Ensemble Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Churchill River, Labrador Hydrology

The goal of the proposed research project is to develop a robust and useful analysis of the effects of
climate change on the hydrology of the Churchill River watershed in Labrador. The partner
organization, Nalcor Energy, is planning a multi-billion dollar hydroelectric development on the
Churchill River and has a strong interest in the impact climate change may have on initial project
engineering and operations throughout its lifespan. Specific objectives of this internship represent
some of the final milestones of a continuing research collaboration, the groundwork for which was laid
during past internships. Objectives include preprocessing various datasets, setting up and running a
hydrological and river routing model, validating model outputs, creating weighted ensembles from
three different analysis approaches and combining all results using probabilistic methods to produce a
useful representation of the impacts of climate change.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ken Snelgrove

Student:

Partner:

Nalcor Energy

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program: