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This is a reminder for tomorrow's talk at the Pacific Climate Seminar Series, titled, Record-shattering extremes - Challenges and opportunities for attribution and event storylines, to be given by Dr. Erich Fischer, senior scientist at ETH Zürich. For more information on the talk, including an abstract, bio, the time and attendance information, please see the talk's page on our site:

Record-shattering extremes - Challenges and opportunities for attribution and event storylines | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium Meeting URL: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/89710257099?pwd=ZjFCMjQxYTlldmFydnpsbkwxTzdnZz09Meeting ID: 897 1025 7099Meeting password: 169150

This is a reminder for today’s talk titled, Clustering for Climate Science Insights, part of our Pacific Climate Seminar Series.

This talk will be delivered by Dr. John R.J. Thompson, an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus) whose areas of expertise are nonparametric and applied statistics and machine learning. This talk will be held today, Wednesday, November 22nd, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom meetings. For more on this talk, attendance information, a bio and an abstract, see the talk’s page on our site.

Clustering for Climate Science Insights | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium Meeting URL: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/83148399185?pwd=VVliY1VlcUVRN1hsd1BSOFM1R0VDQT09Meeting ID: 831 4839 9185Password: 123289

PCIC is seeking a Programmer/Analyst (Full stack).

The Programmer/Analyst (Full stack) works to develop and maintain online applications for serving and analyzing climate data. The successful applicant will be a part of a talented and dedicated team that enables access to PCIC's flagship data products and innovative web-based analysis tools. They will play a key role in building applications that provide public access to and creative visualization of open and big data. Their highly sought products will serve an engaged base of stakeholders and will be used immediately to study Canada's changing climate.

For more information see the job posting on our site:

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The September 2023 edition of the PCIC Update newsletter is now available online, here:

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PCIC is pleased to announce the release of the June 2023 edition of the PCIC Update. This issue of the PCIC Update contains the following stories: Climate Projections for the City of Terrace Released and A Mystery Gremlin Resolved! It also contains an update on the Pacific Climate Seminar Series, staff changes at PCIC and PCIC's most recent publications. The staff profile in this issue is on Tom Kunkel.

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PCIC is seeking a Programmer/Analyst

The Programmer/Analyst will collaborate with PCIC's provincial and national partners to provide accessible climate science to advance disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation activities. They will work to add to the information, tools and guidance available for considering climate change in risk assessments and mitigative works in BC. They will be a part of a dedicated and experienced team that enables access to PCIC data products and innovative web-based analysis tools like Plan2Adapt and the PCIC Climate Explorer. Their open source software will play a key role in informing government policy and supporting new stakeholders considering climate data: Indigenous Nations, critical infrastructure operators, and services organizations for equity-denied populations.

For more information see the job posting:

Employment and Research Opportunities at PCIC | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

PCIC is seeking a Research Hydrologist

The Research Hydrologist will undertake hydrologic model development and application and related research to quantify future climate-driven changes in river discharge and temperature. The modelling will be undertaken at very high spatial resolution throughout a region spanning all Pacific-draining watersheds in BC. The Research Hydrologist will work at PCIC under the supervision of the Lead for the Hydrologic Impacts theme and will collaborate with other members of PCIC.

For more information see the job posting:

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Myles Allen: The Physicist Behind Net Zero Dr. Myles Allen on Geological Net Zero: How we will stop fossil fuels from causing global warming Join us in person or online for this illuminating presentation and discussion with Dr. Myles Allen, "the physicist behind Net Zero".

Attention buildings sector professionals! Join PCIC, the Canadian Center for Climate Services (CCCS), and Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia on June 8, 2023 at 10:30 am PT for an interactive climate change training session on PCIC’s newest analysis tool - the Design Value Explorer (DVE). The DVE provides revised climatic design data relevant to the National Building Code of Canada and the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. This session will examine the unique data and features of the tool that will aid building and infrastructure design professionals in the incorporation of climate change into their work. It will include an in-depth demonstration of the DVE, as well as an interactive exercise. Feel free to explore the Design Value Explorer ahead of time using the link in the comments, and come with your questions! Learn more about the event and register here:

Introducing the Design Value Explorer – Integrating Future Climate Data into the Built Environment | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium This event will be held over Zoom Meetings. Please register using the form below in order to receive the attendance information for this event.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the Summary for Policymakers for its upcoming Synthesis Report of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The new report opens with a high-level summary that brings together key points from the IPCC’s three working groups, which examine: (1) the physical climate science, (2) adaptation and vulnerability, and (3) mitigation. With each successive report, the confidence in the trends, attribution and impacts of anthropogenic climate change grows stronger, as does the language outlining the need for, and benefits of, strong mitigation and adaptation measures to avoid the worst of the projected future impacts.

The report highlights the most important messages from the three reports that it draws upon. It explains that human activities are responsible for the current warming (about 1.1 degrees compared to the 1850-1900 period) and associated widespread changes and impacts, including effects on weather and climate extremes. It also shares projections for what the future may hold, dependent on emissions pathways, with increased warming following continued emissions and bringing with it impacts that escalate as warming increases. This warming will also be greater in high-latitude regions, such as our province. The report indicates that, while adaptation and mitigation measures have expanded over time, these still fall short of what will be needed to meet the challenges that climate change presents. But the report also shares the wealth of opportunities available to address climate change across multiple areas and how these will reduce the costs of climate change and provide co-benefits.

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You can now draw a custom region on the download page, allowing you to easily download data for your chosen climate variable for multiple grid boxes at once. There are also new output options, including JSON files. Pass it on!

Download — Climate Data Canada * Each location provided here corresponds to a point location in Canada. The data displayed is for the ~10 km x 6 km grid cell within which the selected location lies. Accordingly, the data does not necessarily reflect the exact point that you select, particularly in areas with varying microclimates...

This is a reminder of this Wednesday’s talk at the Pacific Climate Seminar Series, An observational constraint to reduce uncertainty on global and regional climate change.

This talk will be delivered by Dr. Aurélien Ribes, who has been leading the research team Climstat at CNRM (Météo France, CNRS) in Toulouse, France since 2020 via Zoom Meetings. See our site for more information:

An observational constraint to reduce uncertainty on global and regional climate change | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium Many studies have sought to constrain climate projections and climate sensitivity based on recent observations. Until recently, these constraints had limited impact, and projected warming ranges were driven primarily by model outputs. Here, I describe a new statistical method to narrow uncertainty o...

PCIC is seeking a Data Analyst (Co-op).

The Data Analyst will contribute as part of a team that is working to understand the impacts of future climate change on the habitat of salmon in BC’s rivers. Work will involve an interdisciplinary effort to combine hydrologic modelling with salmon exposure assessment. The incumbent will use established procedures to derive streamflow and water temperature hazard exposure indicators from hydrologic simulations and conduct analysis tasks to assist PCIC researchers. The Data Analyst works under the supervision of the Lead, Hydrologic Impacts.

For more information see our site:

Employment and Research Opportunities at PCIC | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium The Data Analyst will contribute as part of a team that is working to understand the impacts of future climate change on the habitat of salmon in BC’s rivers. Work will involve an interdisciplinary effort to combine hydrologic modelling with salmon exposure assessment. The incumbent will use estab...

PCIC is pleased to announce an upcoming talk on Wednesday, January 25th, titled, Climate change, extreme precipitation events and some implications for risk analysis, as part of our Pacific Climate Seminar Series.

This talk will be delivered by PCIC Director Dr. Francis Zwiers. It will be held between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom meetings. For more on this talk, including an abstract, registration information and a speaker bio, see the talk’s page on our site.

Climate change, extreme precipitation events and some implications for risk analysis | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium This event will be held online, over Zoom Meetings. To receive meeting information, please use the registration form, below.

The December 2022 edition of the PCIC Update is now available This issue of the PCIC Update contains the following stories: An Unprecedented Warm and Dry Start to Autumn in Southern BC Gives Way to a Cooler Winter Forecast, Continued Refinement of PCIC’s Downscaling Methods, Analysing Climate Change Impacts on the Nechako River and Working With Hydrologic Projections. It also contains an update on the Pacific Climate Seminar Series, staff changes at PCIC and PCIC's most recent publications. The staff profile in this issue is on Dr. Samah Larabi.

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PCIC is pleased to announce an upcoming talk on Thursday, December 8th, titled, Constraining Climate Model Projections of 21st Century Global and Regional Warming, as part of our Pacific Climate Seminar Series.

This talk will be delivered by Yongxiao Liang, doctoral student at the University of Victoria’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. It will be held between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom meetings. For more on this talk, including registration information and an abstract, see the talk’s page on our site.

Constraining Climate Model Projections of 21st Century Global and Regional Warming | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium This talk will be held online over Zoom meetings. Please register using the form below to receive attendance information.

Reminder! The Buildings Sector Module webinar is happening on this Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. PT. Join PCIC and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction for an introductory webinar that will cover core climate science concepts, and serve as an introduction to ClimateData.ca and its new Buildings Sector Module contents in particular.
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/seminars/introducing-buildings-module-climatedataca-%E2%80%93-module-overview-and-case-study-panel-discussion

Reminder! The Buildings Sector Module is one week away. Join PCIC and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction on November 28th, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. PT for an introductory webinar that will cover core climate science concepts, and serve as an introduction to ClimateData.ca and its new Buildings Sector Module contents in particular.

Introducing the Buildings Module on ClimateData.ca – Module Overview and Case Study Panel Discussion | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium This event will be held over Zoom Meetings. Please register using the form below in order to receive attendance information for the event.

Webinar announcement! Join PCIC and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction on November 28th, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. PT for an introductory webinar on the newly launched Buildings Sector Module on ClimateData.ca. In this introductory webinar, you will learn about core climate change science concepts, receive an introduction to ClimateData.ca and the new Buildings Sector Module, and hear from representatives of the case studies included within the Module about their experiences in using climate data for adaptation decision-making. Feel free to explore both ClimateData.ca and the Buildings Module (links in the comments) ahead of time, and come with your questions! Learn more about the event and register here.

Introducing the Buildings Module on ClimateData.ca – Module Overview and Case Study Panel Discussion | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium This event will be held over Zoom Meetings. Please register using the form below in order to receive attendance information for the event.

Online platforms like ClimateData.ca have made finding climate information easier than ever before - but knowing how to interpret this information in an adaptation framework is still a considerable challenge. Our partners at the Canadian Centre for Climate Services have a support desk that is there to help. Work one-on-one with a climate change expert who will guide you through the process of obtaining and interpreting climate data.

https://climate-change.canada.ca/support-desk/Inquiry

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The June 2022 edition of the PCIC Update is now available. The new PCIC Update covers two stories: Providing Extreme Streamflow Values for the Fraser River and Joint CMOS/ESC/CGU Conference. The staff profile in this issue is on Dr. Pei-Ling Wang. The newsletter also discusses staff changes and includes recent publications.

Read the new PCIC Update:http://pacificclimate.org/sites/default/files/publications/PCIC_Update-June_2022.pdf

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Today three PCIC researchers will be speaking as part of the joint virtual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 56th Congress, Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Annual Meeting, and 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC).

First, at 8:35 a.m. Markus Schnorbus will be presenting on, "Communicating Change in Peak Flow Design Values using Temperature Scaling." This will be followed by Dr. Md. Shahabul Alam, who will be talking on, "Warming water temperature in the coastal rivers of British Columbia due to climate change, at 8:50 a.m." At 8:55 a.m. Stephen Sobie will be presenting on, "Climate model projections for Canada: A comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6."

Read more about the conference:
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/news/2022/joint-cmos-cgu-and-esc-conference-2022

Joint CMOS, CGU and ESC Conference 2022 | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium June 1st marks the opening day of The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union's (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC). The joint conference will be held virtually, from June 1st to June 3rd, and from June 6th...

Today (June 6th) at 8:20 a.m. Pacific Time, Dr. Mohamed Ali Ben Alaya will be talking on, "A new concept of max-stable vector to analyze and predict the probability of precipitation extremes," as part of the joint virtual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 56th Congress, Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Annual Meeting, and 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC).

See our site for more information on the conference:
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/news/2022/joint-cmos-cgu-and-esc-conference-2022

Joint CMOS, CGU and ESC Conference 2022 | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium June 1st marks the opening day of The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union's (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC). The joint conference will be held virtually, from June 1st to June 3rd, and from June 6th...

Next week PCIC researchers will be delivering six presentations at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union's (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC), being held as a virtual joint conference.

On June 6th at 8:20 a.m. (Pacific Time) Dr. Mohamed Ali Ben Alaya will be talking on, "A new concept of max-stable vector to analyze and predict the probability of precipitation extremes."

On June 7th at 8:35 a.m. (Pacific Time) Dr. Mohamed Ali Ben Alaya will deliver a presentation on, "Evaluation of BCCAQv2 for downscaling precipitation extremes using large ensemble regional climate simulations and a high-resolution convection-permitting model."

On June 8th at 8:20 a.m. (Pacific Time) Dr. Charles Curry will be talking on, "Selecting a representative climate model subset considering both model spread and central tendency."

On June 8th at 8:35 a.m. (Pacific Time) Markus Schnorbus will be presenting on, "Communicating Change in Peak Flow Design Values using Temperature Scaling."

On June 8th at 8:50 a.m. (Pacific Time) Dr. Md. Shahabul Alam will be talking on, "Warming water temperature in the coastal rivers of British Columbia due to climate change."

On June 8th at 8:55 a.m. (Pacific Time) Stephen Sobie will be presenting on, "Climate model projections for Canada: A comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6."

See our site for more information about the conference, including a links to the schedule and registration.
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/news/2022/joint-cmos-cgu-and-esc-conference-2022

Joint CMOS, CGU and ESC Conference 2022 | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium June 1st marks the opening day of The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union's (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC). The joint conference will be held virtually, from June 1st to June 3rd, and from June 6th...

June 1st marks the opening day of The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union's (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC). This joint conference will be held from June 1-3 and June 6-8. PCIC researchers will be among those presenting their work.

There is an exciting line-up of plenary speakers and a free public lecture.

Read more about the conference and PCIC's involvement, on our site:
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/news/2022/joint-cmos-cgu-and-esc-conference-2022

Joint CMOS, CGU and ESC Conference 2022 | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium June 1st marks the opening day of The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 56th Congress, the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Annual Meeting, and the 78th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC). The joint conference will be held virtually, from June 1st to June 3rd, and from June 6th thr...

The May 2022 edition of the PCIC Update is now available. The new PCIC Update covers the following stories: Downscaled CMIP6 Data Now Available; Release of the Design Value Explorer; IPCC Reports on Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability and Mitigation; and New Section and Sector Modules on ClimateData.ca. The Science Brief mentioned in this issue is on changes to Western Canadian glaciers. The talks discussed in this issue were delivered by Professor Ted Shepherd, Dr. Mohamed Ali Ben Alaya, Dr. Nathan Gillett and Markus Schnorbus, Dr. John Fyfe, Dr. Paul Kushner and Dr. Hans von Storch. The staff profile in this issue is on Stacey O'Sullivan.

Read the new PCIC Update:http://pacificclimate.org/sites/default/files/publications/PCIC_Update-May_2022.pdf

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PCIC will be hosting a talk tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th, as part of our Pacific Climate Seminar Series, titled, Intermittent divergence in phase space in regional modelling and will be held between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., via Zoom meetings.

This talk will be delivered by Prof. Hans von Storch, director emeritus of the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), professor at the University of Hamburg and guest professor at the Ocean University of China (Qingdao).

For more on this talk, including a full bio and an abstract, see the talk’s page on our site:
http://pacificclimate.org/news-and-events/seminars/intermittent-divergence-phase-space-regional-modelling

Intermittent divergence in phase space in regional modelling | Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 has led to a renewed interest in the challenge of the competition of externally forced and internally generated variability in simulations of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics. The internally generated variations, which are not directly provoked by external factors, we...

How hot is too hot? When temperatures are very hot, people— especially the elderly—are much more likely to suffer from heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Many outdoor activities become more difficult in very high temperatures. You can explore how temperature extremes are likely to change in the future on ClimateData .ca’s interactive map.

https://bit.ly/367j1MT

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PCIC is pleased to announce the release of a new Science Brief. This Science Brief covers research published in Remote Sensing of the Environment. This work, using satellite data, shows that western Canadian glaciers have been melting at an accelerating rate and examines how this is related to changes in seasonal temperature and precipitation. We place these into context and discuss what they tell us about changes to western Canada's glaciers.
https://pacificclimate.org/sites/default/files/publications/Science%20Brief%2039-Spring_2022.pdf

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