Citation | Edwards, R. 2014. Temperature, precipitation, and snowfall trends on the coast of Vancouver Island. Western Geography 21-22:70-86. |
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Organization | Vancouver Island University |
URL | http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/wcag/WesternGeography_20_21.pdf |
Abstract/Description or Keywords | Climate change has already had a significant impact on humans and the environment, and will continue to have both global and regional impacts. This study analyzed regional long-term climatological trends of temperature and precipitation from 10 coastal weather stations on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. All stations showed an increasing temperature trend, with the average regional trend increasing at a comparable rate to the global average, even with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation taken into account. Precipitation records are highly variable and show little significant change, while total snowfall trends are decreasing at all stations. |
Information Type | Article |
Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South, Vancouver Island North |
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Project status | complete |
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