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Characterizing the impact of a dam on the thermal regime of the Fourchue River (Quebec)
A. Maheu1, A. St-Hilaire1, L. Beaupré1, A. Daigle1 and D. Caissie2
1Institut national de la recherche scientifique 2Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Symposium HydroNet - April 10th, 2013
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Plan
1. Overview of my research project
2. Case study on the Fourchue River
• Objectives
• Study area
• Methodology
• Results
• Conclusion
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Objective of my research project Characterize the impact of dams on the thermal regime of rivers according to the
type of dam
operation regime
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Ste-Anne QC
Fourchue QC Du Loup QC St-Jean QC
Petit Saguenay QC Dee NB
Gulqac NB Twillick NL
West Salmon NL
Bull BC
Elk BC St. Mary BC Mississagi ON
Aubinadong ON Magpie ON
Batchawana ON St-François QC
Bécancour QC Etchemin QC
Beaurivage QC
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Objectives of this presentation
Present a case study on the Fourchue River
1. Characterize the impact of a dam on the thermal regime of the Fourchue River
2. Test methodology (multivariate analysis) to select thermal indices describing modification of the thermal regime
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Study site: Fourchue River
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Methodology 1. Characterize the thermal regime Thermal indices
2. Compare thermal regime of reference vs. regulated sites using a multivariate analysis
Reference Regulated
PCA
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
magnitude max
mean
min
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
variability daily range
variance
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magnitude
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
magnitude
variability
duration
warm event threshold
cold event threshold
warm event duration
distance between warm events
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
magnitude
variability
duration
warm event threshold
cold event threshold
frequency of warm events
frequency
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
magnitude
variability
duration
frequency
timing
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max
min
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Principal component analysis (PCA) to select thermal indices that
- are highly informative.
- are non-redundant.
Two first principal components used for analysis.
- Explained 65 % of variance for the summer
- Explained 80 % of variance for the winter.
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1. Characterize 2. Compare
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Results
1. Summer
2. Winter
- Principal components analysis
- Thermal indices
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Summer – Selection of indices with PCA
VH2 : Coefficient of variation in maximum daily temperature
MM8 : Mean July temperature
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Summer – Modification of thermal regime
upstream
downstream
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The dam led to:
↑ mean temperature
↓ variance in maximum daily temperature
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Winter – Selection of indices with PCA
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MA2 : Median of the daily mean temperature VH2 : Coefficient of variation in maximum daily temperature FH1 : Number of warm events (> 1 ST) T2 : Date of the 25th percentile of the cumulative temperature distribution
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The dam led to: ↑ mean winter temperature ↓ variance in daily temperature ↑ number of warm events earlier timing of relative warm temperature (2 km downstream)
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Winter – Modification of thermal regime
upstream
downstream
5 km
2 km
upstream
2 km
5 km
downstream
same pattern as summer
likely an effect of riparian vegetation
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Winter – Modification of thermal regime
Temperature duration curve
2 km downstream
5 km downstream
upstream
No freezing conditions
Freezing for 55 % of time
Freezing for 85 % of time
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Conclusion PCA is a good tool to identify components of the thermal regime modified by dams.
Modification of the thermal regime of the Fourchue River - Summer described by 2 indices :
• Mean July temperature (↑ ) • Coefficient of variation in maximum daily temperature (↓)
- Winter described by 4 indices :
• Median winter temperature (↑ )
• Coefficient of variation in maximum daily temperature (↓)
• Date of the 25th percentile of the cumulative temperature distribution (↓ at 2km downstream)
• Number of days in freezing conditions (↓) should also be considered.
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Next step
Conduct similar analysis with pairs of rivers
across Canada
with different types of dam and operation regimes
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Acknowledgements
Laurie Beaupré Caitlin Good Preston Lennox Caroline Senay Gabriel Lanthier Camille Macnaughton Simonne Harvey-Lavoie Curtis Pennell Evans Timusk Adrian Hards Paula Thoms