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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Climate Data within the Eco-System Account (Opens in a new Window)
Climate Data within the Eco-System Account provides weather station data at the daily, monthly, quarterly and annual resolution for Newfoundland. Daily values of minimum, maximum and average temperature, as well as rainfall, snowfall and total precipitation are also available. Historical data are available as point and polygon data.

Organization:

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Climate Explorer (Opens in a new Window)
The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium's (PCIC) Climate Explorer Tool generates maps, plots and data describing projected future climate conditions for the Pacific and Yukon Region. Climate variables include temperature, precipitation, and humidity. It uses an ensemble of more than 15 Global Climate Models (GCM) and combinations of emissions scenarios provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Users can generate custom maps, plots and data projected to the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s.

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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
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Climate Portraits (Opens in a new Window)
Climate Portraits contains historically observed and future modelled climate indicators for various regions of Quebec for 2041-2070 as well as 2071-2100 horizon years. Moderate and high emissions scenarios are available and indicators can be mapped, graphed, or presented in tabular form. Indicators are reported as annual and/or seasonal averages over the horizon period, and include: average, maximum and minimum daily temperature, total precipitation, freeze-thaw events, growing degree days, days over 30C, and maximum 5-day precipitation. Projected climate indicators are compared to historical observations graphically and in tabular form. Data is available for download in csv and json formats.

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Ouranos
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CLIMOD 2 (Opens in a new Window)
CLIMOD2 (Climate Information for Management and Operational Decisions) allows for retrieval and presentation of climate data from one or more stations in the Eastern Atlantic. Historical data are available as point data. Available climate products include daily data for a month, daily degree days, calendar day summaries, and daily/normal graphs. Data could be appended in a graphical or tabular time series.

Organization:

Cornell University
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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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FTP Yukon Data (Opens in a new Window)
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Yukon Data directory provides access to a wide range of Yukon datasets. Observational data includes biological and biophysical data, culture and heritage information, elevation, environmental monitoring, forestry and geologic data, imagery, planning, and data from the natural resource sectors. Historical data are available as point and gridded data.

Organization:

Government of Yukon
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Ice climatology (Opens in a new Window)
The Ice Climatology dataset contains long-term information on ice conditions over specific geographic regions. It can be used to examine annual average conditions as well as minimum and maximum ice extent. The dataset includes seasonal summaries, annual Arctic ice atlases, 30-year ice atlases, and ice coverage records. Specific measures include average ice concentration, ice type, frequency of sea ice, old ice concentration, and freeze-up/break-up dates.

Organization:

Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Ice Graph (Opens in a new Window)
IceGraph 2.0 generates ice coverage bar graphs and data tables for a selected region and date range. Data are available from 1968 to present and can be compared between seasons. Specific measures include first year ice, new ice, young ice, and old ice for the current season as well as for the historical monitoring period.

Organization:

Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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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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Oceanographic activities (Opens in a new Window)
The Oceanographic Activities landing page contains links to multiple ocean monitoring programs, datasets, and portals including observations of tides, ocean currents, pH, salinity, temperature, ocean colour, and phytoplankton from various stations across Canada. Data are available for download in tabular, graphical, and other formats.

Organization:

Government of Canada: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Resource formats:
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Date modified:: 2019-03-01