River ice processes involve complex interactions between hydrodynamic, mechanical, and
thermal processes. River ice research has largely been driven by engineering and …

River ice jams can cause extreme flood events with major consequences to infrastructure,
riverside communities, and aquatic life. Yet, it is only in the last few decades that concerted …

Currently, no river ice models are available that are free and open source software (FOSS),
which can be a hindrance to advancement in the field of modelling river ice processes. This …

River ice plays an important role in biophysical and socio-economic systems in northern
regions and is related to climate variability at both regional and global scales. The objective …

This chapter provides an overview of the recent progress on remote sensing of lake and
river ice. For lake ice, topics reviewed comprise the determination of: ice cover …

During the breakup of river ice covers, a greater potential for erosion occurs due to rising
discharge and moving ice and the highly dynamic waves that form upon ice-jam release …

Water quality is of significant concern and ultimately critical to every Canadian's quality of life
and security. Canada has diverse and vast landscapes and stressors that impact various …

This special issue of the Journal of Cold Regions Science and Technology presents
selected papers emanating from the 14th River Ice Workshop hosted by the Canadian …

Forecasting ice jams and their consequential flooding is more challenging than predicting
open water flood conditions. This is due to the chaotic nature of ice jam formation since …

Almost 60% of the rivers in the northern hemisphere experience significant seasonal effects
of river ice. In many of these northern rivers, ice-jam floods (IJFs) pose serious threats to …