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shawn chartrand
Areas of interest
How rivers form and co-evolve with landscapes with particular interest in mountain rivers and cold regions of the Arctic.
Biography
Shawn is a geophysical and environmental scientist. His research focuses on how rivers form and co-evolve with landscapes. He has particular interest in mountain rivers and cold regions of the Arctic. Shawn uses field campaigns, physical experiments and theory development to address basic research questions. He applies his research to improve how professional scientists approach and develop river restoration plans, including the removal of dams.
Education
- PhD, Physical Geography, University of British Columbia
- MSc, Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
- BA (Hons), Environmental Geology, Case Western Reserve University
Publications
Research Papers
Lei, Y., Viparelli, E., Hassan, M.A., Chartrand, S.M., An, C., Fu, X., & Hu, C. (2024). Theoretical solutionlinking channel width and pool-riffle bed level perturbations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007641. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007641.
Anderson, S., & Chartrand, S.M. (2024). The streamflow response to multi-day warm anomaly events: Sensitivity to future warming and spatiotemporal variability by event magnitude. Earth's Future, 12, e2024EF004962. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004962
Anderson, S., Chartrand, S.M. (2024). A Century of Variability of Heatwave-Driven Streamflow in Melt-Driven Basins and Implications under Climate Change. Environmental Research Letters 19(11), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7ede.
Hassan, M.A., Pierce, J.K., & Chartrand, S.M. (2024). Sediment storage and fluvial sediment transport linkages across an experimental flood sequence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007772. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007772
Naman, S.M., Pitman, K.J., Cunningham, D.S., Potapova, A., Chartrand, S.M., Sloat, M. R., & Moore, J. W. (2024). Forestry impacts on stream flows and temperatures: A quantitative synthesis of paired catchment studies across the Pacific salmon range. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, e12328. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12328
Lei, Y., Hassan, M.A., Viparelli, E., Chartrand, S.M., An, C., Fu, X., Hu, C. (2023). The effect of sediment supply on the steady-state pool-riffle morphology. Water Resources Research, 59, e2023WR035983. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035983.
Chartrand, S.M., Jellinek, A.M., Galofre, A.G., Kukko, A., Osinski, G., Hibbard, S. (2023). High Arctic channel incision modulated by climate change and the emergence of polygonal ground. Nature Communications 14, 5297, 10.1038/s41467-023-40795-9.
Chartrand, S.M., Jellinek, A.M., Hassan, M.A., & Ferrer-Boix, C. (2023). Coupling between downstream variations of channel width and local pool–riffle bed topography, Earth Surf. Dynamics 11, 1–20, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-1-2023.
Chartrand, S.M. Jellinek, A.M., Hassan, M.A., Ferrer-Boix, C. (2023). Experimental data set for coupling between downstream variations of channel width and local pool-riffle bed topography. figshare. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20152235.v2.
Chartrand, S.M., Jellinek, A.M., Osinski, G.R., Grau Galofre, A., Kukko, A., Hibbard, S. (2023). Topography data, scripts and model setup files for interplay between climate, polygons and channel formation in Muskox Valley, Axel Heiberg Island, NU. figshare. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19790491.v1