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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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  • CSA PLUS 4013:19 Technical guide: Development, interpretation, and use of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information: Guideline for Canadian water resources practitioners (Opens in a new Window)

    This guideline has been designed for professionals with a role in the planning, design, management, inspection, and regulation of stormwater, drainage, wastewater, and flood management systems. It is not a design text book, but rather a resource for understanding the derivation, and application in water system planning and design, of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information. CSA updated relevant parts of the document to reflect the latest scientific understanding of climate change and how to incorporate climate change into the formulation and application of IDF information. As such, work was undertaken to update Chapters 5 and Chapter 6 of this document.
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    CSA Group, Standards Council of Canada
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    CSA R100:20 Canadian metadata standard for hydrometeorological monitoring stations (Opens in a new Window)

    This Standard promotes best practices for collecting metadata for hydrometeorological stations and for publishing those metadata publicly at a central repository. This Standard is an adoption without modification of the WMO WIGOS Metadata Standard (WMO 2019c), a semantic standard that specifies the metadata elements for observations, that can be recorded and exchanged, and the WMO OSCAR/Surface metadatabase (WMO 2020).
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    Canadian Standards Association Group
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    CSA R101:22 Automated hydrometeorological monitoring stations: Site selection, instrument installation, and instrument maintenance (Opens in a new Window)

    This Standard provides Canadian monitoring network operator requirements and recommendations for selecting sites for automated, surface-based, hydrometeorological monitoring stations, and broad guidance for installing and maintaining commonly used automated hydrometeorological instrumentation. This Standard has two main technical sections: a) Clause 4, on station infrastructure, discusses general layouts of instrumentation and desirable characteristics of hydrometeorological stations. b) Clause 5, on site selection and sensor installation and maintenance, presents criteria for selecting and classifying monitoring sites for specific and commonly used sensors. It also provides detailed information on the installation and maintenance best practices for various sensors.
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    CSA R102:22 Data qualification for Canadian automated hydrometeorological monitoring station (Opens in a new Window)

    This Standard provides a framework to assess, tabulate, and quantify factors contributing to the quality of hydrometeorological data. It includes a description of the data quality rating system, a description of organization-wide factors linked to management systems, training and certification of operators, as well as data storage and archiving policies, and a description of instrument-specific factors.
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    CSA R103:23 Protocols for sharing automated hydrometeorological monitoring stations data and metadata (Opens in a new Window)

    This Standard provides requirements and recommendations for the sharing of data collected at hydrometeorological monitoring stations, and considers the use of equipment and software for doing so. The Standard includes consideration, and any requirements or recommendations thereof, of the following elements: a) the maturity of related networks; b) existing or planned data sharing policies and agreements; c) reporting formats; d) geospatial and temporal referencing; e) data validation; f) data transparency; g) data transfer and interchange; h) flagging of data, including estimated, aggregated, and unchecked data; and i) intellectual property of shared data.
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    CSA S37-18 Antennas, Towers, and Antenna-Supporting Structures (Opens in a new Window)

    This National Standard of Canada applies to structural antennas, towers, antenna-supporting structures, and roof- and wall- mounted structures, including their components, such as guys and foundations. It covers the structural design, fabrication, and erection of new structures and the modification of existing structures.
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    CSA Group, Standards Council of Canada
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    CSA S478:19 Durability in buildings (Opens in a new Window)

    This Standard sets forth minimum requirements to assist designers in creating durable buildings. Annexes to the Standard provide a framework within which the design service life of a building or a building element can be determined and specified. Other annexes to the Standard provide general guidance on the environmental and other design factors that have an impact on the durability of a building, a building material, and/or a building component. This Standard provides criteria and requirements for the design of a durable building and its building elements and includes provisions for cost analysis and management and for a quality management program for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and renovation of a building and its building elements.
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    CSA Group
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    CSA S502:21 Managing changing snow load risks for buildings in Canada's North (Opens in a new Window)

    The objective of this Standard is to inform communities on measures for safe roof snow removal from existing buildings and for protection of building occupants and assets from overloading risks due to increasing accumulations and weights. Procedures that can reduce risks for roof and building collapses are outlined, including procedures for monitoring heavy snow and ice accumulations, safe removal of snow on roofs when needed, and for maintenance and snow removal planning.
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    Canadian Standards Association
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    CSA S505:20 Techniques for considering high winds and snow drifting and their impact on northern infrastructure (Opens in a new Window)

    This standard provides guidance to northern infrastructure designers, builders, operators, and owners to address the increased risk of damage to the built environment, including the potential effects of climate change (specifically, risks from higher and more frequent wind loads and from associated snow drifting).
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