About HydroNord

Our research group is interested in how water moves through cold regions in a changing climate. Through field measurement campaigns, we seek to better understand hydrological processes as they occur in natural environments, in order to improve their representation in predictive models used in climate, hydrological, and meteorological applications. Our work mainly focuses on water and energy exchanges between the land surface and the atmosphere, in both summer and winter.

Research Areas

Five main themes are the focus of ongoing research projects.

Snow

Accumulation and Melt | Interception | Rain-on-Snow | Spatial Variability

Lakes and Reservoirs

Boreal Forest and Arctic Tundra

Instrumentation

Surface Models

Albedo | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Evaporation | Ice | Thermal Regime

Albedo | Energy Balance | Evaporation | Frozen Soils

Aquatic Environments | Terrestrial Environments

Experimental Hydrology | Micrometeorology

¹Melton et al. 2020. (https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2825-2020)

The HydroNord Team

My name is Daniel Nadeau, and I am a full professor in the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at Université Laval. I lead the dynamic HydroNord team, made up of students and professionals brought together by shared values of ambition, excellence, team work, and rigor.

Daniel Nadeau, ing. Ph.D.

HydroNord Team - October 2025

Meet the team

Photo Gallery

Whether it's installing equipment, collecting data, or taking in situ measurements, the team carries out extensive fieldwork throughout the year. Explore what these field campaigns look like!