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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.
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.
Historical Station Data
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada and (ClimateData.ca) See: https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/
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
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.
Relative Sea Level Rise
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
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
Index Calculations:
Done using the xclim package: https://xclim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html