Alexandre Florent Nolin
My research focuses on the development of multi-century chronologies of annually resolved tree-ring proxies to reconstruct paleodischarges in boreal rivers. My expertise is in dendrochronology, hydrology (flood, drought) and forest ecology.
Doctorat en Sciences de l'Environnement
Reconstruction des débits et des hauts niveaux de crues du bassin de la rivière Abitibi et prévision suite aux changements climatiques.
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Directeur: Yves Bergeron
Codirecteur: Jacques Tardif
Institut de Recherches sur les Forêts (IRF)
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
445, Boul. de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4
+1(819)762-0971 #4358
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Publications:
Nolin A.F., Girardin M.P., Tardif J.C., Guo X.J., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y., (2022 in press). A 247-years tree-ring reconstruction of spring temperature and relation to spring flooding in eastern boreal Canada. International Journal of Climatology, 00(0), 00-00.
Nolin A.F., Tardif J.C., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y., (2021c). Flood ring production modulated by river regulation in eastern boreal Canada. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:757280. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.757280 
Nolin A.F., Tardif J.C., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y., (2021b). Spatial coherency of the spring flood signal among major river basins of eastern boreal Canada inferred from flood rings. Journal of Hydrology, 596, 126084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126084
Nolin A.F., Tardif J.C., Conciatori F., Meko D.M., Kames S., Bergeron Y., (2021a). Multi-century tree-ring anatomical evidence reveals increasing frequency and amplitude of spring flood in eastern boreal Canada. Global and Planetary Change, Vol 199, 103444, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103444 .
Collaborations:
Tardif, J.C., Kames, S., Nolin, A.F., Bergeron, Y., (2021b) Earlywood vessels in black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) trees show contrasting sensitivity to hydroclimate variables according to flood exposure. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:754596. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.754596
Tardif, J.C., Dickson, H., Conciatori, F., Nolin, A.F., Bergeron, Y., (2021a). Are periodical (intra-annual) tangential bands of vessels in diffuse-porous tree species the equivalent of flood rings in ring-porous species: reproducibility and cause? Dendrochronologia, 70: 125889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2021.125889
Communications:
Nolin, A. F. : Apport des cernes de crues (flood rings) à la reconstitution des inondations au Québec. Webinaire étudiants du Réseau Inondations InterSectoriel du Québec (RIISQ), Online, 9 – 10 Dec. 2021.
Nolin A.F.: Reconstruire le débit de la rivière Harricana. L’eau au service de l’énergie, 8e Symposium Ouranos, (Montréal, Canada) Online, 26 Oct. – 6 Nov. 2020.
Nolin A.F., Tardif J.C., Conciatori F., Meko D.M., Bergeron, Y.: Multi-Century Spring Flood Reconstruction in Eastern Boreal Canada from Novel Application of Wood-Cell Anatomy, EGU General Assembly 2020, (Vienna, Austria) Online, 4–8 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5572, 2020.
Tardif J.C., Dickson, H., Conciatori F., Nolin, A.F., Bergeron, Y.: Are periodic tangential band of vessels a new anatomical marker of floods in diffuse-porous tree rings?, EGU General Assembly 2020, (Vienna, Austria) Online, 4–8 May 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5326, 2020.
Nolin A.F., Tardif J.C., Conciatori F., Meko D.M., Bergeron, Y.: Multi-centennial Spring Flood Reconstruction using Novel Application of Wood-cell Anatomy in Eastern Boreal Canada, AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. 2019, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/494476, 2019.
Scholarships and distinctions :
Bourse de Doctorat - Canada Research Chairs (NSERC-CRC) hold by Yves Bergeron and Jacques C. Tardif and funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative research program including OURANOS, Hydro-Québec, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and The University of Winnipeg.
Bourse du RIISQ - Réseau inondations intersectoriel du Québec (2e programme – 2020/2021) avec le support financier du Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologie (FRQNT).
Reports and public studies:
Nolin A.F., (2014). Dynamique prévisible des formations végétales suite à une variation soudaine et pérenne du niveau de nappe alluviale. Mémoire de Licence 3. Université de Tours, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques. 49p.
Other:
Nolin A.F., Morarin J., Laliberté S., (2019). Le Frêne, une essence plus précieuse qu’on ne le croit. Le Couvert Boréal, Hiver 2019, p13.
Nolin A.F., (2019). Histoires de crues… et de frênes. Le Grand Héron : Le Journal du Duparquet, Vol. 23, N°3, Juin 2019, p9. http://duparquet.ao.ca/documents/pages/journal-juin-2019-ville-1.pdf 
Nolin A.F., (2018). Chronique de la FERLD 2 : Entre Eaux et Forêts. L’Odyssée de Rapide-Danseur, Vol. 17, n°4, Octobre 2018, p13-15. http://rapide-danseur.ao.ca/documents/pages/lodyssee-octobre-novembre-18.pdf
Présentation des travaux de recherche en dendrochronologie à la FERLD - Rentrée des étudiants 2018, September 28. https://chaireafd.uqat.ca/communique/nouvellesF.asp?Date=2018-10-12%2008:19:51
Nolin A.F., (2018, June 26). La Nature et ses Archives - Chronique Forêt n°1. Région Zéro 8, [Radio broadcast] Radio Canada, https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/region-zero-8/episodes/410291/audio-fil-du-mardi-26-juin-2018. [see the chronicle on CAFD website : https://chaireafd.uqat.ca/communique/nouvellesF.asp?Date=2018-09-05%2009:48:15 ]
