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The MOPITT Terra spacecraft launch showing the Atlas IIAS lift-off on 18th December 1999 (Photo credit: Jim Drummond)

MOPITT, Atmospheric Pollution, and Me: A Personal Story

Written on February 2, 2018.

– By Jim Drummond, Principal Investigator for the Measurements Of Pollution in The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on the Terra satellite – It’s 1987 and I have just bought my first personal...

Photo shows a projection of the climate clock on the side of a building for the article by Samantha Mailhot for the CMOS Bulletin.

Climate Clock: Running Out of Time?

Written on January 16, 2018.

– By Samantha Mailhot – Climate change is an increasingly urgent issue, with a significant amount of people working towards mitigation. However, the majority of the global population is...

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories 2017

Written on January 7, 2018.

– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada – Our climate is changing, and it’s happening here and now

PEARL researchers open the dome of a sun tracking instrument on the roof of the Ridge Lab to perform maintenance.

Photo Story: “A Day in the Life” at PEARL, The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory at Eureka

Written on December 28, 2017.

– Photos by Dan Weaver, University of Toronto – The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Eureka, Nunavut is a scientific station fully equipped for specialised atmospheric...

Message from the CMOS President as 2017 Draws to a Close

Written on December 27, 2017.

– Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and the holiday season is upon us as I write this message. Here in Ottawa, Parliament has recessed and another...

Canada Needs Sustained Climate Research Funding

Written on December 22, 2017.

– By Jon Abbatt, Jim Drummond, Roger Francois, Paul Kushner, Paul Myers, Kimberly Strong, Laxmi Sushama, Phillipe Tortell – As members of a community that works with climate-related measurements...

A panorama of the roof deck of the Ridge Laboratory taken late in the summer showing the air intake for the atmospheric sampler left of centre and the “penthouse” housing many upper atmosphere sounders on the right. (Photo credit: Pierre Fogal)

PEARL at the Pole: An Update on Canada’s Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory

Written on December 21, 2017.

– By the PAHA team* – The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Eureka, Nunavut is Canada’s “PEARL near the Pole” – a scientific station fully equipped for specialised...

Nonlinear and Stochastic Climate Dynamics

Written on December 18, 2017.

– Review by André April, Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa – Edited by Christian L. E. Franzke and Terence J. O`Kane, Cambridge University Press 2017, Hardcover, 432 pages, ISBN 9781107118140, $177.95 – Nonlinear...

Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2017/18 (DJF) based on CanSIPS forecast 30th November 2017

Written on December 6, 2017.

– By M. Markovic and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal – Winter forecast (December, January, February) for 2017/18 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures across...