– By Patrick Duke –
Improving our understanding of how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide is critical to climate change mitigation efforts. Canada’s surrounding waters act as a net sink for...
The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium
– By Stella Melo, Mireille Chaput-Dyer and Paul Joe –
Abstract
The virtual CMOS-MSC Symposium on 150 Years of Weather Services in Canada, took place during the CMOS Congress in 2021. It...
The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
– By Cuiyi Fei, Rachel H. White, Chris Rodell –
The extreme heatwave that occurred at the end of June 2021 across the Pacific Northwest region of North America was so unprecedented and...
Obituary notice for Dr. Peter Summers
Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, scientist, tennis and badminton player, bridge player, world traveller and dessert lover.
Peter passed away peacefully and surrounded by his children...
Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning
– By Brian Golding –
This book is a product of the 10-year High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project of the World Weather Research Programme in World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), drawing...
Satellite SSS : A Monitoring Tool for the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
– By Jacqueline Dumas, Julien Laliberté, and Denis Gilbert –
The use of satellite remote sensing technology to monitor the Gulf of St. Lawrence was first demonstrated in 1961 when TIROS-2...
Keeping Watch Over Prince Edward Island’s Coastline
– UPEI Climate Lab team led by Dr. Adam Fenech, and including Dr. Xander Wang, Don Jardine, Ross Dwyer, Andy MacDonald, Luke Meloche, and Catherine Kennedy –
Coastal erosion is the primary...
Will Greenland be really ‘Green’ after losing its ice mass?
-By Xander Wang, Pelin Kinay, Aminur Shah, and Quan Dau-
Many people believe that, due to global warming, a longstanding myth about Greenland might be the reality – a ‘green’ land, resembling its name...
Bias Correcting Surface Snow Water Equivalent Estimates using Machine Learning
-By Fraser King-
During Canada’s cold winters, snowpacks that aren’t consistently plowed or hovelled slowly grow in size and density. From a water-balance perspective, these snowpacks act as ephemeral...