MING‐KO WOO
Biographic Data
| ID | 5245397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | MING‐KO WOO |
| GIVEN NAMES | MING‐KO |
| FAMILY NAME | WOO |
| SIGNATURE | WOO M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9793-4453 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Geocryology
Summer Low Flow Events in the Mackenzie River System
Most northern rivers experience recurrent low flow conditions in the summer (June to September), and rivers of the Mackenzie Basin are no exception. Low flow affects water supply, poses problems for river traffic, and can adversely affect aquatic ecology. Factors that affect summer low flow, which encompasses flows below specified discharge thresholds of concern, include evapotranspiration that leads to water loss from flow-contributing areas, an…
Winter Flows in the Mackenzie Drainage System
Winter low flow of northern rivers refers to the diminished discharge between the time of rapid flow reduction in the freeze-up period and the arrival of spring freshet, when the flow makes a quick rise. For the Mackenzie River in Canada, the duration of the winter low-flow season so defined varies considerably within the river’s large basin (1.8 million km2); therefore, to give a common time frame that enables between-basin comparison we conside…
S. Brian McCann (1935–2004)
Science Meets Traditional Knowledge
In July 2005, several scientists from the Mackenzie GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) Study, known as MAGS, met with aboriginal people in Deline on the shore of Great Bear Lake to exchange information on climate and water in the region. Topics discussed pertained directly to the northern environment, and they included climate variability and change, wind, lightning, lake ice, lake level, and streamflow. The traditional knowledge sh…
Streamflow in the Mackenzie Basin, Canada
Rivers of the Mackenzie Basin exhibit several seasonal flow patterns that include the nival (snowmelt dominated), proglacial (influenced by glacier melt), wetland, prolacustrine (below large lakes), and regulated flow regimes. The Mackenzie amalgamates and moderates these regimes to deliver spring peak flows, followed by declining summer discharge and low winter flows, to the Arctic Ocean. The mountainous sub-basins in the west (Liard, Peace, and…
Water in Canada, water for Canada
Summer Solar Radiation in the Canadian High Arctic
The limited number of weather stations in the Canadian Arctic Islands has prevented the mapping of incoming shortwave radiation. A cloud layer model, using cloud observations reported by summer field camps supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Project, allows the computation of solar radiation for these widely scattered arctic sites. The calculated values were combined with the measured data from the weather stations to examine the temporal an…
Introduction
Damming James Bay
The damming of James Bay as proposed by the grand Canal Scheme will influence the hydrology of the coastal marshes. The salinity regime of two James Bay marshes were compared to understand the processes that govern salinity in the zone near mean high water (mhw) and to predict changes that may result from this proposed impoundment. Data suggest that sites along southern James Bay would be minimally affected because of the current low level of sal…
Impacts of Climate Warming on Transportation and the Regional Economy of Canada's North
Damming James Bay
The proposed grand Canal project calls for the damming of James Bay and the diversion of its water southward. This first part of a two‐part study models some potential impacts on the climate, water balance, and growth patterns in the James Bay coastal zone. Use is made of a linear relationship of Bowen ratio and temperature, developed from studies of coastal wetlands in southern and northwestern James Bay and central Hudson Bay. It is hypothesize…
Focus
Effects of Beaver Dams on Subarctic Wetland Hydrology
Beaver dams are ubiquitous in subarctic wetlands, where runoff in the flat terrain is highly prone to changes as the stream courses are modified by beaver activities. Depending on the state of preservation, stream flow can overtop or funnel through gaps in the dams, leak from the bottom of the dams or seep through the entire structure. Peak and low flows are regulated by these dams to a varying extent. The formation of beaver ponds causes local f…
Interbasin Water Transfers and the Régimes of Three Northwestern Ontario Rivers
Runoff régimes of three northwestern Ontario river systems undergoing interbasin transfer of water were compared to the natural flow patterns of neighbouring rivers. Long‐term diversion effects can be identified by analysing the probability distributions of annual runoff, annual floods, and annual low flows, representing mean, maximum, and minimum flow conditions of each year, respectively. Rivers exporting water have reduced annual flow and high…
Hydrology of a Drainage Basin in the Canadian High Arctic
Hydrologic research in the permafrost region has focused mainly upon individual processes. This study integrates the various processes acting on a High Arctic drainage basin, emphasizing the roles played by the energy balance, the uneven snow cover, and permafrost at shallow depths. Long polar winters cause substantial energy losses from the snowpack and the ground. Snowmelt begins in late May or June, and the melt within a basin is complicated b…
Le Pergélisol au Québec-Labrador
Measurement of Trace Rainfall at a High Arctic Site
Trace rainfall is defined as rainfall under 0.2 mm (or 0.05 in) which cannot be measured by conventional types of rain-gauges. In the Canadian Arctic Islands, trace rainfall is commonly reported by the government weather stations or by researchers in the field. Frequent occurence of such events is attributed to the moisture provided by the open water areas and melting snow (Barry and Hare, 1974). To date, however, the measurement of trace rainfal…
The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
Tundra ponds are ubiquitous features in the High Arctic. The water balance of one such pond situated on Ellesmere Island was found to be dependent upon the groundwater supplies from the internally-drained basin in which it was located. For the basin as a whole, evaporation constituted an important component of the water balance, accounting for over 90 per cent of the rainfall over a summer period of less than six weeks. Changes occurring in the q…
Modelling Daily Temperature Time Series
Modelling Daily Temperature Time Series
Water in Canada, water for Canada
Introduction
Damming James Bay
The damming of James Bay as proposed by the grand Canal Scheme will influence the hydrology of the coastal marshes. The salinity regime of two James Bay marshes were compared to understand the processes that govern salinity in the zone near mean high water (mhw) and to predict changes that may result from this proposed impoundment. Data suggest that sites along southern James Bay would be minimally affected because of the current low level of sal…
Damming James Bay
The proposed grand Canal project calls for the damming of James Bay and the diversion of its water southward. This first part of a two‐part study models some potential impacts on the climate, water balance, and growth patterns in the James Bay coastal zone. Use is made of a linear relationship of Bowen ratio and temperature, developed from studies of coastal wetlands in southern and northwestern James Bay and central Hudson Bay. It is hypothesize…
Interbasin Water Transfers and the Régimes of Three Northwestern Ontario Rivers
Runoff régimes of three northwestern Ontario river systems undergoing interbasin transfer of water were compared to the natural flow patterns of neighbouring rivers. Long‐term diversion effects can be identified by analysing the probability distributions of annual runoff, annual floods, and annual low flows, representing mean, maximum, and minimum flow conditions of each year, respectively. Rivers exporting water have reduced annual flow and high…
Hydrology of a Drainage Basin in the Canadian High Arctic
Hydrologic research in the permafrost region has focused mainly upon individual processes. This study integrates the various processes acting on a High Arctic drainage basin, emphasizing the roles played by the energy balance, the uneven snow cover, and permafrost at shallow depths. Long polar winters cause substantial energy losses from the snowpack and the ground. Snowmelt begins in late May or June, and the melt within a basin is complicated b…
Modelling Daily Temperature Time Series
The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
Tundra ponds are ubiquitous features in the High Arctic. The water balance of one such pond situated on Ellesmere Island was found to be dependent upon the groundwater supplies from the internally-drained basin in which it was located. For the basin as a whole, evaporation constituted an important component of the water balance, accounting for over 90 per cent of the rainfall over a summer period of less than six weeks. Changes occurring in the q…
Measurement of Trace Rainfall at a High Arctic Site
Trace rainfall is defined as rainfall under 0.2 mm (or 0.05 in) which cannot be measured by conventional types of rain-gauges. In the Canadian Arctic Islands, trace rainfall is commonly reported by the government weather stations or by researchers in the field. Frequent occurence of such events is attributed to the moisture provided by the open water areas and melting snow (Barry and Hare, 1974). To date, however, the measurement of trace rainfal…
Le Pergélisol au Québec-Labrador
Hydrology of a Drainage Basin in the Canadian High Arctic
Hydrologic research in the permafrost region has focused mainly upon individual processes. This study integrates the various processes acting on a High Arctic drainage basin, emphasizing the roles played by the energy balance, the uneven snow cover, and permafrost at shallow depths. Long polar winters cause substantial energy losses from the snowpack and the ground. Snowmelt begins in late May or June, and the melt within a basin is complicated b…
Interbasin Water Transfers and the Régimes of Three Northwestern Ontario Rivers
Runoff régimes of three northwestern Ontario river systems undergoing interbasin transfer of water were compared to the natural flow patterns of neighbouring rivers. Long‐term diversion effects can be identified by analysing the probability distributions of annual runoff, annual floods, and annual low flows, representing mean, maximum, and minimum flow conditions of each year, respectively. Rivers exporting water have reduced annual flow and high…
Effects of Beaver Dams on Subarctic Wetland Hydrology
Beaver dams are ubiquitous in subarctic wetlands, where runoff in the flat terrain is highly prone to changes as the stream courses are modified by beaver activities. Depending on the state of preservation, stream flow can overtop or funnel through gaps in the dams, leak from the bottom of the dams or seep through the entire structure. Peak and low flows are regulated by these dams to a varying extent. The formation of beaver ponds causes local f…
Damming James Bay
The damming of James Bay as proposed by the grand Canal Scheme will influence the hydrology of the coastal marshes. The salinity regime of two James Bay marshes were compared to understand the processes that govern salinity in the zone near mean high water (mhw) and to predict changes that may result from this proposed impoundment. Data suggest that sites along southern James Bay would be minimally affected because of the current low level of sal…
Impacts of Climate Warming on Transportation and the Regional Economy of Canada's North
Damming James Bay
The proposed grand Canal project calls for the damming of James Bay and the diversion of its water southward. This first part of a two‐part study models some potential impacts on the climate, water balance, and growth patterns in the James Bay coastal zone. Use is made of a linear relationship of Bowen ratio and temperature, developed from studies of coastal wetlands in southern and northwestern James Bay and central Hudson Bay. It is hypothesize…
Focus
Introduction
Summer Solar Radiation in the Canadian High Arctic
The limited number of weather stations in the Canadian Arctic Islands has prevented the mapping of incoming shortwave radiation. A cloud layer model, using cloud observations reported by summer field camps supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Project, allows the computation of solar radiation for these widely scattered arctic sites. The calculated values were combined with the measured data from the weather stations to examine the temporal an…
Water in Canada, water for Canada
Streamflow in the Mackenzie Basin, Canada
Rivers of the Mackenzie Basin exhibit several seasonal flow patterns that include the nival (snowmelt dominated), proglacial (influenced by glacier melt), wetland, prolacustrine (below large lakes), and regulated flow regimes. The Mackenzie amalgamates and moderates these regimes to deliver spring peak flows, followed by declining summer discharge and low winter flows, to the Arctic Ocean. The mountainous sub-basins in the west (Liard, Peace, and…
Science Meets Traditional Knowledge
In July 2005, several scientists from the Mackenzie GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) Study, known as MAGS, met with aboriginal people in Deline on the shore of Great Bear Lake to exchange information on climate and water in the region. Topics discussed pertained directly to the northern environment, and they included climate variability and change, wind, lightning, lake ice, lake level, and streamflow. The traditional knowledge sh…
S. Brian McCann (1935–2004)
Winter Flows in the Mackenzie Drainage System
Winter low flow of northern rivers refers to the diminished discharge between the time of rapid flow reduction in the freeze-up period and the arrival of spring freshet, when the flow makes a quick rise. For the Mackenzie River in Canada, the duration of the winter low-flow season so defined varies considerably within the river’s large basin (1.8 million km2); therefore, to give a common time frame that enables between-basin comparison we conside…
Summer Low Flow Events in the Mackenzie River System
Most northern rivers experience recurrent low flow conditions in the summer (June to September), and rivers of the Mackenzie Basin are no exception. Low flow affects water supply, poses problems for river traffic, and can adversely affect aquatic ecology. Factors that affect summer low flow, which encompasses flows below specified discharge thresholds of concern, include evapotranspiration that leads to water loss from flow-contributing areas, an…
Geocryology
Geography (18 works) · Geology (16 works) · Geology (16 works) · Environmental Science (12 works) · Oceanography (12 works) · Oceanography (12 works) · Climate change and permafrost (10 works) · Hydrology (agriculture) (10 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (7 works) · Ecology (7 works)