With May upon us, the snowmelt has finally arrived at the Catfish Creek Watershed, and with it the 2014 field season. The past two weeks have brought the bulk of the freshet, straining our in-stream instruments and overtopping wells that are usually intended for measuring depth below the ground surface to the perched water table. In a… Continue reading Out with the snow, in with Field Season 2014!
Category: Field work
Field season wraps up in the Catfish Creek Watershed…
Freeze-up came at the end of November in Catfish Creek Watershed, bringing a close to the 2013 field season. Water and weather monitoring instruments not designed for extreme low temperatures or in danger of being drifted over by snow were removed from the watershed through the month of November. In total, 26 perched water table… Continue reading Field season wraps up in the Catfish Creek Watershed…
It is raining blue in Manitoba…
It is very exciting to simulate rainfall and follow the water through different soil and bedrock layers... especially when the water is blue! Lauren Timlick successfully led a rainfall simulation and dye tracing experiment in the Steppler Watershed (South-Central Manitoba) on June 25th, 2013. Lauren's summer project focuses on subsurface flow patterns, especially preferential flow… Continue reading It is raining blue in Manitoba…
Snow melt, ice jams and high waters are keeping us busy!
Well... the melt finally started last week-end and was rather dramatic. The good news is that we have great data and pictures on the way. The bad news is that some of our equipment was washed off or unplugged from the recording devices due to the ice jams and strong currents!
Prepping for the 2013 spring melt
The team has been working in full capacity to deploy stilling wells, perched water table wells, weather stations and automatic water samplers in the field in prevision of the upcoming open water season. And there is a LOT of snow out there...
Ecohydrological Systems Laboratory - Laboratoire sur les systèmes écohydrologiques 