– By Ben Moore-Maley(1), Debby Ianson(2), Susan Allen(1); 1: Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia; 2: Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department...
A Piece of History: The Canadian Chronometric Radiosonde
– By Kenneth A. Devine –
While temperature profiles to the tropopause had been conducted in Canada for research purposes starting in 1911 (Devine & Strong, 2009), operational...
Ocean Gliders to Study Baleen Whale Habitat in Roseway Basin
– By T. Howatt(1) T. Ross(2), S. Waterman(1); 1: University of British Columbia, 2: Institute of Ocean Sciences –
Canadian coastal waters are interspersed with baleen whale habitats,...
Did Anthropogenic Climate Change Increase the Chance of an Extreme Wildfire in the Fort McMurray Area?
– By Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria –
A summary of a recent paper by Kirchmeier-Young et al. that describes an event attribution...
Seasonal Outlook for the autumn 2017 (SON) based on CanSIPS forecast 31st August 2017
– By M. Markovic and K. Gauthier, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Autumn forecast (September, October, November) for 2017 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Data Points: How Images Can Answer our Questions About the Environment
– A Campbell Scientific advertising feature –
“What caused this unexpected spike in my data?”“My sensor is offline – did something knock it over?”“If only I could see for myself what...
Vancouver Fall and Winter 2016/17: How Bad Was It?
– By P. Odon, G. West, R. Stull; EOAS, University of British Columbia –
The fall and winter seasons of 2016/17 were noteworthy for the cold, wet weather they brought to regions of...
Watching the Dust and Clouds Lazily Float by During a Martian Summer
– By J.E. Moores, C.L. Smith and C.L. Campbell, York University –
A scientific rover named Curiosity has been trundling around on Mars for the past 5 years, taking images of the...