Yonas B. Dibike (Ph.D., P.Eng.)

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Chercheur scientifique

Modélisation hydrologique et études d'impact sur l'hydroclimat

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Contribuer à certains domaines prioritaires d' Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (ECCC), notamment l'adaptation au changement climatique (CCA), le Programme commun de surveillance et de recherche pour les sables bitumineux et l'Initiative du bassin du lac Winnipeg (LWBI).

Énoncés de recherches/projets

Modélisation hydrologique, hydrodynamique et de transport, y compris analyse hydro-climatique à l'échelle des bassins versants et études d'impact

  • Modélisation hydrologique du bassin de la rivière Assiniboine pour améliorer la compréhension et la prévision de la dynamique des éléments nutritifs
  • Modélisation des répercussions des rejets de résidus de sables bitumineux sur la qualité de l'eau du cours inférieur de la rivière Athabasca

  • Modélisation hydrologique du bassin de la rivière Athabasca pour étudier les changements prévus dans la disponibilité de l'eau dans la région.

  • Modélisation hydrodynamique et des transports du réseau hydrographique inférieur de la rivière Athabasca pour l'analyse de la qualité de l'eau

  • Analyse et modélisation des impacts de la variabilité et des changements climatiques sur l'hydrologie et les ressources en eau de l'Ouest canadien

Activités professionnelles / intérêts

Ingénieur (ing.), Ordre des ingénieurs de l'Ontario (PEO)

Membre du comité de rédaction de Climate - une revue internationale en libre accès

Réviseur de manuscrits – Journal of Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques

Prix et études

  • Boursier de recherche industrielle (Hydro-Québec et Ouranos) du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG)
  • Boursier de recherches postdoctorales Université McMaster
  • Doctorat en Hydro-informatique, Université technique de Delft, Pays Bas

Expérience et / ou de travail international

Contribute to the international collaborative project commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) that has produced the Arctic Freshwater Synthesis (AFS)
 

Principales publications

Dibike, Y., Shrestha, R.R., Johnson, C., Bonsal, B. and Coulibaly, P. 2021. Assessing Climatic Drivers of Spring Mean and Annual Maximum Flows in Western Canadian River Basins. Water, 13(12), p.1617.

Dibike, Y.,  J. Hartmann, L. de Rham, S. Beltaos, D.L. Peters, B. Bonsal. 2021. Exploratory Data Analysis of Ice-Related Variables in the Canadian River Ice Database and their Correlations with Seasonal Temperature, Proceedings of thr 21st CRIPE Workshop (virtual) on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers, August 29 - September 01, 2021 

Ahmed, R., Prowse, T., Dibike, Y. and Bonsal, B. Effects of Climatic Drivers and Teleconnections on Late 20th Century Trends in Spring Freshet of Four Major Arctic-Draining Rivers. Water, 13(2), p.179.

Dibike, Y., Muhammad, A., Shrestha, R.R., Spence, C., Bonsal, B., de Rham, L., Rowley, J., Evenson, G. and Stadnyk, T. 2020. Application of dynamic contributing area for modelling the hydrologic response of the Assiniboine River Basin to a changing climate. Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Bonsal, B., Shrestha, R.R., Dibike, Y., Peters, D.L., Spence, C., Mudryk, L. and Yang, D., 2020. Western Canadian Freshwater Availability: Current and Future Vulnerabilities. Environmental Reviews, (ja).

de Rham, L., Dibike, Y., Beltaos, S., Peters, D., Bonsal, B. and Prowse, T. 2020. A Canadian River Ice Database from National Hydrometric Program Archives. Earth System Science Data, pp.1-43.

Ahmed, R., Prowse, T., Dibike, Y., Bonsal, B. and O'Neil, H. 2020. Recent Trends in Freshwater Influx to the Arctic Ocean from Four Major Arctic-Draining Rivers. Water, 12(4), p.1189.

Eum, H.I., Gupta, A. and Dibike, Y. 2020. Effects of univariate and multivariate statistical downscaling methods on climatic and hydrologic indicators for Alberta, Canada. Journal of Hydrology, p.125065.

Dibike, Y., Eum, H.I., Coulibaly, P. and Hartmann, J. 2019. Projected Changes in the Frequency of Peak Flows along the Athabasca River: Sensitivity of Results to Statistical Methods of Analysis. Climate, 7(7), p.8.

Mahdi, A., A. Shakibaeinia, Y. Dibike. 2019. Numerical modelling of oil-sands tailings dam breach runout and overland flow. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv. 2019.134568.

Dibike, Y., Eum, H.I. and Prowse, T. 2018. Modelling the Athabasca watershed snow response to a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 15, pp.134-148.  

Dibike, Y.,  A. Shakibaeini, H-I. Eum, T. Prowse, I. Dropo. 2018. Effects of projected climate on the hydrodynamic and sediment transport regime of the lower Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada. River Research and Application, 34, pp.417-429. 

Dibike, Y., A. Shakibaeini, I. Dropo, E. Caron. 2018. Modelling the Potential Effects of Oil-Sands Tailings Pond Breach on the Water and Sediment Quality of the Lower Athabasca River,  Science of the Total Environment, 642, pp. 1263-1281. 

Dibike, Y., Prowse, T., Bonsal, B. and O'Neil, H. 2017. Implications of future climate on water availability in the western Canadian river basins. Int. J. Climatol., 37: 3247–3263. doi:10.1002/joc.4912

Shakibaeini, A., Y. Dibike, S. Kashyap, T. Prowse, I. Dropo.  2017. A numerical framework for modelling sediment and chemical constituent transport in the lower Athabasca River, Journal of Soils and Sediments 17 (4), 1140-1159

Eum, H-I, Dibike, Y., Prowse, T. 2017. Climate-Induced Alteration of Hydrologic Indicators in the Athabasca River Basin, Alberta, Canada, Journal of Hydrology 544, 327-312.

Kashyap, S,  Y. Dibike,  A. Shakibaeini,  T. Prowse, I. Dropo. 2017. Two-dimensional Numerical Modelling of Sediment and Chemical Constituent Transport within the Lower Reaches of the Athabasca River, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24 (3), 2286-2303

Eum, H-I, Dibike, Y., Prowse, T. 2016. Comparative evaluation of the effects of climate and land-cover changes on hydrologic responses of the Muskeg River, Alberta, Canada, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 8, 198 – 221.

Shakibaeini, A., S. Kashyap, Y. Dibike, T. Prowse. 2016. An integrated numerical framework for water quality modelling in cold-region river: a case of the lower Athabasca River, Science of the Total Environment 569, 634-646.

Eum, H-I, Dibike, Y., Prowse, T. 2014. Uncertainty in Modelling the Hydrologic Responses of a Large Watershed: A case of the Athabasca River Basin in Canada. CGU-HS special issue in Hydrologic Processes. 28(14):4272-4293, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10230

Eum, H-I, Dibike, Y., Prowse, T., Bonsal, B. 2014. Intercomparison of high-resolution gridded climate data sets and their implication on hydrological model simulation over the Athabasca Watershed in Canada. CGU-HS special issue in Hydrologic Processes. 28(14):4250-4271, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10236

Dibike, Y., T. Prowse, R. Shrestha and R. Ahmed. 2012. Observed Trends and Future Projections of Precipitation and Air Temperature in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Lake Winnipeg - The Forgotten Great Lake. 38:72-82.

Shrestha, R.R., Y.B. Dibike and T.D. Prowse. 2012. Modelling of climate-induced hydrologic changes in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed.Journal of Great Lakes Research, Special Issue: Lake Winnipeg, The Forgotten Great Lake. 38:83-94

Shrestha, R.R., Y.B. Dibike and T.D. Prowse. 2012. Modelling climate change impacts on hydrology and nutrient loading in the upper Assiniboine Catchment. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 48(1):74-89

Dibike, Y., T. Prowse, B. Bonsal, L. de Rham and T. Saloranta. 2012. Simulation of North American Lake-ice Cover Characteristics under Contemporary and Future Climate Conditions. International Journal of Climatology. 32:695-709

Dibike, Y.B., Prowse, T., Saloranta, T. and Ahmed R. (2011) Response of Northern Hemisphere Lake-Ice Cover and Lake-Water Thermal Structure Patterns to a Changing Climate, Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.8068

Dibike, Y.B., P. Gachon, A. St-Hilaire, T.B.M.J. Ouarda and V.T.-V. Nguyen. 2008. Uncertainty analysis of statistically downscaled temperature and precipitation regimes in Northern Canada. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 91(1-4):149-170.

Dibike, Y.B. and P. Coulibaly. 2007. Validation of Hydrologic Models for Climate Scenario Simulation: The Case of Saguenay Watershed in Québec. Hydrological Processes. 21(23):3123-3135.

Dibike, Y.B. and P. Coulibaly. 2005. Hydrologic Impact of Climate Change in the Saguenay Watershed: Comparison of Downscaling Methods and Hydrologic Models. Journal of Hydrology. 307(1-4):145-163.

Installation de recherche

University of Victoria, PO BOX 3060 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3R4
Canada

Affiliations

Professeur auxiliaire au département de géographie de l'Université de Victoria et au département de génie civil de l'Université McMaster

Langue

Anglais