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 |
Text Query |
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Google Earth |
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iMap Path Link |
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Spatial Metadata |
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Map |
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Contact Email |
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