Climate Change > Climate Change Scenarios

Visualization of Climate Change Scenarios

Developed at the Pacific Forestry Centre of the Canadian Forestry Service.

System Design: Dr. A. Thomson, R. Benton, P. Wilson, G.Perkins

Many of our studies in forestry involve the examination of long term weather records, in a search for patterns that can be related to observations such as changes in the populations of forest pests, or changes in the dynamics of forest processes. This requirement led to development of the first part of the system, which provides graphical access to historical weather data from all weather stations in British Columbia.

Other forestry studies address the consequences of climate change for populations and dynamics of forest processes. We have therefore provided graphical access to predictions from the global change model of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCCma). Predictions are provided for a coarse grid of points covering the province, for key years between 1900 and 2100, and with a range of model assumptions. Linkages between the model predictions and actual weather data are also provided, to enable evaluation of the appropriateness of using the predicted climates in particular scenarios.

User Guide

 Historical Weather Patterns

  Climate Model

 Case Studies

 Comments/Suggestions

Acknowledgements:

The historical weather pattern data is from Environment Canada's Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) archives

The climate model is from the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCCma)