Alexandre Florent Nolin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research,
University of Arizona, Bannister Building #320,
1215 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
External Resource
Forest Research Institute,
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue,
445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, J9X 5E4, QC, CANADA
Coordinator
International Research Network on Cold Forests https://forets-froides.org/ 
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Research Station - Research and Teaching Forest of Lake Duparquet (UQAT - UQAM),
Lac Hébécourt, 488 Chemin du Balbuzard, Rapide-Danseur, J0Z 3G0, QC, CANADA
My research focuses on the development of multi-century chronologies of annually resolved tree-ring proxies to reconstruct paleodischarges and climate in boreal river watersheds. I particularly explore how novel applications of flood records from tree rings and quantitative wood anatomy can improve our understanding of paleofloods and their climatic drivers to improve the regional hydroclimatic predictive trajectories in the context of climate change. Since 2023 I’m involved in a project using bristlecone pine from the Rio Grande Headwaters region (Southwestern USA) to develop a temperature reconstruction spanning 2000+ years, augmented with updated and new hydroclimate reconstructions, in order to evaluate long-term, regional temperature and hydroclimate relationships. My other research interests include riparian and inland forest ecology and remote sensing.
Dendrochronology & Quantitative Wood Anatomy – Hydrology, Flood & Drought – Climate variability & Change – Forest Ecology & Riparian Forests – Emerald Ash Borer
Publications:
7. Nolin A.F., Girardin M.P., Adamowski J.F., Barzegar R., Boucher M.A., Tardif J.C., Bergeron Y., (2023). Observed and projected trends in spring flood discharges for the Upper Harricana River, eastern boreal Canada. Journal of Hydrology : Regional Studies, 48, 101462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101462
6. Nolin A.F., Girardin M.P., Tardif J.C., Guo X.J., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y., (2022). A 247-years tree-ring reconstruction of spring temperature and relation to spring flooding in eastern boreal Canada. International Journal of Climatology, 42, 6479-6498. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7608
5. 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
4. 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
3. 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
2. 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
1. 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, 199, 103444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103444
Data:
4. Nolin A.F., Girardin M.P., Tardif J.C., Guo X.J., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y., (2022) Pinus banksiana and Fraxinus nigra dataset for the study of spring temperature in eastern boreal Canada. Mendeley Data, V1. https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/kk2rsk7rj6.1
3. Nolin, A.F., Tardif, J.C., Conciatori, F., Bergeron, Y., (2021) Fraxinus nigra flood ring dataset for the study of flood history (1850–2017) of the Driftwood River, northwestern Ontario. Mendeley Data, V1. https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6pgc25nk27.1
2. Nolin, A.F., Tardif, J.C., Conciatori, F, Bergeron, Y., (2021) Fraxinus nigra tree-ring dataset for flood history study among major river basins near the Lake Duparquet, eastern boreal Canada. Mendeley Data, V1. https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/94vjr69fb2.1
1. Nolin, A.F., Tardif, J.C., Conciatori, F., Kames, S., Meko, D.M., Bergeron, Y., (2021) Fraxinus nigra tree-ring dataset for dendrohydrology study in the Lake Duparquet, and reconstruction of the Harricana River spring discharge, Québec, Canada. Mendeley Data, V2. https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/d54gcxz9c5.2
Communications:
Delayance, L.J., Juanole, C., Tardif, J.C., & Nolin, A.F.: Imaginer les réponses des frênaies noires nordiques à l’agrile du frêne et agir en faveur de leur conservation. Le Progrès Forestier. Association Forestière du Sud du Québec, 245, 30-33.
Delayance L.J., Nolin, A.F.: Frênaies noires du Lac Duparquet, richesse à preserver et laboratoire à ciel ouvert. Le Progrès Forestier. Association Forestière du Sud du Québec, 243, 16-18.
Nolin A.F., Girardin M.P., Tardif J.C., Guo X.J., Conciatori F., Bergeron Y.: A 247-years tree-ring reconstruction of spring temperature and relation to spring flooding in eastern boreal Canada, Ameridendro 2022, (Montréal, Canada), 27 – 30 June 2022.
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.
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. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PsobjuUmUdhHAoUk8CzUW8iPoeVTTncR/view?usp=sharing
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 ]
Scholarships and distinctions :
Prix relève étudiante en recherche de l'UQAT (2022) pour Nolin et al., (2022) published in Int. J. of Climatology.
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).
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.
Thesis and Reports:
Nolin A.F., (2022). Reconstitution des débits et des hauts niveaux d'eau pour la région des plaines de l'Abitibi depuis la fin du petit âge glaciaire et prévisions suite aux changements climatiques. (Thèse de doctorat). Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. https://depositum.uqat.ca/id/eprint/1405
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.
