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Freshwater-marine coupling affects all aspects of the physical, biological and biogeochemical systems within Hudson Bay. The past century has seen significant hydroelectric development on rivers flowing into Hudson Bay, with more than 21,000 MW of annual production on the Nelson and La Grande river systems. Manitoba Hydro’s operations are closely linked to conditions in Hudson Bay through the regulation of outflows from Lake Winnipeg Regulation and the Lower Nelson River generating stations, as well as through the diversion of water from the Churchill River Diversion, which affect the timing, volume, and location of freshwater outflow into Hudson Bay.

Freshwater entering Hudson Bay is susceptible to modification, both in terms of water quality and quantity, through exchange processes in the watershed, and through climate forcing of the hydrological cycle both in space and time. A unique aspect of this system is the role that freshwater plays on both sea ice thermodynamic and dynamic processes within Hudson Bay. This freshwater-marine coupling affects all aspects of the Hudson Bay physical, biological and biogeochemical systems.

BaySys is led by Principal Investigators Dr. David Barber at the University of Manitoba and Kevin Sydor at Manitoba Hydro. The project is managed and coordinated by Lauren Candlish and Dr. David Landry at the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Kevin Sydor and Karen Wong at Manitoba Hydro.

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  • 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

    November 04, 2021

  • 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

    November 06, 2021

  • 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

    November 04, 2021

  • Lisa Matthes - PhD Project Project

    Themes: Marine

    This project includes all datasets that were collected within the PhD project by Lisa Matthes. Datasets were collected as part of two large system studies: a) Green Edge project... Read more

    March 09, 2022

  • 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

    October 08, 2021

  • 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

    November 04, 2021

  • 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

    November 06, 2021

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Title Hudson Bay System Study (BaySys)
Research Program Name
Keyword Vocabulary Polar Data Catalogue
Keyword Vocabulary URL https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary
Website https://umanitoba.ca/earth-observation-science/research/hudson-bay-system-study-baysys
Theme Cryosphere
Freshwater
Marine
Remote Sensing
Status Complete
Project DOI 10.5203/x6hd-2n79
Metadata Creation Date 2022
Publisher CanWIN
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Project Area Hudson Bay Complex
Spatial regions Hudson Bay
Spatial extent West Bound Longitude
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Project Start Date 2016-09-26
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Principal Investigators
Principal Investigators 1
Principal Investigator Name
Barber, David
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Personal
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David.Barber@umanitoba.ca
Principal Investigator Affiliation
Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
Principal Investigator ORCID ID
0000-0001-9466-3291
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Ali, Geneviève
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Kuzyk, Zou Zou
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Lobb, David
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Lovejoy, Connie
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Maps, Frédéric
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Mundy, Christopher
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Myers, Paul
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Owens, Philip
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Papakyriakou, Timothy
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Petticrew, Ellen
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Stadnyk, Tricia
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Archambault, Philippe
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Stern, Gary
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Tremblay, Jean-Éric
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Wang, Feiyue
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Bélanger, Simon
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Dery, Stephen
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Dmitrenko, Igor
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Ehn, Jens
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Else, Brent
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Fortier, Louis
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Guéguen, Céline
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Project Data Curator David Landry
Project Data Curator email David.Landry@umanitoba.ca
Project Data Curator Affiliation Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
Funder Information
Awards
Awards 1
Award Title
BaySys - Contributions of climate change and hydro-electric regulation to the variability and change of freshwater-marine coupling in the Hudson Bay system
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https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=696303
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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01h531d29
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