Library of climate resources

This is a collection of links to climate datasets, tools, guidance and related resources. The sources include the federal government, provincial and territorial governments, national professional organizations, climate consortia and established international organizations. It can be useful for impact, vulnerability and risk assessments, and for adaptation planning.

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Explanation of the different resource types
  • data product - downloadable climate dataset
  • tool - builds on a dataset with further analyses and/or visualization
  • guidance - provides direction on the use of climate information or on conducting climate-related assessments
  • codes and standards - guidance and best practice documents for climate resilient design
  • additional resources include educational and awareness-raising material, impact assessments and scientific syntheses

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  • Statistically Downscaled Climate Scenarios (Opens in a new Window)

    Statistically downscaled scenarios, which provide finer resolution scenarios of climate change from coarser resolution GCM output, are available based on model output from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Individual model results of minimum temperature, maximum temperature and total precipitation are available for historical (1950-2005) and future (2006-2100) time periods. Gridded projections are at a daily temporal resolution and at a spatial resolution of approximately 10km. Future projections are based on the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

    Statistically Downscaled Climate Scenarios (Opens in a new Window)

    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) offers statistically downscaled daily Canada-wide climate scenarios, at a gridded resolution of 300 arc-seconds (0.0833 degrees, or roughly 6 km x 10 km) for the period 1950-2100. The variables available include daily minimum temperature, maximum temperature, and precipitation. Users may access the scenarios using an interactive map interface that allows users to zoom, pan and select their region of interest using a rectangular-selection tool. Downscaled climate data is available for over 10 models under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5. Data are available for download in NetCDF, ASCII, and Arc formats.
    Organization:
    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Interactive
    • Mapped
    • Tool

    The Climate Change Adaptation Pathways Framework: Supporting Sustainable Local Food in B.C. (Opens in a new Window)

    This framework seeks to help policy makers, communities and agricultural producers create shared climate preparedness goals. Resources outline a step-by-step process to assessing projected climate changes and developing appropriate adaptation pathways with a focus on sustainable local food.
    Organization:
    Government of British Colombia
    Resource formats:
    • Adaptation planning

    the MSC HTTP Data Server (Opens in a new Window)

    The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) HTTP data server is a direct source for raw meteorological, climate and forecast datasets. This service is aimed at specialized users with strong meteorological and IT knowledge.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

    The use of the Land Suitability Rating System to Assess Climate Change Impacts on Corn Production in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia (Opens in a new Window)

    The Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) is a spatial modeling tool that generates a class rating for individual parcels of land for specific agricultural field crops based on a soil-climate-landscape potential. Alongside the Tool are accompanying climatic temperate index maps and climate moisture maps.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Graphical
    • Mapped
    • Tool

    Tundra Nunavik project (Opens in a new Window)

    While most ecological studies focus on the impact of climate change on some populations or species, ecosystem-based information is needed to better predict the future state of the Arctic. The Tundra Nunavik project is a large-scale study aimed at characterizing the vulnerability of tundra terrestrial ecosystems to climate change through modelling approach. The approach combined climate modeling, climate niche modeling, and ecosystem modeling, to assess potential changes in terrestrial ecosystems of tundra of Nunavik during the 21st century
    Organization:
    Université du Québec à Rimouski, Ouranos
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Interactive
    • Impact assessment
    • Scientific synthesis
    • Graphical
    • Mapped
    • Tool

    Upagiaqtavut Setting the Course: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Nunavut (Opens in a new Window)

    The Upagiaqtavut strategic document establishes a framework for climate change impacts and adaptation initiatives in Nunavut. The document reviews specific climate changes, including precipitation, sea level, permafrost, ice conditions, and wildlife and vegetation. The report also details ongoing and anticipated impacts, including on culture, health and well-being, traditional activities, food security, infrastructure, arts and crafts and tourism. The adaptation approach outlined in Upagiaqtavut is organized around four main components, or napuit, each with a set of corresponding objectives: partnership building, research and monitoring of impacts, education and outreach, and government policy and planning.
    Organization:
    Government of Nunavut
    Resource formats:
    • Impact assessment
    • Vulnerability or risk assessment
    • Adaptation planning

    User Guide for the Climate Change Adaptation Pathways Framework Supporting Sustainable Local Food in BC (Opens in a new Window)

    This user guide aims to help policy makers, communities and agricultural producers create shared climate preparedness goals. These resources outline a step-by-step process to assessing projected climate changes and developing appropriate adaptation pathways with a focus on sustainable local food.
    Organization:
    Government of B.C.
    Resource formats:
    • Adaptation planning

    Water Quantity Information: Rainfall, Snowfall, Stream Flow and Groundwater (Opens in a new Window)

    Rainfall, Snowfall, Stream Flow and Groundwater is a monthly summary of the state of water levels in New Brunswick based on precipitation and streamflow data from the previous 6 months, and compared to long term averages. Each monthly report contains static maps and graphs on precipitation, streamflow runoff, groundwater level, and a summary outlook of water conditions.
    Organization:
    Government of New Brunswick
    Resource formats:
    • Graphical
    • Mapped

    Weather Conditions and Reports (Opens in a new Window)

    The Weather Conditions and Reports database contains historical climate data at various scales from across Manitoba. About 109 stations monitor air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed/wind direction and soil temperature. In addition to regular weather and soil reports, users can access more specialized tools, including disease and crop condition reports. Data are available in tabular, mapped, and report formats.
    Organization:
    Government of Manitoba
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical
    • Mapped


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