CGU-HS Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment Course Notes for Short Course on River Ice Modelling

• Course Notes for Short Course on River Ice Modelling Presented by Canadian Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section, Committee on River Ice Processes and the Environment

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Jennifer Nafziger, Michael Brayall, Vincent McFarlane, Julia Blackburn, Kevin Lees, Dan Healy, Joe Groeneveld

• Course notes including detailed instructions for the short course on river ice modelling that was held as part of the Committee on River Ice Processes and Environment's Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice-Covered Rivers on Canmore in July 2023. Topics covered include a brief introduction to river ice processes, introduction to the Peace River case study, HEC-RAS modeling of simple ice covers, HEC-RAS modelling of ice jams, model geometry modifications, ice cover formation and progression modelling with River1D. Also included in the Appendix is a summary of several river ice models available. 274 pages.

• Date created

  2023-07-13

• Subjects / Keywords

  • river ice, ice jam, breakup, freeze-up, modelling, HEC-RAS, River1D, Peace River
  • Peace River, Town of Peace River

• Type of Item

  Learning Object

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-tp6a-5q50

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International