Resources on the 2014 Assiniboine River Flood
Scientific Journal Publications
Ahmari, H., Blais, E. L., & Greshuk, J. (2016). The 2014 flood event in the Assiniboine River Basin: Causes, assessment and damage. Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 41(1-2), 85-93.
Dumanski, S., Pomeroy, J. W., & Westbrook, C. J. (2015). Hydrological regime changes in a Canadian Prairie basin. Hydrological Processes, 29(18), 3893-3904.
Szeto, K., Gysbers, P., Brimelow, J., & Stewart, R. (2015). The 2014 Extreme Flood on the Southeastern Canadian Prairies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(12), S20-S24.
Selected Media Coverage
July 7, 2014, Margaret Munro, Changing climate at root of 'utterly unprecedented' summer flood, Canada.com
July 9, 2014, Ivan Semeniuk, Loss of ponds, wetlands exacerbated Manitoba flooding: report, The Globe and Mail
July 10, 2014, author unknown, Flood of 2014 a $1B hit for Manitoba farmers: KAP, CBC News Manitoba
July 10, 2014, Adriana Christianson, Wetalnd draining contributing to high water flows, News Talk 980 CJME
July 12, 2014, Emily Chan, Prairie farmers frustrated as flooding drowns crops, CTVNews.ca
July 12, 2014, John Pomeroy, Manitoba at ground zero, Winnipeg Free Press
July 18, 2014, Karen Briere, Pay farmers to stop drainage: research chair, The Western Producer
October 8, 2014, Robert Armason, Extreme precipitation causes flooding, not drainage: Expert, The Western Producer
November 29, 2015, Joyanne Pursaga, Climate change strategy proves challenging, Winnipeg Sun
Relevant Report
Pomeroy J.W., Shook K., Fang X., Dumanski S., Westbrook C. & Brown T. (2014). Improving and Testing the Prairie Hydrological Model at Smith Creek Research Basin. University of Saskatchewan Centre for Hydrology Report #14