Burn, DonaldPellerin, Jennifer2019-04-262019-04-262019-04-262019-04-11http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14574This thesis developed a new set of selection criteria to renew the Canadian Reference Hydrometric Basin Network (RHBN) and improve its coverage of non-atmospheric factors affecting streamflow such as geographic location, ecological factors as represented by ecoregions, and watershed characteristics (e.g., watershed size). This dataset was further analyzed to provide a national outlook on climate-related trends in streamflow. The usefulness of categorizing streamflows by ecoregion groups or major precipitation mechanism was confirmed. The development of a storage effect indicator that may be used to differentiate between stations with flows controlled by annual phenomena and those with significant carryover between years is an additional contribution.entrend detectionclimate changestreamflowMaster Thesis