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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  • 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

    Understanding climate concepts (Opens in a new Window)

    Intended as a continuation of the Understanding Climate Science page, this page expands upon certain climate concepts that are important for understanding climate science. Weather and climate, climate change, physical climate models downscaling climate data, the physical parameterizations of a climate model, initializing a climate simulation, RCMs driving datasets, ensemble of climate simulations and validation of climate simulations. On this page there is also a glossary.
    Organization:
    Ouranos
    Resource formats:
    • Scientific synthesis

    Vigilance - High water monitoring (in French only) (Opens in a new Window)

    This Web application is designed to help you prepare for flooding by keeping you informed of the status of high water in Quebec. It is also used by municipal and government authorities to alert and mobilize emergency responders. This latest version of Vigilance responds to measure 12 of the Plan de protection du territoire face aux inondations , which is to increase the government network for monitoring watercourses and forecasting and tracking the extent of flooding.
    Organization:
    Gouvernement du Québec Ministère de la Sécurité publique
    Resource formats:
    • Interactive
    • Mapped
    • Adaptation planning

    Webinar on Climate Tools (Opens in a new Window)

    This webinar is designed to help identify climate tools available to practitioners in British Columbia and how they can be used.
    Organization:
    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Government of British Columbia
    Resource formats:
    • Tool
    • Educational and awareness-raising material
    • Training

    Western Arctic Weather Data (Opens in a new Window)

    The Western Arctic Weather Data page provides access to observations of weather and climate variables (such as temperature and rainfall amounts) for the Northwest Territories and Yukon. This data comes from the metnorth database that is maintained by PCIC. The interactive map shows the locations of the observing stations. Users can zoom and pan to a region of interest, learn about the stations that are located in the region, filter displayd stations based on observation date, weather element, observing agency, region, and more.
    Organization:
    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
    Resource formats:
    • Data files


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