Floods & Droughts

GENERAL

Floods and droughts play a crucial role in the design of hydraulics structures as well as in assimilative the capacity of rivers. As such, this research focuses on the best approach (i.e., best model) for the estimation high and low flows using frequency analysis using historical data and under climate change. The project also addresses regional flood and low flows, as such estimation are required for ungauged rivers. Researchers at the Climatic and Hydroscience Lab study floods and droughts using both the Peak Over Threshold (POT) or Deficit Below Threshold (DBT) as well as the Annual Flow Series (AFS) approaches.

PROJECTS

Projects funded by New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund (ETF) :

Design manual for floods and droughts under climate change scenarios in New Brunswick (2010-2011);
Impact of climate change on floods and droughts under climate scenarios in New Brunswick (2009-2010).

CONFERENCES

El-Jabi, N., Turkkan, N. and Caissie, D. (2009), Floods and Droughts modeling under climate change scenarios using neural networks, 7th International Conference EWRA, 25-27 June, 2009, Limassol, Cyprus, 371-378. [1]

PUBLICATIONS

Nassir El-Jabi, Daniel Caissie & Noyan Turkkan (2015): Flood analysis and flood projections under climate change in New Brunswick, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques [2]

N. El-Jabi, D. Caissie and N. Turkkan, "Impact of Climate Change on Floods & Droughts in New Brunswick" WaterNews, Vol. 34, No.1, 2014, pp.16-19. [3]

N. El-Jabi, N. Turkkan and D. Caissie, "Regional Climate Index for Floods and Droughts Using Canadian Climate Model (CGCM3.1)," American Journal of Climate Change, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2013, pp. 106-115. doi: 10.4236/ajcc.2013.22011. [4]

Aucoin, F., D. Caissie, N. El-Jabi & N. Turkkan. (2011), Flood Frequency Analysis for New Brunswick Rivers, Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2920 [5]

Caissie, D., L. LeBlanc, J. Bourgeois, N. El-Jabi & N. Turkkan. (2011) Low Flow Estimation for New Brunswick Rivers, Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2918 [6]

Turkkan, N., N. El-Jabi & D. Caissie (2011) Floods & Droughts under Different Climate Change Scenarios in NB, Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2928 [7]

Benyahya, L., D. Caissie, F. Ashkar, N. El-Jabi, M.G. Satish. (2009) Comparison of the annual minimum flow and the deficit below threshold approaches: case study for the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2009, 36:(9) 1421-1434 [8]