| Resource Name |
Climate BC and Climate WNA |
| Unique File Number |
92 |
| Information Type |
Decision Support Tool |
| Surface Water |
A |
| Aquatic Ecosystem |
A |
| Groundwater |
A |
| Groundwater & Surface Water |
A |
| Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards |
A |
| Strengths |
Spatially interpolated long-term climate data and climate change projections for Western North America |
| Limitations |
Error or uncertainty with interpolation scheme |
| Challenges |
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| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Information Subtype |
climate |
| Organization |
PCIC |
| Resource Name |
Climate BC and Climate WNA |
| Resource Purpose |
Provides complete spatial coverage of of long-term climate data and future climate model projections for both BC and all of Western North America |
| Type of Information |
web-based or standalone tool |
| How does this help decision making? |
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| Program Status |
Complete (but will be periodically updated?) |
| NE Coverage |
Coverage of all of Western North America |
| Drinking Water |
Y |
| Ecosystem |
Y |
| Fish |
Y |
| Groundwater |
Y |
| Public Safety |
Y |
| SW Quality |
Y |
| SW Quantity |
Y |
| Link |
Hamann, Andreas, Tongli Wang, David L. Spittlehouse, Trevor Q. Murdock, 2013: A Comprehensive, High-Resolution Database of Historical and Projected Climate Surfaces for Western North America. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 1307–1309. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00145.1; http://cfcg.forestry.ubc.ca/projects/climate-data/climatebcwna/; http://climatemodels.forestry.ubc.ca/climatewna/; http://climatemodels.forestry.ubc.ca/climatebc/downloads/tutorial.pdf |
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