Title: River Ice Breakup
Editor: Spyros Beltaos
Specifications: Hard Cover, 480 pp,
12 photos in color

ISBN 13: 978-1-887201-50-6
ISBN 10: 1-887201-50-5

Price: US $85
Cat No: RIB

A collaborative effort by different experts in the field of river ice, contributing their unique expertise and focusing on different aspects of river ice breakup processes and associated problems.

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From the Table of Contents:

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION<>Brian C. Burrell
PROLOGUE • ICE BREAKUP IN LAKES, RIVERS, AND ESTUARIES • RELEVANCE OF ICE BREAKUP TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY • OVERVIEW OF ICE BREAKUP EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT • EFFECT OF REGULATION ON RIVER ICE BREAKUP • ACQUIRING INFORMATION ABOUT BREAKUP • CONTENT

CHAPTER 2 - THE ICE CYCLE OF CANADIAN RIVERS<>David Milburn
INTRODUCTION • FREEZEUP • WINTER • BREAKUP • REGIONAL DIFFERENCES • DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS • APPENDIX 2.A.

CHAPTER 3 - OVERVIEW OF THE BREAKUP PROCESS<>Spyros Beltaos
INTRODUCTION • TRIGGERS OF BREAKUP • TYPES OF BREAKUP EVENTS • ICE JAMS AND JAVES • BREAKUP PATTERNS

CHAPTER 4 - HEAT TRANSFER AND ICE COVER DECAY<>Faye Hicks, Wei Cui & George Ashton
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ICE COVER DECAY PROCESSES • METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING THE THERMAL DECAY OF ICE • APPLICATIONS TO THERMAL BREAKUP AND ICE MELT MODELLING • SUMMARY • APPENDIX 4.A. CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER TO ROUGH BOUNDARIES (ADAPTED FROM BELTAOS AND BURRELL 2006) • APPENDIX 4.B.

CHAPTER 5 - PRE-BREAKUP PERIOD<>Spyros Beltaos
THERMAL EFFECTS • HYDRAULIC EFFECTS • HYDROMECHANICAL EFFECTS • SUMMARY • APPENDIX 5.A.

CHAPTER 6 - ONSET OF BREAKUP<>Spyros Beltaos
PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DEFINITIONS • EMPIRICAL FINDINGS • THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND SEMI – EMPIRICAL FORMULATIONS • TESTING OF BREAKUP CRITERIA • SCALE EFFECT ON ICE STRENGTH • EFFECT OF JAVES ON BREAKUP INITIATION • IMPLICATIONS OF ONSET MECHANISM TO JAM FORMATION AND ICE CLEARANCE • EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION • OCCURRENCE OF THERMAL BREAKUP EVENTS • CLOSING REMARKS AND RESEARCH NEEDS • APPENDIX 6.A.

CHAPTER 7 - ICE JAMS<>Spyros Beltaos
INTRODUCTION • ICE JAM EVOLUTION • PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAKUP ICE JAMS • PREDICTING FLOODING POTENTIAL • THERMAL ASPECTS • ICE JAM MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION • SUMMARY • APPENDIX 7.A.

CHAPTER 8 - ICE-JAM RELEASE: JAVES, ICE RUNS AND BREAKING FRONTS<>Martin Jasek & Spyros Beltaos
DIFFERENT TYPES OF RIVER WAVES • CAUSES OF ICE-JAM RELEASE • UNIMPEDED ICE RUNS AND JAVES • IMPEDED ICE RUNS AND BREAKING FRONTS • BREAKUP PROGRESSION AND ICE CLEARANCE • JAVE MODELLING • SEDIMENT TRANSPORT • SUMMARY • APPENDIX 8.A.

CHAPTER 9 - DEVELOPMENT OF ICE-AFFECTED STAGE-FREQUENCY CURVES<>Kathleen D. White
INTRODUCTION • BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STAGE-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS • PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ICE • METHODS FOR DETERMINING ICE-AFFECTED STAGE-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIPS • CONCLUSIONS • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • APPENDIX 9.A.

CHAPTER 10 - BREAKUP ICE JAM FORECASTING<>Kathleen D. White
INTRODUCTION • FORECASTING ICE JAM OCCURRENCE BASED ON ICE COVER BREAKUP • FORECASTING BREAKUP ICE JAMS • CONCLUSIONS • APPENDIX 10.A.

CHAPTER 11 - ICE BREAKUP: A NEGLECTED FACTOR IN RIVER ECOLOGY<>Terry D. Prowse & Joseph M. Culp
INTRODUCTION • ABIOTIC TEMPLATE • BIOTIC EFFECTS AND RESPONSES • WATER QUALITY CHANGES AND EFFECTS • SUMMARY DISCUSSION • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 12 - CLIMATIC ASPECTS<>Spyros Beltaos & Brian C. Burrell
INTRODUCTION • UNDERSTANDING CLIMATIC CHANGE • THE CHANGING CLIMATE – A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE • CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON GOVERNING BREAKUP FACTORS • KNOWN ICE REGIME RESPONSES TO CLIMATIC VARIABILITY • FORESEEABLE CHANGES AND RELATED IMPACTS • DISCUSSION: RELATED IMPACTS • RESEARCH NEEDS • SUMMARY

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