1 The Quebec Climate Monitoring Program Onil Bergeron, analyst Direction du suivi de l’état de l’environnement (DSEE) Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MDDELCC) WWOSC14 – August 17-21, 2014
2 The Climate Monitoring Program Objective: timely production of climatological data to support governmental activities such as: –Population security –Sustainable development –Long-term climate knowledge Partners and collaborators –Weather forecast & Climate science –Agriculture –Natural resources –Research
3 Network Coverage – Climate Stations
4 Manned Stations Rural locations 316 observers –Temperature (0800, 1800, hourly) –Precipitation (0800, 1800, hourly rain) –Weather phenomena (hail, freezing rain, …) Twice daily data transmission Technical team: Field work (7), QC (4)
5 Automatic Stations Forested, remote or urban locations 79 stations, hourly measurements –Temperature (79) – Humidity (32) –Precip. - weighing (49)– Wind (33) –Precip. - TBRG (24)– Snow height (29) Hourly data transmission Technical team: Field work (5), QC (3)
6 Record Length – Active Climate Stations
7 Snow Survey Stations Rural or forested locations 105 stations –Snow depth –Snow water equivalent –Snow density Twice monthly, January to snowmelt Technical team: Field work (12), QC (3)
8 Quebec Climate Change Action Plans –Network consolidation and modernisation –Historical data and metadata entry –Climatological indices production –Larger network coverage: space & time –New products
9 Climatological product genesis Measurement Transmission QC Archive Diffusion Metadata
10 Network Coverage – Climate Stations
11 Historical Record
12 Online Data
Climate Normals
Temperature trends
15 Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification
16 Gridded Data Maximum Air Temperature - August 10, 2005
17 Urban Climate – Short-term Campaigns Mobile sporadic measurements Fixed continuous measurements
18 Urban Climate – Spatial Variability Quebec City July 11, 2012 Pop:
19 Urban Climate – Temporal Variability Quebec City Summer 2012
20 Urban Climate – Smaller Town Granby Summer 2013 Pop:
21 Urban Climate – Compact Station
22 Urban Climate – Active Compact Stations Montreal Quebec City
23 Contact Us Data & Climatological products Climatological expertise Collaborations & Partnerships Special projects