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Hudson Bay System Study (BaySys) Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine, Remote Sensing
Freshwater-marine coupling affects all aspects of the physical, biological and biogeochemical systems within Hudson Bay. The past century has seen significant hydroelectric... Read more -
BaySys Project Reports - Phase 1 and Phase 2 Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The BaySys project reports found here represent the primary deliverables of the BaySys project. The Phase 1 report includes all field campaign reports, and descriptions of data... Read more -
BaySys Ice Beacon Data- Churchill River (2017) and Hudson Bay (2018) Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
A series of focused field programs took place within Hudson Bay during 2017 to provide a time series of winter and summer observations from the Bay. The first of these field... Read more -
Marine/climate systems Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The marine/climate systems team worked to understand how changes in climate variability and hydroelectric regulation affected processes related to light, heat and momentum... Read more -
Freshwater Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
To understand the relative impact of regulation and climate change to the HBC, the freshwater team investigated the role of freshwater timing and magnitude on contemporary and... Read more -
Ocean modelling Project
Themes: Freshwater, Marine
Ocean modelling became its own team in the second year of the project to ensure the large-scale ocean modelling component could be completed and integrated into the rest of the... Read more -
Marine ecosystems Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The marine ecosystem team had two objectives: First, to assess how different drivers collectively affect biological productivity. Second, the team studied the diversity and... Read more -
Contaminants Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
Mercury is one of the primary contaminants of concern associated with hydroelectric regulation due to enhanced mercury methylation in flooded reservoirs and wetlands. The... Read more -
Carbon cycling Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The carbon cycling team focused on the role of freshwater in moderating the carbon system of Hudson Bay. This ultimately led to increasing our understanding of carbon cycling... Read more -
Carbon Sampling Data Dataset
Themes: Atmosphere, Freshwater, Marine
The dataset is a compilation of data measured and calculated by Team 3 and Team 4 from aboard the CCGS Amundsen for the BaySys project. The data were collected over several... Read more -
BaySys Remote Sensing Data Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
This data set encompasses all of the remote sensing data collected in relation to sea ice during the BaySys 2018 expedition (radiometric and UAV data). -
Sea-ice edge phytoplankton bloom Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
Satellite-derived sea-ice retreat timing (tR) and maximum chlorophyll-a concentration in the ice edge zone between 1998 and 2018. Sea ice concentration (SIC) was obtained from... Read more -
BaySys Physical Ice Sampling Data - 2017-2018 Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
Physical ice sampling data collected during the BaySys 2017 Churchill River and Mobile Ice Survey, the 2017 Nelson Estuary Landfast Ice Survey and the 2018 Hudson Bay Amundsen... Read more -
BaySys Theses and Dissertations Publication
Themes: Freshwater, Marine
A collection of completed graduate student theses and dissertations stemming from the BaySys project. -
Baysys Field Reports Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
Field reports for the BaySys project over the years 2016 to 2018. BaySys is a multi-year collaboration among industry partner Manitoba Hydro (Hydro Québec and Ouranos) and the... Read more -
BaySys Conference Posters & Presentations Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
A collection of BaySys project conference posters and presentations. These posters and presentations we delivered at national and international conferences by project HQP and... Read more -
BaySys SSC Meeting Feb18 - 2021 Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
This SSC meeting focused on the observation-modeling integration aspects of the project. Teams provided updates on their integrated manuscripts and discussed how they would fit... Read more