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Ice coverage, stratification and mixing in the Kitikmeot Sea of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Written on January 29, 2024.

– By Chengzhu Xu and Qi Zhou – Figure 1: (a) Canadian Arctic Archipelago. (b) Kitikmeot Sea, which corresponds to the region enclosed by the red box in Panel (a). The red line segments...

Minding the Weather – How Expert Forecasters Think

Written on January 5, 2024.

– Review by Patrick McCarthy – Figure 1. Meteorological Service of Canada weather office forecast desk. Photo by the author (Patrick McCarthy) Mission-critical systems often rely on...

Is global warming causing Atlantification of the Barents Sea, a collapse of the North Atlantic currents, or neither?

Written on October 22, 2023.

– By Knut L. Seip and Hui Wang – This study is about the Barents Sea and two North Atlantic currents, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the Atlantic...

The Great Smoke Pall of 1950 and Other “Dark Days” that have Blanketed Eastern North America

Written on September 24, 2023.

– By Kevin Hamilton – The extraordinary 2023 Canadian wildfire season has been in the public eye for much of this spring, but during June 7-8 the event entered a new phase of global...

Verification of Summer 2022 Canadian Temperature Forecasts from Four Different Organizations

Written on September 17, 2023.

– By George Isaac – Introduction The Canadian Public has access to weather forecasts from many diverse sources. However, it is difficult for the user to know the accuracy of such...

The Man Who Awoke

Written on September 14, 2023.

– Review by Kevin Hamilton – By Laurence Manning, originally published in 1933 in the magazine Wonder Stories; reprinted in 1975 in paperback by Ballentine Books 168 pp. ISBN...

CONCEPTS Science Workshop Report

Written on September 6, 2023.

– By Smith, G.C., P. Pernica, Y. Lu, N. Soontiens, R. Horwitz, F. Dupont, M. Dunphy, Y. LeClainche, I. Gaboury, F. Davidson, C. Bourgault-Brunelle, A. Leroux, A. Holdsworth, D. Lavoie, R....

Uncertainty in Canada’s Marine Carbon Sink

Written on August 19, 2023.

– 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...

The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium

Written on August 3, 2023.

– 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. ...