CCCSN News & Updates

The BC node of CCCSN released

2011-06-21T09:30:03-04:00

The BC node of CCCSN hosted at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry is now open. We are working on the addition of more regional content.

New Version of PRECIS (1.8.2) for Canada

2011-04-27T08:00:05-04:00

The Prairie Node of CCCSN at the University of Regina Centre for Studies of Energy and Environment (CSEE) has released a new version of the PRECIS regional climate model (version 1.8.2) for the period of 1971-2100, emission A1B. The PRECIS model is found under menu picks in the 'Regional' model selector. There are two versions of PRECIS now available on CCCSN. This brings the total number of regional models available covering Canada to six. More information on PRECIS can be found here.

New A1B Ensemble Released

2011-01-20T10:47:15-05:00

A new A1B ('middle of the road') emission scenario ensemble for Canada has been released on CCCSN for the 3 future periods (2020s, 2050s and 2080s). It contains all available AR4 models (24) and provides not only the all-model mean for temperature and precipitation, but also the all model standard deviation value for each grid cell over Canada at the annual and seasonal scale. End-users were asking about model uncertainty in addition to model mean values. The provision of model standard deviations for each cell indicate the degree of agreement between models. Areas with larger deviations identify where model projections vary to a greater degree. This product is located under the 'Ensemble Scenarios' left menu.

Quebec Node of CCCSN now open

2011-01-20T10:47:15-05:00

The Quebec Node of CCCSN hosted at McGill University/EC in Montreal is now open. The node research can be accessed on the Quebec Research Page. We welcome your feedback on the feature: feedback@cccsn.ca

Arctic Node of CCCSN now open

2010-10-06T14:12:45-04:00

The Arctic Node of CCCSN hosted at Yukon College in Whitehorse is now open. The node research can be accessed on the Arctic Research page. We welcome your feedback on the feature: feedback@cccsn.ca

Prairie Node on CCCSN now open -and PRECIS data

2010-08-16T08:25:40-04:00

The Prairie Node of CCCSN at the University of Regina Centre for Studies of Energy and Environment (CSEE) is now open. The node research can be accessed on the Prairie Research page. In addition to the release of the node, CSEE has also contributed to CCCSN with the addition of the PRECIS regional climate model. The PRECIS model is found under menu picks in the 'Regional' model selector. This addition means CCCSN now provides access to two regional climate models: CRCM and PRECIS. More information on PRECIS can be found here.

New 'Localizer' tool on CCCSN

2010-08-03T12:23:53-04:00

The 'Localizer' is a new tool to CCCSN which provides a quick way of determining the multi-model mean projected change of temperature and precipitation on a monthly and greater timescale for hundreds of locations across Canada. One simply has to enter their town or postal code which is then checked against the extensive Environment Canada network of observation stations to determine the closest station location for the period of 1971-2000. A summarized report is then generated which can be saved as a PDF file for download. Access the tool from the main page and visualization page. We welcome your feedback on the feature: feedback@cccsn.ca

* NEW release of CCCSN.CA *

2010-07-29T20:25:50-04:00

CCCSN is pleased to release an update to the network. At the moment, the National, Atlantic and Ontario nodes (English and French), are ready for use. Users outside of Ontario and Atlantic should select the National network. The redesign has been made to better highlight the research of the individual regions. Work is already well underway for the other regions. New tools, graphs and better customizable maps are available. The left menu has remained the same from the old CCCSN for continuity. We welcome any feedback! Send it to: feedback@cccsn.ca