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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 -
Green Edge Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
In Green Edge, we focus on primary productivity and on the fate of organic matter produced by phytoplankton during the most productive period of the year: spring. Green Edge is... Read more -
Southampton Island Marine Ecosystem Project Project
Themes: Freshwater, Marine
Southampton Island Marine Ecosystem Project (SIMEP) Global warming is forcing rapid change to Canada’s marine Arctic icescape and its associated ecosystem, while the increasing... Read more -
Manitoba Great Lakes Program Infographic Publication
Themes: Freshwater, Remote Sensing
Manitoba Great Lakes Program Infographic -
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 -
IPY-CFL Ice Beacon Data Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
Ice beacons are used to monitor sea ice motion, which is an important element in mass balance calculations, ice thermodynamic modeling, ice management and ecosystem studies.... Read more -
Ice Covered Ecosystems - CAMbridge Bay Process Studies Project
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
Ice Covered Ecosystems - CAMbridge bay Process Studies (ICE-CAMPS) Sea ice algae are an important contributor of primary production in the Arctic ecosystem. Within the bottom-... Read more -
Climate Change in the Hudson Bay Complex: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities... Publication
Themes: Cryosphere, Freshwater, Marine
This climate-impact assessment was completed by researchers at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) with financial support from Transport... 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). -
FTIR Autecological Analysis of Bottom-Ice Diatom Taxa Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere, Marine
A recent study demonstrated that a tidal strait, where a shoaled and constricted waterway increases tidally driven sub-ice currents and turbulence, represent ice algal... Read more -
The Southampton Island Marine Ecosystem Project, 2019 Cruise Report, 2-29... Publication
Themes: Freshwater, Marine
Climate warming is forcing rapid change to Canada’s marine Arctic icescape (Hochheim and Barber 2010) and its associated ecosystem, while the increasing ice-free season is... Read more -
Manitoba Great Lakes Protocols Publication
Themes: Freshwater
Sample collection, processing and analytical methods for the Manitoba Great Lakes Program at the University of Manitoba.