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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Arctic Regional Climate Centre Network (Opens in a new Window)
ArcRCC-Network delivers better climate services and products including regional long-range forecasts and strengthens the capacity to meet climate information needs in the Arctic. It is based on the WMO RCC concept with active contributions from all the Arctic Council member countries through a mutually agreed structure consisting of three sub-regional geographical nodes, namely, (i) North America Node, (ii) Northern Europe and Greenland Node and (iii) Eurasia Node.

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World Meteorological Organization
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Canadian Disaster Database (Opens in a new Window)
The Canadian Disaster Database contains information on Canadian and international disasters from 1900 to present. Disasters are separated into natural (biological, meteorological/hydrological, and geological), conflict (arson, civil incidents, hijacking, and terrorist), and technology (fire, hazardous chemical, transportation accident, infrastructure failure, explosion, and space event). Point and gridded historical data are available.

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Government of Canada: Public Safety Canada
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Engineering Climate Data Sets (Opens in a new Window)
Engineering Climate Datasets contain: Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Files, the Canadian Weather Energy and Engineering Datasets (CWEEDS) and the Canadian Weather Year for Energy Calculation (CWEC) dataset. The IDF dataset contains short duration rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) statistics. Data are presented as tables and graphs for various locations across Canada. CWEEDS provides hourly and long-term weather conditions at monitoring stations across Canada with at least 10 years of records between 1998 and 2014. CWEC datasets contain 12 calculated "Typical Meteorological Months" selected from a 30 years of records, including daily global radiation, dry-bulb temperature, dew-point temperature and wind speed.

Organization:

Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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GeoWeb Water Portal (Opens in a new Window)
The GeoWeb Water Portal interactive map displays historical and current water quantity, quality, and climate data for stations across BC for the period of 1886 to 2018. Specific measures include temperature, precipitation, snow depth, water quality, depth to groundwater, and others. Data are available in graphical format for each monitoring station.

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Government of British Columbia
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Guide for Considering Climate Change in Coastal Conservation (Opens in a new Window)
This guide aims to assist coastal conservation managers integrate climate considerations into new or existing conservation schemes. This manual covers a six-step approach to strengthening conservation efforts, including the identification of climate stressors and evaluation of their impact on conversation targets.

Organization:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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How to Consider Climate Change in Coastal Conservation (Opens in a new Window)
This workbook aims to assist coastal conservation managers integrate climate considerations into new or existing conservation schemes. This guide covers a six-step approach to strengthening conservation efforts, including the identification of climate stressors and evaluation of their impact on conversation targets. Blank worksheets are provided for each step of this framework.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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IDF Curve Lookup (Opens in a new Window)
IDF Curve Lookup is a web-based application to retrieve rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves. Users can input their location using a coordinate format, and select return periods of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years. Future projections are made based on a linear trend using 2010 as a reference year. Data are available for download in tabular and graphical formats.

Organization:

Government of Ontario
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Inuvialuit Settlement Region Climate Change Strategy (Opens in a new Window)
Few places in the world are experiencing the effects of anthropogenic climate change as rapidly and intensely as the Inuvialuit Settlement Region or ISR, in the Western Arctic. Inuvialuit communities and Traditional Knowledge experts have raised deep concerns about climate change and the rapid and unfamiliar environmental transformations underway, including shifting ice freeze-up and break-up trends, plant and animal species migration, coastal erosion, permafrost degradation, flooding and health and wellness effects. The ISR Climate Change Strategy aims to address the wide-ranging issues and opportunities that Inuvialuit communities face and will continue to experience in the coming years. The strategy covers core goals and enabling actions across six thematic areas: Food and Wellness, Safety, Housing and Infrastructure, Education and Awareness, Ecosystem Health and Diversity, and Energy.

Organization:

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
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Municipal Climate Action Initiative Resource Package (Opens in a new Window)
This resource aims to familiarize local government staff with projected climate changes in Nova Scotia (notably sea level rise) and provide context for regional adaptation principles. This package explores possible adaptation approaches and includes planning tools such as a cost benefit analysis template, project management template, and list of resources for funding.

Organization:

Federation of Canadian Municipalities
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Adaptation planning

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NeraCoos Data (Opens in a new Window)
NeraCoos Data contains data products and tools summarizing eastern buoy, station, and forecasts data. Historical and future data are available as point data. Climate variables include wind speed, wind gust, air temperature, water temperature at varying depths, and air temperature; they are updated from each station and users can compare stations. Forecasts of coastal flooding and erosion, and 48-hour wave and wind are also available.

Organization:

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT), Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
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Date modified:: 2019-03-01