Barrie R. Bonsal
Research Scientist
Climate Impacts on Hydrology and Ecology
Environment and climate change
Canada
Biography
Reviewer of the climate change science and impacts sections of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project; Member of Environment Canada’s climate change panel at the Mackenzie Oil and Gas Technical Hearings Science committee member of a CFCAS funded Network entitled “The Canadian Drought Research Initiative” whose main objective is to better understand the physical characteristics of and processes influencing Canadian Prairie droughts Thesis committee member of 3 PhD and 7 MSc students, as well as 1 post-doctoral fellow via Adjunct Professorships with the Department of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Victoria
Research Interest
Contributing to Environment Canada’s mandate to ensure aquatic ecosystems are conserved and protected
Publications
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Bonsal, B.R., T.D. Prowse, C.R. Duguay and M.P. Lacroix. 2006. Impacts of large-scale tele-connections on freshwater-ice duration over Canada. Journal of Hydrology. 330:340-353.
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Prowse, T.D., B.R. Bonsal, C.R. Duguay and M.P. Lacroix. 2007. River-Ice Break-Up/Freeze-Up: A Review of Climatic Drivers, Historical Trends and Future Predictions. Annals of Glaciology. 46:443-451.
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Bonsal, B.R. and M. Regier. 2007. Historical comparison of the 2001/2002 drought in the Canadian Prairies. Climate Research. 33:229-242.
