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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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  • Precipitation Change in Canada - Seasonal average precipitation departures compared with the 1961–1990 reference value, Canada (Opens in a new Window)

    The Precipitation Change in Canada indicator measures the yearly and seasonal surface precipitation departures for the years 1948 to 2014. An annual departure (or anomaly) is the difference between the value for a given year and a baseline value. The baseline values used in this indicator are the annual and seasonal precipitation values for the reference period of 1961 to 1990. Information is provided in a number of formats including: static and interactive maps, charts and graphs, HTML and CSV data tables and downloadable reports.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical
    • Mapped

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    PRISM Climatology and Monthly Timeseries (Opens in a new Window)

    The High-Resolution PRISM Climatology page provides access to gridded, 30 arc-second (roughly 800 metre) maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation climatologies for the 1971-2000 and 1981-2010 climate normal periods for land-surface areas of British Columbia. The gridded climatologies were derived from station data interpolated using the Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM). The user interface to the portal features an interactive map of the province that allows users to zoom, pan and select their region of interest using a rectangular selection tool. Data can be downloaded into NetCDF, ASCII, or Arc formats.
    Organization:
    Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Interactive
    • Mapped
    • Tool

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    Quarterly Climate Outlooks (Opens in a new Window)

    Quarterly Climate Outlooks provide historical and future gridded precipitation and temperature data for various areas and locations in Alaska and Northwestern Canada. Reports are available quarterly.
    Organization:
    National Integrated Drought Information System
    Resource formats:
    • Mapped

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    Reference Hydrometric Basin Network (Opens in a new Window)

    The Reference Hydrometric Basin Network (RHBN) is a set of streamgage stations with long records and minimal human impacts that would be appropriate for climate change studies. Where the RHBN is explicitly a network of the best available stations among similar watersheds, a list of RHBN-quality stations with supporting metadata is also available for download.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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    Regional, national and international climate modeling (Opens in a new Window)

    Regional, national and international climate modeling contains a database of numerous climate variables for Canada and the USA. Historical and future periods are available as modelled point and gridded data. Data are available as 30-year averages (e.g. 1961/90; 1971/2000, etc.), historical month-by-month (from the late 1800s), and daily values (from the 1950s) all for a number of variables, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change scenarios, and climate models. Future time periods include all years to 2100 and 30-year means for 2011-2040, 2041-2070, and 2071-2100.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical
    • Mapped
    • Tool

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    Retooling for Climate Change (Opens in a new Window)

    The ReTooling for Climate Change website of the Fraser Basin Council supports local governments and First Nations in BC in preparing for climate change adaptation. Information is available on climate change generally, impacts in BC and Canada, and community adaptation. Specific topics and sectors include water management, coastal management, hazard management, infrastructure, agriculture, environmentally sensitive areas, forests and forestry, and mining.
    Organization:
    Fraser Basin Council
    Resource formats:
    • Tool
    • Adaptation planning

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    River Watch (Opens in a new Window)

    River Watch is the information hub by the Government of New Brunswick for residents to obtain information prior to, during, and post-flood event. Flow information and 2 and 5-day flood forecasts and snow surveys are placed for the public. A searchable historical flood database is also available to document flood events in New Brunswick from 1696 to present.
    Organization:
    Government of New Brunswick
    Resource formats:
    • Tool

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    Satellite Soil Moisture (Opens in a new Window)

    Satellite Soil Moisture map and dataset show moisture in the top 5 cm of soil across Canada. Data are available on a Weekly, bi-Weekly, and monthly basis. Soil moisture values are available as absolute values and as difference from average soil moisture over a longer-term period.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Mapped

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    Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (Opens in a new Window)

    Scenarios Network for Arctic Planning (SNAP) produces downscaled, historical and projected climate data for sub-Arctic and Arctic regions of Alaska and Canada. Other project-specific data covers much larger regions. Users can search for datasets of interest using keywords and filter datasets based on relevance, name, and date last modified. Analysis tools are also available for Alaska wildfire, climate projections, climate histories, daily precipitation, extreme weather, historical sea ice, modelled sea ice coverage, and sea ice and wind interactions.
    Organization:
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical

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