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Acknowledgements:

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Data

When publishing results based on ClimateData.ca data, please also include a citation for the dataset itself, such as the following:

CanDCS-M6

Sobie, S. R., Ouali, D., Curry, C. L. et Zwiers, F. W. (2024). Multivariate Canadian Downscaled Climate Scenarios for CMIP6 (CanDCS-M6). Geoscience Data Journal 11: 806-824. https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.257

CanDCS-U5

Cannon, A.J., S.R. Sobie, and T.Q. Murdock, 2015: Precipitation by Quantile Mapping: How Well Do Methods Preserve Changes in Quantiles and Extremes? Journal of Climate, 28(17), 6938-6959, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14- 00754.1.

CanSIPSv3

Diro, G. T., Merryfield, W. J., Lin, H., Lee, W.-S., Muncaster, R., Kharin, V. V., Parent, R., Swart, N., Seinen, C., Akingunola, D., Leung, V., Mansour, M., Chouak, M., Deng, X., Smith, G., Lemay, F. (2024). The Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction System version 3.0 (CanSIPSv3.0). Technical Note, Canadian Center for Meteorological and Environmental Prediction. https://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/cmoi/product_guide/docs/tech_notes/technote_cansips-300_20240611_e.pdf

CaSR

Gasset, N., Fortin, V., Dimitrijevic, M., Carrera, M., Bilodeau, B., Muncaster, R., Gaborit, E, Roy, G., Pentcheva, N., Bulat, M., Wang, X., Pavlovic, R., Lespinas, F., Khedhaouiria, D., et Mai, J. (2021). A 10 km North American Precipitation and Land Surface Reanalysis Based on the GEM Atmospheric Model. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 4917-4945. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4917-2021

and

Khedhaouiria, D., Gasset, N., Fortin, V., Dimitrijevic, M., Lauer, A., et Bulat, M. (2025). Canadian Surface Reanalysis [CaSR] v3: ECCC hourly 0.1° surface reanalysis across North America. In Preparation.

Fire Weather Projections

Van Vliet, L., Fyke, J., Nakoneczny, S., Murdock, T. Q., & Jafarpur, P. (2024). Developing user-informed fire weather projections for Canada. Climate Services, 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2024.100505

Historical Station Data

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (and ClimateData.ca) See: https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/

Humidex

Chow, K.K.C., Sankaré, H., Diaconescu, E.P., Murdock, T.Q. & Cannon, A.J. (2024) Bias-adjusted and downscaled humidex projections for heat preparedness and adaptation in Canada. Geoscience Data Journal, 11, 680–698. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.241

IDF Curves

Shephard, M.W., E. Mekis, R.J., Morris, Y. Feng, X. Zhang, K. Kilcup, and R. Fleetwood, 2014: Trends in Canadian Short-Duration Extreme Rainfall: Including an Intensity-Duration-Frequency Perspective, Atmosphere-Ocean, DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2014.969677

NRCANMET v1 (ANUSPLIN)

McKenney, D. W., M. F. Hutchinson, P. Papadopol, K. Lawrence, J. Pedlar, K. Campbell, E. Milewska, R. F. Hopkinson, D. Price, and T. Owen, 2011: Customized Spatial Climate Models for North America. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92 12, 1611-1622.

Relative Sea Level Change

James, T.S., Robin, C., Henton, J.A., and Craymer, M., 2021. Relative sea-level projections for Canada based on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and the NAD83v70VG national crustal velocity model; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8764, 1 .zip file, https://doi.org/10.4095/327878

SPEI

Tam B, Szeto K, Bonsal B, Flato G, Cannon AJ, Rong R (2018): CMIP5 drought projections in Canada based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 44, 90-107.

Vertical Allowance

Zhai, L., Greenan, B.J.W. and Perrie, W. 2023. The Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CANEWLAT). Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean. Sci. 348: iii + 15 p.