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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Air Quality Monitoring: Unverified Hourly Air Quality and Meteorological Data (Opens in a new Window)
The Unverified Air Quality Monitoring dataset contains unverified historical raw hourly air pollutant concentrations and meteorological data recorded at monitoring stations across BC. These datasets contain the latest month of raw hourly readings from air quality monitoring stations across BC up to the latest hour in Pacific Standard Time (PST). Data are available for download in tabular format. These data are not quality-assured.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Air Quality Monitoring: Verified Hourly Data (Opens in a new Window)
The Verified Air Quality Monitoring dataset contains verified hourly air pollutant concentrations and meteorological data prepared and published annually by the BC Ministry of Environment. These datasets contain quality-assured point measurements from air quality monitoring stations across B.C., from 1980 up to the end of 2016.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Archive Automated Snow Weather Station Data (Opens in a new Window)
The Archived Automated Snow Weather Stations (ASWS) dataset includes historical hourly snow water equivalent, snow depth, air temperature, and precipitation for all ASWS stations in BC from 2011 to 2016, as well as historical daily maximum and minimum air temperature, precipitation, snow depth, and snow water equivalent for all stations in BC from date of installation to 2011. Data are available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Archive Manual Snow Survey Data (Opens in a new Window)
The Archive Manual Snow Survey dataset contains the archived snow pack level manual observations from across British Columbia. Manual snow survey sites are actively surveyed as part of the BC Snow Survey program. Manual snow surveys are conducted up to eight times per year around the beginning of every month from January through June with extra measurements at mid-month in May and June. Other attributes in the dataset include: site number, survey period, elevation (m) and percent of normal. Data are available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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BC Air Data Archive Website (Opens in a new Window)
The BC Air Data Archive provides access to historical data from ambient air quality and meteorological stations across BC, including Metro Vancouver's coverage of the lower mainland. Specific variables include pollutant concentrations, temperature, humidity, wind speed & direction, and atmospheric pressure. Data are available for download in graphical or tabular forms, and in 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, or 24 hour averages over daily, weekly, or monthly summary periods.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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BC Water Resources Atlas (Opens in a new Window)
The BC Water Resources Atlas is an iMapBC application with enhanced functionality to display detailed water related data, including watersheds, water quantity and quality monitoring sites, aquifers, water wells and flood protection works. This tool presents raster data for a variety of layers.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
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BC Water Tool (Opens in a new Window)
A map-based water information tool designed to provide public access to a wide range of water-related data and information in British Columbia. The data is displayed with flexible charts and analytical tools to help users understand and use the data.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Change in Sea Surface Temperature in BC (1935-2014) (Opens in a new Window)
The Change in Sea Surface Temperature in BC dataset includes station details, an estimate of long-term change in annual and seasonal sea surface temperature from 1935 to 2014 and an estimate of statistical significance from seven stations across BC. Data are available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Change in Size of Glaciers in BC (1985-2005) (Opens in a new Window)
The Change in Size of Glaciers dataset includes estimates of area of ice coverage, percent change in ice coverage, and estimated glacier volume loss rate from across BC for the historical period of 1985 to 2000. Data are provided for British Columbia as well as for each ecoprovince, available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
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Change in Snow Depth and Snow Water Content in BC (1950-2014) (Opens in a new Window)
The Change in Snow Depth and Snow Water Content dataset includes summaries of the change in snow depth and snow water equivalent, as well as statistical significance, from across BC for the historical period of 1950 to 2014. Data are available by station as well as by BC ecoprovince, available for download in tabular format.

Organization:

Government of British Columbia
Resource formats:
Data files
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Date modified:: 2019-03-01