peters, B. Bonsal
2.41 MB
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Investigation of Trends in River Ice in Manitoba, Canada

Lucas Wazney, Fuad Curi, Pouya Farokhzad
2.13 MB
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St. Lawrence River ice conditions: historical data and plausible future scenarios

Denise Sudom, Paul Barrette
1.31 MB
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Trends in Ice Conditions for Rivers in Ontario – Follow up

Fuad Curi, Pouya Farokhzad
487.30 KB

    Session 2: Student Session A – Numerical Modelling

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    Two-dimensional modelling of ice dam growth and release processes at Sundance Rapids

    Madison Stafford, Karen Dow, Jarrod Malenchak
    Student Paper
    972.87 KB
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    Evaluating a CFD model for three-dimensional simulation of ice structure interaction

    Hanif Pourshahbaz, Tadros Ghobrial, Ahmad Shakibaeinia
    Student Paper
    1.77 MB
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    A Numerical Study of Flow Beneath Floating Ice Blocks

    Armin Hajighasem Kashania, Peng Wu, Yee-Chung Jin
    Student Paper
    866.84 KB
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    Modelling Freeze-up Processes in a Small-Steep-Regulated River

    Heyu Fang, Yuntong She, Mark Loewen, Benoit Turcotte, David Andres
    Student Paper
    1.66 MB

      Session 3: Student Session B – Thermal Processes

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      Assessing heat flux formulas used in the full energy budget model for rivers during freeze-up

      Jiaqi Yang, Yuntong She, Mark Loewen
      Student Paper
      1.11 MB
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      Monitoring the formation and growth of lake ice under heavy snowfall

      Arash Rafat, Homa Kheyrollah Pour
      Student Paper
      1.34 MB
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      Laboratory study of frazil ice particle and floc evolution under increased heat flux during supercooling

      Chuankang Pei, Yuntong She, Mark Loewen
      Student Paper
      5.22 MB
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      Comparison between reanalysis and local weather data for estimating pre-break-up heat fluxes into the ice cover

      Sean Boyd, Tadros Ghobrial, Mark Loewen
      Student Paper
      1.14 MB

        Session 4: Student Session C – Advances in River Ice Engineering

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        Comparison of seasonal and year-long calibration approaches for hydrological modelling of winter discharge on the Chaudière River, Quebec

        Kh Rahat Usman, Tadros Ghobrial, François Anctil
        Student Paper
        1.10 MB
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        Frazil Ice Measurements Using the Four-Frequency AQUAscat Sonar

        Leila Shoorangiz, Shawn Clark
        Student Paper
        871.04 KB
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        Investigating the Effect of Incoming Ice Supply Rate on Hanging Dam Formation

        Randula Senarathbandara, Shawn Clark, Karen Dow
        Student Paper
        1.07 MB
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        Experimental investigation of border ice effect on bedform development

        Mina Rouzegar, Shawn Clark
        Student Paper
        797.51 KB
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        Progress in the development of an operational testbed using Delft-FEWS for river ice forecasting on the Chaudière River, Quebec

        Rodolfo Alvarado Montero, Kh Rahat Usman, Tadros Ghobrial, Arnejan van Loenen
        Student Paper
        1.94 MB

          Session 6: Remote Sensing Applications

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          Use of NASA CERES satellite data to calculate the net heat flux of the Dauphin River during supercooling

          Vincent McFarlane, Kyla Lim, Shawn Clark
          1.15 MB
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          Evaluating aerial drone based remote sensing technologies to document and measure fluvial ice covers

          Jason Duguay, Mélanie Trudel, Antoine Pruneau, Lucie Goethals, Jay Lacey
          2.67 MB
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          Towards a comprehensive assessment of hydrokinetic resource assessment in ice covered Canadian rivers using remote sensing

          Saber Ansari, Jinxing Huang, Tabitha Takeda, Torsten Geldsetzer, Joost Van der Sanden
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            Session 7: Monitoring, Forecasting, and Case Studies

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            Update on Breakup Forecasting and Ice Management with Lessons Learned from the February 2022 Churchville Ice Jam

            Jeff Wong
            1.51 MB
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            Ice Jamming on the Severn River near Bearskin Lake First Nation: 2019 Case Study and Assessment of Future Flooding Potential

            Lucas Wazney, Rick Carson
            1.96 MB
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            Remotely Monitoring NWT Ice Road thickness with SIMBA and Beadedstream Dataloggers and Thermistor Sensors

            Michael Lynch, Jerry English, Dustin Dewar, Kyle Little
            1.50 MB
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            Ice Jam Assessment and Town of Golden Ice Monitoring System (Kicking Horse River)

            David Kushner, Katy Curtis
            3.02 MB

              Session 8: Peace River Basin

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              The 2022 Flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Extent, Magnitude, Hydrology, and Historic Context

              Kevin Timoney, Martin Jasek
              2.70 MB
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              The 2022 Dynamic Mid-Winter Breakup on the Lower Little Smoky River, Alberta In the Context of A Historical Mid-Winter Breakup

              Jennifer Nafziger, Aleezah Arif, Alyssa Sandeman
              2.24 MB
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              Ice Jam Flood Frequency Analysis for the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Refining Projections by Modeling Historical Uncertainty

              Jonathan Lamontagne, Martin Jasek
              650.03 KB
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              Insights from the 2022 mechanical breakup of the lower Peace River and contribution to flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta

              Martin Jasek
              3.96 MB
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              Using logistic regression to identify the key hydrologic controls of ice-jam flooding near the Peace-Athabasca Delta: assessment of uncertainty

              Spyros Beltaos
              479.22 KB

                Session 9: Frazil, Freeze-up, and Mid-Winter Ice Processes

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                Field investigation of the effectiveness of mitigation measures for water intake blockage by ice

                Amandine Pierre, Tadros Ghobrial, Sean Boyd, Mark Loewen
                1.79 MB
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                Modelling freeze-up ice covers along the Exploits River, Newfoundland

                Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Mohammad Ghoreshi, Paul Barrette, Amir Ali Khan
                1.28 MB
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                Frazil Ice Blockage of Siphon during January 2022

                Chandler Engel, Jeremy Giovando
                1.72 MB
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                Controls on aufeis formation: lessons from a small Yukon stream

                Ashley Dubnick, Benoit Turcotte, Mederic Girard, Stephanie Saal
                1.13 MB
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                The National Research Council of Canada’s Large-Scale Frazil Ice Facility

                Robert Briggs, Fabien Souille, Stephen Keats, Bradley Butt, Vandad Talimi, Martin Richard
                2.79 MB

                  Session 10: Ice and Structures and Modelling

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                  Ice Regime Characterization Before, During, and After Construction of the Muskrat Falls Project

                  Joe Groeneveld, Kevin Lees, Greg Snyder, Daniel Damov, Scott O'Brien
                  2.16 MB
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                  Extending a stochastic modelling framework for ice-jam flood predictions with machine learning

                  Apurba Das, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
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                  Using Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation method for river ice jam calculations with HEC-RAS

                  Niklas Dahlberg, Juha Aaltonen, Mikko Huokuna
                  551.55 KB

                    Session 11: Posters

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                    Evaluation of hydro-meteorological and geometric criteria for forecasting the onset of breakup

                    Ehab Zidan, Tadros Ghobrial, Yuntong She
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                    Investigating Anchor Ice Formation and Release Events at the Outlet of Clark Lake

                    Samantha Wilson, Karen Dow, Jarrod Malenchak
                    432.76 KB
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                    Defining design ice jam water levels in rivers of northwestern Canada: limitations and recommendation

                    Benoit Turcotte
                    416.64 KB
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                    Ice-Resilient Water and Ice Level Monitoring

                    Jennifer Nafziger, Alyssa Sandeman
                    42.11 KB
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                    Towards optimizing preventative ice weakening work in the province of Quebec

                    Sara Azargashb Lord, Tadros Ghobrial
                    1.47 MB
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                    Ice Concerns for A River Intake near The Lower Boundary of Cold Regions in North America

                    Edward Kempema, Robert Ettema, John Sikora
                    677.15 KB
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                    A Web-Based Ice Jam Profile Model

                    Tyler Hoekstra, Julia Blackburn, Yuntong She, Weichen Qiu, Samer Adeeb
                    98.90 KB
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                    Open-water calibration of a CRISSP2D model of a multi-channel fluvial island system on the Assomption River in Quebec

                    Mathieu Fouquet, Jason Duguay, Victoria Litalien, Mélanie Trudel, Jay Lacey
                    7.72 MB

                      Session 12: Frequency, Hazard, and Risk

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                      Ice Jam-Induced Flood Vulnerability Assessment in a Multi-Channel Deltaic Stream. Case Study: Lower Moose River, Ontario

                      Soheil Zaré, Jason Shaw, Ian Knack, Joe Groeneveld, Tom Lavender
                      6.23 MB
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                      Ice-jam flood hazard assessment methodologies

                      Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Andrew Weiss, David Brown
                      590.14 KB
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                      Case Studies on Ice Jam Flood Frequency Estimation

                      Dan Healy, Nadia Kovachis
                      1.25 MB