– By Ross D. Brown –
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) snow depth observing stations represent the primary surface snow depth observing network in Canada, providing real-time...
Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2021
– By David Phillips –
This article was originally published by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Introduction
Not in 26 years of releasing the Top 10 Weather Events has there been anything...
André Robert: One of the very first scientists to successfully perform a simulation of the atmosphere’s general circulation at the global scale using a computer model
– By Christopher Smith –
Background
Dr. André Robert (April 28, 1929 – November 18, 1993) was a Canadian meteorologist and research pioneer in modelling the Earth’s atmospheric circulation....
A field laboratory class from home to study snow characteristics
– By Julie Mireille Thériault, Émilie Gauthier, Mathieu Lachapelle and René Laprise –
Learning atmospheric sciences
A degree in atmospheric sciences can lead to a variety of professions...
The Weather Forecast Research Team: A Nexus of Operational Weather Forecasting and Research in Western Canada
– By Julia Jeworrek, Dr. Rosie Howard and Prof. Roland B. Stull –
Foundations
In 1995, the Weather Forecast Research Team (WFRT) [1] was formed by Prof. Roland Stull at UBC with four Ph.D....
CoCoRaHS Precipitation Network
– By Rick Fleetwood –
CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow) is a volunteer network of mostly community members and organizations (e.g. watershed groups, conservation authorities,...
Weather and Situation Awareness in Aviation
– By Hyun Su Seong –
Introduction
Pilots in general or commercial aviation rely on accurate weather forecasts to avoid dangerous cell activities during instrument meteorological conditions....
Advice for Aspiring Meteorologists
– By Christopher Poitras –
I was fortunate enough to organize and moderate an amazing webinar that enabled students with a meteorology interest and early-career meteorologists to learn and...
Fog over Sable Island
– By Li Cheng, Zheqi Chen, Peter Taylor, Yongsheng Chen and George Isaac –
Introduction
Marine fog occurs frequently offshore from Atlantic Canada. It can cause problems for helicopter flights...